good commentators

someone is upset they didnt invest when they could

any other Chainlink Millionaires in the house?

I'm not gonna have a dig at RGL or anything but I don't get this? Logjam is pretty lukewarm (altho the winner of ozf main last season was #JusticeForLogjam) but Reckoner consistently gets good marks from most of the ozf playerpool, was picked for every div's Grand Finals and played in 3/4 of the Grand FInals . That Reckoner isn't getting a serious consideration despite it having consistent playtesting and playtime throughout the other regions is silly. Having played many games on it I can speak to it's quality as a map, especially rc6.

Been trialscrimming this a few times with various teams in RGL and I gotta say I'm really enjoying how it plays. No specific points to make but I think it's a good addition to the map pool for the season.

i am significantly less washed now hmu ladies

BRING BACK GRANARY YOU TYRANTS

Aiming for AM/IM/Main.
Availability: EST so an early scrimming team is preferred. Would rather not play on a super scrimmy team. Will make all demo reviews and do POV in my spare time too.

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Moving to America on 26/4. Played 5 seasons ozfortress, with my highest div being High (prob adv. level?). Took a break after S28 to focus on production. Most recent activity was as an emergency transfer for an open team 3 days before their grand final game. I played like a man who hadnt touched the game seriously in ~5 months, but we still won - open first place baby LETS GO. Figure I might as well do a season of RGL.

I’m a team player and try to embody that through my comms, commitment, and competitiveness. I try and be a motivator/captain and use a good attitude to help push the team forward. I don’t tilt but I don’t accept tilt either. I dont miss scrims or demo reviews and if I’m going to I’ll let you know ahead of time. I also have an awesome loadout with an ozfortress Prem 3rd place medal, ensuring the team will do well in the drip challenge.

I also helped Big Chungus Gaming TV win their S2 open season (shoutouts Fancyson, r4ve) by teaching them the fabled Granary backcap strat #JusticeForGranary

you're doing great

This is specifically in regard to the med speed buff. How long did it take for teams to really start using the power of the med running at scout speed, as well as scout solos/trades/etc after the speed buff was added? I asked Paulsen the other night and he said it was "Around late 2017 where everyone really realized what could be done" but that's just AU - what about other regions?

if i have to move back to the US and go from playing Granary (GOATary) in ozf to not playing Granary in RGL I will be livid

Kalinka sucks big donkey doodoo. i dont think there's been a map so universally reviled in recent ozfortress history. reckoner would be a good addition, or giving cp_mannbase a fair go

correct

did what u had to do as med on gran

I think the existence of sniper and spy in general promotes stalemating. Too often I feel like teams are content just to send in a sac or two and when that doesn't pan out, they come up on sniper or cloakndagger spy, devolving the game into a "pick n' push" scenario. There's not a lot of inventiveness. And in a sense, fair enough, the goal is a dub not making it entertaining for ~50-100 people on a twitch stream. But I'd hope that teams would try to work picks off the flank and using that advantage to gain more advantages instead of immediately defaulting to an offclass.

When CappingTV ran our "no offclass cup" in January, a lot of stalemates, when there was one, resolved themselves by just taking an exchange or outright dryfight. Because there was no option of coming up a pick class, you either had to get creative with your sacs or take fights and make them work in your favor. It, at least in my view, made for some very exciting games from both the Prem teams and lower division teams (this game in particular sticks out in my mind due to the 20 minutes of coast-to-coast action). Mind you, we were also running the Gunboats Always Apply change, meaning soldiers had better control over the flank and the sacs could be more effective, but the point still stands. When faced with no pick classes, team fights and coordination became all the more important.

Of course, the format wasn't without it's problems. Last holds in particular really showed the importance of defensive offclasses - a lot of teams could just win mid and then take that to last if they got the med. If we were to re-run the format it'd be interesting to try it sans pick classes, but with defensive classes enabled.

How you resolve that while keeping sniper and spy is an interesting question. I'm in favor of the sniper getting a nerf (not just because I'm a med main), as the concept of sniper in general never felt right to me for TF2. In a game where most of your fights take place at close-to-mid range, a class that can oneshot you from across the map always felt like weird design (inb4 "just don't stand in a sightline"). Maybe something like a quickscope headshot only does 125 to start and ramps up? Max body shot is ~140? I don't know. That still doesn't solve the issue at hand but can help fix it. No more Sheep-esque heroics though :-(

tl;dr i hate sniper