the fact that literally anyone is shocked by this makes me laugh
like fucking duh. In what world would valve allow this to be in the game rofl. They took a strong stance with viewmodels in an attempt to create consistency and recognizable streams, why would they let this stay in the game.
I'm too lazy to make another post on the other thread so feel free to quote me over there or whatever if you want.
For all the idiots out there that are saying that Valve is ruining their tf2 "user experience" by forcing a consistent platform for every player you clearly don't genuinely understand the steps valve is taking to help us. As a community we've always said that our competitive game isn't as big as it could be because the game you play when you launch it for the first time is not at all close to what you see in a competitive match or even a competitive stream. They are providing us with the ability to grow our scene through twitch and matchmaking, and if having a viewmodel on your screen is genuinely so awful to you, you might want to consider the fact that you might just need to grow a pair.