Goddamn, I legit enjoy playing a few rounds with pals every now and then, but watching the game is so horrible.
Flashy shit, stuff happening but at the same nothing happening it all.
Sad to see that money makes Esports, not competitive gameplay quality.

Wrong.
LANs are always more popular than league games. DHS was a huge success considering past tournaments outside of insomnia weren't as popular.Also, theres enough advertisement and I fully expect i58 to get around 10k average.
Just look at OW, on average the league games get like 2k viewers more than TF2 league matches.
What is really missing is the prize pools. Big e-sports organizations bring in more viewers/players and create a look of "professionalism", which also creates more interest.
Someone (on tftv?) suggested that valve should use a small portion of the TF2 earnings to support tournaments. I think b4nny should talk with them about this, considering they don't listen to his weapon balancing ideas anyway.

I appreciate the effort you put into this but people either enjoy watching competitive or they dont. Imo you should focus on other things. If you think explaining the format helps new people with their viewing experience you are dead wrong because viewers who are not invested balls deep in the scene won't care about uber and player advantage, they are interested in what happens on screen. Explaining the format won't stop new players from giving up on watching after experiencing a 25 minute stalemate.

I don't know how many koth maps exist but ETF2L should try out some koth maps in the s25 preseason cup tbh

Even though nL's playstyle is the cancer of 6v6, you should not blame them for trying to win. Blame 5CP.
Instead of complaining about the playstyle, offer suggestions on how to fix it. Like a 5 minute round timer on last or something.

Update will come out when I'm on vacation
Hype around it will be gone the time I'm back
Please kill me

Reminder to avoid a visit to SPUF
http://imgur.com/Bh5CYOm

I guess thats what the casual mode is for

No offense, but how can you celebrate semi-finals if you pretty much draw every game (except croatia I think)
Portugal is playing abysmal

Sarcastic or not, please don't ever say this again anywhere
Theres no espanyol or granada in this tournament so there will be no big plays by him
Ronaldo is a big-game choker and you honestly would be better off without him

So why exactly are you linking pewdiepie

To this day, I still have no clue about the benefits of an AL over a pug

I'm talking about the breaks between games, where 30 minute breaks turned into 45 minute breaks (sometimes even longer)
Now nobody could know that there would be so many golden caps, but you shouldn't take close to a hour to set- and warm up as a player.
The coaching issue should've been resolved really quickly. There should have been no discussion about it. If crowns doesn't want kaidus to coach nL for reasons, you don't allow kaidus to coach.
I know this is somewhat the players' fault, but you should try to enforce some rules on that matter so it doesn't happen again.

And thanks for linking the bumper david

I wish these prolonged breaks would stop in the future. If the break during the coaching issue wouldn't have been so damn long, the grand finals might have had a conclusion. Some other breaks were extended for unknown reasons also. This all adds up.
Still a great LAN tho, props to the casters and players and especially the production team, you really have outdone yourselves.

Also can dashner upload the bumper? Would be neat.

I appreciate them "trying", but wat

Man this LAN was the GOAT, unfortunately it got denied an awesome finish
For shame, really
The production team really has outdone themselves