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  1. If you are going from 60 to 120 the difference will be huge, and noticeable. You will most likely be highly satisfied with 120 versus 140, especially if price is a concern. Honestly the difference is not worth the extra ~$100 if you dont have it.

    i think 120 sounds good.


  2. Im looking to upgrade to a dual monitor setup, so im looking for a 144hz budget (in the 300s price range) monitor. My old monitor is a 60 hz entry level one that isnt very good, as it has constant screen tear (which correct me if im wrong, but its because it cant keep up with my pretty good gpu) and because i dont want v sync on. I dont know much about monitors, except for the hz info I guess. if you find one, please just link it below and if i really like the one you choose, ill give you a decent hat in tf2 or a skin in csgo or something (all my cs skins are crap but i can buy a 1-2 dollar one if you really want one.) i may not give one to anyone if i dont like any that are recommended.

     

    thx guys


  3. Well 1 game isn't how all of them are going to go, and that was highlander, highlanders are usually stomps. Try a 6v6 lobby as medic, and listen to what they're saying in mumble, callouts are very important.

    i did. we won, but i didnt do well. i need to learn about 6s more. i know a lot about highlander already. btw, ive played quite a bit of highlanders as medic and other classes. we usually win so. you're right on the stomping aspect


  4. Lol medic is an easy class to play u can just ask @Whyte

     

    But as I spy main I'm just tell you right now.

    > watch the sky's

    > do not chase down spy's just call him out to your team.

    > don't heal or uber the enemy spy

    i know. its only easy in highlander. in 6s, its one of the harder classes.

     

    i played a hl tf2center as med and we destroyed the other team.


  5. It's not a problem that your argument isn't valid. The problem is that you're assuming that you have a full competent team. In solo play there are play-styles that are more rewarding to the player than others. The problem with the phlog is that it punishes people for trying to fight pyro, while rewarding the pyro for w+m1. As I like to say M1 wins kills, m2 wins games. Assuming you have a team that is competent enough to properly use pyro and face pyro; the phlog is underwhelming. However people don't understand kiting, positioning, and cooperation within a team. In a solo scenario the player only cares about what he/she is doing. It's the same reason why pocket medics exist. Players are selfish. Medic doesn't want to heal scout he barely gets any points compared to the heavy mowing the enemy team. With pyro why use m2 when it doesn't directly get kills.(Obviously I disagree with that statement but that's the commonplace for most pyros.) The problem is that you can sit at their spawn and get free kills. You will never have to back because of your free health and your enemy can't stay back far enough for them not to be crit to death. The only counter play to phlog is to stay away from phlog. Also please don't try to argue that you can "run away" from the pyro that you clearly see taunt. Most of the time They come out of nowhere and rush your team with crits and only the scout and medic can back peddle fast enough to not get instantly burned to smithereens, and that's assuming he doesn't rush spawn where you can't leave now for a valuable few seconds.

     

    The degreaser was basically a go-to upgrade to the flamethrower. It implemented "combo" type play style that made pyros feel skillful for properly using their other weapons and spacing. My problem still stands that the airblast nerf hits where it counts for me, because m2 wins games. However I can understand why it needed to have that nerf.

     

    The jag needed the nerf it was a direct upgrade. It's barely noticeable to a competent engie. Plus it does it's job of a quick set up for aggressive play or fast defenses.

     

    Demoknights are annoying. They are a less stealthy, less skilled spy. However as I like to continue to point out to people, the zatoichi now overheals in exchange for crits. The crits were stupid and I won't miss em. Now I feel rewarded for using the zatoichi well enough that I can go on a 10 kill streak and still be over healed. it's not as "nerfed" as people say because now it's not a luck based weapon.

     

    Medics needed those buffs.

     

    And for your last point. I love that feature being added. I like feeling rewarded for helping my team. Unfortunately not many people like to help others and prefer to go on killing rampages. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink, or in this case heal and refund cooldown. It comes down to the competence of the people you're playing with.

     

    Overall I agree with you it's a pretty good update, but it's too difficult to forgive glaring balance issues. The phlog is too strong for solo play. Heavy is one of the most underwhelming classes and he never gets any attention by the valve gods. He still has no reliable mobility, no real utility for teamplay, and no ranged options available for his kit. Engineers keep getting nerfs to items that only skilled engies used anyways. Pyro got unnecessary buffs to ranged damage(encouraging w+m1) and of course the nightmare to face that is the phlog. Assuming you're a rational player you can at least understand why the community is outraged by the changes.

