while this may not seem like an issue for most experienced teams and players, this doesn't negate the huge cutback on scrim times for new teams who need the experience of scrims, demo reviews, etc.

again, ideally, the map list would be mirrored and teams could do both leagues.

seems kinda silly to have no sticky damage. a demo would use stickies in an in-game situation on badlands mid. it's akin to having no double jump for scout, no shotgun for soldier, etc. I think the tf.tv NA DM servers have it right with having 2 active stickies to encourage DM'ing and not totally useless spam.

with CEVO and ESEA both being 2 matches a week (and ESEA [understandably] not giving CEVO their map list so they could mirror it), it's an unfortunate reality that, for the sake of being competitive, teams will have to pick one league. it's not very feasible that teams will be able to have the typical 5 day (sunday-thursday) scrim schedule and be at peak performance to play a total of 4 matches a week on 2 different maps. this would mean double headers on some nights, no scrims before a match, etc. -- again, not impossible, but just not very realistic. of course all of this is null and void if teams treat CEVO as an after-thought. that's just a bit more unlikely considering it is now pay to play.

albeit won by a very small vote margin, I think CEVO should have heeded the community's voice when it voted for 1 match a week. their justification of 2 matches a week due to the $15 league fee is understandable, though. however, there are 12 teams paid and readied in CEVO for preseason matches that begin tonight, and only 1 new roster (excluding "skalar" based on milehigh's post) in open for an ESEA season that begins in roughly two weeks.

I feel like a lot of teams are discussing their thinking behind closed doors and not really making a public move yet. a lot of people I've asked about their team's future plans are still unsure, or apply the oft-heard logic of "we'll play where the best competition is". this is all well and good, but the time to make a decision is here.

how did you get rid of the [unknown] in the inspect panel?
also, how do I get "ping" back instead of "streak" in my scoreboard?

4 matches a week on 2 different maps when teams typically scrim 5 days a week (usually 1 or 2 before matches as well)?

if the map list is not mirrored, teams are more than likely going to have to pick one league.

schmang, you were removed as admin because all you did was petition for your friends to be unbanned, be rude to cinq's real life friend in mumble, and give rcon out to your friends.

nice try though

way to think for yourself, champ. hive mind mentality at its finest.

I would love for somebody to show me proof that we've banned anyone (within my admin tenure) simply because they were "too good at sniping" or doing anything "too hard to counter", and not because they were clearly offclassing excessively or simply trolling the pug.

(re-quoting from trog)

i was a bit disappointed that this post wasn't touched on. it is sort of a loaded question, but i was hoping to find the information of: will CEVO try to mirror ESEA's map list for this first real season?

reason being that, if there were hypothetically 1 match a week for CEVO this season, teams who are weary about moving away from what is known/comfortable (ESEA) would probably have a bit more of an interest (and time) to participate in both leagues.

I agree our white list should mirror ESEA's; it is a bit wonky. will discuss it. (have you seen technasty with the direct hit???)

agreed and added you to discuss further

don't know anything about that ban evasion business. I would try to talk to cinq/speedy about that.

untrue. we were talking in mumble about sniper being disabled/off classing in general, and you decided to interrupt me countless times with a barrage of questions in an aggressive manner. even after I tried to reason with you in IRC, you said you'd prefer to keep interrupting me and "just go play in pug.na". to top it off, you tried to ban evade immediately after.

believe it or not, we do have rules.

regardless, the disabling of sniper was a trial. it is quite interesting how much dialogue (some positive, some negative) this class restriction made in just 24 hours. we are making our "official" switch to quakenet on february 14th and will roll out a new rule set that all players will be expected to follow.

feel free to PM me if you have any questions/suggestions.

two touchdowns, three field goals
three touchdowns, a safety
seven fieldgoals, a safety
three touchdowns, a field goal, and a missed extra point
etc etc

a bold prediction, tery.

the only thing that makes this song better is watching the kangaroo gif while listening

nice guy and fun to be around; good demo as well.

does anyone have any books they could recommend similar to "the bell jar" (sylvia plath), "a heartbreaking work of staggering genius" (dave eggers), etc.? kind of "emotional non-fiction" with really strong writing (not sure what genre these fall in) type of books?

to be fair, it appears that lansky was the only one who really wanted to step away. shrug/xalox/indust haven't made any statements (to my knowledge) that they were done with the game, wanted to take a season off, etc.

either way, i just really hope with these disintegration/reformations, some new competition emerges to give us a strong season of invite and not just the same 2 powerhouses.

also, lol @ people trying to snub rr. i thought he had a good season and strong lan performance; i also appreciated the fact he consistently streamed scrims throughout the season. not many invite players (plat/squid are the only exceptions that come to mind) are willing to do that on a regular basis, it appears.