I think that one way to spread the word about esea is to have more esea players *actively* looking for newer players to guide. For example, go to the truetf2 subreddit or the UGC forums and answer questions. When you play MM, watch for people who have questions and concerns about the format, tell them that comp players are talking about the same things and looking for solutions here on tftv.

Also, I wanna write an esea/open FAQ since the site itself is so lacking in that area, at least as far as TF2 is concerned. If you remember things that confused you when you were first getting started, PM me to make sure they're included. I'll definitely be covering at least the following: how much it actually costs to play a season in total, where you go to pay, how to cancel recurring payments on paypal, how match scheduling works, and how to watch matches.

Whoops... I guess I'm just blind. :0

I think people will probably want a log of killstreak ticks like p-rec can make.

First of all, ifly for constantly keeping your stuff updated. It's awesome to be able to rely on that! :D

Second, it looks like you forgot to put a Resume button on the escape menu. Not sure if that was intentional since you can accomplish the same thing with another escape.

Yo, sorry if this has already been addressed somehere, but what triggers the updater plugin to run?

Sidebar Name: Differ
Country: US
2 season UGC 6s, on third open season currently, all on med.
https://play.esea.net/users/973447
https://www.twitch.tv/differ_del

I mostly stream scrims and matches, though I'll occasionally do some casual TF2 or other games.

Something that helped me was attempting to play dm classes, especially pocket, in pugs/lobbies. It helped me to really understand how hard it is to do anything when your med isn't giving you enough information. After going through the experience of having to ask, "Where are you?" or "What's our percent?" constantly and like... not always being told that there's something on them or that they're leaving me in the fight, I never wanted to put my own players through it lol. It put it more at the front of my mind and helped me understand when certain comms are the most useful and needed.

Also, if you consciously practice it for a while, it'll get to the point where a lot of it is automatic, like... you always call your position after you died and are coming back to your team, without even thinking about it. I have to suppress those habits now when I'm playing classes where it isn't as relevant haha.

Wait wait wait, so does the new casual quickplay thing mean that valve pubs as we know them will cease to exist, or they just won't be the default option? I love pubs... ;__;

Looks neat!

The scout is doing the Carlton AAA

GG to you too! Moy is indeed a beast. He eviscerates our enemies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO8zzN_1WHA

This shit is funded 17x past what they needed.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/whatdoyoumeme/what-do-you-memetm

who would ever buy this what

Mildly related story: my real name is very difficult for some people to remember/pronounce, but I've never had a persistent nickname irl. So, sometimes if I meet someone I'll never really see again, like some randomer at a party, I'll just tell them to call me Differ cause it's simple, and I'll actually know to respond to it. BUT this one time, I ended up running into a person again, and I didn't really remember them, and they called me Differ. It was so weeird.

It wasn't the math that was empowering. It was feeling like I was good at something, getting the motivation/tools to independently learn shit that interested me, and having a professor I respected really believe in me.

omnific

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz2mmM-kN1I