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[IcyTea31]

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[Calidovi]

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I await the day in which shitposting will fully transcend the boundaries we have and still will set up in the future. While we have geography partially figured out, the development of FTL travel and true AI reach their pinnacle, I can only dream that I will live long enough to see those who were once stripped of rights, those who were treated as though they had no control over their future, could succeed, not only in an isolated environment of their own planet among their own people, but on an international stage.
     Shitposting is universal. Once religion, ethics, morality, and languages become increasingly fragmented due to the immense cultural drifts we will experience in space, perhaps shitposting will bind us together. Imagine it with me: in a medium detached from all forms conceivable, beyond our current technological and ethical constraints perhaps we will see dreadful creations, but also eternal truths, alternate viewpoints, and new meanings in banal things, and no man will hide his opinion from the 'shitposting unconscious' due to the snide tone of his words and its abrasive nature. It's not wisdom he thinks he's dispensing, but rather a joke, nothing more than a jab. However, different minds see different things, and the basic statements of one culture could turn to be the most powerful tools in another.

[IcyTea31]

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I await the day in which shitposting will fully transcend the boundaries we have and still will set up in the future. While we have geography partially figured out, the development of FTL travel and true AI reach their pinnacle, I can only dream that I will live long enough to see those who were once stripped of rights, those who were treated as though they had no control over their future, could succeed, not only in an isolated environment of their own planet among their own people, but on an international stage.
     Shitposting is universal. Once religion, ethics, morality, and languages become increasingly fragmented due to the immense cultural drifts we will experience in space, perhaps shitposting will bind us together. Imagine it with me: in a medium detached from all forms conceivable, beyond our current technological and ethical constraints perhaps we will see dreadful creations, but also eternal truths, alternate viewpoints, and new meanings in banal things, and no man will hide his opinion from the 'shitposting unconscious' due to the snide tone of his words and its abrasive nature. It's not wisdom he thinks he's dispensing, but rather a joke, nothing more than a jab. However, different minds see different things, and the basic statements of one culture could turn to be the most powerful tools in another.

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We don't even necessarily need to look into the future for that. It's possible (though very unlikely) that some alien civilization somewhere has caught our radio signals and interpreted them as messages from a deity.

"We have once again gathered here today to hear the sacred gospel of our Lord Astley. He is never going to give us up, nor let us down. He is never going to run around and desert us. Let us pray."

[miauw62]

kaidus retires from nerdRage due to a wrist injury

This is a pretty big loss for the competitive community and the best team in Europe. At least he'll still be casting :x

[JoshuaFH]

Well, he's not out for good, he can get back in once his wrist heals. Still, Kaidus is one of the best players and it's sad that he can't contribute directly to competitive while he's off.

[EnigmaticHat]

Is competitive TF2 going well?  All I hear about is problems.

[misko27]

Valve has added a new "alternative" mode to quickplay, replacing Doomsday's old spot. It includes tc_hydro, pd_watergate, sd_doomsday, and after a ninja same-day update, cp_degrootkeep. All of which now have their own valve servers.

I played a lot of hydro today.

Is competitive TF2 going well?  All I hear about is problems.

I'm enjoying it. It's a beta, you know, so problems are what you expect, but they do seem to be working on them. A lot of imbalance, but that's expected until the part of matchmaking that actually makes matches starts working. The only really annoying thing is the occasional hacker, and the more-then-occasional premade group that stomps.

[Reudh]

So, after changing a bunch of settings for my graphics card, i appeared to hit a magic bullet. Framerate's skyrocketed from ~45-60fps to well over 300fps. As a result, my sniping and scout skills, previously quite poor, have improved drastically.

Damn, it feels good.

[MagmaMcFry]

I just got voted off Asteroid because people were so salty at my shotgun. I had 100:27 K/D as engie without a single sentry kill.

[miauw62]

kicked for not using aimbot, eh?

[miauw62]

Apparently LMAObox is detected by VAC now.

This is fucking huge. Can't wait for hacker tears.

E: rip all of ugcs "top" snipers, apparently. Jesus Christ.

[JoshuaFH]

Maxbox has redeemed himself in my eyes. I'm so happy, TF2 competitive has a goddamn CHANCE now!

[WealthyRadish]

This is very good news. Of course 3rd party cheats can never be completely dealt with, but this wide of a catch will probably stick for quite a while (and get some to stop playing with cheats for good).

[misko27]

LMAO box owner called it quits and shut down the project. Apparently Valve managed to even snag people who haven't used it for a few months, so it really is a huge wide net. (I wonder how many accounts got shut down, Jesus. This could be good fun.)

This is a link to the UGC Vac Bans: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1dfcMHrF3dGByk-UV8CEDhhhDVBhb3Uo2QC7kWU6ciEs/htmlview?sle=true# I personally don't care too much (other then to say "Wow look at that huge list"), but it's still good to see. The best part is the people with the super expensive backpacks.

I am happy.

[Reudh]

Maxbox has redeemed himself in my eyes. I'm so happy, TF2 competitive has a goddamn CHANCE now!

Miggy is apparently the one who sent the email. Supposedly Max Box is just trying to take credit; miggy has a screenshot of an email he sent to Valve.