Coinz messaged me yesterday with the idea of an international TF tournament comprising of teams from Europe, USA, Brazil and Australia. Games would probably be played on the US West Coast, which would be about a 200 ping for those on the East Coast of Australia.

With the current OZTF competition going through the motions, I think people might be up for something a bit different. Probably the best way to run a competition like this would be to have the normal clans for OZTF as they are now, but combine clans for an international tournament. For example, PnP playing OZTF as PnP, but joining with some other Aussie clan to get numbers on a consistent basis. I think this would probably be needed because games will be played at unusual times due to time differences and it would be almost impossible for current clans to get numbers on their own.

If this happened Australia could probably put forward 3 or 4 clans, which would bring the total clans to around 10 or 11 with USA, Europe, Brazil making up the rest. The games would be played using TF 2.9 settings because it’s the standard in the other countries.

Why an international competition?
A challenge – I think that an international tournament would be a bit of a challenge for those who are finding TF pretty predictable. People don’t really seem to think much anymore but I think playing as HPB’s again could make it a bit more interesting and less predictable e.g. soldiers won’t dominate on a 200 ping compared to a 16 ping.
TF 2.9 settings – Games would be played using the PURE TF settings of TF 2.9.
A chance to take on the world! – Lots of talking about who is the best country but there currently isn’t much to back up all the talking!
Help TF interest here and overseas – Europe/ USA in particular don’t have much of a clan scene any more so something like this could help them stay alive.

The Barriers
The time difference – This is probably the biggest barrier to running a good international tournament due to large time differences between the four different continents.
Ping – Some people might not want to bother playing with a ping of over 50.
Setting up/ running – Servers could be a problem with people being awake/asleep and unable to setup appropriate servers.

Interest?
This is just an idea by Coinz, as far as I know nothing has really be organised or thought about in much detail because interest isn’t really known at the moment. Would people be interested in a tournament like this? Comment!