not cool axio

How close are you guys to implementing the bulk of the advanced features? The mumble tracking is great so far, but the steam group and the separation of advanced and casual still haven't come to fruition yet. ETA?

Also, are these ranks for another IRC pickup type thing or a whole new website?

later in the thread he says it's caused by the mb rubbing against the middle
he says that he'll report back once he gets his other aurora to see if it's an isolated problem

Hi again Setsul! Here's my updated part list that I built with some advice from friends. I loosened up my budget, so now I can go up to $1000 just fine :3

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($182.06 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($75.66 @ Newegg)
Memory: Apotop 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($67.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($60.97 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270X 2GB DEVIL Video Card ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($17.55 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32/64-bit) ($104.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: LG 23MP55HQ-P 60Hz 23.0" Monitor ($137.58 @ OutletPC)
Total: $982.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-09 14:25 EST-0500

work of art
#6 really spoke to me

Damn this is beautiful. Obsidiian is right though, this would suck for fps. Might be tough to play on this map especially in HL where there's so much going on. I would love to see an optimized version detailed and released even there's only a small possibility of it happening :P

thank u based setsul

I'll probably go with that, it seems within my reach. I'm probably going to order everything around christmas to get in on that sale goodness so everything should drop into reach by then.

Thanks for all this, will definitely look into changing the GPU. I might want to get a lower power GPU and trade out for a higher power CPU, what would you recommend if I decided to do that?

example maybe? i think hes just telling you to keep changing the tall value until it works

i think that for the main icons (server browser, mvm, etc) you should switch the colors to match the taskbar (grey background white text/icons

The RAM wasn't unpriced originally, I think it went unpriced at some point and I saw a lesser price, which is probably why I thought it would be acceptable to include the monitor.

I'll look into a different mobo and CPU, I was already leaning towards AMD.

When do you think the 960 is billed to arrive? I'm looking to buy most of the parts at around christmas. EDIT Q1 2015 :(

I'll look at my case options again :) I actually don't like this one that much either.

Not unless I can get a similar price, I can deal with a lower hertz one if I can't get one for that cheap.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($33.03 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card ($152.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 450W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32/64-bit) ($104.99 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: BenQ GW2255 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($118.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $785.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-20 12:37 EDT-0400

How's this? Looking to keep it around $800-850

EDIT: I have a keyboard and mouse, the monitor is there to upgrade on the ancient VGA one I have now.

If we really want TF2 to advance as an esport, my opinion is that we should headline smaller LANs and drum up interest from bigger LANs.

Trying to get into ETS will be like a bug trying to get the attention of a mountain. There just isn't enough interest from the organizers or the standing in the video game world to make it work. There also needs to be more teams into the higher levels of the game. The gap between Open and Invite is too big as-is, and having the same like 3 good teams or so at every LAN will do nothing to help TF2's popularity.

Great ambient electronic feel!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mDxcDjg9P4

assume that every 5 mins tagg says essentially

EDIT: i meant every 5 secs sorry typo