Indeed. It's such a massive part of broders play, I was honestly infuriated when he was restricted to shotgun on gullywash in the final.

woops

Commanderx and the djangos to take it

LOL ye 3 maps.

Top 8 are split into 2 groups of 4. 4 maps, 4 hours to do it in.

Quickfix made the whole event tiresome to watch, it just so happens that this gullywash game was so awful that it pushed people over the edge.

Can't really tell who/how many are signing up atm. EU season doesn't end till after i49 really, so no ones gonna pay up and confirm their teams spot till then.

The real problem I have with qf is that it is almost essential for midfights. This makes it the default medigun, and as we saw today it is really not enjoyable to watch in concentrated forms. As a strat that you pull out 4 or 5 times a game (like the kritz pre-qf) it could bring a new, interesting mechanic to TF2 that ultimately improves the game. The mind-games that come with three mediguns would be a genuinely enticing component, but as long as qf remains the primary medigun this component will be spoiled either by chaos that is completely incomprehensible for stream viewers, or heavy/choke-induced stalemates. I have a feeling we will see less heavys in time - today they were, at least in part, a crutch for players current (and understandable) inability to keep up with the quickfix when it gets up to tempo. Even with heavys and stalemates removed, however, games that are 80% quickfix are still really dull affairs to spectate. There's an endless list of subtle game mechanics we've implicitly come to love in tf2 that it either gimps or removes completely. Essentially, the weapon throws the game completely out of balance, either to one extreme or another. The only way to have such a weapon in the game is for it to be situational, and a vital part of this is ensuring that it does not completely dominate mid-fights.

A shame sweden will have a gimped roster, could have been a really good clash.

Because flake.

IT'S JUST FANTASTIC ISN'T IT

See: Australians

That's what I said? I said the only reason they did it is because their valid comments were thrown out as nonsensical flame-bait. Their criticisms were overstated as it's understandable that a group of volunteers/amateurs/whatever (spread across the globe no less) would have had some holes in their planning and PR, but spitting on and discarding criticism only inflamed the situation. Extines most recent post is exactly the kind of response that was warranted and would have put a swift end to it (maybe..).

I'm fairly sure all the STVs were released 10 months ago or so.

Also the guys saying they were misled have a point. It might not be a cast iron one, but if extv folks could have just admitted that then they wouldn't have felt the need to argue till they were blue in the face and rape 5 pages of this thread.

THEY'RE SO AGGRESSIVE THERE'S JUST NO STOPPING THEM