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Just another example of why Swiss system is bullshit. Don’t take the hate out on csn, focus it on Swiss. I’ll probably do another dumb spreadsheet breaking down swiss system or something like that, if I have the time. Same thing happened with bodybuilding.com and oWn a couple of seasons ago.

No offense to Crit Sandvich, I think they’re a surprisingly decent team, and you can only beat who you’re scheduled to play against, but their schedule was much easier than Flow’s.

Hopefully we’re able to do Round Robin next season.

So I’m in the process of trying to salvage a diet oWn team for next season, but if that falls through I’d like to play next season regardless. I want to prove myself as a top advanced or even low invite (stretch, i know, lmao) sniper without having oWn around me. I’d also be happy to sub in invite on sniper.

Otherwise, I’d be alright with trying a season on spy or soldier in advanced or high main, preferably with a friend and/or legacy team.

I watch demos religiously, I can secondary call, and I’ll push myself out of my comfort zone to do whatever the team needs me to do to win.

So nurkz and I are sticking together from oWn, with Joey Lemons as team mentor/cheerleader, along with some old oWn players subbing. Looking to be a fun mid adv/playoff contender team with cool dudes who don’t suck. Demo tryouts are our biggest priority, but solly, pyro, med, and engi tryouts would be nice to have too, but please have some decent advanced+ experience. Message me on discord for tryouts: tua#6935

Scout
patches

Soldier
wubs

Pyro
klowwd? raptoir? despy? lumiti? gabiduo?

Heavy
Nurkz

Demo
dt

Engineer
High Impact Dolphin

Medic
rona

Sniper
tua

Spy
zokie0

Subs
Stardust, tlar, raptoir, patrick

joey lemons for not cutting me

unironically make prolander the default competitive mode
smaller than HL so easier queues, can swap classes
still essentially the same game as what is played in casual, 6s to me feels as if i’m playing a completely different game that’s been awkwardly incorporated into the game

I could go for hours on about my favorite music, but to keep it short and readable, here are a bunch of albums I listened to for the first time in the past year or so that I’ve really loved:

Public Strain by Women (ghostly 60s pop/post-punk)
Pet Grief by The Radio Dept. (bittersweet dream pop that loves new order)
Two Nuns and a Packmule by Rapeman (goofy noise rock with screaming guitars)
1000 by Cheveu (weirdo synth-punk, reminds me of a french death grips with no rapping)
Moa Anbessa by Gétatchèw Mèkurya & The Ex (funky and exotic african saxophonist backed by a dutch art punk band)

As someone who really only picked up competitive within the past two years, I was wondering how much the meta/game itself has changed over the past 10+ years of HL. I certainly believe maps couldn’t work in a time or place in people’s memories, but as someone who is new and doesn’t know exactly what fundamentally is different about HL now vs. then, I’m skeptical that every single map that was bad 5+ years ago is bad now.

If we have concerns about not having the manpower/interest for people to create new maps, why not resurrect something or bring in something otherwise pre-existing?

I’m doubtful something like Frontier, Mercenary Park, or whatever would work (especially without changes), but I think it’d be fun to try, and a whole lot more fun than having 0 idea how a map plays and just relying on someone else saying “TRUST ME IT SUCKS DON’T EVEN TRY IT”. Not faulting those people for trying to give their two cents and share their experience, it’s just that I tend to prefer to see hard evidence in front of me before dismissing something.

We should have pugscrims for testing maps, and while I appreciate Invite players testing out maps, I don’t think they should be the only ones testing maps and determining if they’re worthy. They should almost certainly have a heavier weighted opinion, but people in Main or whatever should at least have some input too. Everyone who isn’t RGL staff or high invite shouldn’t just sit around and wait for an excellent new map to be given to them to play.

edit: added another paragraph

Pretty skeptical of MBTI, but honestly I have noticed a trend that only very certain types of people tend to play tf2. I don’t know what it is about that game that attracts “weirdos” and “outcasts” and other unique types of people, but it’s very much a trend, from casual to the top of invite.

When I used to play CS, I had multiple teammates who were literal frat boys, it’s a much more “normie” kinda game. I think it varies by format though, I’d say 6s players are a little more like cs players than the average HL player.

@kho never heard of the term egg punk before, but i’ve always dug shit like devo and coneheads, so thanks for making me aware of it!

if you’re out at college, i’d say it’s much better to just have a cheap laptop to bring to class that can run excel/word/chrome and then having a separate, kinda cheapish desktop that you built and slowly upgrade over the semesters, or you could just splurge and get a nice one now, but realistically any cheap ryzen build + used gpu + ssd will be enough for 90% of games.

you’ll be able to upgrade it and keep it going for 5+ years easily, whereas the gaming laptop is a depreciating asset that just gets more and more shit every month after you buy it

plus when i graduated and started making money, i was able to cash in my new paychecks to upgrade my decent rig to a very very good one, for much cheaper than buying a new gaming laptop or a new rig altogether

unironically make prolander the default competitive mode
smaller than HL so easier queues, can swap classes
still essentially the same game as what is played in casual, 6s to me feels as if i’m playing a completely different game that’s been awkwardly incorporated into the game

I’ve never played 4s in UGC. Are there any things that the 4s community would like that UGC doesn’t do for them?

Bump.

Unfortunately nurkz has moved to greener pastures, so we need a new heavy. Another pyro tryout or two would be cool.

Message me tua#6935

scout - patches
soldier - wubs
pyro - klowwd? lumiti? gabiduo? nukanga?
demo - dt
heavy - chocc? teli?
engi - high impact dolphin
medic - rona
sniper - tua
spy - zokie0

subs:
tlar (hitscan), stardust (non-combo classes), raptoir (pyro/med), nucket (all class)

engi would be cool because there’s less competition to get into an invite team and it’s less stressful than sniper

solly and spy are fun

i want to get good at demo so i can actually main call for once

bump, we got wubs on soldier but still could use a couple more pyro tryouts

hl: swiftwater, steel
pl: cascade
sixes: clearcut
casual: harvest, upward, badwater

Bump, still looking for some pyro and soldier tryouts. Adv or placement main experience required.

@BMPD how is that much different from the existing fence spot on current cascade that already is a bit meh