Arranged by vhalin with help from eMg and many other members of the global TF2 Community, there will be a match between the West coast team eMazing Gaming and Europe's FakkelBrigade this coming Sunday, April 18th @ 3PM EST/12PM PST/ 19:00 GMT The game will be cast by TGBF.tv with an all-star crew doing the honors. It will be CommFT's own eXtine, Complexity's Pyyyour, and Europe's top caster AcidRenix (aka Arx).
The match is setup Euro style with 2 maps, Badlands and Granary, each being played for 30 minutes. The maximum number of round wins is still 5. The server is an Apoplexy Industry Gaming 1000FPS server located in New York, which should hopefully provide similar pings for each team. Until the Internet 2.0 arrives or a complete reworking of Steam's netcode allows for a smooth trans-atlantic match Ping will always be an issue, but this should provide the best conditions possible. Thankfully these two teams are stepping up to the plate to provide the two communities an opportunity to come together and celebrate our mutual love for competitive TF2.
FakkelBrigade are a Div 1 ETF2L team while eMazing Gaming are last season's ESEA-Open Champions. This should be a very unique clash of styles and strategies. A draw is a possibility, but even with a win the long lasting debate over which region's style reigns supreme will not be settled through just this match. Will it be aggressive buffed Scouts and Soldiers setting the pace, or will it be a demolition derby?
With it's mid-day time on Sunday (Evening in the EU), this is a must-watch match! Be sure to tune in!
