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[rickinator9]

This was on the overwatch steam group. I put it here because it can be a little clearer.

So I vote for once a week as these events are pretty much the best moments of my week and I got a holiday until begin September. I obviously need to waste some of that time(nope, I ain't gonna do it smacking my head into a wall ).

[The Joker]

Its kind of sad that playing Overwatch is the best part of your week. Do something else for a change, or look forward to doing other shit. Make some maps in the Source SDK, play Team Fortress 2. Buy another game that you think you'd enjoy. Get a job, go outside. Like normal people!

I do/play these things, and it occupies almost ALL of my time:

- Map for my mod/map using the Source SDK
- Play Team Fortress 2
- Play Company of Heroes
- Play Star Wars: Empire at War
- Work on news post, public relations, editing my portfolio etc.

[rickinator9]

The Joker, on 04 July 2011 - 05:29 PM, said:

Its kind of sad that playing Overwatch is the best part of your week. Do something else for a change, or look forward to doing other shit. Make some maps in the Source SDK, play Team Fortress 2. Buy another game that you think you'd enjoy. Get a job, go outside. Like normal people!

I do/play these things, and it occupies almost ALL of my time:

- Map for my mod/map using the Source SDK
- Play Team Fortress 2
- Play Company of Heroes
- Play Star Wars: Empire at War
- Work on news post, public relations, editing my portfolio etc.

I also find it sad that this is the best part of my week. I just don't have a good PC as it is five years old. I still have many wishes for games like that and aren't able to play them. As for the mapping, I find the technical elements(like optimizing and all that) a bore. I also can't seem to understand where to use the 'hint'. Yes, I'm gonna buy a Xbox 360, but I like to record stuff also. Mmh, maybe I will try to learn programming and make a game that isn't very demanding on performance. I also am trying to get a job, but it just isn't working out very well during the 'orientating' sessions.

[The Joker]

rickinator9, on 04 July 2011 - 07:27 PM, said:

I also find it sad that this is the best part of my week. I just don't have a good PC as it is five years old. I still have many wishes for games like that and aren't able to play them. As for the mapping, I find the technical elements(like optimizing and all that) a bore. I also can't seem to understand where to use the 'hint'. Yes, I'm gonna buy a Xbox 360, but I like to record stuff also. Mmh, maybe I will try to learn programming and make a game that isn't very demanding on performance. I also am trying to get a job, but it just isn't working out very well during the 'orientating' sessions.

You can record videos to your computer from an Xbox 360 using a "capture card". You have to buy it, and it can be moderately expensive, but it provides a well as a good video quality and no FPS drop or effect in performance.
You buy one, hook it up to your TV and your computer, and once you begin to record whatever is seen on your TV, the file is saved onto your computer from which you can edit, format, and eventually upload to YouTube.

As for the "optimization" and other technical elements in Source, you should've actually mastered that by now or at least become proficient in optimizing your maps, or else your in trouble. Optimization is the 1/3rd most important part of a Source engine level, alongside "Detail" and "Design". If you do not know how to use "hint" which can be a very powerful and very useful optimization tool, I suggest you do that.