you can thank pot for naming the team that as a last middle finger to the team he was cut from

im pretty sure we can change it in like a day, it was never meant to be this way

i pmed killing about changing it within minutes of it happening but he thought it was much too funny so he didnt do anything

probably dont wanna waste your time casting us anyway idk whos even on our team

rip main

I figured as much with your team, but it was easier to use your team name as an example.

y dont u just say we want frick in ur casts

TWITCH JOHN'S PEPPERCOCK FAMILY

what would you do if every team had a name like this
(also i think its kind of ridiculous that swears are being censored online LOL)

Who decides what is inappropriate? swearing? seriously? Why does the full name of a team really have to be g rated if a simple shorthand name would do for casting?

Call them Mason's Babies and get on with your life.

our's is the best

but seriously, we will change our team name.

Nice to see that this scene wants to be taken seriously then immediately defends behavior that would be completely unacceptable in a public, professional sporting environment under any circumstance

http://www.twitch.tv/

this isnt an issue of whos going to call their mommy about the names, its about professionalism and the fact that people dont want to come back and watch again after seeing WE WANT FUCK vs. Masons Baby Back Bitches

Well it's good to see tf.tv going after the baby boomer segment.

All I know is that I haven't met any one in my age group that is offended or turned off by swearing, especially in video games.

Also, seems kind of weird you'd draw that line when every time a cast gets front paged the casters thank Twitch John and mention his twitter is John's Fat Cock.

Fat cock is good but Bitches is over the line.

I'll never understand you Americans and your swearing.

We can't help it that he feeds his rooster too much.

You don't have to be a "baby boomer" to appreciate maturity. No one is gonna be offended necessarily but it reflects badly on the scene as a whole.

This seems dumb and unnecessary especially for a game as small as TF2. But hey if it makes people feel good surely that means that sponsors and viewers will fall from the sky.

I don't think any one cares enough to take notice of a team name with profanity in it as long as the casters aren't giggling like 12 year olds every time they read it.

Read the name on the intro, introduce a shortened version of the name (casters do this anyway as reading the full name during a play by play is difficult) and then move on.

I intentionally stepped out of commenting on this thread, but your comment really indicates that you don't truly understand why we're doing this and how it's beneficial.

Even though TF2 is a small in the competitive community, it's not a stretch to say that a cast can very easily be seen by pub players, HL-exclusive players, new 6s players, veteran ex-players, and, believe it or not, people who watch other eSports. Having nice/funny/etc. names is a foot in the door to not immediately turning them away. And this falls in line with the fact that we're on Twitch more than anything else, and we should've done this from the start (it wasn't really a big deal until a team named themselves "WE WANT FUCK" haha). Believe me when I say the staff is in as many of the jokes as the rest of the TFTV community is, but as a casting group, we are some of the immediate people that are looked at from the outside. When I talk with sponsors, other eSports players/enthusiasts (yes, this is a thing I do for TFTV), it helps SO MUCH to have professional/clever/etc. names. To take Fog's excellent example: WE WANT FUCK vs. Mason's Baby Back Bitches (nice, pot) or Classic Mixup vs. Apocalypse Gaming? What even SOUNDS like the better game from those names?

So, I'm gonna end my half rant half POV post here. It's not like you're unable to use a funny name. You can. Just don't expect to be casted, is all. It might be the butt of all eSports jokes from ourselves, but TF2 can and has ALREADY been looked at professionally (I've been in some of that). Maintaining professionalism will go long strides towards establishing trust and opening up conversations.

So wait is Syndrome of a Down ok?

I mean, we are gonna change it, but I'm just curious.

I only suggest matches at best, but probably not.

Don't worry, in five years every team in Invite and Main is going to have a sponsor and this will be no concern at all...

Don't forget that this is your opinion, but not necessarily the majority opinion or the official stance. There's already a lot of people in favor in this thread.

Personally, I can understand why a caster would want to giggle like a 12-year old at those names - quite honestly, WE WANT FUCK sounds like something a 12-year-old would come up with to sound more mature (even though it makes him sound exactly his age, as we all know). A little maturity goes a long way for making a good impression. The fact that it is/was in the penultimate level of competition is the most cringeworthy part about it - you'd expect the highest levels of any activity to take their positions seriously. I'm not saying it'll make sponsors magically appear and double the scene overnight, but it's certainly more attractive than a division full of teamnames like Assmasters420 or stupidity like that.

but...we want fuck...

And that's fine! :D But I don't think Twitch needs to know...

Just to show profesionalism in the community, sure it may not actually be there but we can atleast play it off like so.

i bet a lot of people would come back to the stream if it had some bitches who wanted fuck, actually

we're just some people who play tf2 to try and have a fun time 4 nights out of the week with our friends yo. our positions don't start with or consist of any devotion to seriousness/professionalism/upholding of virtues

I find it wierd that offensive names and swears arent against ESEA's terms of use.

its not because youre paying them to have those names or anything