Guys hear me out.
What if the competition got stale because there's literally a formula these players have clearly mastered? Is anybody with me on supporting different match structure and the end of the season should result the best competitors who could learn enough about the competition and create working playstyles? I'm gonna be honest, tf2 is extremely boring being at the mercy of those who are too stubborn to change the focus from small minded combat to enjoyable, unforseen matchups. Not knowing what to expect was part of the thrill when I played. I grew up as a player in DM, and I can tell you there's only so many outcomes that can be yielded after finding out what works against other classes with our current getup. It gets a little more complex adding the player's personality into it but everybody is hot headed nowadays so it's again predictable. I want the experience of continuing to learn the game from a noobie standpoint but still apply my experience to demonstrate more effective methods of fragging. I think the only answer is to setup seasons with differing match structures. It'd be a much more interesting world for players and spectators to anticipate the arrival of a new team each week wondering what they're practicing. With different team composure, let them duke it out where every action matters. This to me dresses up the game in a manner similar to football, and in a lot of respects is a very good thing all around. I'm sure we've tested enough weapons to know which should be banned outright, can we please try this? If you read this and your blood boils, you're the problem.
The absolute simplest method of creating differing match styles, is letting each team vote amongst themselves to cast a vote on what class should be banned for their upcoming match then work around it. Vanilla/Mixed whitelist should be a global variable only applied to the beginning of the season, simply because it changes too much from week to week to be able to prepare for if it gets switched up, as we've established.
If anybody feels the same, please say so.
Phone post apologies for any redundancies or typos.