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Global whitelist unveiled
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September 7, 2016

Discussions between league representatives and top players have resulted in the creation of a global whitelist for TF2. This whitelist will be used worldwide starting with the upcoming season of ESEA, ETF2L, ozfortress, and UGC.

The new whitelist takes the step of unbanning most weapons, with the following select few items remaining banned due to being judged as broken:

  • Soda Popper
  • Bonk! Atomic Punch
  • Flying Guillotine
  • Crit-a-Cola
  • Mad Milk
  • Sandman
  • Disciplinary Action
  • Buffalo Steak Sandvich
  • Dalokohs Bar
  • Fists of Steel
  • Gloves of Running Urgently
  • Pomson 6000
  • Short Circuit
  • Wrangler
  • Quick-Fix
  • Solemn Vow
  • Vita-Saw
  • Sydney Sleeper
  • Darwin's Danger Shield
  • Reserve Shooter
  • Pyrovision-enabling items
  • noisemakers
  • noisemaking cosmetics
  • explosion-on-death cosmetics
  • indefinite-duration taunts

In addition, leagues implementing this whitelist have agreed to enable weapon drops/pickups, a controversial feature recently adjusted by Valve in a recent patch.

The group responsible provided the following statement:

As part of an ongoing process to unite the competitive community, ESEA, ETF2L, and ozfortress admins have come together along with representatives from top teams in all regions to unify the whitelists for competitive TF2. This global whitelist will be used in the upcoming seasons of the major leagues and the same group of representatives will meet as the seasons close to review, take feedback, and decide on any necessary changes.

With an unprecedented opportunity to bring together the league admins from all regions, the aim was set to approach the global whitelist with every weapon allowed, and then to consider each weapon fully and ban only when necessary. The broad criteria for banning weapons were: Is this weapon so overpowered that it would subvert the idea of competitive play within a team?; Does the weapon’s concept strongly undermine skill-based play?; Does this weapon have a bug which would be detrimental to play?; And lastly, does this weapon dramatically change the concept of how 6v6, or a particular class, has been played for past years? (The latter being a consideration mainly due to how large a change this whitelist would be already for players, and to recognise the need to acclimatise people).

Another aim of the group was to provide detailed feedback on specific weapons to Valve and to gather feedback and evidence after a season of play. This detailed feedback is more likely to be usable as balance data for the TF2 team, and is better than leagues keeping many weapons banned and having many variations of whitelists.

With these aims in mind and ETF2L’s whitelist as a tested example for unbanning most weapons, we came to the mutually agreed conclusion that there were 20 weapons within the game that we felt should be banned for the upcoming seasons, and the rest would be suitable for competitive TF2 play.

Updated with clarifications.

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#1
48 Frags +

good

good
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#2
19 Frags +

what leagues?

what leagues?
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#3
64 Frags +

This was tested out last night in a couple scrims

The only real objections I have are that the Rescue Ranger and Natascha remain unbanned.

Rescue Ranger is just stupid and is going to make last holds even more stalematey when an engi can just heal his gun from spawn constantly. Natascha doesn't even have a place in this game but it's at least a Heavy weapon so it's not like a scout is going to come out of anywhere and start hitting you with slowdown bullets in a movement-based fps. It's still a dumb weapon overall but it's less of a threat in 6s

edit: the atomizer is also really stupid

This was tested out last night in a couple scrims

The only real objections I have are that the Rescue Ranger and Natascha remain unbanned.

Rescue Ranger is just stupid and is going to make last holds even more stalematey when an engi can just heal his gun from spawn constantly. Natascha doesn't even have a place in this game but it's at least a Heavy weapon so it's not like a scout is going to come out of anywhere and start hitting you with slowdown bullets in a movement-based fps. It's still a dumb weapon overall but it's less of a threat in 6s

edit: the atomizer is also really stupid
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#4
28 Frags +

atomizer unbanned Kreygasm

atomizer unbanned Kreygasm
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#5
30 Frags +

Holy shit PogChamp so many things are legal

Edit: after actually talking a look at the legal shit i am not ok with this.

Holy shit PogChamp so many things are legal

Edit: after actually talking a look at the legal shit i am not ok with this.
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#6
3 Frags +

This is really good to hear.

This is really good to hear.
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#7
ESEA
97 Frags +

The leagues that have agreed to run this are ESEA, ETF2L, Ozfortress and UGC

The leagues that have agreed to run this are ESEA, ETF2L, Ozfortress and UGC
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#8
13 Frags +

Is picking up non-medi-gun weapons still banned?

