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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SWNXIrOop8

cpm1a seems to be really unpopular these days but i have heard good things

learn the following maps:

cpm22 aka aerowalk
cpm3a
cpm24 aka phrantic

others that we play:

pukka3tourney2 aka toxicity
cpm15
hektik_b3
ztn3tourney1

play on a NY server next time sheesh

I agree, and it seems you have to work in the software industry to understand how horrific this entire situation was. There is a reason (besides media obsession with bitcoins) that this story blew up to international levels on tech news sites. lpkane claims to have written and tested the code himself, so he for sure should be held partially responsible. It is fishy as hell that they have still not identified which employee included the code into the production build.

7pm seems a bit early (west coast is just getting home from work or eating dinner).

Why not move highlander to Tuesday at 8:30pm central and 6v6 to Wednesday at 8:30pm central? That way HL teams can play in both UGC and CEVO if they so choose.

Also does CEVO have their own server solution, or are we expected to use poorly configured personal servers again?

What happened to season 1? Was there ever a cash prize?

It's more like "we are cool with ESEA doing whatever the fuck they want as long as we can still play vidya games."

I'm not even going to try arguing on this forum about that one. If people are fine with being manipulated by a business as long as they can secure their own entertainment, that form of control is almost impossible to fight against.

Then again, you have to consider that ESEA didn't murder anyone; calling it stealing is a bit far-fetched. What you do have is inept management, which, in America, is so commonplace as to be completely forgivable and forgettable by the general populace. Children who fuck up do not get my money and they shouldn't get yours, but who am I to say what little Jimmy does with mom's cash.

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ESEA is also implementing a ladder system. Certainly you've scoped out your competition, so what makes your product better?

ESEA's importance starts and stops at their ability to provide a LAN with a level playing field (one of the only well run LANs to exist in NA), so until you can compete with that they will remain extremely important for comp 6v6 TF2.

Ah, I am only most critical of those I wish to succeed. When IGL was first launched it seemed really cool but nothing was implemented yet. Furthermore, their website is largely unfinished because they have way too many features in mind to implement and not enough developers. It's just one of those things where you want to shake the founder and say "why did you release an unfinished product early!"

If their shitty website is any reflection of their progress, they are moving at a snails pace. My guess is that they've realized they have bit off far more than they could chew and are now trying to raise more monetary support before they can continue.

interesting

This is the first time ESEA is weak. Do you think the TF2 community should roll over for the good of TF2? No, we should not roll over, in fact, this is the ideal time to start making demands from ESEA, threatening to cut subscriptions, and threatening to stop participating in their league unless they change. By doing this we gain power, and by doing this we can bring attention to our needs as a community, for example:

- better servers
- stats on par with sizzling stats
- higher prize pools

If you scare them enough, they will come to the bargaining table. Even if LAN does attract the best and brightest, we have a window of opportunity to get what we want with little risk if our cards are played correctly.