use default viewmodels, almost every smoke that you will ever learn that requires some sort of viewmodel line-up is based on them because it's the most common setting

alternatively, work really hard to learn what the same smokes are with your viewmodels

make it start at +1 like reddit boom im a genius ez$

also I dont mean to brag but

http://teamfortress.tv/thread/6333/remove-anonymity-from--frags

IM THE OG OF THIS SHIT

the problem with comp tf2 is that, long before this issue of toxicity came to the forefront in the mind of pubbers (aka when we were on gotfrag and no one outside of comp had ever come to the forums one single time), the public community decided comp was elitist for "forcing" people to only play the cookie cutter classes and for banning unlocks because "they're too close-minded to figure out how to counter them"

the problem is, tf2 came out in 2007, a sort of weird middle ground between the cult enthusiast comp games of old and the behemoth developer-sponsored comp games of new. it had an enormous population, but no mechanism for promoting competitive. therefore, the very nature of the overall playerbase came to reflect that disorganized giant umbrella. the vast majority of players have no intention of ever playing a competitive game ever, and a substantial majority of even those with, say, 1000+ hours in tf2 have no desire to play comp either. we are SO outnumbered that, even of the small portion of people in that 1000+ hour range who decide to look into comp tf2, the vast majority will either not enjoy it or play it for an extremely short period of time, or just in tf2center or something. we are SO SO outnumbered that, even of the absolutely minute percentage of people who go into comp, the vast majority will gravitate towards highlander, as it sacrifices balance for more inclusiveness.

the thing about this reality is that, along the way, a lot of those people who don't have any interest in comp tf2 do have an interest in, at the very least, mentioning it in offhand remarks on pub servers, and a minority of those people might even discuss it on SPUF, reddit, or their community forums. however, if you do the math, even that tiny minority almost certainly outnumbers ours. plus, negative feedback sticks in people's minds way more than any positive feedback. every comp player can remember situations where THEY were on the defensive and stereotyped and strawmanned the same way the average lolmeme reddit pyro main gets stereotyped here. anyone remember that one time mesr made a very reasonable post on spuf asking valve to consider releasing updates on different days, or different times, or alerting esea about said updates so the client doesn't always break? that was literally someone using the official steam forums for their intended purpose, contacting the developer on behalf of a subgroup in the larger community. the amount of bile and ridicule spewed by that forum towards comp players was utterly unreal, it's dwarfed anything I've seen on this side of the equation.

does that mean toxicity isn't an issue or that it doesn't drive some people away? no, that's a different question. but it's simply a non-factor compared to other barriers in our little pr campaign, not just in the standard discussion of how many people know about comp tf2 but also in the average perception of it as a worthwhile endeavor.

ques: i dont know who goldfish is
Styles "BoyFucker" McGillicutty: goldfish is devons friend
ques: like
Styles "BoyFucker" McGillicutty: you know
Styles "BoyFucker" McGillicutty: that kid
ques: i know that
ques: but
ques: is he good now..?
Styles "BoyFucker" McGillicutty: but hes secretly like
Styles "BoyFucker" McGillicutty: yeah
Styles "BoyFucker" McGillicutty: really good
ques: oh
Styles "BoyFucker" McGillicutty: way better than devon
ques: interesting

I'd be absolutely fine with no nerf, but if there were to be a nerf I think it'd have to be in ammo count, nothing else proposed would help balance or even be neutral to balance in 6v6 (which is the only thing that really matters, for reasons I can go into if you are incredulous of such a view)

mainly because every nerf to a class is also a buff to other classes that it somewhat checks, and with this particular nerf scouts will become much much stronger in general and on mid fights especially, which I definitely do not see as a positive considering scouts already completely dominate high level tf2

also, the result will very likely be demos playing like massive vaginas because they're even weaker in 1v1 situations than before

I actually think that's a fucking terrible idea but I suppose that's a bit of a tangent from the rest of this thread

anyways stabby is actually chill as fuck and I don't think he's ever raged a single time in a team environment, goodnight sweet prince

ggwp, at the risk of sounding like a backhanded compliment y'all really improved a lot on viaduct from what I last saw, you clearly wanted the w more and deserved it

idk if I'm casting or playing lol, but I am doing one of the two

http://puu.sh/81sER/1350163cdf.png

bump I suppose

I can post my solly pov from ginyu vs evil, not that people really wanna watch anyone but b4nny or maybe paddie but just if anyone is interested

I fixed it

tbh I made this thread very prematurely in the process because I wanted to share the trippiness of my game

also note that I casted badwater on Monday with my game looking like that mlg

I would, apart from the teensy problem of being unable to distinguish between blu and red players