I don't know how anyone can say this outside of pure ignorance. White Lotus, a weaker total roster who have significantly less time playing on a team together on the same team had many opportunities to close out Witness (Logan getting nuked before a big ad uber push was a genuine tragedy). I think it's very likely that Mandem would have still won against White Lotus but not without a good amount of blood loss. I still loved and cheered watching White Lotus play!

FROYO's current roster is much more well equipped now than when they went into Denver. While B4nny's overconfidence was comical, what happened was not at all implausible. Right now we have: B4nny, Gungon who is a strong but in my opinion more importantly very flexible scout (something I think Branslam struggled with is how much stronger explosives are at Lan due to his playstyle of face checking soldiers as much as he can), Soapymeister and Speedy who are absolutely top tier soldiers, Habib (#2 demo NA at a minimum), and Lolguy (#1 Medic NA).

I thoroughly enjoy the burger rhetoric and I find the back and forth really funny but let's not pretend that FROYO would not have had a more than fair chance of winning the lan. Now that match up would've been intensely entertaining to watch.

I won't spend too many words on this since you already agree but I want to address what was said in that paragraph.

Ping fatigue is not that big of a deal, RGL does not ping very often already. Especially considering that most pings are opt in (which you could also do for this). You could also simply just post without pinging in your community channel, which you guys already do for other interests in RGL's radar.

Secondly, TFTV is a website, not a monolith of people. And it's evident from this very thread that HL players do indeed have accounts! Even if the current demographic is relatively uncaring, at worst that just means the 6's players will stay out of the HL threads, which I imagine you would arguably want anyways. So long as you post the thread its self somewhere HL players currently use frequently (as you mentioned Discord is currently popular) then they can still use the thread to respond. Over time as HL players become more accustomed to using the site, then you could start saving effort by not needing to post in Discord at all.

I think RGL should start utilizing their own Discord and TFTV more if that's the case. While a stream is better professionally, it's not necessary for the size of our community for mass engagement. Answer questions publicly and then they spread.

During the Newbie Cup, we would host seminars and classes using Discord's stage channel type. It let's you have speakers, share screens, people can raise hands and be brought up to the digital stage to ask questions or speak their mind. There is a chat attached to the channel as well that you can control. Hardly any production required, at worst someone just recording a VOD should be more than enough.

You can either in place of or additionally use TFTV threads. RGL admins only post to advertise but it can easily be used for feedback fishing expeditions. In-fact I find threads to be a significantly better reading experience for more in-depth discussions rather than the brainrot found in league discussions.

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

Directly sure but competitive participants are more likely to be older and whale on the game. Not to mention like you said, attracting new players in another layer of the game breeds a healthy engagement leading more people to spend. While we're focused on our territory, what about charity medals? Are they seriously going to shoot every organization and event in the foot from this point on?

There could be a sizable loss, especially in more niche communities like MvM testing and events etc. I honestly figured this was a result of some technical issue with the item schema instead. I hope they are willing to at least work something out because we all know what happens when a feature is tabled by Valve for something better soon(tm).

Prevention at our level is difficult because the issue goes beyond the borders of TF2. A lot of these exchanges also tend to be secretive--which means that by the time they are caught it's deep in the rabbit hole. I think that makes a lot of community members feel that the bulk of this interaction is reactive so when the response is lack-luster, it makes it all the more obtuse.

TF2CC sees a lot of new and often young players through our step in the pipeline into the competitive community, especially with the Newbie Cup. We try to host classes when we have the resources to on topics relevant to their journey, including one on mental health. Would players be interested in an online safety guide for both adults and minors? Maybe it would help create a standardized language and model specific to our realm for discussing a concern like this.

In that vein I'd also like to show my appreciation for the shared experiences in this thread despite the weight you all might be carrying from it. If something like the above was made I think it should definitely have persons impacted as consultants.

To set expectations though, it would not be completed for a long while. I especially would not want to create the bulk of this project without better education and certification(s) as the ones I have under my belt are not relevant the subject matter.

