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Flank Scout: Sidular
Combo Scout: Twigs
Roamer: Abridge
Pocket: vixws
Demoman: Snorty
Medic: Health_Hazard

Alright, I'll update the whitelist so it mirrors the UGC whitelist. Like I said though, the current TFCL whitelist was made a fair while ago. I recall people at a lower level complaining about the razorback ban, even though players at a higher level were fully in support of it. I've even talked with a few platinum council members (that still a thing?) and they all expressed their concern for the razorback. Perhaps it's because I never used it, and never got to experience the issues firsthand? So I may be a tad biased towards that.

But anyway, I'll get the whitelist updated tomorrow so it's a mirror of UGC. Though I'm going to be upfront here. I'm not going to stick with UGC's whitelist forever. I want the TFCL players to come up with their own smart and fair changes to the whitelist. Odds are, these will be very similar or even identical to whatever UGC uses, given the shared community. But at times, TFCL players could vote for something that UGC votes against. My concern with copying UGC's whitelist forever, is if they make a major mistake or a controversial change, TFCL will have to follow through with the same change. Which means if they get hate, we get hate.

Which is why I want to have the TFCL community vote for the changes in the future. When the quickfix was included in the global 6's whitelist, pretty much the entire community was very heavily against that. It nearly tore the idea of a global apart, with some leagues looking at alternative options. I just don't want something like that to happen with TFCL, and highlander. Doing a direct mirror of UGC opens TFCL up to that risk.

Anyway, I'm babbling. It's 4 AM and I've kinda not slept yet. So, I should call it a night.

Long story short though. Yes, I'm gonna mirror the UGC whitelist for the season. Will update it tomorrow after I wake up.

The whitelist was from late 2016, and I kinda never got around to updating it. Though I believe the logic back then for allowing the razorback, was that the lower and mid level teams wanted it to be allowed, and they vastly outnumbered the platinum level teams at the time. This was back when the we first announced (and never actually did) the alpha season, so getting as many teams on board as possible was the goal, not so much the top teams. Quantity over quality. Banning the razorback was also controversial at the time, so I decided to be "good guy Sidular" and keep it unbanned. To make the silver and lower players happy.

I honestly haven't looked at the changes made to UGC's whitelist for the current HL season. I want to mirror it as much as possible, but there also isn't a universal standard when it comes to highlander. I'm likely going to experiment a bit with the whitelist, and just see what sticks, and what doesn't. Since the razorback ban wasn't universally well received by all divisions, I figured it was worth testing again. If it works, it works. If it doesn't, it's gone.

Either way, this season of highlander is really just a pilot for TFCL. The whitelist isn't perfect, and things might break along the way in regards to format management on an administrative side. I'm honestly still in the testing phase for a lot of this stuff, and just want to see how everything plays out.

Also, I'm open to last minute whitelist changes. I don't want to mirror UGC's whitelist at this time, so if you (or anyone) have an idea for a weapon that should or should not be banned, I'm all ears.

http://www.strawpoll.me/12989433

So, quick question. If I were to host Ultiduo as a seasonal thing, but without a prize pool, would anyone here still play in it?
It'd still have medals.

They also opted to use neither of the two images provided, and instead grabbed the video on the home page. Guess it was more neutral or something.

I didn't do it!

Valve's being awesome again! :D

http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=29491

Envision Crew

Flank Scout: Sidular
Combo Scout: Twigs
Roamer: Abridge
Pocket: vvv
Demoman: Snorty
Medic: Health_Hazard

Turns out I'm an even worse medic, so back to scout I go.

Had to. Otherwise I'd have to split the pool so it had pennies. Can you imagine that? A pool where one player might get $19.56 instead of a more rounded $20? The horror! D:

edit
Prizes are this for those too lazy to click the link.

Highlander Prize Pool - $252

First Place: $135 (avg. $15/player)
Second Place: $72 (avg. $8/player)
Third Place: $45 (avg. $5/player)

Sixes Season 2 Prize Pool - $248

First Place: $120 (avg. $20/player)
Second Place: $80 (avg. $13/player)
Third Place: $48 (avg. $8/player)

Three big things.

1. General Update
http://tfcleague.com/2017/05/13/tfcl-league-updates-news-may-13th/

2. Highlander S1 with $252 pool
http://tfcleague.com/2017/05/13/announcing-season-1-highlander-252-prize-pool/

3. Sixes S2 with $248 pool
http://tfcleague.com/2017/05/13/announcing-season-2-sixes-250-prize-pool/
(edit: fixed the pool amount for 6's)

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Well, this is interesting...
I'm kind of confused on the Comp Low prize and pool though? It says $1k minimum pool, but says first place is $350? $350 / $350 / $300?

The prizepool will not be as heavily weighted towards the top. Estimated first place prize of $350.

...is this like, one of those soccer tournament things? Don't tell me "everyone's a winner" in this...

He once followed a literal bean trail, so you know he's a solid medic. Definitely mid open level.

Alright, so we've got 3 members now.

Scout: Twigs
Scout: [open]
Soldier: [open]
Soldier: [open]
Demoman: Snorty
Medic: Sidular

Combo scout and both soldiers are still open.

Sounds a lot like you're experiencing packet loss, which is something I unfortunately have to deal with on a daily basis. (Cogeco sucks)
It's either your local connection, or the server that you're connecting to. If you experience this issue on multiple servers, try giving your internet provider a call, and ask if they're aware of any kind of congestion for your area. Packet loss is usually caused by congestion, though it can also be caused by a number of other factors, including your router or modem.
Congestion could also explain your slower internet speed, especially if you're supposed to be getting a faster speed.