not the system is a problem, the problem is a mentality of some people who care a lot about internet points, like some people just need to touch some grass because it shouldn't matter so much for people and i kinda understand them because i was like this too some time ago but again grass touching therapy helps a bit
it's good to see that some people agree with others which is valuable to know, ofc sometimes it's just a popularity contest but you can't do much about it

rare prime sanity W

I would open the fridge on mid

update:
SCHEDULE
Day 1, 23.02.2024, Friday
12:15 Venue opening
14:00 Official event start
14:30 Captain meeting
15:00-16:00 Group stage, round 1
16:00-17:00 Group stage, round 2
17:00-18:00 Group stage, round 3
18:00-19:00 Group stage, round 4 for group A, lunch break for group B
19:00-20:00 Group stage, round 4 for group B, lunch break for group A
20:00-21:00 Group stage, round 5
21:00-22:00 Group stage, round 6
22:00-23:00 Group stage, round 7
Venue is closed at 2 AM on Saturday

Day 2, 24.02.2024, Saturday
14:00 Venue opening
15:00-17:00 Upper Bracket Round 1
17:00-19:00 Upper Bracket Semi-Final/Lower Bracket Round 1
19:00-21:00 Lower Bracket Round 2
21:00-23:00 Upper Bracket Final
Venue is closed at 2 AM on Sunday

Day 3, 25.02.2024, Sunday
14:00 Venue opening
**below dates are estimations; we run each match right after another before lunch**
14:30-16:30 Lower Bracket Semi-Final
16:00-18:00 Lower Bracket Final
18:00-18:30 Group photo
18:30-19:00 Lunch break
19:00-22:00 Grand Final
22:00-22:30 Award ceremony
22:30-00:00 Karaoke
Event ends on midnight

TOURNAMENT FORMAT
2x8 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, meaning the grand final winner takes it all

Map pool:
- cp_granary_pro_rc16a
- cp_gullywash_f9
- cp_process_f12
- cp_snakewater_final1
- cp_sunshine
- koth_bagel_rc7
- koth_product_final

it was down but now it's good, I informed zoob to have a look on why these errors happened

is the site code open source? if yes, where i can find it?

do u have the same problem with default hud and no modifications?

i am not sure if it fits you perfectly but i felt in love in russian post-punk, it's very unique with great lyrics and sounds
i made a playlist on spotify called by the genre type, you might be interested
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6jektOi5rPf6taIjzZ1zoO?si=f5324aae270c40d2

rest in peace, you were always a positive person, condolences to the family and relatives

update:
we have gathered enough funds to cover all our operational costs, thank to your generosity now we have 3768,12 PLN gathered
at this point if we manage to gather more i would like to:
- (optionally) buy LAN tshirts (as yes, we are going to have a LAN merch) for all staff members so at least they can get something out of it as everybody in the team work for free, that in estimation would cost around 1200 PLN
- get a money/keys prize pool so this event would be more prestigious while we already have the biggest gamers in
- we got a 100 TF2 keys donation from masuj which goes towards the prize pool, thank you!
- potentially gather some funds for the next event which will be in summer (non-tryhard edition #middiesrights)
after the event we plan to provide a full list of costs so you can see how does it cost to make an event like this
i would like to also estimate how much are we going to take overall to prepare everything we do timewise so you will see how time-consuming organizing this event can be but it's a hard topic
right now we are looking for sponsors so we can provide a prize pool, if you are interested contact me at staff@poland.tf or @suprovsky on Discord

for me it's been LANsilesia 2019 #summer and the moment we've presented all beers we got for mały
in general someone i think wonszu brought up an idea that we could do it as a some form of gratitude to mały as he's doing so much for our polish community and actually for entire EU, we knew he loves porter (black type of beer, usually Żywiec Porter) so we asked everybody who attended (~40 people) to go to local shops and buy a bottle or two for him

i remember he was quite dissapointed before we gave them to him because he couldn't buy any of his favourite beer nearby xD and he had no idea why at that time
we ended up getting 60+ beers and the way it was presented to him was this
https://i.imgur.com/ztcYRJC.jpg
i think it took him a few months to drink it all

finest warriors of tf2pickup.fi i see

edit: spectator tickets (50) are sold out

hey @everyone
here you can pay for the ticket
https://basestack.gg/lodz/hidden-events/poland-tf-zima-2024/
there are two forms, for teams and for spectators and you are interested in the second form
you fill up all fields in the forms and pay by card or BLIK (if u have a polish bank account) 10 PLN
then, when you're done, you open a support ticket on our discord https://discord.poland.tf and provide
a payment proof you will get on your email which looks like the screenshot below
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/940014013994115123/1187102050845212742/image.png
in the support ticket we will provide you an additional form you have to fill up and that's all

remember that we only have 50 seats available due to venue size limitations, so the system should lock up at 50 participants
good luck!

