OCR TF2: Stab stab stab!

[Cinderwild]

They have a really good sniper.

[Powerlord]

Wow, so I found this interesting map pack called "CP Mirrored Maps" where the author just took a bunch of stock Valve CP maps and mirrored them such that left is right and right is left. I'll have to give them a go some time! It'd be interesting to see on the server as well since most of us have memorized the normal versions of these maps already and it would really throw us off.

http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=15732

Given peoples tendency to hate custom maps, partly due to download times, this seems like a bad idea.

It'd be better to do it unexpectedly, like temporarily replace the regular map files.

You can't, that would cause clients to be kicked because they don't have the same version of the map that the server does.

Or they'd have to download them. Lose/lose either way.

[ParanoidDrone]

Our next Highlander match is coming up, big duh, and I doubt any of us want to play on Thanksgiving day. Or the day after, likely. Or maybe you do, I don't know.

My point is, what days and times work for you Highlander folks this weekend?

[bark]

Our next Highlander match is coming up, big duh, and I doubt any of us want to play on Thanksgiving day. Or the day after, likely. Or maybe you do, I don't know.

My point is, what days and times work for you Highlander folks this weekend?

I'm good for whatever, this is just a normal weekend for me.

Are we going to do a walkthrough of the map ahead of time?

[ParanoidDrone]

Possibly, depends if we can all get together. IIRC we've covered Badwater before, so that should be relatively short (or nonexistent), leaving us to focus on Steel and maybe Viaduct if we want to. Gaunt's been the one to get them organized in the group phase.

[bonzai!]

I'm not working on Thanksgiving, or on Friday, and my weekend is free and flexible so far.

[XeroZohar]

I'm good anytime pretty much. Just not on thanksgiving or friday. Too much stuffing.

[Gaunt]

Not until Saturday for me.

Also, the "buddy" for this team is http://steamcommunity.com/id/mesr. My memory tells me he is going to be good.

[Lumpy]

I'm good any day.

Edit: Paranoid, I left a message that they should add you to schedule play times instead of Chili. Is that alright?

[ParanoidDrone]

I'm good any day.

Edit: Paranoid, I left a message that they should add you to schedule play times instead of Chili. Is that alright?

That's fine, I'm already the team secretary anyway.

EDIT: Also, the Lazytown Sniper is apparently really good. Lumpy will need to be on top of his game, likely.

[Aeronaut]

That's fine, I'm already the team secretary anyway.

EDIT: Also, the Lazytown Sniper is apparently really good. Lumpy will need to be on top of his game, likely.

I'll confirm that their sniper was pretty much god-awesomely amazing. That said, he did not carry their team.

They know what they're doing and the bulk of their team moves together in a pack (or they communicate locations really, really well). Their Scout will almost constantly attempt to find ways behind enemy lines to pick off lone players (I fell victim to this several times while attempting to re-enter the battlefield from spawn) and their Spy seemed to enjoy targeting me (Engineer) almost exclusively whenever I had gear up.

I apologize if that seems like common-sensical advice (which, in retrospect, it may be), but those notes are what stood out most when I played against them as our team's subbed-in Engineer.

[ParanoidDrone]

With that in mind, it sounds like Gaunt will need to be extra mindful of the Spy. If it gets too out of hand, our Pyro may need to guard the nest with him, preferably with the Homewrecker. Depending on the map, the best Sentry location may be one that prevents the Scout from flanking our main front if a nest isn't needed at the front lines. (I'm thinking BLU on Steel here. A is the easiest flanking route ever since no one bothers to go there once it's capped.)

Meanwhile, our own Spy would need to focus on the Sniper to keep him down, or at least distracted and paranoid. I'd bet money that he's Spy savvy and can pick out the decloak, but he'll need to scope eventually, which leaves him open to otherwise blatant flanks without the need for cloak. Then there's the Ambassador. On a related note, I'll laugh so hard if he turns out to use the Razorback.

I heard through the grapevine that their Heavy isn't terribly brilliant, which I suppose is one less thing to worry about.

[Rambo]

I'd bet money that he's Spy savvy and can pick out the decloak

ah... life before the Saharan spy set....

[Lumpy]

I'll try to watch the demos of him later. Would you say he's better than Hish or Rambo?

Edit: Also who is he?

[ParanoidDrone]

ah... life before the Saharan spy set....

Yes, I adore the Saharan set. The extra flicker time is murder though. Good thing the DR doesn't flicker to begin with.

Also I can't use it for the tournament anyway. Sadface.

For time, I'm thinking of proposing Saturday night, 9 PM EST or so. Y/N?

[Brushfire]

Yes, I adore the Saharan set. The extra flicker time is murder though. Good thing the DR doesn't flicker to begin with.

Spy is cheap and OP.

[Lumpy]

Yes, I adore the Saharan set. The extra flicker time is murder though. Good thing the DR doesn't flicker to begin with.

Also I can't use it for the tournament anyway. Sadface.

For time, I'm thinking of proposing Saturday night, 9 PM EST or so. Y/N?

I'm good with that.

[ParanoidDrone]

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Lumpy for engaging in dialogue with the other team when I've been preoccupied with the Thanksgiving holiday. Thanks.

Lazytown would like to play the match between Thursday December 2nd and Sunday December 5th. My only concern is that it may be past the date where everyone's supposed to have finished their matches, but assuming the league doesn't mind I'm okay with it. What about you guys?

[XeroZohar]

I'm ok with it.

[Lumpy]

I'm fine with just about anything. By the way, I can't access this thread from my other(main) computer. I'm not sure why; I can see every other thread. So, basically, I'm probably going to be slow with receiving and responding to the information posted in here.

[Powerlord]

The Orange Box is $7.50, for roughly the next 24 hours (until 10am PST Monday) only. If you were thinking about buying TF2, but hadn't decided yet, today would be a good time to get it.

[The Derrit]

im getting back to school in a few hours i can't wait to get back to my computer and play this game

if anyones playing tonight on red or blu then sweet.

[XeroZohar]

There's typically a group playing every night. I tend to wait until there are at least 10 though, otherwise it's kind of a tame game unless everyone's melee-only or doing fun off-topic stuff. Honestly surprised nobody's playing right now since it's Sunday.

[ParanoidDrone]

Bucking the trend of last minute scheduling, we have finalized our match to be on Sunday, December 5th at 9 PM EST. I'll schedule it in the Steam group.

On an unrelated note, Chili's birthday is the day before, on Saturday.

EDIT: Something we did for the first few matches and have since neglected is doing a walkthrough of the map and discussing strategy. Should we attempt to do this again?

[Lumpy]

Bucking the trend of last minute scheduling, we have finalized our match to be on Sunday, December 5th at 9 PM EST. I'll schedule it in the Steam group.

On an unrelated note, Chili's birthday is the day before, on Saturday.

EDIT: Something we did for the first few matches and have since neglected is doing a walkthrough of the map and discussing strategy. Should we attempt to do this again?

We should actually have time for it this time. So, yeah. If you think you know peoples schedules well enough then just put up a random event in the steam group.