Moments of Glory #26 is brought to you by Mancakes, who thought he'd change things up a bit by giving the pyro the spotlight.

This video features Kaiza from Australian TF2 team A Lesson in Violence.

The CEVO S6 Community Map Meeting is going down tonight at 10PM EST in the CEVO Ventrilo server (texas.cevo.nationvoice.com ::: port 4000). From the news release:

The debate about competitive TF2 maps and weapons has been heated across all of the competitive TF2 coverage websites. Among the maps suggested are the following:

cp_badlands
cp_granary
cp_gravelpit
cp_freight
cp_yukon
cp_obscure
cp_indulge
cp_gullywash
cp_gorge
cp_mainline
cp_coldfront
koth_viaduct
koth_sawmill (no saws)
ctf_turbine
ctf_atrophy
ctf_wildfire
etc

It seems that the community agrees on the necessity of some of these maps but can't decide on others. The map controversy is mirrored in the case of weapons. Some people want Sandman, others don't. Some people want limits on Engineers because of their new weapons, others don't.

Since it is hard for me to gauge the preferences of the community as a whole, I have decided to host a community meeting in the CEVO Ventrilo server next Tuesday, July 20th at 10PM EST. The server info is texas.cevo.nationvoice.com ::: port 4000. Be sure to be there if you have an opinion on this season's rotation.

Be sure to be there if you are playing this season.

I hope everyone enjoyed the weekends events with the ESEA-Invite TF2 playoffs, but now we've got the final match being played throughout the entire season ready for you! Live on July 19, 2010 at 11:00PM EDT, Pwnage.TV will be broadcasting you the ESEA-Open Season 6 TF2 Finals between Team neXziL and Vicious Gaming.

Casting and video by Leonardo "leogeo2" Gonzalez.
#pwnage.tv on irc.gamesurge.net to get your shoutouts and predictions in live on air!

To all the low and low-mid teams out there, UGC will be kicking off their new season (season five) on August 4th.  There will be a week of pre-season play followed by eight weeks of regulation play and then a playoff series.

I know UGC gets looked down on a lot by the upper teams, but honestly, the league is as good as TWL any more.  The only real difference these days is the quality of the teams enrolled (TWL has a handful of mid and mid+ teams in addition to all of the low and low-mid ones) and the fact that UGC's admins can actually be contacted without a week waiting period between your post and their response.

Snowblindfrog from Magnolia Thunderkitty has been working with Fornaught, the long-time UGC head admin, to improve the league going into next season.  A new, two-division structure and an improved map rotation are just two of the changes he hopes to implement going forward, which should make the league that much more appealing to any teams looking for a place to get started.  Hopefully they do some tweaking of the configs too, because last season they were pretty awful.

While my team will no longer be participating in UGC (there comes a time when all kids have to grow up, right?), I definitely recommend it for any younger teams that are put off by TWL's lack of admin support and aren't quite ready to drop cash to get beat up week in and week out in ESEA-O.  This league is a perfect counter-part to CEVO-A, and I highly encourage new teams to enroll in both to get in some reps.

You can look into UGC's 6v6 TF2 league here: http://www.ugcleague.com/home_tf26.cfm

Discuss the upcoming UGC season here: http://commforums.com/ugc-6v6-season-5-t4137.html?t=4137

Hey all.  First, big thanks to everyone who turned up during the ESEA LAN coverage.  I speak for everyone on the crew when I say that we're really grateful for our audience. We're sorry we weren't able to bring the entire thing in full video, but we did what we could considering our collective situations - getting an entire weekend free is harder for some of us than others. :)

That all said, we are looking to expand both the quantity and quality of our content during the next season.  A few of the ways we're planning to do this are through some new programming formats, some additional improvements to the live viewing experience both in-stream and on the page, and the addition of a second member of the team capable of streaming the top-quality video our audience has come to expect from us.

An additional way that we're planning to expand could involve some of you folks in a more active way.  Over the weekend it was clear that our simulcasts over mumble have become a successful addition to the way that we deliver commentary, and we'd like to leverage our rather large 500-slot mumble (many thanks to EOReality.net) to greater effect.  At the same time, we'd like to begin cultivating more commentary talent, as well as provide a means for a lot more matches to receive the sort of live coverage they deserve.

We're plan to achieve this by opening up a general casting call until the end of the month.  Qualified applicants will receive access to book shows on our website and utilize our mumble server to stage audio broadcasts.  Qualifications will generally be minimal (decent standing within the community, generally articulate, have played the game a bit, etc) and there will be no requirements as far as output.  You'll have the freedom to cover whatever matches you'd like and cast as frequently as you want.  We simply wish to provide a means for interested individuals to get involved with the commentary side of things, and those that do well will certainly be 'called up' to do shows on the main stream with the rest of the regular crew.

If this interests you, please drop me an email at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it so we can get the ball rolling.  Cheers-

Crazy intense fun to watch action in tonights matches. I wasn't able to catch much of the first two matches, but in both the higher seed prevailed. This sent Blight.Own and eMg into the Lower bracket to battle for survival.

The first map, Granary, resulted in a 5-3 win for Blight.OWN and eMg facing a potential elimination in the second map Gravel Pit. Things turned around for eMg however as they were able to take both sets of the stopwatch match. I strolled home from work to catch the last map Yukon which turned into quite the slugfest. A tense first half ended with eMg up 2-1, but at the start of the second Blight turned it on. First they made it 2-2, then rounds were traded again to make it 3-3. Blight.OWN took it to 4 to get the first shot at match point before eMg leveled with only a few minutes left in the half through a sweet YZ50 backcap. Blight barnstormed mid on the start of the next round however, leading to an easy take of the 2nd point and a sudden attack on the last point. Platinum, with good heals from BlackyMonster, came up big with the clock ticking down, scoring a triple kill from a top the shack. Blight took the round and eliminated eMg from the tournament. It was a spirited match with the Yukon map most definitely going to be turned into an eXtv.

Another TF2 classic followed the Blight.OWN and eMg match with the Upper Bracket Final between Blight.Fanom and Complexity. Before I get into the results, if you have time to watch the Videos on Demand from TGBF.tv, check the action out. The replay starts with the 2nd map with m0lk and eXtine on the mic. Read more for a recap of the entire match.

Both TGBF and PwnageTV will be covering the ESEA-I Season 6 LAN finals this weekend. The action started Saturday at 11AM CST with compLexity taking on Blight A Team. The STVs can be found HERE once Killing posts them.

Schedule

1st Match - Blight oPlaiD vs coL
BO3: Badlands, Viaduct, Coldfront (if needed)

2nd Match - Blight Fanom vs eMg
BO3: Badlands, Viaduct, Coldfront (if needed)

3rd Match - Blight oPlaiD vs eMg
BO3: Granary, Gravelpit, Yukon Final (if needed)

4th Match - coL vs Blight Fanom
BO3: Granary, Gravelpit, Yukon Final (if needed)

5th Match - coL vs Blight oPlaiD
BO3: Gullywash, Badlands, Mainline (if needed)

Finals - Blight oPlaiD vs Blight Fanom
BO3: Granary, Coldfront, XXXX (if needed)

These matches have been completed. Press read more to see the results.

Moments of Glory #25 has arrived, and this time we're featuring scout cardboard from Carnal Gaming doing some work in a Gullywash PUG.

On our third 6v9 event the competitive team, Complexity, won the battle of the worlds!

The scores were as follows (4-3) for the pros on badlands; (1-0) for the pubs on badwater and (2-1) for the pros on gravelpit.

AG would like to thank ConeBone for another amazing video.

To download this video in HD, follow this link.

PLDX Version