Sorry for the long wait everyone. Since the start of part 1, the beta of SC2 was released and Buick was unreachable for a good week. I finally gave him enjoy guilt to finally finish this interview. Some really good stuff about TF2 strategy in this interview, unless you're one of those tl:dr guys. This interview made me realize that there are definitely smart kids with interesting things to talk about in this community. Look for me to find my next interviewee soon.

But for now, enjoy part 2 of "An Evening with Keith Smerbeck"

League playoff reminders:

The ESEA-I LAN won't be until next month, but the ESEA-O playoffs are still ongoing. Check the ESEA website for the latest playoff brackets. The TWL playoffs are also unfolding. Brackets for division 2, divison 3, and division 4 are available on TWL's website.

Interviews:

eXtine interviews the people behind TF2lobby.

Kermit does some ESEA-I player interviews: CB from Muscle Milk and Moolians, TheFragile from Pandemic, and Seagull from Blight.

In other news:

Do you enjoy watching teams outside of North America play Badlands? If so, you should enjoy the two latest episodes of eXtv, which cover the Australian Clan Sport TF2 Master Series II Tournament Grand Finals between Rewound and -A-team, and eSports Heaven ASRock Tournament semi-finals with Dignitas versus What Women Want.

Team Pandemic, one of the largest organizations in professional gaming, is shutting down. Pandemic's TF2 team is still confirmed to be attending the ESEA-I LAN finals.

From 2/18/2010 - Dignitas takes on What Women Want? in the Semi-finals of the eSports Heaven ASRock Tournament. 112 teams started this tournament and are playing for 6 ASRock H55M Pro Motherboards.

I refer to Dignitas in the video as the European Complexity, but it's just as true that Complexity is NA's Dignitas. Dignitas has a very storied history of championships and are the top team in Europe. What Women Want is a solid crew of European players as well, and the gloves are off in this 30 minute throw down.

The number one seed eMazing Gaming (eMg) makes its first appearance in the secound round of the ESEA-Open playoffs tonight on cp_yukon_final. Their challenger is Lore's Merry Men (LMM), a team who played strong for an 8 seed earlier this week, knocking Area 51 to the lower bracket after a 5-0 victory on cp_freight. Last time the two teams met, eMg managed to quickly take out LMM with a 5-0 of their own. Has LMM stepped it up come playoff time in order to give this power house 1 seed a run for their money? Or is eMg just too much of a favorite? Tune in tonight at 10:30PM EST to find out!

Tune in early, around 10:15 EST, where djfivenine will break down last night's matches and the playoff picture.
He will also have some pregame interviews with the captains of Apocalypse Gaming and Vires Gaming...and maybe other surprise guest!

Commentary by djfivenine and m0lk

Produced by schetter

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The Australian 8-team invitational Clan Sport TF2 Master Series II Tournament Grand Finals were played on Feb. 21st and 22nd. With Rewound coming into the match from the Upper Bracket, -A-Team needed to win a first best of 3 series, which they did, to force this second series. We join the game on CP_Badlands, after Rewound won the first map, Gravel-Pit, 2-0. The format for Badlands is 30 minutes, highest score wins.

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Unofficial part three of Kermit's interviews, doing this to get some more interviews up with top players. This time it's A Seagull from Blight Gaming

First, introduce yourself and explain how you first started playing tf2.

I'm Seagull, a soldier for Blight Gaming. I got into TF2 back in beta as a pubber. I liked the way the game looked and I figured it had potential to be a fun game. I got into the competitive community around August 2008ish when I got bored of HL2DM.

TGBF.tv continues its coverage of the ESEA-Open playoff bracket, bringing you tonight's 10PM EST match between eXpertise and Control Alt Defeat. Tonight's shoutcast crew is eXtine and Wanderrful.

Come see if all those pugs DaishiKiller plays have taught him something. Is TicTok more than just a cameo appearance on the top 10? Control Alt Defeat rebooted their roster mid season, will the likes of Orzo, Noun, and dpk (Daniel) take them to a new level of performance? So many questions, and only one place to find the answers. TGBF.tv tonight at 10pm est!

And watch out for that Train! (cp_Freight)

P.S. PwnageTV is covering the second match of the night w/ Hostile Faction taking on BringAmpLamps (Formerly Lightning Bolt, although several players have moved on since then)

Part two of my interviews with ESEA-I players discussing the upcoming LAN, the future of tf2 and map/weapon choices for next season. This time it's an interview with TheFragile from Team Pandemic.

First, introduce yourself and explain how you first started playing tf2.

My name is Nick Leon, and my alias is TheFragile.  I’m 21 years old, and I live in New Jersey.  I’m currently on Team Pandemic for TF2, and we are the third seed for the ESEA TF2 LAN finals.  It’s gonna be a blast.

I first started playing TF2 when the organization I was currently with (for games such as Day of Defeat Source, Unreal Tournament 2004, and Quake 3) decided to try it out.  A bunch of players from different divisions in Pure got on and started scrimming.  I actually wanted to be a Spy at first, but the manager of the team said that they needed someone to play medic.  So I accepted the offer and I’ve been a medic since.  I played many late-night pugs with The Experiment, which is eventually how I got the invitation to the first Team Pandemic roster when Dion left.