hotwaxMisterDanny all that
This has already been said in a couple different forms, but b4nny is one man, a man who attempts to live off this game, by livestreaming to what we can pretty safely assume is a viewership made up newer, younger players. They look up to him! He's their idol. How would you feel if your idol said that the game is what it is, that there was no prize at the end? Would you keep watching him? No, you fucking wouldn't. The game has gotten to a point where he can't ignore the idea of stagnation - it is there - so his solution has been to essentially point fingers at everyone else and prolong his own relevancy by advertising himself as the "solution". He'll say whatever the fuck makes people feel like there is an actual path, a point, to playing other than for good ol' Pride and Peanuts. Whether that's coming out with a new pug website that dies within a year, promoting a new gamemode that at least half the people who have spent multiple seasons competing have genuine arguments against and either didn't play, or played non-competitively for shits and giggles, whatever.
Why does he only cater to newer players? Because anyone around long enough realizes sooner or later that it's all bullshit, you get nothing for playing this game, there is no path, there is no end, there no promised future, you ride the fucking train and meet some cool people along the way till your stop. And there's nothing wrong with that.
What's the difference between Insomnia Series and BTS, gameplay wise. Not much. But one of them is on another continent, and the other is like two hours away from the dude's house. Chew on that for a minute.
Can you blame him for trying to make a living doing something he loves? No, but stop trying to take a business man's word as truth.
B4nny put some real effort into invigorating the scene with TF2PL, although he maintained his namesake in the process. The game is small and shrinking. You can pout and cry, leave, or do something about it. He tried to do something about it. It's pretty clear b4nny isn't acting in bad faith when making his opinions on a better future for competitive TF2, whether you agree with them or not.