Just bought my tickets to the first Nats-Dodgers game of the season. It's in July so it'll be a while but I'm stoked. I've been a huge Dodgers fan my entire life, but now that I'm living in DC it's fun pulling for the home team (as long as they're not playing my Dodgers). Lots of National's pride here. Plus they're looking to be a really great squad this season, looking forward to some lazy afternoons at the park.

They're undefeated this season.

Hi folks, Extra Chromosomes E-Sports is a new Open team looking for a scout and roamer. The bulk of our team has been playing together for a year now in UGC, and we want to make the jump to Open this season. Obviously we'll be on the low end of Open so don't expect too many wins. We're looking for dedicated players with a solid attitude who want to improve with us.

Scrims will likely be Fri-Sun nights but we're willing to be flexible. If the roamer is willing to play in our UGC 6s team as well that'd be great, UGC matches are Wednesday night. Shoot me an add if you want to try out or have any questions.

It's not common in CS Online but there's a reason no one talks about that game ever.

That guy's really fun to watch, he also posted this and this.

Did anyone actually play Titanfall for the setting though? I don't see why story/setting in a multiplayer shooter could ever be a draw.

How does it run on people's systems, and are there any good FPS configs out there? My computer seems to be really hit or miss with what it can run, and I don't want to risk $60 on something that doesn't run well.

If anyone's struggling with frames, this FPS config is pretty solid. Bumped me up from 5-10 frames to about 80.

He was on a couple of my teams for a season or so. Really nice guy, hosted our mumble, had a ton of hours and seemingly had a solid knowledge of strategy. Then a couple of my teammates watched one of his Steam broadcasts and saw he had a minimap and walls on. It wouldn't surprise me if he was triggerbotting too. I looked back over some of his old demos and he was obviously walling and had some insane sniper plays. This was right after he quit TF2 for good (and gave away a ton of items) so I think he realized he was exposed. I didn't report it to the UGC admins because he quit, I couldn't find any of his demos in actual matches, and I'm not too good at describing suspicious patterns so I didn't think I could make a convincing case.

Really pissed me off that he tricked all of us for so long, he seemed like such a nice guy that it was a huge disappointment to find out he'd do such a thing.

Most meatballs need flour in order for them to stick together. If you try making them without any sort of binding agent they're going to fall apart completely. And a lot of meat in general can have certain seasonings or rubs that contain gluten.

I spent a good while looking through my demos to find a game on Via between iM and a top level team, I wanted to expand on that too.

Perfect, didn't think to look back to S12. I seem to remember a casted match of nNn on Viaduct, I'll try to find some and update that section of the guide.

It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
Archer
Arrested Development is amazing too
Eastbound and Down is loosely based on a true story and is really funny.
I always found Mad Men hilarious but I don't think that's the point.
Sometimes children's cartoons are good too.

Thanks for the tip. They don't have to be Viaduct specifically, I'm looking into Badlands next because I figured there's a wealth of resources for it.

I've replaced it with a dropbox link. Let me know if that doesn't work either.

Thank you so much for the feedback TheFragile, that's exactly what I was looking for. The selection of VODs and demos I have for the pre-S8 period is really limited and I knew I was missing a lot. I'll definitely expand the article to incorporate your insight and the other suggestions that have been posted here.

If anyone knows of pre-S8 demos that can still be watched, I'd really appreciate a DL link. I've been trying to watch old videos on youtube, but apparently no one recorded and uploaded full game commentary until a little later.

Hi folks. I recently wrote a little history of how Viaduct's been played in ESEA 6s and I'd really love feedback from y'all.

I started watching 6s in 2009, and watching comp was the reason I ended up picking up the game in 2011. One thing I've noticed is that newer players/redditors seem to have a very confused notion of what "the 6s meta" is and like to criticize it for being stale. This has always baffled me, but I think it's because these players may only have seen recent games and don't have much to compare them to. I figured a history explaining where the 6s community has come from would help newer players give a more nuanced view that doesn't focus wholly on unlocks. As such, I've written this guide primarily for newer players and not so much for people who know 6s well (I don't think there's anything I could teach you guys).

Despite the fact that I've been watching 6s for 6 years now, I've never advanced past the lowest levels of 6s. I have a lot experience watching the games (I've probably spent more time watching VODs and demos than I have actually playing), but I'm obviously not a great TF2 player and I'm sure there are a number of mistakes I've made or Viaduct stories I've neglected. If anyone would be willing to skim through and point out my errors (be they content or grammar) I'd really appreciate it. I had a ton of fun writing it, and I'm hoping to make more in the future if people find it useful. I'm linking the guide below.

I'm going to post it to the tf2 subreddits once I have some more feedback, but if anyone knows a community of lower level players who might find this useful I'd love to share it there too.

Thanks!

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=412724426

They fixed the worst parts of Nosgoth matchmaking, it's not perfect but it's pretty good now.
And another vote for Titanfall, Payday, Borderlands 2, CSGO, Quake, and Insurgency.

I'm thoroughly convinced TF2 will only die when people stop posting "TF2 is dying" threads.

My dad played college baseball and probably could have been in the Minor Leagues. In his prime he could throw an 89 mph fastball but had no control over it. When I was 11 or 12, we were doing batting practice and I wanted to try to hit at his full speed. He could still throw about 85ish on a good day, and he beaned me in the head. I was completely fine but that's still some scary shit. I got really good at dodging pitches after that though, played baseball for 7 more years and never was hit.

I also had to have a routine operation once but my body had some sort of reaction to the anesthetics they gave me. I was only supposed to be out for 1-2 hours, but I was unconscious for about 12 hours and apparently my vital signs weren't looking good. And when I was hospitalized for diabetes, my blood sugar was 1400 and the doctors said I was a few hours away from dying.