how do you acquire so many fanboys?

I'll start uploading it. Will post the link here, when finished. I have most torn movies at highest renders if ya need another.

waffles or pancakes

do you like cows

Here, I uploaded it for you: http://www.speedyshare.com/mcWxN/tp.rapha.60fps.mp4

I live in St. Charles.

800.

This is my dog Tyson.

http://imageshack.us/a/img268/7038/36151718.jpg

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3415/6xt6.jpg

DaHanG asked me to teach him/play around season 6 I believe. He prefers playing on teams than dueling, but that's all that's popular in Quake competitively. He played a few scrims/pubs as scout, he did pretty good. Then QuakeCon announced CTF so he got his teamplay fill, and he was busy with school so he didn't want to split his time between multiple games.

I think pyro airblast is broken. Not sure why teams don't pocket a pyro for uber vs uber defensively the majority of the time, but I refuse to do it - same reason I didn't use Bonk or play Heavy.

I think 'zis is rapha' is my best video. I think the flow/pacing/sync was done well, I just make frag videos that I like to watch. I'm not impressed by a ton of effects, I like to do a bunch of subtle/smooth things throughout the video that make it feel like they were meant to be together. I also really try to avoid using fast forward, slow motion to sync stuff, this helps with the feeling that the clips/song were meant for each other rather than forced (see: the second example I give below). To me it's like putting together a puzzle, finding when/where to put clips in the song. I spend a lot of time trying to put everything in the correct order to match the type of frag/cam with the tempo of the song, sync, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojR_qedzzK8

I think 2:00 to roughly 3:00 or so is a good example, everything has a purpose - all the transitions are smooth..even the lyrics "what did you expect to find..?" right as he turns the corner to see cypher, just subtle stuff.

Another example is the clip at 5:02. The song settles down into first person, then syncs the first rail, the pacing of the song picks up when he rocket jumps to chase for a kill, syncs on the second rocket jump and a sync on the rail kill.

That's probably a much more elaborate answer than you wanted, but I'm done rambling now.

Is that a rhetorical question?

God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything - Christopher Hitchens

My day has been progressively better, antihistamines are amazing.

My first ESEA LAN was fun, it was really interesting meeting so many people you knew but have never seen, all at once. Kermit dodged hours before our flights, so we posted a thread on gotfrag asking if anyone in Dallas could play. Some young stud named Dante 'shade' Funari answered the call and the rest is history. I think all the players at the first LAN were: cyzer, casey, reptile, davis(rip destro), phelon, syckness, oplaid, pokey, seagull, sequel, dummy, grieve, justin, fanom, shade, tlr, ww, fragile, carnage, animeman, relic, pyyyyour, solidsnake, jaeger. 2/24 players still play invite, rip.

That's too broad of a question to answer, if you want to know about a specific class, it would help me narrow it down.

As far as becoming one of the best players, I think it's really important to have a knowledge of all the classes, playing them at a high competitive level, not just pubbing/pugging. All of the best players in the game could play invite on any class. I also think quality is more important than quantity. I barely have over 2,000 hours on this game, but it's probably 70% invite scrims/matches, 20% pubs/pugs, 10% idling hats. I think I have a good understanding of the game because of this, and more time spent would just be getting my aim to where it can be, which I don't because I'm lazy and like riding others coattails. :>

I don't know, I'll ask someone who has them.

I'm more of an eggs/bacon kind of guy.

Circumcised or not.

Nah, I appreciate the detailed response. :>

whos gonna play in the next superbowl / whos gonna win

Consistency tips for scout?

favorite single player game you've ever played?

favorite kind of food? do you live close to goose island? if so can you send me bourbon county variants? god bless

If you have such an expensive why not fork out a few bucks to get a decent mic?

Do you sign weapons? Will you be playing on a team in the future? (sorry if these are asked already)

Circumcised, wouldn't do it to my kids though.

I watch hockey, rugby and soccer. Broncos vs Eagles would probably be the most entertaining though.

The best way to be consistent is to execute things you have complete control over correctly, e.g. hitting tab a lot, keeping track of ubers, good comms - not useless white noise. Also, I think anticipation is the most important aspect of the game, it applies to everything.

