I've been told that this post has helped several new players, so I wish to preserve it here.

It's not easy to step into the competitive scene of a game that's been out for almost five years, so I wanted to make some basic ESEA map knowledge more accessible to newer or aspiring comp players that will be joining us next season.

Since most maps are symmetric I will usually not differentiate red and blu except on some mids where I feel it makes the presentation clearer. I tried to take the screenshots used from useful perspectives, but any comments or suggestions are welcome if I'm missing anything important.

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cp_badlands

mid
yard
upper lobby
last

cp_process_b9

mid
choke/yard
2nd/battlements
last

My team follows a clockwise naming scheme for process last, so other teams may have numbered it differently.

cp_gravelpit

Point A
Point B
Point C

These are labelled from the defensive perspective.

Similar to process, my team follows a clockwise naming scheme for five doors at C. These door names also carry over to B to keep it simple. I've heard them called left, top-left, main/center, top-right, and bottom-right/lower as well.

cp_snakewater

mid
yard
lobby/warehouse
last

When someone refers to "saw room" they are most likely also referring to "window room", but I have also heard teams call the two as separate to be more specific.

cp_gullywash_final1

mid
yard/2nd
last #1
last #2

koth_pro_viaduct_rc3

mid
stairs
behind house

Thanks to mausy for help with some of the viaduct locations.

cp_granary

mid
yard
dropdown/yard
stairs room/spiral/lunchbox
medpack room/lunchbox
last

cp_granary has a very simple naming scheme except for the rooms that contain stairs. I like to call the room below the med pack with the door that opens "stairs room" and the one containing the med pack "stairs medpack". Since these rooms take on a variety of names, make sure your team agrees on a name and sticks by it.

I disable the left windows start button with http://www.randyrants.com/2011/12/sharpkeys_35.html

and then you can bind it for use in mumble

Instead, I suggest you replace all the dead invite teams with the top faring IM teams (that don't die) from this season.

This forces all players from those dead teams to either find their way on an upcoming team or go back through IM. Hijacking existing invite rosters is bullshit and bad for competitive TF2. Invite polls are also bullshit because it's a popularity contest and a waste of time.

grats!

it will be a USA v USA final

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the mico has the same sensor as the kana and kinzu v2 pro but i believe it lacks the steelseries firmware update that fixes a bug

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