I agree with the sentiment, I think there’s something to the fact that center has stuck around since 2013 but it’s stagnant because it hasn’t really changed much. I will say i and a few others have been actively pitching ideas and trying to get some new concepts going in in house discussions. There’s just a couple set backs to get past as far as the coding of the site and stuff goes that has honestly just gone to the wayside due in part to being inconsistent with the efforts to get the said issues fixed. The if it ain’t broke don’t fix it mentality has just led to a stagnant laughing stock of a website to the majority of players whom the site SHOULD be targeted for, which I have a lot of interest in getting better. The mainstay of who runs the sites are all old and busy with real life, I personallyI work 7 days a week most of the time doing construction during the day and a lot of the head admins are EU, and the owner is kind of hard to get a hold of to deal with the brunt of the issues at hand and what recommendations that are given to be implemented. So while it’s been EASIERr to just watch the site fill with the same stacks of people 3 lobbies at a time, I’d like to work to change that. Pug groups have greater success short term but lack longevity. I want to meet in the middle of that and turn a familiar product into a great one.

Make no mistake I greatly appreciate the compliments, and I think that within the topic at hand it’s a great benefit for people to have a good public opinion of me because I am an authority on the website, I didn’t make this post to only get my ego stroked. I just don’t want this post to get lost in the shuffle, I’ve had people message me on discord directly to help which is perfectly fine, but if possible, post on this thread as well just to keep the flow going on trying to get some good ole fashioned tf2 lobbies going with maybe a little bit of a higher skill ceiling. Anyone want me to start putting some advanced lobbies up say the word. If they fill I can keep them going as much as the interest is there.

Unfortunately there’s not much I can do in regard to the med limit. But also check your account again.

Lol nah, but that’s fine with me, I spend my free time when I have it playing video games and I don’t have a lot of time to play serious mode anymore so I don’t mind managing and maintaining a decent setting for tf2center (NA side at least), also if this post gains any traction I’m sure there will be trolls or just general “toxic” responses but I’m indifferent to anything other than trying to address people’s issues so it’s all welcome as far as I’m concerned.

Yeah of course, that's mainly why I'm making a post. I know theres a ton of grief from the community over the years dealing with the site that a lot of people don't even bother to come to it or more often the ones with spite for the site are more often than not warranted to have those sentiments. I'd like to extend olive branches where I can, since I had no way to remedy issues prior to being an admin. I feel like the site has so much infrastructure already there that gets wasted for mainly trivial reasons. And I did the request form a few montths ago and never got any kinda response.

So I was bored the other day and decided to just search for "tf2center" In the forum's search and I noticed quite a bit of people who were unjustly banned over multitudes of bullshit over the old guard of the site's leadership, so I started just finding people's center profiles and lifting the ridiculous like 1,000 year bans, with such reasons as "This is clearly what you wanted, so here you go" and other things akin to those lines of reasoning. I started finding people's center profiles by just finding their names on logs.tf and then going to their linked center profile from there. I know the sentiment for the site is kinda ass for the most part in 2024, but personally I'd like to try and get the site more on the up and up of more experienced and skilled players frequenting it. Personally I can only do so much, but I am more than willing to hear out anyone who has a suggestion and try and get things going with the brass of the site. The more influx in popularity the more reason to make the site better. If you have a silly or egregious ban that came from masternoob or otherwise from forever ago that came with an obviously stupid reason for even getting the ban in the first place, let me know. Where pug groups and even leagues have come and gone, tf2center has always stood the test of time, in the spirit of tf2lobby before it. I'm sure all the old head players like myself reminisce and miss those days. Maybe we can bolster the community to try and make it less of a group of like sub 50 players that frequent the site, Get some higher level players in and streamers to play in some advanced lobbies, etc. While there are still some kinks in the site, We now have a discord with a reliable ticket system(ban/unban requests, tech support, cooldown issues for when the system bugs out, general questions, etc.) *https://discord.tf2center.com * that has been tremendously helpful in dealing with problems as they arise as opposed to how most of you probably remember it from prior. Much more transparent leadership and at least for myself, more willing to being a helpful hand instead of being an ego tripping tyrant. Plan on no schizo posts on here from me anyways, only trying to get the site a little refresher and maybe some more access to decent games for when pugs are dry or get cliquey.

Also to whomever can, please change my name to just fac on tftv.

I was getting black screen on launch until I put the Vulkan command first in line in launch options.

If you choose to try out some center, I try my best to keep people in line with being dickheads for no reason to newer players. I’m easy to find so you can always hmu if you need help with the site.

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Name: From Facstab to Fac
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/facisstreaming
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Just recently got back into streaming, would like to bolster a bit more of an audience from the tf2 community via the side bar as opposed to hoping people scroll through the tf2 lists on twitch. Been here and there from Esea IM to all levels of UGC to rgl up to main as of late since 2010.

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From my wedding 8)

Anyone planning on watching the event tonight? If so, does anyone know of any good sites that will be streaming it.

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Diarrhea Waterhose

Played with him for a long time,definitely grown as a player. Super dedicated to playing and getting better, gets a little too aggro in some situations but overall a great scout. Quality pickup for any open team.