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        <title>Reply to &#8220;Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim&#8221;</title>
        <link>http://etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-15779/page-11/?recent=366837#post=348703</link>
        <description><![CDATA[[quote=348009]does anyone else have the fucking stupidest companion in the world

go out of any city, look behind a minute later, they\'re nowhere to be seen[/quote]

Had a mage companion for a short time. Every time we got in combat she would unequip her clothes. http://steamcommunity.com/id/sheridyn/screenshot/596954040454428070?tab=public

This turned into an ongoing battle of wills and I eventually just killed her because she started trying to use a sword that I gave her. Whilst naked. So she was being downed within seconds by any enemy we came across and I got fed up of reloading every time she died from collateral damage (since she was carrying all the miscellaneous random shit I came across).


Edit: Also the funniest thing I\'ve seen is my horse rampaging through an Imperial Legion fort during one of the assault quests. Shadowmere made it all the way up onto the walls and was taking on 3-4 Imperial Legion at a time (and winning). http://steamcommunity.com/id/sheridyn/screenshot/596954390918900355/?tab=public]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:21:12 +0100</pubDate>
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        <title>Reply to &#8220;Finished Dragon Age II&#8221;</title>
        <link>http://etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-15989/page-2/?recent=287585#post=286021</link>
        <description><![CDATA[[quote=285827]DA2 is a complete and utter rape of the whole Dragon Age-saga.[/quote]
DA:O was a bastardized RPG to begin with. You can\'t really complain now.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 04:03:20 +0100</pubDate>
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        <title>Reply to &#8220;Good Media Player that&#039;s easy on Laptop Battery&#8221;</title>
        <link>http://etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-15892/page-1/?recent=283863#post=283091</link>
        <description><![CDATA[foobar2000 for a (music) media player that doesn\'t suck.
http://www.foobar2000.org/]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 01:18:42 +0100</pubDate>
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        <title>Reply to &#8220;An evaluation of tf2tv&#8221;</title>
        <link>http://etf2l.org/forum/general/topic-15883/page-4/?recent=284474#post=282959</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I\'ll be the first to admit that I\'m not an experienced caster and probably am not very good. When Hildreth and I approached Pledge and d2m, it was completely on our own initiative, with the purpose of covering the highlander challenge as best as possible (because it wasn\'t going to receive much attention otherwise). I have no previous experience as a caster, and as such this has been a learning experience for me. Regardless, I am trying my best to improve and make my casts interesting and relevant.

I agree with the point that each cast should have a play-by-play caster and someone for colour commentary and analysis, and this hasn\'t always been possible for us. It is something we are looking to improve, though.

If anyone has specific feedback for me or the highlander casts in general (since this topic is mostly focused on LAN coverage), I always welcome constructive criticism.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 17:49:50 +0100</pubDate>
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        <title>Reply to &#8220;Root Fragmovie&#8221;</title>
        <link>http://etf2l.org/forum/movie/topic-15837/page-4/?recent=310447#post=282493</link>
        <description><![CDATA[absolute beast]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:42:43 +0100</pubDate>
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        <title>Reply to &#8220;Quarantine response to Beavern&#039;s ban&#8221;</title>
        <link>http://etf2l.org/forum/league/topic-15387/page-22/?recent=270698#post=270443</link>
        <description><![CDATA[No, I definitely read your posts Kritzonite.

[quote]To those who claim there is no hard evidence of corruption, I refer again to my point about conflict of interest.[/quote]
THIS IS NOT HARD EVIDENCE THIS IS CONJECTURE

Good day.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:07:30 +0100</pubDate>
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        <title>Reply to &#8220;Quarantine response to Beavern&#039;s ban&#8221;</title>
        <link>http://etf2l.org/forum/league/topic-15387/page-16/?recent=270698#post=270221</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Spin spin spin.

So let\'s get this straight. You [b]honestly[/b] believe that the ACT banned Beavern simply because he\'s a good player? No wonder you can\'t post any evidence to support your case. You can post essays of conjecture all you like and I guess your average forum lemming will jump in with blind support because HOLY CRAP LOTS OF WORDS, but at the end of the day the argument you are putting forth here remains shallow because it has no substance.

