If you think there’s a right or wrong way to play TF2 then you’re thinking about it wrong. How are you to say the guy playing saxton hale only is playing it wrong? Or surf only? Or only plays on trade servers despite not even trading? How are they any less of a TF2 player than the guy who plays on standard valve…

That’s because competitive TF2's problems are very different and a lot harder to think about than pub TF2's problems. Variety based on class is quite shallow, and the problems by suddenly encountering a turtle team like multiple heavies/engineers/medics is really easily solved by multiple demos, a medic or two, and a…

You’re right in saying it doesn’t resemble standard TF2, but saying it’s from 2008 is completely incorrect. Competitive tf2 is pretty much about pushing the game to its absolute limits while still being, well, fun for the competitive players. The meta has evolved so much over the last few years, the only things…