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Madman

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  1. Madman

    The official gossip thread

    I heard that using a utility class ('offclass') to forward spawn in pugs is now a bannable offense.
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    mercenaries cup local derby!

    why are red names lower than blue names ARGH
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    Rating Thread Redux

    999/10 Forum Ninja Skills
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    Rating Thread Redux

    8/10 Scout -1 for inconsistency -1 for +fwd 2/10 irl bad influence
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    Worth a close listen

    Whether you love him or hate him, I think this affects the local scene a little bit.
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    to a certain someone

    To be fair, that certain someone didn't spill anything on your shirt. You spilled it yourself. I merely helped.
  7. I did this with my qck+ mini and the results are amazing. All the smoothness back like a babys ass. I can confirm that the waterbath method will cause your ends to fray/split. For cases with the unremovable mesh + dust filter (CM cases has a lot of these for some reason), if you've been using them for at least half a decade you'd know that they basically accumulate a wall of dirt that stops all airflow. Toothbrush and a vacuum cleaner will solve your problems. what the fuck do you know about hygiene hater (no seriously, share your peripheral cleaning tips)
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    Utility/Jump Servers Feedback

    I say we make our own goddamn bball map with MBS as the background and spammahs avatar as the backing board. fuck yeah singapore.
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    Worth a close listen

    You don't have to look so far back, only to a time where every ban was a perma-ban Sounds familiar?
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    How to headshot a scout

    Spend less time asking on the forums and more time in-game actually trying.
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    ASIAFORTRESS BBQ 26TH JAN

    adel you serious not? he lives down the road from sps.... opposite siglap center only
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    Most improved admin - Jan 2013

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAA
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    Need some help regarding sensitivity and dpi

    Generally speaking, if you find a great disparity in sensitivity from one class to another you might be using a different aim style altogether, its worth scrutinizing what goes through your head as you try to hit a target for clues.
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    Summer's rating thread

    I seek social validation in this thread as well.
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    PSA: Offclassing in AF pugs

    One of the rules of the local pugging scene is that there should be no 'unnecessary offclassing'. I would like to remind all players that term 'unnecessary' suffers a wide range of definitions and therefore, you should always be gentle in reproach toward a player whom you deem is unnecessary offclassing unnecessarily. Your gamesense mileage may vary, and that certain offending player may think that he is doing the team a service in playing whatever offclass. While the rule does lean toward a double standard (some people are allowed to offclass while others aren't), it does not mean that we as players have to push it all the way. In fact, this is precisely why you should be trying your hardest to avoid calling this rule in unless its absolutely necessary. And if you do, do it politely (because, see above paragraph). To the admins, be it the league admins or the pug admins, you are given power not to boss over the 'common folk' but to be of a service to them. Say whatever the hell you please in your capability as a player (I know I do, fuck you) but when it is time to do your duty, please do so in a professional and fair manner (must talk nicely ok?). To whoever considers yourself among the 'better players', please do not abuse your free offclass pass or be too harsh on people who suck at the game. Maybe their poor game sense offends your delicate division 1 sensibilities; it still isn't a reason to be needlessly rude. And to the people who get yelled at for offclassing, use some common sense and learn to play the four more versatile classes first- that can change roles from offense to defense on the slightest, most whimsical change in the tide of battle. Also, if you're being told to stick to your main class, don't be so stubborn because you're just inviting trouble. Finally, get better at whatever offclass you want to play in pubs first- because maybe you just suck. INGAME BANTER/CRITIQUE AND NAME CALLING AND BIND PRESSING AND TEACHING = OK PERSONAL ATTACKS AND MAKING PEOPLE DO WHAT YOU WANT = NOT OK Everyone must compromise if you want a good environment to game and improve, it comes down to having some basic respect for others; if not for their skill then for the simple fact that they are another player. I am an asshole, granted, but I have never forced another player to sub out or kicked someone just because they were bad. For those who are just eager to flame whatever/whoever put in such a grey rule in the first place, I invite you to suggest a better way. Keep in mind there are rampant offclassers who intentionally hurt team games just to collect frags for a frag video nobody is actually going to watch. There used to be a no-rules time where people could be trusted not to be an idiot, this is not that time. Admins have a tough job as it is, and if you're not helping then don't make shit worse. Finally, I would like to highlight an interesting experiment: even when so-called div 1 players with years of tf2 experience from many many leagues (both asia and abroad) play exactly the same way they would play, but under a new smurf account; they still get yelled at and deal with all the shit that they would have to deal with as though they were actually new. The same puggers victimizing our 'new' players are the same puggers that are normally full of praise for them.
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    Prec broken

    me too
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    PSA: Offclassing in AF pugs

    I make thread asking people to be polite. People are rude in said thread.
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    AF Fighting-Game Players

    LF2?
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    Most improved new player of 2012

    I nominate the legende guy. Showed up a few ago- plays pretty ok.
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    PSA: Offclassing in AF pugs

    This is one half of the coin, the other half is when new guys are called out even though they're playing things straight and when vets don't get called out even when they're doing it (very, very) wrong. More tolerance is needed on BOTH sides.
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    PSA: Offclassing in AF pugs

    The problem here is not newbies sucking at offclasses. It is okay-bes doing okay at offclassing in okay-situations but still getting hell for it. Granted, they have no rep or team to back them up, all I'm asking is that people at least tell them nicely.
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    PSA: Offclassing in AF pugs

    It is excessively severe to slap rules/guidelines on everything. If we ever get to the point where playing TF2 competitively requires you to learn a whole new set of rules that is NOT TF2, then we have failed as comp players because that undermines the point of competitive TF2. Kicking without reason or warning (outside of an official league game) is not being "excessively severe" with the rules, it is a plain abuse of authority- being an admin does not allow me or anyone to do this so don't imply that the current rule allows such behavior. Any kind of guideline would be very difficult to even think about when you consider the vast difference in skill from player to player. Some people can make it work, some can't- this is why pugs will be pugs- not everyone wants to give you a chance to prove yourself. Example, pyro at bad mid IS viable if you can do it right, but will you want to see that in a pug? And if you further relax the definition of 'guideline', this only shifts the ambiguity from one grey area to another- imagine a completely shit sniper continually sniping badlands mid which supposedly 'ok', you can't force him to stop then because it is written down as pug-ok. You ask for a general direction that newbies can look to: this direction is to not off-class at all outside your team's own scrims. Bad? Yes. Worse than the alternatives? No. Having said all that, if you want to contribute, start a thread and try to come to some kind of community-agreed on guideline. Good luck trying to reason with players who find loopholes in the guidelines. I firmly disagree with drawing up guidelines. If I had my way, I would have the no off-class shit totally removed. Let people play what they want when they want, its mostly the scouts who act this way, and in no time they will have no demo/medic/solly friends. It has already been clear that if you want to not suck, don't deviate from your main until you've built a reputation. I'd rather give people the freedom and leave it on their common sense to know when to play what than to have all the hand holding that stresses admins and stunts playstyles, this isn't set in some idealist scenario as you suggest, this is entirely feasible. Such a decision will inconvenience the helpful in the community just a little bit but totally tilt the whiners who don't contribute shit. I'm okay with that.
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