Epsi has like three players retiring, so i don't think it's likely there'll be a super team next year

Tyrone to make long-awaited comeback at i52 after training in secret for the last year. His super team will win it all.

Shade, b4nny, lansky, clockwork, ruwin and a roamer would be sick. I know that double amazing scouts hasn't really worked in the past but I think clock and ruwin are smart enough to make it work out. Not sure who the roamer should be really....

Hopefully we can expand and include yet another TF2 region. BR? AsiaFortress? WHO WANTS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE?

Release the Asians.

We should host an international LAN here in NA. Let the euros come here for once.

Best of the 3

THE REAL GRAND FINALS

Well thrasher, with EU tf2 coming to ESEA... that's a probability in the future assuming everything continues to go on.

Realistic Predictions:

2-3 NA teams
1-2 AU Teams
Still no GPit :(
Similar Unlock List from i49

"Christmas Wishlist" Predictions:
3-4 NA Teams
2 AU Teams
1-2 BRA Teams
GPit :D
Unlock list includes all mediguns + stat modifier unlocks (Conch, Banner, etc.)

Don't the South Africans have their own little comp scene as well?

They do, but AFAIK they haven't tried to compete outside of their scene. So no idea what the skill gap is (if any).

The invite illuminati meets in secret over pizza to brainstorm plans for i52.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/01c999147235a5536d9e389c8788fe47/tumblr_miugskoivo1qz4cuyo1_1280.jpg

I thought TF2 was dead after i49?!

"realistic"

Who told you that?

Form a team of the best players in US just for the lan

tf2's apparently been dead for a few years, dude. you're late to the party.

i really want to go

same

Not have ESEA LAN finals right before.

Give them time to practice and warm up to the euro ruleset before they go similar to how Mix^ and LG did last year.

go i52 superteam!

To achieve that, you'd either need to A) Convince ESEA to move their own LAN, or B) convince Multiplay to move their LAN that gets planned well over a year in advance.

It's just unfortunate really. There's nothing you can do about it.

I know you NA guys at home who'd never heard of it until the i46 fundraiser started don't realise, but i-series LAN is HUGE. It's bigger than any LAN in the US, it's actually comparable to Dreamhack in a lot of ways, and the TF2 tournament is a really tiny part of what goes on over the weekend.

This weekend they had some of the more minor Yogscast people here. Multiplay typically have an allocation of 20,000 spectator passes they can sell for a summer LAN. They actually had to extend that to 27,000 for kids wanting to visit Yogscast. The actual BYOC part of the LAN is over 2,000 people across a building larger than a lot of airports.

By dealing with i-series, you avoid an utterly immense and varied number of issues, and gain a lot.

let's just hope they don't ever fall on the same weekend

WAAAAY to expensive :/

Dave_AC

blaaaaze

At the end of the day, I'm sure players will still want to come over, so if we can fund it, I don't see why it can't happen.

As long as we as fans of the game enjoy watching and participating in these tournaments, and are willing to throw either small donations or time / effort into making these things happen, we can keep this going. Maybe in the future we can look for corporate sponsorship to try and fund the teams over, giving them details of the level and quality of exposure we could give them.

Only flaw I see with your logic is it paid more to win the ESEA LAN than the i-Series TF2 tournament. Now while yes it takes more effort to get into the ESEA LAN it probably breaks even or makes a small profit for a team that wins it, for a NA team trying to go to Europe there's no chance of finishing in the money (Spending six to ten thousand dollars for a LAN that pays $3300 USD to win).

In short, we're making good progress. But we've got a LONG way to go if we want TF2 to compete as a popular eSport.

damn those minecraft kids everywhere were annoying

Israeli superteam to smash it... oh wait they've all been conscripted.