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WE BE TALKIN BOUT THEM INVITE DEMOS, GRAPEJUICETHETHIRD

ADVANCED TEAM SPECULATION AND PLAYOFF PREDICTION

UP N COMER MAIN PLAYERS

THANK YOU TO mustanahaline_veerandselg#6231 FOR THEM BEAUTIFUL POSTERS WE FINNA BE SHOWING TONIGHT

@REERO @KURA YOU GON’ WANT TO SEE THEM POSTERS……

Hi everyone, it’s getting close to the start of the season so I’m opening up some available times for lower level mentoring!

Most of you might know me as a player or the owner of Witness Gaming! I try and do a little bit of mentoring per season just to give some of what I know to players and teams trying to improve!

I have been mentoring teams for a decently long time (~2017-2023) and have a pretty decent amount of content specifically for less experienced players or teams to use! I’m a pretty big fan of map reviews, general TF2 theory, and have written multiple in-depth guides on staple maps in the HL rotation that break down how to correctly understand and play each map.

I’m pretty confident in teaching teams how to communicate better and I’d say my biggest strength is in teaching HL TF2 at a level that’s foundational while also showing different ways to play that might appeal to different teams preferences. It’s more important to me to teach the fundamental “Why?” so players can be more fundamentally sound going forward into the competitive career.

I can also mentor individual classes as well! I can provide pretty in-depth feedback for Heavies, Soldiers, Spies, and Scouts in the form of personal demo/map reviews. I also value helping players find good mental mindsets to grow and compete.

If you’re a team or player looking to try and have a season of growth, I’m more than happy to help! I just ask that mentees come to me with a clear and focused mindset on improving and learning above all else.

If I have time, I don’t mind sitting in and doing live reviews of scrims but this is very limited and may be unavailable depending on the weeks.

Feel free to add me on Steam (please comment before adding me!) or shoot me a DM on Discord @ Witness#3415 with your team, division, and anything you may need help with in the form of a question and Ill try my best to get back to you! I’m pretty busy but I try and get back to as many people as possible!

Haven’t seen any other advanced spreadsheets so I started one

If anyone wants to do rankings/predictions let me know and I’ll add you on otherwise im just gonna report the weekly scores and update rosters

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11_KzvlODFFxq3TVaSVaT0hyDLetYkqxFvDsADvo_32g/edit?usp=sharing

contact Treemonkey#0678 if u have any feedback

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Banner by Raos Announcing Invite Qualifiers

For Season 14, Invite will have a preseason qualifier to participate in Invite. This is to ensure that teams are able to compete in the division best fitting for their skill level. Qualifiers will consist of 4 teams competing in a Round-Robin bracket. There will be 3 matches played, each using ban/ban to determine the played map. All Qualifier matches MUST be completed by Tuesday night.

Here are the default dates for Qualifiers:

**Saturday, January 21st, 9:30 PM EST

Sunday, January 22nd, 9:30 PM EST

Monday, January 23rd, 9:30 PM EST**

The qualifier ban order will be as follows:

A Bans | B Bans | A Bans | B Bans | A Bans | B Bans

Qualifiers Map Pool:

koth_product_final koth_ashville_final koth_proot_b5b cp_steel_f12 pl_upward_f10 pl_vigil_rc9 pl_swiftwater_final1

The teams competing in Invite Qualifiers are as follows:

@Mountain Standard Time After Dark Broken Mice all class world tour

The teams competing in Invite for Season 14 are:

FroggieLand.com somebody help ##RR squirtyay Man Crush Monday League of Lemons Fast Fourth (Reserved for Invite Qualifier Winner) Update on the Status of Advanced

After reviewing the division’s strength and overall health, our Highlander Staff has decided against running a qualifier in Advanced for Season 14. Advanced will still have an eight-team round-robin structure with selected teams including the Main division winners from Season 13 as well as reserved slots for the teams participating in Invite qualifiers.

The 8 teams guaranteed to compete in Advanced this season will be

miracle musical Big Guys Fake Versace Worse Comp Format BigBrainComp? (Reserved for Invite Qualifier Participants) (Reserved for Invite Qualifier Participants) (Reserved for Invite Qualifier Participants)

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Banner by Raos Map Pool

The map pool for Newcomer-Main will be as follows:

cp_process_f12

cp_snakewater_final1

koth_clearcut_b15d

cp_gullywash_f9

koth_bagel_rc5

cp_sultry_b8

koth_product_final

cp_sunshine

Alternative 5CP Map Option - cp_metalworks_f5

The alternative map is a map that IM and Main teams can agree to opt into if they do not want to play the regular map for the week. For this season, the alternative map will be cp_metalworks_f5.

