18, but I must have been 9 or 10 when I started.

I feel like this is a bit of a necro but I wanted to just talk for a second about how much I appreciate this community.

I started playing this game when I was 9, and joined the competitive community at 11. I was an annoying shit, and most people just kinda tuned me out. In any case, my escape for real life was this game. I loved playing it, I play it 24/7. If I had a bad day at school or something bullshit happened in my life I could always expect to be able to play on TF2c or on UGC and cheer myself up. About 2 years ago, life took a dip probably because I was an emo teenager. I got mood swings, I had practically zero energy, people at school weren't being nice, the whole 9 yards. Even then I could turn to this game and people within this community.

Now, 2 years have passed since I was at the lowest point and I haven't just rebounded, I am now an actual healthy functioning adult. I'm now 17 years old and I acquired a job at a college to lecture and tutor students on higher mathematics and physics. I've made actual friends in real life who I spend time with consistently. I even have a shot of joining a top school in the USA not just for undergrad or grad school; but to even play a sport there (even if its table tennis lmao). I still have my lows and things I can change, but now my outlook on life isn't just cringe-edgy teenager shit. I feel not only as if I have some autonomy in my own life but that I heading places that I really want to be, and I have nothing but you guys and this game to thank

Thanks TF2. I love all of you.

do i want to pay off some tuition or do i want a tf2 crewneck

brad stevens traded grant williams for 2 second round picks & a english to chinese dictionary

if tingus pingus picks up his player option before tomorrow he'll be a celtic

Math, ping pong, and basketball

CCR or beatles slap

39th President Jimmy Carter is possibly on his death bed. Thoughts?

the joke was shitty, i apologize

I remember i shattered a bone in my wrist like 2 years back, so I had to play tf2 with a cast on. to this day I still use shift to crouch because when I played with a cast I couldn't move my pinkie far enough to hit ctrl.

yeah steak prep is cool and all but do you like your steak raw or do you just eat shoes?

blake, blindsfell, and nbr1cker are casting grands too at https://www.twitch.tv/blindsfell

me, nbr1cker, and blindsfell are casting the semifinals between Hoboleague Blu & steamhappy! tune in at https://www.twitch.tv/blindsfell

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jpz4SLYbOI8D5ygTK5E3iXTL1HQxb0Eg

does anyone know a good way to maximize my frames? I have good specs (i7 9th gen, 2080s, 32 gbs of 3600hz, 1tb ssd & 2tb hdd) but I constantly alternate between like 600 fps and 60 fps.