It has a lot to do with the last minute scheduling. It's on the players, not the community or the organization.

We're live: https://www.twitch.tv/teamfortresstv

Event and match times were not synced on the backend - fixed.

Players are marked by class not role, there is no roaming slot on the backend as well as no roaming slot on the page itself.

The EVL vs. Froyo Black game is happening the same time as this match. Unfortunately, Froyo Black is unable to reschedule to a different night so I'll try my best to get a second cast up and running alongside the froyotech vs. Ronin cast.

Here is the match page for EVL vs. Froyo Black: https://play.esea.net/index.php?s=stats&d=match&id=7461430

Anyone still watching this? I started watching last week and I'm all caught up. I'm enjoying the 2nd season, and the most recent episode is

I loved it, the extras that came from tonight's episode are fantastic as well.

FACEIT is not just good for TF2, it might be vital to the future of competitve TF2. If ESEA ends up dying within the next few seasons we will have nowhere to go if FACEIT is dead as well. The difference between FACEIT and things like the Razer Arena tournaments is that it's an established system that has great success with other games.

The ranking system will likely work out quite well when more people play it. Even right now, the worst you're gonna get is a TF2 Center quality game, which is still better than matchmaking. It's likely that the ranking system will never produce invite level pugs for the <1% of the comp community that needs them. However, FACEIT is set up in a way that allows the majority of players to play and get better. There's no sitting around all day hoping you get picked in a PUG, you queue up and play. It doesn't ostracize the lower level players in the community from playing quality pickups at around their skill level. The main caveats are that we need to grow the player base, and they'll likely need to add a substitution system before releasing it to the public.

You might be thinking, why not just play TF2 Center? TF2 Center is fine and all but FACEIT is better is for the reasons stated in my first paragraph, it's an established system. Beyond that, it gives players multiple incentives to play more and more - whether it be ranking up, or getting FACEIT points to use in their store. To go even further, if people embrace this system and hundreds of people are playing, the ranks will even out and give players quality PUGs at all skill levels.

The only part I agree with here is your last sentence. Your standards are likely much higher than your average competitive player, and PugChamp is fantastic service for that. Matchmaking in it's current state is awful for literally everyone. If you are new, it's probably worst of all, as you'll never get out of rank one. Getting stomped happens in every type of PUG system regardless of skill. FACEIT recently restricted group queues to 2 in order to stop groups people from rolling games. Not getting your desired class has been a non-issue in the 10+ games I've played.

I don't want FACEIT to replace PugChamp, and I don't think it will. I see no reason for it not to replace TF2 Center/Stadium though. It's strictly a better service with loads of potential. The devs are quick and responsive. if you have a complaint, it'll likely be resolved or at least addressed in a minuscule amount of time. The quality of games will perpetually get better and better as time goes on, it's just a matter of getting people to migrate over.

That's where I feel like TF2 streamers can come in. Even if PugChamp is a better service for you, it simply isn't for the vast majority of players. It's probably a good idea to at least dabble in FACEIT in order to spread the word to newer/up and coming players that want to play comp (aka a lot of people who frequent streams).

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I disagree that we all suck, but if you (or anyone that thinks the same) could provide some constructive criticism, it would help everyone. It's kind of shitty to be talked down upon then receive no feedback on how to improve.

Yes, you are correct. Both teams currently have 51 rounds won, so even if -bird noises- wins 1-0 against RONIN they will make playoffs.

It's all good. It just seems to happen every match page. I do things too quickly and I always end up making a mistake with the variables on the backend. :(

That mistake was live for about 10 seconds. I can't catch a break holy shit.

Word is that EVL will be playing a double header tonight with FROYO BLACK being the second of the two games. If anyone from Sal's Canal can let me know if they are going to forfeit or play that would be much appreciated.

While it's not 100% accurate, I've scheduled the match on tf.tv to be played at 11pm EST tonight.

Match was rescheduled to 12:30am EST. I imagine it's going to get changed again. I'll try to keep an eye out for the change.

I will link Jill this thread as soon as he's online.

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