I don't think a large map is necessarily a bad thing. It has its disadvantages but also upsides. All of my map ideas (including the finished one: http://www.teamfortress.tv/35172/ultiduo-sacred ) have been quite large. This naturally means that it takes longer for the respawning team to come out of spawn and move forward to the point or wherever the other dudes are holding. The way it seems to work on all ultiduo maps is the team that doesn't own the point respawns damn near as instantly as possible while the team that does own it is a bit longer (maybe double?) which allows the attackers time to stand on the point and cap after killing the defenders.

I would see just how short you can make the respawn timer for the team who does own the point. If it's so short that they can quickly come out and defend the point from the attackers capping then it might be too short. If there's no such issue then you should be good. Basically make them all as short as possible and adjust from there imo...

1) Minor gripe: A little bit more ammo on the map could be ok. I'm not positive about that though since we didn't get to playtest it too much.

2) Major complaint: The reason we couldn't playtest it very much was that the spawn times are atrociously high. Maybe there's a good reason for this that you can explain to us? The average spawn wave was something like 15 seconds if not more and it seemed almost impossible to catch the same wave as your partner. It's already a big map which means it often takes time to traverse that distance to get where you want to go. If you add an 18 second spawn on top of that... ??. Ultiduo maps have spawns that are a few seconds long usually to keep the pressure and action up. It almost seems like the map timer is 6 minutes instead of 5 to compensate for all the needless down time.

It's funny how little we actually got to play over the round that we did and so we kinda abandoned it with a bad taste in our mouths. I think these spawn timers need a good reduction and then I'd love to play more on this. At least aesthetically the map is certainly unique and good looking. Thanks for your work!

Super nice guy and mad decent. He's been around a long time and has experience. I've felt in the past that Tino was very 'meh' but he's definitely stepped up since the last time I've played with him and has huge potential on roamer. This dudes could roam probably around the lower half of IM and deserves some good tryouts!

Demo is mostly a team and teamwork oriented class so if you're playing low level pugs and lobbies you're going to be getting wrecked by scouts and soldier all the time if you aren't deliberately working behind your team and they aren't actively trying to help you. That said there's always more you can do individually, whether that's through practicing more dm (which you may dread), or just saying to yourself "how can I play in any given situation to not die almost-ever while still contributing something to the fights and holds". So you could play nice and far back and with a huge emphasis on keeping yourself safe. It won't be as beneficial to your team but if they're not working around you at all then it might actually be better that just dying all the time. With more experience you'll be able to predict the future (which is often pretty predictable in this game) and demo is the best class to play if you can do that since, if you have enough time, you can literally place bombs where you know people will go and wait to "frag" with your mouse2.

Great dm, can be vocal for a scout which is nice, and has a charming hillbilly accent.

But also has a massive ego, is generally not a mentally well individual and tilts super easily and talks a ton of shit. Left my team two seasons in a row. Came as a bundle package with goldfish the 2nd time which is the only reason I got duped into the same situation again. This past season he ragequit mid-scrim, in a scrim that we were winning mind you, because we weren't winning hard enough against people who he deemed very bad (it was a pretty good team if I recall). Just shut down entirely, stopped comming, went huntsman sniper and just spawned and walked forward until he died over and over. When asked "what the hell are you doing dude?" his response was "Aaahh dowen eevin caaeeeirre". So we asked if he was interested in continuing to play and he said he wasn't and left. Even his pal goldfish was disgusted at this idiotic display. I wish this was some rare one-off thing but this dude has a terrible attitude and serious personal issues behind it all.

5 Nyquil? Are you trying to sleep forever? A single capsule makes me super drowsy for 1.5 days so I only use it when I'm seriously ill.

Conal, Java and Aquila are mighty gamers and cool dudes. Blaine is too and it's a shame he can't keep playing. Good luck guys.

Midas is one of my favorite people. Not only is he smart and super beast at the game but he's easily one of the nicest dudes I've ever played with. He's also fun and funny and lifts the spirits of everyone around him. I can't think of a single negative thing to say about midas. How many people like that do you know? He deserves the best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8em1wH19KwI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucstqQ3ZSg8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ7NhBG7eq8

It's almost as if when you act like a massive asshole to just about everyone you interact with that people find it hard to sympathize. Online video games is a social environment. I'm not sure why some people can't see that it's important to not just be good at the game but (perhaps moreso) how you treat people too. With that in mind, comparing yourself to laz is like comparing a turd to a diamond.

So first of all from time to time you're gonna eat some spam shots but this can happen on the other utliduo maps as well. You could argue that it's more likely on other maps that only have two doors though it's true that the exits here are smaller and look deeper into the spawn building... but there's a ton of them. While you certainly can see where people are heading from shadows as well as glowy stuff like the medibeam I generally wanna say you're not being dynamic enough when you exit. You're telegraphing too hard where you will go and then going straight there. If you are defending from a distance then you have a very brief moment to pick a door and fire at it and the projectiles have a long travel time. If you're holding close then it's riskier to go for shots instead of healing and they'd hit for less anyway. I've tried very hard to abuse this "spamming on exit" idea as both classes and overall have found it quite difficult to reliably hit most players this way except for a rare lucky shot.

Cool and smart guy. Put in a bunch of work in the last several months and improved dramatically. Fellow Toledoan.

Great dude to pug with and against

Alright Hunter has gone out of his way to make things look really ridiculous so I'll give it some context.

For a while now I've been hosting Hunter's team (dR) out of my mumble. They were sent to me by another team that I sometimes help mentor. They are actually really sharp guys who have huge potential. Their dm is good and they are hungry to learn and challenge themselves. It's a shame that UGC made them start in Iron. They are currently at the top of the division doing really well. That's no kind of accomplishment.. it just shows that they're not learning much there and it's sad that they couldn't start in steel or something. If they have the ability and opportunity to play ESEA then they definitely should do it. They'd get shit on just like everyone else as low-mid but that's exactly what they need to push themselves.

Here's the important part: The sponsor has a personal connection to one of the players on the team. That's it, there's nothing much more to say after that. This is a small one-man sponsor who doesn't have tons of cash to throw at invite teams or getting people to LANs. Maybe one day, but not now. There's no computer parts--more like if there's an emergency like a mouse or keyboard give out he may be able to help with that. He strikes me as more of a kind-hearted philanthropist type that enjoys helping young players succeed. Anyway nothing is set in stone, he's just considering some small options and added me so he could get some advice regarding TF2 from a peer (he is not a kid). I wish dR the best of luck and hope they get everything they deserve (good things).

tl;dr stfu Hunter

He might not use his brain very much and makes some pretty poor captaining choices sometimes but he's not that bad. Making a thread like this is really mean and shows who all the petty bandwagoning retards are. Shame on you sail.