An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

Reverted the +quickswitch bug fix while we evaluate

Via: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/440/view/3273577972909950063

Main Event Link: essentials.tf/beyond

October 1st - 30th 2022

We’re back again with a fantastic lineup of TF2 events as part of DreamHack Beyond – Season 3.
With $4,000 of prizes available across October in three different events there’s something for everyone to get involved in!

Join our Discord Server to get updates about our events instantly!

TF2 Community Clash NA - Fall 2022 - $2,400
Ah a true classic, what’s better than getting 6 friends together in a video game to square off against another group of 6 that you’ve suddenly made your sworn enemy? Probably many things. “But this is digital sports!” we cried, and thus Community Clash was born.

Welcome to the true competitive side of Team Fortress 2 gameplay and a share of our $2,400 prize pool!

Main Tournament
The main tournament will take place across two weekends.
The first weekend, 8th & 9th October, will feature the Invite Round-Robin and Open Swiss stage, plus the first round of Playoffs
The second weekend, 15th & 16th October, will host the Double Elimination Playoffs featuring the Invite Teams and top Open teams from the Swiss stage.

Head to our Toornament page to sign up and get more details!

Prize
$2,400 prize pool courtesy of DreamHack
1st: $1,200 + 1st place medals
2nd: $600 + 2nd place medals
3rd: $360 + 3rd place medals
4th: $240

All matches are to be played with the Unity Cup configs (30min match/5min round timers; Winlimit 5; Continuous Overtime – +1 rule; Bo5 KOTH) and the RGL whitelist. These configs can be found on NA Serveme and on Qixalite under the names unity_5cp_rgl & unity_koth_rgl. They can also be downloaded here.

There is a soft region lock, no teams can have more than 3 players from a region that is not North America without admin approval. Feel free to reach out to admins through the EssentialsTF Discord in the #contact-an-admin channel.

Beyond The Limit - $1,500
No, this isn’t your usual competitive TF2 event. The difference? Only Soldier and Demo are allowed. Also it’s a Jumping competition. And also there’s $1500 to be won.

Not jumping like doing star jumps and remembering a dark long-forgotten time from a high school sports day, but instead jumping around specially designed courses in a flurry of fire and explosions in TF2.

Introducing Beyond The Limit, brought to you by DreamHack & EssentialsTF. October 24th-30th.
Maps will be announced during the week before Beyond The Limit begins with a map revealed each day from October 17th.

TF2 Clip Challenge - $100
Think you’ve got an amazing in-game moment from a match or just a daft WTF moment captured during some pub action? Maybe you got a nice multi-kill or hit a really nice airshot?

Send us your clip or short video on Twitter using the hashtag #TF2Clips.

Our esteemed judges will pick their favourite 4 clips and each winner will receive $25!

Submissions are open from October 1st right through til the end of the month on the 30th.

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

Fixed being unable to equip certain valid cosmetic combinations

Via: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/440/view/3297221237697000441

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

Fixed some stability issues

Fixed being able to equip conflicting cosmetic items using +quickswitch

Fixed precached particles not being deleted across map changes

Fixed some hats with drop_type “drop” not being dropped in the world

Fixed headshot animations sometimes playing at map origin

Fixed missing polygon on Pyro’s finger

Fixed clipped text in the Mann vs. Machine loot list screen

Fixed missing BLU skin for The Sydney Sleeper

Fixed some attribute descriptions being cut off in the Item Pickup dialog

Fixed duplicate reload sound entries in the tf_weapon_flaregun_revenge weapon script

Fixed players not igniting after being shot when the map has applied the TF_COND_GAS condition

Fixed not preserving the player’s current angles when the map has applied the TF_COND_HALLOWEEN_KART condition

Fixed missing variables in the Canteen Crasher tournament medals. This does not affect previous versions of those medals.

