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Essentials.TF March Monthlies
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Original Article

The Essentials Monthlies return for March. STN Trading and Demos.tf continue to sponsor the EU Monthly and Twitch.tv will be Sponsoring the NA Monthly once again. Read below for details and signup links, we have also made some small rule changes based on feedback, demos and logs from the last Monthly.

https://i.imgur.com/JKPRrs4.jpg

EU Monthly Sponsored by STN Trading and Demos.tf:

Play dates: 3rd-4th March

Prizepool: €1000

1st Place: €600
2nd Place: €300
3rd Place: €60
4th Place: €60

Signup Here

https://i.imgur.com/1U8HlQD.jpg

NA Monthly Sponsored by Twitch:

Play dates: 10th-11th March

Prizepool: $1000
1st Place: $600
2nd Place: $300
3rd Place: $60
4th Place: $60

Signup Here

The rules for both tournaments will be slightly adjusted from last month, moving towards the goal of opening up the whitelist by having the totally broken weapons fixed. This continues to bring us to a place that can be easily picked up by new players and spectators.

The main differences for those more experienced with 6v6 TF2 are the following:
5CP maps only
Class limits: 2 for each of scout and soldier; 1 for all other classes (that’s right only one
Pyro this time)
Win limit: 5 rounds with a 30min timer

The whitelist can be seen here.

Download the server config here

[url=https://essentials.tf/news/9]Original Article[/url]

The Essentials Monthlies return for March. [url=http://stn.tf]STN Trading[/url] and Demos.tf continue to sponsor the EU Monthly and Twitch.tv will be Sponsoring the NA Monthly once again. Read below for details and signup links, we have also made some small rule changes based on feedback, demos and logs from the last Monthly.

[img]https://i.imgur.com/JKPRrs4.jpg[/img]

EU Monthly Sponsored by STN Trading and Demos.tf:

Play dates: 3rd-4th March

Prizepool: €1000

1st Place: €600
2nd Place: €300
3rd Place: €60
4th Place: €60

[url=https://www.toornament.com/tournaments/1201303705639231488/information]Signup Here[/url]

[img]https://i.imgur.com/1U8HlQD.jpg[/img]

NA Monthly Sponsored by Twitch:

Play dates: 10th-11th March

Prizepool: $1000
1st Place: $600
2nd Place: $300
3rd Place: $60
4th Place: $60

[url=https://www.toornament.com/tournaments/1201309665888690176/information]Signup Here[/url]

The rules for both tournaments will be slightly adjusted from last month, moving towards the goal of opening up the whitelist by having the totally broken weapons fixed. This continues to bring us to a place that can be easily picked up by new players and spectators.

The main differences for those more experienced with 6v6 TF2 are the following:
5CP maps only
Class limits: 2 for each of scout and soldier; 1 for all other classes (that’s right only one
Pyro this time)
Win limit: 5 rounds with a 30min timer

[url=http://tf2.gg/whitelist]The whitelist can be seen here.[/url]

[url=http://tf2.gg/config]Download the server config here[/url]
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Prizepool: €1000 Prizepool: $1000

nice currency burgers...

[quote]Prizepool: €1000 Prizepool: $1000[/quote]

nice currency burgers...
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Please ban Pocket Pistol, sincerely: everyone that doesnt play scout

Please ban Pocket Pistol, sincerely: everyone that doesnt play scout
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No divisions yet?
Maybe next month...

No divisions yet?
Maybe next month...
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CaptainZidgelNo divisions yet?
Maybe next month...

Are there even enough teams competing for there to be divisions? Though the wide variance in skill levels among teams is a bit questionable, last time around my mid-Steel HL team went 5-0 against a team full of people with ~100 hours who also 5-0'd another team. I think just having people participate is more important than dividing people up with ranks, since that's just more work and only around 35 teams played last time.

[quote=CaptainZidgel]No divisions yet?
Maybe next month...[/quote]
Are there even enough teams competing for there to be divisions? Though the wide variance in skill levels among teams is a bit questionable, last time around my mid-Steel HL team went 5-0 against a team full of people with ~100 hours who also 5-0'd another team. I think just having people participate is more important than dividing people up with ranks, since that's just more work and only around 35 teams played last time.
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excited to play again!

excited to play again!
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Are these ever going to include any off-classing rules? At this point, you basically rely on the other team to play the game properly but nothing in the rules can keep them from ruining the experience by off-classing the entire match.

