yeah it could a bit (for server hostings) but the problem is that atm most of the sourcemod stuff on 64-bit doesn't work so there is no sense in playing on them

looks like we've done the same exact work in the meanwhile
i've managed to get the .exe like it's in lawena, could anyone test it it works?
https://c.supra.tf/s/lawena-x64
(at least one of the two packages should work, probably stable one)

@Bv what i've figured out is that the initial author used launch4j to generate an executable so what i did was to install the latest release https://sourceforge.net/projects/launch4j/files/launch4j-3/3.50/launch4j-3.50-win32.exe/download and add this in build.gradle at the top:

def launch4j = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Launch4j\\launch4jc.exe"

then

gradlew.bat build

and there u go, exe in zip

https://github.com/quanticc/lawena-recording-tool/blob/v4.1.x/src/main/java/lwrt/CLWindows.java
at minimum this file must be changed as it mentions an old tf2 executable, not sure if more, worth testing
+ app recompile after change

update: https://www.teamfortress.tv/post/1096214/lawena-64-bit-fix

i miss brock

LG Ultragear 27GP850-B seems to be inexpensive and good option with 1440p and 180hz after overclocking, i have a couple of these panels
it's IPS so it's not 1 ms delay (if you enable actual 1ms, screen tearing is unbearable) but it has great colors and HDR (nice for single games)
27GP950* is the same model but 4k instead of 2k
this screen is 1649 PLN so something like 385 EUR
i am pretty sure if narkkari notices this thread he will be able to throw some potentially better recommendations because he is following all screen related news on the market

OLED is leagues ahead from other screens but i doubt most people would like to buy a screen for 1200-1300 EUR
the best screens on the market has features to somewhat circumvent this burning pixel effect but it's quite experimental so it's kinda risky to these i feel

mad respect for that, i wish more orgs were transparent like this

RGL run a website written in ASP.NET, not sure if Core or not, but if not, then they must host it on a machine with Windows Server which is obnoxiously expensive compared to hosting things on Linux
depending on if you maintain a Windows license yourself or you use pay as you use option, prices will differ
in pay as you use case it's at least twice more expensive if not thrice when comparing to a machine with Linux with exact same specification (vCPU, RAM, disk, network throughput etc)

here is some nerd stuff about real disk usage
etf2l use this: https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-box/ for demos storage and it costs 3.20 EUR/mo/net for ONE TERABYTE of data
5 TB costs 20.80 EUR/mo/net which is something which definitely would cover all needs for demos for RGL and ETF2L together for many years with current policies, not entirely with demo upload enforcement for every player, in that case it would be enough for one league to run out of space without any retention (removal of old files) for a few years
after the server failure in 2019 we lost all demos on etf2l historically and after keeping all of the new ones we have:

Filesystem                                Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
xd.your-storagebox.de:/home  1.0T  140G  885G  14% /mnt/external-storage

meaning etf2l will die faster than this storage gets entirely full
you have to keep in mind that each season only stv demos has to be uploaded from each game, demos usually have idk ~100 MB (after compression) per match and you have like idk 80 matches a season in prem? + we keep demos from requested demos by the etf2l staff and players

on average around the same for each player if they were forced to upload demos, so assuming the worst scenario which is highlander, you have 1.8 GB per match, for 6s it would be 1.2 GB per match
ETF2L 6v6 Autumn 2023 had something around 300 matches in non-top tier, ~115 top-tier
that gives us around 500 GB per 6v6 season and probably something similiar to hl considering less players are involved in that overall, also less teams so less matches to play
you don't have to keep these demos forever, it's enough to keep it for a season or two
it can be more costly but it's definitely not something impossible to do, for etf2l it would mean it wouldn't live without anybody donating it from time to time but it's not like you won't be able to take advantage of this sort of solution
etf2l server costs € 15.85/mo net (with backups) + 3.20 EUR/mo/net + $12.98/yr for domain renewal + a few eur/mo for mail service because afaik it's paid
staff isn't paid anything for work, so it's around 28 EUR/mo gross to run ETF2L right now

what is needed here is willingness to put work into making it happen and enforcing demo upload

edit: added backup price
the devil is in details; these disks which are with vps/dedicated servers are usually ssd (hot, fast storage, pricey) and these on external services like we use are usually enterprise-grade hard drives (cold, slow storage, cheap) and connected thru network protocol which means we have a latency, but it's completely acceptable for files you don't have to access immediately

etf2l has the same problem and based on my knowledge the main problem about having AC admins are:
- nobody wants to do this shit
- it's time consuming to watch demos carefully
- (afaik) no good tools to catch so most likely it's based on assessing player's behaviour manually
- if you ban a liked player in the community you are very likely to be harassed/doxxed/disrespected in the community regardless if the cheating was evident or not (sometimes)
- some people who apply to AC have questionable intentions, for example after AC have banned someone on ETF2L, cheater's friend sent an application to the staff email, this situation had place multiple times
- there is no incentive for people to apply other than taking a proper care of the way league works, people appreciate work when they see fruits of it and AC work is entirely behind curtain, hard to be transparent

offering money is probably not an option because idk how much money RGL has but ETF2L has no money and it barely lives on its own, it lives thanks to all donators and some money from adsense
also if you are supposed to get idk 20 eur/mo for many many hours throughout the month if you look at it purely financially it's not good unless ur a school kid

rgl ac full admin list isn't public, but the problem with ac exists in eu too; there are two ac admins where there are idk 700-800 people actively playing on etf2l, that means there might be a huge backlog of cases to go thru and it can be a problem here to take care of it properly

i don't say we can't say anything negative at ac administration overall; however when dealing with them you should take on account the situation as a whole

why tf it was up in the recent discussion ._. sry for necro

i would also check your pc health because it's far from being new (your cpu was released in 2012) and since you probably play on a hdd that can also lead to performance issues
check disk health, check ram health, the best steps to start

this plus deals.gg are the best options for buying games cheap, they lead you to the cheapest deal available and have historical price data from various shops

SERNIK
https://www.polonist.com/polish-cheesecake-sernik/
important: if you add raisins to it go to hell

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

WHEN
19-21.07.2024, Friday-Sunday (games are in all days)

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

SIGN-UPS
going to open on 24.03.2024, 19:00 CET, signup link will be provided on our Discord

SCHEDULE
TBA

TOURNAMENT FORMAT
TBA, tournaments chosen by the players who are signed up, we do an MGE soldier tournament and we are very likely to run a 6v6 tournament as it's probably going to be the most picked up choice

THE OFFER
Entrance fee:
- 300 PLN (65 EUR, 56 GBP, 69 USD) for adult players
- 220 PLN (48 EUR, 41 GBP, 51 USD) for minor players
- 30 PLN (7 EUR, 6 GBP, 7.52 USD) for spectators
Only personal sign-ups for players. There are 95 seats available: 87 in the rooms, 8 on open space organized separately in the venue.

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

LAN experience:
- tournaments for all players signing up, depending on their choice
- tf2pickup.org system available locally for pugging
- entire event is being held in English by people with LAN organization experience since 2018
- venue sells food and beverages, most importantly beer and vodka
+ low overall costs (flights to Warsaw or Łódź), sleeping costs are usually 100-150+ PLN/night, beers in shops are like 1 EUR each, in bars/event venue it's a double price

old players