VanillaTF2

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts - Aristotle

Not to beat around the bush, today is the official birth of a collaborative project between TF2tv, VanillaTF2, and a prospected development of the old ETF2L radio – VanillaTV. I don’t have the habit of pulling Dr.Philian greek philosopher quotes outta my ass, but I can’t think of a better wording for the motivation our project. ETF2L radio had a strength in its quality control, and the share spectacle of any cast they did to prove it. TF2tv had a notorious chase for providing a quantity of match coverage to the masses, with consistency in streams and video on demand. With VanillaTV, we want to combine those strengths in one place, together with all the discussions and information surrounding our games. On a foundational level, the decision is a no brainer.

The hard decision, was done by Byte (ETF2L radio), Comedian (TF2tv), and their respective teams. The merger of the 3 services requires forsaking certain liberties and hours of former work hours for structure, for the sake of “the greater (longterm) good”. It’s a mature and noble decision, one deserving recognition.

The project won’t be a revolution, and there’s no intention of patting ourselves on the backs just yet. Like the birth of this very news site, it will be a continuous work in progress – iterative solutions, with hopes of as much help and contributions from anyone interested, as possible.

Keep reading for all the details! - Torden

Update: All games now over. Big kudos to Galant and Exfane who were the people scrambling to get these teams servers and relays to play on. Make sure to give them some more time, next time around!

Update: Casts are set and relays are up. Check the match overviews.

There are 3 important ETF2L matches tonight.

• Dignitas and  Epsilon kicks off the battle for Top Premiership team of the season. – ETF2L radio + TF2tv
• Yoyotech and  Gamerzone fights to avoid the relegation match vs PX. – Pirate Radio
• Eternity and Refuse will fight to decide which of them will play Season 9 in Division 1 or Premiership. - EmpireTV

In the midst of all this, TF2 casts. It was unofficially announced last night that TF2tv would cover the Epsilon vs Dignitas game. Today, ETF2L radio announced they would be casting the same game. With the (un)coincidental casting arms race of doing exclusive announcements and powering up casting rosters, the night is set for a TF2 casting brawl.

Meanwhile there are 2 other quality games to be played tonight. Luckily, FB has kept their old mumble channel open, which means Pirate Radio will add to the circus.

The respective casters of tonight will be (click the link to launch mumble):

• ETF2L radio: Byte, Dave and SeriousCat – #etf2l.radio
• TF2tv: thePledge, Mvp, with Comedian - #tf2.tv + stream
• Pirate radio:  Exfane and  Torden - #Vanillatf2 + stream (by TF2tv)
• EmpireTV (TeamSpeak3 213.248.53.108:9987): Galant and LETIshNick – #tf2.ru + stream

Pirate radio will cover whatever game is left. If there are 2 games available, we’ll cover the most popular one.

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The real winner tonight will be you as spectator. All the game info and casting details will be available in this post (press “continue reading”)/match ticker!

- Torden