I haven't played these yet, but re: the medic thing, it's a really difficult conundrum to solve. An auto-medic system MIGHT be the best solution, but it definitely wouldnt be as simple as in discord, for 3 main reasons:

1) in discord, people tend to know one another, so the medics also being captains is fine. In these pugs, you could easily get a randomized captain who doesn't know anyone. Potential solution is to allow the person picked to give someone else captain (could be like a sub request, just before game), but that would require effort.

2) in discord, sometimes people will volunteer for medic AFTER the roll, simply because the person chosen is known to be especially bad (or whiny) about having to play med. Again, you could address this with the equivalent of a sub request, but it could have a relatively short timer and the players would still have to play med if no one took it. Still not perfect, but better than nothing.

3) here's the real killer: if you're playing in discord where the skill level is like main or advanced and higher, there's a general limit to just how bad a medic can be. Not everyone is lolguy level, but they at least understand the absolute basics of the class. Random meds in these pugs, however, could lead to a totally new player being on the class, instead of something like flank scout or roamer where their inexperience is less immediately game-ruining. You'd hope that people would be more willing to volunteer using the above described systems in such a case, but what happens when no one does?

I'm not saying the automed thing is doomed to fail or anything, but these are important considerations

to be fair, he died in 1993

Yeah I enjoyed Yukon, I'm pretty sure it was never even formally voted out too, Killing just unilaterally nixed it

May be a map that hasn't aged well with modern skill level though, not sure

400 lbs

I think that's cp_labor?

Anyways no map has ever broken my brain more than dom_canalzone, there may be less fun maps but I'm still not remotely sure what the actual correct way to play it is

EDIT: oh shit, forgot to mention cp_ashville. NOT koth_ashville, cp_ashville. Good LORD was that bad, I think I hold the record for longest 1-map match of all time on that jawn (almost 2 hrs and 30 minutes).

although I do think the b4nny thing has kinda been done to death, I definitely agree that he makes for a pretty interesting documentary subject

it's very easy to draw a throughline where his competitiveness and stubbornness are responsible for both his greatest failures (alienating certain teammates, his reputation nosediving once he started streaming and people outside of invite saw his pug conduct) and his greatest strengths (consistently performing at an insanely high level, switching mains and still reaching the top again, rebuilding froyotech back into a powerhouse numerous times after basically the entire team quit)

and then the overarching question of 'was it worth it to be the clear GOAT in a fairly niche game?'

then again, wasn't there already a b4nny documentary that kinda did this? idk just spitballing

Honestly not the worst summaries I've ever seen (prolly thanks to wikipedia)

mac mcclung just set the civil rights movement back 20 years

wake up tftv sheeple...

im altering the deal

nah man I'm riding into battle with revolutionaries

give me:

ho chi minh
sukarno
thomas sankara
julius nyerere
che guevara
and motherfuckin josip broz TITO

unbeatable

not the best president but very admirable as a post-president, one of the most moral actors to hold that position although that isn't saying a whole lot

Might be time for me to switch to curling or something

I'm good brother

you guys can just have helberg perma snipe and play koth only with 2 scouts and a sniper