Even if this is serious I'm hoping they'll still go. LANs are fun and I'm hoping they'll at least go for that alone.
If they're not playing but still going, having Kaidus as analyst/caster again would be cool.
Also if this is not enough to convince them: I'm going this year B)

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There's no reason for Europeans to leave ETF2L for 6v6.
MGE can be done though. Promote it enough and you'll have some MGE lords trying to compete if the prizes are good.
I'd recommend working together with an already established league though.

TFCL might show interest in helping you with the basics since they probably have to focus on niche gamemodes anyway. If you discuss things with the Faceit team regarding the plug-ins you might be able to organize it directly through faceit even.

DDS changes are amazing. I'm so glad the majority of pubbers never figured out how OP it is. Now it seems like an amazing counter to those pyros that sit in the back of the map spamming scorch shot because wm1 is too hard for them

There was some negative feedback about the amby change. Keep in mind close-mid range RNG has been reduced which is a significant buff. You can now headshot + instantly kill a low hp class at close range if this will be close to stock revolver spread.
For taking out razorback snipers at close-mid range that's amazing.
Also headshotting scouts close range and then missing the followup bodyshots due to RNG felt really bad so maybe that's a thing of the past as well.
Might even be able to headshot + bodyshot engineers reliably now if you get spotted before the stab and still have time to sap a sentry if it's at a 180° angle.
The change doesn't seem all bad. We don't even know how wide the spread will be and what "long range" will be exactly

Overall a lot of these changes are definitely based on comp player feedback. It's not perfect yet but we're getting there. Slowly

Played on some server for multiple weeks. Some low grav orange server which I used to warm up my sniper aim.
One of the admins had seen me multiple times already. Never had an issue with him.
Suddenly after like 3 weeks of using the server he bans a hacker on the other team (which I pointed out to him), then he specs me and bans me as well.

He unbanned me a couple of hours later and apologised for his mistake though

MONSTER is coming back aaaand

Now we just wait for Rawrsor to finish his wip hud and tf2 will be saved

2 international LANs now: insomnia and ESA LAN
TF2 will become one of the main tournaments at insomnia again this year. ESA shows interest in organizing a TF2 LAN again.

Se7en (Kadius' team) won i58 over full tilt (2nd) and froyotech (3rd). Froyotech then won ESA LAN over se7en.

Current ESEA-I season has been interesting so far. EVL won vs Froyo and neither are at the #1 spot currently. Things just started though so too early to draw conclusions.

ESEA-O and ESEA-IM merged because open sandbaggers didn't want to go to IM.

Valve is being Valve but they might add some pub map soon judging by a recent blog post. Don't get your hopes up. It's Valve.

Sigafoo made a paid 7v7 prolander league with a pick/ban system. it's a meme but apparently a lot more enjoyable than HL for everyone involved

yes
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198301088133 same profile as the one in the OP
Someone PM b4nny and he'll deal with it. in case b4nny would need these to make things easier:
STEAM_0:1:170411202
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Happy birthday, my dude

You're one of the oldest names of shitposters I recognize from when I first started watching TF2 streams. Years later and you're still shitposting. I admire your dedication. Keep it up!

Stop giving him attention and stop bumping this thread. If you really think he's so great to play against then great. Go ahead and have him as mge buddy so others don't have to play with him anymore. But stop giving him a boner by posting all this shit about him because we don't care :)

Yea from what I've seen so far it seems like they all knew that he's a cheater. Any evidence provided is ignored and no counter arguments are provided.
He's obviously keeping his admin status, but even if Knuckles would make the decision to remove him from staff he'll still cheat on their servers and won't get banned. Admin or not.

Like what has been said before: Avoid their servers

https://clips.twitch.tv/HelpfulTriangularHorseradishTinyFace
https://clips.twitch.tv/AmazonianVivaciousGorillaKappaPride

https://clips.twitch.tv/FreezingEndearingMetalDancingBaby
https://clips.twitch.tv/IgnorantKnottyArmadilloOMGScoots

pausing it at any point around 9s gives interesting results

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