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This is an ongoing discussion, and one where we hope to have some answers soon. We have alternative solutions in the works so there should be something available for people who don't want to bring their PCs cross-state. Details to come shortly.

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Because this was something that was not known by the full admin team until this event, and it is standard procedure with any new things like this to lean on the side of caution and not allow it. It does not impact the game without it being included, and said inclusion presents potential risks of exploits.

Just bumping the thread to remind people to get signed up on the toornament page as soon as possible, especially if you plan to be - or just interested in - playing in the Invite bracket. Additionally, I would recommend that players join both the Insomnia and EssentialsTF discords so that you can get all the most up-to-date details about the event, plus a place to find teams LFP or players LFT.

Quickly bumping this thread. There have been a few interviews so far, but I would greatly appreciate a few more, so I will be extending the deadline for applications to Tuesday 2nd August at 23:59 BST. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me via Discord or in this thread.

Exactly as Shoosh describes. Invite would start playoffs in the Upper Bracket, making up eight teams in total. In a 8-team invite all of the teams would fill up the Upper Bracket. In a smaller invite group (6 or 7), the top open (1st/2nd) teams would join invite in the Upper Bracket. The Lower Bracket would be made up entirely by open teams; no Invite teams would start playoffs facing a single elimination.

Quick bump to say that the schedule has been adjusted.

Day 1:
Group Stages (Invite/Open), and Upper & Lower Bracket Round 1
Top seeded teams will play Upper Bracket, bottom seeded teams will start in Lower Bracket

Day 2:
Playoffs and B-Tournament, schedule for B-Tournament is flexible to signups.

Day 3:
B-Tournament Grand Finals, Playoffs, and Grand Finals

I want to add that for Invite Teams, we'd be looking to take team/group photos on the Friday. Details on that will be discussed when you've signed up. If you plan to play Invite, please signup ASAP.

Full schedule and details can be found on the tournament page: https://play.toornament.com/en_GB/tournaments/5815294106971799552/

Tournament signups are live, details here:
https://play.toornament.com/en_GB/tournaments/5815294106971799552/

Map pool:
cp_process_f11
cp_gullywash_f9
cp_snakewater_final1
cp_sunshine
cp_granary_pro_rc8
cp_metalworks_f4
koth_product_final

Format:
30 mins, 5 min Round Timer, Winlimit 5
Invite Round Robin (6-8 teams) - BO1
Open Swiss (6 Rounds) - BO1
16-Team Double Elimination Playoffs - BO3

In my experience as someone who is down to pug/mix but is a washed middie at best, most of the 'popular' places to pug that are created eventually become the same circlejerks of Top Mid to D1 players who all know one another and generally result in quite cringy pugs in general. Even these new sites just feels like PugChamp 2, with all the same upsides and downsides.

Someone said it best early on, most pugging groups start fairly accessible but over time more and more players join and it then just becomes another one of these circlejerk groups. I can only think of like two groups of in-houses I've played in where the matches have been good, even actually enjoyable, and both of them are fairly tightknit groups and not a openly public method of pugging.

Just having more players pugging is not the solution, its about having a system where people of all skill levels can find a group or community around their level where they can actually play competitive. Whether thats a formal matchmaking system like faceit, multiple smaller community pugging sites like tf2pickup, simple in-houses, or a mixture of all three. In all honesty, I'd actually be down for some more div-locked pug groups/site but I feel that in practice they would either a) suck and/or b) be dead af.

https://twitter.com/IGFestUK/status/1546887770081198081

BYOC Seat Picker goes live Thursday 14 July at Noon BST. If you want to have the TF2 community together in one area, be sure to get on that soon.

A reminder for everyone to also secure rentals ASAP!

So the interview is semi-structured; in short I will have questions, but the answers can be very open and free form. You would be asked to recall a match - or matches - in the past and the questions will be about what and why you did certain things.

These interviews would be transcribed for data analysis. The data may be used for formal academic publications of the findings, as well as contribute towards my thesis. There is no plan for a public video using any of the data found, but I might be open to discussing that once the study and research has concluded.

Unfortunately I'm probably going to have to limit it to 6s only for this one. Don't want to muddy the water with different formats.

Hello all,

I am currently undertaking research as a part of my doctoral studies and as a part of that I am doing a study investigating expert video game decision-making. Taking part would require participants to sit in a 1 hour recorded interview (you should allow 2 hours of your time). I am looking for players who have competed in any of the following league divisions and above, or equivalent:

• European Team Fortress 2 League (ETF2L) - Division 2
  
• Recharge Gaming League (RGL) - Advanced
  
• ozfortress (OZF) - High
  
• AsiaFortress - Division 1

You must also be over the age of 18 and have access to a computer or device capable of conducting a video call. Taking part in this research is entirely voluntary. It is up to you to decide if you want to volunteer for the study. I will be happy to respond to any questions you may have in this thread, but if you want the full details of the study I recommend that you reach out to me and I will send you documents with everything you would need to know. All necessary information will be provided and you will have at least 24 hours to review all documents before any scheduled interview/study.

The deadline for applications will be Tuesday 2nd August at 23:59 BST. If this is something that you feel that you would be interested in taking part in and you meet the above criteria, feel free to reach out to me through my Discord (DrHappiness#0897). If you would prefer me to send details to an email, please DM me on Discord where I will then send you any contact details you require. I will not be sending any documents through TFTV.

Thank you in advance!

Just wanted to provide a quick update about this as we talked to the organisers of Insomnia about anything we could do on our end. An arranged/reserved area for TF2 is not something we or Insomnia can do officially so this will have to be led and organised by the community.