Every other team that followed the rules will get their reimbursement obviously. Still have to review the matches but I believe Velocity, black swan and Hooligans4Hire have all been compliant.

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Posts under name Seniorsoda. Lists name as phlps. Plays matches as Happycool. Tries to pretend he followed alias rule.

My guidelines for the invite reimbursement were very clear. You broke the alias rule so you disqualified yourself.

May the best CEO win.

We've submitted to join, hope other invite teams will as well. Get this tournament full so that Twitch and Essentials have reason to continue supporting NA TF2 tournaments!

Similar to the situation in my last post above, we are now taking actions to expand the population of the Amateur division. We are happy to invite any players with mid+ ESEA-O experience or low ESEA-IM experience. To get an invite link to the Amateur Division, please get in touch with Prograde on the TF2PL Discord (prograde#1861). Once you've used the invite link provided by Prograde and joined the Amateur Division, your account will be flagged to be leveled up to 6, which should take no more than 24 hours to complete, after which you will gain the ability to queue up.

It has come to our attention that there are not enough players queueing into the Advanced Division. In order to accelerate the expansion of the Advanced Division, we are going to be extending invites beyond just ESEA-I players and the top 10 ESEA-IM teams, and are now looking to add all players from current mid+ ESEA-IM teams and any players that have previous mid+ ESEA-IM experience. To get an invite link to the Advanced Division, please get in touch with Phantom on the TF2PL Discord (Phantom#8853). Once you've used the invite link provided by Phantom and joined the Advanced Division, your level will be bumped up to 8+ within 24 hours and you will gain the ability to queue up.

A tip for people seeking name changes:
FACEIT have just added the premium feature of FACEIT missions to TF2! By upgrading to a premium account, which costs ~$7 for a month, you can gain access to these monthly missions.

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Win 10 games to get 1000 points, which is enough for a name change, or win 70 games and get 50k points!

You need a minimum of 200 hours to connect your FACEIT and TF2/steam accounts. If you are found using a smurf you will be banned.

Launch is today! At 6pm EST I will be turning on the queues for all divisions. To make sure you're all setup to play, follow the simple user guide outlined at http://tf2pl.com

Seeing as this is an Elo based ranking system, if you have never played on FACEIT before you will be starting at the base rank of 3 and only have access to the Beginner division at first. Hopefully only a few games will be necessary for you to rank up quickly. To accelerate the proper distribution of levels, we have: moved all of the invite players we could up to the Invite division and given them level 10 so they will only be able to play in the Invite division or the Advanced division. We also have moved up as many of the players from the top 10 IM teams to the Advanced division as possible and they will be given 8+ levels so they can only play in the Advanced division as well. If you feel like you belong in either group but haven't yet joined the divisions, we may still be able to arrange it so please PM me from the TF2PL discord.

The 6v6 matchmaking will be solo queue only so there is no guarantee you will be able to team with your friends. Your best bets will be to either be captain and pick them yourself or ask your captain nicely to pick them. We are considering future options that will be more suitable for partying up but for now it will be solo only.

We are playing at 11:30est

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TF2PL is the next evolution in the collaboration between FACEIT and the competitive TF2 community, seeking to provide the ultimate competitive TF2 platform for players of all skill levels.

Building upon FACEIT’s already existing TF2 solo queue 6v6 matchmaking platform, TF2PL will feature skill balanced divisions, captain drafting, prizes, and more.

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Highlights of TF2PL:

• Monthly seasons. Set goals and track your progress month to month.
  
• Accessible, inclusive skill divisions for players of all skill levels: Beginner, Amateur, Advanced, Invite. A clear progression system from beginner to pro level.
  
• Elo based matchmaking in the Beginner division, captain drafting for Amateur/Advanced/Invite divisions. The best possible match balance every time.
  
• Instantly available post-match statistics and STV demo downloads. The essential tools for reviewing your gameplay.
  
• Required use of TF2PL discord voice server with automatic channel management with the TF2PL Discord Bot. Guaranteed communication and coordination.
  
