If your ESEA division displayed by PugChamp-Helper is incorrect, please fill out this very short form (asks for ESEA profile URL and Steam ID) to request an update for your division data: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe-zoEpMKVywsR19zqDCt5NROa5EinnamDRVGLWuAWCNZfv6A/viewform.

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Some users may have incorrect ESEA divisions displayed. This is because the initial data were collected at the beginning of the month. Players may have changed rosters since then in preparation for Season 30. Additionally, there is a bug with ESEA's search that blocks data from being retrieved for certain users.

Example of the bug:
b4nny's Steam ID is 76561197970669109. This converts to [U:1:10403381]. We can search for the corresponding ESEA profile with this link: https://play.esea.net/index.php?s=search&query=%5BU%3A1%3A10403381%5D. Here, the search is working correctly, as we receive one ESEA profile result.

In contrast, tojo's Steam ID is 76561198045772168, which converts to [U:1:85506440]. The ESEA query URL for this ID is https://play.esea.net/index.php?s=search&query=%5BU%3A1%3A85506440%5D. Note that this does not return any results, indicating that ESEA user search by Steam ID is bugged, and tojo will be displayed as a "NERD" by default with the extension active.

EDIT for clarification: Some people have been filling out the form when their divisions are already correct. Do not fill out the form if your division is already displayed correctly. If you are not currently playing on a team, the division used is the last division you played a match in according to ESEA. After your division has been corrected (check https://github.com/minicircle/esea_tf2_data/commits/master for correction history), restart your browser and your division should be fixed.

Nice work, kodeeey. It's very cool that the extension shows how many people are added up in a selected region without the user having to open up a PugChamp tab to check. I'm looking forward to seeing what other ideas you and the community come up with.

Off the top of my head, I can think of a few possibilities for features like custom sounds/page backgrounds, cleaner-looking pie charts/tables, an option to auto-embed linked images in chat (note: potentially dangerous), or an option to hide messages by default from certain users (sort of like how Discord lets you click to reveal/hide messages from users that you have blocked). The effort to implement those features may not be worth it, however, given their minor impact.

I bought a Dell XPS 15 (i5-7300HQ, 8 GB RAM, 3840x2160, GTX 1050, 256 GB SSD) for grad school when it was on sale and really like it. The performance for typical tasks is great, and text looks really sharp. I read a lot and also program, so I really value the screen. I wouldn't recommend playing games like TF2 on this laptop, but in my experience the XPS 15 is capable of running TF2 between 40-80 FPS at 1920x1080. If I had my desktop and 144 Hz monitor here with me, I wouldn't really have bothered to try playing scrims on the XPS 15. It's not worth it, and, as you mentioned, it's best to keep your laptop focused on productive applications. Nevertheless, many people have chosen to repaste and/or undervolt their XPS 15s for better gaming performance.

Pros:
- great display
- fingerprint sensor has been surprisingly convenient, especially with 1Password
- good performance
- good battery life
- solid design
- keyboard backlight if you want it (I keep it off)

Cons:
- webcam position is suboptimal (note: I don't think I've ever used the webcam on this laptop)
- GTX 1050 isn't really necessary for standard use

I've heard great things about the MateBook X Pro as well. A Chromebook may be sufficient for your needs, but I personally wouldn't want to use one as my main computer.

https://clips.twitch.tv/RoundNaiveEggBudBlast

I think it would be helpful if people not only shared their resolutions, but also shared what they're planning to do to achieve them. That way, people reading this thread who have similar resolutions might have an easier time sticking with them.

For example, I liked Apt's resolution to "cut back on soda intake". Personally, this became easier for me in 2018 after I purchased a water filter pitcher for my fridge, as this encouraged me to primarily drink cold filtered water. You may also wish to blend your own beverages at home.
It helps to read more about the potential negative effects of soft drinks. Note that fruit juices may be a deceptively unhealthy soda replacement: "one 12-ounce glass of orange juice contains 10 teaspoons of sugar, which is roughly what’s in a can of Coke".

mopsy's resolution to "Maintain current friendships and build new ones" is also good. I regret not talking to my friends more last year, especially now that I'm out of undergrad and in grad school. Often, it's easy to feel that you might be bothering them or that your friendship has become too weak to make it worth it to send a message. The main thing to remember is that maintaining a friendship requires effort from both parties, and if they aren't yet reaching out to contact you, you might as well make the first move and ask them how things are going. I wouldn't say I'm particularly good at keeping in touch yet, but it's something for me to work on this year.