Invite and Advanced Map Pool

The map pool for Invite and Advanced will use a slightly altered map pool used by the rest of the league.

cp_gullywash_f9

koth_bagel_rc5

cp_sultry_b7

cp_snakewater_final1

koth_product_final

cp_process_f12

cp_granary_pro_rc8

cp_sunshine

Invite and Advanced will also be offered the option to vote out one map and vote in two more, for a total of nine maps. This voting will take place after registration closes, once teams have been placed. The Invite and Advanced admins will reach out to teams in both divisions and provide them with a google form where they can vote. Please note that the alternative 5cp map will not apply to Invite and Advanced, as these divisions will continue doing pick/bans for map selection instead of a weekly map rotation.

Admin List

The admin list for Season 11 is as follows:

Head Admin - virgil

Division Admins:

Invite - Walrex

Advanced - je’mond

Main - reno

Intermediate - Scream

Amateur - je’mond

Newcomer - Kitty

Internal Admins - camp3r, Heks, Spazz, Jamillia

Division Moderators:

Invite - virgil

Advanced - Scream

Main - nyna

Intermediate - QueeQuey

Amateur - reno

Newcomer - Fleskore

Note: Internal admins will be assisting regular admins/mods with tickets and other internal matters. If you need help, please open a support ticket or reach out to your div admin/mod.

Season Changes

In response to various feedback, we’re trying out a variety of new things for this season, all of which are listed below.

Changes to Restrictions and Sandbagging Policies

We’ve updated our sandbagging policies and roster restriction policies to address holistically strong rosters. In the past, we’ve allowed for entire teams to move down a division provided every player receives a class restriction. However, this has typically shown to not be effective, as the entire team still has synergy and experience from the previous higher division that allow them to perform extremely well in the lower division. As such, we are now restricting all rosters to no more than 4 main class restrictions per 6s roster. This means that you can have no more than 4 different players on a roster that have a restriction on either scout, soldier or demo. We’ll monitor how this new change affects sandbagging this season, and see if the rule needs to be revisited. For more information of class and roster restrictions, please see Rule 1006.2.5 - Sandbagging and Class Restrictions.

Format Wide Config Changes

While configs will remain the same for the Newcomer and Amateur divisions, Intermediate divisions and above will be using the progressive config. This config has a first to 5 win limit for the first 30 minutes, and after 30 minutes has passed, the win limit is reduced to 1+ the current max number of rounds a team has scored. For example, if after 30 minutes the current round score is 3-1, the new round win limit will be reduced to 4. At the moment, there is no upper bound on how long matches will run, but thorough testing shows matches will typically last between 40-50 minutes. Even so, since IM, Main, and Advanced have not ran the config yet, we will be monitoring match length closely and, if needed, will add an overall max match time limit after week two in the season. This config will be named rgl_6s_5cp_match_pro.cfg for 5cp, and rgl_6s_koth_pro.cfg.

Round timers will be reduced to 4 minutes for every div.

The config has been uploaded to RGL’s git for server updates.

Whitelist Changes

In the post s10 survey, 41% of polled players voted to unban the Buffalo Steak Sandvich, 31% voted to keep it banned, and the remaining 28% were neutral. In the spirit of change, we’re unbanning the Buffalo Steak Sandvich this season. We will be monitoring games to see how this item impacts game flow, if it does at all.

JohhnyFromCali

In my professional opinion, vod uploading is basic level stuff; hence why I view that as a criticism. If we are failing at the basic aspects of production then that brings into question the bigger picture things that are hugely important.

You do bring up a good point with YouTube however. Its one of the reasons I moved my church to YouTube for our livestreams. Twitch is not how people get into tf2; YouTube is a much better platform to grow your audience and to take advantage of their algorithms. Not to mention the fact that the moment streams are done on YouTube; the vod is immediately available at full quality.

who put swift week 1 man

whoops (b5)
https://tf2maps.net/downloads/proot.13306/version/40850/download
Changelog:

fixed a bug that let red players get into blu spawn

Get ready! It might be winter up north, but down south it’s heating up with the TF2 Summer Brawl! Seven teams from across the land down under are heading to the sunshine state of Australia for a one-day brawl! Only one team can claim the summer cup! Who will it be?

Tickets might be sold out, but you can still watch all the action on

! The event will start Saturday at 12pm AEST / 3am CET / 9pm ET (Friday). You can also head over to the event website to keep up-to-date with all the happenings!

Via: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/440/view/3669904253540289976

Past monthly articles: January, February, March, April & May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Staff Updates

Scream and Jamillia will be a new addition to the 6s team.

