bumping, hoping for a few more signups tonight!

Adding you to group

Not a bad first night, 10 signups so 1/4th of the way there.
Also have 14 more people interested but not committed yet to signing up so possibly half way to the goal.

Signups will be open for the next week at least, Feel free to add me on steam or post in this thread and I will track you down.

(Entry fees are NOT being collected at this time, just signups)

Sent you a group invitation

I have started to send out friend invites to anyone interested. Please feel free to add me if you want to participate or post in this thread and I will send you an invite.

After tonight's matches, the OPEN bracket should look like this:

TOP HALF
1---Seendio
vs
16--Its all we know

9---Cloud 9
vs
8---Carolina Fan Club

5--Animus Victoria
vs
12--Blanc Esports

13--Adderall and ADD
vs
4--SYOPS

BOTTOM HALF
3--I AM NOT BILLUSTER
vs
14--Morin than meets the eye

11--THE WIDEST KIDS YOU KNOW
vs
6--Mumble Robots

7--Night Owls
vs
10--Victorious Secret

15--Recipe for Disaster
vs
2--The Muffin Men

Hey all, I'm trying to organize a March Madness style bracket tournament to predict the winners of this season's ESEA Open playoff teams. This thread is basically to gauge interest and possibly start the signup process. Let me know and I can add you to the group.

ENTRY FEE: 1 Key
PRIZES
-- 1st Place Wins -- 30 Keys (With 50 signups)
-- 2nd Place Wins -- 10 Keys (With 50 signups)

Bonus Prize Wins -- 10 Keys
-- Score over 100 points in the bracket
(Multiple winners split key prize)

Here is the website for the Steam Group that explains the tournament:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/predictopenbrackets

At this time, I am not collecting fees or predictions because the playoff seeds are not set just yet. I am aiming for 50 signups but would still go ahead with just 40. If there is enough interest, I will set a deadline and begin collecting fees and predictions shortly.

rofl highschool was so long ago for me. One thing I vividly remember is all of us wanting to bang our guidance counselor. She was and probably still is incredibly hot. Best part was that she obviously knew we all wanted to bang her and she wore really revealing clothing because her tits were amazing. After seeing all these news stories about teachers and students having sex, it makes me sad. I would not have told anyone :)

I used to call Alosec's mom 2 seasons ago when our matches were late at night to assure her he was being properly chaperoned. All team captains should get parents numbers now before playoffs start.

Yes, chances are good that there will be several 10-6 teams, possibly 5 or 6.
Of those teams, likely 2 will qualify for playoff spots 15 and 16. "Rounds For" is going to determine who gets those spots. (if 2 teams are tied in Rounds For, then the team with less Rounds Against is ranked higher.)

Tery actually doesn't like you. I wrote this article and might have lied.

I would disagree on that statement. All recent combat tactics were derived from ancient warfare and what we learned as time passed. Our generals and officers in training still learn from the tactics of ancient commanders and apply it to modern warfare.

I believe you got my references mixed up. I have been playing Team Fortress in one form or another since 1996, hence my experience in different game types as related to Team Fortress.
No offense to you, but since you are only 14, I have been playing competitive matches since before you were born. That doesn't make your POV wrong but you had my initial meaning incorrect.

I would be interested and think I can provide useful insight because I am much older than most of the community and have a whole lot more experience.
I am also a history buff focused on ancient warfare tactics so that seems like a fit. If interested

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197993619469/

I always worked it out like this. The top 16 teams make playoffs, so you take the record of the #17 team and compare them to the #1 team.

In this case #17 is 8-4 with 36/28 rounds. Even if they win all 4 matches 5-0, the best they can be is 12-4 56/28. In contrast, if the first place team losses all 4 matches, they would still qualify for playoffs because they are 12-4 56/20.

That is how I figured Seendio as the only team to have currently clinched a spot with 12 wins. Every other team can potentially be caught by another team ranked 17th or below. Maybe I am looking at it wrong.