"For anything to really happen with cadred it would require the community to get on board as well as the writers really."
People say this whenever they look over at the moneymen giving love to other games but I promise it doesn't work. It amounts to sucking cock; you would be looked down upon and discarded cheaply. The hubs for TF2 are here and vtf2 and etf2l, or whatever, and the scene will either grow out from those or it won't, but you can't fake it. Personally I think things are looking healthy, and the money will come in when the product earns it.