The people that care the most about the future of TF2 are the production crews.
There is no such thing as natural talent. Well, like ping advantage, it exists but youll get nowhere thinking it does exist.
There is so much untapped potential in TF2 that will never see the light of day because the game has no more tyrones, is too small, and is too circlejerky. By that I mean there is very few people that are willing to play with players from lower divisions, and very few people that have the social skills to be able to keep their team on track and motivated.
EU and AU teams are worse than NA teams, but are way more fun to watch. Maybe it's just the ruleset?
TF2 is probably the worst thing to happen to some people. A good amount of people that play TF2 ignore the world around them or are in high school so it's ok. I mean follow your dreams I guess but at least understand how futile of an investment the game is. But matchmaking is coming soon so everyone drop out and quit your day jobs!