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Quoted from fraac

etf2l copies mm or it dies, surely.

CSGO leagues’ rules are different from matchmaking ones and they are surely not dead.

Quoted from fraac

etf2l copies mm or it dies, surely.

Almost definitely not true. Even if ETF2L doesn’t follow suit the awareness of competitive will surely boost the numbers of the site, even if the majority flock to other leagues offering MM rules. It all depends whether ETF2L could maintain the reputation of being Europe’s Elite league.

Not saying I don’t think copying it (to a reasonable extent) is the correct decision, but it’s not the only one.

For the first year or so, ETF2L will stay as strong as ever, if not growing! I believe that after that point, almost every comp player will have a stab at MM, and Valve will get a pretty good idea of what works, and what doesn’t. It seems that their intentions are to get every weapon viable in comp, and so with the co-operation of comp players, and after many major balance updates, ETF2L will be able to use MM rules. Obviously the problem of classes will remain. After this ‘trial period’ better class rosters might be considered and adapted by current comp player (However, the current is strong enough), but in MM, there will probably be loads of problems, as there is in TF2C. You may get a Medic who offclasses to spy for half the game, or a pocket who keeps running away from the medic, but as long as Valve doesn’t implement their own tournaments, then MM will be the place to practice (almost like a comp-pub), TF2C might remain for players who want a decent game (RIP TF2C?), however ETF2L will become the place to play organised comp, with teams who don’t mess around, and tournaments to win. If possible, it might be beneficial for ETF2L admins to get in contact with Valve, and maybe have a way to promote ETF2L, and other leagues from within MM?

Hildreth: If Valve is willing to put streams up there on the main menu, I’m pretty convinced competitive news aren’t much of a stretch. A blog post on tf2.com even includes a random one night event of an NA only community server :D

Quoted from Hildreth

You got a plan to make that happen?

Permzilla is just another scrub now

Quoted from Steve!

Hildreth: If Valve is willing to put streams up there on the main menu, I’m pretty convinced competitive news aren’t much of a stretch. A blog post on tf2.com even includes a random one night event of an NA only community server :D

I am talking about implementing news features in the main menu, as suggested here: https://youtu.be/ivNug9WTadU?t=198

I would love to see something like that implemented, hopefully people who have the Developers ears will be shouting for it. This way you can get all competitive news for everyone who plays the game on their screen upon launch – “Want to play Competitive TF2? ETF2L launching Season 23 of their 6v6 league, all skill levels welcome! Click here to find out more!”