Jesus Christ, solid snake is a professional badass.

#17, you provide a decent example, but you're describing people with BAD genetics, who cannot progress no matter how much they try. A much more likely scenario in school is a smart person who doesn't use his ability to his fullest potential and gets lower grades than someone who studies much more but is not necessarily as smart.

"Harb, Out of the blue"

"HAHAHAHAHA, oh man please tell me you planned that."

"I was going to spell it as bleu, but i changed my mind. I guess it didn't ruwin the joke though :)"

"I thought it was PYYYOURly coincidental."

"TL;dR"

"Look at the cyzer that pun."

This thread has been on my mind for a long time, and I have come to the conclusion that, under general circumstances (no deformed wrists / etc.), only the top tiers of the skill ceiling and the lowest tiers of the skill floor are affected by genetics. What this means is that people have different starting points based on their genetics, but the top tiers of players are not really affected by genetics as much as someone might think.

http://i46.tinypic.com/bezgx.jpg

The idea in this picture is that the bottom tier is for beginners, those missing practice. With practice, anyone can get into the middle tier, but nobody can advance into the elite tier without very good genetics and a lot of practice.

Good genetics can give a boost in the beginning and also help increase the rate of progression, but as proven by the top players now, practice is the difference between bad aimers and good aimers.

Also, my whole argument was about aiming, nothing else.

#13 When I read your post I was immediately reminded of the victory blunt night(s) and the casts. Greatest drama in TF2 history.

Defiance, that exchange in #33 and #34 made me laugh out loud.

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WE ARE FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT. LONG LIVE HRG.

#20 The rule is absurd for several reasons.

#1 - We had everyone on for a match that would fulfill the 3/4 rule, but the team forfeited. If everyone is on at the time of the match and they forfeit, it should count as a match played.

#2. - If we would have forfeited our last match and the following match, we could have still played the season out. Forfeiting a match where we had 6 could have saved our season? Why is that fair at all?

This isn't really a question, and IDK if you even know me that well, but I just thought I'd say that I really enjoy pugging with you, whether it's the old MGE pugs every night, pug.na, or the invite pugs. You're definitely one of the nicest guys in tf2 and also an overall very cool guy. Just thought I'd say this.

"Don't dream of becoming as good as someone else marmaduke, dream of becoming better than them." - thorn.

Really impressive article Defiance.