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It would be possible to do it I think, it would depend entirely on what class you would be playing though. Which class were you thinking of playing as?

Why did every popular smashbros site get ddos'd? Does anyone know anything behind it?

I wouldn't advise going to lan before playing a regular match

I played on a macbook pro for the first 2-3 years I played. It was an old one, and with the right settings it ran fine. I even ran the game off an old external HD, so.

Your mileage my vary, but as poorly optimized as TF2 is, you can definitely tweak settings to make it playable.

Based on what I use, it would be Scout. For backup classes, Sniper and Spy. Mostly sniper because everyone seems to know I'm a spy by the time they take one glance at me.

Here's link to what Alpha Zealot said. He's the owner of smashboards.

http://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/1l8m0h/the_great_smash_ddos_of_2013/

Yeah, I know. I'm far from ready for lan, but it's always nice to know about the competitive scene of it so I can prepare myself after.

I've checked back once to talk about a little performance issue I was having with TF2, someone gave a link to another thread about how apple did such a bad job in applying thermal paste, and may be the problem with what I'm having sometimes. I'm usually scared to take apart an expensive computer though.

Well, if you keep visiting this site and you see in the upcoming events the Newbie Mixes, go join those. They are the best way to meet new people and start from the ground.

tell me who you main in smash and i'll tell you what class to play

Go play some pugs first

I've already did. I've played tf2 since January, so there's that. Right now, it's just tf2lobby and ego servers, plus Star's nocrit server and Reddit's MGE server.

Also, I play kirby. I placed second at a local tournament in my university recently.

Yeah, I'll do just that. :P

Thanks.

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Another addition, I kind of also play Medic since I was inspired by this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KSsn22GnUE

So far, I'm kind of happy with my recent progress.

I play on a laptop and it doesn't hinder me too much. I do have a mouse though, I couldn't deal with the track pad.

I've been mainly playing on a laptop for the past 3 years. It feels pretty much the same as a desktop, but limited to a 60 Hz monitor.

I can't imagine playing with a touchpad though.

Buy a cheap shitty mouse you will not be sorry.

I don't think I can play good with a mouse at all, but I'll try to.

It's actually feels easy to me. Since I'm on a 15" mac, it would look like this.

http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/apple/apple-mbp2011-15-keyboard-lg.jpg

I only use two to three fingers. Index to aim, thumb to click. I'm not exactly sure how I double click but it's probably my index and middle finger. I use it very fluently after so many months, and as I already said (I think) I play pretty darn well with it.

As for the keyboards, I don't use W,A,S, and D, but the Directional Buttons on the bottom right corner. If I were to rocket jump, I would mostly use the left, barely the right, and never up, same with down. I'd use my left middle finger to jump, and immediately press the shift key with my right middle finger, along with using my left thumb to click.

You'll definitely want to get a USB mouse. It will feel 10x better.

My post was too long, so this is my tl;dr version. I had a great midnight playing medic in 6v6 on cp_badlands, supporting my team very well. For scout in highlander on koth_viaduct, not so much. I got sticky bombed and killed by mini-sentries several times and made numerous failed flanks. I still made kills, but gosh are they hard to get with all the mess in middle of a capture point.

After tf2lobby players weren't there anymore, I killed my time playing Slender Fortress, which is by far the best mod I've ever played, even though I got scared ****less several times by that one terrifying thing with a chainsaw from killing floor.

And while I'm at it, as this is an off topic thread, here's a little off topic video that made me blush a little: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26nwJW3PunY

Someone had the actual guts to make a video based on the comments, especially mines, and it wasn't even perfectly good either but he sang it anyway. Gave him like for this.

TF2 is not poorly optimized. It will run on a stick of butter.

Uh, a couple things.

First off, you shouldnt use tf2lobby as a way to gauge your skill. Nobody there really knows how to play or dont play seriously. I recommend #tf2mix, a pug irc channel which is MUCH better than tf2lobby at least. Far from top of competitive however.

If you dont use a USB mouse you will be at a constant disadvantage. You simply cannot compete no matter how good you get with a trackpad.

LAN features some ridiculously good players. TF2 is a complicated game. You wont reach top of LAN in an afternoon. Similarly, if you find a team try to find one you can stick with. A lot of tf2 also has to do with adapting to your teammates

You probably shouldn't play tf2mix until you have a bit more experience, newbie mixes are a better place to start.

Also, just gonna point out that people have managed to play at pretty competitive levels on bad hardware, but a mouse is still a must, I can't imagine doing complicated jumps or movement with a trackpad.

My good mouse just died and I played tf2 and CS for a while with a trackpad before I borrowed a cheap wireless mouse from someone. If you can play properly with a trackpad, you are the god of dexterity. I bow before you.
And I play on a laptop (wohoo master race not really it sucks), I prefer to use a good, fancy USB mouse though.

Is that who I think it is. The legend of TokyoGamer spreads to even here.

I didn't think I'd be a god of dexterity lol, but thanks the compliment. :P

Definitely understandable. Thanks so much for the tip, man. I'll try to start using the mouse at some point and see how it goes for me. If I can adapt with what I'm currently using, I'm sure I'll adapt to the suggested as well. No worries.

I'll start downloading mumble in the meantime for #tf2mix. Thanks again, deep.

You probably don't want to play irc pugs until you get to the point where you can do very well in lobbies. Unless of course you're playing medic in mix

its a 6 year old game on a 10 year old engine

with an ass fuck ton of updates that mostly add content and rarely include optimizations

Competitive TF2 is a huge timesink. I think it's because it's a team game, but whatever.

Go whatever class you want to try for now. It's a bit like picking a character, you can try out stuff first and get some fundamentals down before you specialize.