This also throws even more doubt over the functionality of the ESEA AC client. Not one of these guys hacked on client, all hacking in pugs / pubs? Seems unlikely.

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For anybody thinking about travelling: as far as I am aware, the BYOC tickets are totally sold out. Unless you've bought one already or could buy one from somebody else it's a lost cause.

EDIT: 47 second ninja. But yeah, what rays said. I'm talking to the admins of the tournament now and letting them know that there is real interest but the tickets are sold out. If anybody has a BYOC ticket post here.

bloody admins

shappie is making the assumption that top5 would get automatic promotion, given that there are two slots available due to Foreskings simultaneously folding and being demoted, and due to Planet Express folding. However I think it's likely there's some form of playoff going to occur for that final slot.

should be an interesting game

The BYOC tickets for DreamHack Austin are wayyy sold out as far as I can see.

The only way a tournament will get running is through people who already bought them months ago and happen to be interested in TF2.

Sent an email, they've hooked me up with some of the guys running byoc events at Austin so we'll see what they have planned and if there's potential for anything to happen.

Who here has byoc tickets to Austin though? I doubt it's very many from tf2 right?

eh that's a bit weird but I guess it could work. Personally I'm not willing to have my first contact with a company be "yo IF you were considering doing anything tf2 related please don't use a shitty pic ty here's some"

EDIT: Aimed at eee, GJon's suggestion will work the best but how do you manage that

Most of the time we have no idea that a company is going to make an announcement featuring a tf2 image before they release it. It would end up with us emailing companies with free "fixes" of their awful graphics after they've already been around for a few hours. Pointless imo.

If you wanna encourage people to make comp tf2 SFMs for fun then more power to you, but it's unlikely to cause any change.

At tftv we have graphics people on our team like uberchain who make the logos/featured images. There are also a plethora of images that people could use all over the web. You can create as many hq tf2 competitive images you like but unless you're a wizard I don't see how you're gonna make companies use them.

The only way I can think of is if there's a load of complaints in the comments about the image whenever a beta pic is used, but we're normally so thankful somebody new has picked up tf2 in some way that we gush instead.

I hope you live a long and fulfilling life after this near-death experience mustard.

Don't most of the playerbase in tf2 have premium during season weeks? I'm not arguing it's convenient; it's blatantly not convenient and that's why it's not used, but it would help TF2 have an impact outside its own circle of influence.

CS players aside, that's no different from something like tf2center, tf2pickup, old IRC pugs etc. Lack of a captain system means first come first served but it isn't always garbage.

At the end of the day it's a recurring decision for users in a lot of these things - how much are you willing to use a worse short-term system in order to have long-term benefits?

Using the pug / scrim system and forums also adds a lot of value for new players - those considering whether or not to join ESEA over a free league will see the opportunity to get regular higher-skilled pugs and automatic scrims as well as their regular season matches. Adds a lot of value for a team expecting to get pooped on in their first season.