I tip about $5 to $7 depending on the service. $10 if it was truly outstanding or fast service.

5.8"/360.
700 DPI.
4.01 in-game sensitivity.
Default yaw speed. (0.022)

Excuse the shitty phone quality, I misplaced my camera last week.

http://i.imgur.com/zJYVGjC.jpg

Just assembled the new desk today, it's pretty nice.

Are you serious? Yeah, I'd say that's just a little overpowered, don't ya think? With getting a crit for stabbing a Razorback, all a Spy has to do is stab the Razor, avoid any further damage or way to be tracked down, let the heat die down, then sneak up on the Sniper while he's either A) moving to a safer position or B) going to resupply to get a new Razorback and crit him with a 102 and then a normal shot. That basically makes the Diamondback the Ambassador without needing to be skilled at aiming your shots.

I agree with Kurt though on his ideas on a balance of the Diamondback, if the base damage was reduced, it wouldn't do 102 damage on hit with a stored crit and wouldn't be the "go-to" revolver over the Ambassador. A set limit of stored crits would be okay, but since it's been pointed out that the crits are very easy to acquire, that wouldn't do much to balance it.

You're right, they are irrelevant. I felt if I didn't bring up those points, either A) It would look like I felt the Conch as a direct upgrade, or B) Someone else would bring up those points and I wanted a clear and concise opinion brought across.

I hope so. It really needs a bit of a drawback.

That, and I hate getting 90lg-ed in pubs as Solly.

Yeah, I agree with that statement too. The whole "getting crits for what you're supposed to be doing" argument is what I used for the old Soda Popper, where you got mini-crits for running and jumping, which is what the Scout is supposed to do.

Yeah, all a Diamondback Spy needs to do to at least make an attempt to secure a Med pick is pick one of the flank classes (Like maybe a Soldier or Scout in 6s, or in HL probably a Sniper or possibly the enemy Spy.) then if he can, get behind the combo, pick the damage dealer (The Pocket or Demo in 6s, the Heavy most likely in HL), and then he'll hopefully have two crits ready to go, and can hit two 102 damage shots on the Med, either killing him, or forcing him. One could substitute any of those two picks with a building sapped, as the Diamondback works with both.

The buffs to the assorted Soldier banners over the past few months have definitely been necessary ones, since before this series of balances and reworks, the only real viable banner was the Buff Banner.

The Battalion's Backup is a pretty situational item in my opinion. A pocket sacrificing his Shotgun for the Backup would only be viable in my opinion in pushing a heavily fortified last, since the nullification of Kritz, reduced Sentry damage, and just reduced damage in general would be a great advantage to push onto the cap.

The Concheror is less of a situational item and a bit more of a wildcard item. Its passive HP regen is fantastic in some ways and a bit of hindrance in others. It would allow a Pocket a bit more freedom in rocket jumping and allow him to get a bit more aggressive than he normally would. The only downsides I can think of is that if someone ever decides to try and run Conch to mid, their rollout is going to be slow, as the HP regen is passive and goes through the Escape Plan, slowing the Pocket, forcing them to be slow or shoot a rocket at themselves to gain more speed. It would also be a pain to build with a Soldier who's gaining an extra 2 HP back per second, slowing down the uber building process.

The pros outweigh the cons though, and I feel Valve did a great job with making the other Soldier banners more viable in both public and competitive play.

Yeah, I've got the same problem. Now, whenever I load up TF2, I have to load my backpack or sometimes bad frame rate lag will occur. I think that 2 second stutter is just TF2 and the loadout server rendering your backpack, and making sure it's all there. That's just a guess though, and I'm not for sure what to do to fix that.

Just some of mine, they're shit though, so no big deal.

"airfucked 101"
"ravioli ravioli great barrier reef"
"i love gay men"
"that just made my nipples pucker"

Sentries are hard mode, guys. They're invincible and overpowered, lets petition to have them removed.

And while we're at it, anything that somewhat upsets us, lets remove too.

I honestly don't have a problem with sandbagging unless it involves an extreme difference in skill level (i.e a ex-Plat HL player bumming around in Iron 6s, or someone who should me mid-high Main playing on a low-mid Open team.).

Rocker, make a Pistol, then a Three-Rune Blade.

Put 'em together and it'll look insane.

It's official, Pure has a bladder like a camel.