In terms of more recent seasons my pick would be 45, which was fairly close between witness, mandem and for fence

we have already had a thread on this https://www.teamfortress.tv/39854/best-etf2l-season, but that was 9 years ago. Main picks then were s10-12 and s20-22.

Sad to see end of a legendary org and team, your contributions to the community won't be forgotten

https://i.ibb.co/LdxJqjjB/eu-tf2-best-by-country.png

NA has b4nny, who is the Eu all time Goat.
Imo to be considered a player should have, achievements, individual skill, impact on the game, longevity.
My picks would be Toe or Kaido.

map pool is a little strange since its borrowed from the afs testing season. I'm sure hl players could advise best you what maps they would prefer but its probably something like. upward, vigil, product, ashville, steel.

i got you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJnmbLXdkFI&t=20s

the infamous warhuryeah heavy game on product after the sticky nerf. also highlights the heavy sniper playstyle some used on that map at the time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iBGBlEPkSA
engima going heavy in the i46 grand finals, which was a bit more popular back then
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQZTcRgMhZk&t=1158s
Silentes going heavy to mid in the i65 grand finals several times
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqK-nXryK2
heres ur successful heavy last push, lowpander s26. im sure u can find a lot more if u troll through their matches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOW5ez2ZZ1I&t=2160s

I kept just uk because there are a few players I am unsure about.
28 players have been on the English national team
5 on the Welsh (mike, gink, sil, hugo, wai)
1 on both (shintaz)
4 on neither (doughy, matthes, randa, appz)

https://ibb.co/21rR0qD4

includes both afs seasons and div 1 before prem was introduced in season 8. used a variety of sources, and focused on main rosters. I did not include ringers used in the finals or players cut before the end of the season

a new era of frag vids is about to begin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHxC3G6gxbI

there are some old players in eu but not many idk about other regions

causal is back bots are mostly gone

game is dying still there are usually 1 or 2 active mge servers over here

in eu 1 or 2 dm servers usually become active bit b4 scrims start. https://serverlist.tf/

yes private pugs are still big usually on discord NA also has rgl pugs https://pugs.tf.plus/

in terms of scrims it depends on the team but there are many teams with more relaxed scrim schedules both 6s and hl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkjQlcpFavI

Reminds me of this clip of Justin from s13 Lan https://youtu.be/9taozXkWyjE?si=KsgqMgglxuyG1-g3

post ur favourite iconic plays and moments

Reptile pickaxe kills ESEA s5 gf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQqb89QpSA0
Beavern 6k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5qHe9piGfk
Harbleu ubersaws on point I52
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8fhvgBHcXk
Scruff in forward spawn I65
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epEIbLFGgKg&t=13m17s
Botmode sniper 6k at Denver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCtm-pT03Ng&t=360s