Garbo 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 - je’mond

Main - reno

Intermediate - Faith

Amateur - Spazz

Newcomer - Kitty

Division Moderators:

Invite - virgil

Advanced - virgil

Main - je’mond

Intermediate - QueeQuey

Amateur - reno

Newcomer - Fleskore

9v9

Head Admin - Constantly

Division Admins:

Invite - yogrrt

Advanced - Rebel

Main - Bliztank

Intermediate - Xenagos

Amateur - asian

Newcomer - Kitty

Division Moderators:

Advanced - vorboyvo

Main - Icy

Intermediate - Spazz

Amateur - Garbo

Newcomer - Jercer

Global Rule Updates

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[1009.1] - Rostered Player Match Eligibility is not adding anything new but is being updated to make it clearer how the process of a player being fully rostered to participate in an RGL match works.

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[2004.2] - Playoffs Map Pick/Bans & [3004.1] - Playoff Map Selection is being updated to make it clearer what the process is if a team remains unresponsive during pick/bans during playoffs.

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[1006.2.5] - Sandbagging and Class Restrictions has been updated to introduce a maximum capacity of the number of class restrictions a roster may have.

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[1008.17] - Playoffs is being updated to make it clearer how home/status is handled in single-elimination and double-elimination brackets.

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 permanently banned:

ricky - 2 Years / First cheating offense Account Sharing / Ban Evasion

The following player(s) evaded their league ban by participating in official matches through account sharing on an alternate account during the season and will be permanently banned:

send - Min. 18-Months (Currently on probation)

The following account will be banned for assisting the above league banned player in league ban evasion by account sharing on an alternate account in official matches during the season:

Sol - 18-Months

The following player(s) knowingly supported permanently league-banned player(s) in account sharing and evading their permanent ban by playing in official matches during the season and will be banned:

dolphood - 6-Months

cyclopsguy - Min. 6-Months (Currently on probation)

MelonTf - Min. 6-Months (Currently on probation)

Melons - 6-Months

+lus - 6-Months

Alting

The following player(s) attempted to register their alternate account in RGL.

screwball | Ink - 6-Months

The following alternate account(s) have been caught connected to existing accounts in RGL by the RGL Anti-cheat team and will be permanently banned:

Agile VAC Ban

The following account(s) have 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.

Luz (real)

{VAC} Lil_Chomp.exe

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

If you have seen Trial By Fireside before, we normally cover 6s but we’re starting to branch into Highlander and do some Newcomer & Amateur coverage.

Thus, I’m looking for some casters with highlander brain. I have some brain but my last time playing HL was S1 in Intermediate, plus I’m producing/observing 🙂

For those who don’t know what Trial By Fireside is, it’s coverage of Newcomer/Amateur that I originally started for Fireside Casts 2 seasons ago and I want to try to continue it with Highlander this season.

Our original post –

*For RGL S9, deltamarket, antlers and I will be producing weekly matches throughout the season for Amateur and Newcomer divisions. The aim of this project is to provide consistent coverage for the newcomer and amateur division–something that hasn’t really been done before in lower RGL and UGC divisions in the past. Our goal is not only will newer players the ability to have their games casted, but to also provide an informative and more insightful stream for players new to TF2 with limited knowledge on the concepts of 6s in general.

We expect to be covering throughout the regular season and playoffs. The regular season’s casts will be casted with a mix of casting and demo reviewing. But, for playoffs, we’ll try to take a backseat on the reviewing and provide a more realistic cast like casts in other divisions.

We’ll be catering towards players new to TF2 with limited knowledge about 6s and how to play it. We want to provide information on how to play the map in certain scenarios and analyzing the teams’ mistakes and what they can do better throughout the cast. This would help newer players who want to get better at certain maps, maybe individually, or with their team as they understand the match as it’s played in real time rather than watching a demo review from a twitch stream or youtube video.*

You can catch our casts on

. See you next season!

Our current lineup is:

grey (unavailable though until playoffs)
Godfather
Xenagos
Me (producer/observer)

Feel free to contact me on Discord – siyo#5532.

Cheers!

Updated dl link to proot
A new version has just been released. It is now koth_proot_b4c

made most fence and window clips blockbullets for more consistent splash damage clipped a few bits i missed earlier remade the spawns to be more in-line with product and other comp koth maps

download here

eXHunter do you wanna fuck?

