After having seen the quickfix used pretty extensively in pugs, it's certainly viable. I don't like playing against it, however. The mobility makes medics much more difficult to kill, and the speed of building the uber makes a medic pick mean less. And the heal rate is, obviously, much higher. "I hit that demo for 200!...oh the medics on qfix gl killing him." Now, that was just a pug, I think coordination afforded by a team would change how the team approaches these sorts of things. Between that and the equalizer being nerfed, I had a hell of a time as roamer just pugging.

It's cool that valve buffed the quickfix, and the buff is certainly viable and pretty balanced. But imo it does have a negative effect on the quality of the game.

Call me conservative, but I think some elements of the game are almost untouchable. The heal rate and survivability of the medic class are good examples of two.

Maybe the reason every soldier uses the escape plan is a problem with soldier, not a problem with the weapon itself.

The class needs speed in order to be viable (or balanced against scouts)-- I'd say that's a problem with the class itself, not the weapon.

I don't think the escape plan with even 65 damage is too powerful.

yo the interviewer is a fuckin idiot

I'm really happy that valve seems to be giving a good effort to balance tf2.

pubs just got 20% less annoying

zowie ec1 works great for a claw grip if your hands are average-sized. push 2 talk buttons are ergonomic.

also another rec for the qck/qck+ (i play with a really high sens so qck is enough for me)

rave is really fantastic. I think he is selling himself short here--a high open team in need of a scout shouldn't look past him.

Also he is only mediocre at shotgun denying on spire, and tends to jump directly into pre-fires.

I have the asusvg248qe (owner for ~3 months). I find it difficult to believe that someone without a 120hz could compete.

I'm very happy with the purchase. I would also say it's easily justifiable if you use the computer a lot, because it's quite easy on the eyes in day-to-day use.

pugs are typically much different to teams, especially as medic. you can learn some stuff from them at first, but you'll quickly run into a wall in terms of what you can learn.

anyway, good luck with searching for a team.

i dont really have an opinion on the matter but when i get out 1v1'd as scout i call soldier easy and when i get out 1v1'd as soldier i call scout overpowered

bush trap never fails

"When China Rules the World" by Martin Jacques was really interesting if you like cultural studies / international studies. It's all about the differences between western and eastern modernity. It talks about race, culture, and economics through historical and modern examples. It's pretty dry though.

Not strictly non-fiction, "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" was really phenomenal. It's one of those books that kind of makes you sit there for a while and just contemplate things. Sort of like Night by Elie Weisel, but it's less depressing and more plain and stark. Also The Gulag Archipelago is another deep cutting Solzhenitsyn book.

is it this one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmfGIp7sne4

another one of my fav sniper clips:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XamY_qiGXQ8

Shipping a CRT will cost a fortune, they are very large and heavy.

from what I understand, the top players in both dota and SC actually manage to make a living off of gaming? And the top teams sponsor them?

Contrasted with tf2, the top teams in tf2 have other stuff going on in their lives that takes priority to video games. Plus they don't have that motivation that hundreds of thousands of dollars provides.

Also, the way the game is, two very competent players can be incompatible with each other on a very fundamental level. So you could have a "dream team" in theory, but in reality the chemistry isn't there so people leave.