this is fucking amazing

The American team from the 3rd Nations Cup was more of a Street Hoops PuG team for fun instead of the best you could possibly get from NA Platinum at the time. It was similar to ET that seemed to be more focused on winning Platinum that season instead of coming up with ways to overcome their ping disadvantage and challenge the Prem title.

There hasn't actually been a serious representation of the NA Highlander scene against European teams since Ginyu Force and the 2nd Nations Cup, but I think that's going to change this year.

What? The reason UGC banned the Loch 'n Load very quickly after the update is because top NA teams tested it out and found it to be completely ridiculous when it was actually used to its full potential. NA Demos were dealing more damage with the Loch than with stickies which is ludicrous. Overall Demo DPM also increased meaning that the Loch having a larger share of total damage couldn't have been a misconception that stickies were being used less in those games.

On top of that there were already really crazy anecdotes from just the first set of pre-season scrims when this unlock was being tested. On Viaduct for instance Snipers on China or House were being pilled from Demos behind the other team's Rock and a Medic even dropped behind Cliff to a Loch direct coming from Mid. Demo shouldn't have that kind of long-range capability so easily accessible.

lol

it's a joke picture. he even has it showing on quake live lol

right ctrl

Paddie wasn't even playing.

I've been confused by this thinking for awhile now and I hope someone could clarify it for me.

I don't understand why our scene has to justify sticking with ESEA because it has prize pools or 'professional' organization or that it had a LAN. If you truly find TF2 competitively appealing and enjoyable the prize money that barely covers the cost of league fees and Premium should not even be a major consideration for playing.

With how obvious it is that TF2 is an after-thought to ESEA maybe it's time to consider that there's a likely possibility that the ESEA client for CS:GO is a much higher quality anti-cheat than what could very well be an anti-cheat for TF2 that hasn't actually been updated for years. At this point even the UGC admins have caught and banned more cheaters than the client has and that's a very important fact to me.

I don't have anything against ESEA, but I don't understand where this sense of dependency on them comes from. I have enough of a passion for this game and the level of teamwork it requires to play at a top level that I don't need any other incentive to continue being a part of the competition. I have a great time playing TF2 competitively in Highlander and 6's while taking it very seriously because they both boil down to the same rewarding experience for me. I don't need a pocket change prize pool or an outdated client to take this game seriously or justify my passion for playing.

We do have the capability as a community to run our own servers, hunt down cheaters, and create our own league. I'm not even going to mention CEVO at this point. I've played in UGC Highlander for two years and while the admins have definitely made mistakes and questionable decisions, they have made a lot of efforts lately catering to more competition in Platinum, more cheaters being caught, and more growth for the league. I don't see how the 6's community is incapable of achieving the same thing with some independence of their own for once.

Which games are being casted tonight?

I think I'm the only person in TF2 history who would find pleasure in playing with Giraffe again.

Justin WHYYY!?

sigh is incredible

same here, original fk!

http://i.imgur.com/h1lWnux.png

This reeks of rotten phish.

Or just that badly copied...

3 out of the 4 IM moveup teams I know actually want to compete in Invite. If they're thirsty for the competition after placing high in IM last season let them play.