[quote]I’d like to respond to some of the most commonly recurring points. Firstly, the suggestion that information on Beavern’s background and character have no relevance. The first reason for including that section was to counter the accusation we’ve seen leveled at Beavern over and over again, virtually since we started playing TF2 – that there’s no way he can be that good after 50, 100, whatever number of hours. The fact is that Beavern has a long history of playing FPS games and much of that skill and knowledge is easily transferred to TF2, so I felt it was important to make that clear, rather than continue to let people assume he’d only picked up a mouse the day he got TF2 and then just botted his way to success to make up for his lack of prior experience.[/quote]
Refer to, say, wndr (div 6 -&#62; div 2) and Norrlääänningen (div 4 -&#62; div 2). There are good players in lower divisions who are clearly capable of playing higher up and they do not get banned by the ACT during their time in lower divisions simply because they are good at the game.

[quote]The other reason for including personal details about Beavern was to reinforce that he’s actually a real person, with real teammates, who actually suffers when an injustice such as this is perpetrated. It’s easy to get blase about bans and league disciplinary action in general when all you see are a fairly anonymous string of names printed out in front of you every time ETF2L announce they are banning people, so I wanted to reinforce the fact that those punished actually have a history and face real consequences, and it’s therefore a serious matter when the innocent fall victim to wrongful conviction.[/quote]
I completely agree. If someone innocent falls victim to a wrongful conviction there are serious consequences. Take it up with league admins and present your case to them, and being the reasonable people they are, they will likely reverse the punishment if it is unjust. Do not go directly to the ETF2L forum and make an unsubstantiated spin post about how the ACT are all corrupt individuals abusing their power to ban good players from the game for their own personal benefit [i]because that does nothing to help your cause[/i].

[quote][b]To those who claim there is no hard evidence of corruption[/b], I refer again to my point about conflict of interest. Conflict of interest is a form of corruption, and it is undeniably present in ETF2L. The only defence the admins have offered against this charge is essentially “trust us, we’re honest, really”, which, in the real world would be disregarded as a hopelessly weak riposte. Conflict of interest can only be resolved by structural changes, not by unverifiable claims made about the good character of those in charge. It doesn’t require admins to be in the same division as Beavern for them to potentially gain from his punishment; they could play him in cups, they could play him in the ladders, they could be embarrassed by him in a pcw or they could have friends that play regularly against Beavern and subsequently use their privileged access to admins to potentially influence them.[/quote]
This argument is laughable at best (you have provided no evidence of conflict of interest!), especially as you contradict yourself later:

[quote]If what people are looking for is a smoking gun proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that admins deliberately set out to ban Beavern for nefarious reasons, then obviously we do not have it.[/quote]

[quote]Therefore I urge people to look at the structural nature of the ACT, the snippets we’ve gleaned about their thought processes when convicting Beavern and the views of non-ETF2L anti-cheat admins, then [b]let people draw their own conclusions about whether justice is likely to have been done[/b].[/quote]
Let\'s continue to do that then, rather than spread rumours that the ACT are corrupt on the ETF2L forums.


I can\'t be bothered to keep quoting here, but if you accuse the ACT of having a system whereby ACT members may influence the decisions of other members, I would argue that an approach that involves seeking outsiders to review a demo in an attempt to have Beavern\'s ban overthrown is equally as influentially infective. You are seeking to have a player on your team unbanned from the start, and the motivation for seeking additional opinion is completely transparent to all.

Furthermore posts detailing the banning of players who have cheated in official league matches have no reason to be sombre in tone. You get what you deserve if you break league rules, there\'s no need to sugar-coat it.

In the end you may indeed have evidence that you are unable to post here. However this begs the question as to why you are posting here in the first place. As much as I\'d like to support you and the (un?)official \"unban Beavern\" Steam group campaign, I can\'t. I can\'t support an unsubstantiated smear campaign against the ACT who by necessity operate in privacy behind the scenes and undeniably ban legitimate cheaters in the majority of cases. If you want to get Beavern unbanned, go about it respectfully. Thanks.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 06:19:06 +0100</pubDate>
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        <title>Reply to &#8220;Quarantine response to Beavern&#039;s ban&#8221;</title>
        <link>http://etf2l.org/forum/league/topic-15387/page-10/?recent=270698#post=270007</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The amount of spin in the original post is making me dizzy. If you really wanted to get Beavern unbanned, you\'re doing it wrong.

[quote]When discussing Beavern’s case with a member of the ACT, the admin in question acknowledged the flaws in the system (how could he not) but challenged me to come up with a superior alternative. This is in no way a valid defence of their defective organisation.[/quote]
Way to dodge the question. Does this mean you deny the [b]fact[/b] that the ACT gets results by banning genuine cheaters?