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time..I probably beat that game 3-4 times in middle school. As far as PC goes, I really don't play single player games. I beat Quake 1, Quake 2, Half Life 2, Portal, Battlefield 4..I think that might be it.

Seafood, I ate like a king on my trip to Boston. I live really close to Goose Island, I don't drink it as often as I used to because they were bought out by Anheuser Busch. You should try out pretty much anything from Lagunitas, Half Acre, New Glarus, Pipeworks, Two Brothers, Revolution..

I always sign weapons, anyone can add me. I answered earlier about playing in the future, you can read the previous posts if you'd like to know - and check out my dog.

what are your strengths and weaknesses as a player?

Who's your favorite TF2 teammate you've played with and why?

What was your favorite class in college? High School? Best restaurant you ever ate at?

Strengths: At the risk of sounding conceited, I think I'm a relatively intelligent guy.
Weaknesses: Balancing my competitive nature with a casual and teetering apathetic approach to video games, or at least the outcome.

I couldn't pick one, I've had a blast at every LAN I've attended with all my teammates. So rather than pick a favorite teammate, I'll just say Season 6 and Season 13 were probably the most fun I had at LAN. Also, TheFragile came to chicago last month for a weekend, good times. Here's a picture I took of him at the top of the Willis Tower, 1400 feet.

http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/1177/zo9m.jpg

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In college, I really liked Organic Chemistry. High School, I don't know - Art Classes probably. I ate at a restaurant in Boston called Neptune that was really good.

Should ww be allowed to drive a car y/n

Do you prefer oranges or clementines? Funniest picture of you at LAN?

Since you live in Chicago and i assume are a Blackhawks fan, did you go to any of the stanely cup games or playoff games last year? How about Patrick Sharp's hatty Thursday night? How about Patrick sharps defensive play on duchene Thursday night? sorry i just fucking love hockey and not many in the community do

best mge player?

what is the best tf2 match you've ever watched/played in?

what is the best quake live duel you've ever watched/played in?

How has playing competitive tf2 evolved you as a person?

How often do you read these forums?

What's your favorite movie?

Wow i just realised that you made zis is rapha :O.
Probably my most favorite fragmovie of all time.If i watch it I instantly want to play some quake again. (No im not being cheesy :))

What do you think about the current state of quake?
Did rapha ever try tf2,what games is he currently playin?
Which games are you currently playing other than tf2?

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If you were a steak how well done would you be?

Ronit should not be allowed near any motor vehicle.

Tangerine. Not sure if there are m(any). I'm always the last one awake.

I watch every game, I try to get to a few each year - been to three this season. I haven't been to a playoff game since 2009, they're expensive. Sharp is great, last night was fun to watch - surprised Roy didn't pull Giguere sooner considering the hissy fit he threw in Montreal. Also, would be tragic if Sharp isn't in Sochi, he deserves a spot.

I don't play MGE.

Too many to pick one. I will say that by far the most entertaining tf2 matches are on koth and a/d style maps. I think on every single push map all the same rules apply, there's no real varying strategy or unique style - scrimming becomes boring/redundant. Badlands: go valley or house -> push side of spire/climb spire -> push lower main/upper left into last. It's been that day since day one and not much has changed, very rare to offclass, etc. I think if you had to cap gravelpit in order A -> B-> C it would be more interesting and decrease the luck factor.

Same goes for Quake, too many to pick. I think the most entertaining tournament was at Quakecon in 2007. It was called Quad Damage, check it out on youtube.

I'm not sure it has, but I've certainly come into contact with many people I would consider real friends.

Almost everyday, certainly every work day.

This Is Spinal Tap.

Quake suffers from two big problems: Skill ceiling and player base spread across multiple quakes/mods/knockoff games. I'm not sure if rapha ever tried tf2, he likely has very briefly. I don't know what he's playing, I know that most of the Quake players just train for about 2 weeks or so before a big LAN and then barely play between then, if at all. I play BF4, that's about it.

He was bored of the game, not much has changed in TF2. Having a serious look at class restrictions/unlocks/map rotation is more important than people think. Lots of top players are quitting, and while other players can always slide in to give the appearance of stability at the highest level, they aren't really filling their shoes.