Changelog

What changed on PugChamp, newest first. Dates are when it went live.

20 Sep 2026

PugChamp is live at pugchamp.protfx.com. Sign in with Steam, pick a Format, and add up to the launchpad. The site runs from Hetzner's Falkenstein datacentre, next to serveme's EU servers.

A Member is never swapped into two slots of one Game: when two Substitute Requests want the same person, the first window takes them and the second looks elsewhere.
A Candidate who is restricted before the window ends is no longer chosen: the Game hears the change while the request is still open, and at startup after an outage.

One Format everywhere. The Players, Leaderboard and Awards pages open in the Format you last chose — from the toolbar switch or on any page — instead of falling back to 6v6; a profile opens in its own Format unless you ask for another.

Leaderboard, Awards and head-to-head. /leaderboard ranks every rated Member in a Format with their Band, the week's movement, record and streak; /awards names the month's most Games, best Medic, most substitutes filled and biggest climb; a profile's Compare with… opens two Members' record against each other and together.
Streaks. A profile shows the current streak and the longest run of wins, and the leaderboard has a column for it.
Restrictions. /restrictions lists everyone restricted right now, with the reason and the time left.
This changelog.

A polish pass over every page: presses are felt, menus and dialogs close cleanly, the phone toolbar fits, countdowns no longer stutter.
The Lobby refuses stale facts about a Member, and the chat purge sits before the time.

Game night. A live scoreboard and round clock on a running Game, a Timeline of what happened, Rating movement on the Players table, share cards for Games and Members, browser notifications that actually fire, and a map cooldown so the same map is not drafted twice in a row.

Games pages. A Games list with the map, the Captains and the score; a Member's Game History on their profile.
The strip. The Format's running Games, substitutes wanted and your Restrictions, on one row above the launchpad.

Chat and presence. One chat per Format with mentions, who is Online, and Discord mirrors.
Ratings and Stats. OpenSkill Ratings per completed Game, Stats per Member and Format, the ETF2L profile and its badges.
Substitutes and moderation. Substitute Requests when a Player leaves, Restrictions and Penalties, Appeals, and the Admin's audit log.

Games on real servers. A Game books a serveme.tf server, sends the Roster, follows the log and scores the match; 6v6 and Highlander.

The Lobby and the Draft. Pre-Ready, Ready, the Launch and the Captain draft, live for everyone on the page.