Anyone else have predictions for Day 2? Here's a blank bracket image if you want to do one.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/1xf5fYu.png[/img]
Imagine the invite division if mixup and immunity stuck around for 1 more year to attend
Who would have thought that at the end of day 1 the group stage seeds would end up like this?
http://i.imgur.com/AxtyZZf.png
Reason soldiers are the heart and soul of that team with their incredible dm, so theoretically they should benefit a lot more from having lan ping, but there was some really weird shit happening, their timings felt off, they were missing the window for pushes, not taking advantage of certain picks, backing out too late or going aggressive at the wrong time, I don't know, but their team just felt disconnected today. I'm sure it was just an off day and I hope for the sake of lan they can bring their A game tomorrow, which I'm sure they are capable off as their last game vs Ascent showed us. Also hope kaidus turns it up for tomorrow because he was a little underwhelming today, but I'm sure they're on the right path after the UB win over Ascent.
As for TLR, what a pleasant surprise, no one would have given anything for them just a couple weeks after the horrible news that their star roamer SDBurn had his visa denied and specially after their very poor GGG cup performance. But they did what I never thought would be possible and showed up with their A game for lan, snagging a tie of Froyo's hands with all their merit and ending the group stages undefeated, showing everyone how it's done. Particularly impressed with Alfa who had perfect timings on his plays today which could be a game changer at any moment, but more even with WAR who put constantly solid performances, both in terms of damages and kills, shutting down a lot of ubered pushes.
Nerdrage also seems to be performing incredibly well and their viaduct game vs Froyo could have gone either way had they finetuned those last second point holds. Incredibly tf2 from them with flippy bringing the big headshots and Tek being an absolute machine demolishing every thing that crossed Nerdrage airspace
Ascent well, we knew it would be a hard task for them but so far I don't think I've seen a complete one sided game against them, all arguably close games so far and on a another day it could have gone either way for them.
Froyo, well I tought the recent roster changes would have some impact in their chemistry and performance but they totally proved me wrong today, with the team revolving around b4nny he really did take advantage of those heals and with some excellent positioning he did a lot of work, killing a lot while staying alive for most cases, all while dishing out some impressive damage numbers throught the groups. CW again proving to be one of the best scouts in the game with some amazing performances and doing an excellent cleanup work, but he also showed that he's not perfect and can always have a bad game, that could hurt his team like how it happened vs TLR.
As tired and stressed as I am today, after juggling all these projects through the event, this has been an amazing day of tf2 and for tf2 (barring all the delays), with some amazing games being played, lots of fantastic frags (and fragmovie material :D), and everything still on the line for the invite teams. Can't wait for tomorrow for another fantastic day of tf2 and if today showed us anything, is that there are no early winners and anything can still happen. This is why I'm so passionate about this game.
And thanks a lot to all the people who helped update the wiki, particularly ffc and Atlas, who worked their magic tirelessly on the wiki lan page, this was another record breaking day for us so also thanks a lot to everyone who used our wiki to keep up with lan.
Cya in some hours! Over and out.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/AxtyZZf.png[/img]
Reason soldiers are the heart and soul of that team with their incredible dm, so theoretically they should benefit a lot more from having lan ping, but there was some really weird shit happening, their timings felt off, they were missing the window for pushes, not taking advantage of certain picks, backing out too late or going aggressive at the wrong time, I don't know, but their team just felt disconnected today. I'm sure it was just an off day and I hope for the sake of lan they can bring their A game tomorrow, which I'm sure they are capable off as their last game vs Ascent showed us. Also hope kaidus turns it up for tomorrow because he was a little underwhelming today, but I'm sure they're on the right path after the UB win over Ascent.
