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We need ONE MORE COACH before we can assign teams. Please ty etc! :))

edit: we have enough now, ty!

Dashner has had the shitiest of weeks, and i feel super bad for him. Like, his car exploded, he had to spend a bunch of extra money on the flight, and now that he's there he just has to get sent back. I'm almost mad for him. All he wanted to do was put on an epic show :(

if you watched the esea finals you would know why this is a terrible idea

Just a quick update: there are a few gods in this community that have donated staggering amounts of money (I'll keep them anonymous for now because I forgot to ask), making this entire process way easier than I could have imagined. So far, we have ~$350 raised. I need to figure out how to actually get the ESEA referral money, but we should honestly be pretty much good money-wise. We might need just a bit more, but I can stop worrying about that because I won't have negative money regardless of what happens now.

We still need a few mentors. I'd you can do that, please do! Thanks guys :)

http://i.imgur.com/UVBVUEx.jpg

this bad boy got me 1400 upvotes back in 2013, right when noodle legs had returned. (why is reddit so weird)

Froyo will crawl back from crowns in the grand final

Jasmine tea will have its dreams shattered toward the end of lower brackets

There will be one random team from the open brackets that will do better than anyone thinks will happen

There will be drunk euros being crazy (and amazing)

1.froyo
2.crowns
3.full tilt/jasmine tea
4.full tilt/jasmine tea

(edit: though i really really really want to see jt in the finals. please destroy the eu's ty)

i'll take prolander over highlander or 0-class-limits any day

it's a step in the right direction

what he said was not smart either way, but i think he meant weapon skins

WE HAVE ENOUGH COACHES NOW. THANKS!

Mentors

So a few weeks ago, I made a post asking for help with the Newbie Mix Team Drive. Well, the drive itself is over. We have 11 new teams lined up for open this coming season. That’s 66 players in open that would otherwise not be there. Every player that signed up (and had a reasonable schedule) got on a team. This is an absolute success in my eyes (even though I really wanted 16 teams).

This is a great thing for both these players and our game as a whole, but now the Team Drive admins need a bit of help. We only have 6 mentoring volunteers right now. We will not be able to make teams without mentors. In order to finalize these teams, we need someone to coach them through their season. This is a commitment of 1-2 hours a week that will make a world of difference for your six newbies.

If you’re a top open+ player, mentoring a team will be incredibly easy. At the start of the season, you show them through signing up for ESEA, paying fees, and joining servers. Throughout the season, you do (at least) one demo and one map review per week. At the end of the season, you get the great feeling of knowing that you helped someone.

If you want to help (or even if you think you might want to help) these new players through their first season of ESEA, please message Translucent Feces on teamfortress.tv (include a link to your ESEA profile). If you have me or fece added already, feel free to message one of us on steam about this.

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This is the less fun part. Some of the people playing in the team drive teams are children/ young teenagers with no way to pay for ESEA. The total amount of money going towards the premium and league fees will equal roughly $500. Some of that will come from ESEA referral money, and some of it has already been generously donated. I’ll pay out the rest of the balance, but I want to be able to do another team drive in the future, so let’s make me not poor. :P

You can message me on tftv (or steam if you have me added already) to talk about helping out this way.

Thanks for the support, tftv. This team drive is a pretty big deal. Let’s make these players’ first experiences in TF2’s premier league enjoyable!

I'm assuming they saw the "Maximum Teams: 64" on the insomnia website and rolled with it. Pretty upsetting to see such an incredible unawareness. (unless of course there are 40+ teams signed up that I somehow haven't heard about)

lf medic tryouts for tonight! :)

Ambassador spy on paper is broken af, and you can see it when people hack in MM with it, but no one will ever be good enough to fully utilize it in a way that is better than running a scout or soldier. It's just not humanly possible.

i was gonna come in here to post a deep, controversial, and meaningful thought but

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Definitely not too generous. Giving anything less would be punishing a team for winning early in the playoff upper brackets, which (obviously) doesn't make sense.

If we are able to form our projected number of teams, we WILL need a few more mentors. PLEASE if you want to help a team out, do so! It would be a great thing for them :)