• Prizes! Over 300,000 FACEIT Points awarded to players in top leaderboard positions in the Advanced and Invite divisions. $280 in cash prizes to top medics across all divisions. Rare TF2 item (Unusual, Australium, etc) raffle entries earned for every 10 matches played per season.
  
• Scheduled Prime Time queueing and 5 minute join timers. Reliable queue times and timely starting of matches means less time wasted waiting around to play competitive TF2.
  
• Clear and evenly enforced rules with progressive bans for offenders. No favoritism and no trolls, just good competition. Read the ruleset here.
  
• Use of TF2PL will be completely FREE, though premium benefits are on the way.

Participation in TF2PL is open for everyone who meets the following criteria:

• Registered account on FACEIT connected to TF2
  
• 200 hours of TF2 on record, with no VAC ban
  
• Discord account
  
• Ability to communicate through voice chat
  
• Adherence to TF2PL rules

TF2PL Community Platforms

• TF2PL Website
  
• FACEIT Hubs <-- Go here to start joining the TF2PL divisions!
  
• Discord
  
• Twitter
  
• YouTube

Casting Call
Interested in helping TF2PL to better serve the competitive TF2 community? Apply in our Discord #casting-call channel. We are recruiting experienced and talented TF2PL volunteer crew members in the following areas:

• User support (To moderate Discord and respond to user inquiries on Discord/Twitter)
  
• Graphic designers (Asset creation for our website, Twitter, YouTube, etc.)
  
• Video editors (To create short frag clips to be featured on Twitter/YouTube)
  
• Social media content (Twitter text/video posts - memery encouraged)
  
• Any other expertise you think would be valuable to TF2PL!

Sponsorship
We are always seeking sponsorships for prizes (cash, gear, etc.) to our top players after each month-long season. To discuss sponsoring TF2PL, please reach us at tf2plofficial@gmail.com, in our Discord or on Twitter.

Please don’t hesitate to leave your feedback on TF2PL here or in our Discord. We will be doing our best to address all concerns and improve TF2PL as much as possible. I hope you will join us on March 1st for the launch of TF2PL!

Thanks,

The TF2 Pro League Team

I hardly reacted and that was a tournament grand final with a cash prize and I wasn't streaming it. Perhaps the thread where literally every post is a moment without context isn't the place to make such leaps.

I think people are overlooking the fact that having a new midfight is often much riskier than pushing with a clear advantage.

When the round timer is close to expiring, you are more likely to see offensive teams going all in. The lower the total round timer, the more often this will happen. If the offense's desperation push fails and they lose a large number of their players, the defense can either choose to push on the advantage that has presented itself or throw away the advantage they have to hold and reset the round, forcing a new midfight which is inherently harder to control than whats already before them. Sure you could win the mid and get control that way but you never really know, maybe you reset the round and you lose the mid and you're right back where you started, or even worse you lose the round in a roll. The reason parking the bus works right now is because the round timer is so far away from expiring that they never have to face the consequences of resetting the round and risking losing a new mid fight, they only have to run down the match timer.

Obviously constant desperation pushes could negatively disrupt the flow of 6v6, so something like a 1 minute round timer might be too low. But in general the shift to micro time pressure like KOTH as opposed to macro time pressure like match timers creates a much more fast paced, exciting and enjoyable game that could potentially even have more strategic depth than what we have right now.

Here's an analogy to consider: say you're rolling two dice every minute and every time you roll doubles you score a point. Probability-wise this should take about 30 minutes before you get to 5 points. Now say you're rolling two dice every 12 seconds instead, and you still score a point for every double. After 30 minutes, sure you've gotten way more non-double results, but you've easily gotten 5 points by then. More rounds starting also means more rounds being played to completion.

Besides, I've heard many people profess their love for midfights, as they are extremely action packed and climactic afterall. At the expense of less long stalemates is more midfights really a bad thing? Let's try it and find out.