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• CP_STEEL_REFRESH Discussion & Feedback thread.

  

  I can appreciate the intention and your dedication towards map improvement, but anything that changes gameplay shouldn’t be passed off so lightly and tossed right into the season. There is a difference between the visual feel and “creator’s vision” of the map (it was added in 2008 and last updated in 2013; the map should be considered out of the original creator’s hands) and its functional gameplay topology. Removing a sightline that doesn’t feel like it should be there might be a small fix in terms of aesthetic or QoL, but it could change the way the point or the whole map is played. For instance, if that sightline is no longer viable then teams might position completely differently, placing emphasis on different points altogether. That soldier spot above B has been considered a legitimate gameplay option for years. Removing it eliminates that gameplay option entirely, reducing the map to something else. Severing a gameplay option is probably never isolated and will change the weights of other gameplay options. Spots like these either exist or they don’t and the fact that it might be an unintended pixel walk doesn’t change its existence as a gameplay option. If the goal is QoL, you could easily add some other prop up there to address it while also attempting to keep it functionally the same. If the goal is larger than this, then it should be dealt with as a gameplay changing update and not passed off as if it were a set of nonfunctional changes as it seems to have been implied. Maybe they are justified improvements, but if so then I think there should be more talk before it’s implemented. I’d like to add that I think adding another instance of separation from the vanilla game by creating a new map file for cp_steel is probably not the way to go, but this is besides the point and I’m sure many would disagree with me.

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• RGL Community, I Need YOUR Main-Callers (for HL)

  

  –>If you don’t want to read a lot, skip to “How Can I Help?”<– Who are you and what do you want? My name is Despy (literally who?), and I would like to tell you about a project whose purpose is to provide educational content for you all about one of the least understood and yet important skills: What Does it Take to be a Successful Main Caller?. Why Should I Care? Main-calling is untalked about as a part of skill improvement. Demo reviews will rarely focus on main-calling but rather the result of those calls. We all can identify what is and isn’t good main-calling but very few can actually execute it or explain it. Some even go as far as to say “you can’t teach main-calling”. I look to challenge this claim! This project is meant to provide more public information about the matter from reputable sources that have experience and results to back up their claims. How Do You Intend to Do This? I plan to conduct a live interview with players that will either be recorded through video streaming software or transcribed and put on the forums later in the form of a Q/A text interview. I wish to accomplish this feat through a series of steps as follows: Phases of This Project Gather a pool of known and talented main callers who would be willing to share their insight <— We are here Create a list of good questions for new and upcoming main callers to learn from (if this gains traction I will make a separate post later to ask for questions from the community) Perform the interview and record (through video or transcription) Make another post on the RGL forums with the results How Can I Help? <-- If You Read Nothing Else Please Read This Of course, none of this is possible without YOUR support (thank you btw). If you would like to contribute to the project, please DM me on Discord listed below either nominating yourself or someone else who would be a good fit for this kind of project. If you are nominating someone else, please try to provide contact information of the person if possible and only nominate people who would reasonably be willing to follow through. I am currently only looking for main callers who have recent experience from the TOP 2 DIVISIONS OF RGL HL. Apologies if you do not meet the criteria at this time. My Discord: Despy#8460 (I am in the RGL discord as well) Thank you so much for reading. Feel free to post feedback in the replies as well.

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• BLANCTV - Season 4

  

  BLANCTV starts off Season 7 coverage in the Intermediate division with B4nny Burger & The Selmonella6 vs. Macca’s Realm. The latter are coming off an Amateur championship while the former houses legendary names such as John Wick and Kiki’s Delivery Service. Join Tery and TBD at 10:30 EST for Gullywash action. Match: https://rgl.gg/Public/Match.aspx?m=15777&r=40 Stream: twitch.tv/terywj

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• google sent me a coding interview

  

  Okay I didn’t make it to the next interview. Was good to be able to do the first coding exercise though.

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