Admirable — The last hope of Europe have been vanquished from the main tournament here at Insomnia 46; 
Epsilon eSports are out. The optimistic crowd that had gathered around the VanillaTV Stage this afternoon were silenced by another domineering performance from 
Leviathan Gaming.
Anyone who has been following the VanillaTF2 coverage in the months and weeks leading up to today will not be too shocked that NA teams are besting EU teams, but just how one-sided these engagements have been should certainly be raising a few eyebrows.
The Upper Bracket victors, Classic Mixup, await LG in the Grand Final to be played in less than an hours’ time on the main stage here at Telford’s International Centre, but the repercussions of the preceding fixtures will be felt long after the hysteria of the finals has faded.
A lot of the top tier European players who have come here on the golden ticket of the few remaining MGOs supporting our scene need to take a long hard look in the mirror and ask themselves if they still have the passion and drive that once propelled them to the top.
I apologise for the oppressive tone of this article, but the dazzling displays from these North American hotshots may have inadvertently sucked the oxygen of the i46 hype-mosphere. The community, particularly those in attendance, need to swallow their pride and get behind these impending Grand Finals.
Classic Mixup
enigma, Ruwin, Harbleu, TLR, Platinum, PYYYOUR
Leviathan Gaming
Clockwork, Cyzer, mackey, enoryt, B4nny, Shade
i-series i46 Grand Final
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TIME
- Sunday August 26th
- 18:30 cest
- 12:30 edt (na)
- 02:30 est (aus)
CASTED BY
SOURCETV
Who will win this match?
- Classic Mixup (61%, 37 Votes)
- Leviathan Gaming (39%, 24 Votes)
Total Voters: 61
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DEMO
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So dig out your Texas Ten Gallon and start waving those star-spangled cheeseburgers; let’s create a fitting end to what has been a truly unique event in Team Fortress history.
51 comments
TweetGo epsilon!
going to be a great match
- # - nice! +1This match is gonna be a repeat of the ESEA finals
- # - nice! +1go go LG, you have b4nny, clockwork and tyrone.
- # - nice! +3Mixup picked Gravelpit and Badlads.
- # - nice! +1LG picked Gullywash.
LG LG!
- # - nice! +2Finally we will see gravelpit played.
- # - nice! +4fuck you LG TO TAKE IT
- # - nice! +2FUCK MIXUP
- # - nice! +0BIG TYRONEEEE
- # - nice! +2mix^^^^^^^^^^^^
- # - nice! +0-Insert some jk about TLR stealin trophy-
- # - nice! +2love tyrone but mix^ are my boys
- # - nice! +1mix^ is gonna DEMOLISH gpit, that’s all I know
- # - nice! +1gpit? Sweet!
- # - nice! +1Maybe this is a hint that EU should start allowing certain unlocks (Gunboats) to encourage aggressive soldiers. :x
- # - nice! +0Or that playing 3 days a week isn’t enough for a top team.
How?
- # - nice! +0how allowing a unlock will change everything suddenly and europe will become better?
- # - nice! +1explain
i agree, the gunboats and the equalizer had a huge part in lg beating epsilon…!
The fuck kind of logic is this?
- # - nice! +1also
- # - nice! +3FUCK THE USA
Go Canada?
- # - nice! +4b4nny is fucking shit
gj extremer you fucking shit cunt
I wish to see mix & LG in the top of etf2l Prem Div after that. :)
- # - nice! +2Disappointment for europe, but this is going to be an amazing finals if it’s anywhere near as close as the esea finals!
- # - nice! +0Euromad bro?
- # - nice! +0GO LG GO !
- # - nice! +2Disappointed by the Euro performances but glad that both travelling American teams get to experience the atmosphere of the Grand Final stage. Let’s make it memorable!
- # - nice! +1Why is OWN3D such absolute dogshit. All I see is blocks in different colours.
- # - nice! +6They´re called pixels.
So…I kinda failed with the raffle thing. Already left the event
www.vanillatf2.org/wp-content/...
ul brah :D
- # - nice! +2monitor is coming to ireland!
get a manicure you scummy thumbed dork
- # - nice! +2Get some manners, son!
Also, fixed :)
- # - nice! +1what’s your problem, leaving before the most awesome game ever?
- # - nice! +0Work :(
- # - nice! +0On a bank holiday? Bum deal man.
- # - nice! +0Do you think it’s a bank holiday in Norway too?
- # - nice! +0Imagine if you were obliged the holidays of your native country no matter where you worked
- # - nice! +1Indeed. I’m pretty sure Torden works over here now Trent, main reason why broder folded iirc?
- # - nice! +0I still can’t believe that everyone has gotten over the fact that TLR STOLE a trophy and then never apologised. I mean, HE STOLE A TROPHY.
Yeah that’s so weird.
- # - nice! +2He did apologise..
- # - nice! +1Stefan gets instant redemption for SRY EUROPE sign
thank me and shintaz later
- # - nice! +3Fuck you, I totally suggested it.
- # - nice! +1somebody is desperate for the limelight!
- # - nice! +1your ego is out of control
- # - nice! +1why wouldnt it be? we won i46 after all
- # - nice! +5Why was OW3ned used instead of twitch?
- # - nice! +0Found out that it was multiplay’s i46 stream. Nvm
- # - nice! +1To be honest this didn’t surprise me. no offence to the awesomeness of the my fellows euro-players but the Americans are ‘in it to win it’.
- # - nice! +0The thing you have to remember though, is the american teams have been boot camping the shit out of TF2 for this event. Coming to a local lan isn’t as big as a deal to the locals as it is to the people travelling in.
Throw in the fact that TF2′s esport scene is hardly the best, AKA your average top team of any country isn’t going to bootcamp, and this wasn’t that surprising.
What you’d need is a big (I’m talking 100K+ top prize kind of big) tourney that would make it worth teams time to bootcamp for more than just pride. Sadly TF2′s current scene can’t support that.
- # - nice! +0Ye ok, local tournament for Euros blahblah. Either way it’ll probably last LAN event where EU and NA teams face off to decide who is better at this little game. There won’t be a rematch (TF2 INVITATIONAL ROBIN/VALVE? :D). You’d think the Euros would want that title just as badly and train just as hard. Maybe them yanks get better competition, maybe they don’t play more Dota2 than TF2. Maybe ‘murica is just better.
ps. 0wn3d5tr43m5uck5
- # - nice! +2euros should stop being 2cool4school… yanks are keen as fuck, maybe we should try that too
Cut the ‘maybe’ out and it’s almost good.
- # - nice! +4no stv demos? =/
- # - nice! +0etf2l.org/forum/lan/topic-2249...
- # - nice! +0official stream pre-match (at ~12:00) and cp_gravelpit (from ~19:00):
www.own3d.tv/Multiplay/video/7...
official stream cp_gravelpit continued and cp_gullywash:
www.own3d.tv/Multiplay/video/7...
official stream cp_badlands:
www.own3d.tv/Multiplay/video/7...
yet unidentified bit of cp_gravelpit (will edit comment after watching; maybe it belongs between the first and second link):
- # - nice! +0www.own3d.tv/Multiplay/video/7...