trans-autistic railroad (#5) vs slippin with slipz v2 (#12)

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Courtesy of london calling

How poetic that these teams meet in the first round of playoffs after meeting in week one on cp_process. That match was an hour long ordeal where neither team scored a round in the first half, and then slippin with slipz figured something out and brought it to a 5-1 finish. The only change to the regular rosters for these teams will be morphiend (aka June) playing pocket for trans-autistic. I expect this match to be long and painful with a lot of pushes across the map from last to last, and the first twenty minutes will be the first round, as is characteristic on cp_snakewater for evenly matched teams. The mids will come down to how much conductor and defiance do to eachother, and then by which soldiers can bait their team harder. The flank for trans-autistic has gotten pretty strong, and while I think the DM side of the scouts for slippin with slipz is even with kohaku and abramelin, it remains to be seen how well dana and reemix will play together to make those plays happen. It's going to be close, but I'm going to be giving this first round victory to trans-autistic railroad 5-3 with a long, grueling first half followed by a quick and exciting second half.

Zaboomacrew (#11) vs Toon Gang (#6)

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Following some forfeit win shenanigans and the unexpected turnout of their match against Playground Tactics, Toon Gang have found themselves sitting pretty at 6th seed. Unfortunately, I don't think that's going to end up doing them any favors. I'm expecting avast's damage output and shlaner's aggression to shut down Toon Gang's combo, but the scout matchups are the more interesting aspect of this match. If PowerMangoes can go nuts Toon Gang may very well take this, but I don't expect Okas to let that happen. I think Zaboomacrew should take this 5-2.

Players to watch: Avast, Okas, Powermangoes

Tonights Entertainment (#7) vs Very Good Bad Boys (#10)

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With help from perhaps the easiest schedule known to man, VGBB have found their way into playoffs. However, I really don't expect this match to be close, as VGBB have lost every time they've been up against another playoff open team. Tonights Entertainment's scouts will probably run a train on these boys regardless of how very good or bad they are--it's on VGBB's shoulders to show that they deserve to be here. Here's hoping they surprise me. Predicting Tonight's Entertainment to win 5-1.

Players to watch: dflame, stoper

BIG BOYS (#9) vs gettin cozy (#8)

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I don't really know what to think about this match. gettin cozy has recently cut their pocket SneakyPolarBear to resurrect crazytom of the long forgotten team "the terribles"; whether this switch was for better or worse remains to be seen, since they didn't really get much of a chance to strut their stuff after getting worked in both of their granary matches. Up against them is BIG BOYS, who seem to be on a decline as of late, or at least not playing up to their former standard. I'm going to give this to gettin cozy 5-2.

Players to watch: Bio, Noko, Hooli

Great writeup I think I caught this right as it was posted.

One thing: Tonight's Entertainment is running a player aliased as "madlib69" on demo (or at least they have for the last few matches + scrims for playoffs). Madlib is obviously an alt account of someone, but I remember a cast of one of TE's games confirming that it was in fact mausy.

Scandalousss.

yeah i think its pretty common knowledge that its mausy to most people now. not sure why he's aliasing or whatever. great demo, great pipes. i hope dflame got his 120hz back.

because we wouldnt want anyone to be maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad...

I was under the impression it was stoper aliasing and people were just saying it was mausy, guess I'll keep note of that next week

stoper: cut avast and pick me up shlaner

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I'm sorry, but did trans-autistic railroad already lose? Oh, that's right. The game isn't even over yet. In fact, it's only halftime. Does not having the lead at halftime count as a loss? Is that what you're saying? Because if you're saying that I can assure you that you're wrong. Why would you make this topic when the game is still on? Trans-autistic railroad is still playing right now and they have been the best team in open for how many seasons now? They're playing one of the worst teams in open who just happen to have a lead because they're feeding off the energy of playing in a Monday Night Game. But you know what? They still fucking suck. Trans-autistic railroad is one of the best fucking teams in ESEA, they went 12-4 last season and would have won LAN if the scouts didn't choke. Maybe you should shut the fuck up before you make retarded topics like this. You know why? Because you're going to be embarrassed when trans-autistic railroad wins and someone bumps this topic.

Nobody baits their team harder than I do on snackwater mid

c0m3 seE m3 at sawmill entrance waiting for you to jump our demo

Sounds like sandbagging if someone is saying they are the best in open.

