i mean the number itself "doesnt matter" in the sense that it could function with invite being 500 elo or 10000 but if low inv players deflated to relatively lower than main players just because they played in harder pugs then yeah that's a problem with the system
an important component though is that in the case of ties or close games, the elos of each team should get closer to converging. the big issue is that the self correcting process is really annoying because the site just arbitrarily assigns some number and these inflated or deflated elos fuck with the predictions until enough pugs have been played to iron them out, until which point teams will have close games or wins that they lose elo for, since elo predicts not just a win but winning margins. a winning team losing elo is by design

bottom row since its a humble demo that gets the pick instead of a cringe scunt

i can't be the only one who remembers when b4nny moved his gadsden flag in between streams because it was barely visible and people kept making minion jokes about it

letting toxic & bigoted people participate actually decreases the player count, not increases

great vibes

i think heavy to mid sucks ass to play against and is annoying and boring BUT i dont think it really increases your chance of winning the mid and isnt fun to play either
may main motivation for asking is actually the disciplinary action which i think could be a really cool unlock for soldiers to enable more aggression and creative bombs but its just banned because of this stupid heavy to mid boogeyman

the idea of a heavy being run on a midfight has been the 6s whitelist boogeyman for years and is the main motivation for a handful of weapon bans. with some of these weapons being allowed in rgl (steak sandvich, gru) and heavy to mid kind of never happening, it makes you wonder if this is just being slept on and not used when it should be, or if its actually just a bad strat?

mods dumpstered the thread, what are they trying to hide...

"maybe"? grow up and admit you want to play

sorry i instructed kitten not to play pubs without me and not to heal anyone else

trash talking quickies for 30 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQCqrUqUSUM

there are a bunch of videos in here

map list for demoman:

jump_halcyon_b3
jump_lithium_fix2_bmv
jump_booyah_jmc
jump_zero
jump_carp_b2

got a few vids lines up the next few days, figured ill just post them all in one post and give the sneak preview

first one i decided to talk about different unlocks and the niches they find in 6s, while asking the question of why we dont see them more often

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfjf1AxUY4o

next is about ammo management on demo, why its important, and how to maintain it

https://youtu.be/BXH4OUDtmpg

finally i talk about how to play around having ad/disad but ubers not in play quite yet, covering mostly entering lobby/staging the push before getting uber to play off of the most ad possible

https://youtu.be/3wMyW0X5Dv4

three good speedrun maps, a gimmick-ish claustrophobic map, and then a nogravity demo map certainly makes for an interesting lineup