We all play ESL now. This could actually end up being good for TF2.

paging Dr. Sidular...

only tfcl can save us now :pray:

https://i.gyazo.com/dccbff898e5334bdfed24952ba9ec863.png

what makes you think a new league will alleviate the problems that plagued the ESEA league for so long? if the most popular competitive gaming platform can't keep TF2 alive, i doubt much else will

A big reason we never considered a traditional sixes tf2 league was that there was no reason for it. ESEA had the paid side, UGC had the free side. With the collapse of ESEA, it's definitely something that we're strongly considering.

Just because I don't care for sixes myself, doesn't mean we can't have someone run it who does. Honestly, I'm pretty indifferent on HL nowadays, and so that's a league I don't run. It's mostly run with a passionate staff on its own and does exceptionally well for itself. I've already been contacted by some very eager players who have already tossed their hat into the ring. Definitely keep your eye out for us in this coming fall.

damn, the end of an era

I have no statistics to prove it but I’d actually be surprised if ESL was smaller than ESEA, going off all the cs ive been watching and most of it being ESL, you rarely see stuff for esea cs unless it’s MDL or advanced league

I TRIED TO WARN YOU BUT YOU WOULDN'T LISTEN

https://i.imgur.com/fz9Yf2p.jpg

ETF2L PLEASE SAVE US WITH A NATF2L

If this happens then you're literally doing gods work.

If not, then whether something else rises out of the ashes or we are left as relics of the game's past, in the end it was a great fucking run.

More people who give a fuck
As helpful as tri (Killing in the past as well) and other select admins have been, the fact is theres only ever been less than one handful of people who worked for ESEA that gave a fuck about TF2.

we are never getting the classic mixup reform or a blaze stream at this rate.

corsa will forever be known as the best player to never win invite

He took a deal with the devil to always have 5 ping but mever win Invite.

most people don't play this game for the services ESEA gives us, anticheat literally does not function, the servers are bad, long history of bad DDOS protection, and I can't imagine very many players at all really play for the prize money. Lan mattered more, but we lost that a long time ago. ESEA is a business, and their goal is to make money. If they believe that TF2 isn't making them money, which they apparently did, they'll drop the game, while a community driven league just does this for their love of the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeumyOzKqgI

Real sadboy hours

the corn100 investing in invite futures headline did not age well.

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if only b4nny could do the same

Me, seymour, and youmustmike are LFT

what will we do without the industry leading anti cheat client

Can we not do ESL? It seems like going to another payed league is just kicking the can down the road. I feel like we need a permanent solution in the form of a comunity league. Our best bet would be to piggyback on ETF2L (NATF2L) as part of a greater International TF2L.

https://i.redd.it/cjltjmh1zlp01.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF-vhvVVaKg

why are you assuming this is paid? We haven't even announced our plans.

Edit: I won't lie though it's likely on the cards if we want a prize pool. But our requirements are better than ESEA's was.

Sorry guys this is my fault. I cancelled my premium subscription that I realized I was still paying for just before this was announced. My bad.

idk if i'll ever wanna play on a team again but dang if this news didn't make me sad i love tf2

Carry on then.

https://i.imgur.com/kfUXm8e.jpg

give us some info @Mitch_ im curious

ESEA being gone will definitely hurt the tf2 community, but there are leagues out there with ideas and I hope players can find a new home.