I don't, but if that was the case, then my point still stands- the system does work.

You ask a good question- what people actually want. This is my take though- Idk about you, but like, the thread and all the accusations came out all around the same time, publicly, that is, and it has been less than a week since that happened. It was responded to pretty damn quickly imo. This, of course, is after a major thread that has everyone talking about it, but I don't think that that is a huge problem, really? I mean, sometimes the AC team is gonna screw up and miss something, if it does, the community is gonna cry out about it clearly, but if kryma wasn't already in AC's sights, then the threads put him there. Seems to be working as intended to me. AC does what they can with reports, which I imagine is a ton of work, and when something gets through, you get an immediate reaction from all the players in the div wanting to fix it.

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Someone forgot to record demos again... Crazy it happened three times

Feels to me like even if they did they won't do anything about it right now. The circumstances feel different. There are plenty of people more able to spot cheats than I, and while I error more on the end of cheats being involved, this feels like mob rule ban.

I really have no comment on whether either player is cheating or not but UGC just dropped a ban for sampha.

https://postimg.cc/fVz18m4x

Kryma, an incredibly mid soldier player, suddenly turned scout, and, suddenly dropping invite level logs outta nowhere, and he conveniently forgets how to use p-rec the first season that this comes to fruition?

Yen flicking wildly at the medic around the 3 min mark of that vid is hilarious. Trigger bot seems obvious from those clips... I dunno shit tho I ain't the anticheat team.

I've been consistently running pugs for multiple years at this point, servers only die when you don't have passionate enough runners. Pughub is three years old now, and while it died before I took over control of it, it was revived literally overnight with no problems. I think you reach a certain critical mass around 300 people on the server where you can consistently get pugs going pretty much no matter what, so long as you have someone that knows how to run

(also check out the pughub community tournament)

Pughub is now three years old, and it hasn't held a tournament yet. That has to change!

On the 9th of December, Pughub will be running a community tournament with a cash prize.

This will be a casted event (casters / organizers needed, contact @.Rhythm. on discord) Not every match will be casted, particularly in the lower section of the bracket.

To participate, you must have at least 6 players (player approval required), and there is an entry fee of 5$ or 2 keys per team, which will be added to the existing cash prize pool.

This will be opened to all divisions, though we expect some fierce competition in the higher div range.

There will be a maximum team limit of 16, and the bracket will be double elimination.

To sign up, visit the ⁠tourney-sign-up channel on Pughub, and post your team name as well as your roster. (Ping each player on your roster for them to gain access to the Q/A and tournament discussion channel)

Team sign-ups will close december 6th.

Share this perma-invite link with anyone that might be interested or whoever isn't already there: https://discord.gg/eUmsRaXzw7

I won't have a chance to win the division anymore (or more likely end up with a 2nd place im badge followed directly after by a 2nd place main badge- the DDD team was definitely getting first in main), which is disappointing, but I am otherwise glad there are more teams to play and better ones at that, for better practice.

bump. 2nd place im, tragic 2-1 loss

Haven't rocked the ThunderDuck alias since... 2018? I go by Rhythm now.

I'm going to be playing intermediate 6s with my friends for s9, but I had originally intended to play main 6s before I met the homies. I quit tf2 in 2019 after losing to some cheaters in UGC, and came back September in 2021, and have done nothing but play tf2 pugs, scrims, and pugscrims since then. Looking to start the search for a team early and settle in.

Rhythm#6533 on discord.
https://steamcommunity.com/id/rhythmmmm

Fluey, jib, smile, killo got 2nd place in am, im, and then main (consecutive seasons.) Big mike is an am winner, and frag is a 5th place main and 2nd place amateur player. Fluey is friends with the admin of the division and there is argument to be made that there is a conflict of interest due to this. Players have also played with the admins of the division as well. They are undefeated in AM. Complaints have been made since the start of the season. The restrictions on their classes are much much much less intense than other teams, and it is incredibly inconsistent- Coincidence that it's an admin team? Time away from the game does not degrade skill or mechanics historically, so I don't think that's a good argument against restricting them either.

Just putting all this info out there... In any case, seems like they're clearly not fit to play in AM.

As much as you may have beefed with our server and our players one thing has been constant- a reminder that we hope you make a change. Everyone deserves a second chance and I greatly respect the self awareness. I don't hold a grudge against people who have made a change, and I really couldn't care less about tf2 beef to begin with, so keep at it when you say you want to make a difference. Looking forward to the young man redemption arc.