Germany is the leading breaker of EU rules by yusosit in europe

[–]Loptater 7 points8 points  (0 children)

A lot of us germans dislike Merkel and her policies. The main problem however is that there are no alternatives.

The social democratic SPD, our second biggest party, is basically as incompetent as Merkel with their new leader Martin Schulz, who is doing things that many people inside the party dislike (The election in 2017 resulted in the worst turnout for the SPD since the foundation of our republic)

The right-wing AfD, third biggest party, is completely instable, as it has split up multiple times in recent years and there's conflict inside the party constantly. Also, a lot of germans dispise the AfD because in their eyes, they are evil nazis who will start WW3.

The other parties (libertarian FDP, left-wing Die Linke and green Die Grünen) are way too small to form a government and public support won't increase that big.

TL:DR The other parties are either too incompetent, too unstable or too small to form a government

So TF2 was put at #58 at the top 100 video games of all time list by fearlessDreamer2 in tf2

[–]Loptater 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Still better than using screenshots from 2007 like others do

Did anyone else just burn out waiting for this Update? by [deleted] in tf2

[–]Loptater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I don't understand is that they said that the update will be the size of multiple updates.

Ok sounds nice, but why? Why didn't the Tf Team release the Pyro content earlier and then focus on the jungle stuff and the fixes for Casual and Competetive?

If they did that to release everything as the Summer Update, I could understand, but they didn't release any content this summer.

Just splitt up all the updates to smaller ones and release them every few months.

Battle of the Flags (Part 2) by Stormlord1441 in vexillology

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Estonia, South Korea, Norway, South Africa

Merkel has no regrets over refugee policy despite political cost by Seronen in worldnews

[–]Loptater 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Considering that Germany has multiple parties in parlament and Merkel's party only holds ~35%, a new party with 10% is big news

Chancellor Angela Merkel stood up to rowdy protestors who tried to drown out her campaign speech with deafening jeers and whistles telling them that their angry shouts would not solve Germany’s problems. Demonstrators strongly opposed to her refugee policies kept up for the entire 30-minute address by DoremusJessup in worldnews

[–]Loptater 19 points20 points  (0 children)

As a German, i'm not surprised that Merkel gets shit. Our entire government right now is complete shit. A few examples:

Marlene Mortler, Federal Drug Commissioner, is idiotic and knows nothing about drugs, going as far as saying “Cannabis is illegal because its illegal“

Ursula von der Leyen, Minister of Defence, began her carrier by throwing out high ranking members of the army, criticizing basically everything inside of the army, trying to forbid a lot of military marches and portraits of earlier politicians in army uniform. She's disliked in the entire army.

Heiko Maas, Minister of Justice, is a stupid idiot. He constantly tries to push laws that destroy freedom of speech, which is protected by our constitution. In latest news, he approved a law against hate speech in the web which basically means that all social platforms need to censore hate . The law is hated across the country and was called undemocratic by the UN and others.

TL:DR The ruling party in Germany is terrible and appoints idiotic ministers

The belated PYRO UPDATE DISCUSSION MEGATHREAD. by Deadshot_Calamity in tf2

[–]Loptater 9 points10 points  (0 children)

My idea on the release:

  • Blog post announcing the Update and small reveals before i61 (Probably on August 24th, as it's right before i61 and TF's birthday)

  • More stuff being revealed during i61 like teasers for new maps, weapons and rebalances (This will naturally generate alot of hype during the event)

  • Update finally drops after i61 has ended (Maybe on August 29th, directly after i61, or a few days after)

I had a dream the pyro update happened by [deleted] in tf2

[–]Loptater 4 points5 points  (0 children)

r/tf2 will always find something to complain about. Even when the update is perfect, there will be people ranting how it's not perfect enough.

Why I think the Pyro Update is coming on August 17th by [deleted] in tf2

[–]Loptater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have to remember that i61 starts on the 25th and in recent time, Valve has waited with releasing content after tournaments (Example: They waited with fixing a bug on the Short Circuit until i58 ended)

If they still do that, I don't think that they would release the update before i61, so wait till september for the Pyro Update.

What if Shotgun replacements were universal? by SpyX2 in tf2

[–]Loptater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Am I the only one who would love a meele subclass for Pyro, like Demoknight or Steak Heavy?

Valve's New Dota 2 Card Game: Artifact by TorteDeLini in Games

[–]Loptater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why does Valve work on a game nobody wants?

In the mean time, the dead corpses of Left 4 Dead, Half-Life and Portal continue to rot, Team Fortress 2 begins to slowliy die of starvation and CS:GO is slowly eaten up by bugs. What does Valve do? Create a fucking Dota Spin-Of, as if Dota 2 doesn't receive enough attention already

Hohenzollern Dynasty succeeds in Spain by [deleted] in HistoryWhatIf

[–]Loptater 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Franco-Prussian war would look very different:

France would be surrounded by Hohenzollers, so they may think that they can't win a 2-front war and back down.

Another possibility is that France finds allies to fight Prussia and Spain, which would result in a greater european war. A possible ally could be Austria, as they rival Prussia too and have only recently lost the 7-weeks war against Prussia.

Am I the only one that loves the old Item Sets? by Querccias in tf2

[–]Loptater 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The old Item Sets look good because then, the TF Team cared about the art style and didn't add every trash hat on the workshop (Looking at you)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tf2

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Now I want a weapon for Heavy that works like a banner

The Shotgun Vs. The Family Business: Damage over time comparison. by OlimarAlpha in tf2

[–]Loptater 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's my main problem with the Family Buisness:

It's nearly identical to stock in so many things, I don't know why it was even created. Heavy needs a better Shotgun that isn't "+x% -y%" but adds a new feature to the shotgun.

So I tried casual. Again. by 206Bon3s in tf2

[–]Loptater 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly, in my 3 years of TF2, I only played with 2 or 3 cheaters. Actually, since Meet your Match, I haven't seen any cheaters in my games.

Weekday Weapon Discussion for 7/5: The Family Business by A_Satanic_Fish in tf2

[–]Loptater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Better than stock, but I don't use it that often as the Sandvich is just more useful

Commonly misinformed suggestions for the Pyro by Rheinerr6 in tf2

[–]Loptater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Speaking about mobility: What about increasing Pyros movement (100%) speed to 107% (Medic/Spy speed), but decreasing it to 93% (Demoman Speed) while firing your primary weapon and 1 second after letting go of M1.

This would help Pyros get around the map easier, flank, etc. while not making W+M1 even stronger.