Is the "things are gonna go my way and that's that" routine really becoming the popular thing to do as an admin for this game? I mean, really, this entire competitive scene has one end goal: to make the community grow which will then brew more competition. Making the grand finals a joke by forcing a grand finals match on a Friday with two ringers (and possibly a 5v6) is simply a waste of time. Regardless of the result, no one wants to see the match filled with ringers. People want to see a grand finals match with all 12 starters. This way, there are no excuses or what-ifs in the scenario of ringers, and people will get to (ideally) see a good show.

If you don't care what people want to see, then perhaps you're fucking retarded and you shouldn't be an admin. I'm not specifically talking about ETF2L, I'm talking about just about anywhere. I'm not saying spectators and players should perpetually get their way with a majority vote, but it's situations like these that some admins just refuse to deal with for no good reason at all other than personal bullshit. This is a grand finals match. What the fuck.

Yes, I'm completely aware that both teams have conflicting schedules during this time, but I find it ridiculous that it can't be delayed. In fact, it CAN be delayed, the admins just choose not to. Sure, I understand that you don't want matches delayed by months, but this is not only the grand finals, but it's also Christmas time. People's real lives come into play during the month of December, and TF2 is not our full-time job. Likewise, being an admin is not your full-time job, either. Now you're threatening a team to forfeit their earnings? I'm sorry, is this your personal money that you're handing out that you are so incredibly offended that they have real-life obligations and other things to tend to? You are truly doing an awesome job at making the community grow in a drama-free manner, because who the fuck cares about leniency and giving a shit about the game?

And then you also threaten to ban them?

aw yiss, tf2 being forever plagued by shit admins 8))))))

I already have Garry's Mod as well.

Here: https://www.humblebundle.com/gift?key=XGqxah7pncYHqXZV

:3

look bro, if you wanna put some money and/or unusuals on the line, it's on. :p

fuck it, i'll go. gotta win that street fighter plastic trophy. >:3

i'm willing to help pay for a room, so yeah, that would be cool.

i'll also see if i can convince ww to go to this. :D

maybe.

had to pay him prize money at GXL because he was so good. pick him up.

Sean, if you need any help with staff for the event and/or if I could be in one/some of the pro matches/tournaments, that would be cool :].

http://store.steampowered.com/app/244730/

DIVEKICK

I thought it might have been XP at first, but it looks like he is using Windows 7 from the Windows logos. But yeah, if you're using 32-bit, you can't go past 4 GB.

Yeah, that should work just fine. The only thing you need to scope out for is 200-pin DDR2 SO-DIMM.

Eh, 4 is probably fine. I guess you could go with 8 but keep in mind that laptop RAM is different than desktop RAM (it's smaller in physical size). Typically, there's a panel underneath the laptop that lets you access the RAM easily. Check it out if you're considering upgrading and go from there.

I wouldn't really worry about how Windows utilizes memory on your computer. It does fancy stuff to make sure things are smooth.

You posted the same link as the original post. :p

How much RAM do you currently have?

Stats - Could be taken care of with sizzling stats or something similar. It wouldn't be the exact same experience, but I think we could make it work just fine.

Match scheduling - ESEA's match scheduling is absolutely nothing to speak of. It's mediocre. If something unfortunate happens or two teams just can't agree on a day within about four days, then it's either a forfeit or a coin toss. Sick system.

Pugs - Never used.

Scrim servers - Seldom used.

Forums - Never used.

Admins - l0l.

Support - Submit a trouble ticket.

I'm not really pushing to stay with ESEA or to go elsewhere, but making league support a point for trying to convince someone to stay with ESEA is just not that great.

The part about supplying tournament computers was the only possible issue. It's definitely doable, but I would need to look at the costs and see what can be done.

The only other possible idea is to try to do this at a LAN center. A bunch of good tournaments have happened this way in games such as Call of Duty, Counterstrike, and Day of Defeat.