nope. but a lot of ISPs just realized they can jew everyone like this, and they have now announced plans to implement service bundles with extra charges for things outside of those bundles.

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https://i.imgur.com/QcLWJNy.jpg

i think i pay for the bottom speed, but i only get it from 3AM to 6AM.

:(

the ISP's in my area fought the city to keep google from putting up fiber optic on their power lines. i am getting ULTRA CUCKED by these shitheads

Net neutrality was repealed on December 14th. I believe there is a vote to 'undo the repeal' or something? Although I heard it was not looking good, so I would still plan for the worst.

a potential upside i missed, is that we might see more LANs out of necessity

So essentially, how is the future of competitive TF2 affected by the recent recall of net neutrality laws?

My main concern is actually being able to play TF2 online at all.
For me personally, I have had a long struggle with TF2 and my ISP since I started playing this game. I live in the middle of Silicon Valley (literally a few miles from the main headquarters of Apple, Google, Ebay, Netflix, Facebook, Yahoo, Amazon, Twitter, etc.) yet I have always had inconsistent slow as shit download speeds (1mbps and slower on occasion), despite paying increasingly higher and higher prices every year. Even after moving my computer downstairs and using a wired connection, I would still get 300+ ping spikes in the middle of matches and scrims which actually led to my departure from many teams over the years. I have called my ISP (Comcast) countless times and had them replace their wires going into my house, upgraded my internet plan/router, and tons of other weird things they had me try. Yet this isn't some unusual incident. Many of my close friends in real life have had similar issues in this area with AT&T as well as other smaller ISP's. And now it looks like playing games online will not be given priority on our networks, unless we pay even more than we are already paying.

This is just going to increase the prerequisites for playing this game on a competitive level even more than it already has been raised, making TF2 less accessible for new players than it already is. We all know that the majority of people are going to switch to a social media + netflix and steam/xbox internet package in the next year or so, so outside resources like Mumble, Teamfortress.tv, and UGC/ESEA/ETF2L are going to cost extra. Are we going to be forced to do team registration through instagram to avoid extra charges? Or are we just going to cut our losses and let the community shrink even more than it already has? What can be done now, and what will we have to do in the future to ensure our game's survival? (If I somehow missed something that makes net neutrality irrelevant to TF2, I would really love to know, otherwise, what do you lads think? What can we do?)

Decent main resource hub: https://www.savetheinternet.com/resources
Public knowledge link: https://www.publicknowledge.org/issues/net-neutrality
Pai's video mocking us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFhT6H6pRWg
Website telling you how to shitpost and spam congress: https://www.battleforthenet.com/
(I will edit this post and add more relevant resources as they get linked in the thread)

This issue is interesting because not only does having poor internet ruin the game for the person playing, but with buggy movement and teleporting, it can actually ruin the game for others as well. Those who aren't as privileged financially/location-wise will relate to the struggle of being constantly ridiculed for having poor internet, and being able to do nothing about it.

A message to those who live in chicago/la; please dont bully everyone else just because we cannot afford to live somewhere with decent internet. Elitism ruins everything. You must always remember that most of TF2's playerbase is juarez.gonzales.2002 who has 200+ ping constantly. Even though those players might not be fun or challenging to face, they are still the reason why TF2 has enough people playing it to keep the top level competitive scene alive.

No one will remember you or your insignificant life in 100 years, maybe even 50. I will be a gaming legend and my accolades will be remembered forever. I am a god, and you are nothing.

I am using a Zowie FK2+, and I recently upgraded to windows 10 (like in the last month). I have been using this mouse for slightly over a year now, and only VERY recently has it started drifting slowly when I was not moving the mouse at all. Drunk me thinks it's a good idea to blow into the optical laser on the bottom of the mouse, and unfortunately it seems to fix the problem usually, as it does get very dusty on my mousepad. I'm now curious though. Is it possible that all Zowie mice are prone to these odd sensor issues?

you too man. haha

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