over ugc, it would offer a prize pot and incentive to win because of said prize pot, considering league fees are a thing

over tfcl, i'm not for sure, because i don't even know about it, but i would go with etf2l simply for exposure because most, if not all na players know what etf2l is but very few are even aware of tfcl

we've been concerned about it ever since the death of esea lan and the whole bitcoin fiasco (and the cevo fiasco if you throw that in there), so na tf2 has been very concerned about its future for well over 2 years now

the main reason it's become such a glaring issue as of late as more and more top players have left the scene for various reasons (quitting, overwatch, tired of the status quo of invite), and because of that more and more players have been shifted up, but without an increase of players at the bottom, this system was doomed to fail

schedules have already been released, so no it isn't as easy as clicking on a team and setting to to im

if you did that then that would turn scheduling into a logistical nightmare

yeah, i'm not too informed on etf2l numbers, but considering you guys have been able to steadily fill prem and high for a while now i assumed they've been in the "acceptable" range

also since i've got some eu attention

NATF2L PLEASE WHO DO WE HAVE TO TALK TO

partner with us and save tf2

1) lack of incentive to climb to the top due to the fact that winning invite currently is reserved for b4nny and the fact that sandbag teams will continue to play in lower divisions just to secure prize money or so that they aren't forced to "try", which makes many players new to open apprehensive about making the jump to esea because they feel they'll be demoralized and berated by other players (which happens and very often)

2) it's happening very, very, very rapidly, i don't know if the effects have hit the eu side of tf2 yet, considering you guys made a whole new division with fresh meat afaik

unless all 8 invite rosters are filled out, someone should pick aZn up for invite on medic, he's very capable of playing

considering every leader of a top 8 open team i've talked to has said something along the lines of "sorry, i assumed it was under control and x team was moving up" the bystander effect 100% killed im

you know what they say, when you assume you make an ass out of u and me

yeah, all im needed was one open team to move up to replace the fact that dexter's lab moved up to invite

if it's not too late, then we can potentially revive im

but if it is too late, i'd just like everyone to know that sandbagging brought about the death of im

it might be too late, but if 16 teams can agree to play im, tri may be able to make some magic happen

it's all on the sandbag open teams who weren't registered in im to step up to the plate

if anybody on tftv genuinely cares about tf2 continuing on then i advise showing up to this

open power rankings are essentially gonna be im power rankings but minus a few teams that are already dead and adding in the sandbag open teams

game's dead as fuck as esea is concerned

what a way to end it rofl

if anyone wants to start work on an natf2l, now would be the time

well my first thought is tri because without esea tf2 he'd be out of a job, but at the same time, i'm pretty sure esea tf2 is the only thing keeping him attached to the community

yeah, the fact that competitive tf2 matchmaking has been riddled with the same cheaters and alters since it's launch is pretty pathetic

if valve truly cares then they would do something about it like they do with cheaters in csgo matchmaking

big fucking harb

i'll paypal someone $25 towards an invite league fee if they can prove to me they got saam his admin back

the money can't go to saam though, i know it'll just get spent on food

an natf2l branch of etf2l may be the only option if esea finally drops tf2 due to declining numbers