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 a memory leak when firing syringes as Medic

Fixed some instances of syringes being invisible around corners and in transitions between water and air (both directions)

Fixed syringes triggering false hits on the client when minimal view models are enabled or a custom view model FOV is set

Fixed The Original using the default reload sound instead of the intended sound

Fixed entities being considered static props after long server times

Fixed Mann vs. Machine bots failing to spawn

Fixed rockets occasionally being solid

Updated the equip_region settings for The Onimann and the Cranial Cowl

Updated cp_frostwatch

Fixed being able to stand in the cliff wall near control point 2 in stage 1

Expanded VScript support

Fixed .nut files being valid files for download/upload

Fixed clients being able to run certain script_* debug commands on the server

Added EmitSoundEx

Fixed crashes related to null strings being passed to functions

Exposed a MaxClients function to get the current value of maxplayers

Fixed clearing script hooks on level transition

Via: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/440/view/3669903800693445918

Xenagos proot is also amazing for sniper i feel like ramjam is kinda beaast for every class, warmtic would be betteer for the other 8 lowkey

attempting to practice whatever editing or script-writing skill i have. what tips do y’all have for the map koth_product that you feel most players should know. could be anything like positioning or rocket-jumps. i’d probably would have to ask someone to demonstrate the latter tho lol.

in all honesty, i’m trying to emulate voo/nadeking, but for tf2.

Collegiate TF2 (CTF2) is announcing their upcoming Spring 2023 6v6 League where college students form teams with players from their same collegiate student body to compete against other schools!

CTF2 offers players of any skill level the chance to team up with their peers and compete, with no competitive experience required. From seasoned competitive players to newcomers, all are welcome to compete for their school.

The registration for the Spring Season will be open from January 2nd to February 7th. The season will have teams playing one match per week from February 8th to March 29th, with playoffs in April (TBD based off of the number of teams).

If you’re not interested in competing, CTF2 will have other opportunities to be involved through casting matches, production, and general league organization.

Check out their Discord server if you’re interested and would like more information!

Via: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/440/view/3637251250307262456

Iso
that’s fine w me pyro is boring to play against

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Banner by Raos Register Now For Season 11

Registration for RGL 6s Season 11 is now open! The new team registration deadline is January 13th at 11:59 pm EST, with team placements running from then until the 22nd. The season starts on ** January 24th and runs through March 12th**.

The full season dates are listed below:

Friday, January 13th - New Team Registration closes at 11:59 pm EST

Saturday, January 14th - Invite Qualifiers begin

Saturday, January 21st - Invite Qualifiers end, Invite division finalized

Sunday, January 22nd - Team placements finalized, division payments finalized, week 1 matches posted

Tuesday, January 24th - Season 11 matches begin

Sunday, March 5th - Rosters lock at 11:59 pm EST

Saturday, March 25th - Last day for regular season matches

Monday, March 27th - Playoffs begin

Thursday, April 20th - Last day for playoffs matches

Season Updates

Any changes to the whitelist, config, or map pool for the upcoming season will be announced shortly after the post-season survey closes. For recent RGL updates, check the RGL Advent Calendar articles, all of which can be found here.

How to Find a Team

New to competitive and need help finding a team? Check out our guide on getting started here! You can also check out the NA Newbie Mixes here, which provides many additional resources for players new to competitive TF2, including (but not limited to) a Team Drive where you and 5 other players will be placed on a team that’s assigned an experienced coach for the entire season and weekly “Mixes” where 2 teams of 6 newbies each are given a coach for a single PUG (pick-up game).

Additional Info for Invite Teams

All teams intending to compete in Invite MUST message the Invite division admin Walrex, as well as have a team page with 6 players rostered by January 13th. Invite will aim to have 10 spots this season, with two spots reserved for qualifier teams and one spot offered to the winners of Advanced in the previous season.

Invite playoffs will be played in a weekend LAN tournament style. Dates will be announced soon so teams will be able to plan ahead of time.

Before the season starts, your division admin will invite you to an invite team leaders’ discussion group. The team leader listed on the roster will be the contact point and the one invited to ensure the meeting isn’t overly crowded. If the team leader does not wish to attend, an appointed teammate must take their place.

Invite Qualifiers

Invite qualifiers will only be ran if there are more than 10 teams looking to play invite. Invite qualifiers will be run from Saturday, January 14th to Saturday, January 21st. The number of teams allowed into qualifiers will be decided by the admin team based on the potential teams, and the structure of the qualifiers will be announced once the number of teams has been determined. Your invite admin will keep in touch to ensure that any questions regarding scheduling are answered. As stated above, please contact the invite division admin if your team would like to be considered to play in qualifiers.

Join Our Team!

Staff applications are open, including 6s division admin and moderator positions. Become a part of North America’s largest TF2 league and help us continue to build the future of TF2. View the application here!