We should be good now. Thanks for saving our asses! :D

Hey guys. So, my team and I recently ran into some major hurdles, and half of the roster ended up quitting on me tonight.
I'm trying to rebuild pretty much entirely from scratch. I still have a demo, and at least one scout. The other scout is being moved to flank on a trial basis, so have no idea how that will work out. I could also try medic for the season and do main calling. So I suppose both scout spots may be open. Kinda everything except demo up for grabs right now.

So yeah, things are broken, but I'm super dedicated and loyal to this team. I put too much into it to see it die.

Currently the roster is as follows

Scout: Sidular (and/or medic)
Scout: ChaseDuck (trial/flank)
Demoman: Donkey and/or Snorty
Soldier: Nope
Soldier: Nope
Medic: Sidular (and/or scout)

I'm looking for pretty much anybody right now that can fill those roles. I strongly prefer scout, but can play medic at a low open level. I'm just not confident in my medic ability right now.

I know this is super last notice. If I can't fill the roster with players, Envision Crew simply cannot play this season. And I'd absolutely 100% hate for that to happen. So I'm kind of desperate, and really want somebody that loves TF2 and comp as much as I do to help keep this team afloat.

Add me on Steam if you're interested.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/sidular/

Added for possible scout position.

Bumping this. Still looking for a mentor.

So you said some can pay, right? How much would you need in total? Or is the full $510 needed?

I.. didn't mean it in that way.
Meant it more like the home of competitive leagues and tournaments. Ultiduo, bball, highlander, etc. That sort of thing.

The schedule information is on the home page.

http://puu.sh/trP9U/4fb5894886.png

We actually have a system in place that could allow for that. Basically, we'd generate two matches per week, and let the players more or less choose when to play the matches. They'd have about 6 days to play the match before the next week is generated. So basically, the schedule is generated every Sunday, and teams have up to Saturday to play their matches.
This however brings with it some issues, especially for lower ranked teams that are used to the way UGC is operated. I ended up polling around 20 UGC 6's teams, and give or take 10 highlander teams. The 6's teams were heavily against the two match per week schedule, with most saying that it was simply too much for them to reliably handle. At the same time, every single highlander team said two matches per week was overkill, and they sometimes can't even get all 9 players for the single Monday match.
That's one of the main reasons I decided to do one match per week, with an 8 week traditional season. But instead of putting the default days during the week, it'd be played on the weekend, which is when a large number of teams prefer to scrim. The idea was to take away one of their scrim days, and turn it into a match day. This was a middle ground approach. Sadly, it's kind of backfiring, as teams are either taking TFCL too seriously, and end up using TFCL as their secondary or even primary league. Or they just don't use it at all.

Also, the first matches are scheduled for the first week of February, which is two weeks after UGC, and *was* two weeks after ESEA. Now, it's basically one week apart, with UGC being first, ESEA second, and TFCL third. So yeah, the idea of grabbing teams that didn't make the ESEA or UGC deadline, was kinda one of the bigger plans for TFCL's first season. It just didn't end up working out that way.

I agree with you fully. One of the main things and intentions with TFCL, was to try and create a league that offers the same level of features as ESEA, but to bring it down to a free level. Also introducing things like automated scrimming, misc leagues and tournaments like bball and ultiduo, and other things that no other major league provides. I want TFCL to be an alternative league, while also being a serious league for practically anyone to play and have fun in. I know I can't realistically compete against ESEA, nor do I really intend to. You're paying for ESEA, so it only makes sense that you'll get and compete against the best of the best. But at the very least, I was hoping that a number of ESEA teams would consider giving up one of their usual scrim days, and playing in TFCL instead. They might even win some money if they end up taking home first place.

With all that said, TFCL isn't intended to be a clone of UGC or ESEA. Once we're a little more established, we'll be hosting things like bball tournaments and seasons, ultiduo, mge, heavy boxing, 3v3 (custom format), a Wipeout-style obstacle course competition, and pretty much other random things to draw in a more casual crowd, and introduce them to competitive TF2. Things like an intro division, where teams can play to learn and grow, as well as a coaching service, and rewards for people opting to coach newer teams and players. Undecided on how to handle the coaching thing yet, but it's definitely a planned feature moving forward.

In the end, I want TFCL to become the home of competitive TF2, for both high and low level players alike. To be a sort of learning ground, while still offering high level competitive play in the form of 6v6. Right now, we're more or less the same as UGC, feature for feature. But come March, we'll have an auto scrim service up and running, and then a little further in the summer, we'll have a pug-like system for self-hosted competitions and tournaments.

Oh yeah, and we kinda need some more teams.
We only have 9 teams readied up for the 6v6 season, and a single team for highlander. The sixes stuff is pretty much guaranteed to happen no matter what at this point, but highlander might get cancelled if we can't secure at least 16 teams for the format. That is, teams that have readied up with a full 9 player roster. (there's 15 hl teams right now)

I'm hoping for around 30 or so sixes teams, and 16 highlander teams. So if you haven't already, please be sure to create your team. Just sign into the website, and go here - http://tfcleague.com/tfcl/team-create/
If you're not signed in, you'll receive an error.

Also remember there's a $120 prize for 6v6, and a $90 prize for hl.

Just a quick update.

TFCL will end up banning the quick fix for this season, no matter what. However, if ESEA opts to do the same, we will simply mirror their whitelist. There would be no real point to not use the same whitelist ESEA ends up using, especially if the main complaints are quick fix, soda popper, and solemn vow.

I'm really liking the second one. http://whitelist.tf/6813

And yeah, those are some very valid points. Choosing a solid whitelist isn't and never will be an easy task, so it's really about picking what's fair and balanced for the majority of players. The whitelist you provided appears to fit that niche.
Though if anyone wants to throw in some feedback, I'm all ears. Basically, should TFCL use this as our whitelist, assuming the global isn't reverted?
http://whitelist.tf/6813

Yeah, that's most likely what we'll end up doing. Keeping the options open though, in case someone else has any suggestions. Will probably end up using whatever the majority of people want.

edit: So like this?
http://whitelist.tf/6810

That's a fair point. The main goal with that whitelist was to create a more vanilla experience, while still allowing some unlocks that some people find useful, and serve a valid purpose. Banning weapons that people just don't seem to use in serious play, like the Force a Nature or the Fan of War. Weapons that can be used to troll, like the Rocket Jumper, were also banned in that whitelist.

The Rescue Ranger meanwhile serves a valid purpose while holding as an engineer, extending the survivability of the Engineer by allowing him to repair his gun from afar. The Natascha also limits the scouts slightly during last defenses, giving the heavy a bit more of a purpose than simply being a walking sentry standing on or near point. These were mostly just suggestions by other players, and of course nothing is set in stone in any way. If you (or anyone) has other whitelists that you'd like to see in league play, just link me to them.

Here's a possible whitelist - http://whitelist.tf/6806
Here's the global from last season - http://whitelist.tf/competitive_6v6

We're pretty much going to use one of them, or some kind of in-between. Not sure yet.
There's also a chance we may not use either. This is all dependant on whether or not the quick fix and soda popper continue to be allowed in the global whitelist moving forward. Either we'll just revert to what the whitelist was for last season, or we'll create our own. Still undecided.

Any feedback?

Well... this thread is interesting.

In other news, Envision Crew is totally paid up and ready to go for S24. So that's nice.

Happy birthday!