yes

The quality of writing is pretty good. The article was REALLY positive in nature - which is a departure from some of the ESEA writing as of late.

the only person who isn't positive usually is conductor. i've always written this way pretty much when its for a site because its not always fun to try to put people down after they've lost a match or something. however, i can be harsh when it comes to opinion articles and stuff because that actually is a lot more fun.

good read

Do open

this team will probably win if they actually play.

maybe they can just take GoT's main spot

that would be nice

but probably impossible

that would be awesome, but yea I don't see it happening

Never say never

yo that track slaps

not if my boy crash bandicoot has anything to say about it

Below Average will probably be playing in Main, replacing Game of Throws

shootist will throw.

Is this official?

It's very likely, just need to confirm some things beforehand.

So you're saying it's not official

I'm saying that it's in the works, I just confirmed that Game of Throws has pulled out of the Main division, and that I've already gotten confirmation from Below Average that they're willing to play in Main. Everything should be sorted out later tonight.

Edited my post to remove the official sounding-ness of it

make the team names link to their team pages

Now it's official, We will be moving up Below Average in place of Game of Throws. We just need to figure out the best way to go about it.

Is anyone planning on doing an article for open?

Will teams that got FFW over GOT make up those matches vs Below Average? I don't think its as easy as just swapping them out if you are being fair about the whole thing.

That's what we're currently trying to work out. We need to see what we are able to do with what's at our disposal.

Teams to watch in CEVO-O:

Ducks per Interface - Formerly This Is A Team in ESEA s15, lots of experience in both open and IM. Big win in week 1 against Simple Machines. The majority of the team has a full season of experience under their belts, and I think they'll stick around near the top of the division all season long.

SYOPS TF2 - Crazy DM on this team, very aggressive players. They'll just out-DM most of the teams in open honestly. Probably the 'safe' pick to win the division right now, but a close call against We Made Silkthread (a very good team in their own right) casts a little doubt their way.

Logic is Power - Again, a ton of open experience on this team, between dagger, walka, and former all in without allen teammates atro and mini. Three huge matches for them coming up against We Made Silkthread, Midnight Society, and SYOPS.

Hell Xpress - I might be ranking these guys a little bit too high based on their past season in ESEA-IM, but until they lose I don't see a reason to drop them. That could come sooner rather than later with upcoming matches against Simple Machines, BONERNUTS, and Scalar Gaming

All the Single Lingles - First of all, great team name, even better avatar. These dudes have been playing TF2 for a really long time. Nice win against Sunday Funday puts them up here, and I can see them climbing even higher as the season goes on.

No Pawblem - this is one of those teams where i've heard of every player and know they're all good, but for some reason they haven't impressed me as much as I thought they would. Maybe it's a chemistry thing and they'll start destroying by midseason.

Sunday Funday - #thereturn. The major advantage that these guys have over most other teams in the division is chemistry. They've all played on a team together and once they shake all the rust off they'll be just fine. Unfortunate loss to Single Lingles drops them a few spots, but they'll be just fine.

BONERNUTS - I just know these guys as the Chillin in NK circlejerk. They really seem to enjoy each others company because it seems like they're always playing video games together. The different incarnations of this team have been on the open playoff bubble for like 3 straight seasons, and I think this season in CEVO they'll get over the hump and be a really successful playoff team.

Scalar Gaming - The offclassers. They're not 'terrible' on their offclasses like they claim, and their knowledge of high-level TF2 helps them no matter what class they're playing, but they definitely do have some issues to work out. I honestly believe these guys will stick with their offclasses, and assuming they do, I see them as a pretty comfortable playoff team, but maybe a step or two off of the very top of the division. If they take scrims super serious and attempt to win the division, they probably can, but I get the feeling they're actually just in it to play with their friends

Midnight Society - Swarth, battery, and protocol have all been playing together since like season 8, which is pretty cool. To be honest, I haven't heard of the rest of the team but they've definitely made a decent statement to start the season. Big match upcoming against Logic is Power will show if they're here to stay or if their 3-0 record is just a product of their schedule.

Not a real article and probably not in real order (i kinda just threw them on there in the order I keep track of them, which is vaguely from top-bottom). Other teams that I think will be good are We Made Silkthread, 6 Man Suicide (if they find a medic) and Simple Machines.

glhf

>Chilling in NK circlejerk

Excuse me?

lmfao

<3 u tery

cevo pls, the halation is killing me. The text is too high contrast and too tightly packed.

http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/dark_web_design/textcontrast.jpg

http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/dark_web_design/textwhitespace.jpg

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/08/the-dos-and-donts-of-dark-web-design/

looking @ rosters alone in cevo-o to me, scalar gaming or no pawblem looks like the best team in the division

leaning towards no pawblem as i know most of their players are grinding to become cevo champions

OMZ will get his final wish

don't you worry clorgy, working on a better format for next week. this week was a little rushed because we were still getting things set up, but next week should be closer to the format we had for the previous power rankings with team page links, team pictures, starting rosters etc etc