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#138 ESEA-O S17, CEVO-O S5 Happenings/Predictions in TF2 General Discussion

I don't see why anyone would complain of schedules honestly. If you have a rough start, just means your midseason+ will be easier. Better to string a late season winning streak than the opposite. Who knows you may come away with a few strong games / surprise wins early, too.

It's all about the mentality.

posted about 10 years ago
#134 ESEA-O S17, CEVO-O S5 Happenings/Predictions in TF2 General Discussion

London's gonna be covering Open and IM this season on TFTV (again), and I'll be doing so for Invite (again). London told me he'd probably get the Previews out tonight or tomorrow.

posted about 10 years ago
#131 ESEA-O S17, CEVO-O S5 Happenings/Predictions in TF2 General Discussion

Graveguns Aneurysm vs. American Jerks
Large Gamers vs. Operation Quinn
Off Top vs. Thigh High Socks

I think. London's Preview (hype!) should shed some more light on the matter.

posted about 10 years ago
#22 ESEA Schedule and Notes in TF2 General Discussion

Is this an April Fools joke in July?!

posted about 10 years ago
#127 ESEA-O S17, CEVO-O S5 Happenings/Predictions in TF2 General Discussion

I knew something was up, since the 3 West teams were merged into the Central conference but East and Central weren't merged.

posted about 10 years ago
#118 ESEA-O S17, CEVO-O S5 Happenings/Predictions in TF2 General Discussion

So according to the status updates (http://play.esea.net/index.php?s=forums&d=topic&id=576753) the divisions / conferences have already been merged but Open still has Central and East conferences.

posted about 10 years ago
#13 LFP Highlander Steel in Recruitment (looking for players)

#IronHighlanderDrama

posted about 10 years ago
#1 Ruleset Discussion in TF2 General Discussion

Alright. So I arrived back to the U.S. yesterday, which marks the end of my Asia TF2 tenure. I spent 7 months playing in various environments like lobbies, pugs, pugscrims, scrims, and matches. All of that good stuff. Now, Asian TF2 uses the "EU ruleset" with a 30 minute time limit and / or a 5 win difference. I wanted to bring to attention the aspects in the EU ruleset, which I feel is superior to the NA.

* Passive play is less desirable. Yeah yeah, this is funny coming from me haha, but with a very real and very threatening time limit, you can't just play passive the entire match. If you wait for 15-20 minutes only to lose the round, you've just severely handicapped yourself. Nothing is too different in terms of playing aggressive anywhere, since if you win 5-0 in 10 minutes the ruleset is irrelevant (but more on that later). But passive play wouldn't be as common assuming teams are going to try and you know win.

* Games are better paced. Piggybacking off what I said above, there's less passive play meaning more risks, more aggression. 90 minute matches on LAN would be something of the past. A match drawn out to maximum on the EU ruleset is 30 minutes. That's a good amount of TF2. Not ridiculously lengthy but still healthy. On a sidenote, NA having this ruleset would be quite godsend for scheduling doubleheaders, whether that is an ESEA doubleheader or if you're playing ESEA + CEVO (would be amazing if their map lists were synced). Actually doesn't this make the entire scheduling process for matches and scrims easier anyway? There's no “extending” scrims so if you're asked to scrim mid-scrim you simply tell them how much time is left.

* Momentum is real. In NA, 4-3 is pretty much the same thing as 4-0. If the leading team wins another round, it's over. But if you're down 4-0 and you win a round, the leading team now needs 6 rounds, maybe even more if you win another. There's no "we only need 1 more round" cushion. Might still be bleak, sure, but there's certainly more chances / opportunities to climb back with a 5 win difference. Also, 30 minutes of TF2 to get a 7-6 or 8-4 game is pretty goddamn FUN regardless of outcome (and let's be honest, how many 5-4's in NA conclude in 30 minutes). Another sidenote off this would mean rounds have more impact in a league because losing 5-0 is completely different than losing 7-5. In fact it could put a meta of sorts regarding drawing out rounds or something to influence the RF / RA shenanigans I dunno.

