Valve's dropped another update on us that explains those mysterious rockets that have cropped up recently. This time, partnered with WETA, Dr. Grordbort's update brings new weapons and items to the game, including one that looks all-too much like a railgun. And a comic to go with it. And a movie recommendation. But two out of three isn't bad.
Rockets? Grordborts? Science? And here I'd just talked about the diabolical will of machines in the most recent Screaming Eagles. They're on to something, I tell you. Something big. Something evil.
We'll have a thorough analysis of the new gear up very soon, but in the meantime, tell us about your tinkering. Do you like the new gear? Is it OP? Does it call to you in the night and whisper sweet nothings? No, ray gun, I won't zap the neighbors!
That's right folks, we have ourselves a champion in Kawaii Explosion! They just won the North American division of CommFT's first-ever Highlander tournament. Kawaii defeated Free Beavis in the finals match by winning two maps in a row. Their roster was as follows:
Be sure to give these guys a big round of applause if you see them around the site or the community. They will be receiving Valve swag and cash from donations for their victory.
The final standings for the tourney were as follows (the bracket can be seen HERE):
Supreme Champion:
Kawaii Explosion
Worthy Adversary:
Free Beavis
Maybe Next Time:
Oedipus and the Motherfuckers
4th place:
Lonely Hearts
5th place tie:
Performance Enhanced Stoic Defenders of the Igloo
7th place tie:
Never Ready Inglorious Broadcasters
9th place tie:
Couch Athletics Death Marked Soldiers Basic n' friends Gun Runners
13th place tie:
Bingle's Brigade Magical Frolicking Unicorns Arthuh! Cannon's Friend Tier List
17th place tie:
The Bonklers The Casuals ft. Grieve Mac n' Cheese Party Axl's A+ Team Team Rainbow Narwhal muscular road worker crew Animal House The Mercenary's
25th place tie:
Thunder Cats Goodjers 4L Clan bEnt Self-Sustaining Mexican Cat Ranch xXx|666|xXx]420[{HaRdc0r3Sn1p3rZ}]420[xXx|666|xXx (-TN-) Top Notch Clan Axl-Ffu
33rd place tie:
H.Y.D.R.O / ITL Bababooey Jankers' Bar and Grill NeoGamersView The Bone Zone [DC] 8 Guys and BBG's Big Booty Don't Panic 8 People + Rice The Revenge Society Manly Men of Magic, Might, and Mystery CinnamonToastCrunch Papa and the Smurfs Pound Town Team Convenient The Midnight Crew - [MC]
49th place tie:
The Felt Development Arrested Cuddly Fuzzy Friends Clan McCart theRUGCutters
Ladies and gents, detonaters and Baba-bootiers, welcome back to Screaming Eagles.
26 columns! Quartered segments are normally celebrated. Unless its a wedding anniversary, in which case a yearly melee with broken champagne bottles and chair legs signifies love. It's the polite way of saying I was drunk and we were in Vegas. Elvis married us and I want to hit you with Bollingers Blanc de Noirs. I want to bludgeon you until the soft bits come out of your head and even then I will not stop. No, my love, then I will begin the dance to mash the pulp. We make music. Tap, tap, squish.
Oh, TF2! How I love you! And what a journey! So, let's take a little journey down anniversary lane to celebrate this very special edition of Screaming Eagles. Do you have a sick bag? Do you have protective oils and spells? Bring them all. You'll need them.
Welcome to the Team Fortress 2 ESEA Open Bonanza Week!
All these Open casts...I guess people want to know how far they need to go to play competitively. Or just enjoy pretending that they know more than the ones playing. That would be me.
This is the second match for Unibroue on Snakewater, this time against The Seal Team Six. Note: Unibroue was still called Xylofun at this point.
So I'm planning an article centering around the subject of power creep in Team Fortress 2 and how it's affected the game as a whole. Right now the ideas are ironed out, but I need a sampling of player opinion to make statements count.
If you're interested in answering a few questions and providing some opinions on TF2, shoot me an email (
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) or add me on Steam (mutatedman), or provide an alternate way of contacting you in the comments.
Tonight @ 10:30 pm est we will be casting our ESEA Open Game of the Week, Man Mode Enabled vs CrysisTF2. Crysis featuring one of our very own casters Cash50! We hope to have a good turn out with a person running the stream! :D See you guys tonight!
Hey, everyone, I'm going to be following the ESEA Open team Unibroue throughout the season. I plan to explain their strengths and weaknesses (mostly weaknesses), and follow how they progress over the season. I'm going to do an audio cast of each of their games on www.justin.tv/gaamoo in addition to uploading the source tv demos onto www.tf2demos.com; the first few will be recorded later, but I should be doing them live once I catch up to their current match schedule.
Their first match of the season was against Hanging with the Gnomies on cp_snakewater_rc3. Note: Unibroue was still called Xylofun at this point.
Ladies and gents, do you like TF2? Do you like 6v6? Then get your rear in gear and sign up for our 6v6 tourney sponsored by Zalman! Registration is currently open, and with over 25 teams signed up--three of which are invite-level--the competition is already shaping up to be beyond fierce. Fierce is the suburbs, the place with green lawns and nice fences and water coolers in every kitchen. This tournament? The inner-city hood, ten minutes down the road, where Scouts bat you if you're in their neighborhood past sunset. We don't have water coolers in this tournament. We have bats.
Some quick tourney info:
Group play, so teams will get a chance to play at least 3 matches
Group play map: badlands
Registration cap at 128 teams
NA only
Roster is limited to 9 players (6 starters, 3 subs)
Prizes, prizes, prizes!
The opportunity to stomp me and my team! Pummel me into dust! I don't want to go to school today!
What are you waiting for? Get on it! And if you don't have a team yet, hit up the merc thread to recruit some seedy loners. They've been smoking behind the bleachers and drinking Mad Dog from bottles in paper bags. They smell like glue and car seats. They are bad in ratty Iron Maiden t-shirts. They make swear words feel like ice cream.
Tonight at 9:30 pm est will be the first cast for the Invite Level Spectators. The casters will include JaySkye, Cash50, OtakuScott, and CommFT's very own Swift. We can't wait for tonight's exciting match between The Experiment and Area 51 Gaming. Everything will be streamed but we will give mumble and STV info.
Ladies and gents, it's the Fourth of July! ESEA Season 9 is going, the CommFT Highlander Tourney is going into the final weeks, and registration for the Zalman-sponsored CommFT 6v6 Tourney is live! Too much! I overload. I reduce to a simmering pile of slime. Put lid on. Stir occasionally.
But the biggest thing to hit TF2 right now has nothing to do with seasons and tournaments and grown men reduced to gibbering piles of man-goo, bubbling in the sun, stinking like old gym socks. No, good readers, the meat and potatoes here is that TF2 is free to play.
Free, you say. What do I do? I have jelly on my head. Should I have jelly on my head? Should I be in the kiddie pool with jelly on my head whilst working on a nasty sun burn?
No, you human lobster.
No?
No! Remain calm. Get out of the pool, get the jelly off your head, and let's talk about all this free to play business.
Blaze i made a mentee app (http://commforums.com/scout-cevo-vanilla-pinkushin-t6515.html?t=6515) let me know if u can help me out even if its not an...
