lpkaneRegistration for ESEA Season 19 is now open and will remain so until Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015 at 11:59pm CST.
This means that the deadline to have your teams ready and paid up is 18 days from now. By this remaining time in the last offseason, there had already been official announcements confirming that TF2 would still, in fact, be played in season 18.
What makes this offseason so unique?
The answer is: the offseason itself is only 3 days long. ESEA LAN ends on the 19th. The implication of this is that there won't be any announcements or warnings about team signups like we have been accustomed to getting. ESEA's staff will be too busy preparing for LAN to deal with us.
This decision to shorten the offseason was made at the behest of ESEA's Counter-Strike community, who were bored with the long wait for season 18 (which was caused by Dreamhack delaying ESEA LAN).
They seem to be doing fine with the change. There are currently 218 CS:GO Open teams signed up for next season. The other divisions are empty but team rosters should be moved in from S18 as soon as playoffs end. For comparison, there are currently 3 TF2 Open teams in the division, and 0 players paid.
Why am I so worried that a shorter offseason will ruin league signups?
It's already happened before. CEVO TF2 died because their deadline for team signups was too soon after LAN, with too little public awareness of the deadline.
The number of living Invite and IM teams is also a major cause for concern. We won't have an accurate count of how many of these teams exist until 3 days (?) before the deadline hits, when rosters are moved into S19 after season 18's last matches are played.
Please don't let TF2 die again forever. It is imperative that you get teams for next season ready before LAN ends, or we might not get a next season.
[quote=lpkane][url=http://play.esea.net/index.php?s=news&d=comments&id=14489]Registration[/url] for ESEA Season 19 is now open and will remain so until Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015 at 11:59pm CST.[/quote]
This means that the deadline to have your teams ready and paid up is [b]18 days from now.[/b] By this remaining time in the last offseason, there had already been [url=http://teamfortress.tv/thread/21526/esea-season-18-registration]official announcements[/url] confirming that TF2 would still, in fact, be played in season 18.
What makes this offseason so unique?
The answer is: the offseason itself is only 3 days long. [url=http://play.esea.net/index.php?s=news&d=comments&id=14398]ESEA LAN[/url] ends on the 19th. The implication of this is that there won't be any announcements or [url=http://teamfortress.tv/thread/21833/esea-s18-tf2/?page=1]warnings[/url] about team signups like we have been accustomed to getting. ESEA's staff will be too busy preparing for LAN to deal with us.
This decision to shorten the offseason was made at the behest of ESEA's Counter-Strike community, who were bored with the long wait for season 18 (which was caused by Dreamhack delaying ESEA LAN).
They seem to be doing fine with the change. There are currently [url=http://play.esea.net/index.php?s=league&d=standings&division_id=2494]218 CS:GO Open teams[/url] signed up for next season. The other divisions are empty but team rosters should be moved in from S18 as soon as playoffs end. For comparison, there are currently 3 [url=http://play.esea.net/index.php?s=league&d=standings&division_id=2497]TF2 Open teams[/url] in the division, and 0 players paid.
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Why am I so worried that a shorter offseason will ruin league signups?
[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq-YDeEfZWY#t=14s]It's already happened before.[/url] CEVO TF2 died because their deadline for team signups was too soon after LAN, with too little public awareness of the deadline.
The number of living Invite and IM teams is also a major cause for concern. We won't have an accurate count of how many of these teams exist until 3 days (?) before the deadline hits, when rosters are moved into S19 after season 18's last matches are played.
Please don't let TF2 die again forever. It is imperative that you get teams for next season ready before LAN ends, or we might not get a next season.
my estimate is that there will be around 15 IM team if only the open teams that won a match get moved up
my estimate is that there will be around 15 IM team if only the open teams that won a match get moved up
There were more teams in open a couple days ago, but the div got cleaned out, I had to re-add Clam Bake to the list.
Otherwise yes, get your teams registered now!
There were more teams in open a couple days ago, but the div got cleaned out, I had to re-add Clam Bake to the list.
Otherwise yes, get your teams registered now!
Woogiebugalso first!!
Did TF.TV turned into YouTube comment section?
[quote=Woogiebug]also first!![/quote]
Did TF.TV turned into YouTube comment section?
im trying to register but it only give me an option for csgo
http://gyazo.com/bd5ed06decb2487bced49133f0c80c02
im trying to register but it only give me an option for csgo
http://gyazo.com/bd5ed06decb2487bced49133f0c80c02
cmeim trying to register but it only give me an option for csgo
http://gyazo.com/bd5ed06decb2487bced49133f0c80c02
It says you're in the AP region, change your region to NA.
[quote=cme]im trying to register but it only give me an option for csgo
http://gyazo.com/bd5ed06decb2487bced49133f0c80c02[/quote]
It says you're in the AP region, change your region to NA.
There are 13 surviving IM rosters. A few of these teams / rosters will get promoted into Invite, and a few more are speculated to be dead or dying (Meat Market, Champagne and Cocaine, etc.) There were only 5 teams in Open that won a playoff BO3 (forfeits exclude you from the list). If they promote all the non-dead playoff rosters that would be an automatic 12, ignoring the few that may die (bound to happen). We should at least be able to have an IM with 16 teams.
Hopefully we get promotion info soon so we have a better picture of IM.
