for clarity the meeting was invite captains/team reps that were planning on playing invite the day of the meeting. I didn't really like how impromptu it was but that's how they have historically been for seasons now so it's unfortunately nothing new.

while conflicting opinions were thrown back and forth for hours, there were definitely things that everyone agreed to not touch (natasha, rescue ranger), so the rules page whitelist is prob just old from 25 or 26 or whatever that season was.

afaik the map replacing is postponed til next season, unless this extension gave extra time to do it.

if ya don't take the initiative to move up, get ready for the 8 teams you don't want to play to come down, still play you, and take all of your prize money too

we lost IM out of multiple top open teams assuming that x y or z team would fill out the last spot when they didn't

at this point I don't think anyone really cares if you're not technically the ~next best team~ because that's one sure way to repeat history

if you're expected to land top 4 IM this season please just say fuck it and move up because if there are any assumptions to be made, it's that nobody else will do it

It literally makes ZERO sense to dodge invite just to have ALL of invite come down to you

EDIT: Shame that lucratives team has to step up once again but thank fucking god they did it

I have the first problem too and it's a little annoying. Hope they recognize and fix it quickly.

EDIT: vvvvvv that worked but I couldn't click on phantoms name so he had to message me vvvvvv

The drive is in good hands this year, help them out if you can!

paging daffodil

its not just upward

http://www.teamfortress.tv/47718/scottish-resistance-bug

banned in most/all leagues I think

last season

I didnt reset the numbers because I didn't want to confuse the newbies to which mumble channel was theirs

Teams are completed!

Team 11
Coach: Jaguarfiend
Medic: DCKM
Demo: Qasist
Pocket: golden
Roamer: Bradlis
Scout: boat
Scout: SteinerW
Backup: varrick

Team 12
Coach: Phantom
Medic: raisins
Demo: Zalway
Pocket: TheRealWeiner
Roamer: koolaidalan
Scout: Yirktos
Scout: TBD

Team 13
Coach: Slicerogue
Medic: Trauma Queen
Demo: Classy Lizard
Pocket: Ajax
Roamer: JayKay
Scout: Treatz
Scout: CrimeScene
Backup: Solemn Shadow

Team 14
Coach: reece
Medic: Allen
Demo: Cyrus
Pocket: Johnny_Tower
Roamer: smokey
Scout: noom
Scout: Sanity
Backup: Prodi
Backup: Crusader

Team 15
Coach: Grape Juice III
Medic: Fuzbuzz
Demo: X3noxide
Pocket: Arryu
Roamer: Spinda
Scout: DannyHollow
Scout: Copper
Backup: R1ce
Backup: Robbotjam

A smaller list than last time, but that's okay. Thanks to everyone who volunteered to coach, the admin staff for helping with the document, and everyone who donated to help pay for multiple of these players.

Only a few more days to sign up; I'm creating the teams over the weekend.

imo that's part of the problem. The efforts of all map makers are appreciated obviously, but many (not all) of the end products in the past haven't been up to par in a lot of peoples eyes. There's a reason why for multiple seasons straight, when ESEA held the seasonal map vote, granary would win the vote out, and then win the vote back in. The contending maps (coalplant, gravelpit, ect) were just never good enough in comparison (you could make a few new arguments about whats better now, though).

Sounds like a disaster. 75%+ of the season is going to be playing 3 maps over and over again. If I'm wrong, then you have the problem of your weekly scrims being half as efficient by needing to go half and half on maps in scrims with maps you won't need.

Adding maps makes the 2nd problem worse, removing maps makes the first problem worse. Fucked either way, it looks like.

We're halfway through the drive but NOT at the ideal halfway point for signups. If you know any low-mid open players/ugc players that are having a rough time finding a team for themselves, tell them to consider signing up before May 4th and I can put them on a team as close to their skill level as possible. Don't let the struggles of creating/finding a team prevent you from playing a season.

Also, we're still sponsoring UGC teams to bring their already constructed team into ESEA.

No, the teams generally range from low to mid open

http://rollout.tf/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kioJ2MgH9uQ
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi42hYNuCYHYVGO6y7823-Q/videos