Slaving over a lab table > slaving over lab data
any. fucking. day.
I hope you can make it to something better that you like more, this made me sad about my future.

I'm currently finishing up an undergraduate degree in Neurobiology with a focus in Chemistry
So, Organic Chemistry would be my realm

Chemistry's wicked cool. I took Inorganic this semester, and while it was rageworthy cause I didn't want to know it, it became interesting due to the power that those types of molecules have.

Some awesome advances in modern medicine are coming our way in the near future.
Also, palcohol.

lol am proud of that one you seem to be missing the humor in my/our disappointment both with ESEA and ourselves

Please, drop it. We just want to play the game, we're a team that's been together for a while, it'd be a shame to not play.

We didn't know, Mikey and Simplicity didn't explicitly state it. Please, drop it.

Many thanks to those who helped us out so far. 2 more unpaid.

Again, I would have paid for myself, but I currently do not have money. As in, eating is a thing to think about. I'll be fine next month (speaking for myself, of course).

He's just being precise, y'know

Thanks, that's cool of you to have made that.
Welp, I guess it does make sense. There have to be so many players that don't care for a prizepot, I would imagine Open wouldn't have access to it and then it becomes a lot more fair? Why is the prizepot so large? Additionally, I would imagine they make their money through other means than direct player fees (sponsorships, donated resources, "ESEA Black" subscription lel), which makes me think of them not actually paying for the league from their "pocket".

It just rotates back around to that shitstorm thread about ESEA potentially not having enough for this season, where there has to be a better way than UGC or the CEVO attempt.

EDIT: But, that's for a different thread, which if others want to engage further, I'd be down to make for further discussion.

People are exposed to different things at different times. I didn't know, I apologize for chastising everyone for their decisions. It'll be ok, just one team less in ESEA and we contributed (albeit now regretfully) to the season being solidified.

@27/28 GGWP thanks I was 16 and got into something I didn't understand and possibly for the wrong reasons. I am still integrating it.

Question back on topic, even though I'm sure the OG issue was resolved: do the league signup fees not cover the servers and organization required? To think of it, it does seem like it cuts close to pay employees with that amount of money, but it also could be within reason, I don't know how much they work on their TF2 leagues. As for the pug system, I doubt those things require repeated payment other than the original creation and the servers they run on.
Essentially, is the premium fee a digging for money because they have you in their pockets, multiple season subscribers of "Premium"?

Why would you involve yourself like this?
That's just bm, we've played you before, it's been fun, I'm sorry a separate team decision led to you not being played with. We all missed out on fun, I think.

To others: it was to be my first season in ESEA, and I had never bothered to think that it could be more than a one time fee, every season. The same goes for a few teammates.
Port forwarding needed for the client on top of everything? Not for me nor my teammates, we have our losses. We'll go populate UGC whatever and at least not have the hassle of "no refunds" in the first place.

Does one need Premium to log into the client??

That's fucking moronic, I can't believe this is something that's accepted by the community. I misread the post where I didn't understand how the "paying up" worked. It's a monthly fee. A monthly fucking fee.

you do the good deeds around these parts

thanks

This season is going to be great

I hope all the players have a good time, and for those in new teams and new slots, that everything goes well.

Good luck to all!

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Fucking give me my free league so I can stop giving a fuck about survival of TF2 and just play the game I want to play.

This is ridiculous, LANs can be made without a league fee to sponsor it. People will play for no prize pool.

NOT having a league, even for a season, will heavily hinder TF2's continued existence.

EDIT: Snip, my team is paying up, sorry for my mistake on the nature of the ESEA league fee

I got the legit ones. The sound quality is *not as high* as it was hailed to be my users here.
Also, the cable frays very easily, and I had to tape the ends after 3 days of use.

However, aside from that, they are very well made in the earbud portion themselves, have decent sound quality, and have multiple earbud configurations (which allow for increased audio quality through isolation).

The packaging is fancy shmancy too, so if you're into that, it's naice.

I'd say they're definitely worth the $17 I paid for them. I've bought two iterations of knockoff $15 new age apple headphones, and while they worked for a while, the earbuds themselves stopped working with no signs of wear and tear on any part of the headphones. For that reason, I like my xiamois.

Sorry to those of you that got knockoff ones :/

This adds another layer to the involvement of our game

I for one take in any information like this gladly. Interviews let me meet the players. Your writeups let me contextualize the games. Frankly, it would mean a lot to me personally if you did this again.

Thanks for doing it in the first place.