i love how i know exactly what you mean by this lmao

and yeah, i agree, i don't think it's the worst thing in the world but i don't think it's great either

i don't see how this can possibly be worth over ~600 bucks, and even then longevity is a concern

like i love valve and i love what they do but this kind-of feels like a miss lol

though, i had similar doubts about the deck and i was largely proven wrong, so, time will tell :3

part 1

part 2

fire as in setting it on fire, yeah :3

but i wanna play pyro at some point again... when my burnout ends :3

i know i said i wouldn't do it... buuuut i'm honestly tempted to draft my own ideal vision of casual the next time i'm bored at work lol

mainly because a lot of the arguments i've seen tend to (almost blindly?) overlook some of the major drawbacks quickplay's "features" have

also, it's honestly fascinating how generation gaps affect even "niche" things like a specific video game :3

the veterans (2007-2011) say F2P killed the game, the seasoned players (2011-2016) say MyM killed the game, and the newcomers (2017-2025) don't seem to care that much lol

having more options will *always* be a good thing - there will always be something, for someone, to enjoy

"spreading the playerbase thin" is part of a completely different problem only tangentially, if not, completely unrelated to there simply being more options to choose from

but at least there's good news, i guess

despite previous attempts to show my CPU temperature in the performance metrics overlay in the past (spanning several days even), suddenly they just work now for no reason whatsoever

gonna see how long that lasts before it's gone again :3

i've reached this point of delusion where so many of my tech-related issues exclusively happen on Tuesdays that i'm honest to god genuinely considering locking myself out from all devices with a chip inside them on Monday 23:59 'til Wednesday 00:01

i can't take it anymore!!!! :3

hopefully windows won't decide to ignore my newly setup group policy not to install any drivers whatsoever anymore :3

this thread was dead on arrival on the bird app and i forgot to cross-post it to here so... might as well :3

(the 1 comment and 2 of the 6 engagements are me)

also, in that 25-hour timespan i even managed to clear most of these by myself - 15 contracts a day is insane...

but i'd like to thank a few of my friends for helping out with ~10% of the maps (as well as anyone who offered to help in case i wasn't going to make it otherwise) :3

i'm not able to enjoy tf2 (or games in general) like i used to because i've become a grown ass man with a job & countless other responsibilities, but i'm happy i was still able to enjoy my favorite event in one of my favorite video-games of all time >w<

thank you, valve 🧡