Really sorry I haven't gotten around to these earlier guys. My internet has been out of action for about 3 weeks now (pretty much the day after I made this thread). I'll get around to these sometime this weekend for sure!

Either a complete lie or a massive troll or you don't know what you're talking about, a 460 is more than enough for TF2. If anything it's a "little" (re: LITTLE) overkill (if it were JUST for TF2). The game is 99% cpu usage and 1% gpu usage (hyperbole). If you were to get a gtx680 for example, you would probably get 5 frames. cpu overclocks are nearly 1:1 in terms of fps:mhz afaik. Probably more exaggeration, but it shows how much more cpu intensive TF2 is compared to other "modern" games, where GPU is more the driving factor.

EDIT I'm an idiot - in the list. Thanks.

the guy who says "man my aim sucks today" and pulls off multiple headshots in a short amount of time (hint: sheep)

the guy who goes sniper without saying anything and pulls of multiple headshots in a situation where it "shouldn't work" (hint: sheep)

the guy who refuses to go heavy on a last defence when just that ONE TIME it might be a good idea (hint: sheep)

the guy who bitches about "lag" when he's 1-5ms over his typical latency (hint: sheep)

the guy who doesn't call when he's behind their team/about to make a play from behind so you can't coordinate it with the rest of your team so it's all guesswork and hoping you get the timing right

the guy who complains "shit rego/sparks/etc" when he's just missing

the guy who booked a server and refuses to give you the stv for no reason other than to have access to it while you do not (??)

the guy who sits in stv hating on a player/team in a disgusting way for no reason whatsoever

the guy who doesn't admit he is at fault

Two cents. It's all a lot of questions - it's more for you to think about and somewhat figure out yourself since there is no one size fits all.

On a basic level you can look at pocket as leading the charge - capitalising on advantages that other players on your team have created. Be it damage or positioning, to something like having an ammo advantage - you are mainly the one pushing forward dealing out the damage once this advantage has been created.

There are no real "tips" to positioning - you have to look at the current situation and adjust accordingly: do you need to be on high ground, do you need to have more players on flank, do you 100% need a scout with your combo? These are just some of multiple questions that you need to think about when playing, and it just generally boils down to what is happening.

One of the most important things to do is have good communication with your demo. Quite often you and your demoman can play simple games of bait and switch - where one takes the damage/wastes other teams ammo, then the other follows through after that to exploit the small window of the other team not being ready/no ammo to deal larger amounts of damage and take positioning.

On the basic level as pocket you just sit on the medic. Later on you don't want to be attached via an umbilical cord as quite often, focusing on sitting on your medic makes it a lot harder for you to take advantage of extremely small advantages that your team have created for you. You want to look out for your medic, sure, but if you have killed half their team because you "left your medic" and he dies (but you in turn, win the round/point/rollout), then wasn't that a small sacrifice?

Watch povs, stvs - try and figure out why the soldiers are doing what they are doing. Some soldier may be doing a dumb amount of jumps - why? Could he be jumping around like an idiot because it's fun? Is he trying to get somewhere fast? Is he creating a distraction for his team?

tl;dr - play more, watch other people play, think about the game, shoot the bad guy.

Awesome. Thanks Rick!

Recently got an FC700R. I now swear by browns after using a 7G for a year.

Anything and everything - from Dean Martin, Sinatra, Michael Buble to Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, *insert random jpop artist here*.

Holy shit spireking was the best.

Also ultiduo is really popular. We had 80+ people in the last ultiduo, and I think over 100 in the one before that. You could also try other fun comps like 4v4 koth, and perhaps something like the offclass cup that kritzkast hosted a while ago.

Bball could work as well.

Quakeworld

I agree. If you have the money the 2420T is amazing. I bought mine and received it on Tuesday, haven't looked back from a 24" (was using a 2233 for so long, 16:9 really does own 16:10 >_>)

Not sure about this monitor's actual performance, but that's just my experience with the actual size of the monitor. I can't comment on the price etc.

Thats why I recommended browns over reds.

Oh. That's unfortunate. There are some other reasonable keyboards. What site are you using just out of curiosity? I'll have a look for you if you want since I'm on lunch break.

Unless you decided on the 6gv2. Tbh red switches really are hit and miss with a lot of people - I'd go with brown if you can. Great responsiveness and not too sensitive unlike red.

I guess it just depends what you like.

http://www.elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=leopold,fullsize&pid=fc500rtab

I would recommend this personally. Brown switches are amazing and it's a good keyboard (and unless I'm an idiot, fits into your $120 price range?)

Nothing beats this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNFBWyIAOE4&hl=en-GB&gl=AU

Recently bought the FC700R brown switches. Amazing keyboard - though if you want the numpad get the FC500R (I think?).

Great simplicity and functionality with build quality.

Not sure how much it costs in the US, but I spent $120 AUD.