Alright so here is the first of the Moments of Glory series, today's clip stars You Must Recover of Apocalypse Gaming.
Check it out (the overlay that says Quick Action Clip will be replaced for the next video.)
If you'd like to see your own clips show up in the series, send me an email here including, your in-game name, team name, and the starting tick of the demo.
Thanks for all the submissions so far and keep checking the Community Fortress Youtube channel for more clips coming soon.
With CEVO officially starting next week and TWL getting underway, Community Fortress is in dire need of more league coverage writers. If you are interested in writing league commentary, match reports, predictions, or anything else related to these leagues, PM me on the forums or on IRC. My username on IRC is Loaded|jinn_ and I can be found in the #tf2scrim channel on GameSurge.
Yaoooo. Our esteemed Top 10 producer Lange is itching to get to work on the March edition of our Top 10 Series! Unfortunately, right now he doesn't have any clips to work with! C'mon guys!
Clip information (download link, Ticks, description) can be posted in the comments below this thread, or sent to CommFT.Top10 [at] Gmail.com Remember, league matches only.
If its not from a league match, but it's still fun, you can send it to Jesus at the e-mail found here (http://scr.im/z6e) for CommFT's upcoming Moments of Glory series which will highlight individual clips as they come in.
From the LAN Playoffs for Season 5 of the ESEA-Invite league comes this Grand Final match-up between Complexity and Blight Gaming! All matches played in this four team tournament used a best of 3 format. With Complexity yet to lose, Blight must win this decisive third map to force a second bo3 set. The first map Yukon was won by Complexity 5-1 while Blight took Granary 5-2. Besides the sandman and the Buff Banner, all unlocks were allowed for this tournament.
This episode just covers the first 30 minute half of CP_Badlands, stay tuned for the very exciting second part!
www.eXtelevision.com - Just a teaser site right now with Social Media links, but we're working on it!
So, after reading Extine's post about the French daily Quick Action clips I've felt like starting up a similar series for North American TF2. Why? I thought it'll help put the spotlight on more players, to allow a wide range of players to shine in a daily clip showcasing the variety of players in the North American Team Fortress 2 scene, but I can't start this series without clips so read on if you're interested.
Coming from the land of delicious stinky cheese and fermented grape juice, I just discovered this fun video series covering action from the French TF2 Community. The goal of these QuickAction clips (which can be found through this YouTube Channel) is to present great plays and teamwork in a short format, with no discrimination towards the origin of the clip. The creator, Loïc aka lzl8, produces 1-2 QuickAction clips almost every day, has a blog at games-community.fr and also contributes to France's TeamFortressHQ.
Click Read More to see a few clips I selected out of this series. There is a SICK double airshot, a Sniper acing the other team, a Scout tearing it up on Gullywash, and a pretty LoL Soldier Equalizer clip on badlands. Support TF2 media and subscribe to this dude!
Lately, all I've been doing is interviews, I miss writing...
This is my first shot at an actual blog entry, so please don't just spam y4 bl0w, please provide details on why i bl0w.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with the names of the skill levels, it just haven't been updated for almost a year now. The new players in comp have no idea what a gather is or who the hell is frozenshift. That post was pretty much a joke post that turned into the tf2 skill bible. So I'm not here to rewrite the bible, just going to update it a little bit, make it seem more official. Some of the things I'm going to copy from JK, some I'm going to add/change. Going into the writeup, here were the things I wanted to alter a little from jk's skill levels:
- Expand the lower skills by making the "mid" level a little bit easier to claim. It is ridiculous how there are under 100 players that are mid/high to high, while there are over 500 players who are low or low/mid. We need to find a better way to differentiate the lower players.
- I added the Mid+ skill level. There is only a SMALL difference between Mid+ and Mid/High. The Mid+ teams are the guys who are too modest to say they are mid/high or are afraid they might get ridiculed. If I had the choice, I would combine the two skill levels...but you know the TF2 community and their hatred for change, let's just leave the Mid+ around.
- Changed Mid/Low to Mid- to keep consistency with Mid+. Also, I've never seen a team say they are high/mid. So there shouldn't be a level called mid/low as well.
- I have tried to make this a little bit more objective. jk's post was filled with inside jokes. I just want to state some points and try to make it clear which skill level you and your team should list as.
- I have added an "advice" section for some of the skill levels, just my opinion on how you can move up to the next level.
Again, this is not a bible. But I hope it will clear up some of the debates about certain teams and players and what skill levels they claim to be.
Episode 8 of Focus Fire is here, this time bringing some action from the ESEA-I LAN playoffs. Start with some viaduct, add a pinch of EG and a dash of Blight, then sprinkle equalizer kills on top. Let cool and serve with a side of headshots. Check out this intense back-and-forth match, with commentary from Jestr, Breather, and yours truly.
TGBF.TV is proud to announce that Tuesday night starting at 10PM EST we will be covering the final two matches of the ESEA-Open playoffs, played back to back. Starting off it's eMazing gaming battling Hostile Faction on good old CP_Badlands for the right to face Vires. The second match starts on CP_granary at ~11:30EST with Vires having a map to give. Are you ready for a 3ro-Down?
