Well deserved victory for broder. Too bad we didn't get to see an inter-continental matchup in the grand final. EU taking TF2 back!

Here we go, one final game on Badlands to decide if it's going to be an all-Euro final or a much-awaited EU vs NA grand final. Really hope HRG wins, watching them on the big stage against Epsilon would be epic.

Who gives a shit, wear whatever you feel like.

Wow, they're more ... elaborate than I imagined. So it only shows up for a month?

So Killing will the other Invite captains get to vote on the ban? If a majority wants to ban it that's fine but there should at least be a formal poll.

Yeah I'm most interested to see iM, have no idea how they'll stack up. I know we're all hoping for them to be another top team to compete for the title but it's possible they're just a level below HRG/Epsilon/broder/Infused.

Loved the documentary, thought you guys did a great job showcasing the competitive community. Special thanks to the whole team for all their hard work and making it available for FREE.

I have some hopefully constructive criticisms, read into it what you will. The doc started kinda awkwardly, a quick 10-second montage followed by eXtine talking about the event hall. Maybe the narrator setting up i46, why it was notable for TF2, etc would've been a better intro. I wish there was more gameplay, especially to give a taste to the large TF2 community that doesn't know anything about comp. The first real gameplay was shown 22 minutes into the doc. There were lots of opportunities to show in-game action with voiceovers of the players describing it. There were some inconsistencies with the presentation. Some players got the player profile freeze frame but some didn't. I'm not sure if eXtine was supposed to be the main interviewer or not. Sal became narrator towards the end, etc. But the big thing like someone else mentioned was that there was no overarching theme. Like what was this doc about, everything comp TF2, or the American teams' journey, or just i46. I know I wrote a lot and it seems like I'm being negative, but I really did like the documentary! Just wanted to share my thoughts.

Side note: I thought it was interesting how numlocked said most EU players treat that LAN as an occasion to party but the Americans came over completely focused on winning. I wonder if the mentality of the top EU teams has changed for i49. I heard Epsilon apparently put their team together specifically to beat the Americans but what about the others?

As I understand it sponsor + 4th place cash covers all but $500 of their ESEA LAN expenses. Then winnings from ESEA LAN will pay for whatever the extra i49 costs are.

I at least appreciate that they made it clear in their post: this is only for people interested in the perks offered. I could see many people kicking in 10 bucks to get 1 on 1 mentoring.