Ovechkin just nailed #50 this season. Absolutley amazing to hit that number of goals in the NHL these days. This dude does it 3 seasons in a row

I just don't want anyone to get injured tomorrow against the Islanders in a meaningless game. Hopefully both teams just coast through and treat it like an All-Star game or something.

Mason will probably get some rest and we will possibly see the return of Neuvirth. I personally want to see the first game for our future goaltender, Anthony Stolarz. The kid is a massive 6'6 230 pound monster in net.

hell yeah GO FLYERS! I bleed orange and black and always will.
My neighbors must hate me this time of year. Every big goal or awesome defensive play gets an eruption from me.

Playing the Capitals will be a very difficult series but I predict it will be the most physical series of all in the 1st round. It is really going to come down to how well the Flyers can do 2 things. First, they someone to step up and neutralize Ovechkin. (kinda how we did it to Malkin a few season ago in the playoffs). Secondly, the Flyers have not been a great team on the road. They need to win at least 1 of the first 2 games to have a solid chance in this series.

Whichever team advances will be a tired group of players for the second round though.

As a roamer main, booties annoy me to no end but so do many unlocks currently in use. To be honest, there are some weak reasons in this thread to supporting banning the booties. Tops on the list is "forcing the other demo to use booties". Don't give me that crap, nobody can ever force you to use a particular item. Unless an item is totally broken or leading to excessive stalemates (quickfix) then it falls on the player / team to find a strategy that works if you can't break another team.

I agree that items need to be tweaked from time to time but in this case I don't see Booties breaking the game in any fashion. You can compare booties to Kritz or playing against a sniper/heavy more than anything else. There are accepted play styles to counter each problem a team may face and this is no different. Just because booties forces teams to play differently against a skilled demo does not mean an item is broken.

Every single unlock in this game means that the player more skilled in the use of that unlock will provide some sort of advantage to his team. Booties are no different in this respect so it seems like players crying because they are not good enough to deal with a new strategy or a particular player skilled in the use of an item hence the call for "nerfs".

Just don't tell your mom

Thanks, edited my post

Some LAN / Playoff stats for the teams / players involved:

Ronin vs 20B is a pretty incredible comparison.
Both teams have almost identical career stats when all players are combined.

• Combined Playoff Wins / Losses -------- Ronin -- 94--83 -------- 20b -- 96--81
  
• Combined Playoff Matches ----------------- Ronin -- 177 ------------ 20b -- 177
  
• TF2 Championships --------------------------- Ronin -- 8 --------------- 20b -- 8
  
• Players ---------- Playoff Record -------------- Championships
  
• phorofor -------------- 6--1 --------------------------- 1
  
• rando ----------------- 10--18 ------------------------- 1
  
• bdonski ------------- 20--22 ------------------------- 1
  
• Ma3la ----------------- 20--22 ------------------------- 1
  
• yomps ----------------- 6--1 --------------------------- 1
  
• shrugger ------------ 32--19 ------------------------- 3
  
• cozen ------------------- 7--2 --------------------------- 0
  
• showstopper -------- 3--9 --------------------------- 0
  
• duwatna -------------- 25--11 ------------------------- 3
  
• cyzer ------------------- 45--36 ------------------------- 4
  
• ash ---------------------- 14--18 ------------------------- 1
  
• alec ---------------------- 2--5 --------------------------- 0

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By comparison, Froyo vs EVL couldn't be more lopsided based off the stats alone. However, it is obvious that b4nny and Clockwork carry the All-Time numbers. EVL is completely made of players in their first season with no playoff experience to date but so is half of Froyo and will hopefully make this a fantastic first round matchup.

• Combined Playoff Wins / Losses -------- Froyo -- 135--68 --------- EVL -- 0--0
  
• Combined Playoff Matches ----------------- Froyo -- 203 -------------- EVL -- 0
  
• TF2 Championships --------------------------- Froyo -- 15 ---------------- EVL -- 0
  
• Players ---------- Playoff Record -------------- Championships
  
• ninjanick ----------- 4--13 --------------------------- 0
  
• b4nny --------------- 80--32 -------------------------- 9
  
• muma --------------- N/A ----------------------------- 0
  
• freestate ------------ N/A ----------------------------- 0
  
• paddie -------------- N/A ----------------------------- 0
  
• clockwork --------- 51--23 -------------------------- 6
  
• Nursey -------------- N/A ---------------------------- 0
  
• Aim ------------------ N/A ---------------------------- 0
  
• hassassin --------- N/A ---------------------------- 0
  
• Slemnish ---------- N/A ---------------------------- 0
  
• botmode ----------- N/A ---------------------------- 0
  
• arekk ---------------- N/A ---------------------------- 0

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All-Time Invite records at: http://tf2db.github.io/tf2database/

Wasn't there a video that had a military fighter jet come swooping down at one point? Anyone have that link?

BLANC is ready for lower bracket. BUGS Forfeit to us. Admin help we have no contact with you

unable to contact anyone on thebugs, BLANC is ready to play in lower bracket. any admins around?

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I can understand and I am sure it was a team decision to play the way they did. I was more commenting on a personal level. Even if I was out of playoff contention or if the match meant nothing for the season, it was still a chance to improve and work on things against one of the best teams / players around. I would view it as a missed opportunity but perhaps I am putting too much into it, that is just how I would personally feel if I was involved.

I felt it was beyond retarded to watch in a match setting. Why should the next "underdog" team just throw in the towel and play like idiots against Froyo or Ascent because they are in for a really tough match to win? I have never thought I was going to lose anything competitive in my life until the game was over and the other team proved me wrong. Until that happens, play hard all the time to win and fuck around during scrims/pugs.

after the first half it turned into a matchmaking stress test

I agree with both opinions about mix and epsi. Would have been insane to see i46 mixup vs i49 Epsi.

I was referring more to how closely matched epsi/mix were at i52. I can't recall another LAN series of 6 matches between 2 teams that were so closely played with the exception of the first map where mixup rolled Epsi 5-0 on badlands.