Someone call the police the Raiders got fucking ROBBED.

Gruden making all of our meme dreams come true,

You bold as fuck mate.

Preseason is done, football is almost back. Eagles vs. Falcons on Thursday. So many questions looking ahead. How stupid is the new helmet rule? Who's making playoffs? Will the Browns win a game this year? How many Chargers and Ravens will get injured before season's end?

Season / playoffs predictor for those interested.

Bump. Still trying to play as Medic for any teams still looking. I'll play some mediocre Soldier in low-Open, too.

Until they pay up for Invite and play a match this means nothing to me. Do it shade, do it.

LET'S FUCKING GO. CU@

That's because popo keeps talking and digging himself deeper.

Thaigr vs. b4nny real life MGE gogogo

"Fun" fact: Froyotech dropped 14 rounds all season (7 in regular season, 7 in playoffs). That's their second lowest total - I only checked back to S21 - after S26 when they dropped 12 rounds (8 and 4). For those old-timers / curious, Classic Mixup during S12 dropped 15 rounds (11 and 4). Those are probably the only three seasons where an Invite team gave up 15 or less rounds throughout the whole thing.

It doesn't need a standalone thread. There's both the event thread and the Invite discussion thread.

We are live, setting up with help from Console and we'll hop in STV shortly.

I will be casual(?) casting the set over at twitch.tv/terywj with everyone's favorite co-caster of all-time: alcohol. Dunno what the rules will be or what I'm drinking but it'll happen.

Definitely an up-and-comer if I've ever seen one. After playing with SpaceCadet for approximately 500 seasons I didn't know what to expect playing with a new Roamer. But Grape Juice III was a huge playmaker for NOIR and also helped me take over scheduling responsibilities early on. Grape got multiple frags, a Medic force or drop in a lot of situations where that singlehandedly swung the fight for us. His offclassing utility was also appreciated and by that I mean his Spy plays were. His Sniper...would range from boar levels of stupid or someone who's never touched an FPS before. Most of his mistakes were extremely minimal or not even his fault to begin with: like panicking his shots or dying at inopportune times. Early in S28 there were some troubles with him cluttering Mumble in both good times and bad, but he has definitely improved towards the tail end of the season. I probably have a super strict definition of tilt so I think he tilted often but also toned that down (or didn't hold his PTT) too. He'll do well in IM on a team with an orthodox playstyle.

I've been fortunate enough to have played with some really solid Demomen over the seasons and Makkabeus continued that streak - he absolutely fits that mold: smart player, combo-saver, damage dealer. He's got clever traps and his calling / directing of the team was a huge bonus. When he was off his performance would dip sure but when he turned up the enemy didn't stand a chance. He cares about the game / team and was constantly figuring out ways to improve both as an individual and team. Rollouts were hit-or-miss with him but that moreso dependent on map than anything else. He and others have often talked about how he'd be even better if he put more time into the game, and I can agree with that. Throughout the season I had no problems with him personality-wise but other teammates didn't see that the same way so that may be a gamble for you. Lighthearted sense of humor and an astonishing amount of history in that TF2 brain of his. Would've loved to play another season with him but rebuilding as two players was too tall an order. Regardless I wish you the best of luck Makka.