hello everyone,

we are now opening signups for poLANd.tf 2025!

right now, we have 14 spots available so if more teams sign up we will organise qualifiers. qualifiers will use the same whitelist and map pool as ETF2L S48, then for the main LAN players will be able to vote on the items and maps. we hope to increase this to 16 teams but that depends on the venue.

to register, your team leader should fill up the sign up form at https://signup.poland.tf with your player names, ETF2L profiles and team names, as well as each individual player should fill a rules form at https://rules.poland.tf

signups are open until 23:59 CET on 31st December 2024. qualifiers will start after 10th January 2025 and the format will depend on the number of teams participating.

if you are banned from ETF2L for a month or more on 14th March 2025, or have previously been banned from poLANd.tf events, you will not be able to participate.

as before, only team tickets are on sale. invited teams will be asked to buy their tickets in January 2025. qualified teams will be asked to buy theirs after qualifying ends, and at this same time spectator tickets will go on sale. we have 60 spectator tickets available, more than last year, and will let you know when sales will open as soon as that's confirmed.

thanks,

the poLANd.tf team

ergonomic chairs is the way to go, stuff like:
- Herman Miller aeron id you dont have a giant ass
- Herman Miller embody
- steelcase leap V2
- haworth zody (i have this one)
are one of the best chairs ive had pleasure to test out
these chairs are pricey and new they xost at least 800 EUR each but you can get used or refurbished ones for 1/3 to half price, i highly recommend checking sites like craigslist in your country (its olx.pl in Poland for instance)

they have a lot of ways for adjustment like how far from the back you put your ass on it, how far can the back sway or how much pressure do you have to put into backrest to start swaying back or event a sit place single in some cases, many of them also have lumbar support and i don't mean these SHIT pouches you can find on all "racing" or "gaming" chairs but an actual support which is adjustable by moving a bar up and down or even in haworth chairs you can set different pressure on left side than the right side of your lumbar

even if you get a good chairs, you if you will sit like a goblin on them then this entire research will be kinda useless; to you should ensure you sit in an ergonomic setting like having your screen not too high, not too low just on the same level your eyes are, not too close etc etc you can google this out

a good way to find out what fits you is to go to resellers and just ask them if you can sit on them for like idk 20 mina do you can see how it goes; you don't have to buy it from them later as you assess what is the best for you and it can always be like you will never buy it from any reseller sińce you will buy used but they do not have to know it, that's what i did ;) but i ended up buying new because i got 12 years warranty for the chair and that seemed to be a great deal, cuz even if anything breaka they will send me a replacement part
with used/refurbs you have no warranty, also some companies literally void your warranty like haworth if you are a seconda hand user

contact admins like wiethoofd and they can do it for you (actually enigma as the site owner can do it)

thanks Arie for helping me with LAN serveme when things went south
thanks F2 for helping me with logs.tf plugin not showing a score properly (i got a hotfixed plugin version in less than hour)
thanks JMax(no)chill and Wiethoofd for keeping production in check and all observers, also thank you Decaf for making all of these cool camera to game transitions possible, it was beautiful <3
thanks BaseStack Dortmund for being such wholesome people to work with with any matter possible and thanks for tons of coffee I got
thanks DCS and CanFo for a smooth tournament administration and great cooperation with me and players
thanks ike and jekeb for giving me a joy of playing fighting games on LAN
thanks zambz for a cool FK2, i'll definitely make use out of it
thanks Being Esports for entrusting me the server management and letting me see all of these people I love spending time with and people I haven't ever seen in person while knowing them for 8-10+ years in the game
thanks for all players/viewers who I had an opportunity to spend time with, you are so lovely
hope to see u in poLANd.tf in March and on ÜBERFEST in September!

cu@

doable

hey, 14-16.03.2025 is a date set in stone for the event
hopefully it will fit you all

WHERE
BaseStack Łódź
Rewolucji 1905 Roku 45
90-215 Łódź
Polska (Poland)

WHEN
14-16.03.2025, Friday-Sunday (games are in all days)

EVENT LINK
https://poland.tf
https://discord.poland.tf or https://discord.gg/C3TWmwj

SIGN-UPS
Sign-ups are invite based with a qualification system.
They will be open in December. We plan to host qualifications (if needed) in early January.
Only 6v6 team-based sign-ups for players. Team registrations are made by covering entire team costs by the captain. There are 86 seats available.

QUALIFICATION STAGE
All interested parties except invite teams must sign-up to the qualifications in order to participate.
ETF2L 6v6 Season 48 (Autumn 2024) map pool and ruleset is applied.

TOURNAMENT FORMAT
2x7 round robin groups for the group stage
double elimination playoffs without skipping first round (all teams start in the upper bracket) and without grand final reset in case upper bracket team wins.
The format is a subject of change if teams are interested in some enticing format, as we did last time.
Map pool as well as the whitelist will be decided by all participating players.