hey once again

qualification stage results
our qualification stage is concluded and the remaining teams who are going to Łódź to compete with the best TF2 teams in the world are:
- 3 Steps Back
- Bloking Hazard
- Potop Szwedzki (beaten POUNDLAN in a head-to-head fight)

event organization funding
we are still short on funds for the operational costs on LAN as we don't fully cover them, please help us covering the event organization at https://donate.poland.tf
as of now we have ~2760 PLN gathered and we expect costs to be 3500-3800 PLN now
we are going to present all costs publicly so we'll be transparent with you all
if you are interested in sponsoring this event please contact me on discord @suprovsky or send us an email at staff AT poland DOT tf (i'm writing the email in this weird way so we'll get less spam by bots)

post-qualification discussion about the event format
please all of you who will participate in the event as players join our discord https://discord.poland.tf, i will add you all access to player restricted channel so we can talk about what maps/configs/format are we going to use on the event, we plan to have a discussion concluded by a poll in which all participants will have an option to vote
i think we will hold a discussion for now and choose what path do we take after new year

spectator signups
we are going to open signups for spectators tommorow (20.12.2023) at 19:30 CET, I will post all details on discord and here
entrance costs 10 PLN and it includes a beverage of your choice, i don't know what are the choices now but i guess some soft drinks like monster energy, coca cola or sprite
payments are thru credit cards and BLIK (polish internal payment method)
there are 50 spots available, so make sure you get your ticket

hello

qualification stage format and schedule

the qualification stage is divided for two parts: main stage and the knockout stage
in any situation where something is undefined below ETF2L 6v6 Autumn 2023 season rules are applied

map pool

- cp_process_f12
- cp_snakewater_final1
- cp_sunshine
- cp_gullywash_f9
- koth_bagel_rc7
- cp_metalworks_f5
- koth_product_final
- cp_sultry_b8a
- cp_entropy_b5

main stage

4 groups with 4 teams each round robin, team who finish first get a LAN spot, second places advance to knockout stage, the rest teams get knocked out
all games must be played no later than tuesday 23:59 CET 12.12.2023 CET
you must agree on a date with your opponent, however if you cannot get an agreement you must play a match on a default date which is:
round 1: saturday 20:30 CET 9.12.2023
round 2: sunday 20:30 CET 10.12.2023
round 3: monday 20:30 CET 11.12.2023

all games are bo3 with pick/bans

knockout stage

it's one group with 4 teams, we do round robin again and top 3 teams get spots on the event
all games must be played no later than sunday 23:59 CET 17.12.2023 CET
you must agree on a date with your opponent, however if you cannot get an agreement you must play a match on a default date which is:
round 1: wednesday 20:30 CET 13.12.2023
round 2: thursday 20:30 CET 14.12.2023
round 3: friday 20:30 CET 15.12.2023

all games are bo3 with pick/bans

pick/bans

you do heavy fist fight, winner chooses side, then the order is as follows:

team A eliminates a map
team B eliminates a map
team B picks a map
team A picks a map
team A eliminates a map
team B eliminates a map
team B eliminates a map
team A eliminates a map
the remaining map is the decider map

reporting scores

reporting scores will be done by you through toornament, however you are asked to:
- record your demos for the entirety of the qualifications at all times
- have a status screenshot as a fallback option if there will be any problems with logs.tf
match scores are supposed to be reported up to 4 hours after the planned match start
when both teams agrees on a date, your team captain is supposed to put the match date in #poland-tf-match-dates channel on Team Fortress Polska Discord

seeds

these seeds which are on toornament right now are considered provisional, i think they are final; however you can fill up complaints until friday 19:00 CET 08.12.2023 and we'll consider them

payments etc later

if you advance to the main event, i will contact you regards payment for the entrance, you will have to fill a participation form (all players and spectators have to do it)
you will also be asked to choose seats in the venue on which your team will be placed
after we conclude the qualification stage, we will open signups for spectators

little reminder for naughty naughty players

all players cannot be banned/blaclisted on the ETF2L/RGL throughout the tournament for any reason except demo upload failure
in case of the main event, you cannot be banned 3 months back before the event happens, meaning if you get banned for anything except demo failure after 22.12.2023, you cannot participate in the event