You have a valid point that you have discovered the demo that was used as evidence for the ban by the ACT team, and have showed it to AC members of other leagues. Your argument should be with the league admins at this stage, using said evidence.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:39:33 +0100</pubDate>
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        <title>Reply to &#8220;Quarantine response to Beavern&#039;s ban&#8221;</title>
        <link>http://etf2l.org/forum/league/topic-15387/page-10/?recent=270698#post=270008</link>
        <description><![CDATA[EDIT: double post sorry]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:39:33 +0100</pubDate>
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        <title>Reply to &#8220;cp_snakewater &#124; final released!&#8221;</title>
        <link>http://etf2l.org/forum/maps/topic-12279/page-12/?recent=385706#post=265386</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I think the main problem I have with the map is that it doesn\'t flow very well. There are too many corners/right angles/height differences accompanying the multitude of flanking routes and sight lines are really inconsistent. I think you\'ve stretched the map too wide and the result is quite a bit of \'dead space\' where you\'ve added more flanking routes. I\'ll admit I didn\'t look at the earlier iterations of the map to see how things have developed, but the general pathing layout is quite uncomfortable. If anything I think you\'ve tried too hard to create an interesting design, but in the end have sacrificed practicality.

The second point is quite messy in particular. It caps too quickly in my opinion, given the proximity of the dropdown for scouts (for which there is no real way to deal with - one of the reasons that last point can be difficult to cap). The multiple height levels and obstructions (the fences) screw over the medic whose movement becomes incredibly predictable because there is no room at all to dodge (not to mention he has very little vision giving the number of easily accessible flanking routes around). I think you should completely scrap the path under the bridge (and thus the bottom floor of the building), change the dropdown into something similar to the side passage between 1st and 2nd on gullywash, and remove the fences (perhaps leave a small portion of the one near the window to allow scout access).]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:53:42 +0100</pubDate>
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        <title>Reply to &#8220;Guildwars players get in here!&#8221;</title>
        <link>http://etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-15182/page-3/?recent=265767#post=265010</link>
        <description><![CDATA[[quote=264827][...]

I couldn\'t disagree with you more. 
In other MMOs you need to literally grind for dozens of hours until you can have any fun. (instances)
Guild Wars was fun right off the bat for me. You don\'t really need to grind at all.
I do agree that playing by yourself is pretty dull. (but then again aren\'t all MMORPGs?)[/quote]

New players need to get their (elite) skills, which isn\'t too bad, but also the PvE-only skills because they\'re stupidly overpowered, which requires faction grinding (Sunspear, Kurz/Lux and EotN factions). You\'re probably looking at at least completing Nightfall and EotN before you can do much of anything with other people, unless you can find a guild who run through campaigns together. I also think it\'s necessary to equip/skill your heroes since nearly every party uses them these days (because heroes &#62; randoms) except for end-game content (where PvE only skills make life much easier), and that takes a lot of time unless you buy the skill unlock packs. 

Don\'t get me wrong, I love the game, just think it\'s not easy to get into atm because there aren\'t many people out there doing the campaign content these days. 

Buying skill unlock packs = huge help (because then you can learn anything from a skill tome and your heroes have access to every skill right off the bat)]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:09:37 +0100</pubDate>
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        <title>Reply to &#8220;i42 Mix/Merc Thread&#8221;</title>
        <link>http://etf2l.org/forum/lan/topic-14435/page-2/?recent=276539#post=264817</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Will be there, can play mid level medic if anyone needs one]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 14:12:05 +0100</pubDate>
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        <title>Reply to &#8220;Guildwars players get in here!&#8221;</title>
        <link>http://etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-15182/page-2/?recent=265767#post=264790</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The problem with Guild Wars is the initial time investment is huge before you can really do anything fun (need to unlock skills, heroes, etc.), and the game is kind of boring in normal mode by yourself.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 11:51:24 +0100</pubDate>
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        <title>Reply to &#8220;Guildwars players get in here!&#8221;</title>
        <link>http://etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-15182/page-1/?recent=265767#post=264648</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Main character name = Ayesa Faile
40/50 for HoM, 26 titles maxed but really can\'t be arsed doing much more. At the stage where I pretty much just need a lot of money to buy every title/statue I don\'t have. Never really did any PvP (couldn\'t be arsed finding a group of people who weren\'t retarded to learn from/with), just roflstomped everything in hard mode with a friend. Quite enjoyed vanquishing, Tyrian Cartographer was a ballache.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 19:35:08 +0100</pubDate>
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