with etf2l having super long off seasons (4 months in this case??) i feel like theres no place to play the game other than tf2pickup which sucks because of the skill disparity and MANY individuals who seemingly do not give a fuck about winning and inhouse mixes which are very rare and also require you to be in a circlejerk to participate, which 99% of players are not in
personally ive got no desire to even launch the game atm because theres not really a place for me to improve as tekszi said, it leaves the people who (with enough practice) could be playing top level tf2, but are restricted due to that practice not being readily availabe in a kind of limbo of being kinda good but kinda bad which is really demotivating for "up and comers", which seems to be the majority of players atm. really sucks cause i love the game and i love 6s but theres not really a real place to play that outside of the 4ish months we have actual seasons in etf2l.
contrasting to what tekszi said, i feel like when tf2online was about and id be picked personally it was the fastest way for me to improve because it was very easy to practice fundamentals when you have 5 prem players telling you what youre doing wrong, and you cant really get that anywhere else
i agree wonder should be banned but playing devils advocate i would say its unfair to just smite him out of existence because if hes banned from pugs, and he definitely wont get a team, hes forced to sit and play lobbies 8 hours a day which is a fate i would not wish upon my worst enemy