has great fashion sense, gorgeous gamer, kept him in friends list purgatory for months, has a really calm voice, generally a nice person.

his DM is solid, his gamesense is decent and the teams he's on are usually pretty good.

if you don't know who he is, don't feel bad. nobody knows who bsc is.

cutest gamer, best smile

kill his sister, and he'll have good internet.

rikachu hits amazing pipes and has the fastest stickies in the west. his pocket is also pretty good, and he tends to be a player that does a lot with the heals he receives. super smart, aggressive demo that will do the fierce dps!

try him out, be amazed, and then pick him up!

does anyone know what the actual match time will be for the buds vs lonely hearts? if its late enough i would like to cast this game tonight, but the match page is fucked up or something on esea. if its at 6:30p PST it might be a little too early :(

also: This isn't the first time that Lonely Hearts have come back in the second half. I would even go so far to say that their first half play looks like they're still warming up, and then when the second half hits they are transformed. needless to say, nobody should feel safe going into the second half even with 3 rounds in the books against this team.

SGP, whats the word? when is this shindig goin down?

awwwwwww ye! SGP kill 'em!

thanks for watching friends!

The last time these two teams met it was an extremely exciting match on viaduct, and here in the post season we'll have a rematch to give Quantum Flux their chance at revenge. Rumors are that Powah may not be able to play the match, but I still expect it to be fun to watch.

Match will go live around 8:30 PST, 11:30 EST.

I'll be casting on conductors stream at http://www.twitch.tv/conductor609

this is all well and good, but i honestly don't think ESEA will deliver to make their service better with tf2 in mind. why still have a pug system? couldnt you just turn these into DM servers when they arent used for matches? is there any reason why we're paying for premium other than to play in a league we already paid for?

what bothers me here is that i know this is Killing saying these things, and not ESEA. any kind of assurance i would get from the statements in the OP is negated by the fact that once the season gets started, the same shit is going to be terrible that has always been terrible about playing in ESEA (shitty laggy servers, servers not being available when trying to schedule, etc). i don't really know what i'm going to do next season but please. be realistic about thinking that anything about ESEA will change to favor the TF2 Community.

DAFT- r1cky, snapz, lazky, nait, haku

GROWN ASS MEN- landser, heephop, james.shocka, lambert, haruki

Server Depopulation Squad: lambert, insom, r1cky, shootist, haruki

Playground Tactics: insom, sonnnn, typhus, rikachu, preston, messiah, rekuso, X, darkstar

AG Chilluminati: PUFF, xep, lambert, antwan, insom (lol), fanofangels

this was fun!

thanks for watching!

going live now! (when 12 are in the server)

Hello friends,

I decided I wanted to cast tonight for what should surely be a fun game to watch: Off Top vs Jimmy Hughes! I'll be casting on Duwatna's stream (http://www.twitch.tv/duwatna) tonight at 7p PST (10p EST). Come check it out! MATCH PAGE!

yeah i know he wasn't but it was fun to see him play with you guys, i think he did well in the matches he played.

Well, this is awkward. I went back and forth over whether I should actually do these without getting high first, and then i just had to muscle through it. Who knows if I'll do any more, it was fun to do power rankings for two seasons but its a lot of work to do by yourself. If anyone would like to spend the time to do more power rankings/predictions, I definitely encourage you to. You'll meet some cool people and you'll rest easy knowing that everyone hates you for not talking about their sweet airshots and killstreaks and accuse you of only looking at stat pages.

Here's round 1 guys, sorry if it seems a little lackluster but I can't smoke weed anymore.

The Meat Market vs Ingenuity
The Meat Market has been practicing off and on through the break, but I sincerely doubt much has changed. Despite Zambler and Killemdeader having terrible internet, this team has been joined the prestigious ranks of teams to go 16-0. iNg is barely getting into playoffs off of the Fedora Flippers' death, and despite their good fortune from someone's demise I can't predict this match to be close at all. 5-0 Meat Market.