     

    gewd points


  6. good update.

     

    First of all, I can see why they buffed the phlog. Before you yell at me and say IT WAS OP BEFORE AND OP NOW, theres reasons. Yes, its unbalanced and was always unbalanced in pubs. In comp, it was awful. A comp pyro is mostly used for airblast. They airblast stickies off points, airblast rockets from kritted or ubered sollys, and play a more defensive role. Valve is implementing a matchmaking competitive system, so they try to make weapons viable. Before the phlog was terrible in comp, and while it still is pretty bad, it still could be used a bit more offensively.

     

    Second of all, degreaser was op before. It was pretty much a direct upgrade to the flamethrower. Too lazy to explain and justify nerf, so heres this vid by b4nny (you may or may not know him hes a popular tf2 competitive player)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5pZgph_ZaU

     

    Third of all, the jag still is really good and the best wrench for startup. Most people use it to build their buildings then suicide to the stock wrench. Before, it was a direct upgrade

     

    Fourth, thank GOD they nerfed demoknight. Before, it was annoying, overpowered, and completely broken. (the shields had completely ridiculous defenses, and the zatoichis max health kill was completely broken)

     

    Fifth, they made medic more fun so more people would play it. The crossbow buff was pretty good, and the other buffs were also really good.

     

    Sixth, they encouraged team work with the extinguish giving health or recharge with jarate, airblast, and mad milk.

     

    There's a lot more changes i could go into, but it would take an hour to type up and i cant think of them on the top of my head but id give this update a 9/10 or an 8/10 for some of the more pointless but minor nerfs


  7. I used to main scout, was decent but took a break for a while. i only played tf2center lobbies and did decent lmao, so i wouldnt consider myself good, but i could hold my own. like i said i took a break, kinda sucked at scout when i came back and started playing medic more. i can stomp in pubs (which doesnt say much) and i wanna take it to the next level. any tips from comp med mains or comp players who know how some things about medic would be appreciated. if you spend your time on trade servers or pubs and come to give me advice, im sorry dont think ill take it, looking for experienced comp players. thanks guys :D


  8. if you think it was too short what runs did you do?

    i mean most people just do 1 pacifist run or 1 pacifist + genocide and then don't play again

    thats not really all the game has to offer.

    did a neutral-beat it in a day. next day did a true pacifist (started over completely, i didnt go to my neutral save and do the requirements) and beat it in a day. (around 4-5 hours each run)


  9. Back when this scam was first starting to be used, (around 2 years ago) i got scammed by it, because i was fucking stupid and new to trading. its not a new method, and steam has recently implemented many warnings and ways to prevent it. Armin, no offense, but steam basically gave you and your friends training wheels, and you fell off the fucking bike


  10. I don't think escrow should happen, but valve has to do things like this if they want to prevent idiots from being scammed. Valve themselves could get drawn into legal troubles or get negative publicity if fucktards keep getting scammed. I know they basically already have fucking gave these retards helmets and covered their bodies in fucking pillows, but people keep getting scammed, so they have to put them into isolation too. (i know its a fucking weird analogy)


  11. This is why religion is stupid. Wars and deaths over blind faith.

    You're practicaly asking to be flamed. Religion isn't bad or stupid, it's the people who take part in the religion. Sure some religions have rules that would be considered terrible now, but this was back when said rules were socially acceptable. It is the same thing with atheism or agnosticism. If a fucking pretentious asshole is agnostic/atheist and says things like, "lul stupid christian idiots im enlighted by KNOWLEDGE" or something dumb like that, they're just as bad as the christian conservatives saying things like, "9/11 WAS BECAUSE OF THE GAYS or GOD HATES FAGS." and the muslims saying things like, "PRAISE ALLAH WOMEN STAY INSIDE OR WE BEAT YOU JEWS SHOULD DIE." I know what I just said was extremely offensive, and im sorry but its true.....

     

     

    tldr TOLERANCE and not all religion is bad, but most people who take part in religion are.

     

    inb4 someone thinks im religious, im not. this is from a non biased view.


  12. It was ISIL. they did it because france is deploying air strikes in the Middle East. More atrocities from ISIL. When you commit mass murder on innocent civillians, you have no right to represent a religion. You're giving the religion a bad rep. ISIL should pay for what they did, and I'm sorry to the people in Paris, and for the Muslims who get a bad name for being categorized with extremists.