Friendly people, had fun. Hope it stays going strong

Hate to reubump this unpopular thread. I just wanted to say thanks. I certainly see it differently now after reading some opinions of people who have acually played in Invite. Contrary to some people saying so in this thread, I'm not a player playing against Froyo, just a spectator with limited knowledge. And I just wanted some more info on what the invite community thought about this.

Thanks again ^^

Hello all. I'm not a active participant on these forums, or in the community in general. I've been watching invite level tf2 for a long while. I've watched team like Fully Torqed, Mihalys (spelling), the old mix^, and others. I really did enjoy invite tf2 for a long while there. I went as a rare spectator to the s13, 14, LANS, and got to meet people like Harb, Shade, etc.

However, when I look at the state of TF2 Invite currently, I find something wrong. Yes, yes I know there's at least 10 other threads talking about tf2 comp dying, but I wanted to bring up a specific point. That point is, when I (and I assume others) look at Invite today, I see literally no competition. No excitement anymore. It almost seems, well, dead. I feel part of the problem is the juggernaut B4nny and Shade have thrown together.

Don't get me wrong at all here. Froyotech is good for tf2. Being that "bridge" in a sense, Froyotech has helped to bring attention to tf2 as an E-Sport. B4nny is easily the most popular tf2 streamer, and Froyotech.tv is doing well

Despite this fact though, there is no competition in Invite anymore. With the death of mix^, there is no challenge to Froyo at all. They showed that at i52, and GxL, and i'm sure they show us again at the next ESEA lan. The fact that the general consensus is "who's going to take 3 rounds off of Froyo" just shows how shallow Invite is.

Will b4nny team just dominate until 6's dies out? Yes, you could make the argument teams like 20b are young, and in time they'll compete. But how much time do we have left?

Imagine an Invite where you have 5 or 6 teams that are fighting for that LAN spot. You have Clock, b4nny, shade, Harb, the Mansky, and others rounding out evenly matched teams. Bringing excitement to a LAN where any one team could step up and win. Not just trying to take 3 rounds off of Froyo. Just take a second and imagine an invite div where anything could happen in a season. Not like now, where the only excitement is "who's going to lose to 4G. in the finals"

I had hopes that CEVO might bring something like this, but we all know how that turned out.

Anyway, this was a short rant from someone who has passionately watched Invite. I await all the 14 year old tf2 experts who i'm sure will let me know exactly how wrong I am about this, and watch as as thread gets -fragged. But take a second and think about that kind of Invite, where things are exciting again.

I would appreciate intelligent replies from people who know Invite better than I do. Maybe i'm wrong about this. But I just miss when Invite had that flair to it.

Cheers

EDIT: Short spelling errors