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Madman

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  1. Post in this thread and i will rate you out of 10 plus comment on how you can improve (given that i know enough about you)

     

    Referenced from Yuki and Termo's rating thread from Ozfortress

     

    Fuck that shit.

     

    Since Summer abandoned his thread I've decided to start another; the rules of this one are slightly different:

     

    1) Rate the poster above you

    2) You may rate based on any criteria (tf2 skill/other games/looks/random talent) out of 10

    3) You can ONLY RATE THE POSTER ABOVE YOU

    4) You may post multiple times (forcing people to rate you multiple times in order to progress the thread)

    5) You may not rate the same person twice.

     

     

     

     

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    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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  3. yall need to get your shit together.

     

    Don't be contented with weeklies and thats-it-for-my-highlander-diet. The highlander weeklies are held as a bridging for the casual player, a fact that is sorely evident to anyone who has tried to play competitively in them (holy shit the voice comms are just messed up, its like you guys gather in mumble solely to perv on female/pre-pube male voices). But of course thats exactly what you're there for.

     

    For those among you who have come to identify yourself with the term "highlander player", it is time to step up your game by being more active with regard to scrimming. Start organizing scrims, you may either use the UGC rules to practice for the upcoming division or play with no whitelist as a way to experiment with unlocks. You guys are free to suggest any new rules for the weeklies (instead of following UGC to the dot) if there is a sound reason for doing so. You guys as players have a ridiculous pool of resources in the form of this forum, servers and admins who know their technical shit, these are things we would have killed for in the past so make use of it to grow the community and gameplay format that you love.

     

    When we have an active scrimming culture with team captains playing an active role in building the community (suggestions, guides, videos, ANYTHING) then you'll find everyone gradually improving together, and thats a wonderful experience. You'll only be taken seriously as players if you yourself be serious about improving and being respected. If you're in here for the hats, the boasting in pub servers about "being a 9v9 player" or some other stupid fucking reason, then the 9v9 crowd will stagnate and slowly die off (not to mention play like complete shit in the process).

     

    Remember start scrimming, wear your clan tags with pride, take lots of demos, lead the newer players.

     

    On a side note, I hope you guys don't take the admins for granted. Not everyone is guilty of this of course, but since the SVF days we've been literally at 24/7 support hotline beck-and-call cleaning up shit. Its not that we need sleep or our own personal time (we do), but realize we won't be around forever and we need capable leaders to take over (a few days in advance before you request anything of us would be nice too).

     

     

    If you don't really care about what I have to say, then you shouldn't really bother replying to this thread either. Cheers.

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  4. off-classing to mid: no, i don't care who you are

     

    necessity is situation dependent. why do you need to offclass in the first place?

     

    as rippleshift has already mentioned:

    IF ANYONE ON YOUR TEAM COMPLAINS ABOUT YOU OFFCLASSING THEN DO NOT OFFCLASS.

     

    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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  5. the bestest solution:

     

    "fix the attitudes of old players regarding tackling newbie off classing , instead of scolding then and stuff, explain why off classing is not viable given the circumstances, i can just go ahead and list the #1 reason right here : lack of DM and game sense."

     

     

    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.


  6. 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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  7. Who is going to be the figure of authority so pro at all kinds of tf2 past present and future to lay down such a guideline? And what of a case where a player is acting in accordance with said guideline but the team still feels that an off-class isn't helping the current situation?

     

    Making more rules to throw at each other and more rules to hide behind is being draconian. Kicking players without a proper explanation is not draconian, that is being a dick and that is exactly what I'm appealing against here.


  8. I think neither of your solutions will work practically, and even if they did they are rather draconian. This cannot be solved by a one-time ruling by admins but must be done over time by all players to tell others nicely when they are offending since there are an infinite amount of permutations of where/when to offclass/not offclass.

     

    In each and every situation, each and every pug: people who 'know' must tell, and people who are told must listen. And thats what I'm trying to request here.


  9. 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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