competitive video gaming isn't always for everyone

Have you ever heard of the legendary Mute? He's a guy that is physically inclined and can't actually talk, but he made useful binds for general statements in mumble so he could still comm (e.g. "Enemy on Flank", "Medic Down", "Yes"). If you have a difficulty talking don't let that hold you back from not talking, your teammates won't care as long as you do it, if not revert to the bind method. If your teammates won't accept you for who you are don't play with them. I'm sure if you found the right group of guys/gals and explained to your team mates what you're going through they would understand.

I know you don't have the time but even if you did, don't let anything keep you from playing this beautifully crafted game we all know and love.

• played medic on a team I was on that died before the season even started
  
• cool/mildly amusing gamer
  
• pounds on scout/solly

aka highlander :(

My point was to find out whether you actually play the game or whether you just play the side gamemode (mge) with no intention to apply it to a real 6s or HL (lol) game scenario.

If you want to play 6s but don't feel you have enough time just find a UGC or even ESEA team that rarely scrims and play with them. You're really missing out if you don't actually play competitive.

do you actually play 6s or are you just a mge main?

-granary
-metalworks
+reckoner
+warmfront

Personally I think reckoner is a really strong map and is really fun to play in pugs and what not so I would definitely not mind reckoner in the NA map pool. It has a lot of EU feedback as Phi said and has more playtests than all of the other new maps. I really like warmfront now especially in the way that Dagger opened it up and I would certainly not mind it in the NA scene as well. Kalinka played well too and I could see some potential to become big. I know the majority of the community seems to like bagel but individualistically in my experiences with it I wasn't a fan.

I think we should ease our way into these newer maps and get more opinions before we jump to any conclusions and look to our two strongest/newer maps and look to replace them with our two current weakest maps.

:o

ambroon was secretely becoming suicidal due to your team's hourly cards against humanity sessions

Actually such a great way to see things clearer and see how pushes and other fights unravel without missing some players and wondering where they went.

Also I think an option to see players' names next to their class icon on the screen would be cool to have

Scream is very good. paged, jduff, and console are all very solid as well. They lost one of their best players and where they'll be positioned in open is heavily dependent on who they pick up on roamer & demo. Will be a mid open team at the very least and have lots of potential. They're all cool dudes and should be fun to play with

Right when I thought we wouldn't have to deal with another 5v6 it happened to us yet again. Our dear man who nuts (mankut) had his internet in all entirety eaten by his younger brother, but still we managed to pull it 3-1 at the half with Forecast Leading. After 30 minutes of unpatiently waiting, we thought all hope was lost, but then, could it be, right when we thought all hope was lost, his brother regurgitated his ethernet cable and router and the ham and cheese sandwich he ate earlier that day, and mancut's internet was instantaneously brought back to life. This instantly boosted all of our morales and our dm by 151% precisely. We managed to come back from the hefty deficit and came on top ultimately winning 5-3. Good game to Forecast and their valiant efforts.

I've been using the razer deathadder 2013 for almost five months now, it feels very comfortable for the clawgrip style I play in, and was night/day from a $3 non-gaming mouse I used before. I'm not really an expert on mice but I can say that the deathadder feels very comfortable for long gaming sessions and has yet to show any signs of wear and tear. If you're near a store that lets you test out mice before you buy them I would look to do that to make sure it fits your hand the way you want to.

seth is a pretty cool dude who has gotten better at medic since it became his main class, ambroon is a pounder on demo, and the others seem like good players as well

cp_cardinal - didn't play it
cp_daytrip - map felt very small to play on, area from blu spawn to first point felt kind of awkward because one right "bathroom" could be easily held and the streetside on left felt too skinny. i felt the last played well both offensively and defensively
cp_drudgery - didn't play it
cp_kalinka - mid played well from my point of view and i was able to do a lot on soldier, i think the high ground and all the ledges on the mid are good, as well as the balconies. didn't really notice any issues with second and there is an appropriate amount of hp/ammo packs, i like the sort of openness of the flank so it's not extremely easy to spam. Last point is pretty open and there are a good amount of entrances to come in from but not too many, from a defensive standpoint it kind of simulates process's "heaven" with the highground behind the point which I really like.
cp_logjam - didn't play it
koth_bagel - I feel like there should be like another form of highground platform on mid, but not close enough to the point where scouts can double jump onto it with ease, i also think the tunnels on both sides could be opened up slightly as well especially since there's an extreme height advantage, and if not just add some more props to jump on. lobby area played pretty well for me
koth_warmfront - I liked how the mids played out and cant really complain about the layout of the mid except for the fact that I constantly ran out of ammo and the lack of any ammo packs that weren't small were nowhere to be seen, i also think the pathway with the fence thingy connecting to mid could be widened a little bit
pl_tfcl - didn't play it

Overall had a really enjoyable time playing new maps and experimenting with new pushes and such

Process
Snakewater
Gullywash
Product
Sunshine
Badlands
Metalworks
Granary

i suggest going for the buffalo chicken mac & cheese bowl because it's only 780 calories and there's only 3,260mgs of sodium