GentlemanJonviperbut at the same time, tftv staff have hard pressed valve in the past to write articles or post announcements concerning events like dreamhacks, or esea invite grand finals, or stuff of the like, and we get little to no responseThis is definitely not the case, people tend not to push it hard because it makes little to no difference. They don't produce more viewers or participants, and they don't convert casual players to competitive play in any significant numbers.
what hurts is they see this shitfest called 7v7 as more newsworthy
Valve are studiously unbiased, if you are holding any kind of event and you have the slightest credibility they will put your event on the blog. They have said on numerous occasions that they don't pick favourites.
It does however establish some credibility for each tournament/event.