https://twitter.com/RealFordGaming/status/1133994344556486656

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okie ringo hype :o

Especially given that it's a public poll, such a small difference definitely should not be considered statistically significant. Seems that this was not very well thought out, and as much as I agree with banning the cow mangler (shit is just dumb and doesn't add anything interesting to the game), I feel like if this is actually to be the 'global whitelist' there should be proper meetings and discussions with the different league admins and players from different regions.

The fact that any decisions are being made on the basis of some random public poll that was put out a few weeks ago is kind of troubling. Of course getting feedback from the community and gauging public opinion is good but directly translating it into decisions is very silly imo.

It's hard to say if the specific subset of people who happened to see the thread and respond to the poll is indicative of the more general consensus in the community, for all we know a bunch of pubbers on reddit found the thread and voted to unban everything because 'mewant epic unluck 8D'.

As awfully run as the invite meetings have been in the past, I think it definitely makes sense to prioritize the effects of these weapon bans/unbans with respect to the highest level of play, rather than simply going with public opinion and ending up with a bunch of open players jumping on a bandwagon without even having tested it themselves and realizing the effect it will have. More importantly, it's almost a completely different game at lower levels because play is so disorganized and chaotic, so it doesn't really make sense to try and balance around that.

I also find it laughable that the direct hit is even on the table like who in their right mind wants to ban that gun it's literally so terrible especially in the current meta of scouts playing around heals and being buffed all the time.

Okay is it just me or is this new app actually hot garbage it straight up doesn't send like half the messages I try to send and will just remove what I typed at least with the old app it will say failed try again
this shit seems like it was made by a highschooler how can u not amount for such basic stuff as that

seeing aliases is nice but can't even copy links (or text) someone sent and half the time it won't even load anything in the conversation
dunno what I was expecting given how big of a mess the new steam chat ui is on desktop and how they seem to prioritize making a pretty looking budget version of discord over something actually functional

craziest match ever

Super interesting read thanks for posting Marxist. I totally agree on must of the points, and I'd say for sure leading a team or even just being a good teammate is definitely applicable to the real world. I think biggest game changer in terms of tf2 stuff for me at least was the praising accomplishments thing, because it can literally transform a toxic mumble atmosphere almost instantly and help hype up your teammates and get them all in the zone as well. Insisting that you know better than your teammates and bringing up arguments mid game 100% takes them out of the present moment and makes people play worse for sure.

I noticed a similar thing when learning about mindfulness, I found that a lot of the skills that are required to be a good competitor and receptive teammate go hand in hand with that stuff. Focusing on the game during a match and staying present no matter what crazy stuff happens and just letting it go is totally in the same vein as being present and letting go of your thoughts/emotions. Getting out of autopilot and focusing for long periods of time seems to me to be flexing the same sort of muscle as practicing mindfulness works on.

There are definitely a lot of shared skills, and I've even found that if I meditate for 45 minutes before scrims I actually play a lot better and am completely present and don't get tilted by stuff I would usually be frustrated by. Granted, it's also obviously important to play the game and practice mechanics and be warned up but honestly pugs can be so frustrating that it can just bring me into scrims in a horrible mood which is never something you want. I don't think people appreciate the significance of the mental game when talking about tf2, cause there's literally no way you're going to have any crazy comebacks or end of match clutches unless you're completely present and you aren't outcome dependent thinking about the possibility of losing and missing playoffs (I remember thinking this in S27 with velocity, I was ready to leave the sevrer after dropping uber and being pushed back to our own last and going down 4-0 but then I focused up and let go and we ended up miraculously coming back and winning). Patience is another thing that I actually found I had cultivated through playing tf2 (and medic in specific), being patient and waiting for the correct opportunity to arise and not pushing it and forcing something out of impatience is super important ofc.

Dreamboat Marxist cast hype!!! Wish I wasn't playing my own match so I could watch live lmao

Swelan was awesome as everyone has said because it was only tf2 and it was very social and cozy feeling, totally different than the experience at insomnia for example where there's a handfull of tf2 people and a sea random people playing other games (though of course being in the crowd for the grand finals at i63 was insane).

I really enjoyed rewind 2 as well playing up on the stage and the fact that it was so tf2 focused. Then they screened the ready up documentary and it really felt like the whole community was united there as a big family. Was also really cool getting to see muma and bren/sideshow and hanging at the after party at sami's. Wish I had gotten to socialize more at wade's after party on the final day tho, unfortunately I was zooted out of my fuckin mind cause sideways whoopi goldberg decided to give me way too strong an edible and I was basically just an incapacitated couch potato sitting there lmfao (then I had to go home early cause I was all paranoid and wasnt feeling well, pretty lame way to end a lan)

I find it interesting that there seems to be a consensus that the winger is overpowered/should be banned in europe but meanwhile in NA I don't think anyone has talked about banning it (tho its probably cause banny doesnt use it lol)

gotta say this filter is slightly less bad than the discord bot that did the same thing (only slightly tho)

dang tho.... girl blaze lookin pretty cute....

cu@

How am I supposed to maintain my NEET status if I get a job....

I read the tag as 8K for a sec :o
Go shamoo and rekubo!!!

I think I'm gonna stream and/or upload my pov so people can see the game, mad busy with finals atm tho

shame there was no stv that was the closest game ive played in a long time
ggs to nuketown