Now, we see I was kicked off gig before any of those messages were sent by me. For reasons that are not coming from a genuine place.
It also struck me as like especially unfair given the numerous systemic mistakes siyu/jayy made on production. They gave me a name cfg and casting hud that DID NOT WORK, sent minutes before broadcast. Neither I nor Swift could get it functional.
RGL names are like entirely different from these players steam names, so I was put in a situation where I had to read off a paper who was who. Siyu/Jayy knew the cfg they sent was not working and decided to start the stream anyways. They tried twice to send a functioning namecfg and it worked neither time. Swift and I were in the call from 830, Siyu joined just minutes before the broadcast. They did not have a properly functioning mic and it was cutting in and out.
The situation would have still been salvageable if the stream cast was functional, but it was not. The VDO ninja we were sent (what the viewers see) did not work the entire night. It was pixelated and stuttering to the point it literally could not be used at all. I asked why siyu didn't just screenshare on discord, no response.
The plan was for me to mostly go off of what the viewer sees instead of STV, and this is especially necessary if you don't have a functioning name cfg. Jayy was also silent during transitions talked maybe once was hard to hear and offered very little support and fixed none of the issues as the broadcast progressed.
The fact there was any semblance of coherent commentary was a miracle, and it is crazy to not give someone a second chance when they were dealing with ridiculous unanticipated mistakes from the production on literally their first cast. Shows gate keeping and a lack of accountability from fireside casts yes, but also the punching down of elitist insiders trying to box out fresh blood they don't like to garner some feeling of superiority.
Shame especially on Siyu, for not stepping up and acknowledging the mistakes they made. Not giving me a shot to commentate again when they knew what I was dealing with, and that what I was dealing with was in large part caused by mistakes they made.
It is also strange that looking back at the twitch chat, no complaints were made about the commentating.
So there's most of the story for those who want it, but I was unwilling to be slandered by someone who fundamentally can't do their job and participates in in-grouping, othering, and gatekeeping.
I fundamentally don't care about this situation, but I dare to document the particular brand of drama, gossip, and cliquiness on the competitive TF2 scene that absolutely kills those passionate about the game to breathe life into it.
I love too how theres this arrogance in terms of the greatness of our RGL HL commentators/casts. If they knew how to cast the game, itd be more popular. The issues with competive TF2 always come back to the individual players, Valve has nothing to do with it.
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