Anyone else crashing constantly? Anytime I connect I crash during map loading unless the server doesn't have item connection. Then, as soon as items come back I crash again. . .

I believe I should be free for this on the 4th and some other ones.

Name: Plinko
Class: Med or Scout Open. Explosive classes - low Open.
I am moving over the next few weeks so I may have some days here and there with no internet from 7/8 - 7/20.

I'm not certain if I can go just yet, but if I do I'll probably be driving from the Atlanta area.
If anyone is looking for a ride from the Southeast, lemme know.

If it was the ladder type of thing rather than a weekly scheduled thing, it would be great.

Pimpin ain't easy.

A most excellent gamer.

SGC2C was one of my favorite shows of all time, but I'm not sure if just using it straight up merits much in the way of accolades.

Pretty good DM and calls, would be a very positive contributor to a low or mid-Open team in need of someone for the last few weeks of the season.

Punctuation saves lives.

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Agreed ESEA is probably the most publicly unprofessional organization of significant size I've ever had to deal with - but all it warrants is the appropriate mockery.

Quitting/boycotting is your right, but all you're successfully doing is killing the game for everyone else.

Go spend your energy writing to your representatives about NSA spying or net neutrality or something that has an actual chance of affecting people's privacy/security. There's about a 100% greater chance they might care than lpkane anyway.

If the client didn't make my game run for crap, I would be perfectly willing to give ESEA the benefit of the doubt and let this go until actual issues arise. I can totally believe this is necessary for CSGO - especially with the huge prize pool.
If they fuck it up and do anything shady, I don't think there would be any leniency in the next lawsuit - so they'd be dumb to not have this carefully managed.

The question is how are those of us who want to play TF2 deal with it? My game is nigh unplayable with the client running on non-ESEA servers. Dual boot seems excessive but the only plausible option right now?

I recommended Atlanta to mana and I'll do it again. Housing is relatively cheap as long as you're willing to have a commute and jobs are decently plentiful if you have a degree. Do you mind saying what you're majoring in?

I grew up is Wisconsin and would move back in a minute if I could find a great job but my wife hates the winter and so it's probably gonna be just a dream. Milwaukee and Madison are be great places to live, IMHO.

NC is where my wife wants to live. It's unlikely I'll ever find work there given my field but what little time I've been there it's a beautiful place at least.

You don't say what's important to you besides jobs and maybe weather? If you mind winter at all I'd keep Wisco low. Atlanta is ok, no bitter cold, at least.

It's probably my fault, Saam. I didn't notice how long you were there until it was too late. I'm sorry about that.

We have Newbie PUGs 2.0 that fit the skill level - they don't run on Fridays (because of Newbie Mixes) but maybe they should. There are definitely some regulars from there that fit the profile smobo is talking about and it might be healthy to get them out and leave room for real Newbies.

If it's no class limits and no weapon bans, I wouldn't be surprised if crits are on as well.