Well, the definition of hikikomori is not strictly black and white. Your case might be one that falls into a grey area. But I have a short questionnaire that could help us orient ourselves and figure this out if you’re interested

Thanks for showing interest in my research. Please contact me on discord: maros_tf2

sure, if there would be interest, I don't see a reason why not. My thesis will be published and publicly accessible anyway.
As to your 2nd question, you only need to not leave your house to participate.
Actually that is the goal of this research, to find out if people in modern age are really lonely, feel depressed or anxious when they spend most of their time at home. There might be someone who prefers this kind of lifestyle. Modern technology, hanging out with your friends online, playing games, working from home, all of this could possibly fulfil your social needs to certain extend

edit: By releasing my project I did not mean that I will share personal data and interviews that were conducted. This research is anonymous

Hello everyone,
My name is Maros. I’m a psychology student from Slovakia. I used to play TF2 competitively—some of you may remember me from the past. I’m conducting an academic study on the experiences of prolonged social isolation (hikikomori), focusing on loneliness, anxiety and depression—and how they are interconnected. I'm looking for participants who are willing to talk about their experience anonymously.
This topic is personal to me as I’ve experienced a hikikomori-like lifestyle myself. That period of my life was one of the reasons I chose to study psychology. My goal is to shed light on the realities of hikikomori and contribute to a better understanding of this phenomenon.

Who is a Hikikomori?
A hikikomori is someone who experiences prolonged social isolation and spends most of their time at home. They may leave their house, but only when necessary (such as buying groceries), and even then, no more than three times per week. To qualify as hikikomori, this pattern of isolation must have lasted for at least six months.

Why participate?
Your voice matters – Your story can help improve understanding of hikikomori and bring awareness to this phenomenon.
Completely anonymous & no pressure – You decide how much you want to share, and you can leave at any time.
A chance to reflect – Talking about your experiences may help you process your thoughts and emotions.
Helping future support efforts – This research aims to contribute to better resources and understanding for hikikomori individuals.
TF2 mentoring/coaching – I haven’t played TF2 for some years, but I competed in prem for a while. As a small reward for participating, I’d be happy to provide mentoring/coaching for lower div players/teams (my knowledge is outdated, but I can still help with fundamentals).

The research consists of:
- A short online questionnaire (5-10 minutes)
- An online interview (audio-only, no camera)

To participate, you need to:
- Be a hikikomori (prolonged social isolation, 6 months or more)
- Be at least 18 years old

How to contact me:
Discord: maros_tf2
Email: maros.terefenko1@gmail.com

Please don’t contact me on steam, it has been hacked recently. Although I have changed my password, still it would be preferable to contact me on discord (just to be safe and to avoid scam attempts).

If you’re interested or have any questions—whether about the research or about me—feel free to ask.

thanks!

Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197999402252/
etf2l: http://etf2l.org/forum/user/11066/
twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/maros_tf

Cant get access to old twitch account, I had to create new one

I always suspected ace of cheating, he was simply too good, there is simply no way he could play that well without cheats, filthy cheaters always get what they deserve...

AGAAAA!!! SUOMI!

tzar of 2fort lmfao

Arctic Foxes

it started happening to me aswell just today, there seems to be no reason for that aswell. It started when I switched to flamehud and resolution of 1600x900 if that helps somehow

https://clips.twitch.tv/DifficultBrainyCattleKAPOW

Raptor overslept the games (again), adam s pc died, and feeling didnt feel like playing pocket so he played medic and we got our sub to play pocket. We got rolled in scrim, got tilted and so we decided to give them default, since there was no point in playing this anyway(for us)

https://clips.twitch.tv/SuspiciousPunchyCattleCeilingCat

You cant say that fixed spawn has no benfits. If you think about it, in some way it is simulating the mid team fights you have, where you fight as a team. Here you are practicing focus fire, scouts are letting sollies jump first and then they commit on distracted people, people back out on their side when they are low so teammates can help them. It makes you use your brain. That is the theory tho. But in reality, the big disadvantages are as puo said that the team, that wins the fight can easily camp the chokes, which literally makes the game aids for the camped team. Also if you have bad teammates, you will lose the fights over and over again, you will find yourself in situations where you are facing 4 people alone almost all the time, because your teammates are going in alone and dying one by one. But why should we blame them ? its fuckin dm server and they want to frag. Fixed spawns would be great in mge style, where the round resets after everyone dies from one team, and where the teams would actually be a bit balanced. But you cant do that on dm servers with random people with random skill, its just impossible. As much as I would like the idea of fixed spawns, where I could practice my brain not only my aim, its literally impossible and the disavantages are far greater than advantages.

So yeah, bring back the random spawns my dudes.
Also, if you bring back random spawns dont bother with ranking, its so useless man. That might be the reason why people dont want random spawns, because it will be impossible to progress in ranking even when you are really good, and people will just rage because they lose points to guy spawning behind them.( thats me btw, I am addicted to dm ranking and it would be for the best to remove that shit).

Ok thats all from me, cya on dm servers boys!