Is picking up non-medi-gun weapons still banned?
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#9
5 Frags +

Wild

Wild
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#10
36 Frags +

rescue ranger is unbanned?

rescue ranger is unbanned?
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#11
4 Frags +

was the cow mangler banned or was it always available

was the cow mangler banned or was it always available
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#12
-2 Frags +

edit: Silly post, I was blind >_<

edit: Silly post, I was blind >_<
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#13
4 Frags +

What we've always waited for!

What we've always waited for!
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#14
17 Frags +
AubriacCrit-a-cola,
demos gonna have a hard time fighting early scouts at mid

crit a cola is banned

[quote=Aubriac]Crit-a-cola,
demos gonna have a hard time fighting early scouts at mid[/quote]
crit a cola is banned
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#15
36 Frags +
RollingIs picking up non-medi-gun weapons still banned?

picking up all weapons is now allowed

[quote=Rolling]Is picking up non-medi-gun weapons still banned?[/quote]

picking up all weapons is now allowed
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#16
10 Frags +

Oh have we finally moved to a blacklist?

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Oh have we finally moved to a blacklist?
[spoiler]blacklist.tf Kappa[/spoiler]
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#17
3 Frags +
AubriacCrit-a-cola,
demos gonna have a hard time fighting early scouts at mid

crit a cola is still banned

[quote=Aubriac]Crit-a-cola,
demos gonna have a hard time fighting early scouts at mid[/quote]
crit a cola is still banned
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#18
ESEA
67 Frags +

Picking up all weapons is allowed now with the dropped medigun charge being adjusted. we forgot to mention that in the OP

Picking up all weapons is allowed now with the dropped medigun charge being adjusted. we forgot to mention that in the OP
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#19
3 Frags +
glorywas the cow mangler banned or was it always available

Pretty sure it was banned.

I really hate the particles on it, it is such an eyesore.

[quote=glory]was the cow mangler banned or was it always available[/quote]

Pretty sure it was banned.

I really hate the particles on it, it is such an eyesore.
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#20
70 Frags +

atomizer being unbanned is a huge mistake
welcome back shotgun pocket

atomizer being unbanned is a huge mistake
welcome back shotgun pocket
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#21
11 Frags +
glorywas the cow mangler banned or was it always available

the cow mangler is not banned, it was previously banned in esea but not in etf2l

[quote=glory]was the cow mangler banned or was it always available[/quote]
the cow mangler is not banned, it was previously banned in esea but not in etf2l
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#22
-59 Frags +

so a scout can now crit a cola up ur side with his medic on gully and get there b4 u and one shot you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CqYCQKbr0Y

so a scout can now crit a cola up ur side with his medic on gully and get there b4 u and one shot you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CqYCQKbr0Y
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#23
8 Frags +

cow mangler is lit

cow mangler is lit
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#24
26 Frags +
indecencyso a scout can now crit a cola up ur side with his medic on gully and get there b4 u and one shot you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CqYCQKbr0Y

the crit a cola is still banned

[quote=indecency]so a scout can now crit a cola up ur side with his medic on gully and get there b4 u and one shot you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CqYCQKbr0Y[/quote]

the crit a cola is still banned
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#25
63 Frags +

in what universe should the rescue ranger not be banned

also why would the cow mangler not be banned

in what universe should the rescue ranger not be banned

also why would the cow mangler not be banned
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#26
40 Frags +

Gunslinger and rescue ranger allowed

Gunslinger and rescue ranger allowed
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#27
38 Frags +

why is atomizer not banned

it's ok for scouts to have triple jumps now????

why is atomizer not banned

it's ok for scouts to have triple jumps now????
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#28
17 Frags +

Sandman is banned.

Crit-a-Cola is banned.

USE YOUR EYES TASHEEM

saamin what universe should the rescue ranger not be banned

also why would the cow mangler not be banned

honestly the cow mangler is like the slightest direct upgrade in the entire game, not worth banning it imo even though if you look at the straight stats it is a direct upgrade

Sandman is banned.

Crit-a-Cola is banned.


USE YOUR EYES TASHEEM

[quote=saam]in what universe should the rescue ranger not be banned

also why would the cow mangler not be banned[/quote]

honestly the cow mangler is like the slightest direct upgrade in the entire game, not worth banning it imo even though if you look at the straight stats it is a direct upgrade
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#29
11 Frags +
indecencyso a scout can now crit a cola up ur side with his medic on gully and get there b4 u and one shot you

Crit a cola was banned. Look at the list yo.

[quote=indecency]so a scout can now crit a cola up ur side with his medic on gully and get there b4 u and one shot you

[/quote]

Crit a cola was banned. Look at the list yo.
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#30
-2 Frags +

o thank the lord

o thank the lord
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