Who is leaving?

#1

Hellbent

Momentum Mod

0 Frags – +

I heard about Enigma and Platinum quitting, Epsilon folding, Byte leaving. Who else is planning on leaving the greatness that is TF2?

Has TF2 reached its peak?

I heard about Enigma and Platinum quitting, Epsilon folding, Byte leaving. Who else is planning on leaving the greatness that is TF2?

Has TF2 reached its peak?

#2

maidos

58 Frags – +

players comes and goes. new players will take their place and it has been like that since 2007 so stop moaning.

#3

it_is_crown

82 Frags – +

Actually no one ever leaves tf2.

#4

Teapot_

-4 Frags – +

cu@prem

#5

Aoshima

15 Frags – +

TF2 hasn't reached its peak. If 1 out of 100 people who pub start getting into comp, we'll always have new people who can rise as high as the previous stars.

#6

razkar

2 Frags – +

mike's leaving

#7

skeej

27 Frags – +

"you can never quit a hobby" - zero4

#8

pine_beetle

21 Frags – +

Yeah man it's all over. Everything is done. In the next update valve is officially closing tf2 and it will never be playable ever again :(

#9

Twitch

11 Frags – +

AoshimaTF2 hasn't reached its peak. If 1 out of 100 people who pub start getting into comp, we'll always have new people who can rise as high as the previous stars.

It's still sad to see though, superstar players leaving who got me into the game and the comp scene.

maidosplayers comes and goes. new players will take their place and it has been like that since 2007 so stop moaning.

I agree. I also think it could be good to have the sort of "Old Dogs" who have been dominant for so long to leave the scene, it potentially opens up the opportunity for new talent to reach its full potential. I suppose evident in 4g picking up duwatna, a newer player to the top level, and also in warhuryeah filling numlocked's place too.

[quote=Aoshima]TF2 hasn't reached its peak. If 1 out of 100 people who pub start getting into comp, we'll always have new people who can rise as high as the previous stars.[/quote]
It's still sad to see though, superstar players leaving who got me into the game and the comp scene.

[quote=maidos]players comes and goes. new players will take their place and it has been like that since 2007 so stop moaning.[/quote]
I agree. I also think it could be good to have the sort of "Old Dogs" who have been dominant for so long to leave the scene, it potentially opens up the opportunity for new talent to reach its full potential. I suppose evident in 4g picking up duwatna, a new[i]er[/i] player to the top level, and also in warhuryeah filling numlocked's place too.

#10

rock-

13 Frags – +

it_is_crownActually no one ever leaves tf2.

tell this to dignitas

[quote=it_is_crown]Actually no one ever leaves tf2.[/quote]

tell this to dignitas

#11

GentlemanJon

39 Frags – +

rock-tell this to dignitas

They'll be back

[quote=rock-]tell this to dignitas[/quote]
They'll be back

#12

iridescentFUZZ

7 Frags – +

rock-tell this to dignitas

ryb, bybben and Darn were back for a decent period of time.

[quote=rock-]tell this to dignitas[/quote]

ryb, bybben and Darn were back for a decent period of time.

#13

phrax

20 Frags – +

wait who is actually leaving though?

#14

rock-

-3 Frags – +

GentlemanJonrock-tell this to dignitasThey'll be back

sure

[quote=GentlemanJon][quote=rock-]tell this to dignitas[/quote]
They'll be back[/quote]

sure

#15

Teapot_

9 Frags – +

afaik mix^ is around till GXL

#16

Smithsonian

14 Frags – +

iirc iM are pretty much all retiring? I'd love to see them try for one more year, but it'd have to be shitty to stay together for an entire year for one event with no real competition for the rest of the year

#17

hithere

-22 Frags – +

Smithsonianiirc iM are pretty much all retiring? I'd love to see them try for one more year, but it'd have to be shitty to stay together for an entire year for one event with no real competition for the rest of the year

what about the b4nny team

[quote=Smithsonian]iirc iM are pretty much all retiring? I'd love to see them try for one more year, but it'd have to be shitty to stay together for an entire year for one event with no real competition for the rest of the year[/quote]

what about the b4nny team

#18

Huck

34 Frags – +

hithereSmithsonianiirc iM are pretty much all retiring? I'd love to see them try for one more year, but it'd have to be shitty to stay together for an entire year for one event with no real competition for the rest of the year
what about the b4nny team

I don't think b4nny will ever leave tf2 until there are absolutely no more teams left.

[quote=hithere][quote=Smithsonian]iirc iM are pretty much all retiring? I'd love to see them try for one more year, but it'd have to be shitty to stay together for an entire year for one event with no real competition for the rest of the year[/quote]

what about the b4nny team[/quote]
I don't think b4nny will ever leave tf2 until there are absolutely no more teams left.

