https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_wkUKchWtE

For some reason it defaulted back to private when I edited the description. Fixed now.

Update: Episode 3 - S26 Awards Special
https://youtu.be/IR-8a3wf4eY

For those who weren't around way back when, Pirate Radio was a podcast where CommanderX, Greg and I discussed the latest happenings in the EU scene with a mixture of serious reflection and tabloid-esque dramatisation. Greg's long gone, so we have eepily instead for the modern version. You can also follow Se7en on twitter to stay up to date.

We're currently on episode two, focusing on the upcoming ETF2L playoffs and all the recent drama: https://youtu.be/YiyEvfcYaqA

Audio version:
https://soundcloud.com/se7entf2

holy fuck nice man

Perfect representation of season 16.

The comparison of gullywash to pretty much any other custom map development cycle (that's been used in leagues) is a weird one. Gullywash first saw the light of day in the midst of a mapmaking competition which ran in tandem with a custom map pug channel (mpuk pug network). It was a different era of TF2, you could have three standard European pugs going but still get a game going on the custom map pug channel at pretty much any hour of the day, all with a bounty of reasonable players involved at almost all times. The player base has changed, and the way they approach the game and the hours they put into it has changed.

For a little bit more context, the MPUKTF2 pug network had four channels in this period. An open channel, a slightly more selective channel with a few restrictions (pickup2), an invite channel where only elite players could play, and the custom map channel. These were almost always all active in tandem, it was just a better era of the game. It would be a daily occurrence that groups of players would play 10 pickup2 games in a row, get bored and then go and play all the custom maps on the custom pug channel. You could play the game at a variety of levels at pretty much any time of day, and very often you would have two or three overlapping games We just don't have that luxury any more.

medigun info being next to each other is definitely better for processing advantages at a glance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh9a3RZsAyQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ9boZYMn-8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrn0jthbL30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6aSK5WP95o

https://youtu.be/UCqWF0qCmIQ

2015 boring wtf

Why on earth would you create a whitelist that will be used for only one week? Regardless of how good or bad it is, it's just a bizarre and needless complication. Seems like a harebrained b4n man scheme to me... free Slin.

Also why would you have a meeting of this import with only three days notice - on a Saturday evening for Europeans - and then proceed as if there was proportional representation after like one European of note showed up?

Just keep everyone in the loop, due to a generous private donation we won't be pushing a stretch goal. Also there was no way to make a show match with froyo work due to schedule conflicts, but Se7en will play a show match against Jasmine Tea from Boot Camp on Thursday 19th January. Feel free to pick up any of the leftover perks - any proceeds will go toward the future of the brand and not just in people's pockets. Thanks again to everyone who contributed, especially the mysterious anonymous benefactor...

Valve added the white list functionality at a time when they had no interest in competitive play, but wanted us to shut up and stop bothering them with complaints about how new weapons affected 6v6.