please stop talking out of your ass. We literally do not know how the majority of NA stacks up against EU, as recently the only times there's been international representation is when FROYO murdered mostly non-prem teams (save lowpander) at ESU community rumble and a kaptainless Se7en played at Rewind II. The main point of sending teams over is to be able to have more than one opportunity a year for international competition, and to be able to actually see how top teams stack up in each region. Ideally teams with orgs (Velocity, Se7en, Ascent, etc.) are able to do international travel with their prize winnings and sales of team merch, which has been getting a lot more prevelant nowadays, so I don't imagine community financial strain being as heavy as it once was (save for production and talent going over, which afaik is being at least partially covered by ETF and is otherwise on the individual)

Mainly looking for good/funny quotes from anything other than twitter, for that you can refer to http://www.teamfortress.tv/32408/favorite-b4nny-tweet

good one from ESEA GF interview

Habib: *inaudible earrape gibberish* YEA, THAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD SERIES, UM-
b4nny: habib, not this…

In reality though TwiiKuu hit the nail right on the fucking head. While the folks at ESA have done a lot to help our community, iSeries has been and always will be where it all started. Fuck, if it weren't for i46 I don't think I would have ever even taken interest in the game and gotten to meet and experience all of the amazing things our community has to offer, and gotten to become a producer/caster. I know I speak at least for myself in saying that iSeries is irreplacable just because of the history of the event. Also

NA to NA is more expensive, at least going coast to coast.

https://clips.twitch.tv/ApatheticGorgeousAdminFloof

Edit: if anyone wants the full transcript Here You Go

b4nny has a hold of my tournament organizer send help D:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DXyDzGFWAAE-P7t.jpg

Nice picture, bro! Very funny :D

inclusion of tf2 in the survey was really half-assed, should have either had a seperate survey though i can see why that'd be an issue/too much effort. was also pretty annoying how some specific questions like things about support tickets were required when i didn't interact with the support team at all this season. also

that is all

really chill dude, subbed in to play for me last minute(too many people with k names, apperently koga is the person who subbed for me, still loads of fun to hang out with at burger joint meetup) when i got pulled to do production at RGB2. fun to hang with and a decent soldier pickup

Sad to not see you playing invite next season

on the flip side excited to see you @ RGB3 and i series!

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http://www.teamfortress.tv/46844

bump, still looking for more tryouts

cloud9 to uber dissapoint FeelsBadMan
I'll be happy with a legend status finish but they'll probably choke ;(

I'd like to take this time to formally announce my new team, degenerate eSports

https://www.neetgear.net/collections/shirts/products/degenerate-1

catch us wearing these at RGB3

we also have a CS:GO team as well! Here's their uniform!
https://www.neetgear.net/collections/shirts/products/dualies-baby

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