Updated func_nobuild entity with a new setting to support destroying buildings within its perimeter when activated

Updated player entity with SetCustomModelWithClassAnimations input to set a custom player model that uses the class animations

Updated the tf_logic_cp_timer entity so it can also be used for team RED

Updated/Added some tournament medals

Updated the localization files

Updated the Hazard Headgear

Fixed using the wrong lightwarp

Updated the backpack image to match the item

Updated the Fizzy Pharmacist

Moved the soda bottle to the other side of the Medic to fix clipping problems

Fixed the second style not hiding the bottle

Updated pl_upward

Fixed exploit that allowed buildings to be built in an area that is later shut off from both teams

Updated cp_snakewater_final1

Minor visual, clipping/blockbullet, and detailing fixes

Fixed alignment issues

Fixed some mirroring issues

Updated mid slightly to make it more mirrored

Increased wall heights on mid to allow more jumps

Updated last spawn room to reduce the randomness of spawnpoints

Slightly increased cap time on last to account for longer travel time to the point

Speculative changes to fix some “wallbug” issues

Added Competitive mode stage

Via: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/440/view/3297221237696197731

B19 Update

Removed post in dungeon door on last Replaced terrain around point on second with a new platform structure Replaced fence in front of choke on second with a well/ramp strucure Slightly widened yard outside of fountain exit on second Raised pride rock on second Added a new splashable area behind pride rock on second Redesigned choke Slightly redesigned mid forward spawns

mkz are u drunk

This article will be to go over the prize pool earnings for RGL Sixes Season 9, as well as all the finances that went into the first-ever hosted RGL LAN.

Season 9 - Prize Pool Distribution

Distribution

RGL LAN

Invite Support

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For RGL LAN, we asked all four Invite teams for estimated pre-LAN total expenses and actual post-LAN total expenses to calculate the pre-Lan net and total net. The fundraiser and Draft Cup revenue was split by four and evenly distributed to the teams. These additional funds allowed the three of the four Invite teams to at least not only break even but turn a profit. It should be noted that “Like A G6” exceeded their estimated pre-LAN total costs by $1,770 due to arriving an extra day earlier than the rest of the teams.

LAN Prize Pool Breakdown

$2,200

$2,100

$2,150

$2,050

Payouts for the top 4 playoff Invite teams have been adjusted for this LAN season to help cover the team’s expenses to attend LAN.

LAN Finances

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For the RGL LAN 2022 Financial Report, we have included the total balance, revenue, costs, fundraiser, and draft cup funds for each of the impacted departments (production, Invite teams, venue, merch, admin, and designers) in RGL. To view the finances broken down into specific sections and departments, you can view this here.

It should be noted that Helix eSports honored the rental price of the 2020 LAN location in New Jersey, despite RGL using the Massachusetts location for the 2022 LAN. The Massachusetts venue without this discount would have been more expensive, and as such the discount allowed RGL to have a better deal.

b4 has arrived to save our souls

https://tf2maps.net/downloads/proot.13306/version/39146/download

Changelog:

widened the flank removed the ability for sniper to reach s4rr spot added a jump blocker to mid other stuff i am quite certain

Glad that RGL is finally experimenting with new maps and actually trying something new. Application of new ideas is the only way to improve the league in its current state, so this is a good step forward.

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SFM By MetalCloud, Edited by Raos

The Season 13 Map Order:

Week 1: pl_upward_f10

Week 2: koth_ashville_final

Week 3: pl_vigil_rc9

Week 4: koth_proot_b3b

Week 5: pl_swiftwater_final1

Week 6: koth_product_final

Week 7: cp_steel_f10

Introducing King of the Hill Proot!

Following the recently concluded Experimental Cup #5, we released a survey to have you, our community, help decide what maps to include into Season 13! Following the results posted here, koth_proot was the most well-received out of all maps played during the cup. As such, we will be including it into the Season 13 map pool. Keep in mind that the map maker has been hard at work using everyone’s thoughtful feedback from the survey to make improvements to the map! So a new version may be released before the season begins. There is also another map we are interested in including, but have decided to sit it out this Autumn so the mapper can make some adjustments to make it even better! Stay tuned for an exciting Season 14!

Map Version Updates

A new version of koth_ashville has been released. RGL will be using koth_ashville_final for Season 13. The changelog can be located here.

