#8
Oh shit that's sick, hmu on steam if you want a bit of help, I have tons of ideas for stuff like this

Good luck trying to get 6 gamers to abide by your rules outside of video games, I put considerable effort into changing in-game habits and that was a nightmare in itself - I'd go crazy af in the 'tf2 team management business'.

It does actually make a difference though, if you can find the 'pizza aim theory' thread there's some interesting discussion on the topic there, and I linked a video where fatality talks about some of this stuff in detail.

That badge is sick wtf please tell me this is a thing

LMAO alle

https://clips.twitch.tv/DeafDarlingEelSMOrc
figglebottom i got u bro

Danish hero of action strikes again :D

#18
I've not been very active this season for tftv but anytime I've been casting I felt the interview went down well for the most part, and we used questions to cover the context of the game before asking any controversial stuff - maybe that's just my experience, I'd be interested to hear other interviewees opinions on this.

I wanna see a nuts highlight video from that GF, so many WTF plays

phea to pound

holy FUCK pls no banerino
edit: i deleted the clips to be on the safe side because i dont know what twitch rules are regarding this, sorry boys

Muuki can you accept my friend request on steam cos I don't wanna make 20 posts at character limit on tftv when we could just discuss this over steam (path of least resistance xD)

#65
I never said that the froyo/epsi style was perfect, I just think it offers very good solutions to most of the stalemate situations that teams find themselves in now, and there's a lot to be addressed with the questions you asked and that's why it's hard to give a detailed enough answer in a forum post (it's why I won't begin to respond to #64 because there's too much to say).

One of the aspects of the current meta is that its based around plays that are very likely to just reset the stalemate (sac -> counter sac, then sniper v sniper where one gets a pick -> sac..) and there's a lot of issues with this, but the biggest one is that it gets teams into the habit of not capitalising on advantages within the timeframe to do so (aggressive tf2 is like quake because you are constantly juggling advantages in strict timeframes) and as a result there are so many wasted advantages in today's tf2, but I am of the opinion that it works best within 5cp to capitalize on every advantage you can.

There is absolutely merit to the 7 playstyle because in the ruleset we use it makes sense to pressure the enemy for time if you are in the lead (look at Inter Milan under Jose Mourinho if you want a sports example of exactly the same approach to winning) but it doesn't address capitalising on advantages to the fullest because it is an under developed playstyle - kaido said this himself, I'm paraphrasing but the point I'm making is that the 7 style isn't the definitive way to play tf2 and people are treating it like it is just because they can't beat it but that's another issue entirely.

I've said time and again that it is harder to play aggressively to the same level but I have no concern for making tf2 easier to play because I think that defeats the point of a skill based game, if you can do something your enemies can't you should be rewarded for doing it properly.

Honestly, I think the objectively best style would be a combination of the 7 style and the froyo/epsi style, but the reason I try to promote playing aggressively so much is because it benefits the game in many ways:
1. It's more fun to play
2. It's more fun to watch
3. It rewards team play and coordination better than passive play
4. Aggressive play is really neglected in tf2 and I believe it will address underdeveloped skills in the majority of the playerbase
To name a few, and until we fix a lot more glaring issues with how the game is played I think it's silly to blame everything on the gamemode even if there are issues with it (which I'm not denying).

I could be wrong, I'm just trying to speak my mind and act on what I perceive to be true, I agree wholeheartedly with gubbins' thoughts from that clip and if you disagree please don't hold your tongue.

It's really not that difficult if you were to teach people from the ground up, but the problem is that playing that style has a few very important differences to the current meta. There are a lot of habits that players of today's meta have that are in direct conflict with how the epsilon style works, and it becomes very hard to break those habits unless you have open minded adaptable players.

When we first started practicing for GA, there were many times where in stalemates we would get a pick, and papi would take the initiative to go and sac for the medic, but losing a player there is the opposite of what should happen in the aggressive playstyle, but it's become the norm so that's what people instinctively do (a big gripe I have with today's meta is it devalues the lives of flank classes). It took a while and some minor disagreements before we actually started making headway - a massive reason that it actually worked was that I was calling​ with 5 gamers that all had great attitudes and were willing to try something new, but that is not a common team structure.

Edit: I'd also say the reason I tend to call it the froyo style is that, despite epsilon being great at pushing every small advantage, froyo is more directly applicable because they do it with the demo being a low heal supportive role, whereas epsilon had the demo as the high heal carry role - this is ridiculously hard to do properly at a top prem/invite level after all the nerfs/buffs unless you have termo dm

speak ur truth and great things will happen

this is retarded