shootist will throw.

this team will probably win if they actually play.

the only person who isn't positive usually is conductor. i've always written this way pretty much when its for a site because its not always fun to try to put people down after they've lost a match or something. however, i can be harsh when it comes to opinion articles and stuff because that actually is a lot more fun.

Can be found here:

http://cevo.com/event/tf2-6v6/news/199/tf2-main-power-rankings-week-1

yup.

i think you meant invite write ups. and i dont think enigma will let me or conductor post articles on here anymore.

as far as i know, esea news will only be covering invite this season. and if the open articles last season were harsh at all, i don't know what to say. if a team plays poorly, then objectively you should say they did poorly and if possible why they did poorly. on the flip side, i tried to talk about what the winning team did to win rather than what the losing team didn't do that caused them to lose.

yo this team is going to be fucking good this season. don't even ask for a tryout unless you can crank the dank hard, Jonah doesn't like people who know nothing about burnin' trees.

thanks for your input mustard, glad to see you back. really valuable insight.

ggs was close. congrats to 6wood pig on out circlejerking us by like 3 votes hahaha

but you're right its not a popularity contest. I'm glad that invite will be really competitive this season. have fun, guys! maybe you can bring slinky out of retirement to play with joe again to replace kev, idk.

you mean the SS? or GSG9?

rent a homies if you dont want to be an idiot

most of it is doing whatever. PUGs and other games and then one day for the TF2 tournament. its a double elimination tournament that is more or less free for all depending on who is on each team. If you don't know a lot of people its possible to just find a team that needs more people and still play in the tournament.

LondonCalling

this is kind of what I'm talking about when it comes to transparency. I can recall a few times where we have all heard this song and dance before, and every time it breeds a sense of uncertainty that you'll be able to get everyone paid up and your starters transferred to the roster. I wish the messages that were being conveyed to the community were more direct and forthcoming.

Are you going to extend the registration or not? If ESEA doesn't get the desired amount of open teams by the end of the registration period (roughly 11 days from now) will they extend the registration date or just drop the game? I know you probably can't answer these questions directly and have little influence on what actually happens if there aren't enough teams, so its not really fair to ask them of you. Which makes it even more funny that Quindali keeps posting chat logs with you as if it means anything.

EDIT: I just want to make it clear that I would like to keep playing in ESEA and i recognize the plight that season 16 is in right now. But panicking and shitposting isn't going to make more open teams join faster.

There will be an extension on the registration date, there always is. Open will fill up even before the end of this registration period. All of this desperate pleading of these players is unattractive, and if you have played in ESEA long enough you'll know that whats going on is still pretty typical of what is absolutely normal for ESEA.

If you wanted people to respect the deadlines more and be in a rush to get their rosters and get 6 paid, then maybe its a good idea to be more transparent with extensions and exceptions. Also, I don't think the number of rosters in CEVO (77 as of now) is a good portrait of how many teams are actually playing. A lot of these rosters have like 1 or 2 people on the roster.

Stop freaking out and be a little more patient.