17 January 2014 - 13:01 EST
yes irc is dead im still idling there all day it was such a good thing cause it even works when steamfriends is offline ect. (what happens to me quiet often latley)
the new alternative might be useing steamgroupchat what would basicly be the same without using an addinal program
but in my opinion it has its downsides compared to a website for pcw/scrim finding because:
-if you have a disconnect the chatlog is lost @steamgroup
-if you connect 1 minute after the pcw request in chat you cannot see it ofc.... (same was irc ofc)...
-even less active teams simply browse the website check skillranking and select an similar team so the chances to not get stomped are better
-lesser active teams can be clearly identifiyed from the ensl.org website when the pcw/scrim finding will be here.
-you wont ask the teams that allready have pcws so you save a lot time
there might be more reasons or some resons might be questionable but in my opinion its clearly a bennefit if we would have a website in place that can do it.