For me, the battery is perfect for going to 1-2 classes that are one hour each. I usually set my laptop to power saving mode and it's good enough for those two classes. Battery life's never been a huge problem for me since plugs are plentiful at my uni both in and out of the class room.

In full disclosure though, I did have an issue with my power button where sometimes it doesn't work but I resolved it by taking apart my laptop and tightening a loose cable.

For me, I just picked the IdeaPad because it was on sale on SlickDeals, dunno if price is a huge issue for you but I suggest buying the SSD separately since you can get some great deals on them

I bought a Lenovo Ideapad Y580 (15.6, nVidia 660M GTX, 2.4Ghz i7, back lit keyboard) last year when my old laptop died and I got it for sale for $900 and bought a 256GB SSD for like $200 to stick in it, it's still running TF2 fine, of course I mostly use it for occasional PUG, not sure if it would be good enough for fulltime competitive gaming.

IMO, it's pretty nice balance between being a gaming laptop and a normal laptop, it's not overly heavy at least not for me since I've been carrying it to classes almost every day for the past year. The biggest thing is that it's not flashy like my old Sager laptop.

You could definitely get a newer model for $1600, or if time isn't an issue you could probably look for a sale between now and when college starts.

Here's the broadcast: http://www.twitch.tv/extvesports/b/519599061

You can download it with this: http://www.twitchtools.com/video-download.php

What's the roster for Sad Zone?

Did the MvM timer disappear for anyone else?

EDIT: Nvm, it's showing up again really weird

I'd like to thank SheWolf for cluing me into this

What a journey

out of curiosity how long did it take for you to do all these consistently?

i feel stupid when i attempt one of these jumps and miss and then take fall damage

I feel like you guys are underestimating how good Street Hoops are

i've been playing pokemon rom hacks, specifically emerald 386

really wanted to play after watching that twitch stream

basic anarchy vs democracy guide:

http://www.reddit.com/r/twitchplayspokemon/comments/1y8o60/anarchydemocracy_explained/

43k viewers and we let Pidgeotto evolve

there is a god

the only hope for beating the game:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem

Well hopefully now that they can get players from QuickPlay, they'll become more popular to host.

This show is amazing, thanks for the heads up. Never expected to find what is now one of my favorite shows on air on TF.tv.

Uh sounds like you might've deleted something important, might be worth it to scrap everything and redownload Steam + TF2