Thanks to some help from the very friendly Burning Smile HWG, my server is up. It's only 12 slot right now, but it should be upgraded to 16 soon. IP is 192.223.30.151:27015, and it's located in Chicago.

Map Rotation:
pl_upward
cp_process
koth_harvest_final
cp_snakewater_final1
pl_borneo
cp_gullywash_final1
cp_powerhouse
cp_badlands
pl_badwater_pro_v9
cp_sunshine
koth_product_rc8

Let me know what changes you think would be good to make! I've never done this before, so I am open to suggestions and criticism.

Edit: I'm just a college student doing this for the game. , so if you would like to donate let me know. :)

I'm sitting on a server from Tragic that I picked up when they had the 35% lifetime discount. I figure I should set it up for real so that people can play on it in lieu of pubs. I have no idea how to go about doing this, aside from setting up the map rotation. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

That's the thing though. The changes are cool, but they don't address any previous concerns. I'm not saying they're bad, I'm just wondering where the real, necessary balancing is.

I mean just reading through the changes you can tell Valve didn't really pay attention to real balancing. I'm especially confused because b4nny was supposed to be working closely with Valve. Did he forget to tell them what we needed?

Obviously matchmaking is great, and the quickplay is pretty cool when you're able to connect to a server. My issue is that none of the balances seem to be anything we asked for. Where are the DDS/razorback changes? Reserve shooter? They basically only addressed the cozy camper and the CaC. Nobody asked for a buffed quickiebomb launcher. No one asked for a bison nerf. It just seems like the changes are mostly irrelevant and in some cases make the game worse. I'm asking for perspective from better players since I'm just awful. Does this update make sense to anyone?

Is casual taking a really fucking long time for anyone else? I've played one game of TF2 in like an hour and a half.

I don't like how they got rid of pubs. It's 2:15 AM here and I just want to play an easy stupid game of TF2. Now I have to sit and wait for a match I'm not allowed to leave in the middle of. Idc if they keep the new casual mode but valve pubs are the way I decompress for the night.

I really like The Who. The drummer was named Keith Moon and the bassist was nicknamed The Ox so I thought of this.

I definitely think letting people play 6s for free while still being in association with ESEA (hopefully) would drive more people to actually pay for it. A lot of people who play HL 1) don't know they like 6s until they try it, and 2) don't even know ESEA exists. If this got enough publicity it could really drive signups.

Are we cringing at the post or at how awful the people who religiously play MvM are?

I think this is great. Just letting new players know there is a scene at all is beneficial, and helping them get started like this is ten times better.

This isn't cringe but it's really nice to so much Dreamhack content in the sub. Makes me hopeful.

https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/4oifp4/dispelling_the_myth_of_the_gaming_peripherals/

All of my friends are better than me so I can't play MM or lobbies without looking like a retard so I want to get better.

I finished my exams a month and a half ago but I want to wish you guys luck, exams are a bitch.