#4 The screen size on the xl is almost double (in area) over the original 3ds. For only $50 more, I think it is a very worthwhile investment to get the larger screen.

Why take "easy" courses when you have to pay $50,000 a year to go to college in the first place? Besides, more often than not, these "easy" courses overload you with boring work and make you hate yourself in the process.

Take courses that you are interested in. Don't know any, talk to an adviser. They will be the most fun and probably the easiest for you.

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It depends on the amount of money you want to spend on headphones. The superlux are a great cheap option, but spending more for the ATH will get you better quality (and a more comfortable headphone).

You only need to touch airaccelerate and tickrate for surfing, the rest of the commands are default. Don't worry about tickrate (leave it at 66). I'm pretty sure that surf.it uses sv_airaccelerate 150, but no guarantees.

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The same thing happened to me yesterday, but that was after a power outage so I attributed this problem to that. It seemed to only affect the games that were installed on my SSD.

I will echo what #3 has said, running everyday is far more important than increasing your mileage. I also recommend running for time NOT distance, distance teaches bad habits, IMO.

As for an actual training plan, I can give you a very bare bones outline. With where you are now, try running for 20 minutes each day (stay a minute/mi above your expected race pace, it should be a slightly uncomfortable run where you are just able to maintain a conversation with your (non-existent) running buddy. Once, the runs for a week become simple, i.e. you feel like you could go for much longer, bump up the time by 10 minutes. However, do not increase your run loads each week, wait at least two weeks before increasing your time.

Continue this up to 50 minutes. Once you can reasonably run for 50 minutes then you can have some fun. Set aside two days each week (hopefully decently separated from each other) one for a "workout" and another for a long run.

The workout should be repeated running at race pace (or faster, just make sure the pace is consistent). My favorites are running multiple 800m's on a track with a rest break of how long it takes you to do one (run one in 1:30, rest for 1:30) and laddered fartleks, where you jog for x sec, then run for x sec(at race pace or faster), then jog for 2x, then run for 2x, etc., up until you reach the point where you wished you had never decided to run a marathon. Then work your way down the ladder until you finish running at x sec again (e.g. x, 2x, 3x, 2x, x).

The long day should be a run that is at least 1.5x more than your normal days, if you run 50 normally, on your long day try going for at least 70.

I also highly recommend that you keep a running log of your time that you ran, your distance, and your pace. Also, try finding somebody to run with, while having a running plan is great, nothing gets you out the door more than a friend who is waiting for you. Mix up your running trails as well, nothing gets more boring than running the same path every day.

Source: I ran in highschool competitively and college (with a club) and have sub 3hr times in marathons.

Superlux HD 681 + Zalman Zm-Mic1 = ~$40

Because donating is not guaranteed income for the streamer, so there would be no incentive to stream more. Also, twitch gets a 50% cut for subs.

TF2 does appear in the sound mixer, but as I said I have no clue if that really will fix your problem.

Neither of these are great options. For the $30 range the best performing USB DAC is the Behringer UCA202: http://www.amazon.com/Behringer-UCA202-Audio-Interface/dp/B000KW2YEI

No idea if a usb dac will fix your problems though.

http://www.head-fi.org/a/headphone-buying-guide
For headphones good for fps gaming look for ones that are rated for a great soundstage.

For a microphone just get a zalman clip on until the newest mod mics (v4) come out.

A fun one
DS Brain Age "Art Academy"

Another fun one
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening "Playaround"

My favorite fun one
Mega Man 3, 4, 5 & 6

My favorite rpg tas (that doesn't make you want to kill yourself from boredom)
Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga

And because nobody has posted either of these
Super Mario 64 "120 Stars"
Super Mario World "glitched"

#4
It does make it simpler; the only place you should be using for external content is the custom directory. It also makes the tf directory more organized since users shouldn't be overwriting content like before.

All maps will show up in console regardless of their location, but maps in tf\maps and tf\custom\FOLDER\maps will appear in the server creation gui as well. No idea why downloaded maps do not, probably a bug.