I think platinum is trying to say that LAN environment is the only enjoyable aspect of comp tf2 for him. It's true for a lot of players. LAN isn't just to go meet your teammates IRL, it creates an even playing field. The game changes a lot on 0 ping, and the environment makes the competition much more intense. You'd have to play on it to understand I guess. I think he's also trying to say that iT are a bunch of nerds and the only reason he loses to them is because they put more time in? That was really mean of him.
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TwitchTVJohndummyI guess I just don't see how banning people for 10 years from a league for saying something on a forum isn't that big of a deal? lol. They've done plenty of things that upset people, it doesn't have to apply to your definition of "being screwed over" it has to make THEM feel screwed over, hence them leaving the league, which they have every right to do.
You agree to their terms of use whenever you sign up for the site/league/forums. It's a users responsibility to follow the guidelines presented in the Terms of Service. It's shitty, but that's the reality of it. Banning for a comment can be considered poor practice, but it's not screwing a user if the rules are provided on the site.
Wait this went from "theyve only screwed the customers over once in 15 seasons" to "it's in their ToS that they're allowed to be dicks" ? Okay man, now people happen to be sick of it I guess?
posted about 10 years ago
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TwitchTVJohndummyTwitchTVJohnThis happens every season. People argue about ESEA and threaten to stop using their platform. Not gonna say much, but I will say that Torbull and I have had some pretty long conversations. He loves TF2 and is very impressed by the passion in the community (REALLY). He's always spoken highly of all of you.
Multiple leagues are fine. That's all dandy. Competition drives innovation. ESEA is leagues above everybody else when it comes to resources and technology. It will be a long time before anybody is remotely capable of competing. CEVO has a great, storied history, so they might be able to make it happen.. but it'll be a long road.
There's a ton of games out there that have nothing. NOTHING. Some of the best games ever made have never really had a reliable platform with consistent prize money (Look at Wolf:ET in NA. The best team based FPS ever made. I played in fucking TWL.). Saying TF2 is dead is laughable. IIRC, last season was the largest season in ESEA TF2 history, 14 seasons in. Correct me if I'm wrong.. but I think having more teams is a sign of growth, not death.
ESEA has given TF2 a home. They continue to make changes and investments in the community. Prize pools just went up fairly significantly. It might not be perfect, but at least they give a shit about this game. You can't hold the bitcoin/client crap against them forever. Allowing one bad seed to ruin what they've given you over the last 15 seasons would be foolish.
I'd rather stick with ESEA because of LAN, but I don't think it's fair to say "Allowing one bad seed to ruin what they've given you over the last 15 seasons would be foolish."
They've messed up a lot, and it's added up over the years. I don't think it's foolish to quit a league after realizing they'll never change their mindset and customer service.
I realized it a long time ago, I just don't care.. but it's understandable that others do.
You not agreeing with the things they do isn't them screwing you over. It's you not agreeing with what they do. Poor customer service is poor customer service. I'm sure your ISP and cable company have shit CS. That's common. CS employees are often disgruntled and frustrated constantly. It takes a special person to do the job well, and they are few and far between.
Having a client mining for bitcoins and invading your privacy is screwing you over, though. They did it. They are paying for it with their wallets and their public image (which is far more valuable).
I guess I just don't see how banning people for 10 years from a league for saying something on a forum isn't that big of a deal? lol. They've done plenty of things that upset people, it doesn't have to apply to your definition of "being screwed over" it has to make THEM feel screwed over, hence them leaving the league, which they have every right to do.
posted about 10 years ago
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TwitchTVJohnThis happens every season. People argue about ESEA and threaten to stop using their platform. Not gonna say much, but I will say that Torbull and I have had some pretty long conversations. He loves TF2 and is very impressed by the passion in the community (REALLY). He's always spoken highly of all of you.
Multiple leagues are fine. That's all dandy. Competition drives innovation. ESEA is leagues above everybody else when it comes to resources and technology. It will be a long time before anybody is remotely capable of competing. CEVO has a great, storied history, so they might be able to make it happen.. but it'll be a long road.
There's a ton of games out there that have nothing. NOTHING. Some of the best games ever made have never really had a reliable platform with consistent prize money (Look at Wolf:ET in NA. The best team based FPS ever made. I played in fucking TWL.). Saying TF2 is dead is laughable. IIRC, last season was the largest season in ESEA TF2 history, 14 seasons in. Correct me if I'm wrong.. but I think having more teams is a sign of growth, not death.
ESEA has given TF2 a home. They continue to make changes and investments in the community. Prize pools just went up fairly significantly. It might not be perfect, but at least they give a shit about this game. You can't hold the bitcoin/client crap against them forever. Allowing one bad seed to ruin what they've given you over the last 15 seasons would be foolish.
I'd rather stick with ESEA because of LAN, but I don't think it's fair to say "Allowing one bad seed to ruin what they've given you over the last 15 seasons would be foolish."
They've messed up a lot, and it's added up over the years. I don't think it's foolish to quit a league after realizing they'll never change their mindset and customer service.
I realized it a long time ago, I just don't care.. but it's understandable that others do.
posted about 10 years ago
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Ma3laa About LAN, honestly I think that lan isn't that important and is really a hassle
The reason lans are important is because there are people in the northwest and canada that ping 80-100 (or in blazes case 120, or in rr's case 55) playing against people that live in texas or chicago with 5-10 ping.
ps. watch this stopped playing in ESEA before it was the cool thing to do. yolo.
posted about 10 years ago
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2cPhaser Even though TFC was overshadowed by CS...the competative community in both US and EU was massively larger than TF2.
highly skeptical
If hes talking about Comp tfc vs 6v6 tf2 then hes right, but if you combine HL with 6s probably not.
posted about 10 years ago
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ESEA is run by emotionless robots that only see things in black and white. The whole ordeal revealed they don't care about the actual competition. They're strictly a business, hardly a league, that blindly follows rules to the letter without any regard to extenuating circumstances. And kalkin calling our players idiots and just saying "The answer is no" immediately following steam messages sent to him was really professional lol.
They don't even realize how damaging that ffw really was for teams vying for a LAN spot. Alfa's team just gets a free win. Imagine if that was at the end of the season and it was the difference between them going to lan or not. Would ESEA still allow that FFW? It would be absurd if they did, but I guess I can't really put it passed them at this point.
They're probably still confused by brads actions because of how small they believe this issue is, but they don't realize their horrible customer service has been accumulating towards the breaking point and brad had enough. The league is fantastic and I've always been grateful that they support tf2, it's just too bad this allows them to neglect their customer service because they're the only option.
posted about 10 years ago
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But yeah, I think someone is getting both sides of the story and then putting out an article. So anyone that actually cares what's going on with the team will just have to sit tight, it should be out in 1-2 days.
posted about 10 years ago
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#21 team is probably dead, it came down to a team vote
posted about 10 years ago
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It came down to a team vote
posted about 10 years ago
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gtx 260 oc, not good but it shouldn't bottleneck me from 120fps right?
posted about 10 years ago
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WTB a spare comp that runs tf2 at 120fps
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Pheeshwhat's your budget?
For cpu/mobo/ram I want to spend like 150-200 max. Probably unreasonable, but if I spend more than that I feel like i might as well buy an actual new/good computer... which I might end up doing, not sure yet.
posted about 10 years ago