This sounds like a solid team to try out for. taiga is a chill guy who happens to be really good at both TF2 and Ratz Instagib (he's even on the first page of the FFA leaderboard).

Check out his Twitch stream (https://www.twitch.tv/yaihga) and make sure to smash that follow button.

https://clips.twitch.tv/MagnificentApatheticDotterelKappaWealth

Yes, hopefully NA support will come soon.

Actually, I've uploaded a better file to use that takes ESEA history into account: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/minicircle/esea_tf2_data/master/esea_data_full.json

In this file, "Invite (current)" means that the player is currently on an Invite team, while "Invite (historical)" means that the player is not currently on an ESEA team but was last rostered on an Invite team.

Here is a screenshot of what my local fork of the extension looks like for NA PugChamp using this data:

https://i.imgur.com/09SkfJT.png

I wrote a basic Node application to match Steam IDs found on NA PugChamp to current ESEA league status. At the moment, this application does not take a player's previous ESEA history into account. If you would like to add PugChamp-Helper support for ESEA/NA PugChamp, or if you're just interested in the results, you can access the data here: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/minicircle/esea_tf2_data/master/esea_data.json.

Thank you to san antonio 1998 green mustang for the help with Cloudflare issues. Thank you to ESEA for nothing. PM me if you have questions.

From the list of NA PugChamp players, the following ESEA users were detected:
- 73 Invite players
- 161 Intermediate players
- 125 Open players
- 1455 PugChamp players that have an ESEA profile but are currently inactive in ESEA

The rest of the players did not have a valid ESEA profile. Note that it may make sense to recompile the data after ESEA Season 30 starts and players have settled into their teams.

(edit: corrected numbers)

Looks great! I saw this extension in action in a stream highlight ages ago but had no idea what it was called. Based on the Citadel docs, I'm pretty sure adding basic ozfortress/AU PugChamp support would be really straightforward if you can ask for and obtain an API key.

This might be inaccurate, but I think after you get a key, you can make a single request to https://warzone.ozfortress.com/api/v1/leagues/15/ (i.e., Season 23, the latest completed season) and collect all of the rosters. Each roster object provides a division string (Premier, Intermediate, etc.) and a list of players. Each player object provides a Steam ID, making it easy to map Steam IDs to divisions. You can then have your extension cache this map by using the `chrome.storage` API.

Additionally, you may wish to use a linter to automatically fix some of the minor inconsistent indentation/brace usage in your source code.

Last time Scratchh was LFT, I posted the following:

Nothing has really changed in the past 5 months. In terms of DM, he's definitely IM-capable. He needs to stop associating with racist morons and acting like them -- until then, he'll keep embarrassing himself. I really want to believe that Scratchh saying "no more toxic" actually means something, but I'm doubtful. Hope he proves me wrong; give him a shot if you have patience to spare.

yep

You can get Steam notifications about free games by subscribing to this thread from the "Free Game Finders" Steam group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/freegamesfinders/discussions/0/648814845208555516/?tscn=999999999999

You don't have to join the group to subscribe to the notification thread. They have posted about non-Steam games too, such as Destiny 2 (when it was free).

squidie is the real deal. as I've posted before, "you should have no hesitation in trying him out". his combination of gamesense and humor make him a great player to pick up. there's no doubt that he'll improve at roamer if given the chance on a serious team - he's already proven that he can play the game well on other classes.

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graduated from undergrad at UT Austin (biochemistry), currently studying at Harvard

do I regret my thousands of hours spent playing/watching TF2? not that much, actually - there are a lot of cool people in the community, and the plays that people have pulled off in this game are legitimately inspiring

would I recommend this game to new players? absolutely not