Ok, first off I want to give a big shoutout to Fog - he spent a few hours over the past 2 days messaging me every detail of how to setup this server as I am incompetent. That said, I believe it is setup. The whitelist is setup (let me know if anything is unallowed/allowed that I missed), as well as the map list I originally posted (with process_rc3). It's an 8 slot, 2 solly/scout 1 demo, so it's just a standard server with dh.
IP: 74.91.115.132:27015
Thanks guys. Hopefully I can get this added to the server list if it starts getting populated. I haven't cycled through the whole rotation yet, so let me know if there's an issue with map changes.
edit: ok it's just stuck on granary only, working on it now lol.Seems to be fixed. Thanks again Fog.

Trains are hilarious; I'm keeping freight. I'll think about taking out turbine though.
edit: I kinda like the clusterfuck that is turbine dm though

Sorry for the delay guys. My internet wigged out and refused to load random sites for several hours (I thought tf.tv was down honestly). Fog is helping me, should have it running by tomorrow night - would be sooner, but I have work tomorrow until 7.

Ok. Where do I put the spawns?

Uhhh I was hoping spawn points would exist. I guess I need to do that. Dm spawns were on the granary when I first joined the server so I assumed they would be there for all the regular maps.

Thank you. Where would I put these?

Bought a 8 slot server from tragic, trying to set it up to be a dm server. So far I have the map rotation set as:
cp_granary
cp_badlands
cp_gullywash_final1
cp_process_rc2
ctf_turbine
cp_snakewater
koth_pro_viaduct_rc3
cp_freight_final1
cp_gravelpit
cp_gravelpit

And the time limit per map set to 10 minutes. So all I should need to do is setup a whitelist and class limits. Problem: I have no idea how to do this and my efforts to figure out so far have failed.
I want the standard class limits: 2 scout, 2 soldier, 1 demoman
And for the whitelist I want:
all vanilla weapons/reskins
boston basher/three rune blade
direct hit (yes, I bought a dm server so I could dh)
gunboats
equalizer
pain train

Keep in mind I have a very limited grasp on technology and no experience working with servers. Thank you.

Edit: I also need to setup up 2 bball servers. But the dm server is a priority right now.

I mean if you did make a bot with realistically good movement, it's still not actively dodging pipes. And if it is realistically, why not just keep dming?

Ok thank you guys. So I'm not going to ban shotgun jumping - it would be very difficult to implement, and it's part of the game even if it is obnoxious.
As to the unlocks, right now I'm thinking vanilla/original/escape plan.
No goal tending - shouldn't be too much of an issue, but if someone was doing this intentionally and repeatedly they'd be forced to forfeit the match/dqed.
I like the idea of starting with some tournaments - a league probably is too ambitious to start off with as I have no experience running one. Would people be interested in playing in 3 tournaments over the summer, 1 during a weekend of June, July, and August? I think this is manageable, but I could just do 2 if people would like to tone it back. I think more than 1 a month would be excessive/have fewer teams registered on average.
And I know I don't have anything to back this up - but I do plan on following through with this guys. I was frankly a little annoyed when that guy announced his tournament right when I was starting to plan something similar, but he did fall through.

Main issues in my mind right now -
Paid/unpaid? Unpaid will probably have fewer teams, but paid would produce a larger prize pot. And there's always the option of using tf2 items as a prize pot - a few ref per team as entry. I think I'm going to do the first one at least unpaid as I don't have any real credibility.
Now I have a Chicago server. I plan on getting another server too - would Dallas work, or do you guys want something further west? I'm leaning towards Dallas though; makes a lot more sense.
I'm going to try to get in contact with someone about making a plugin/map that allows multiple bball arenas running on one server - this would be beneficial in the long run. though not necessary. If this doesn't happen, I might change my larger server to a couple of 4-6 slot ones.

Thanks for the feedback so far guys.

Yeah, I'm not really opposed to it, it's just a bit annoying. I've seen lots of negative comments regarding the shotty blocking over time though, so I wanted opinions.

Yeah I posted vaguely about having plans for this on one of those threads, but I didn't want intrude and end up having multiple leagues if that guy actually followed up. But he didn't, so here I am.

