Idk why nobody has brought this up but these map selection systems seem really poorly thought out. In invite it has one team ban a single map and then the other team chooses from the remaining. On the one hand this means Kalinka and cp_coldcut will literally never get played which is a relief but it will also make it so every single team gets to choose one of their two best maps in one of their matchups.

This just encourages people to play the maps they are already good at because they can always pick their #1 or #2 of their competitors and secure a win that way. The current esea system allows for one of the best of three maps in playoffs to be like that for each team and the other is chosen by each team progressively banning down until there's one left, which is a much more fair system. The reg season way of each team banning 3 maps that may overlap and cancel is much better because it at least puts games on an even playing field where both teams have a say versus in RGL just getting dicked by the system and having to play either propaganda or viaduct vs ascent for example (in fairness they are really good at a lot of maps but these two most teams are not good at and do not frequently practice).

The weekly map system would be a fine option too esp given how much people were asking for it but they removed badlands and granary for some new koth map and kalinka (which most invite teams thought was bad and severely flawed in the invite new map cup btw, my team's even preferred cp_auschwitz as phlps calls whatever that prison themed map is called) so it would just be two weeks of upsets on these new maps nobody has played which would definitely fuck up invite standings and be too much. Idk why he doesn't literally just copy esea rules and shit to get people to jump ships without question and then slowly change it to his own personal brand of aids over time like he's clearly already planning to do.

Also Imma have to agree with twiiku here even if his leagues are successful, the way he frames it is disingenuous at best (for example, just on this thread he edited the op to claim sign ups have been great and they have "up to eight invite teams" but I'm fairly sure only a couple teams have actually decided they will play and the rest of us are on the fence (I know my team and ascent are both hesitant to say the least but he has us both down because Ma3la and sandblast asserted they would make teams and want an invite slot in case, but that's by no means guaranteed)

get rid of all your useless addons u fuckin aidsmonger

sandblast apparently told sigafoo that he intends to make a team and to reserve a slot but it's definitely misleading to say the least lol (dunno maybe the rest of the team will stick around hard to say this early)

im really curious to see what went through sigafoo's head that led him to the decision to take this map thread from a year ago that nobody even played or really gave proper feedback about and go 'yep, this one's a keeper'
even the lucrative new map test thread says it was untested like why on earth did they choose it lmao
https://www.teamfortress.tv/50874/looking-for-maptest-participants#24
https://www.teamfortress.tv/46770/koth-clearcut-pre-b4-2

what the fuck even is clearcut
kalinka is hot garbage as well

i dont get why sigafoo didn't just copy the same esea map pool instead of this controversial new map stuff
inb4 team misses playoffs due to upset week on cp_dickcheese or whatever other new map nobody has ever played or even knows how to hold on lmao

most people use 0 for projectiles and 0.033 for hitscan (can use 0 too if u have good internet just might be bad hitreg)
https://www.teamfortress.tv/14120/about-cl-interp-and-hit-registeration
https://www.teamfortress.tv/11394/?page=1#post-8

rip jeff :(

https://i.imgur.com/rLc93hW.png

okay nvm it somehow logged out of my account and into some school account that ive never used im an idiot lmao

https://clips.twitch.tv/BovineBlindingKathyFeelsBadMan
https://clips.twitch.tv/MoistGorgeousPotatoPeteZarollTie
edit: rocket deleted them, how sad

here's an epic clip of me fragging with mat_viewportscale 0.05 to make up for it
https://clips.twitch.tv/ElegantSucculentGalagoDancingBaby

damn imagine if esea had something like this maybe then we wouldn't have seen 2 consecutive seasons with the same exact teams winning open, im, and invite (believe it was the 8k and wrech teams in open and im)
johnmilter and other sandbag teams follow the same trend of offclass during regular season but mainclass during finals, would be interesting if they literally weren't allowed to play the classes in finals (probably a lot more fair lol)

ive definitely found jump maps to be helpful with movement, though i dont know if it really needs to be grinding the same maps cause until recently i hardly ever reran maps i would just try to beat the hardest t6's i could and it definitely helped my surfs and overall mechancis

though people say that sensitivity is just personal preference and doesn't matter, it's definitely way easier to have good movement/dodging if you play scout with a faster sens rather than like trying to dodge with 20in/360, so it might be the case that speeding up your sens a little bit makes it easier to have good movement

yo why tf is the rocket jumper banned yomps won lan with it
u just gotta flex that shotty or go pain train for that backcap finesse

fr it can actually be viable and even if peope decide to ruin pugs with it just ban them as it comes up, the direct hit is fuckin impossible to make legitimately effective in current meta (i.e., scouts buffed) and people only go it as a troll but it's still unbanned and isn't a big deal at all

sticky jumper is another can of worms and can let a demo totally throw and makes mids instantly a meme which is a bad thing, but rocket jumper fast rollouts are in my mind not much different from airstrike (or beggars lol that shit is so garbage)

yo where yall staying any1 got room in their airbnb for an extra burger?

idk whos on either of these teams and the rgl site is so unintuitive i couldnt even figure it out but go yosh and jareeb!!!!111 (whichever team they're on lol)

wtf how do u literally not miss despite 4in/360 ur a lord