Quantum Flux vs All in Without Allen
If Quantum has been practicing during the break I'd be pretty surprised. The majority of the wins this season were in most part because of the vast DM superiority over the other teams for qf, and when it comes down to it that’s one of the main components to being a decent team in Open. These teams didn't have a chance to play each other in the regular season, but All in Without Allen struggled against a lot of teams that are not even close to the caliber of Quantum. 5-1 in favor of Quantum Flux.

BUDSQUAD vs Oh Boy Open Again
Despite the disparity between their seeds, this match will be closer than I think most people will give the former r5 credit for. While I think Sean has been spending a lot of time getting dat Hearthstone arena gold during the break, at this point everyone is pretty familiar with how their team dynamic plays out. Powah will have plenty of opportunity to make big plays even if they don't come out on top of the midfights, and if the going really gets tough I'm sure Seanbud will get back on scout and out frag everyone in the server. Downpour and crew probably haven't been practicing a whole lot if at all for playoffs, but I would hope just through raw talent that they can make some things happen. Obviously, they're just glad they don't have to play another season in Open. 5-3 in favor of BUDSQUAD.

Flash Sharks vs The Smouldering Remains
The Flash Sharks are fast becoming one of those up and coming teams that brings an unexpected level of competition to a division, and are my underdog favorites to make it far in the playoff bracket. Cprice is a great addition to an already talented starting line-up, and Block is proving to be the demoman with the most presence in the division this season. On the flip side, the Smouldering Remains have had some issues with their starting roster, and with the absence of Preston and Typhus I do not think they will be as competitive as they have shown during the regular season. 5-1 in favor of Flash Sharks.

Lonely Hearts vs Team Lockdown
Lonely Hearts looked to be back to form in their last three matches of the regular season, and got me pretty excited to see them for playoffs. At first glance I would write this match off as a one-sided roll but I forgot that Shwan and Coconut have been playing on Team Lockdown for a while now. Every time I have seen them play its been with moments of glory and teamwork mixed with some heartbreaking mistakes, so I can't really say how well they'll do against Lonely Hearts. To give them the benefit of the doubt for now, I'll say Sherman and the boys will come out on top 5-2 but not before Lockdown makes some big plays in the first half.

AG Madboys vs Game of Throws
My first instinct when seeing this matchup is to say that Tankman is going to throw the game. Somehow, some way he'll do something that will just ruin their chances of winning crucial rounds. Lucky for him, he has Scarecrow and Snark to carry him through this post season. Game of Throws has shown some manic improvement throughout the regular season, with X and Smile being two talented players than can do some big damage. The first round has some pretty one sided match ups but this one should be pretty exciting. Seeing as how GoT lost to AG during the regular season 4-2 on viaduct, I'll predict 5-3 in favor of the Madboys.

I am gucci u are crocs vs Society of Yomies
With the last name change of the season, Mesr has sealed the deal for the top 5 most awkward team names in the history of forever. While the team was the definition of inconsistency early on in the season, by the end they were proving to be a pretty well rounded team. Society of Yomies also made some strides throughout the second half of the season, most notably two extremely close matches against Quantum Flux and AG Madboys during snakewater week. While I would love to see the Yomies come away with an upset here, I expect to see Testify and Mesr do some big things on gullywash with a little help from Clorg and take the first round 5-4.

Medical Geniuses vs Unannounced Pleasure
Besides the match between GoT and AG, this would be the likely candidate for MoTW as both of these teams are evenly matched. Freestate has proven to be a driving force on this team, and with guidance from Slin I think the whole team has improved as a whole. With that said, MD had a decent season and were able to roll through a lot of teams after a rough start in the beginning of the season. Coincidentally, the last time that UP and MD last met was during that rough start on the same map they will be playing this week, where UP came out on top 5-3. The conservative prediction would be to say that UP will have a repeat performance and come out on top with a similar score, but I'm going to go out on a limb here and give the win to MD 5-4.

the past 3 seasons in a row playoff matches have been DDoS'd allegedly by bullet both in IM and open. its fucking annoying that people still encourage that shit by defending their "friends".