ESEA does nothing to change that. This is a problem due to invite's inflated egos where it's playoffs or we're dead. It's pathetically sad and invite is the worst kind of role model as this mindset clearly ripples down to the lower leagues. This doesn't happen in any other game. In CS, they actually move down Invite teams because they've been there so long and haven't done well. A good possible solution would be a "secondary" bracket where they just play for pride rather than prize.

Ok. Let's do this right now. I need 4 maps to put into the vote. Let's decide right now so you guys can scrim them and get a better idea if it's competitively viable.

At the beginning of the season I was actually thinking of not allowing sweater into invite. This entire ordeal makes me think that some sort of "Invite Blacklist" would be a good idea. This wouldn't necessarily mean you're banned from invite for life, it would just make it much harder for certain individuals to get in. Ideally, players on the blacklist would have to make their way into invite through IM rather than a direct seed. This would force players to put in time and effort to get into invite rather than taking it as a given. The players will probably do well in IM which makes life much easier than a sub par invite season so it wouldn't really be a true test but I guess it'd be better than nothing. Playing 1 full season of invite would get you off the blacklist which means if you fuck up twice, you need to go through IM twice. This would act as a deterrent I'd assume but it may force players that give up as easily as these to quit rather than put in the time. Powah is a prime example of how to quit a team. He told his team his situation and gave them plenty of time. Leaving like that won't get you on a blacklist.

I'm curious what you guys think of this idea. Thoughts?

Play MGE until people mistake it for skill and then hitch a ride on a good open roster where you get carried into IM.

Worked for me

That sounds fair.

Joe, I dub thee "Head of Map Development". You can now do whatever you want and pm me before the season begins.

In JOE we trust.

All match servers are restarted once a match is assigned. It seems to happen more often in ESEA servers but is not isolated to our servers. Hopefully, an update is released that fixes it but until then, there's really nothing we can do unless you guys have any good suggestions.

omg why is there a quebec flag........

Hey enigma,

I would like one of those colors for my username. Maybe red cause i'm the devil or rainbow because people call me a faggot all the time. Anyways, I'm sure you'll find a good one.

Yours truly,
Killing

Cinq owns.

I'm pretty sure I've been living that for the last 3 years. Enigma, wtt tf.tv admin 4 ESEA admin?? pls reply ( I know you said you wanted to kill me to have my job ).

When no one is looking, I'll ban them both and disappear into the night.

Chances I beat TLR again?

What are the chances I take you out this weekend?