Went from being a depressed mess who quit his chemistry degree in late 2018 to being relatively much happier about my life.

I spent 2019 working fulltime. It helped me get a rhythm back into my life which I'd been lacking for more than 6 years.
I started a new degree, programming, which I've been enjoying a lot and my grades so far have been amazing.
I was able to spend time with my friends at LAN and will soon be booking my stuff for Copenhagen 2020.
Working made me spend less time playing TF2 which made me streamline my attempts to improve. And it worked out because I basically went up a div despite dividing my playtime by 4.
I've tried to reconnect with irl friends a bit over the past year, something I've struggled with for my entire life.
I'm now working part time and combining it with my new degree.

Last year around this time I felt like I'd lost all goals in life after quitting my studies
The years before that I would be stressing around this time about exams and how I'd let everyone down yet again
This year I feel little stress about my studies and work. I'm in a way better place now

cu@ LAN

iirc an NA heavy main who like using the hard r. got him banned on twitch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmlxeGFHc4I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v412W1CdGrA

Now that we're on the subject, add ramp bug plug-in to all servers used for comp ty ty

sac cmon man... we're going to drop on the country tier list if you continue like that... not very cool bro...

Yea it can happen. Have had friends who've had the same happen to them when they tried using Lawena. I always make my own backup before recording to make sure

Kars for skill. I'd also count Mystt. Though Mystt and I've never been on the same roster we've played at least 100 mixes together at this point so it basically feels like we've been
edit: also Zolak. br soldier. Played with him at copenhagen19. Felt really bad for him because he's very good and could've played on a good LAN team but ended up on our mid/div2 mix

Huskuas for friendliness

A lot of people agreed when it was released. It's fine to mention OW and how TF2 names finally got the recognition they deserved but it focused on it way too much.

Things make more sense now with the logs of Dashner expressing bitterness towards TFTV because they didn't want to move to OW and the birth of essentials.tf

doesn't sound like something castingessentials does

Did you use Lawena? because that clears your custom folder and replaces it with its own stuff. It's possible you didn't end the program correctly causing it to not have the opportunity to put your stuff back.

If you used Lawena, check your tf folder. It creates back up files of your personal stuff. Don't remember what they're named but I think they're zip files with the word "bak" in the file name?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gixpwixs2jh3ku0/HudAnimations_m0re.txt?dl=0
replace in tf\custom\m0rehud\scripts

Made this in 2 minutes. All you have to do is remove the content is HudHealthBonusPulse and HudHealthDyingPulse. Didn't test in-game but should work. If it doesn't, just open your own file and do it in there

am excited

it was yes. From his perspective it's probably not common to see random community people come in to organize part of an esport event. So to him the mention of an admin meant BTS staff

I've replied to the article with a correction so he might edit it later idk

true I take back what I said

A couple options. Can be mixed and matched

scattergun damage/knockback nerf
A damage nerf of the scattergun to be the same as the soldier/pyro/etc shotgun would be a 10%ish decrease and would also linearly lower the knockback to deny rocket jumps

full damage meatshots won't 2 shot a 200 hp soldier anymore. On paper a big nerf to scout, though in practice more subtle since 200 hp soldiers aren't that common. Though it would encourage tanking demo/pocket soldier more since they'd be harder to wm1 into as scout.

Further decreasing knockback to be around 70% of what it currently is would be fine (imo)
Scouts can still deny, but a fast moving soldier will be way harder to stop in its tracks

medic speed buff revert
Already discussed plenty in the past so not going to write a paragraph about it

soldier/demo buffs
Further decreasing base rocket/sticky jumping self-damage. Making gunboats apply damage reduction even if you hit an enemy target. self-damage should never take more than 30 hp imo

idk about this one
Making soldiers walk at demoman speed? Would make it easier for soldiers to lead in an uber trade through chokepoints. big Rando buff

edit: I agree with YeeHaw's comment on page 2 so nvm the scatter damage nerf (though knockback nerf definitely still a viable option)

Except if you'd read Console's posts thoroughly you would've read he still believes dashner was improving and still believes he can be saved (which I personally disagree with because since my own experiences I've met other people like them and if there's anything I've learnt since then it's that none of these people will ever change).

This thread was made to clarify one of the reasons LAN admins stepped down.

Dashner actively tried to sabotage a LAN livestream, but sure we're the ones killing the scene.

I'm getting the feeling you didn't actually read anything other than half of the OP and made up your mind then and there. Don't respond to a thread before you read what's in it, my dude. You're just guilt tripping victims for no reason.