It's been an excited unpredictable ESEA-Open playoff thus far, with 3rd seed Vicious Gaming dropping two games and power houses Apocalypse Gaming being undone by CP_GravelPit. Control-Alt-Defeat and eXpertise put up a spirited fight in the lower bracket, but were both eliminated by eMazing gaming in the later rounds. eMazing gaming were in the lower bracket after losing 2-0 on Gravel Pit to Vires (Formerly the Gentleman's Club, and surely something before that). Hostile Faction's only lose came from Vires as well, on Badlands in the upper bracket semi-finals with Vires winning 5-3. Somewhat surprisingly, eMg has yet to play on Badlands this tournament but brackets are brackets.
Shout Casting the first match will be eXtine and Flame, while m0lk and a yet to be determined co-host will be casting the second!
While it is of interest to note that Vires will be breaking up after this finale these games are for cold hard cash, and they will surely be looking to seal the deal. Hostile Faction and eMg will also be having significant roster shifts, but that doesn't dilute the glory of this previous season. With 30+ teams the ESEA-Open was a huge success in terms of number of teams that stayed together, and also the level of talent displayed. We got to see that this game is truly thriving with creative teams that are building the necessary tools to compete at the top, but also aren't afraid to take risks. The future for some of these players is definitely the Invite level league. While teams may be splitting, there has been vigorous action in the "free agent" market and we'll surely see a similar number of teams next season.
With a team registration deadline of tonight at midnight, CEVO Season 5 is about ready to kick off. As of right now there are 72 teams in Amateur, 21 teams in Main, and 7 teams in Professional. It's shaping up to be a good season in all divisions. CEVO has posted information regarding the season on their site (you can view the original post here):
If you are new to CEVO you will need to download and install our anti-cheat program, the CMN3. You must be running the CMN3 during all matches. You can download the CMN3 here: http://cevo.com/index.php?page=account&func=cmn.
Please read this post carefully if you are new to CEVO TF2.
Remember that the Amateur and Main divisions have one match per week with a deadline day of Thursday. The Professional division has two matches per week with deadline days of Monday and Thursday. There is no deadline time. Amateur, Main, and Professional will only have one match per week during the two preseason weeks and then Professional will begin having two matches per week on the same map beginning in the third week. Preseason matches do not count towards teams' overall record; as such, new teams should use them to adjust to the CEVO system and old teams can use them to try new maps.
NOTE #1: Please make sure you're using the latest official CEVO configs when you play matches. As Valve continues to update TF2, we will continue to update our configs. Any matches played using old configs could nullify all round(s) played. You can find them under CEVO TF2 Server Configurations here: http://www.cevo.com/?page=downloads&func=tf2
NOTE #2: You can download the custom maps that are in use this season at the download section of our site. They can be found by name here: http://www.cevo.com/?page=downloads&func=tf2
Rules:
A number of rules have been added since our last event. Notable among these rules is the scoring format for KOTH maps. Check out that section of the rules below:
21.40 KOTH MAPS
First team to 3 points or 20 minutes and switch sides. First team to 4 points wins the match or the highest score after 40 minutes.
You will also notice that none of the new unlockables are banned. Sandman remains as the only banned weapon. Be sure to read all of the rules if you are new to CEVO TF2. They can be found here: http://www.cevo.com/index.php?page=div&id=314&func=rules.
Roster Locks:
Rosters will remain open all throughout the preseason until Sunday, April 4th. After the regular season begins, rosters will be open every week from 12:00 AM Friday - 11:59 PM Sunday. Remember, any time the rosters are locked we will NOT move you from one roster to another UNLESS your opponent(s) approve.
Also, team registration for the Professional division is still OPEN. Registration will remain open all throughout preseason until Sunday, April 4th. If you are a Professional team that has not registered yet, and would still like to play, please contact CEVO|Clay at gclay[at]cevo.com.
SteamID's and @ready:
All players must have their SteamID's entered into their CEVO account to be shown as "@ready" on your team's roster. Players who have paid and are still showing as "@notready" should check to make sure they have entered their SteamID correctly.
Players that need to change their SteamID at any time during the season should create a support ticket at http://support.cevo.com
TF2 Officials:
Here are your officials for our third season of TF2:
CEVO|Clay - Head of Game TF2 - gclay[at]cevo.com CEVO|Conlon - Head of CEVO-A
CEVO Support:
For any help, questions or assistance please contact CEVO Support. We are available at http://support.cevo.com and on Ventrilo at texas.cevo.nationvoice.com port 4000.
We’re looking forward to another exciting TF2 event. Remember to check our website regularly for current registration and event updates.
So preseason starts this week for all three divisions. Get your SteamIDs entered and get ready to play.
"Today's TF2 update includes a bunch of new items and weapons, all of which were made by members of the TF2 community and uploaded to the Contribute! site. The overall quality of submissions we're receiving is fantastic, by the way, so there'll be plenty of new additions to follow. The submitters of these items will find nifty unique versions sitting in their backpacks, so they can show everyone their work."
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"This update represents the next step in that process. The line between developers and players is getting very blurry, and we think that's a great thing."
TF2Items.com is a little slammed right now it seems, but I'm sure that will be the place to go to see the stats first for all the weapons.
In a blundering attempt to do something like Day[9] Dailies, I've gone over a TF2 match demo and analyzed it tactically and strategically. I apologize for the dull voiceover--I had to deal with a bunch of technical issues, so by the time I started actually recording, I was kinda spent.
If you're already a thoroughly experienced competitive player, you probably won't get much from the video--it doesn't really showcase frags or anything like that. And, if you happen to be starring in the video, please don't take any of my ideas personally; I don't claim to be at the skill level shown in the video.
To watch the rest, you can either click "Read more..." or follow these links: Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
