ok but did anyone see the soapymeister impersonator videos a few years ago?

https://youtu.be/qHyYKzgS3hU

https://www.twitch.tv/gungonn/clip/TenaciousBenevolentDragonPunchTrees-eVP3a0cZGPK07zZ_

ACT I

GUNGON (persuasively)
just stay choke, stay choke, stay choke.
GUNGON (cont.)
let's go through! come through, come through, come through.
GUNGON (through choke)
oh, it's chad.... oh, it's chad. OH IT'S CHAD.
GUNGON
della, are you with me?

(Enter DELLA, through choke, though standing on three stickies and not in beam range.)

GUNGON (panicking)
you with me?.. YOU WITH ME?

(Exit DELLA, who is visibility seen gibbing from aforementioned three stickies)

GUNGON (despair)
DELLAAAAA
GUNGON (crying)
KAPIBBBYYYY
DELLA (almost inaudible)
WOAH YEEEA-UUHHH ***

ACT II

(Cut to JAIDEN, seen collapsing and fighting a demo on mid)

GUNGON
kapibby on mediccccc.....

(Exit JAIDEN, who is seen "skyboxed" by KJKUOD)

(Various silverware and china can be heard from gungon's microphone)

***this line is a subtle nod to a commonly referenced signature phrase of the likes of YIGHT, SHOWSTOPPER, and SIGHGUY

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welcome back fyg

https://youtu.be/sYnZXnnb0YY?si=Ej1IQUg899L-DHfy

Also it’s banned : )

talented and eager. hard vouch.

nerd essay inbound

upvote

if you ask me - fuck no the mission statement shouldn't be relevant to a weapon ban! but iirc from a year ago the argument b4nny made was relevant to the "meta" section and how people still used iron bomber and that iron bomber was still a sidegrade and that banning loch mean restricting options/banning a playstyle. he justified his position by stating that none of the demos at s15 lan playoffs used the loch. if you ask me its a fine argument but one i strongly disagree with for this weapon in particular.

re:re:re: "The Meta" Mission Statement. / soapy's post about demoman risk vs reward / ETF2L philosophy

there is so much nuance within the game with regard to timing and movement and communication that fills sixes with depth. the mechanical aspect of the game is what brings depth to sixes and when it comes to "THE META" this is where change really lies. uber targets, flash timings and what the player will do with the flash, bomb timings, which door you're pushing off of what picks, who's holding which door off of which picks, should your beam play closer in x situation? blah blah blah blah blah. I have had countless discussions with teammates on invite teams about the little details that will make or break fights. THAT is the definition of depth. THAT is what should influence playstyle if you ask me. sigafoo's mission statement talks about "not getting stuck doing things that arent working" and if you ask me, 99% of what constitutes Doing Things That Arent Working are mechanical, timing, and communication based.

From the way I interpret what "THE META" means and what brings depth to the game - weapons such as the loch and ball require so little to create so much that it actually stifles that nuance. I will never downplay 30 damage IB impact, but it requires actual teamwork to capitalize on (e.g. 30 damage on a medic means a 120hp 2 rocket instead of a 150hp 2 rocket, which is a night and day difference - also your teammates must understand that the 30 damage stacked on top of each other is meaningful, which i would again argue is an example of depth) as well as requiring your demo to play FORWARD in order to hit the good spam angles and get consistent chances at the big 100 damage pipes - meaning your demoman must WEIGH THE RISK of continuing to spam vs leaving the fight. loch n load misses out on the 30 damage rollers absolutely, but the 100 damage pipe is so stupidly impactful in its own right, you get like AT LEAST 6 chances at it during a typical dry fight, and also ur demo is unbombable while this happens (also as a contrast to the stacked 30 damage nuance, 100 damage is so blatantly obviously impactful that a toddler would try to follow up on it)

"but gj3 sniper exists" - yes but sniper doesnt have sticky bombs and 260 health also fuck sniper man we don't need another guy who can sit back and do a million damage at no risk of death. apples to oranges as far as im concerned.

in my opinion, despite the stereotyping that the ETF2L is more "conservative" and messaging that RGL is more "progressive" - actions speak louder than words. map pool is another story, but strictly regarding gameplay, the europeans have something they deem ruins the game - they ban it. there's a quality of life fix - they implement it. oh no the qol fix was actually broken, they revert it. here in NA we sit here and twiddle our thumbs and talk about testing and talk about testing and talk about testing and talk about testing and (here comes another gj3 projectiles pass thru friendlies qol fix moment sorry) oh horse run monthly tested it and polled it and 80% of people liked it ok so we all agree we should add it ok lets add it just kidding its still not in the config and can you tell im losing my mind yet????????????

tldr ban loch ban ball ban quickies the meta spans entire GALAXIES beyond weapon bans

sorry math this isnt supposed to be a shot at you its a shot at the loch.

https://youtu.be/PX6m9HmZMns?si=_B6ya_72hq-Ktqsn

this shit happens to every player an innumerable amount of times per season

I genuinely wanted to rip my hair out when this happened. For the record, b4nny lawyer'ing this point was clever and technically right - but technically right is about the worst kind of right you can be. RGL needs an updated mission statement re: springrolls

when im in an abysmal dogshit competition and my opponent is valve comp matchmaking

https://youtu.be/7kdCfGBLfaE?si=tiX4YTPb5BNQ3Ozb&t=25 not rolled as hard i dont think but its funny i have an almost identical clip

https://www.twitch.tv/rglgg/clip/AnnoyingFastWalrusPermaSmug-18P7okd9gwwQ6_9i

https://youtu.be/fOLHDgmlbLc?si=YWj_LhyhYkT4IZR3

https://i.imgur.com/ED37JIP.png

willing to contribute to the prizepool.

idk if i can top this
https://youtu.be/ZUaFPV8RdXw?si=WRY-OBAx-Qgxmq52&t=82