everyone say hi, but no-one says how are you....

Just to say that we may be back with a TF2 LAN event at DreamHack Dallas in June 2023. Stay tuned!

Shoutout to this old gem, Team-Awesome:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1943rm

Also gonna drop the EssentialsTF i65 Intro video since it fucks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dez-Hm_66WU

It should go without saying that players should make sure they have any configs, hud files, p-rec etc on a USB stick or cloud storage (both is good!) so you can set up TF2 quickly at Atlanta.

Wiethoofd may have an archive thanks to https://whitelist.tf/

Done! We were waiting until after DreamHack Beyond has finished but it is live now :)

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Prize pool for Atlanta is now confirmed to be $10,000

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Community Clash NA - Fall 2022 Schedule:
Signups open now until October 7th

8th October - Groups
Round 1: 17:00
Round 2: 18:15
Round 3: 19:30

9th October - Groups & Playoffs
Round 4: 17:00
Round 5: 18:15
Upper and Lower Bracket (UB & LB) - Round 1: 19:30

15th October - Playoffs
LB Round 2: 16:00
LB Round 3: 18:15
UB Finals: 20:30

16th October - Playoffs
LB Finals: 16:00
Grand Finals: 18:15

Main Event Link: essentials.tf/beyond

October 1st - 30th 2022

We’re back again with a fantastic lineup of TF2 events as part of DreamHack Beyond – Season 3.
With $4,000 of prizes available across October in three different events there’s something for everyone to get involved in!

Join our Discord Server to get updates about our events instantly!

TF2 Community Clash NA - Fall 2022 - $2,400
Ah a true classic, what’s better than getting 6 friends together in a video game to square off against another group of 6 that you’ve suddenly made your sworn enemy? Probably many things. “But this is digital sports!” we cried, and thus Community Clash was born.

Welcome to the true competitive side of Team Fortress 2 gameplay and a share of our $2,400 prize pool!

Main Tournament
The main tournament will take place across two weekends.
The first weekend, 8th & 9th October, will feature the Invite Round-Robin and Open Swiss stage, plus the first round of Playoffs
The second weekend, 15th & 16th October, will host the Double Elimination Playoffs featuring the Invite Teams and top Open teams from the Swiss stage.

Head to our Toornament page to sign up and get more details!

Prize
$2,400 prize pool courtesy of DreamHack
1st: $1,200 + 1st place medals
2nd: $600 + 2nd place medals
3rd: $360 + 3rd place medals
4th: $240

All matches are to be played with the Unity Cup configs (30min match/5min round timers; Winlimit 5; Continuous Overtime – +1 rule; Bo5 KOTH) and the RGL whitelist. These configs can be found on NA Serveme and on Qixalite under the names unity_5cp_rgl & unity_koth_rgl. They can also be downloaded here.

There is a soft region lock, no teams can have more than 3 players from a region that is not North America without admin approval. Feel free to reach out to admins through the EssentialsTF Discord in the #contact-an-admin channel.

Beyond The Limit - $1,500
No, this isn’t your usual competitive TF2 event. The difference? Only Soldier and Demo are allowed. Also it’s a Jumping competition. And also there’s $1500 to be won.

Not jumping like doing star jumps and remembering a dark long-forgotten time from a high school sports day, but instead jumping around specially designed courses in a flurry of fire and explosions in TF2.

Introducing Beyond The Limit, brought to you by DreamHack & EssentialsTF. October 24th-30th.
Maps will be announced during the week before Beyond The Limit begins with a map revealed each day from October 17th.

TF2 Clip Challenge - $100
Think you’ve got an amazing in-game moment from a match or just a daft WTF moment captured during some pub action? Maybe you got a nice multi-kill or hit a really nice airshot?

Send us your clip or short video on Twitter using the hashtag #TF2Clips.

Our esteemed judges will pick their favourite 4 clips and each winner will receive $25!

Submissions are open from October 1st right through til the end of the month on the 30th.

We're looking to organise rentals with DreamHack for the TF2 Community, stay tuned!

We had a crowd cam set up but unfortunately the lack of lighting made for a completely unusable view so we haven't used it. But the Grand Final will be on the Esports stage so stayed tuned!

We do not have a cheat feed running at i69 as we're using a 0 second SourceTV delay.
The reason for this is to be able to get live reactions from players where possible and for the crowd to have the best live experience.
Additionally during the grand final which will be on tomorrow on the esports stage, we definitely cannot have a sourcetv delay during that period due to the flow of the show so that also factors into not using one during the rest of the event.

BLAPBASH LETS GO!

Tickets will be back on sale in September unless an earlier sale is announced.