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    	    <title>Reply by stwn</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-12811/page-7/?recent=219475#post=219475</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from </i>
		<blockquote>Maybe just get a twitter account...</blockquote>
thats a good idea actually, no sarcasm
post it here and it lets people who want to know how you progress in tf2 see it and us damn ragers not care anymore]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:01:13 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by RaCio</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-12811/page-7/?recent=219475#post=219452</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[No more flaming, last warning]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:14:21 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Squeak</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-12811/page-7/?recent=219475#post=219379</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[Jeez, give up on flame. The whole topic would of had so much less of a response if everyone who disliked the subject either posted not at all or once. Just leave the guy to do his writing, MAYBE if there wasn't however many pages of this with flame now he wouldn't become etf2l famous &#62;.&#62;]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:17:46 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by randa</title>
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    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from Skyride</i>
		<blockquote>[...]

Maybe arcy is actually a 3rd account of boomeh?</blockquote>

Case closed. Adam will be receiving man hugs at the next lan event he attends.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:06:28 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by stwn</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-12811/page-7/?recent=219475#post=219352</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from Arcadizz1e</i>
		<blockquote>[...]

OH MY GOSH
i'm NOT denying it, im saying its just not the MAIN reason, i never meant it to come across as the main reason, and i'm not retracting it, i just said that its barely even important after the first thread where i got some really good trials.</blockquote>
read your own posts mate
thread #1
" name known, main reason oh and i guess its enjoyable (thrown in like a minor reason"
i didnt say youre denying it - i said youre switching the importance of them
thread #2 - reversed
its also hard to believe for anyone i'm sure that you wrote all that, just as you got into tf2 and etf2l, to amuse people with a good read. its - excuse the expression admins - utter bullshit and offending, treating people like half wits]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:55:45 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Moregnan</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-12811/page-7/?recent=219475#post=219350</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[what is this topic all about.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:53:10 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Arcadizz1e</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-12811/page-7/?recent=219475#post=219342</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from Dummy</i>
		<blockquote>[...]
he said he had near to none help, so let's believe that (which sounds plausible to me) for the moment

so right now the thing i've been saying over and over again and for some reason arcy does not want to re-admit it like it's a horrible thing (which it isn't beh)

1) he IS trying to make his name known

2) its NOT a very intrusive or annoying read, its idd interesting and mature

3) this does NOT change the fact that he IS trying to as randa said "big himself up"

4) arcy ADMITTED that he is doing that in a mature and respectful way in the first topic

5) now he is DENYING it because people started stupidly flaming which triggered him

6) what *I* am saying is:

 making his name known/ whoring attention / bigging himself up/ whatever you want to call it is for the sole reason to get in a good team and get to know people. This is not the sole reason, but it is the primary reason, let us not be naive
 - we're not dumb and we have a "statement" from Arcy. JUST because he conveyed this in a mature way doesn't make it any better.</blockquote>

OH MY GOSH
i'm NOT denying it, im saying its just not the MAIN reason, i never meant it to come across as the main reason, and i'm not retracting it, i just said that its barely even important after the first thread where i got some really good trials.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:47:09 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by adam-skyride</title>
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    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from randa</i>
		<blockquote>Arcy @ vanillatf2 31st of august.
You have incredible knowledge of the tf2 community.</blockquote>

Maybe arcy is actually a 3rd account of boomeh?]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:44:24 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by stwn</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-12811/page-6/?recent=219475#post=219337</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from Liulin</i>
		<blockquote>[...]
So  gaining an advantage over others just because you have "friends" is a good thing in your eyes? Let's say you lose your chance to join a university because somebody knows all the teachers? We have a nice word for this in our language, too bad I can't translate it to English.
And yes, I am jealous, but still, I stand to my point that anybody in his place with some FPS experience could have achieved the same, and it's nothing to boast about.</blockquote>
he said he had near to none help, so let's believe that (which sounds plausible to me) for the moment

so right now the thing i've been saying over and over again and for some reason arcy does not want to re-admit it like it's a horrible thing (which it isn't beh)

1) he IS trying to make his name known

2) its NOT a very intrusive or annoying read, its idd interesting and mature

3) this does NOT change the fact that he IS trying to as randa said "big himself up"

4) arcy ADMITTED that he is doing that in a mature and respectful way in the first topic

5) now he is DENYING it because people started stupidly flaming which triggered him

