I'm happy to see people voice the same concerns I've had with iSeries as well, even dating back to pre-covid.
Mainly because it's not a TF2-dedicated event and we always get royally fucking destroyed by scheduling and delays completely out of our control, on top of the costs and the (worst part) fact it's in the UK.

RCADIA was a fucking blast tho, can't wait to be back tbh

if you look at it long enough I think it'll get dimmer again

good luck in your observations!

Everyone on same local setup, much more straightforward to set up a comms relay. That and you've got multiple producers/directors to monitor and decide when to listen in to comms, lifts a lot of overhead. Online it's one person having to juggle all that stuff themselves and the setup inevitably becomes a little more complex, even if

were around.

Don't get me wrong, I think it's a cool idea and could definitely improve the viewer experience and whatnot, but at the end of the day the judgement sits with producers and whether they want to jump through the extra hoops and effort (as well as take the risk), and also the players to put themselves under constant scrutiny by having their comms become public at any moment.
If players are comfortable with (potentially) having to control themselves more and (the already understaffed) producers are willing to take on extra work you won't hear me cry foul.

then again who am I to talk I only speak over gameplay I don't got no professional opinion.

honestly, beyond even the chance for gamer words, the biggest hurdle is just the logistical nightmare it is for production.
it may be decently easy to do at a LAN event or something similar cause you've got all the stuff there, but online I can't imagine it being trivial

I simply cannot fathom how this is possible. Like they have all the data and shit surely they coulda waited one extra minute for Gasly to get to the pits??? Why the rush?

rest in peace man, always tragic when someone passes at a young age, my condolences to people he was close with

https://gifimgs.com/res/0922/632f03258ae0d340394309.gif

idk I was only ever really impressed by quad pistol scout when I was like 16 and first found out you can track things with your mouse

Head empty no thoughts but:
shoutouts to all the old faces I got to see and talk to again, always a pleasure
shoutouts to all the new ones as well since it's the first time in years I got to go out the house
shoutouts to essentials for letting me step in last minute to replace eepily and generally putting on yet another professional and great stream
shoutouts to the like 3 people that recognized I was wearing NL merch

I can't possibly list everyone I'd wanna shout individually cause there's hundreds and half of them are cringe youtuber friends that people on here don't care for anyway, but thanks for making this a fun all LAN and rekindling some love for this game for me again
Cu@ hamburg?

guess I'd have no good excuse not to go...

masterfully crafted video, it doesn't matter if you have thousands of hours in tf2 or zero, literally anyone can get a great message out of it

Normally not, but (unless they're not doing them this year) usually byoc tickets come with a guest pass you can hand to anyone who isn't byoc themselves, so if you've got a friend who is doing byoc ask them to have you be their guest.

how will I ever pub safely again with this menace on the loose

cu@

nevermind