That was the first TF2 lan I watched and I remember being blown away by Plat.

Darn! obviously...
In all seriousness, I like the players that try to help out the community with content.
Ipz has been keen with videos recently and is a great guy, Pyyyour's demo reviews were second to none even if he doesn't do them much anymore, Kaidus has started rollout workshops and will be doing more demo reviews soon, Rays has been doing HUD tutorials which have helped me with my HUD editing, Sal's videos got me into TF2 with his easily-accessible casts and lets not forget TRUKTRUK for being the best streamer ever.

:DDDDD

http://i.imgur.com/snMt4vR.jpg

Thanks. I have a question about my HUD that I need to ask someone a bit more experienced. Do you know what I need to edit to adjust the timer? I can't for the life of me find what to edit. I don't even know what .res file it would be in.

It started with the QL version of garm3nHUD, which is as quake as I have seen from a TF2 hud. I'm basically going through the different res files and making the changes that I like, I haven't yet set my mind on a specific style. If there are any changes you would like to see or any problems you find, do tell me. http://www.mediafire.com/?z1rcdca3pu4a5uu

I got motivated to edit my HUD some more. It's still a WIP and most of it is still subject to change but this is what I have so far.

http://imgur.com/lwPwZAP.jpg

http://imgur.com/roRsDGC.jpg

http://imgur.com/qPw4zMA.jpg

http://imgur.com/Mmnl8U6.jpg

http://www.mediafire.com/?z1rcdca3pu4a5uu

There might be a few things I have forgot to edit, but that's pretty much it, enjoy.

http://i.imgur.com/ebRyStP.jpg

edited various things of the QL version of Garm3n hud to increase the length of the meters and editing the position/colour of ammo and adding a health cross and class image

edit: I also made the damage numbers large and green

I fixed my G400 recently. Its not that hard.

You need to just replace the cable with one from a mx518 (here)

For an idea of how things are inside the G400 watch this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCkDOAxf5MA

(skip through the unnecessary parts and be careful with removing the skids so you don't separate the adhesive side from the smooth side like he does)

Just take out the original cable and plug in the one from the mx518 and screw it back up. My G400 doesn't disconnect any more - problem solved.

Best of luck to your sister. I'm sure the whole world has flipped upside down for your family right now, so I give my sincere wishes that you all get through this. Looking forward to seeing you return to TF2 when this will all be a thing of the past. Good luck and try to stay positive!

I'm sorry I don't quite understand. Is this just an overlay for streaming or can my in-game overlay look like the one on the broder stream?

The HL lobby system will be a place for pubbers to play with a different rule set. The restriction of one player per class will spark interest in people that are fed up of the 4 sniper 3 spy setups that are too often found in pubs. Players will develop their HL skills in the same way that they developed their pubbing skills - that is what will grow comp TF2. It wouldn't work if they join a lobby where other players are used to the roles of HL and new players feel like an anchor to the team. It will start with people playing without much coordination, but as they play more, and actively try to improve, they will look to understand class roles and develop the skills that competitive players have that pubbers don't. This will no doubt increase the number of HL players, and with the ever-growing coverage of 6s, it is highly likely that 6s community will grow as well.

EDIT: This was my comment on eXtine's most recent Yao vlog and I thought it was relevant here

As a low level demo, I struggle to deal with scout aggression on midfights. Is it better to focus on getting early damage or to stay alive?