We are playing, we want to be moved to IM.

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I'm not exactly sure how I found the video, it was a related video on youtube to whatever I was watching. When I first seen the thumbnail, I thought it was kaidus with a TF2 hat on cause it looks like him.

Stumbled across this video, pretty sure it's Kaidus 20 years from now. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWlI7UfBLVM

Seems like this "article" (if you want to call it that) is mostly based at praising EU players and teams and saying negative things about HRG players.

Its easy to say that now but I would think that when faced with the new yogurt slinger, things might change. Maybe I am just speaking for myself but who knows....

If you want whiny dialogue for the whole movie just go rent the Twilight Series and snuggle up with your poodle. We want fighting and explosions.

It might be good for HRG to taste defeat again after so many victories. Even better that it happened in the group stage. Get the loss out of the way early and move on from there.

Sometimes losing can focus a player/team and they end up playing better because of it.

Great game played by iM. I think HRG is going to bounce back in the knockout stage.

I think you need to watch more Broder/Infused matches before you make that statement. Both of those EU teams are just as good as any team at ESEA LAN.

I am not being a EU fanboy or anything, just stating the truth.

You can't say Epsi is overrated. When you win 35 (I think) matches in a row against the best competition you are clearly NOT an overrated team.

I didn't post that Knoxx was not a fantastic medic. I know exactly how good he is, my opinion is just that Mirelin is better. I don't see how you can say Mirelin is not on the same level as Knoxx.

As for Juke, I mentioned him because he is a play maker as roamer and sniper. That combo makes him exciting to watch and he is very effective. I wouldn't label anyone a "star player" on a team that is so well rounded. In all honesty, the weakest player for Broder over the past month or so has been Zebb. disagree?

For me, the hype for i49 would be so much better if Mixup was going along with HRG. It's sad to think that Mixup is at the very least the 3rd/4th best team playing right now. For them to not be at the competition deciding who is the best team seems a little undeserved. Not having a sponsor or money sucks.
Mixup vs Broder/Infused would be incredibly good matches to watch.

I have watched an insane amount of EU Prem matches/scrims. I feel what will hurt Epsi in the end is the lack of teams to play and practice with consistently. Epsi dominates the EU scene but have only Broder and Infused to practice against all the time. The same 12 players all the time. When the same players play each other non stop for so long, they get learn habits and tendencies and it can have an effect on play against new teams.

I don't think HRG has had such a lack of diversity in scrims/matches because there are at least 6 solid NA teams that all play differently. Mix, Trihards, AG, Mad Men and top guns were all solid this season. I believe that diversity will give HRG an advantage to adapt game play and come out on top.

1-- HRG
2-- Broder
3-- Epsi
4-- Infused

All that aside, the dark horse nobody is talking about is Broder. They have 2 players who can hang with anyone and turn any game in their favor. In my opinion, the best EU medic around is Mirelin and 0 ping Jukebox sniping could be scary. I predict Broder to upset Epsi at LAN. It would not surprise me if they beat HRG to win the whole thing but I still have my money on HRG.

I understand what you are saying and I realize that nothing I say will change anything or matter in the end.

However, I don't think you realize how much strategy can be applied to DMing as a team. I would argue DM is much more strategy based than working around unlock bonuses for an advantage. Using positioning and concentrated fire are many skills teams never develop enough and those are DM related. Essentially the only thing you work on with unlocks are timing for pushes and making plays off the items you equip. That does involve skill in it's own way but DM skill outshines that in my opinion.

My main point is that "items" are being used to circumvent real skill. In any competitive form of Team Fortress, that has never been part of the game. I am just not a fan of items having such a great determining factor in how teams win fights.

Unlocks are the one part of Comp TF2 that I never could understand. Maybe I am too old school of a player but I started the first day of quake and then QWTF, where your individual skill and the skill of your team determined who won and who lost.

Personally, I believe comp TF2 should have no unlocks at all. I can't understand why certain "items" can give a team an advantage over other teams who are less skilled.

Everything should be even across the board. In those situations, the better team will win every time. In the end, isn't that what Competitive play is about? The better team wins and individual items should not be a factor in determining that.

Have this playing on your phone as they get off the plane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNVJYXvBhgA