Think he was mainly referring to this: http://store.steampowered.com/stats
Which shows the "peak" at over 500k, it definitely did get to that point multiple times daily.

But yeah, one of the best arguments to this is Melee. I believe this is one of the quotes that was associated with it in the documentary: "This is about a game that was never designed to be played at a competitive level".
The same can easily go for TF2 which was built to be casual at first. The difference is that Valve isn't neglecting the comp TF2 scene as much as Nintendo did. Valve has shown their responses and cooperation and is even working towards giving us the competitive matchmaking function after the game has been out for almost 10 years.

The most important thing in order for this to work out, just like Melee, is the dedication. The passion, the devotion, you name it whatever you want but it's what kept Melee going. The Melee community were dedicated and kept it going despite the odds. They loved their game for what it was and had to offer. The same applies to us, for we have played for years also and continue to do so for the game that we love.

In the end, does it really matter if it is a failure or not? As the Melee and comp TF2 scene has ALREADY proven WITHOUT matchmaking, as long as there are people that want to keep playing and the tournaments/leagues available, we'll stay strong. So what if we are not as big as a couple of other games? There are games that have fallen out of the eSports line but people still(no matter how little) still play/played. Quake is a good example of this, sure it was never meant for the casual gamer and is hard to get into for most, but the community kept with their pugs, inhouses, tournaments, and whatnot. But they did it for their love of the game. If we do end up on the same scale as Quake, then so be it, we did it while loving what we did.

Fuck Muselk.

Who the fuck is RobTheAwsm rofl, I rather wait for b4nny news,

Oh my god I remember Korhal Floating Island rofl. Thanks for the explanation!

I don't know about that completely, I've seen some SC2 matches with maps that have 4 spawning locations and it has had an effect:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da66ACO5MyI
If it were fixed spawns, MC would've known where to 4gate with no problems. That was in 2013 though, but the latest was in 2015 at Blizzcon where they played Iron Fortress LE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9T_tVQdMoA
Which is apparently a a 4 spawn position map so idk. But don't the players themselves choose the maps from the ladder rotation? I definitely agree though that most of the maps played at the competitive level are 2 spawn position maps though.

Maybe verify integrity cache for starters. To do this go to:
Steam Library>right click Team Fortress 2>Properties>Local Files>Verify Integrity of Game Cache

This, but also I can't run Reflex like I can run Quake ;_;

You act as if Overwatch's PL mode is completely superior and use only OW for tiny counter arguments lol. Also for argument 3, you act as if we never tried before. Long ago in TF2 people have trialed multiple different things and over the years we come to conclusions and answers on each aspect. As for it will attract more "pub players", I wouldn't necessarily deem that as a good way of gaining more into competitive. If you truly want to play competitive TF2, then you will do it, and shouldn't do it just because of a game mode.
Pretty much what everyone else has been saying, Overwatch =/= TF2.

tf2lobby and going against D's stack and multiple other stacks.

Some people just get beat by a minute, the life and times of TF2 update threads.

I recall one dude on TF.TV stated that he used the razer keypad for this purpose.

I thought the Logitech 502 Proteus Core already had this. I've used my friend's mouse and you can set it with a button.

Well if it's "Highlander" I would assume that would mean it's a "competitive" game. Most competitive games on TF2 use Mumble for voice chat anyway and not the in-game voice chat. Also sv_alltalk is disabled in competitive anyway so you can't talk to the other team...
tbh I'm just a confused about your post and your suggestion cause it may sound like you never played a competitive game of Highlander/TF2 before.

Can't you ban a STEAM ID from the server though? That'll force him to have to make a new steam account every time at least and create a hassle for him.

If you can't perform a combo as simple as this, then I don't know man. Also yeah you can't use the wait commands in a regular server.

So does this pertain to Taimou's case?