The Peppercock Family (#13) vs Playground Tactics (#4)

will determine who wins open

"Nagisa is the best clannad"

http://puu.sh/2gjgd

http://puu.sh/2gjgs

i'm scouting mpb is gone for work

BIG BOYS is not on a decline. we threw all of our matches. we were actually secretly practicing in the early afternoon with members of the 22d illuminati. our scrims in the evening were just a cover up. our plan was to get 9th seed all along. we wanted indust we trust to get their confidence up in the first round. our strats, specifically designed for indust's playstyle, will act as a crippling blow to their ego and ultimately lead to their demise. now the question is, will indust throw the first match to avoid playing us and risk getting knocked out of the entire tournament? or will they lose to us and risk getting knocked out of the entire tournament?

We're bad at snakewater. Like really bad. :( 5-0 Hanky Panky.

lol we get the mausy thing a lot. yes dflame did get a new monitor, hopefully he wont drop this one. also, bopper and strat have swapped classes. CURVE BALLS!

madlib69, the legendary ex-xensity player, has earned the title of the "most feared player" in open. in a recent match and several scrims, madlib69 was able to deal DOUBLE the damage of the legendary pt_ aka Reptile. pt_ leads the entire esea league with a whopping 187k, even surpassing the greatest tf2 player of all time, b4nny. but even by taking up 75% of the heal spread of his team, he struggles to achieve over half of the damage/minute of madlib69. will dflame finally see glory in team fortress 2? will pt_, once again, resort to his usual status as a backup player after this season? only time (and the amount of heals pt_ recieves) will tell.

to be completely serious, mausy is fuckin scary and is going to be a really, really big fuckin problem for you.

mr. conductor underestimates toon gang. toon gang has EARNED that 6th seed and their lineup is no joke. with ingin's offcolor humor and bape's LRG and Supreme collection, they are undoubtedly the coolest team in open. their affiliation with the BIG BOYS will most likely do them BIG favors. having 4 out of 5 players in CSGO pugs has proven to be a huge pain in the ass, over and over again. with this promising partnership, CSGO pugs can take place in peace. hooli, who has been rumored to be experimenting with meditation, has found CSGO to be quite relaxing. this ensures that the partnership will stay strong, for at least until the end of playoffs.

open player spotlight - ltcrumpet

does the quality of ltcrumpet's forum posts translate to his tf2 skills? i think so. with the immaculate thought processes that are displayed through his forum posts, there is no way that this player can show anything but excellence. the medic class, a class even harder than the soldier class, requires the ability to think. this requirement is simply not present in some of the other classes such as scout, sniper, and spy. a medic cannot simply w+m1 his way to victory; he must also utilize the mouse2 key and several other team-chat binds. and not to mention, medic requires a very special skill that is exclusive to IM or higher players; airstrafing. in the past, crumpet has shown nothing but mastery of these clicking and button pressing skills. you cannot deny that his dedication, to keep the tf.tv forums pure, is driven by his love for the game. when you have love for the game, you are dedicated. when you are dedicated, you can play the hardest class in the game.

pt needs 2 medics

the face of a stone-cold killer http://i.imgur.com/530YU9T.png

will pt_ ever remedy his extremely high demand for heals? will hooli finally get back the shit ton of damage stats that is rightfully his? only time will tell. i can tell you that the BIG BOYS will look VERY promising if pt drops this bullshit that has been going on for too long. hooli's chances of attracting the attention of HIGH LEVEL IM PLAYERS scouting for players based on the esea stats page will drastically increase if pt_ can simply take less heals. but first, we must observe why pt_ takes so many heals. is it his rare ability to bait +forward scouts? is it his aggressiveness? is the damage output worth it? would hooli have a higher potential than pt_ if he had 75% of the heals?

hugh laurie is definitely hanky panky's best player and you left him out :<

also im 90% sure madlib69 is just stoper but ok

If we're going by the name 'madlib69' it's probably mausy.

lol, if i had a dollar for every time i heard that this season...

Love the snazzy templates!

IM left hanging.
Nice writeups though conductor

and he says I have shit taste in anime women

raw unedited proof that kohaku should not be trusted in the realm of anime women

another thing noted for next round, thanks

o.o

Good writeup. Like the banners +1