For Season 13 we will also use the newest refresh versions of pl_upward and cp_steel. Downloads for both maps are linked above. The changelog for pl_upward_f10 can be found here. For cp_steel_f11, the changelog is posted here.

Regarding Survey Results

We value the feedback of our players tremendously. The answers to each question let us know where to go in future seasons to best serve our players’ interests. For the multiple choice questions asking for feedback on divisions and their admins, I have shared the results with the respective division admins to improve our overall quality throughout each division. For the questions asking for written answers, I have made sure to read each and every response I received, whether it was serious or goofy, short or long. I would like to address some of the more common concerns in a future article but, for now, here are the results of the survey.

Match Points vs Rounds Won vs Pure Wins

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This last survey we wanted to see everyone’s thoughts on how team should be ranked as a primary and secondary choice. Based on these results, players are interested in primarily using the Match Points with Pure Wins being the second most popular choice. As such, we will continue to rank teams based on Match Points.

Advanced Round-Robin Question

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A large majority of Main through Invite players in review are interested in Advanced being round-robin. As such, we will continue this structure going forward. Main and Invite are inquired due to their divisions directly being impacted by the chosen structure.

General Division Results

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General Map Results

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Experimental Cup Survey Results

Here are the survey results from the recent event. We’re very excited to present these results! Thank you to everyone who participated and filled out the survey. We had 60 teams sign up. Without further ado, here are the results.

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These results were very interesting as every map in the cup had over a 50% enjoyment rating. Both Ramjam and Eruption sat at an enjoyment rating of 51%. Meanwhile, Proot was at a staggering 80% enjoyment rating.

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The large majority of players enjoy the current structure of six matches while playing each map twice during the cup. We will look into possibly doing this sort of structure for cups in the future! Keep in mind that this also causes an increased workload to our staff, which may result in less frequent cups overall.

The Real Spreadsheet.

If you disagree with the rankings, they are open to criticism.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lnrDBXeEFTuB4awg3fiJ6wzR1tktgYIwhSxkSFflPQk/edit?usp=sharing

take me off the spreadsheet

Past monthly articles: January, February, March, April & May, June, July, August

Staff Updates

fluey and Jercer have stepped down from their positions on the 6s admin team.

Joey Lemons has stepped down from their position on the HL admin team.

We would like to thank them for their work and time spent volunteering and wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors. As a result of these staff changes, we are looking for mature, driven individuals who can help us continue to deliver a great platform to ever greater players.

Walrex, je’mond, QueeQuey, and Faith will be new additions to the 6s team.

Bliztank will be a new addition to the Highlander team.

The updated staff list is as follows:

6v6

Head Admin - virgil

Division Admins:

Invite - Walrex

Advanced - ZoomxZe

Main - je’mond

Intermediate - Faith

Amateur - Spazz

Newcomer - Kitty

Division Moderators:

Invite - virgil

Advanced - je’mond

Main - QueeQuey

Intermediate - Reno

Amateur - Reno

Newcomer - Fleskore

9v9

Head Admin - Constantly

Division Admins:

Invite - yogrrt

Advanced - JohhnyFromCali

Main - Spazz

Intermediate - Xenagos

Amateur - Icy

Newcomer - Kitty

Division Moderators:

Advanced - vorboyvo

Main - ZoomxZe

Intermediate - Bliztank

Amateur - asian

Newcomer - Jercer

Global Rule Updates

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[1008.4.4] - Server Issues has been updated to clarify the procedures a team should take should they believe server disruption has influenced the outcome of a round. Additionally, any rounds played without an official admin ruling will be counted and will not be replayed.

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[1008.14] - Team Starting Sides has been updated to make it clear how team side is determined in the regular season versus playoffs. Should both teams agree, they can opt into an optional medic melee fight to determine the side of color.

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[1008.4.5] - STV has been updated to clarify that STV connect information must be given to the enemy team leader upon request. Exceptions include if either the host or away team does not want their RGL match to be casted by a non-RGL-recognized casting organization.

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[1008.5] - POV and STV Demos has been updated to clarify that ringers are not void from demo infractions as a result of POV demo requests.

