Even newbie recruitment efforts are ... less than optimal sometimes by RGL. For some god-forsaken reason the newbie cup that ran recently was nr6's which is not even offered as a real format (let alone problems with the format itself lmao). My only guess was that it was either because the youtuber support they had wouldn't support traditional 6s or highlander for whatever reason or that nr6's is seen as more "accessible", a completely irrelevant point. That's like teaching teenagers how to drive by putting them in go karts lol; there's literally zero point in introducing them to some weird facsimile of actual competitive like some strange bait and switch.

There was this thread recently on the rgl forums; ignoring the non-cup related stuff for now and actual specifics about the cup scoring or whatever, you can see an admin response saying that the cup was a success because they brought in ~84 new players. Except later digging in this post found that of the 82 true newcomer players, only 5 had played in any logs since the cup. Keep in mind that this cup was deemed a success. I sincerely hope the criterion they used to judge this cup as a "success" is not the same as how they judge the lower divisions of the league.

To be abundantly clear, stop focusing on the magnitude of new players entering the league season by season as a measure of growth/health. # of new player signups or new team signups in newcomer/amateur, once it has crossed some minimum threshold, literally does not matter. Player retention is the statistic that actually counts. Yes it is cool and all that new players try out comp for the first time but if they dip after a season, if they even last the entire season, who cares.

https://twitter.com/phantasyqwq/status/1662837688980865028

any other lowsensers?

As fyg alluded to producing "similar" stats or doing "just as well" is really not the point. Many cheaters across different games and formats (fps, speedruns, etc.) are, like it or not, actually good at the game without the cheats. The cheats that elijah is being accused of are not enough to simply carry a very unskilled player (it's not like he's dropping 95% accuracy or whatever every game). If I had similar alleged cheats I'm fairly confident I would not do nearly as well since I'm only a main player. It would not surprise me at all if elijah is simply good enough without cheats to perform at an adv-high adv level, and thus him doing well in these scenarios is not really evidence to suggest that he did not cheat within the demos outlined.

At least for me what he would have to do is either replicate the clips that dippidy outlined on a setup that is certifiably cheat free (no idea how this works or if this even exists) or show that other high level scouts have similar clips and that he is not an oddity in this regard.

Also like Elena mentioned "similar stats" is already completely subjective and will be interpreted whatever way people want to interpret them. Going like 36:12 as an example is pretty good stats in a vacuum but people will still point to how it wasn't as insane as some of the other statlines he's dropped this season (not to mention the insane variance inherent to your own stats because of how your team plays, etc.)

I agree with this for first time offenders (I assume this is meant to be irrefutable) but if you have a cheating ban already (and one that has "absolute irrefutable evidence") IMO the standard doesn't need to be as high the second time around. By cheating once you have already broken trust, there's no reason that this standard should apply to you again.

I can understand the argument that AC admins are human and to err is human, so I'm not saying the standard should be lowered drastically or anything. But I don't think it has to be quite as high.

I get the sentiment but I think this viewpoint is simply a bit reductionist. If an issue exists and it is not immediately clear that RGL is aware, then complaining has merit. How else is RGL supposed to get feedback or know what questions they should even put on their end of season surveys? Not all complaints are constructive I'm aware, and some people certainly complain just to complain and will never be happy. But, like it or not, a lot of good things have been done simply because of the mix of complaints and tftv shitposts.

Additionally, some people are simply not made for leadership positions. I don't think having a complaint or a desire for change is enough to be in these positions; certainly a prerequisite (hopefully), but not enough. Some people simply cannot be objective, are not decisive, or whatever it may be. Several previous RGL admins that have since been removed have displayed these qualities despite having the passion for helping the league and the game. There is also of course the fact that, like you said, this is a volunteer niche game. The playerbase is probably skewing older as the years go by and real life simply gets in the way. Writing nerd essays on tftv takes like 20 minutes of my time that I can do wherever; any real work beyond that is simply not an investment a lot of people can make.

it's always the people you most expect

is this the least populated summer season ever (for main)? Maybe it's to be expected as earlier seasons had new league novelty + COVID. Hopefully other divisions looking better?

oh i checked this and somehow messed up bad when uploading it, i forgot an entire folder somehow LOL it's an easy fix.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12VyPccnrnjHETBOUieWPjGrT13G8UDNc/view?usp=sharing

^New download, should be fixed now. Just forgot to make a 'models' folder as the root directory. LMK if there are issues but I very briefly tested it and it looks fine.

Headsfeet Update:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jME8fAVh_zgHri9yINPJPxx1txKxD3Um/view?usp=sharing

Should hopefully fix stuff, thank you to Homosapien for reporting issues.

https://pastebin.com/zgbS2DY6 <- Add Halloween 2022 Firebreather (pyro hat) to this list.

gimme the weekend i can update it

what class is this for?

remedy and another etf2l player (drezzo?) were also falsely vac'd way back when, maybe other examples

i barely accept the dakotas as midwest you're not gaslighting me into thinking virginia is midwest

anybody else get hit with the fail an exam -> lose a match true combo? very painful

"i'm literally a gymnast"

za11-c is too small? wtf how big are your hands

demo update (first iteration)