hey all, I was looking into fancy 1440p IPS monitors if I ever feel like upgrading from my old ASUS 144hz, and I saw a lot of people recommending the LG 27GL850-B, as it has ridiculously low response time FOR AN IPS (average of slightly below 5ms)

this might be kind of a dumb question but I've only ever used a TN panel, how noticeable is that loss in response time in actual competitive games? anyone have experience with it or any newer IPS being advertised with a 1ms response time?

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banish her

fuck man

from my pov it's not that medic is boring, it's just how dependent you are on your teammates for basic awareness/dm

there are few things worse than when you know your heal target is doing something absolutely stupid but you have no choice but to follow them even if you know it's going to go poorly

I don't see how you fix that as long as it's the healer class

you're just salty that the elo gods declared milan to be the greatest player of all time

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b4nny will play them

he farted live on stream

I don't know why b4nny is so salty, the clip didn't even include the part where he said the n word back to the guy

I don't think the pan on medic or the dh on soldier are a fair comparisons, because the market gardener is at least a sidegrade if not an upgrade over the escape plan and pain train in most situations- it comes down to what zesty said, it's not that the weapon isn't clearly useful, it's that people go for it in situations where rockets would be more reliable.

that being said off the top of my head market gardener is objectively the best play for both 1) bombing healthy but relatively isolated demos or meds where you can't risk them surfing (demos especially), and 2) when you're already like 50 hp and you know you won't have enough time to get multiple rockets off

I am now firmly convinced that he will be better than rui hachimura

1) given when you started playing comp, competing in main/div 2 seems pretty fine. of course there are gonna be people who move up the ladder faster than you, but don't compare yourself to someone else today, compare yourself to you yesterday. I realize you're also worried about your lack of improvement, but keep in mind you also moved up vs better people, and a lot of it could be them punishing you for mistakes that went unpunished before.

2) much easier said than done, but get out of your own head. I've played against so many mge lord scouts that are terrible in game. sometimes it's because they have no gamesense, but a lot of the time it's literally them not coping with the pressure of hitting their shots in real games compared to a controlled practice environment. being mentally strong won't make you an invite player, but it absolutely does help with some of those 'beef' moments. it sounds like you also turn inward a bit when they happen and think about them for a long time, which is not healthy- focus on the next fight.

3) worst comes to worst, take a break for a week to refresh or spend it playing other classes. playing multiple classes will help you see the game from multiple perspectives and help skills translate over. also, and not everyone will admit this to you, if you REALLY feel like it's not helping, maybe a long term switch to soldier, demo, or medic wouldn't be the end of the world. if you're a high sens player who feels like your accuracy isn't improving, but your gamesense and comms are good, scout may be the class that emphasizes your weaknesses more than your strengths. that being said, I've also seen a lot of garbage scouts have everything 'click' and improve rapidly, so I wouldn't foreclose on that as a possibility either.

this took me on an emotional journey