from the thread for s21 finals http://imgur.com/w3sgsp0

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seemed like every game leading up to involved throwing and/or memes. big surprise there's a low viewer count???

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Crazy stuff. Didn't think Elon had it in him. tf2themoon

There's a huge demand for comp. It's waning now, but it's still there. The reason people don't play matchmaking isn't because they don't want to play comp; it's because matchmaking is incredibly fucking bad for new and old players alike. It's not that Valve isn't working on TF2 because there's no demand. Valve has completely fucking murdered all demand for TF2 by not working on it.

y click tho

Besides that it is really up to Valve at this point to choose what happens to TF2 competitively. Over the past 8 years this community has conclusively proven its dedication, its willpower, its stubborn willingness to just keep playing the game against all odds. It's honestly ridiculous how much some people have put in here while getting nothing but "appreciation" back. I mean, I love playing this game and don't plan on quitting anytime soon, but compared to almost every high level player, I only just started. Hard to blame someone who's been playing a 3rd party patched together comp mode for years, and at the highest of levels, for moving to another game where their talent could start working for them for once.

This is a really good idea. Plus you've got great players from all over the world in one place. Seems like a great time to have a variety of high level people talk about the game.

Looking for a chill team that scrims often. Played pocket for TacoHut eSports(7-9). Also willing to try out on roamer or med. Free whenever, hmu.

Like I said; nice concept, doesn't address the problem. I'm not denying that people who want to be good are okay with losing repeatedly, badly, and often. Good on you for being one of those people. But a lot of the people trying to play on Faceit right now will play a few games, get matched up against people leagues above their own for each one, be forced to deal with one salty teammate after another, and just move back to whatever other game service they're more comfortable with. It'd be lovely if there were a shitload of people playing TF2 right now who shared that attitude you have, but it remains to be seen whether there are enough to sustain a service like Faceit right now. Judging from what appears to have happened with Razer, there aren't. It'd be helpful if some effort was made for a little bit to accommodate people who aren't invite.

thats a nice concept

but it doesnt actually keep people playing the game

There's gotta be a line for having only high level players playing though. I'm already having trouble getting my friends to play with me since a ton of people play one game, get rolled by 6 invite/im players who run shitty unfun gimmicks, and then refuse to come back. It's not like they all come play at once; they trickle in a few at a time and get turned back as they get rolled. The solution should be as simple as high level players NOT queuing with each other. Just queue at the same time instead and you can get teams with good players on both sides. Sure it might be more frustrating that you have a shitty player or two on your team, but it'll do a better job of keeping those lower level people interested.

Same thing here. Task manager refuses to come up, can't do anything else. It's really weird. I run in fullcreen too, so I can't click my taskbar. Sometimes if I button mash long enough it seems to fix itself but I've never noticed a specific key that fixes it.

Biggest thing I've noticed is that is only happens if I've clicked on any other programs in between clicking the "join" button and the game launching. Like, if I click join and then go mess with mumble for a second, the game will be unresponsive on launch.

They warn you. VAC says "if u get caught cheating u get permabanned, no appeal." I've no doubt somehwere in OW is a little box that says "dont cheat or permaban idiot"

just dont fucking cheat, its not like cheating is some involuntary thing people are being punished for. just... don't do it.

yea the point is that its a prevalent enough fact that everyone repeats it, despite having no personal experience for that statement.

Not saying scout is weak. Not saying Reddit is dumb. Saying that 99% of people on r/tf2 can only repeat what they've heard others say.

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