6) what *I* am saying is:

 making his name known/ whoring attention / bigging himself up/ whatever you want to call it is for the sole reason to get in a good team and get to know people. This is not the sole reason, but it is the primary reason, let us not be naive
 - we're not dumb and we have a "statement" from Arcy. JUST because he conveyed this in a mature way doesn't make it any better.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:38:47 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by GibbZ</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-12811/page-6/?recent=219475#post=219250</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[Like tbh Arcy, you obviously think you da shit. But I got news for ya; I'm the shit around here.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:32:38 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by TSI</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-12811/page-6/?recent=219475#post=219244</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[Jims, you still get me wrong. I am not saying that he shouldn't be writing, that his text is bullsh*t or that he is an insertcursewordhere. I just found that what he wrote was completely differed from what I'd expected having the thread name in mind.Some of the stuff he wrote was genuinely interesting, but it wasn't the look of a noob on 6v6 (or at least it didn't sound that way to me).You particularly might think that I'm writing this gibberish because I never really became a good scout because of aiming and I envy him. You are probably right ,so I'll stop writing in this thread. Good luck with tf2 arcadizle.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:21:26 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by JudeRomero</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-12811/page-6/?recent=219475#post=219242</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[personally i thought this was a really good read, interesting to see a view from a css player, i know for a fact that the css community is worse than cadreds but seriously can all the butthurt guys make us etf2l guys seem a bit more welcoming to new players? keep it up arcy :)]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:17:56 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Jims</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-12811/page-6/?recent=219475#post=219237</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from Liulin</i>
		<blockquote>I don't think he ever wanted to say he was better than somebody, it's just the slight taste of " lol look what i achieved for 14 days lol ".Still, even though it can't be proved, I believe that someone by himself, without any experience at tf2 whatsoever and only having good aim because of another game can't progress to div4 mixes in the matter of 2 weeks, no matter his effort, intelligence, aim or what the fuck else.Just look at how many cheaters there were in lower divisions, who in spite of their triggerbots or aimbots never really got that good at playing scout.</blockquote>

Thats a bad generalization, of course they can, if you put the effort in its not like there's mass amounts to learn to play at that level, especially coming from a higher level of a game even though the play styles are completely different.

If you don't like what he's doing, then avoid reading it, personally I actually find it interesting to see how the guy progresses even if some people do take it the wrong way its still interesting]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:02:33 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by randa</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-12811/page-6/?recent=219475#post=219236</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA["2 years is too long a ban length especially considering the policy would be probably be more lenient if Stalin bought etf2l. 2 years effectively ends a players comp career because of the league monopoly etf2l has. A year gives them a chance to reflect on what they’ve done, regret it, and then reform.
As for boomeh, why be hating on him getting his ban length reduced. I agree that there should be a fixed penalty or say a year, or even 3 seasons. However boomeh firstly admitted what he had done, secondly he has made a positive contribution to the community over the length of his ban. What he has not done is been a complete faggot about getting banned (not to name names). I would go as far as too say maybe all hacking bans should be reviewed and set to a year regardless of circumstance, then banned players who positively contribute to the community could appeal to have their ban lengths fractionally reduced. Boomeh has remained active, polite and patient, played fantastically (and legally) at i40, and confessed and provided details of what he had done at the time (probably the reason his ban length was reviewed in the first place). If anything in my opinion he deserves a month knocked off his ban, not a year added on. I also think its extremely unfair and very unproffesional to change boomeh’s ban length once again. The main problems here seem to be inconsistant and flawed policy; messing with ban lengths that have already been reviewed just adds to the mess. Personally i’d knock a month of his ban just for messing the fuck with his head. As sad as it sounds, if you play a comp game 4 hours a day for a few years it becomes a significant part of your life. Admins should be considering things like that when they act like spastics and justify sleeping at night with, ‘its just a game’.
I’m not saying that i want to forgive all the low div russian scouts who spend their days triggerbotting in pcws, but i dont think they would regret it, and i dont think they would care to try and reduce it. When people say, why should a div6 player be treated differently to a div1 player? I dont think that they should, BUT i dont think a div 6 player would have enough at stake to care, likelyhood is that the players at the top will make an effort.
tl;dr
sort it the fuck out and get a fair and consistant system.
oh and about that cook shit, if its an exploit and hes fucking about a pub server then hes being a dick to the people on it, if you want to punish him then slap him on the wrist with a month ban, dont label him a hacker and then face smash him a years ban."

Arcy @ vanillatf2 31st of august.
You have incredible knowledge of the tf2 community.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:00:25 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Sidney</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-12811/page-6/?recent=219475#post=219225</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[Whow, i found the idea of posting your improvement interesting but when i saw the wall of text i just went "tl;dr".]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:44:25 +0200</pubDate>
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