DJC was a great caller that coordinated pushes incredibly well on pocket. Doesn't really matter how "good" he was individually if he did the thing that the team needed him to do.

He's on the fast track to being the next tyrone

never stopped powah

literally just blew $7
what am i doing with my life fuck

Does anyone else think these polls are really unnecessary?
Killing why can't you just pick a team and avoid all of this brown-nosing and drama.

if some shitties wanna bribe their way to invite, let them

edit: just mangachu

everyone in the invite poll tries to pull shit to get extra votes

actually, it did stop powah

your team was the only one that messaged me for votes

not saying your team is the only team that messaged anyone, just saying that no one's hands are clean

I'm curious why some teams are moved to invite immediately after forming (snooplicity in season 10, solace this season) while others have to compete in a popularity contest. If invite teams are at the discretion of admins why have the poll at all?
Also it's kind of pointless to complain about teams bribing or whatever since the whole thing is based on popularity anyway and has nothing to do with actual skill (give me money unf and I will vote for you).

i'm gonna give out items on my stream if you vote ron paul 2016

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vpE6uMJ37dk/UOScrne47aI/AAAAAAAAEL4/Ki-4IWO-SoY/s1600/ron-paul.gif

its one thing asking people to vote, its another to bribe random twitch viewers with tf2 items

seems like the same thing to me

"vote for me, not because my team is better, but because we are friends"

"vote for me, not because my team is better, but because ill have a giveaway if you do"

Either way you are asking people to vote in a team for the wrong reasons.
Mangachu just gave the better incentive.
Get outplayed.

but unfs team is better

???

and your friends should always have your back

???

i cant believe youre arguing that bribing randoms with tf2 items is a perfectly fine way to get into invite

I don't really like the idea of having a poll because it just ends up in a popularity contest.

It should really come down to which team is better and in my opinion that is chill 2 good but I don't feel like buying premium just to vote.

it's a popularity contest...isn't the point to try to be as popular as possible?
also i'm pretty sure the giveaway isn't what swayed the final vote.
nobody actually expects to win that festive RL

I still don't see why this is determined by a vote. Why can't the teams just play each other for it. Seems way more appropriate than a popularity contest.

Either way you are asking people to vote in a team for the wrong reasons.

I never said it was ethically correct. But I also think it's wrong to beg everyone on your friends list for their vote.

popularity contest for.. deciding which team.. is the best. Okay.

I don't think he was specifically giving it away to people who voted anyway

Wouldn't you have to pay ESEA admins / support team / i don't know who the fuck runs matches to run a match in the offseason, Phrakture? Unless this "match" was held unofficially...

It seems that a vote is the easiest way for ESEA to handle this situation.

SPECTATOR SPORTS.

Was there ever any thought into just, you know, having those teams compete for it? One-day cup, drum up excitement sort of thing. I don't know. I'm silly.

Mangachu in invite is the beginning of the end.

Unfortunately, "easiest" and "best" seldom mean the same thing.

why are cs players even voting

Mini tournament for final spot is what they do for Prem in ETF2L

who else lives in kentucky that voted wtf

does this mean i can finally have a friend in my state?

exactly.

I mean, it's also possible for the two teams to set up an unofficial match themselves to try to convince people to vote for the winner, that's what the old LG and Mad Men did a few seasons ago