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2011 – the year in review PART 2/3

January 1st Review
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Hildreth — Welcome to part two of my three part article series documenting and reviewing the calendar year of 2011 in the world of competitive TF2. I would like to apologies to the Aussies, Africans and Asians for not really featuring you in these articles but I prefer to focus on the two main scenes which I actually know a something about. Anyway without further ado, I present to you the months of May to August of this year.

TL:DR – TF2 dies, gets born again and we have an awesome LAN.

2011 – A year in review PART 1/3

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December 28th Review
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Hildreth — 2011 was a great year for me personally; being the year of the ‘panda’ in the Chinese calendar – might have made that up, it could be a smaller animal with a likeness for orange vegetables – and has been one of the most eventful years, dare I say ‘THE MOST’ eventful year in our competitive scenes history. We have had the biggest LAN to date, TF2 going Free-2-play, launch of a new casting organisation and many, many great matches. It has also been a year of doubt and controversy. The slogan ‘TF2 is dead’ being printed on TF2 discussion boards everywhere and still being typed by many there has been dispute and frustration over unlocks, LANs and growth in the TF2 scene. There has been more gossip, controversy and drama than you’ll ever see on Maury. TF2 has changed – rising stars of TF2 have gone ’pro’, old pros have gone on the Brink of losing interest and leaving the scene. Coverage has changed and developed with new people writing articles, making videos, volunteering to cast or stream and hell we have even seen a new game mode start to become accepted in Team Fortress 2. To start it off I found a gem of an old-fashioned TF2 rant/commentary by Foster with an actual positive outlook for 2011 and to steal a quote from it made by Darn:

“Unless TF2 gets a proper LAN tournament in 2011, it will be the last year.”

Make of that what you will.

It’s been a long year. I intend to go over it month by month highlighting the memorable matches, the big dramas and the key events that defined our scene this calendar year. To avoid a TL:DR fest I will split it up into 3 parts, one to release now, one of New Years Eve and the last part in 2012. I would like to apologies to those who do not follow the Gregorian calendar, if for example you are Jewish please re-read this again in 9 months.

ETF2L’s season10: The signups

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September 13th News
Tagged: crack clan etf2l k1ck season10 ubersexuals

Torden — Signups for ETF2L’s season10 is officially closed. 382 teams are confirmed as signed up, you can find the full list of those here. If you are late to the party, all hope might not be lost, as you are still able to add your team to the waiting list. To the contrary of the previous season, this time around both premiership and division1 looks solid, with more hopefuls than what is space for. I’d like to officially abuse my influence and request pre season playoff showdown!

Meanwhile, here’s som initial impressions of interesting last minute movements:

Mister + K1ck = Crack Clan
Mister made smaller comeback this Summer, sporting team leader Longas back from the depths of Brink and old compadres. Earlier today, the team chose to discontinue their league (re-) debut, in favour of Crack Clan. The product is essentially K1ck with a new name and medic, including 4 of whom won ESL’s premiership this Summer and a smoking hot application for ETF2L’s finest this season. The lineup:

Matnun (soldier)
Pescanova (soldier)
Psunfragga (medic)
Retshock (demo)
Harryhook (scout)
Estanis (scout)

Speaking Longas, reveals the team had been struggling with their lineup the past weeks, and no bad blood is between the teams/players after the split up. Taimou (mister) and Fadestep (k1ck) is currently seeking new teams.

Commentary: Boomeh and ETF2L Season 10

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July 29th Commentary
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honeymustard — ETF2L’s next season is said to be a return to form – citing vanilla + medic unlocks and a map pool that will be decided by you, the players. Season 9 was an undisputed failure, at least at the top end, with only three premiership teams actually finishing. With the aforementioned ruleset, everyone is saying that there is no reason for the top teams not to return to ETF2L for season 10, but is it really that simple?

ESL Premiership Playoffs: K1ck vs. TCM

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July 19th Matches
Tagged: ESL k1ck playoffs TCM tf2

Leftism — The ESL Premiership playoffs continue tonight as K1ck eSports take on TCM Gaming in the second round. The winner of this match will go onto play Team Thermaltake in the third round.

K1ck eSports Pescanova, Harryhook, Mike, Retsh0ck, Estanis, Royze

TCM-Gaming Pena, Flisko, Byte, Coinz, Skinnie, Torden

ESL Premiership Playoffs - Round 2

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TIME

Tuesday July 19th
21:15 cest
15:15 edt (na)
05:15 est (aus)

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Who will win this match?

TCM-Gaming (84%, 75 Votes)
K1ck eSports (18%, 16 Votes)
Tie (0%, 4 Votes)

Total Voters: 89

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K1ck, having finished fifth in the Premiership table, had to beat redCode a few weeks ago to get this far whilst TCM’s third position guaranteed them a bye through to the second round. Early team news indicates the TCM camp will be down a man tonight as antty is still on holiday – VanillaTF2′s own Torden will be his replacement. No news regarding any changes in k1ck’s lineup but if anything unfolds we’ll be sure to post it as soon as we can.

The maps to be played are the usual suspects: Badlands and Granary followed by a Gullywash as the decider map. Tune into VanillaTV who will be covering the action as it unfolds with casters flushy and Greg.

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redCode vs k1ck and PwR vs Dignitas – ESH TT Esports Challenge

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May 10th Matches
Tagged: dignitas k1ck power gaming redCode tt esports challenge

With several great matches being played tonight, TF2TV will be covering both the round 6 Lower Bracket match, redCode vs k1ck game at 20:00 CEST and the Upper Bracket Final between Power Gaming and Team Dignitas at 21:00 CEST.

Power Gaming hocz, dajackal, Punpu, mafu, hymzi, cookye

Team Dignitas Agron, Rebeli, bybben, ryb, Appe, Darn

Esports Heaven Tt eSports TF2 Challenge Upper Bracket Final

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TIME

Tuesday May 10th
21:00 cest
15:00 edt (na)
05:00 est (aus)