Isn't Valve awesome?
http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=27676

On second thought, this is the worst item I've got. Was traded to me by a jerk of a friend, and I never renamed it.

http://puu.sh/uo0G3/4bdec31f4a.jpg

http://puu.sh/unZLm/bd2d0bd269.jpg

Will you be sending the map makers the results of this survey?
If so, can you include me on that list, alongside FatherBrandon?

We'll all gather around the local Timmies with our double double's in hand. Once that's done, the niceness goes away, and we turn into fraggers.

Then after the show is all over, we'll celebrate (whether winners or losers) with more Timmies, and then bid everyone farewell.

Whoever posted this is awesome.
Anyway, so yeah. In case you haven't figured it out already, TFCL will be powering a Toronto LAN.

http://tfcleague.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/TorontoLAN.fw_.png

I'll post more when I can.

Hmm, I'm noticing a pattern here. From what I can tell, everyone that has had TF2 delete itself, or otherwise appear as uninstalled, are all running some version of Windows 10. Thinking the Jan 19th update borked something. Either that, or everyone is just suddenly having drive/ram failures for seemingly no reason.

Alright, so here's the map info.

The first two weeks will be played on ultiduo_baloo.
The final two weeks will be played on koth_ultiduo_r_b7.
The playoffs will be played on a mix of the two regular season maps.

Alright, so I hate making decisions like this.
Which map do you guys think we should use?
http://www.strawpoll.me/12361488

Do you have a download link?

Also, anybody else want me to add that?

Mostly because last season, almost no teams even bothered playing the other map, so I figured I'd just go and make baloo the main map this time around. That can change if you have any map suggestions?

Ultiduo Season 2 has officially been announced, and includes a $300 prize pool.

PRIZE BREAKDOWN

First Place: $200
Second Place: $60
Third Place: $30
Fourth Place: $10

More information here - http://tfcleague.com/2017/02/17/ultiduo-season-2/

Now, I'm off to bed. Was up all damn night working that shit out, and am dead tired. Later guys!

I disagree. They are being paid to play and create content for the game, albeit through indirect sources like YouTube or Twitch. If they are being paid money for playing and recording or live streaming TF2, I don't see why that doesn't also make them a pro gamer. People seem to have the misconception that pro = skillful. It doesn't. In this context, it's about making money, and turning TF2 into a profession. If your primary source of income is TF2 in any way, shape, or form, you managed to turn TF2 into a profession, thereby turning you into a professional TF2 player.

YouTube, Twitch, and other websites or services are the platforms for which you receive payment, and grow an audience. They can be compared with sponsorships of professional teams. The games themselves are not paying you, with your paycheck coming from your use, support, and commitment to a certain third party sponsor. Those teams and players are professional players because they've managed to secure a steady income by playing their chosen game. Are they skillful? Yes, they usually are, as that's how the sponsorship world works. But even if they weren't very skilled at the game, if they managed to secure a sponsorship deal with a third party, they would become pro gamers all the same.

So, I don't see how or why getting paid through YouTube to play TF2, doesn't make you a pro gamer. If you're being paid to create TF2 content, to entertain a TF2 audience, you've turned TF2 into your profession, making you a professional TF2 player.

If your primary source of income revolves around a single video game, to a point where your entire online channel or identity makes you a well known member of that game's community, does that not warrant the pro gamer title? If all you do is TF2, and you're known for TF2, and you're making money for creating TF2 content, than that should make you a pro TF2 player, right? The platform that pays you (Twitch/YouTube/etc) shouldn't take away from the content you create, and your involvement within the community.

Just to play devil's advocate here, a pro TF2 player can technically exist. Perhaps not with tournament wins alone, but if you throw in team sponsorships and whatnot, it *can* happen.
Things like Twitch or YouTube revenue can also turn you into a pro gamer if you do it as a profession, and make enough money with your content and tournament wins. Really, all you need is a steady income that's centred around TF2 to be considered a pro gamer. So, for players like b4nny, I can see him making a fair amount with tournaments and Twitch/YouTube revenue to classify him as a pro. On the other side of the pool, YouTubers like ArraySeven, Funke, and Uncle Dane, could all also be called pro TF2 players, assuming they make enough off YouTube revenue.

Pro - profession, and if you've managed to turn TF2 into a self sustaining profession, then it doesn't really matter how skilled you are at the game itself. If you make money playing TF2, you're a pro TF2 player.