I would also love for our community to be more disciplined with the engagement of players who negatively impact this environment. From those who maintain their association with disgusting players and or share harmful media along with rhetoric. Your compass should not just be defined by who has red text on their league profile. Many people will admit privately that they will play on a team, especially a good one so long as the team members are not banned.

Wouldn't this just shift the meta to the demoman periodically wacking himself while holding doors?

I think the most meaningful impact is one that is not listed, that momentum would get a big buff. If the medic and scout are the only survivors on disad or even after an exchange then there's very little recourse for them to soften the blow by building (not even while running away because you are deleting stationary building from scout). I think it's less about making it so that there's one less explosive on a doorway and more like trading in some even holds for disad ones.

https://youtu.be/urhUawD7NKg

The OP is in reference to the bug where both are absent which seems to stem from a different issue. It's not fixed by just inspecting a teammate as far as I am aware. This works when only your ammo is missing.

Hi, I've noticed that when some but not all of a player's HUD elements such as health and ammo disappear; the prevailing advice given is that you need to die and respawn for it to fix its-self.

This is partially true, dying and respawning does fix it but it's not necessary. You can alternatively just refresh via demo recording.

If you are using an auto-recorder of some kind you will need to input the following in your developer console*:

- stop
- record test

If you are not using an auto-recorder for demos, you should follow the same instructions but in reverse*:

- record test
- stop

* the recording can be named anything, you don't have to use "test'. It's more convenient for me to illustrate.

Of course this means that you will have to stop somewhere safely to do this and if the admins request your demo it will be a little more annoying but it sure beats throwing away your life with uncertainty during a match.

Class configs only get executed when you successfully change class. Respawning or queuing a class change while having death on class switch outside of spawn disabled does not trigger it.

If you're the type of person that likes hidden viewmodels without parameters I'd recommend just using a toggle so you only have to use one key to turn it on and off again like a flip switch.

bind "KEY" "toggle r_drawviewmodel 0 1"

If you are still after the result as described in your original post, you will have to make use of class configs:

note: if you use mastercomfig, any config file that is automatically triggered by a condition such as autoexec or class configs will need to be put in the overrides folder which is located in the following directory: tf/cfg/overrides

I) make a cfg file called reset
II) Within the reset.cfg > put: r_drawviewmodel 1
III) make a cfg file for each class (scout.cfg, soldier.cfg etc.)
IV) within each class config:
a) put: exec reset
b) next line(s): bind "KEY" "r_drawviewmodel 0"

Alternatively, "bind "KEY" "r_drawviewmodel 0"" can be placed in your autoexec, of course change KEY to whatever button you'd like to replace it with. You can check the TF2 Wiki for the aliases of viable keys. Hope that helps.

Shout out to independent developers that make cool tools for the community, got to be one of my favourite genders.

This has to be the best shitpost of all time, let alone the year. I don't know if anything can top this. I'm listening this during my sleep so I can manifest being an invite player.

Denis the menace strikes again and hits a bullseye.

I would implore everyone be more critical of an informal league suddenly popping up already with an 800$ prize pool and a staff list that does not inspire a lot of trust.

and a TFTV post made by an organizer who has a history of supporting alt'ing, is friends and plays with numerous banned accounts and problematic individuals. Some of which the community may be familiar with such as Crawdad and Cheeto.

Their main admin account is also used as an alt of a permanently banned player that was not disclosed to the public. Not to mention their staff members and adjacent "friends" harassing staff members from other organizations in unrelated incidents.

Did anyone else find the timing of Sidular's crashout and this league using TF2CL's medals a bit suspicious? I can't think of anyone from that particular thread or regular members of the community who would say those harmful words to him. How did they acquire access to TF2CL's medals and why did Sidular sign it off? (Update: according to Sidular, he agreed to give them the medals in good faith)

The restrictions and off-class rules are a nice touch but this seems like a poorly ladened Psyop to get a re-brand going, or at possibly at worst; allow their cheater friends to win prize money (speculation). A bit disappointing to see a positive org. like Fullbuff in the mix and I hope they vet potential sponsorships more thoroughly moving forward. I hope I'm proven wrong as time goes on since I'd much rather live in a world where there is a positive change rather than not.