I don't know how the highlander community handles scrims but I know for 6v6 scrims are generally arranged through IRC. One player from a team will advertise on #tf2scrim saying they're looking to scrim another team on their level("6v6 mid open cp_badlands" or something similar) and someone from another team will see that, respond to them on IRC, exchange server info, and play.

To add to that, use atf2.org for IRC. It makes connecting to the necessary channels literally effortless. All you have to do is type your name and hit connect.

keep in mind that if you're running windowed/noborder you'll want to turn off Windows Aero so your fps doesn't dip even more.

http://i.imgur.com/AkLgo.png

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I'm pretty sure there was an update to the ESEA client like a year ago that made it automatically disable plugins.

Also, hooray!

OK so Mechanicsburg is actually only 3 hours away so that makes this much more plausible. If I can get a group of friends to go I'll be going 100%.

I would love to go to this(and Pittco) but driving 7 hours all alone kind of sucks. Would it be possible to get a list of people attending the event?

Unless the angle snapping is seriously intrusive, I doubt it will effect your aim much. I used a Zowie EC1 for a while and didn't ever notice angle snapping in game.

I read somewhere that Deal Extreme can take a long time to ship things, like a month or so. Having said that, it looks like a sick budget combo since I also read in the same thread that their clip on mic sounds great(probably the same mic).

Well that's for DVI and HDMI, I'm assuming your CRT connects with a DB15/VGA/whatever it's called connector. I could be wrong, but I would check that real quick.

The modmic is waaay better than the zalman clip on mic(granted it costs a lot more, but 30 bucks isn't exactly a lot of money) so if you're on the fence for the modmic, just get it and wait. Desktop mics can be fine for some people, but they pick up more background noise than something close to your face like a headset mic or the modmic.

Here's a comparison of the zalman vs the modmic in case you were wondering(I don't have a desktop mic to complete the trio of normal candidates).
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5977077/zalman%20mic%20vs%20modmic.wav

Downloaded this and I've been messing around with it quite a bit. All I can say is that it is AWESOME. Thank you so much Broesel!

timlaysthepipe

http://i.imgur.com/MENfJ.png

Negative LOD bias is 5 lines down in the same window.

this man knows how to jump