didnt see this mentioned in tri's post or anywhere else on tftv really so i figured i might as well inform people about it
ESEA clarified the moveup rules for divisions and included a section for tf2

https://play.esea.net/index.php?s=support&d=faq&id=148

specifically for us is at the bottom
[quote=ESEA FAQ Page]
Team Fortress 2:

[u]Open division:[/u]

Between 17-31 teams
1st-4th to Intermediate

Between 32-63 teams
1st-8th to Intermediate

Between 64-127 teams
1st-16th to Intermediate

[u]Invite division:[/u]

The TF2 Invite division shall be composed of:
The top 6 Invite teams from the previous season
The top 2 Intermediate teams
The remaining slot shall be reserved for a direct Invite each season
[/quote]

They also added guidelines for playoff sizes
https://play.esea.net/index.php?s=support&d=faq&id=290
[quote=ESEA FAQ Page]
The playoff bracket size will be based on the total number of teams registered in the division:

Between 17-31 teams
8 teams will make the playoffs

Between 32-63 teams
16 teams will make the playoffs

Between 64-127 teams
32 teams will make the playoffs

Between 128-255 teams
64 teams will make the playoffs

Between 256-511 teams
128 teams will make the playoffs

Between 512-1023 teams
256 teams will make the playoffs
[/quote]