As for TLR, what a pleasant surprise, no one would have given anything for them just a couple weeks after the horrible news that their star roamer SDBurn had his visa denied and specially after their very poor GGG cup performance. But they did what I never thought would be possible and showed up with their A game for lan, snagging a tie of Froyo's hands with all their merit and ending the group stages undefeated, showing everyone how it's done. Particularly impressed with Alfa who had perfect timings on his plays today which could be a game changer at any moment, but more even with WAR who put constantly solid performances, both in terms of damages and kills, shutting down a lot of ubered pushes.
Nerdrage also seems to be performing incredibly well and their viaduct game vs Froyo could have gone either way had they finetuned those last second point holds. Incredibly tf2 from them with flippy bringing the big headshots and Tek being an absolute machine [url=https://github.com/i55stats/i55stats.github.io/raw/master/as.png]demolishing every thing that crossed Nerdrage airspace[/url]
Ascent well, we knew it would be a hard task for them but so far I don't think I've seen a complete one sided game against them, all arguably close games so far and on a another day it could have gone either way for them.
Froyo, well I tought the recent roster changes would have some impact in their chemistry and performance but they totally proved me wrong today, with the team revolving around b4nny he really did take advantage of those heals and with some excellent positioning he did a lot of work, killing a lot while staying alive for most cases, all while dishing out some [url=https://github.com/i55stats/i55stats.github.io/raw/master/dmg.png]impressive damage numbers[/url] throught the groups. CW again proving to be one of the best scouts in the game with some amazing performances and doing an excellent cleanup work, but he also showed that he's not perfect and can always have a bad game, that could hurt his team like how it happened vs TLR.
As tired and stressed as I am today, after juggling all these projects through the event, this has been an amazing day of tf2 and for tf2 (barring all the delays), with some amazing games being played, lots of fantastic frags (and fragmovie material :D), and everything still on the line for the invite teams. Can't wait for tomorrow for another fantastic day of tf2 and if today showed us anything, is that there are no early winners and anything can still happen. This is why I'm so passionate about this game.
And thanks a lot to all the people who helped update the wiki, particularly ffc and Atlas, who worked their magic tirelessly on the wiki lan page, this was another record breaking day for us so also thanks a lot to everyone who used our wiki to keep up with lan.
Cya in some hours! Over and out.
EvrewsAll American GF please
doubtful at best. Still cheering for them
doubtful at best. Still cheering for them
froyo/nerdrage finals, rooting for nerdrage
tlr 3rd place
reason 4th place
ascent 5th
rip dogs
tlr 3rd place
reason 4th place
ascent 5th
rip dogs
warhuryeah > kaidus
war may not be as flashy, but he's consistent
war may not be as flashy, but he's consistent
It's clear why Ascent are not very strong. Enigma is under-performing.
On another note TLR are very impressive both individually and as a whole.
On another note TLR are very impressive both individually and as a whole.
eagletfwar may not be as flashy, but he's consistent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv9jJghndA8
war can be as flashy as he goddamn wants
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv9jJghndA8
war can be as flashy as he goddamn wants
Mercyless-It's clear why Ascent are not very strong. Enigma is under-performing.
nuke incoming
nuke incoming
It would be awesome if on comp.tf/i55 there would be a link for the logs of each match :)
ammo888It would be awesome if on comp.tf/i55 there would be a link for the logs of each match :)
There is, if you look at each match press the little "i" symbol and then click the logs.tf logo.
There is, if you look at each match press the little "i" symbol and then click the logs.tf logo.
ZEBBO'S MED PICKS
"3 Times in a row now, Zebbosai has gotten shade, and dropped him twice..."
"3 Times in a row now, Zebbosai has gotten shade, and dropped him twice..."
[spoiler]so many highlights that we might need a new Zebbosai legacy[/spoiler]
Zebbosai is having a performance I want to tell my children and grandchildren about.
Can someone make a fragmovie of zebbosai just destroying shade
ryb = steven wilson???
http://www.dprp.net/wp/interviews/files/2012/06/Steven-Wilson-AB-012.jpg
http://www.dprp.net/wp/interviews/files/2012/06/Steven-Wilson-AB-012.jpg