thmpsnall we would really need is a lobby system to last until matchmaking
MM isn't a catch all for people looking to play lobbies tbh. CSGO MM has plenty of problems in it, and our current lobbies probably fall around the DMG/LE level to begin with. There's plenty of demand for cheater free, high quality games even at the GN level of CS, and I doubt it'd be different for TF2. What will change if MM becomes a thing is the reason for tf2c/l/whatev to exist. It will no longer be populated because its the only way to play low level 6s games, but because its better than MM in a way that MM can't be. Banning hackers, community feedback, and new maps are all plenty of reasons to continue the lobby format.