First off, big ups to you for donating your time and effort to host a tournament. No matter what rules you go with, I wish you luck.

Forced diversity isn't really diversity. It's the same reason we allow two of most classes in 6v6 game-play. Sure, you could FORCE a limit of one, FORCING teams to run snipers or heavies... but that's dumb. I'd elaborate, but there are already like 800 threads on this forum concerning that topic. Also, see sigafoo cup.

It kinda is. You don't have to be a pyro main to be a "good" pyro.

As for a pyro vs pyro 1v1, what is that really? Two pyros running around with minimal movement shotgunning eachother?

What about an engie 1v1? Same thing but smaller hitboxes.

What about a sniper 1v1? Baitscoping.

Medic? ... degroot keep?

You talk about how stale watching the 6s classes mge would get, but none of those other fights sound very interesting or skill intensive. At best you might get someone vastly superior to another player throw the second round on purpose, so he can avoid a "ditto" match in the third game, and go engie vs soldier or med vs soldier just to be a dick. That's about the most entertainment I could see out of your proposed ruleset.

Like I said, it's your tourney, and I don't even play this game, so do what you want - you have that right, and rightfully so (no pun intended) - but there's a reason basically everyone is rolling their eyes at the idea of forced classes.

It's kind of hard to believe this guy only has like 20 hours in the game, he's pretty mechanically competent. He seems pretty open to learning new shit, and pretty enthusiastic about improving.

If his current trend of improvement continues, he should be solid from the get-go, and much stronger by the end of the season - so he's a smart investment for a mid-ish open team.

I'm gonna go ahead and claim degroot keep. Witnesses will not disagree.

Clockwork was absurdly good when he actually did mge. I know he was often trading games with plat on blands mid (solly v solly).

Ma3la was actually pretty mediocre on spire if I remember, but very good on ammomod mge - although delpo may have been better.

Ruwin was pretty damn good. I could be high, but I think Tyrone was actually insane solly vs scout.

Sonmychest was nuts scout v scout. Nate rivers too.

Personally, I'm not a fan of "cutting the game out" or "uninstalling steam" or shit like that - not because you should have those things installed, but because you're not facing the problem that way.

You gotta look that shit in the face and transcend it. It has to be there, available, and you have to consciously be like "nah, homework instead."

It's easier said than done, but it's mentally the healthiest way to go about it, and it will help you in the long run when other distractors take the place of tf2. You can't just go through life shutting things out and pretending they don't exist. It's like those people who try to "quit" smoking by chewing gum or hiding cigarettes. Shit never works. You gotta keep cigarettes on your person and still be like "nah son fuck that shit."

Again, easier said than done, but it will make you stronger; shutting it out and pretending it doesn't exist is a short term solution that will weaken you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkREHOewda8#t=11m58s

His intentions are obviously less than pure, and this is a lot more about his personal view of what tf2 should be like than what it really should be like, let alone what players who actually understand the game think it should be like.

That said, it's cool that he's arguing his point by hosting a tournament rather than just making more videos aimed at his followers.

What will be most interesting is the opinions people decide to hold after the tournament. Metrics on something like this are pretty subjective. High level participants could say the format sucks, but organizers could just claim subjective shit like "omg look at how great the turnout was" or "personally, I think it went really well and has lots of potential."

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Nate Rivers
Hippo
Buckwheat

The Evolution - RIP

Indust used to do it all the time... like... ALL THE FUCKING TIME.

People have mixed opinions of the dude but he was dodging and surfing better than just about anyone who played back then, and his movement was definitely ahead of its time. Most medics even at the low invite level pretty much ran around randomly and did trashy small up/down surfs back then - and were super easy to kill in comparison.

tl:dr, you'll probably get a lot of shit for it, but med vs soldier mge isn't a bad idea.

Too many to name, but here's a couple that weren't yet mentioned (if you like hippity hop):

The Roots: How I Got Over
Murs: 3:16

I am defeated.

People still think Audio-Technica M50s are good for tf2?

:(

http://puu.sh/r6cBd/c12bf082f4.png

I know most people cringe when they see bball frag vids - and I do too, trust me. Most of them are just shitty, lucky airshots mashed together for 7-10 minutes.

This is not one of those videos. This one is short, sweet, and amazing. It's a video of Hula (humble yet legendary dunker from EU) absolutely styling on people with crazy jumps you've probably never even thought about, let alone seen anywhere else. Give it a chance, and I doubt it will disappoint.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_bkDdFUWEE

OH SHIT BABY I can ring tonight. HMU. I still got it, I promise (probably).