TF2's first two-time world champions and it's consecutive. Absolutely mind-boggling.

Rooting for nR though I was, Froyo played legendary TF2 all tournament long, both as a team and as individuals. b4nny's strength and versatility as a player remain absolutely unparalleled, Ash's transition to scout was smoother than anyone could've expected of him, blaze remains one of the most consistent, balanced and at times explosive roamers the game has ever seen, duwatna's still showing the world that even post-nerf a talented enough demo can wrap a whole team around their finger, shade is still the closest a medic has ever been to immortal and clockwork is, indeed, still clockwork and doing a damn good job of showing why that's all I need to say about him.

But even still, serious credit must be given elsewhere in those finals too. Between knocking Froyo to the lower bracket, taking a map in the finals, starting strong on Viaduct which Froyo are the undisputed gods of and even holding out 0-0 for so long at the start of Snake, nerdRage made Froyo look the most vulnerable they have looked in quite a while, with some of the most insane individual performances of the whole tournament. Individual talent, versatility, synergy, they're a team that has all the right pieces and more. They definitely showed the potential that, moving forward and sticking together if that's what they choose to do, they could very well still have their era.

The real MVPs, though? Production! God damn, what an event from that standpoint; everything from fantastic casting to uberchain's incredible SFM to tsc's inexplicable ability to grow an extra pair of arms and type at 3000 words per minute when TF2 is involved which I might perhaps envy a little bit.

Looking forward to the future of this game, both near and distant. Looking forward to matchmaking, coming seasons, new teams, changed teams, rises and falls, "spontaneous" KnOxXx returns, the whole nine yards and whatever else might come with it.

So, about that i58... c u @?

I would like to propose a petition for NiCO to change his handle to NiCO Flippy's Hand after this tournament

TEK TAKE MY ENERGY

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Nobody in this game does a shit-eating grin quite like b4nny

MGEHarbleu

WAR please your memes are out of control somebody stop this man

How does it feel to have been out-E U R O G I M M I C K E D by Americans? 8)

This tournament for nerdRage has been one of the most insane miracle runs we've ever seen in this game.

nR are playing some of the most ridiculously drop-dead-fucking-gorgeous TF2 we've seen in quite a while and I love every second of it, god damn

volvo player autograph stickers so i can plaster zebbosai's signature all across my rocket launcher and indeed my face pls

Vive la révolution!

Alfa and Flippy have been the biggest surprises of the tournament so far as individual players I think, for me at least.

Alfa's roamer and in particular his offclassing have really brought something to TLR that they were missing previously; his roaming has shocked me with how his positioning has always been one step ahead, how consistently he's been able to just do whatever needs to be done for the team at the time and generally how solidly he's played. He may not have DM anywhere near ShaDowBurn's, but he's proven he doesn't need DM like SDB's to make significant contributions to the game.

Flippy, meanwhile - well, his sniping while insane isn't really a surprise per se, he's always been known as a phenomenal sniper and it's LAN sniping, but what's really surprised me about Flippy has been the quality of his scout play so far. Prior to the tournament his scout had often been seriously lacklustre even on days when his sniping had been on point, but his scout so far has been very solid and at times even impressive. I no longer get that feeling when watching nR that time spent not sniping by Flippy is time wasted; he's been sick on both sniper and scout.

TLR are simultaneously playing the most hair-rippingly infuriating and beautiful TF2 of the tournament wtf

How can they beef every uber vs Froyo and still make Froyo look so broken in places I mean sure it's only group stage but wtfffff

I mean when they were going to be showing up with HYS and SDB I was a TLR believer, I had a slight glimmer of hope when it was just HYS for WAR and with all of the roster changes in effect my hopes were crushed but after that game I don't even know WHAT to think anymore

Fuck it TLR HYPE TRAIN LET'S GOOOOOOOO CHOO CHOO

KennyS standing in for Flippy jesus fuck

"Epsilon who?" - Tek, 2015

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OMNI TAKE MY CARROTS YOU BEAUTIFUL HUD WIZARD

Seriously though it's a shame because this is a genuinely sick update but the timing is SO awful