Hey, I'm TJB. Some of you may know me from the blog I do back in Euroland, Bonk'd, or me lurking around general TF2 forums.
I've wanted to do a Q&A for a while now, and I thought it would be a good time to do so, as UGC is near the end of the main season, and ETF2L is under way.
If you want to ask a question, go ahead, I won't bite. I'll probably publish the answers that I want to answer around Wednesday this week.
Thanks for reading,
~TJB
Hey, I'm TJB. Some of you may know me from the blog I do back in Euroland, Bonk'd, or me lurking around general TF2 forums.
I've wanted to do a Q&A for a while now, and I thought it would be a good time to do so, as UGC is near the end of the main season, and ETF2L is under way.
If you want to ask a question, go ahead, I won't bite. I'll probably publish the answers that I want to answer around Wednesday this week.
Thanks for reading,
~TJB
Can you perhaps give a summary of your involvement in the TF2 community? I don't think most Americans(I myself included) don't know who you are...
Can you perhaps give a summary of your involvement in the TF2 community? I don't think most Americans(I myself included) don't know who you are...
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SteveCCan you perhaps give a summary of your involvement in the TF2 community? I don't think most Americans(I myself included) don't know who you are...
I can answer this one now.
Essentially, I started blogging about European Silver in UGC, which then gave me some notice within the Euro community. This then led on to me hosting a podcast, much like Fully Charged, called Bonk'd!
Now, I've been invited and offered opportunities of a greater scale i.e Coverage Writer at ETF2L, casts etc.
tl;dr trying to promote Highlander with no profit fo' myself.
[quote=SteveC]Can you perhaps give a summary of your involvement in the TF2 community? I don't think most Americans(I myself included) don't know who you are...[/quote]
I can answer this one now.
Essentially, I started blogging about European Silver in UGC, which then gave me some notice within the Euro community. This then led on to me hosting a podcast, much like Fully Charged, called Bonk'd!
Now, I've been invited and offered opportunities of a greater scale i.e Coverage Writer at ETF2L, casts etc.
tl;dr trying to promote Highlander with no profit fo' myself.
I don't want to come across as a dick here, but I'd consider myself to be someone who is fairly "in the know" about EU TF2, and I've never heard of you. To my knowledge you've never written anything for ETF2L (I couldn't even find your username there) and Bonk'd podcast is only like 4 episodes in with so-so viewership.
That's cool if you want to help out the scene and become known, but being involved with very little of note and then making a thread which can basically be tl;dr'd as "I'm a big deal AMA" isn't the right way to go about it.
I don't want to come across as a dick here, but I'd consider myself to be someone who is fairly "in the know" about EU TF2, and I've never heard of you. To my knowledge you've never written anything for ETF2L (I couldn't even find your username there) and Bonk'd podcast is only like 4 episodes in with so-so viewership.
That's cool if you want to help out the scene and become known, but being involved with very little of note and then making a thread which can basically be tl;dr'd as "I'm a big deal AMA" isn't the right way to go about it.
skyrideI don't want to come across as a dick here, but I'd consider myself to be someone who is fairly "in the know" about EU TF2, and I've never heard of you. To my knowledge you've never written anything for ETF2L (I couldn't even find your username there) and Bonk'd podcast is only like 4 episodes in with so-so viewership.
That's cool if you want to help out the scene and become known, but being involved with very little of note and then making a thread which can basically be tl;dr'd as "I'm a big deal AMA" isn't the right way to go about it.
This wasn't intended to be a big deal... it wasn't like I was forcing people to comment.
And I know you're not coming across as a dick, and I respect that, because you are known - I just wanted questions.
[quote=skyride]I don't want to come across as a dick here, but I'd consider myself to be someone who is fairly "in the know" about EU TF2, and I've never heard of you. To my knowledge you've never written anything for ETF2L (I couldn't even find your username there) and Bonk'd podcast is only like 4 episodes in with so-so viewership.
That's cool if you want to help out the scene and become known, but being involved with very little of note and then making a thread which can basically be tl;dr'd as "I'm a big deal AMA" isn't the right way to go about it.[/quote]
This wasn't intended to be a big deal... it wasn't like I was forcing people to comment.
And I know you're not coming across as a dick, and I respect that, because you are known - I just wanted questions.
I came to this thread like 'oh cool, this guy is gonna gather questions to ask Euro players! Sounds neat.'
Then it turned to 'wait he's doing a q&a for himself? Why? Who is this guy?'
I'm wondering why you posted this, to be honest. Probably ~99% of tf.tv knows who you are, and even then, the work you do isn't noteworthy enough to warrant an AMA. You run a blog and podcast - while that's good for the community, do you REALLY need to do an this?
I came to this thread like 'oh cool, this guy is gonna gather questions to ask Euro players! Sounds neat.'
Then it turned to 'wait he's doing a q&a for himself? Why? Who is this guy?'
I'm wondering why you posted this, to be honest. Probably ~99% of tf.tv knows who you are, and even then, the work you do isn't noteworthy enough to warrant an AMA. You run a blog and podcast - while that's good for the community, do you REALLY need to do an this?
So you do other things than blog??
So you do other things than blog??
it didn't seem to me that he was coming off as a big deal. seems like hes just trying to promote his stuff and make a name for himself. no need to be a dick. i guess if you don't have any questions just dont ask.
it didn't seem to me that he was coming off as a big deal. seems like hes just trying to promote his stuff and make a name for himself. no need to be a dick. i guess if you don't have any questions just dont ask.
What kind of questions are we asking? I think that's the main issue here. I would love it if you linked your blog, maybe anything else we can look at that you've done so that we know what kind of questions you are/aren't qualified to ask.
You mention UGC and ETF2L, are you involved with those leagues?
What kind of questions are we asking? I think that's the main issue here. I would love it if you linked your blog, maybe anything else we can look at that you've done so that we know what kind of questions you are/aren't qualified to ask.
You mention UGC and ETF2L, are you involved with those leagues?
Who is he?
He plays highlander at a low level and talks about it
Who is he?
He plays highlander at a low level and talks about it
well this thread backfired
well this thread backfired
aren't you the guy who played heavy for TA like two seasons ago in etf2l
if not then idk who you are
aren't you the guy who played heavy for TA like two seasons ago in etf2l
if not then idk who you are
How large is your mushroom tip?
How large is your mushroom tip?
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