I do. It still happened on a brand new mousepad with a brand new mouse. That made me laugh quite hard, actually ;)

The hayate is quite good. Reminds me of a QCK. The only problem for me was that after about a year the bottom decided to not stick to my desk anymore, and would periodically fly out from underneath my mouse mid fight "How'd that soldier kill me?" "Yeah my mousepad went flying, sorry".

:(

Woohoo. My 2 year old m0rehud can finally be updated. I just copied everything bar damageaccount,menu, edited my crosshair in, and now no more crashing in MvM!

I think MotD's and in-game voting don't show up properly for me still, but I don't care.

Cheers.

*shrug* The sensor in the Sensei can be a royal pain in the ass at times. However, the matte finish on the mouse, combined with it being ambidextrous is too good for me. Apart from the sensor, the build quality is real nice.

Might buy a FK or something one day, but this is ok for now (it being free is kinda nice).

Australia to cause many tears at Dreamhack QL, then pull an iM. I've heard there's a decent quake player there. I think his name was Fraze? I'll probably watch some QL and DotA - depends what stream isn't shitting itself on the day.

I use a sensei. T_T

The feel of it is really nice, and makes up for the shitty sensor. The only exception to this is when it decides to not move. When this happens, I have to frantically brush my hand over my mousepad/mouse mid fight at the speed of light, hoping I don't die in the process. >:|

You didn't seriously compare the life and endgame of MMO's to the competitive scene in TF2, did you? You can't say there is nothing for you to do in a competitive game, regardless of how good you are. There is always room for improvement in any area. You can always get better aim, you can have different strategies for certain situations, you can have better teamwork/coordination. If you get burnt out after playing for a long time, though, that's when the incentive to improve (and play, for that matter) falls off. For example, as I've said on many occasions, we've been playing together in iM for nearly 4 years now. With very little to no breaks, we've been pretty burnt out for a few months now, and TF2 doesn't consist of improving at the moment, instead it's rather "here's hoping we don't lose".

I've heard TF2 compared to some funny stuff, but comparing it to MMO's is definitely a first (read: it's not a very good comparison!)

"I don't understand the inner-workings of a team I'm not a part of, yet I'm going to go ahead and talk on their behalf (sarcasm or not)".

Thank you for your contribution to shitting up the thread, and displaying your prime maturity. Woo, I can do sarcasm too.

To be fair, i49 is the "hardest" we've tried, but many beefs were had. Regardless, his statement is somewhat irrelevant. He doesn't play in our team, doesn't know our players well, doesn't know the inner workings/chemistry/dynamics of our team. But it's ok, le sarcasm on le internet!!

Captain Planet

uhh. Thanks for speaking on our behalf, I guess? Though you are wrong. We actually "try" more than you think. The only reason we don't 24/7 "tryhard" is merely because most of us (namely sheep, aporia, bonobo and myself) have been playing together and practically constantly for nearly 4 years now. When that amount of time has passed, you start to get burnt out. We've been playing a lot less recently because there are a less "higher level" teams to play than before, and it seems WoW is the cool thing to play again (for other teams and half of mine).

Would appreciate if you didn't speak for us, though. Leave that to me or aporia >_>

EDIT: On the note of ESEA vs CEVO - I'm surprised people really need an incentive to be competitive. I think in total over the course of 4 years that I've been with -A-/iM, since winning pretty much every major comp in Australia, our total prizes consist of ~$1500, a server for 3 months, a bunch of icons, random unusuals, etc. When it comes down to it, we may slack off a bit during the regular season since people have other commitments or are feeling burnt out since we've played for so long, but when crunch time arrives, people play the extra 120% "when it matters". I mean, I know money helps and all, but if TF2 is really something that's a passion of yours, you shouldn't need a LAN or prize pool for that matter.

I'm pretty ambivalent on the whole thing. On one hand, you have LAN where you're able to truly test other people's skill, teamwork & dedication on an even setting & prize money. On the other hand, you have a community/league provider that's willing to actually listen to the players, and are trying their best to make it one of the best experiences possible. Who knows, CEVO might get a TF2 LAN one day. I guess it just depends what you really want more.

Kagaku

If you're talking about ETF2L, prepare for the witch-hunts for cheaters.

I know the Open Beta is coming soon, but would appreciate a key if anyone has one laying around. If you desire, I'm sure I could trade you some TF2/Dota 2 items. I'd still like to do some fiddling in this game, maybe stomp some of my friends that have it.

Because SC2 is more about making deathballs and RPS than actual 'good decision making', compared to Brood War.

Unit compositions in Brood War were actually more interesting. For example, you had Terran who actually had the opportunity to do either SK Terran, Mech, or Sky Terran eventually vs zerg (the main ones). In SC2 it's pretty much bio or bust.

Not only that, defilers are the coolest units in starcraft ever.

"It's easy to be a European demoman apparently man they're just amazing at this game" -dearjohncarter