So I want people to know that I have spoken to CEVO admins in a long meeting earlier this morning. I want the TF2 community to know that in my opinion of speaking with CEVO and other TF2 players who have been in the game a long time, that CEVO is our best option. I will be volunteering my time directly with CEVO to help build up their TF2 division. I will also financially back up prize pots for the TF2 division. Here are the reasons for why I am looking for support from the community:

We want a change from ESEA and in my opinion a good solid change/choice would be CEVO.

CEVO used to be what ESEA is now. The only reason why people started to go over to ESEA was the prize pot increase and LAN. CEVO only had 7 teams register this season and they are still here!! No way would any other league be as committed to TF2 as that.

CEVO has the infrastructure that has already been tested and proven to work. It is from what I hear also very easy to use.

CEVO has owners that have an “open door policy” that anyone can speak to. That in my opinion something you may not find anywhere else.

CEVO has the same values as AG. They help the little guy to move up and not a top down organization.

CEVO is willing to give and work with the community on what they need/want. Please see below.

CEVO does not rely on leagues to make money. They have another section in the business section that does this. Therefore, the majority of the fees would go directly to the prize pot if we do a pay to play option. If we want the prize pot to grow we will need to pay fees and do a pay to play. ESEA did it and we took a huge hit in fee costs. No reason why we can’t give CEVO even half of what we paid for ESEA fees to get a hell of a lot more back. As a sponsor I will announce right now that I will pay any CEVO fees to cover team costs when a team is sponsored under AG.

CEVO is willing to look at lan options in the future. This may mean that they may attach themselves to an already existing lan. This means the lan’s will be in different parts of the country rather than one spot.

Someone also brought up the issue of the lack of divisions in CEVO. It would only make sense that CEVO carry over the divisions and layout that was brought about by the varying skill levels of the players. For example, an ESEA open team would be in the CEVO open division. This is up for discussion.



Concerns that need to be addressed and discussed are:
1. Stats with a possible live feed like ESEA
2. STV download from the match
3. Experienced casters and writers in the TF2 division. Discussion with CEVO about
bringing over committed volunteers who now the players and the game would be of a
great assistance.
4. When using the CEVO client we want to ensure that:
1) The client is not up and running when the client is not supposed to be enabled or working on your computer.
2) The client, when uninstalled, is 100% uninstalled from your computer.

I am asking the community for their support in going with the CEVO option. More discussions will happen and I want to hear from you. I am going to propose to CEVO that we have a community meeting so people can ask questions themselves to CEVO. CEVO wants us to come and have been waiting to get the TF2 community support. They have been more than patient with us and are willing and ready to welcome us with open arms. I have already been greeted by them in this fashion and I will support and work with CEVO to the best of my abilities.

In regards to any past history with CEVO. If anyone has any ‘concrete examples’, not a 3rd party account, of any incident that had a negative impact on them personally or their team while in CEVO, CEVO wants to know about it. CEVO wants to make things that happened in the past right. I encourage you to take your complaints directly to them rather than to the TF2 community to complain because for one, the issue won’t get resolved, and two, it only spreads ill will against an option and a business that is willing to make a great league that is for OUR community.

I had a huge response from people who support me and AG since this happened. People wanting me to lead and bring up a league ect. I have appreciated the faith and commitment you have always shown in me and in AG. I ask you all now to trust me in saying that CEVO is our best option to make a league that is what [b]“WE WANT”[/b] and what [b]“WE DESERVE”[/b]. I believe that in speaking with CEVO that they are wanting and willing to work with us. Please join the steam group to updates on meetings and the movement. Come to the next scheduled meeting to hear from CEVO yourself and have the ability to ask questions. You are the TF2 community and we can make a change for the better by doing it together.

EDIT: Please join our steam group for updates and meeting times
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/CEVOL