#19

Twiggy

1 Frags – +

Also b4nny teams can win LANs three times a year :)

But yeah no one really quits TF2.

Also b4nny teams can win LANs three times a year :)

But yeah no one really quits TF2.

#20

eXup

37 Frags – +

I heard about Enigma and Platinum quitting, Epsilon folding, Byte leaving.

Byte is going to be sorely missed by EU TF2, thank you for all you have done.

[quote]I heard about Enigma and Platinum quitting, Epsilon folding, [b]Byte leaving[/b].[/quote]

Byte is going to be sorely missed by EU TF2, thank you for all you have done.

#21

numlocked

67 Frags – +

I left TF2 a year ago and was still there to watch some of it. You never leave.

#22

Munkyman

-3 Frags – +

There are always old players leaving and new ones coming in. Has always been like that. However it is a 7 year old game and things will slowly start to fade away. For Europe it has already started to happen imo.

#23

WARHURYEAH

54 Frags – +

I think the main issue for this game is that it's so fucking awesome to be apart of but it's just not getting the exposure that it deserves, everything that has gotten TF2 at this point is mainly down to a community effort and I feel that can be a really frustrating thing to be a part of.

Personally when you put so much fucking time and effort in to the game there comes a point where other things have to take a priority.

I feel that the NA scene will continue to do well, you have a better competitive scene in terms of the ESEA LANS and CEVO LANS, and as we saw at i52 you have teams that will put in a lot more effort and practice because there's so much at stake and people are always trying to be the best and less people would be willing to have a break from the game. For EU we literally only have one event, I think for EU to carry on going we need more LAN events that give people a reason to keep playing the game as most teams only really keen it up at the start of the year.

I think the main issue for this game is that it's so fucking awesome to be apart of but it's just not getting the exposure that it deserves, everything that has gotten TF2 at this point is mainly down to a community effort and I feel that can be a really frustrating thing to be a part of.

Personally when you put so much fucking time and effort in to the game there comes a point where other things have to take a priority.

I feel that the NA scene will continue to do well, you have a better competitive scene in terms of the ESEA LANS and CEVO LANS, and as we saw at i52 you have teams that will put in a lot more effort and practice because there's so much at stake and people are always trying to be the best and less people would be willing to have a break from the game. For EU we literally only have one event, I think for EU to carry on going we need more LAN events that give people a reason to keep playing the game as most teams only really keen it up at the start of the year.

#24

downpour

8 Frags – +

at some point its hard to justify putting so much time into something and getting nothing in return

#25

m

19 Frags – +

isnt it early for eyeliner u emo fuck

#26

Bubba

-11 Frags – +

AoshimaTF2 hasn't reached its peak. If 1 out of 100 people who pub start getting into comp, we'll always have new people who can rise as high as the previous stars.

if comp. tf2 wasn't so drastically different than pubs you'd have a better chance.

[quote=Aoshima]TF2 hasn't reached its peak. If 1 out of 100 people who pub start getting into comp, we'll always have new people who can rise as high as the previous stars.[/quote]
if comp. tf2 wasn't so drastically different than pubs you'd have a better chance.

#27

sparksybrush

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"getting nothing in return"

How would one change that? Is it even possible to elevate the status of comp. tf2 to DotA levels or sth? Maybe with more support from Valve?

"getting nothing in return"

How would one change that? Is it even possible to elevate the status of comp. tf2 to DotA levels or sth? Maybe with more support from Valve?

#28

Marxist

7 Frags – +

The main issue for the NA scene is that the mid-IM to low Invite tier of teams die so frequently with their players simply disappearing from the game; we have a pretty massive hole in the system from repeated seasons of mass team death.

#29

raiku

7 Frags – +

sparksybrush"getting nothing in return"

How would one change that? Is it even possible to elevate the status of comp. tf2 to DotA levels or sth? Maybe with more support from Valve?

Valves only idea for TF2 was a PUB/casual game, later added hats and the mann.co market only brings in a nice whooper of cash. As far as they care about competitive TF2, it ends with some shitty ingame medals... Really sad, in my opinion, TF2 as a game is very interesting and the people in this community > any other gaming community by a long fucking shot.

[quote=sparksybrush]"getting nothing in return"

How would one change that? Is it even possible to elevate the status of comp. tf2 to DotA levels or sth? Maybe with more support from Valve?[/quote]

Valves only idea for TF2 was a PUB/casual game, later added hats and the mann.co market only brings in a nice whooper of cash. As far as they care about competitive TF2, it ends with some shitty ingame medals... Really sad, in my opinion, TF2 as a game is very interesting and the people in this community > any other gaming community by a long fucking shot.

#30

PUFF

6 Frags – +

I do miss playing...
But I enjoy spectating the game a lot.
I'm a fan for life!