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ESA Opening Tournament
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CanFo
June 21, 2013

Welcome to the first online event of the newly announced ESA. We are unbelievably excited to host our first community targeted, opening tournament featuring a very credible cash prize of £1250 + hardware sponsored by Ozone Gaming Gear.

The tournament will run on a best of 1, single elimination format with a best of 3 semi final and final with cash prizes awarded to each team that places within the top 16. The tournament has a proposed limit of 64 teams.

The community has a partial responsibility to ensure this event is as exciting and competitive as possible, so invite all your friends and foes, get a team registered and join the action.

REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN, SIGN YOUR TEAMS UP NOW!

Sign up HERE

Prizes

  • £1250 prize pool -– prizes awarded to the top 16
  • 1st place will also receive 6x Ozone Rage ST Headsets

Rules and Regulations

Matches will operate on a best of 1, single elimination format (except for the semi-final and finale). Teams are seeded manually by admins.

  • The semi finals and final will operate on a best of 3 format, maps are selected via loser's pick. Please perform a heavy fist fight to determine which team picks the first map or agree on the first map.
  • Only ESA officials and partnered broadcasters will be permitted to join the servers.
  • Teams will have a 15 minute grace to start each match from the scheduled time.
  • Teams must have the minimum requirement of members to signup.
  • Teams may only use players registered on their team rosters.
  • Good etiquette is mandatory. We don’t take lightly to abuse and flaming.
  • No cheating.

Schedule and Casting (Times in CEST)

12:15 -- Round 1
13:30 -- Round 2
14:45 -- Round 3
16:00 -- Quarter Finals
17:15 -- Semi Finals
21:00 -- Finals

The full Tournament will be cast on the TeamfortressTV channel with a combination of Pledge/MR SLIN and Admirable/CommanderX casting with Lexs on Camera.

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#1
9 Frags +

yolo slam

yolo slam
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#2
3 Frags +

hippy hype hip hop

hippy hype hip hop
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#3
0 Frags +

money? in tf2?
Never thought I'd see the day.

money? in tf2?
Never thought I'd see the day.
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#4
7 Frags +

Now all I can do is hope my team doesn't get seeded against Epsilon for the first round :l

Now all I can do is hope my team doesn't get seeded against Epsilon for the first round :l
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#5
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Looking forward to it! When do we get the seeding?

Looking forward to it! When do we get the seeding?
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#6
Tt eSPORTS
1 Frags +
DroidsterNow all I can do is hope my team doesn't get seeded against Epsilon for the first round :l

Get your team to add Steam IDs to their profiles!

Seeding will be live shortly before the tournament starts.

[quote=Droidster]Now all I can do is hope my team doesn't get seeded against Epsilon for the first round :l[/quote]
Get your team to add Steam IDs to their profiles!

Seeding will be live shortly before the tournament starts.
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#7
Tt eSPORTS
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I would like to create the brackets 15 minutes before the tournament starts so I'd like to ask all teams to check in until 12.00 CEST!

I would like to create the brackets 15 minutes before the tournament starts so I'd like to ask all teams to check in until 12.00 CEST!
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#8
3 Frags +

TeamFortress.TV cast all day with Pledge on the mic all day joined by Comedian, Hys, CommanderX and in the Semi-Finals and the Finals Admirable the caster of the season himself. I'll be on the cam following the shenaniganz of the top EU teams

TeamFortress.TV cast all day with Pledge on the mic all day joined by Comedian, Hys, CommanderX and in the Semi-Finals and the Finals Admirable the caster of the season himself. I'll be on the cam following the shenaniganz of the top EU teams
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#9
0 Frags +

Event updated with the correct time and casting lineup.

Damn timezones.

http://teamfortress.tv/schedule/event/282-esa-tournament-hosted-by-ozone

Event updated with the correct time and casting lineup.

Damn timezones.

http://teamfortress.tv/schedule/event/282-esa-tournament-hosted-by-ozone
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#10
1 Frags +

Couldn't get a team to play this cup :(

Couldn't get a team to play this cup :(
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#11
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DroidsterNow all I can do is hope my team doesn't get seeded against Epsilon for the first round :l

Well, we avoided Epsilon in the first round, but we played RLM in the second one, gg was closet

[quote=Droidster]Now all I can do is hope my team doesn't get seeded against Epsilon for the first round :l[/quote]

Well, we avoided Epsilon in the first round, but we played RLM in the second one, gg was closet
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#12
Tt eSPORTS
4 Frags +

Thanks, this was an awesome day! I am sure the semi final between broder and zaibatsu will be used as a reference for an intense match for a long time.

Big up to the casting crews of VanillaTV and TeamFortress.TV for covering the whole day!

The first ESA rankings are now up here: https://esagamer.com/teams/ranked
Not all teams have a ranking yet, they need to play more matches first.

Thanks, this was an awesome day! I am sure the semi final between broder and zaibatsu will be used as a reference for an intense match for a long time.

Big up to the casting crews of VanillaTV and TeamFortress.TV for covering the whole day!

The first ESA rankings are now up here: https://esagamer.com/teams/ranked
Not all teams have a ranking yet, they need to play more matches first.
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#13
5 Frags +

So glad to see a successful tournament hosted by a new organization!

So glad to see a successful tournament hosted by a new organization!
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#14
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CanFoThanks, this was an awesome day! I am sure the semi final between broder and zaibatsu will be used as a reference for an intense match for a long time.

Big up to the casting crews of VanillaTV and TeamFortress.TV for covering the whole day!

The first ESA rankings are now up here: https://esagamer.com/teams/ranked
Not all teams have a ranking yet, they need to play more matches first.

Not sure how accurate that is, solar are ranked as low :l

[quote=CanFo]Thanks, this was an awesome day! I am sure the semi final between broder and zaibatsu will be used as a reference for an intense match for a long time.

Big up to the casting crews of VanillaTV and TeamFortress.TV for covering the whole day!

The first ESA rankings are now up here: https://esagamer.com/teams/ranked
Not all teams have a ranking yet, they need to play more matches first.[/quote]

Not sure how accurate that is, solar are ranked as low :l
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#15
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Are there STV demos of the match between broder and Zaibatsu?

Are there STV demos of the match between broder and Zaibatsu?
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