DemarinikomorebiDemariniYou do realize this will be 9v9 right?
Matchmaking WILL be 9v9.
Valve has never cared about the competitive community, in CS or in TF2, hell, not even in Dota.
They care about their wallets, and if they can exploit the competitive as a means to an end, they will do it in a heartbeat.
Oh shit dude you were at the meeting and talked to Valve about this stuff?!?! That's sick bro. You know what you should do? You should host a talk show type thing explaining to everybody exactly what happened at the meeting so people don't spread blatant misinformation! Like a podcast type thing. Would really help people from jumping the gun. Thanks, god bless.
Did you not even read my post? I mean logically there is no other choice from Valve's end. If they make matchmaking that will instantly become the most popular thing to play on TF2. Are they going to look at 3 classes, all the hats, and all the weapons people have, all the money they spent, and tell them it's useless? There is just absolutely no fucking way that happens. Especially with highlander already being more popular amongst pubbers(the large majority of the community) than the competitive format...I mean every single thing points to it being 9v9. When has Valve ever cared about the 6v6 format? They pretended to for like..2 months a few years back, but then they realized the money they're making off weapons and skins is so absurd that they're just going to go all in. And they made bank.
Edit - If you can give me one good reason from Valve's end to support the 6v6 format over 9v9, then please do it. I gave you several why Valve will go with 9v9, all very strong points imo. Don't just disregard it out of blind hope, but accept it.
Reasons to support 6v6:
- More competitive at it's core
Often more exciting to watch
Matches and directly competes with overwatch's 6v6
Can be easier for newer players to watch and understand
There's an established paid league with prize pools for valve to support
6's has a lot more LAN events than highlander
There's 6