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p.s. would also settle for banning all scout mains from commenting on game balance forever

here's the situation amigos

there are four main lines of argumentation that people use to argue that unlocks should be banned, in order from least to most restrictive:

1. the weapon is overpowered/gamebreaking- pretty much everyone agrees on this one

2. the weapon makes the game significantly less fun- this one is much more hotly contested but it's understandable why people would want to keep the game fast-paced and skill-expressive

3. the weapon is a straight upgrade- this reasoning is stupid, because a) we have accepted so many upgrades over stock weapons already, and b) it says nothing about the weapon's actual effect on the game. some people even try to change this to a related point, that 'everyone uses' the weapon, so it 'reduces diversity of options'- ok what about sticky bombs, or the rocket launcher, or medigun? in terms of unlocks, what about gunboats, basher, xbow, etc.? such a stupid argument

4. the weapon doesn't 'add anything to the game'- this is the final nail in the coffin, because it leads to sidegrades or even downgrades being banned BECAUSE people don't use them (like the sun on a stick or some bullshit). this and argument #3 were what lead EU to have their stoneage vanilla + med unlocks whitelist for so long despite it making their tf2 a total joke compared to NA.

beforehand, reasons #3 and 4 were confined mostly to dribblers on the ETF2L forums. now, we all must be exposed to this nonsense. I tested my theory with a post saying 'ban euros from tftv', which is currently sitting at -15 frags. because no self-respecting na tf2 player would ever -frag such a post, we can conclude that there are significantly more euros interacting with this thread than yanks. does this mean tftv itself is majority euro, or merely that euros are drawn to threads whinging about unlocks like moths to a flame? either way, I don't like it. we must band together and repel their invading hordes, and maintain the sanctity of our game!

how about instead we ban euros from tftv

https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob/status/1303838387837833223

what a game

kyle lowry with the heart of a champion

oh yeah what ever happened to that dr1p guy

I'm looking to play demo in invite this upcoming season

not really super confident in my soldier anymore, and I'm currently banned from mainclassing div 1, so I suppose invite only

would consider HELPING to build a team but I don't wanna do it all myself because it's so stressful

not necessarily expecting to get a ton of good offers bc there are a lot of good demos out there and I can't bring myself to tryhard when I'm not on a team so it prolly would be weird to pick up a guy who hasn't been playing pugs and stuff, but I'm confident in my ability to get back to a good level if given tryout offers (I think I did so last offseason, within a couple weeks I was matching up decently into mid invite demos)

wait is that phife??

lemme get in for a cast or two this season m8s :)

let's hope he's more like steve kerr than like jason kidd

our team is trying to compete in mid invite and based on our scrim results over the last 2 weeks top 4 is even a possibility in this (admittedly incredibly weakened) invite season
current roster:

medic- phantom
demo- mustard
pocket- ?
roamer- soapy
scout- catface
scout- ?

ok elephant in the room here, lfp threads are usually pretty useless for invite teams, and I'm fully expecting this to not yield lots of people I haven't thought of already. however, reg closes in like a week and, while I have some tryouts in mind, none seem like they are 100% in no matter what, so I figure it couldn't hurt to check if there's anyone fat that I've missed!

obama returns to once again kill a social movement at the behest of the status quo

"You, sir, will certainly either die upon the gallows or by the pox."

"That depends, sir, upon whether I embrace your principles or your mistress."

also

it's not a boycott, it's a strike (and a wildcat strike at that)