I brought this issue up last year in a private TF2 leagues and services discord (guardians), it was only a matter of time before Valve put their foot down. I strongly suggest anyone planning to run a small sized tournament reconsider their options. Medals were a privilege, not a right.

The last 16 months have seen a massive increase in medals coming into the game, leaving less time for developers to work on the actual game. Rarely are medals 100% ready for release and cause absolute havoc for Eric and others.

Hello all,

I sent in the results to our team. We discussed the results with other colleagues, and have come to the conclusion that ESL will not be running a league for TF2.

We think it's best we don't start a league as it's unlikely we will have enough teams to play / people won't take it seriously.

I've seen the other third-party league's proposals, and I can see some great ideas popping up. I hope people will continue to play competitive TF2 in NA regardless of the discontinuation of ESEA.

If anyone has any questions or comments, feel free to contact the team on the official ESL TF2 Discord: http://discord.gg/ESLTF2

Over here in Australia, we are very close to finishing a bot that will do these things. I'm sure we'd be happy to release it publicly.

features our bot currently has (or almost finished):
- Automatic booking / exec of servers (sourced from Qixalite in AU but can easily be changed to serveme etc)
- Automatic announcement to multiple servers if needed
- Option for PugChamp style team selection or medic in-game picking
- Automatic voice channel dragging for players

ozfortress is a different case and I'm more than happy to have a conversation in private with them when they wish. But please stop this shitfighting instead of talking behind each other's backs like fucking children.

It's so irrelevant to this thread as well.

Alex, what are you trying to do here? I really just don’t get it. You’ve been super uninvolved with me and the majority of the TF2 scene for ages and now you come back on a TFTV post and try to call me out on shit you don’t understand or have insight into.

Ever since I came into the TF2 scene and got involved with TFTV you’ve had this massive hate boner for me, more so than anyone else I’ve ever met. Since 2016 you’ve been trying to get me kicked out of anything to do with TFTV, even just recently in April when you tried publicly in the TFTV discord to get me banned, yet, once again you failed, because like I said, you’re the only one in the TF2 scene who has this deep hatred for me.

I just don’t get it. It’s been 3 years and you still chase me around trying to bat me with a floppy newspaper because you don’t like me. You even went as far to tweet @ me accusing me of blackmailing you, which was utterly ridiculous (maybe that’s why you deleted said tweet?). Just leave me alone dude, I understand I’ve done wrong in the past in production, but I’m trying to do better here, hence working with my contacts in ESL to promote TF2, yet you still try to drag me down.

It’s just getting sad at this point, end your solo hate crusade against me for god's sake cause this is child's play.

The poll will be closing in about 24 hours time. After that, we will be collecting the data and making a final decision on if we need to make a league or not.

Please, only say yes if you're willing/intending to play the league. If you're only saying yes cause ESL is a "superior organisation" or that ESL can "provide LANs", please reconsider your option.

You may view the data returned to us here.

cause according to some unknown myth we have infinite money in our bank accounts.

I have received 113 responses so far, 10.6% saying no.

We require more responses however for anything to happen, as 16 teams (101 players) are not enough to currently facilitate an ESL League.

upload a backup of your PC in case you ever encounter a corruption :~)

I have been informed that the Monthly Final this weekend will likely be the last as there hasn't been enough interest within the community.

Teams who have played in the Monthly Challenge have been invited, please check your emails to find details regarding it.

Unfortunately, due to the lack of support/space for another league in the EU community, ESL will likely be forced to close off the game.

Hello all,

I would like to collect some data to see if people would play an ESL TF2 NA League, details here.

Our league has to be free (free to play + no prize pool) for at least the first season, if we see a decent showing of teams ESL may provide a prize pool. Until then we can only offer a free league with a possibility of ESL medals.

We understand this may frustrate people coming from ESEA where there was prize pools and more, but unfortunately this is all we could provide at the moment.

This does not mean we will run a league and this is purely feedback. We will make another announcement if any league is to be created.

Hello,

I would like to collect some data to see if people would play the ESL TF2 NA League, details here.

I'd like to add a personal comment. There is going to be a major split in the community, no matter which way we go about it. There is a mix of free and paid leagues and unfortunately, it's like an election, it's your choice. Whoever you go with will affect the TF2 community, positive or negative.

At the meeting we all agreed to do this. It's compiled in a spreadsheet that is soon to be publicised once leagues confirm it's okay to do so.

SIGNUPS CLOSE IN 24 HOURS!! Grab your mates and sign up to ESL Play!

Why is this directed at me? The leagues chose not to invite ozfortress cause we didn't think they would be intending to run a league.