Ggs @NA. Feels so good to finally win one back :D
WG Eu are proven to be eu goats now, so happy for them
Heres hoping this wasnt the last one and we get to see that again soon :)

https://www.tiktok.com/@tf2esports1/video/7508662808289053974

https://www.tiktok.com/@tf2esports1/video/7508363533969542422

Sniper is a totally fair and balanced class, all these arguments of sniper being a bad class root from players who are unable to dodge
You just have to dodge the sniper and kill him, its not that deep
The game doesn't need fixing, just stop being bad at it

https://www.twitch.tv/amppisss/clip/ShyCharmingOilMau5-XYyVrXFCoQhEzANO

Welcome to the new home of high level 6v6 pick-up games in Europe!

Key Features:

• Ranked PUGs with captains selecting teams.
• Captain Nomination: Players can nominate captains to ensure suitable team leaders.

Upcoming Features / Events :

• Beta Elo Trial: Limited-time trial starting Saturday at 12:00 PM, ending on September 1st at midnight.
• Open PUGs: First-come, first-serve games on September 1st.
• Strict Join Policy: You must join within 5 minutes, or risk a ban.
• Season Elo Resets: Resets will occur opposite the ETF2L season. Previous rankings, including beta results, will be recorded on player profiles.

Public Playtest:

• Thursday (today), 4:20 PM: Join us for a public playtest. Your feedback is valuable!

We look forward to seeing you at the playtest tonight and appreciate any feedback you can provide!

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On paper tf2pickup.eu was a good replacement for tf2.online but in hindsight its completely ruined high level pugging in eu. The automatic hidden elo based balancing on tf2pickup.eu doesn't really work and I don't think its actually even possible to make it work properly. The only way to create good balanced pugs is a pick/ban system.

I also think there should be a 5 minute join timer. U shouldn't have to wait 15 minutes for people to join the server because someone had to do their laundry after they readied up? Also it tends to be the same people who are always late to join those games, there should be a system that bans you after you fail to join within a given timeframe enough times.
Ready up -> join server -> play. 5 minutes is more than enough time to do that

And please make it use mumble. Discord voice is garbage bloatware that makes ur game lag

Cheat feed makes the game infinitely more fun to watch. I wish we used it in EU. It doesn't matter if it sometimes makes you be able to guess that this sniper will hit headshots or this scout will pop off, I still want to see those moments from the players POV and not just in the killfeed

https://youtu.be/VzIZeT2ggfQ?feature=shared

I hope you guys enjoy <3

First they took badlands, now granary is gone. When will this end? I spent half my life perfecting my gameplay on these maps only to have it all taken away by fucking zoomers

https://youtu.be/Y5revhYzPGE

ETF2L Team Intro: Witness Gaming

I've wanted to make some promotional type videos for tf2 teams for a while now and I finally got around to actually creating something.
Initially I wanted to create a video like this for each team this season, but in hindsight that was obviously too big of a task to take on for this time frame. Hopefully I can make a video for all of the top3/4 teams this season and some kind of teaser for playoffs as well.
I hope you all like this idea and execution and I'll be trying to improve and make them better every time I make one of these.

ETF2L Team Intro: MANDEM

The pick system definitely disincentivizes people from adding. Not just the noobies but also higher level players might have to wait 30min for a pug that they dont get picked in. In the past we had pickup2 for prem/div1 players and an open system on tf2pickup.net that would start as soon as 12 players added. We could have both of those on tf2.online, if copper would want to make that happen.

Imho though when you take current size of our scene into consideration, it would probably make the most sense to just turn tf2.online into an open system and prem players can have their own discords for higher level games.

What ever man