Novuna is da bes. All you need to know.

Congrats! :D I just got that one too.

Yeah you're right jarett def a stretch but a good goal would be playoffs.

Hello TF2 peeps.

SYOPS will be reforming s17 in ESEA IM and CEVO pro or main (not sure how that one will work). Sadly, things didnt go as planned and people parted ways at the end of the ESEA playoffs.

Basically, we are looking for players who can compete in ESEA IM+. What that means is players with at least Open/IM playoff experience. Our goal is to make playoffs.

From past experience, here is a list of traits/qualities of people that work well in my teams:
- Accept/give quality feedback to other teammates
- Keep open communication with me/teammates in-game/out-of-game of problems or just how to improve our game-play
- Push to improve your personal game play and help others around you. So if that means dm, mge, demo reviews, team map discussions, end of round quick talk... yes i like that sh*t...
- Ability to keep others focused around you

Priority tryouts would be pocket and demo. So we can go from there and pick players from that player base.

Long term goals is to build a team to compete at an invite level.

Scouts: Maik and Fragg/you
Pocket/Roamer: RJ and Fragg?/you?
Demo: you
Medic: CHEERISS - add me here to talk http://steamcommunity.com/id/CHEERISS/

Forgot to add, scrim times will start 830/9cst sunday - thursday. Not doing hl this season.

Never understood why it moved servers. Decided to just not join pug.na on the other channel unless I was invited by someone.

Wish they had the rotation of captain/auto pick thing so that you can keep pugs going for the people who didn't get picked. Just saying.. that will help out pug.na a lot. Like a few people said, they don't want to add up because they will never get a chance to play anyways. But then again, I guess they could just add captain...

First of all, thank you guys for taking time to answer. Really appreciate it. I have always been a fan of how you guys play together. Its awesome that all of you all have stuck together for so long.

So basically, what you are saying is if you're a newer team developing a style and have a group who have never played together/less experienced players. Then these things are definitely valid options to get better together?

Maybe I should re-ask this question.. newer invite teams who have players which this is your first/second season in invite. How do you guys refine your playstyle to compete with the upper invite? Do you guys do these things? Any other things to keep everyone on the same page that I didn't think of?

Quick question... last night brought up some questions that I would like addressed.

Invite / high IM teams (preferably top 4). During each season do you guys:
a) Discuss mids/maps and how you want to play them?
b) Talk about your playstyle and how you want to refine it as the season goes on?
c) Do your teams actually go over demos of yourself (or your team)/other teams to refine your style and how you react to other teams?

It is my understanding that as a team you have to do these things outside of scrimming. In other words, talk about how to play off of each other and refine that as the season continues. Even tweak it sometimes in between rounds during matches. I get that most of it is responding to calls and giving the best calls you personally can during the time. And demos sometimes are tools for refining your playstyle.

Obviously, having a group of people with high experience takes away from this load and you don't necessarily have to refine it as much because "people just know" what to do and how to play off of certain situations. I mean in the past, I even remember hearing about teams during the EG times were actually going over demos in their hotel room just so they could win that season (s9?), is this still the case?

Everyone is welcome to give their thoughts and opinions, but it would be nice to hear it from the top 4 invite/IM teams. Just wondering the consensus.

Thanks :)

BBV for ESEA prez

Oh wow its nonis

I'm game. Air and I were just talking about it. What days you think these will be Fri night or sat night?

No clue what your budget is. But honestly those "gaming headsets" = waste of money. You get poor quality on both ends, microphone and headset. So why not save yourself the hassle and buy an awesome headset and great mic.

I have the Zalman mic($7-10 on amazon). Which (IMO) sounds even better than the Snowball iCE USB Microphone. Pair it with that headset x3 recommended or some Audio-Technica headset. And you won't regret it.

I'll take a nap after a long, tiring day at work. 30 mins to an hr does wonders.

Not sure why people have to continue to throw out "game is dead". I say play what you love. If that is tf2, cs:go, super mario brothers, etc. Just game on. (And dont forget to support as meany leagues as you can handle.) :)

Mine has been suspended too. I have submitted tickets (forms) in like 3 different ways and I have been on hold with youtube support for literally over 3 hours. I give up on the support call. But hopefully the support tickets work out.

mom go to bed