So I've been wanting to start a bball league for a couple of months now, and with summer here, I have plenty of time after work to do this. So I'm going to go over my general ideas, and then input will be appreciated. I'm trying to get everything firmly planned in the next week or so.
Naturally there will be teams of too, and I think I'll allow one backup. Now if I made this a paid league in order to fund a better prize pool (I make $8/hour and and in college so I can't provide much of a prize pool off of my own funds), let's say $5-10/team, would participation be significantly be limited? Would maybe a tf2 based buying of a few ref/keys function better, or should I start as a completely free league to establish credibility/popularity, and reconsider a paid league/division in the future?
As to the rules, I would have this specifically written out, but standard bball rules in play. Shotgun stalling people in the air and stuff like is really obnoxious, but I'm not sure I see a need/way to prevent this. Do a majority of people want me to try to ban any obnoxious tactics like this through some sort of self referee system, or are you guys ok with these tactics? Of course anyone confirmed cheating in league play or in TF2 at all will be banned for at least a year, but I don't see this being a problem.
As to the ban list: I think it would be best to only allow vanilla/original. Escape plan doesn't seem to help make bball more competitive - just some silly/stupid moments. But again, if you guys want anything else allowed - post what and why. But yeah there's not gonna be any dh/market gardener/gunboats/mantreads/NATASCHA HEAVY.

I do currently have 1 15 slot Chicago server (I'm thinking a second server should be enough - would Dallas be the next preferred location?). Why 15 slots? Well I bought a server from tragic with the Tip of the Hats discount and I didn't have any sure plans for it. But here's my related goal - I want to have a map/plugin to be able to have multiple courts/games going on in one server. From my understanding, MGE 2.0 paves the way for having a multiple arena bball court that functions, but I really don't understand this sort of stuff. Can some confirm this is possible? Either way, I'm willing to pay someone a reasonable amount to make a map (and plugin if needed). I'm not sure who would be willing able to do this (my first choice would be Lange but he's a busy guy).
As to how matches would work, I think it could just be schedule between teams, with the limitation that the match has to be played by the end of the week, or x date.
But how do you guys want this to work? It would depend on the number of teams clearly, so I might not finalize this until I have an idea of how many teams are signing up. A ladder system could work well, and give people more freedom in scheduling. I could also just run continuous tournaments with a few weeks in between. Or I could establish some sort of 2 match a week for 8 week style season with top teams going to playoffs. I'm leaning towards a ladder/tournaments, but again I want to make this according to how people want to play.
Assuming I make this an ongoing thing (my goal), I guess I need to setup an official forum for registration and the like (can't run off tf.tv threads forever).
So just to be clear - I am very serious about this and do plan on making it happen. I work from 8-7 est most days, but for now my evenings are basically wide open, so I have plenty of time to work on this. The more input you guys give, the faster I will get this going. Thank you.
Here's the steam group (it's bare bones for now) http://steamcommunity.com/groups/6pacbballleague

Quake looks fun but I've never played any of them, so I have a few questions. Should I start with QL, and is there a client for it or do you always run it in a browser? And are there any resources helpful for someone new to it? Just generally what should I know if I've never played any of the Quakes but want to try them.

How many people can actually watch in 1080? And does anybody care about watching the uploaded cast in that high of a quality any ways?

Oh god. I have to take a final soon but I'll come back later tonight and come up with a list of albums I think are good/essential.

Killer Mike has gotten better and better every album. God in the Building (off Pledge II) is amazing. Pledge III/R.A.P. Music both have some great songs. Deadringer (RJD2) is great, and mostly instrumental. Could you post you playlist/list some artists you already have? No sense listing every good artists I can think of if you already know a bunch of them.
edit: I'll list a few
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
Cunnunlynguists
A Tribe Called Quest
The Roots
Aesop Rock
Common
Big Punisher
Cypress Hill
Snoop
Dr Dre
NaS
2pac
Biggie
E-40 has his moments
Gang Starr
Mr. SOS
Mos Def
Wu Tang Clan
Royce da 5'9"

KEAK DA SNEAK. Really though how does he have so many albums out? Gotta give him some respect for that.