i mean the open prizepot increased a bit ($250) but would you honestly expect it to get much bigger?

i mean there are only 13 more teams in open

there was a net loss of around >1000 dollars in division fees (not even including subs)

Does this mean IM isn't coming back next season as well?

Is there any way at all to get it back?

Don't say that, IM is coming back no matter what. I believe in the community, and that we'll find a way.

Only way to get it back is to boost team numbers. Like, you would probably need 80+ teams to sign up for Open.

wtf you get so much money for playing invite even for coming 4th

ESEA actually made the prize pool less top-heavy after S20.

At its peak, The split for Invite used to be 6,360/3,660/2,540/1,620. After S21, it changed to 5,600/3,500/2,800/2,100

But keep in mind if you don't even make playoffs, you get nothing.

I came third this season and get NOTHIng i quit

https://gyazo.com/dae59035d2abb90a72dfa949ce967683.png

This season, open had 49 teams while Invite had 9. Last season, open had 52 teams and that's when there was an IM division

If you want IM to come back, we need teams to STICK. TOGETHER. We're never constantly able to supply enough teams because half the playoff rosters die every offseason which is why IM was always on life support. If they promote all 16 Open playoff teams and we keep a strong majority of them, there might be a chance.

Move to NA and start your true TF2 career...

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7:18 PM - DEEP 6IX: does esea have any plans on bringing im back or no
7:31 PM - tri is now Online.
7:32 PM - tri: yeah
8:10 PM - DEEP 6IX: ok neat
8:10 PM - DEEP 6IX: i assume they'll keep bringing it back as long as there's numbers to support it
8:11 PM - tri: yeah thats basically the only consideration

Considering your fellow players rejected esea when they branched to Europe for a season I don't feel the least bit sorry.

Would need to have all playoff teams surviving (not going to happen) on top of what #10 said of ~50 remaining open teams. Basically we need an additional 15-20 teams to join esea on top of nobody dying. Don't forget that invite is probably going to need a bunch of teams again. Newbie mixes will help, but I don't think we are going to see a surge in teams unless either ugc dies or the pyro update is amazing and really invigorates pubbers to play competitively.

Back on topic, I'm very surprised that the invite prize pool didn't take a hit (exact same as last season).

no there werent

there were 36 teams last season

we netted -6 teams in esea

(1 more in invite 20 less in IM (NO IM) 13 more in open)

hardly "rejected" it considering the timing of it was around the bitcoin scandal and a bunch of other shit, no doubt if they tried it now it'd probably go well but fat chance of that happening.