non-cp didn't fit because valve never partook in 6s balance. Now they do. They want to make a version of 6s that's more inviting to new players, namely jason.gonzalez2003 who just really really wants to play pyro to mid.

You guys need to understand that whether or not community 6s is the best current version of the format, which right now it is, Valve is looking more long-term than that. I don't think they're forcing turbine/payload because they "think it works". They're doing it because that's how you get new players to try it. They are probably fully aware of the flaws, maybe they're considering changing the formats from the ground level to work, or maybe they're just starting broad before they narrow down. Either way, I think we have to accept that compromise if you want valve support. Because we know 100% that they are not interested in taking the scene and implementing it as is, they are going to push for change.

You can't just conclude something because of a single example though. I mean I agree it is different today because the community has developed but this doesn't really have anything to do with what he was saying, as it refers to half a decade ago.

I believe this was based on that at the time (Several years ago), it was extremely rare for tf2 youtubers to have an extensive understanding of competitive, thus, star felt the competitive community alienated him and other applicable channels if only because their status made them appear less reputable in the scene.

While i've had a good experience overall with the competitive community, I think there is actual merit to this claim. I have seen people relentlessly talk shit about dane, muselk, and even myself if/whenever an opinion didn't like up or something said was incorrect. I am certain several people even here still view someone like dane as uninformed (even though his opinions have changed a lot since then). A lot of my content from one year ago was almost scientifically engineered point-by-point to prove that I wasn't just the pubshitting roster rider I had seen multiple people in the competitive community namecall me as.

The problem is not only 'the sixes community'. He was referring to the entire competitive spectrum, which is divided away from TF2 as a whole. That means HL, that means 6s, and that means 7s too. 6s is however a much tighter knit circle, and therefore gives the most counterforce if you don't align with every opinion.

Identical situation to when I streamed TF2. Servers vehemently targeted, and then IP DDOSed when I worked around it.

I'll repeat myself again. This is extremely important for valve to deal with. This is more than just bullying niche streamers out of playing. Entire LANs and major influencers are being shut down and making the game look like a fucking joke. This is not a minor issue to be pushed to the bottom of the list. You will not become an esport if nobody can spectate your fucking game.

What happens when you get comp working, valve? If DDOSing is still at large (it still will be), thousands of people will tune in to see your servers keeling over and dying. That is not the first impression we want to make. Fix this now.

if at any point I manage to convince my monstars roster from like 3 years ago to reassemble, please promise to scrim us

I hope valve is doing everything they can, because this is just as much their problem as it is ours now.

Do you have a custom hud? mine was causing seemingly random crashes for some reason until I changed it, esp when changing servers.

TuneSquad (did manage to get Monstars though!!)

Star Corps Academy (Weezer reference)

Squirtle Squad (probably overdone anyways)

Stardust Crusaders (probably overdone anyways)

i have also tried to make team names a link to my youtube but nobody has let me yet.

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it seems budhud has a streamer mode, though it breaks some stuff for me for some reason.

care to share a link or did you just mean it's a small task to do myself? I'm familiar with hud editing but was hoping to find a pre-existing working one if it existed.

I'm trying to locate an older 'privacy' hud, which removes all player names from the game. IIRC star_ used it ~3 years ago. Because of the constant stream DDOSer's I figure it may help make things harder for them to target the server. Does anybody know where to find it?

me + that soldier in my pug who said everything would be okay after i dropped my 12th uber

Insomnia? never heard of it. probably just some garage startup lan. I doubt tf2 will ever play there for more than just one. feels bad.

true, but ouch nonetheless

we need heads on the table, i have been dying over here

next lan someone bring a stack of those japanese face mask things