Team Fortress 2 is in cast cast through the pair of popular titans, Dota 2 and Counter strike 2. But the class -based FPS has been able to endure despite the status of its younger brother, in which a passionate community has also permanently included a competitive scene that is still producing fireworks.
During May Fazgan Fire Side Denver LAN, a fan that I called the Transaiental Tournament “the most difficult competition in the history of TF2”. The game is close to the age of 18, and in the meantime the competitiveness has increased. I have spent 2,900 hours in the game and clearly, the worst player of the Fire Side Denver team can run around me before scandalizing my rigidated carpes.
“The competitive scenario is probably the best by now,” Saban said, who plays a soldier’s role for American Supertium Like g6FANS or just for “G6” fans. Do you ask if TF2 looks like supertium?
In TF2’s largest competitive game mode, “scus”, teams usually stand with a very better mixture: two scouts, two soldiers, one demo -man, one medicine. To a large extent, each of them can participate in both the “generalist” class and fight effectively, which causes a speed -centrifugal succus metagim that strategies around the TF2 skill movement system.
Slow classes like heavy and engineer emerge only when a team is stopped defending their last control point. Pyro is also useful in niche conditions, which is well able to negate a madison überchan charge with aerial blossoms well. Snirs and spies occasionally see but glamorous action, usually deployed to kill enemy medicines or other valuable goals.
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The G6 bulldoose through the fire side Denver, and is unbeaten on the path to the Grand Finals. But many fans supported a different North American team. FruiticThe historical family of competitive TF2.
Ask any fan to consider the biggest player at all times. The answer will come to the course: Grant “B4nny” Vincent. As the founder and captain of Freotec, B4nny has made a full career by playing the valve’s Walky hat game competitively.
Since the start of the team in 2014, Freotech has won six gold medals in the international Lans, which is more cash than every other team, with more cash wins, as well as more cash than respect, jealousy and enmity than different corners of the community.
“I’m better than you, b4nny!” After scoring a dirty frg on the veteran during the Saturday match, a soldier who represented the Philippines cried. Although Freotec will eventually stop the team’s team, it was an early warning sign. Something was clearly not once clicking for the North Americans.
Habib told me, “Fruo has a very complex system.” “We are accustomed to the crowd, but we are still under pressure. It is all about time, positioning, execution, and we cannot maintain this harmony.”
In the play office, the Frevyotic will fall on the unexpected opponent: Witness Gaming Australia (WG-AU) Competitive TF2, with such anxiety concern, requires dedication to come down under the team to Denver. Enter Ian “Witness” Falconer, who is fond of an asports who personally patronized Australian and European teams, even hiking them in the Rocky Mountains.
“I have spent 000 7,000 on this journey so far, I will not return to any of it,” Falconer said with a shrig. WG-AU also succeeded successfully Crowd Fund 8,100 Audes (US $ 5,200). Nevertheless, even a great performance in a LAN will not meet huge costs that come with the world.
“When it comes to TF2, I see Bruce… Valve and Nintendo parallel to break Don’t support these communities“Falconer advised.” They break up for her Rice bags In Japan we are on one of the most decorated TF2 tournaments ever and we are playing mainly for rice bags.
But in the most respected LAN of the game in eight years, what is better than financial matters in the largest team in TF2’s history than winning? “In fact, I was shooting myself,” said Conor, a WG-Yu soldier. “It would be special to play against Froo, but to win? It’s the biggest moment ever.”
However, for a long time, the biggest moment. In the semi -finals, Asees faced the Balls Lane team, a couple of experienced professionals who would see how they would get rent in Denver against more established roster. Balls Boys was a serious contender, headed by former Frewatic star Jahiunpi, who was described by several fans as the most mechanically skilled player of the game.
However, the WG-AU proved to be very much to handle the most important TF2 series in its nation’s history and to become the first Australian team to mediate in the international tournament. Although they will have a third place overall after losing the nearest competition from the sister team Witness Gaming Europe –
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Speaking of WG-EU, their possibilities didn’t look good to go to the grand final. I talked to dozens of players, fans and analysts, listening to the version of avoiding it: “G6 is unbeaten.”
But the Europeans gave as much as they got. On the second map of the Grand Finals, the process, G6 withdrew the WG-EU to its final point, and forced the underdugs to defend everything. The crowd, the European Medicine, Auto, has put its burden from Meta Defining Eberchage in Kurtzkrig, a dangerous choice that causes massive damage but zero undesirable.
A WG-EU Scout, Toemas, spin, changed classes and got out of the famous heavy weapons boy. When G6 broke the way to this point, Auto activated his curtains on Tomas, and to remove a barrage of it, “Laser beam!” To refer to, to take off a barrage, “laser beams!”
After the game of savings of this game, the Europeans managed to win the process even before taking the next two maps, won the tournament, disturbing the unbeaten G6 Supertium. In an interview after the match, the commentator Tcmano called WG-EU a “best team in TF2” and to some extent reinforced European TF2 to Europe. “You have come to North America, you have made your region a champion, proving that Europe is the best,” he said. “I’m forced to admit it. At least now.”
For now
Compared to modern e -reports, competitive TF2 has gone through its prime. The day of his glory was suffering from a decade ago. But TF2 veteran pro players are as devout as before, and many young people are bleeding in this scenario.
Two of the high -level demons so far cite this dynamic: Frew’s Habib and G6 Logan. A humble entry came from Habib, “She’s better than me now. I am no longer 20 years old.” Logan, almost almost amazing, replied, “Habib taught me everything.”
This community may be hard, but does the room left to grow? Balls leader Jahunpi believes, except for miracle intervention from the valve, evolution in the meta may be necessary. “Being a player for a long time, I want to see changes in competitiveness,” he said. “I want new maps, new strategies, different classes. Really, anything.”
Even the B4nny, TF2’s most notorious six stickers, look at the need to adopt. He shared, “One part of mine has understood where the valve (no restriction) is coming with a competitive form.” We can restrain unnecessary weapons. This competitive label is a very elite label, watching such comfortable people, and I think we will really need to brand a little bit again. “
Many fans and players I have talked about the fireide Denver to feel comfortable labeling as a “grand final” for a competitive scene, which requires hosting a large, lower -level tournament. But in B4nny’s opinion, there is as much time for TF2 as players keep in place.
“I heard that people said ‘this is the last lane’ in 2019,” the captain of the Freotech shook his head. “If we are optimistic and focus on the tasks we can do as a community.
