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The Ghetto International: A Preview of the I52 LAN Event.

August 9, 2014 Xcam901 0 Comments 6v6, announcement

There are less than three weeks until the largest LAN competition Team Fortress 2 has ever had, and likely will ever have. For the past three months the focus of almost every top-level team in the world has been to prepare for I52, the one and only competition where the egotistical patriots, baguette eaters, tea drinkers, kangaroos and the occasional moose can face off at a LAN event. Epsilon Esports, Awsomniacs, Froyotech, Classic Mixup, Team Immunity, Fenneks and a wealth of lesser known European teams are all heading to Coventry, United Kingdom for Team Fortress’s own international. The History… [Continue Reading]

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ESEA-Invite Season 16 Week 8 Standings and Playoff Scenarios

April 28, 2014 thesupremecommander 0 Comments 6cuties, 6v6, Blame Game, Classic Mixup, competitive, ESEA, Exertus eSports, froyotech, Invite, Rent-a-Homies, Street Hoops eSports, WELOVEANIME, yolotech

At the conclusion of Week 6, we only had one team eliminated from the playoff race. Week 7 brought crazy games, including the close upset of Exertus eSports over Classic Mixup on Sunshine. When the dust cleared, Classic Mixup had clinched their spot and three other teams were sent packing their bags. In the penultimate week of the season, we may see the final two LAN spots decided, with two teams comfortably in control of their own destiny and one needing a lot of help to get in. [Continue Reading]

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ESEA-Invite Season 16 Week 7 Standings and Playoff Scenarios

April 19, 2014 thesupremecommander 0 Comments 6cuties, 6v6, Blame Game, Classic Mixup, competitive, ESEA, Exertus eSports, froyotech, Invite, Rent-a-Homies, Street Hoops eSports, WELOVEANIME, wood pig

We’re almost two-thirds of the way through ESEA Season 16 with only one last Invite game remaining in Week 6 on Granary, so it’s time to look ahead at Week 7 and the current standings in Invite. At this point, we’ve finally got teams clinching their spots and booking their tickets to LAN, while others are on the brink of seeing the dream disappear. [Continue Reading]

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An Engineer’s Guide to Engineering

April 7, 2014 Gamemaster1379 0 Comments advice, analysis, engineer, guide, Highlander

As an Engineer main who has several seasons of competitive under his belt, I am often approached by numerous newcomer Engineer players with various questions such as “What loadout should I use?” or “Where should I build in the map X?”. I would love to say I know all the answers after all my time of playing, but the reality of it is–Engineering is dynamic. It can differ from Engineer to Engineer as well as their playstyle strengths and weaknesses. It can also differ from team support and team dynamics. When it comes down to it, between variables of the… [Continue Reading]

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World Champions – The Cream of the Crop

February 12, 2014 thesupremecommander 0 Comments 6v6, bp, Classic Mixup, competitive, Epsilon eSports, ESEA, ETF2L, eXtelevision, High Rollers Gaming, Highlander, i46, i49, Insomnia, Invite, Nations Cup, Platinum, Premiership, Team Immunity, UGC

Perhaps one of the more prestigious accomplishments that a person may be able to claim is being able to compete directly against the best of the best with the world’s eyes locked upon you. In the new world of e-sports, it somehow becomes more prestigious when you’re sitting right next to them as opposed to not even in the same city. In any case, we call those who emerge victorious champions of the world. Team Fortress 2 is a curious case among e-sports of the modern day – it doesn’t have a recognized worldwide competition of its own which can… [Continue Reading]

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Sandbagging – A Problem?

January 31, 2014 thesupremecommander 0 Comments AG Rinkuing with Rinku, BUDSQUAD, CEVO, ESEA, ETF2L, Invite, Main, Open, Professional, Quantum Flux, sandbagging, team placement, TeamFortress.TV, UGC

TeamFortress.TV is known to many (and to some proudly) as a ripe source of drama within the competitive community. Whether it’s the newest revelations about the ESEA scandal, players getting VAC banned, or a top player leaving a team, TF.TV will gulp it all up. This week has brought renewed attention upon a certain phenomenon – sandbagging. To recap, the ESEA Main grand finals took place on Wednesday night between Street Hoops eSports and AG Rinkuing with Rinku. AG Rinkuing with Rinku, which had been a roster moved down from Invite that had recently picked up several Invite players to… [Continue Reading]

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A New Year

January 22, 2014 thesupremecommander 0 Comments 6v6, CEVO, Classic Mixup, ESEA, ETF2L, Invite, iT, Kill Switch, LAN, TeamFortress.TV, ZOWIE

Well, it’s been much too long since I last posted here about competitive, but here we are, with too much happening while I was away. Thus, let’s go over the finer points of what exactly happened. Of course, we can’t forget the biggest event of competitive (well, at least in North America and 6v6) – the ESEA Invite LAN! Four teams traveled to Dallas, Texas to compete for the serious money on the line: WELOVEANIME, lost in translation, Classic Mixup, and iT. From the beginning, the fight was expected to be mainly between iT and Classic Mixup. iT, the team… [Continue Reading]

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Fall Recap and Look Ahead

December 13, 2013 thesupremecommander 1 Comment 6v6, Classic Mixup, Epsilon eSports, ESEA, ETF2L, Highlander, Intermediate, Invite, iT, Main, MenaceToSociety, Open, Street Hoops eSports, TeamFortress.TV, UGC, willy wonka's chocolate factory, ZOWIE

Well, as I said in my column last week, it is the end of the season for most… or is it? Apparently not, as ETF2L Highlander will wrap up their regular season next week, and ESEA has decided to give us all a wonderful winter break and decided to start playoffs the first week of January. But enough of that. It’s time to cover our latest results. First of all is the TeamFortress.TV ZOWIE Invitational conducted this past Sunday. The first tournament conducted of its kind by TeamFortress.TV, it comprised top teams of North American 6v6 in a competition for… [Continue Reading]

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The End is Here

December 5, 2013 thesupremecommander 0 Comments 6v6, Classic Mixup, Epsilon eSports, ESEA, ETF2L, Ginyu Force, Highlander, Invite, iT, LAN, MenaceToSociety, Open, Platinum, Premiership, Street Hoops eSports, TeamFortress.TV, The Italian Stallions, The Meat Market, UGC, watch this, ZOWIE

It’s that time of year again… most leagues are finishing up recording another winter season into the record books. Currently ESEA is in its final week of the regular season, UGC is nearly finished with playoffs, ETF2L 6v6 is proceeding with its Premiership playoffs, and ETF2L HL is in the second half of the season. So near the end, I think most can agree… this season has perhaps not been as exciting as it has been. For the ESEA Invite division, the LAN situation has pretty much stabilized… and it’s much less contentious than in previous seasons, with each seed… [Continue Reading]

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The Simmering Over of Long-Held Dislike

November 28, 2013 thesupremecommander 0 Comments 6v6, CEVO, competitive, ESEA, history, TeamFortress.TV

If you’ve been keeping in touch with more exotic TF2 news recently (or e-sports news in general), you might have heard of the recent settlement of a case brought by the New Jersey attorney general against E-Sports Entertainment Association, or ESEA for short, a gaming league with major divisions in Counter-Strike: Global Offense and Team Fortress 2. Obviously, if you’re involved in competitive, you’re probably monitoring the situation and seeing what comes of it. If you aren’t, and are wondering why this is such a huge story, consider this analogy: say the owner of a very well-known price guide for… [Continue Reading]