PRIZEPOOL
depends on interest, at least 1200 EUR
if you are interested in sponsoring this event, contact us at staff@poland.tf or @suprovsky on Discord

ENTRANCE FEE
400 PLN/player (94 EUR/103 USD/78 GBP), 70 PLN/spectator (17 EUR/18 USD/14 GBP)

Fee includes:
- one drink for spectators
- full PC rental (240 Hz/144 Hz FHD screen, PC capable of running TF2 on 240 fps, full perhiperals set) for players

hey!
as promised, we are coming back with the TF2 LAN event many of you has awaited for - poLANd.tf 2025.
it's going to happen in BaseStack Łódź once more and the event date depends on your responses on the interest form
we are going to stay with the signup format where whole teams sign up; be believe this will be the best outcome for the event as a whole
as of now, we are capable of hosting 14 teams, however i've been told that there is a very high chance this will be increased back to 16 or event more (depends on the way BaseStack handles the situation), the spectator cap will be changed, so most likely up to 70 people could come (that is going to be confirmed soon)
the basement space in the venue has been repurposed and now it's going to be a go-to place for spectators, with a bar inside
ticket prices will be higher: 400 PLN for players and 70 PLN for a spectator; the reason of them being higher is BaseStack having operational costs bigger and us wanting to have some prizepool guaranteed for the tournament (we are looking for sponsors anyway so we can make it even bigger!)
the idea behind the event remains: it's to make it as much competitive as it can be, encouraging the best players to come and let them prove that they are the best
my biggest wish related to this event is that we could host an intercontinental competition and we are happy to invite the best teams from different regions to participate against the best players we have in the EU region (if you are an invite team and you want to be a part of the event, DM me @suprovsky on Discord)

we are also raising funds for the event organization; as you know, all the events we make are entirely crowdfunded in terms of operational costs, together with our current balance we will need around 5200 PLN in order to cover expenses we expect (we are transparent with it, you can see the details here)
we appreciate all donations, big and small as all of them make us able to make this event happen
>>> DONATE HERE <<<

if you are interested in coming, please fill up this poll; based on that we'll know if the interest is right for the event
>>> INTEREST POLL | SIGN-UP HERE <<<

i think of uncle dane and solarlight, because uncle dane is just a casual player and seems pretty chill
while solarlight is a competitive player and is insanely good on demoknight, a lot of casual player back him up and somewhat can relate to him that he's cool and while i am pretty sure most comp players do not appreciate playing against a demoknight in 6v6 setting (also demoknight on high level won't simply work because experienced player will able to counter play it), solarlight kinda makes tryharding regardless if on casual or competitive look fun
i could give the same argument for swipez as a spy main as solarlight

ps: under no circumstances do not invite cringetopia moderators to talk or you will end up with a giant waste of time for everybody, these are the type of "people" who call comp player comptards

absolutely agree, this guy couldn't get over j_peg dunking on him on a pub, so this dude is most likely not capable of having a proper conversation about competitive although having some good and bad takes, because he can't handle simple stuff like being killed in a video game where the main objective besides the map is to kill players on the opposite team
having a conversation/debate with someone who is let's say less extremist in opinions could be good

projectile airshots or sniper mid air head shots (only when high, normal jumping doesn't count)

https://imgur.com/a/LuAtv3e
yes you got it right, he ups his own posts
reddit user behaviour

the joke was that aimisadick (afaik) mentioned due to his personal problems (probably with his wellbeing) he steps away from posting and you (temporarily) replaced him as a shitposter #1 on this god forgotten forum

https://www.teamfortress.tv/64520/bo-chyba-tf2-ma-ma-e-problemy
you forgot to add this young polish prodigy to the list bro

by this quote he meant you and your pathetic behaviour
the funniest part is that you could listen to your own advices and perhaps move on xD

ps: there are indeed stuff where if i checked somebody's details, it would be considered creepy and usually people call that "sensitive information" like irl address, real name (if someone wishes to keep it private), personal details about your life you do not share, and the reason why people consider it creepy because usually you are not dumb enough to share it publicly so someone must make a very deep research to be able to find it and it's quite similiar to someone following your step except it's done in a way you don't see it

but your dumb reviews about games are not sensitive information at all, you can click on your nickname here on this forum, click steam profile and voila; you have someone's steam profile
the entire purpose of having game reviews is to be public about it xD so if you don't find it cool that people can read it (and eventually make conclusions about what kind of person you are based on it), why do you post it in the first place?
privacy settings exist for a reason; if you don't wish people to be able to see your shit on your profile just set it to private, it's not that deep

instead of behaving like a schizo and calling people out for what they aren't actually are, maybe you should start thinking about what ur typing here?