* Non-ESEA LANs already use this ruleset. If I recall correctly, FITES used the EU ruleset and the upcoming GXL (which you should TOTALLY be attending) will also be using this. Now, I would guess that having the NA ruleset at a LAN could cause matches to drag on, and having the EU ruleset would speed up the process, but it's just evidence that we (NA TF2) have had some form of experience with this ruleset and aren't completely alien to it.

So my question is: why is NA not adopting this ruleset?

Now this isn't to say that the NA rulset is straight up bad. Halftime can be a real blessing for teams to talk over strategies or cool down, stuff like that. And I'm sure everyone has used a halftime to go the bathroom regardless of how long the first half was. At the same time though, not having halftime / chances to talk about things rewards those who are quick on their feet with strategies and counterplay since they're able to address and adapt to issues on the fly.

EU TF2 uses this ruleset, Asia TF2 uses this ruleset, AU TF2 uses this ruleset. (I'm not sure what the Brazilians use sorry!) If NA adopted the ruleset we would have the "universal ruleset." Sure different leagues and continents will disagree on certain unlocks and maps but that's another step closer to bringing better TF2 to NA.

I made this post primarily because I wanted to spark some discussion and gather opinions from people. Particularly players who have experienced both rulesets first hand. People like alfa, who has played in ETF2L, Platinum and Shade / members of the NA teams that went to iSeries, even Fragile, who's running GXL and the various players who attended FITES / GXL. I don't expect everyone to suddenly want to lobby for NA to change their ruleset after so long, but have some food for thought.

Apologizes for any mistakes / mumblings. I have had approximately 3-4 hours of sleep in the past 3 days. The jetlag is real. Thanks for your time.

posted about 10 years ago
#116 ESEA-O S17, CEVO-O S5 Happenings/Predictions in TF2 General Discussion
manaThe matchups for CEVO are up: http://cevo.com/event/tf2-6v6/matches/198/263/

Anyone wanna note some good games? Maybe get some impromptu casts going? I'll be streaming my POV for every scrim and match (+delay) I play (most likely), anyone else? I might make the first post a list of streams from anyone playing in Open of both leagues.

Casual caster reporting in. Will see if I can cover anything despite jetlag.

posted about 10 years ago
#50 ESEA-Invite S17, CEVO-P S5 Happenings/Predictions in TF2 General Discussion

As far as I know XTS' roster is still the same.

Gonna hopefully get the preview out by the weekend, just need some people to tell rosters + excerpts (Mixup are dodging this harddd).

posted about 10 years ago
#95 ESEA Map Poll in TF2 General Discussion

While I think it wouldn't help the bigger scheme of things currently, perhaps if you ever get a better voting system, don't let the replacement map be an option on the 2nd poll. Redundant as all hell.

posted about 10 years ago
#26 ESEA-IM S17, CEVO-M S5 Happenings/Predictions in TF2 General Discussion

So is there any Pocket / Demo combo in IM this season that will stand up to TicTack / Block? I can't really think of any, but it's hard to sift through all the rosters with people not having paid up yet.

posted about 10 years ago
#5 unii lft open pocket in Recruitment (looking for team)

I've talked to Uni a fair amount over the course of S15-S16 and he's a really nice person who cares about improvement. It's a shame Hii Open was unable to reform for another season but sometimes stuff happens. He should be a capable Pocket on a team under the leading voice of a Medic, and will excel in an environment where the team shares the same dedication.

Best of luck Uni.

posted about 10 years ago
#103 ESEA Season 17 Announced in News

Gravel Pit.

posted about 10 years ago
#46 ESEA-O S17, CEVO-O S5 Happenings/Predictions in TF2 General Discussion

I'm looking forward to seeing London's writings for Open and IM. Though I'm actually most interested in the possible map change.

posted about 10 years ago
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