Not trolling but you might, just might, have a mild case of Tourette's syndrome. You probably don't, but those sort of persistent thoughts can be a symptom.

Will Flow's scout combo finally be reunited??!

Why don't they build bigger walls?

Not very sportsmanlike.

At some point won't they *have* to start playing (no matter what the stream's status is), since the stage is booked all day for various events?

It would be nice if
1) the stream didn't crash all the time (this is apparently out of VanillaTV's control, unfortunately, but still a bother)
2) we had some sort of COUNTDOWN or CLOCK so that viewers know how long they have to wait for the next match. There have been some gaps/breaks exceeding an hour or two and it's kind of unreasonable not to provide some sort of information given that the official schedule is incredibly vague.

They said on VTVFR that they're putting together a short documentary about the french team, that should be interesting.

The only issue that stood out was the slightly un-sync'd audio, besides that great work VTV!

Watch one of the vods from B4nny's stream when he pugs and you will see why everyone thinks he's amazing. His DM is very good but more importantly he has amazing situational awareness, strategic knowledge and intuition about what the opposing team will do. In other words, he's very good at identifying 1) what plays have to be made in order to improve the immediate and long-term situation for his team and 2) knowing exactly how to execute said plays in the manner most likely to succeed. He may not pull it off every time but he DOES make the best possible decision every time.

Plus, his game is extremely polished and takes advantage of almost every TF2 mechanic. For example, when he engages in team fights he usually puts damage on the people the farthest away from the medic, which forces them either to retreat back to the medic for heals (exposing them to group spam and compromising their position) or to flee from the fight. Just look at how he snipes stickies and places pipe spam. Whenever there's a transition or a push, he almost always gets a pick on an enemy player with a sticky trap. He always positions himself in a way which usually guarantees his survival, making it hard for teams to pick up a lot of points off a bad push or uber, since with a combination of sticky traps and spam (he's scary to push into) he is able to slow them down a lot. Plus, a lot of the time he can get picks off of people who think he is vulnerable but really walk into his sticky traps. The way that he spams and pressures is very effective at making opportunities for his teammates--this is an aspect of his play that I think isn't immediately obvious when you watch but which really strengthens the team.

What I'm trying to say is that he plays in a very technical way which seems to display a huge amount of knowledge about the game, and that's what people find impressive about him.

Immunity's midfights are so good. They've won practically all their mids in the group stages.

If you're doing some recasts in the future, would you consider casting some of HRG's i49 games that aren't being covered by VTV?

Awesome to see you back to casting eXtine, you're the best.

Arthur Rimbaud AKA the original edgy teenager

No it's meant to get discussion going and build hype/narrative tension for the event, all the while entertaining the reader.

I think HRG will come first. The main factor in my decision is the way that they've been built as a team, according to B4nny in his interviews, more "organically" and with a mind to long-term improvement, personality compatibility, and teamwork/synergy. This is different from other teams that have cut their way to the top or rely on amazing plays from individual players to turn the tide of battle. Epsilon is very strong, but they seem like a super-team like i46's Mix^, and so, given that they're equal to HRG in terms of DM (except for Mike and maybe stefan if he's in form), HRG's superior cohesion and teamwork will succeed. Also, Knoxx seems to waste more of his comms micro-ing people, which can slow the team down.

3rd Broder
4th iM/Infused
5th iM/Infused

And then, in a repetition of Lansky's vindicatory performance on HRG after being cut from Mix^, Boink will go on to defeat Rando's team. Right?