When I first started with faceit 6v6 in 2018, I thought the starting elo was fine. The beginner division was perfect for people completely new to competitive tf2. Maybe it was different before TF2PL came along?

Ping nerfing 3/4 core 6’s classes because this game’s projectile netcode is dogshit.

That's such an arbitrary ban. Who even uses this weapon besides rare situations?

I am too lazy to do the math, but I think the main issue with ping is we are limited to sending information at the speed of light. I am not sure how much we can decrease ping with better hardware, it may not be much improvement at all.

bump

I think good frag video music for TF2 should be exciting, while also having multiple points of rising energy/excitement so you can build up to your best frags multiple times, instead of just at the song's climax. I haven't made a frag vid before, but when I do, these would be the first songs I would consider.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgcap-5IBsY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o_XGQ3EcrI

Bumping, looking for more tryouts

The problem is if you just turtle hard, you will not get any opportunities to punish the attacking team for sending a sac. If you get a heavy and and engie on your second to defend it, the opposing team can find the gun, spam it down, and double sac onto your med/demo. If they fail? So what? You are not pushing out of your second with a heavy and engie. If the attacking team cant get anything done with constant uncontested double sacs, then that is a team problem. Similar problem with turtling last. If you never countersac or make any plays, the attacking team will likely find some crucial pick in 4 minutes, especially if they never get pressured by the defenders. I also think resetting to mid isnt a bad thing, considering mids are often the most exciting part of the game

You are correct, however, tf2 stalemates can last 3-4 minutes or more, whereas there is a hard 1:30 limit for the T's to get a plant or wipe the CTs.

I know this is a bit of a long shot, but is there any way of implementing changes to netcode so for example, rockets and pipes don't get delayed by ping unless your ping is unreasonably high? This may require server-side code changes and may not be possible at all.

Since the beginning of the season, none of my teammates have improved more than Dalenu did. His overall mechanics are definitely good enough for advanced. He also comms very well and is a seemingly tilt-proof individual.

Bumping. Willing to scrim 5-7 times a week. Wanted to get this out early because I am also considering starting my own advanced team depending on how tryouts go. I will decide whether I will start a team or not before I commit to a team. I will not commit and then leave the team to start my own unless there are major team problems,

I have played on a team with math last season. He’s a very funny guy who will be a great contributor both in and out of games. He can help push a team in the right direction when discussing what to improve on in demo reviews. His comms are also some of the best I have heard. If you think your team needs more brain, math is an excellent pick.

I think you all just got wooshed

The opinions of a months long investigation holds more infinitely weight than the opinions of individual players who "Just know he wouldn't cheat." Their arguments are irrelevant. People don't know their friends as well as they think they do. Eli is no exception. ANYONE can be a cheater, no matter how hardworking or smart they are.