Almost 2% total, ~6.5% since I started even including an almost year-long break now (there were times I was consistently playing 65-85 hours a week). Wish i could put in time spent organizing events/ watching streams/ traveling to lans/ etc.

Only regret is not spending more time when I had the chance.

If anyone ever has any issues with the site during these, please feel free to either message me or @admin in the in-site chat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYonTBRM0VI

all of the ww2 spongebob memes are fantastic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqali7kCj1c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aiDgXz6968
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0dMq2OPjU8

extine's highlight reel voice is the best this scene has had imo. it's really awkward to watch highlights with someone not super excited, check out any "top 10" on espn or whatever.

ps #9's aim/movement gave me motion sickness wtf

Yes, it's over 3k sq ft!!!! (Shared among a few people) (I am excited)

ty for the heads up!!!

In fairness, it was an esports bar, and I had to ask for them to put it on, and there were only like 4 people there. STILL A WIN IN MY BOOK THO

http://i.imgur.com/1qCe07dr.jpg

Meltdown Esports Bar in Toronto, who else wants to come?

I should preface this with saying that while my understanding of childhood development and educational psychology is likely a bit more rounded than that of the standard tftv poster, I am by no means an expert. It plays an important role in the field that I'm studying, though (I will be a certified K-12 teacher this time next year).

If you have gotten to a point as a parent where your relationship with your child is bad enough that you have to literally hurt them to get them to behave/do something your way/etc, the act of physical punishment is just a continuation of poor parenting, rather than the start of it.

Studies have shown that physical punishment can negatively affect your child psychologically.

Studies don't shown physical punishment to be consistently effective.

It's a good way to lose the trust of your younger child or the respect of your older child.

This gets into much more a much more opinionated area, but I currently believe that corporal punishment is the absolute worst thing your can do to a developing child. It really instills the notion that the only reason they should do the right thing is because of the fear of negative consequences to them, rather than the fact that it's just the right thing to do. This same thing can be applied to parents that I've heard in public talking about bad people going to hell (god bless the south), etc. That stuff will scare the crap out of your kid in the short term, and really damage them in the long term.

Providing direct, negative consequences and rewards is somewhat necessary at a younger age, but by the time your child is old enough to have an almost-conversation with you, the focus really needs to be on helping your child out of their egocentric phase where everything revolves around them. When they truly understand that others are just as complex and emotional beings as they are, they should be learning their "golden rule", etc.

It's not situational. It's not a "last resort". It's not proven to work. Don't hurt your damn kids. It's a shame this discussion still has to happen.

13-16 will generally be automatically disqualified from administrative positions, and generally declined for everything else. not saying it's impossible, but yeah

this is why we are scheduling coaches now. we never want to have to resort to a mid-open coach.

we've already had a few IM/Invite coaches sign up. with 2x the number of coaches we've had apply in the past 5 hours, we'd have enough to get by. with 3x the number of coaches we've had apply in the past 5 hours, we could comfortably run mixes in their current capacity and have a bit of space to continue growing them.

yup. regular coaches will have access to a group calendar so we can guarantee enough coaches for a successful night in advance through scheduling. admins/ other coaches will still get their buddies for overflow as needed or if someone doesn't show up, but hopefully that won't happen much.

the biggest bottleneck from the previous generation of mixes was the lack of consistency in coaching staff. sometimes we'd have 6 coaches chilling waiting for games to start, and other times we'd have enough newbies for 3 games to be going on w/ no coaches in sight.

The NA Newbie Mixes are back, with the goal of being bigger and better than ever! We need help on all levels to make this transition. We are opening up some new positions as well.

This is all volunteer work, but Newbie Mix is the single biggest feeder into competitive TF2. Investing in the scene for the game you love will better ensure there are others to play with for a long time.

https://goo.gl/forms/yjBTIQy1EWumfIwy1

Here is a list positions and responsibilities:

• Head Operations Admin (NOT head admin, expected to be available almost every Friday, leads general operations of mixes)
  
• Team Drive Admin: Runs newbie team drive, must also be a drafting admin, broad community trust REQUIRED.
  
• Drafting Admin: Drafts mixes, moderates drafting zone, answers newbie questions while waiting for next game.
  
• Head Coach: Leads curriculum building and helps other coaches with general tasks. Invite experience appreciated.
  
• Weekly or bi-weekly coach for newbies. Formal position, unlike the "who can the admins grab" coach.
  
• Social Media Coordinator: Keeps twitter feed active and managed, broad community trust REQUIRED.
  
• Other: A position that you feel we need but is not listed. We're happy to incorporate other ideas!

if anyone has had any semblance of a hope that tf2 would become an esport more than a month after valve released matchmaking, they're delusional

people play because tf2 is the most fun game there is, not because we want to be esports stars