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[1003.3] - Game Exploits has been updated to include a HUD edit that is not allowed by the RGL AC team.

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[1008.11] - Dead Teams has been updated to clarify how match results are handled for dead teams in round robin and Swiss divisions.

Bans

These bans were enacted before the release of this article. If you would like to file a report, you can do so on our site here. Appeals can also be found on the same page.

NOTE: We only look at user-submitted reports. If you do not file a report, then there is a good chance we have not seen it and cannot deal with the situation.

Cheating

The following player(s) have been caught cheating by the RGL Anti-cheat team and will be banned:

SphericalCrab - 2 Years / First cheating offense League

Bigferris - Violation of [1004.4.1] - Permanently banned players in a scrimmage (2x). Offseason ban delayed for the start of Sixes Season 10. - 2 Weeks

sam - Discord ban evasion - 1 Month

Lube - Violation of [1007.2.4] - Fraud. Fabricating screenshots of other(s) on an RGL platform with the intent to defame. - 2 Months

cvk - Account sharing & Assisting ban evasion - 12 Months

Sportsmanship and Spirit

The following player(s) have/had been suspended for 1-6 weeks for their usage of racist slurs, homophobic or transphobic language, excessive toxicity, flaming, or derogatory language on our platforms. Repeat offenders will get longer ban lengths.

Cutimus - Use of a racial slur on an RGL platform (Discord). - 2 Weeks

buko - Use of a homophobic slur during a scrim. - 2 Weeks

Demos

The following player(s) have failed to provide a requested demo. The first offense during the regular season will be a warning. A second offense during the regular season or the first offense during playoffs will lead to suspensions.

throne - Failure to Submit Demos: 1st Offense (Offense occurred in a playoff match, see [1008.5] - POV and STV Demos - 2 Weeks

tojo - Failure to Submit Demos: 1st Offense (Offense occurred in a playoff match, see [1008.5] - POV and STV Demos - 2 Weeks

VAC Ban

The following account(s) has been banned for having VAC bans that may be affecting TF2. If you have a VAC ban for a game that is not TF2, please contact an admin to get the ban removed.

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You can read further details and context about each of the player’s bans by viewing their discipline history on their RGL profile.

hl pugs are pretty awful and nobody really cares about playing them & winning, but i still want to play some good hl. i’m wondering if people would be interested in playing a non-rgl-affiliated match during one day per week.

this idea is this: one day during the week, teams will fight another team of their skill level in a playoff-style match with pick/bans (maps currently in the hl map pool). this system creates a wonderful opportunity for substitute players and up-and-comers to play some decent hl and perhaps get their names out into the public eye. if all goes well, one day of nice, serious games in a low-commitment environment will help people get better at things you can’t really do in pugs (coordination, attempting new team strats, practicing (main)calling, etc.).

this group would highly encourage you fill up your weekly team with whoever you can and have a fun time playing the game & sweating.

lmk what you think, and the discord link is here if you’re interested: https://discord.gg/RNydFBPWwN

:3

yo this was like 2 months ago

There was an issue with written responses where they would be cut off after a certain point. It has been resolved, but for those that have given longer responses (~100 characters or more), i would like you to rewrite their responses to give the intended feedback. Sorry for the inconvenience.

After a month and a half of counting, sorting, and organizing, the folks at TF2Maps are ready to show off the best of this year’s 72hr TF2Jam! This is their biggest showcase yet at 140 entries!

This year’s event received 908 entries, shattering last year’s total of 345 and the previous all-time record of 742 set in 2017! The previous donation record (around $10,000 in donations from 1122 different donors) was also shattered by raising a total of $17,916.40 from 1616 different donors! The money was donated to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an international, independent organization that provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, and more. Way to go, TF2 Community!

For more information, check out the showcase thread on TF2Maps! You can also join the TF2Maps Discord and follow TF2Maps on Twitter!

Via: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/440/view/3303975368051099772

didn’t get a chance to post it since the forums were down, but the responses can be found here.

looking for likeminded adv/invite scout players to get together and trade demo reviews
minty#1991
add me if interested