I remember destro tried on a pair at an ETS LAN or something, and he said that they make everything look a little more vibrant and also magnify a bit. They are a bit expensive though, yet they probably don't give you any kind of real edge.

Actually, I also experience eye fatigue, especially late at night. As you said, this is probably due to lack of sleep and a few other things, but I can't imagine that these glasses would fix that.

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I'm pretty sure these are the only two important commands to make it so they work. Make sure to put it to these values before you start your game, because the shadows will be giant blobs if you change them mid-game. However, I don't think there's a way to make it so you can only have player shadows. Even then, you won't confuse any shadow with a player shadow unless you're trying to gain FPS.

And yes, these commands are important for competitive play. There is no reason not to use them.

I use Spotify religiously.

I had a few people taunt me or type something silly after they killed me, which I think it's okay and even funny when they kill me or another coach who has a bunch of experience. I had no problem with this. However, a newbie player taunting another newbie player can be funny, but I can see people taking it personal in a setting where everyone should be trying their best to learn, not trying to brag about how their sick shotgun kill should be known by everyone in the server. Of course, I'm not saying any newbie who taunts is automatically trying to brag, but I think everyone should remain fairly chill and humble between each other when everyone is trying to learn the game better.

Bump :] Going live in a little while, perhaps around 4:30 PM EST. I think a few people aren't here, so I'll be doing medic and sean will be doing scout.

the ragdoll on this is the best

cbear is the man

I bought these as well as some good RAM, so pretty much everything is set except that I haven't put everything in my computer. However, I didn't buy a new video card yet. I'm considering sticking with my GTX 280 in the meantime. Will this hold me down a lot? It runs all of my games at a very desirable FPS, but I don't know how demanding video cards are for streaming.

As mentioned in the original post, the only game I truly care about streaming here is TF2 and source engine games in general. Streaming some Super Street Fighter 4 would also be cool but not absolutely mandatory.

I agree with this entirely. Documentaries are my favorite kind of videos, and I think any kind of teaser on a documentary is almost mandatory to build up excitement.

AG

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49ers because they were my favorite team in Tecmo Bowl for the NES when I was about 4 years old, haha.

I would imagine heavy and demoman stick together, so the demoman can push with heavy support and then the demoman can fall back on the heavy when needed. That's ridiculously good, haha. But yeah, I have played hl only a few times, so I'm sure mustard is right.

I really enjoy Final Fight and Streets of Rage playthroughs, even though speedruns for beat 'em up games get a little redundant.

Also, another thing is that I know some of the hl maps have large spaces out in the open with not much to hide behind. As a medic, you are pretty hopeless, because the only thing you can really do is hide behind your heavy and other nearby classes from snipers and spam. When this happens, it's up to your own sniper, spy, and other classes to shut down the enemy sniper and spam classes when this happens. Otherwise, you will likely get sniped for free and your team won't be able to push or defend.

I would have put this in my former post but I reached the 4000 character limit, l0l.