Are these ever going to include any off-classing rules? At this point, you basically rely on the other team to play the game properly but nothing in the rules can keep them from ruining the experience by off-classing the entire match.
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SpaceCadetAre these ever going to include any off-classing rules? At this point, you basically rely on the other team to play the game properly but nothing in the rules can keep them from ruining the experience by off-classing the entire match.WolfMachinaClass limits: 2 for each of scout and soldier; 1 for all other classes (that’s right only one
Pyro this time)
[quote=SpaceCadet]Are these ever going to include any off-classing rules? At this point, you basically rely on the other team to play the game properly but nothing in the rules can keep them from ruining the experience by off-classing the entire match.[/quote]
[quote=WolfMachina]
Class limits: 2 for each of scout and soldier; 1 for all other classes (that’s right only one
Pyro this time)
[/quote]
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SpaceCadetAre these ever going to include any off-classing rules? At this point, you basically rely on the other team to play the game properly but nothing in the rules can keep them from ruining the experience by off-classing the entire match.

pugs/lobbies have offclassing rules because you try to simulate what most people do in officials because it's harder to coordinate to shut down offclassers. in officials, everything's fair game, except the cheese strats that class limits try to reduce

CaptainZidgelNo divisions yet?
Maybe next month...

the swiss seems to give reasonably close matches after the first couple games, except if you're unlucky and there aren't many similar level teams playing. having divs might reduce the number of games needed to get the thing over with (2 4/5 hour days is a bit much imo) but then you have issues that they need to be manually seeded and people will always complain

[quote=SpaceCadet]Are these ever going to include any off-classing rules? At this point, you basically rely on the other team to play the game properly but nothing in the rules can keep them from ruining the experience by off-classing the entire match.[/quote]

pugs/lobbies have offclassing rules because you try to simulate what most people do in officials because it's harder to coordinate to shut down offclassers. in officials, everything's fair game, except the cheese strats that class limits try to reduce

[quote=CaptainZidgel]No divisions yet?
Maybe next month...[/quote]

the swiss seems to give reasonably close matches after the first couple games, except if you're unlucky and there aren't many similar level teams playing. having divs might reduce the number of games needed to get the thing over with (2 4/5 hour days is a bit much imo) but then you have issues that they need to be manually seeded and people will always complain
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PogChamp

PogChamp
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lft NA monthly on any fragging class mid-IM+

lft NA monthly on any fragging class mid-IM+
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LAN LEGO signed up :O

LAN LEGO signed up :O
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lft NA pocket/roamer, hmu

lft NA pocket/roamer, hmu
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LFT NA scout high open

LFT NA scout high open
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lf 1 scout for euro cup this weekend. Roster so far is toemas scout, me and jordy soldier, gar demo, raelyn med. HMUP on steam if ur interested in playing in a serious mix team sort of thign yes haha

lf 1 scout for euro cup this weekend. Roster so far is toemas scout, me and jordy soldier, gar demo, raelyn med. HMUP on steam if ur interested in playing in a serious mix team sort of thign yes haha
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#16
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Hello this is free money, why aren't more people signing up

Hello this is free money, why aren't more people signing up
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#17
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We currently have 4 teams signed up to the EU with only a few more days to sign up, as with before we really need 16 teams to sign up to keep these sponsors.

Teams of any skill level can play and I encourage you to do so, as with swiss you'll get 5 games on the saturday for sure and you should be playing against fairly equal opponents within a game or two.

For those of you wanting divisions these will come when we get more than only 16 teams signing up to play, if we only have this many there's no way to create them and have them make any difference.

We currently have 4 teams signed up to the EU with only a few more days to sign up, as with before we really need 16 teams to sign up to keep these sponsors.

Teams of any skill level can play and I encourage you to do so, as with swiss you'll get 5 games on the saturday for sure and you should be playing against fairly equal opponents within a game or two.

For those of you wanting divisions these will come when we get more than only 16 teams signing up to play, if we only have this many there's no way to create them and have them make any difference.
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LFT NA soldier, i can play either :)

LFT NA soldier, i can play either :)
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LFT EU

LFT EU
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lft eu

lft eu
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The EU monthly is over and it provided us with a great set of games for the weekend, congrats to Ascent.EU for taking home the victory.

Now we turn our attention to the NA monthly. 5 teams have registered so far, but can we beat last months 36 teams?

The EU monthly is over and it provided us with a great set of games for the weekend, congrats to Ascent.EU for taking home the victory.

Now we turn our attention to the NA monthly. 5 teams have registered so far, but can we beat last months 36 teams?
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delicious activity will be pwning you noobs this saturday

delicious activity will be pwning you noobs this saturday
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Thanks a bunch for running the eu monthly, always fun and look forward to the next one. Would encourage as many Americans as possible to get into this cup, Essentials run a great operation and you don't need to get prize money to have a reason to play TF2 if you have the time to give up anyway.

Thanks a bunch for running the eu monthly, always fun and look forward to the next one. Would encourage as many Americans as possible to get into this cup, Essentials run a great operation and you don't need to get prize money to have a reason to play TF2 if you have the time to give up anyway.
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LFT Med :)
Can sub for teams too

LFT Med :)
Can sub for teams too
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where the heck are all the gamers

where the heck are all the gamers
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#26
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lft NA, can play demo/scout/roamer/med

lft NA, can play demo/scout/roamer/med
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#27
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only 12 teams smh...

only 12 teams smh...
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#28
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make pug teams or something sign your mfing open team up rn bich do it

make pug teams or something sign your mfing open team up rn bich do it
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basically a whole day of scrims

basically a whole day of scrims
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We've submitted to join, hope other invite teams will as well. Get this tournament full so that Twitch and Essentials have reason to continue supporting NA TF2 tournaments!

We've submitted to join, hope other invite teams will as well. Get this tournament full so that Twitch and Essentials have reason to continue supporting NA TF2 tournaments!
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