There are 13 surviving IM rosters. A few of these teams / rosters will get promoted into Invite, and a few more are speculated to be dead or dying (Meat Market, Champagne and Cocaine, etc.) There were only 5 teams in Open that won a playoff BO3 (forfeits exclude you from the list). If they promote all the non-dead playoff rosters that would be an automatic 12, ignoring the few that may die (bound to happen). We should at least be able to have an IM with 16 teams.
Hopefully we get promotion info soon so we have a better picture of IM.
thesupremecommandercmeim trying to register but it only give me an option for csgo
http://gyazo.com/bd5ed06decb2487bced49133f0c80c02
It says you're in the AP region, change your region to NA.
thanks that fixed it
[quote=thesupremecommander][quote=cme]im trying to register but it only give me an option for csgo
http://gyazo.com/bd5ed06decb2487bced49133f0c80c02[/quote]
It says you're in the AP region, change your region to NA.[/quote]
thanks that fixed it
AFAIK both MAD LUX teams will be playing IM again.
Don't sleep on those signups! (especially open) The players are the lifeblood of the league.
AFAIK both MAD LUX teams will be playing IM again.
Don't sleep on those signups! (especially [b]open[/b]) The players are the lifeblood of the league.
ESEA has historically moved up playoff rosters that win a game, whether it was a ffw or not. Hell one time they moved up a team that didn't even play a match
ESEA has historically moved up playoff rosters that win a game, whether it was a ffw or not. Hell one time they moved up a team that didn't even play a match
DanceNumberAFAIK both MAD LUX teams will be playing IM again.
Don't sleep on those signups! (especially open) The players are the lifeblood of the league.
and MAD LUX LIGHT in open :)
[quote=DanceNumber]AFAIK both MAD LUX teams will be playing IM again.
Don't sleep on those signups! (especially [b]open[/b]) The players are the lifeblood of the league.[/quote]
and MAD LUX LIGHT in open :)
That happened in S14 too and it's possible given the number of open teams this season, and the number of seemingly dead IM teams, but I wouldn't count on it.
I think the outlook for tf2 is currently to be consolidated to one division if sign ups don't jump drastically soon. Get signed up now, and start paying now. Don't give them any reason to drop us.
That happened in S14 too and it's possible given the number of open teams this season, and the number of seemingly dead IM teams, but I wouldn't count on it.
I think the outlook for tf2 is currently to be consolidated to one division if sign ups don't jump drastically soon. Get signed up now, and start paying now. Don't give them any reason to drop us.
Mr_OwlThat happened in S14 too and it's possible given the number of open teams this season, and the number of seemingly dead IM teams, but I wouldn't count on it.
I think the outlook for tf2 is currently to be consolidated to one division if sign ups don't jump drastically soon. Get signed up now, and start paying now. Don't give them any reason to drop us.
I highly doubt they would turn the whole thing into one division, but it is entirely possible they would merge the invite and IM divisions. we will just have to wait and see.
[quote=Mr_Owl]That happened in S14 too and it's possible given the number of open teams this season, and the number of seemingly dead IM teams, but I wouldn't count on it.
I think the outlook for tf2 is currently to be consolidated to one division if sign ups don't jump drastically soon. Get signed up now, and start paying now. Don't give them any reason to drop us.[/quote]
I highly doubt they would turn the whole thing into one division, but it is entirely possible they would merge the invite and IM divisions. we will just have to wait and see.
I apologize i jumped to conclusions :((
I apologize i jumped to conclusions :((
[img]http://i.imgur.com/EgSSc6e.png[/img]
I've never done this before.
Your team has someone who's on a S18 playoff team. They can't sign up until the playoffs conclude unless they leave that team.
Your team has someone who's on a S18 playoff team. They can't sign up until the playoffs conclude unless they leave that team.
Does anyone know when the season is from and until? I would love to play but have summer plans around July that would prevent me from participating.
Does anyone know when the season is from and until? I would love to play but have summer plans around July that would prevent me from participating.
8 week / 16 match seasons, not including post season playoffs
8 week / 16 match seasons, not including post season playoffs
im possibly willing to make an open team just to keep tf2 alive (maybe.)
im possibly willing to make an open team just to keep tf2 alive (maybe.)
Frost_BiteDoes anyone know when the season is from and until? I would love to play but have summer plans around July that would prevent me from participating.
Assuming no delays, the season begins the week of April 26th and the regular season ends the week of June 14th (for most teams - if you have to play a ninth week, it ends the week of June 21st). Playoffs will most certainly extend into July (and maybe even August). The ESEA website lists the season ending July 19th, but the ending date they list is not always accurate.
[quote=Frost_Bite]Does anyone know when the season is from and until? I would love to play but have summer plans around July that would prevent me from participating.[/quote]
Assuming no delays, the season begins the week of April 26th and the regular season ends the week of June 14th (for most teams - if you have to play a ninth week, it ends the week of June 21st). Playoffs will most certainly extend into July (and maybe even August). The ESEA website lists the season ending July 19th, but the ending date they list is not always accurate.
Convince all of your ugc friends to come play.
Convince all of your ugc friends to come play.
lspikedepending on how registration looks in the next couple weeks i might try and make a matches only pug team like what i did with mana in S16
Could the world handle the return of the lspike and mana combo?
[quote=lspike]depending on how registration looks in the next couple weeks i might try and make a matches only pug team like what i did with mana in S16[/quote]
Could the world handle the return of the lspike and mana combo?