2edgy I think i got a cut.

It's ROLE is pretty much held together by being able to use the degreaser. Crit-flares, crit-axes and the airblast all require fast reaction times in order to more effectively defend against (good) spies or a strong explosive flank. While bloodsire's video is somewhat proof of concept from your perspective; it is ultimately, a corner case. Much like the sandvich is the accepted secondary for a heavy in HL and the Ambassador is effectively the accepted spy primary, there's a difference between "viable" and optimal. Some players can make the stock revolver work for them, but they ARE nerfing their damage output.
Getting along just fine does not mean you're performing at the peak of your play.

When it comes down to it, not using the degreaser makes you more vulnerable to heavies, engies with the mini . . . pretty much every hitscan class. Sure, you can handle soldiers and demos basically the same, but every other class can beat you 1v1 easily (except maybe the big pick classes). It's essential because it obsoletes the stock in most situations.

is there a way to get my crosshair to flash upon hit?

Man up, doe.

Weren't the Serious Sam games' engine based around the source engine?

Quote of the thread, folks.

Known him for a while. He's more tolerable than half of the people here.

That said, good thought behind it, making things more fluid. But it's there for a reason.

Mystery guest is SOOO star_ again.

It's more geometry for scouts to use, it's good.

Because Highlander is more popular, and they're a business. It might be done in the future, but generally speaking, they already support highlander and will continue to do that.

Recessive genetics are p cool.

Which would be picked out in a pick-ban system. I think most people can name 18 weapons they won't want to play against. I can think of 3 that will be picked fast and easy. Pomson, gunslinger, wrangler. But generally speaking, people other than engies aren't going to want those anyway giving 16 possible points that it will be banned. Somebody WILL inevitably pick these in bans, and eventually there will be just a universal faux pas to using them.

Weapon balance is definitely not the biggest part of this. People can use sub-standard weapons and sidegrades all they want, and genuinely OP weapons are usually known by the community. If weapon balance truly determined the state of the game, whoever ran the most pomson, the most phlog the most liberty launcher etc, would determine who wins pubs. That's definitely not the case, and I fail to see the point in arguing about weapon balance. It's trivial to argue weapons when they'll determine only higher-level match balance, since ultimately, it will only affect higher level play (which most of you will do in leagues with more defined rules anyway.) So . . . that's a good 200 posts of dick-waving that didn't matter.
Getting matchmaking solidified is definitely the part that will differentiate if this is a success or a failure. This would definitely require a way to qualify skill in-match. That's what should really be discussed.

I would too, fuck, not like i can't wash that off. You can by food, beer, or gas with 20 bucks. What the fuck have you bought your dignity?

Fair matchmaking isn't gonna happen for a little bit for sure. Disconnects and ragequits would create a pause. Delays? I don't think they'd be that different than waiting for the average highlander/6v6 match. ~10 minutes and everybody SHOULD be in the server.