Torden — Part “mailbox”, part random stuff off the top of my head, but seems there’s a few things in the wind, so I’ll just plow through then before it gets lost in the haze.
First things first, ETF2L are running a new player awards system this season. Instead of asking randomers to nominate their friends + fellow countrymen, this time around they’ve gotten a selection of community contributors to do it. Additionally, the current poll is open to anything within the timeframe, regardless of organizer/league. Newspost – Vote page
Also, match statistics, player/team movements, Romanian pros(s) and KritzKast.
Match statistics
slate – Everyone who loves statistics can rejoice over the fact that AnAkIn has added support for detailed statistics that work with TF2Logs in the latest version of the TFTrue server plugin. This adds extra lines to the gamelog to provide additional information, which are: Damage done, Healspread and Item Pickups(example log).
While TF2Logs or -generally spoken- detailed statistics are nothing new and have been possible for quite a while, this is the first time that you do not require Metamod:Source and Sourcemod installed on the Server to archieve this and as a result of that you don’t have to miss out on great statistics when competing in ESL and won’t get accused of using SourceMod to your advantage (this is very possible).
Teams
I Don’t Know? Hot topic these days, recently making the transition from Power’s community efforts to the name that once turned 6 scrubs into European champs, seen playing steady for a while with former Ubersexuals/Dignitas medic Dunc. Last weekend, recruitment brawl erupted as Quad (scout) was searching for a new team after having gotten given the boot. Soon after, Klar (soldier) and Thy(demo) also made recruitment posts, with no sight of Kurt(medic)
According to team captain, Hys, the team is currently rebuilding, experimenting with lineups. Their steam group claims this roster:
TG – Medic (Also known as TopGear, from the old TCM)
minimoose – Soldier (Special Attack)
? – Soldier
hys – Demo (Power Community)
droso – Scout (Paroxysm)
? – Scout
huhy – Backup
Meanwhile, Quad is looking set to participate at i43 with Epsilon.
Mister
According to transfers, former mister medic Taimou is in and team Spain medic KTJ, is out.
SG-A Epsilon Brink’s wonderkind Rulah is in, former Stoic member Rake, is out.
Old news by now, but not not really been mentioned, Bash unexpectedly called it quits, leaving the team’s i43 participation in the weeds. Bash was said to be tired of TF2, but has since been seen playing German mixes with shared avatars, in good timing for the recent availability of German players. A new team in the making? Tt will be opting to resume to PCW training next week.
“Asteres Planetai” A new team in the works, with Suni (medic) and (dr)Justice(from the movies) is currently looking for 2 soldiers. No word on who’s scouting.
Romanian 6v9
It’ll be streamed tonight 20cet @own3D TV, featuring gaming professionals such as zFn, noatom, Nightbox, BlinkBoy, winter, boom and pew pew.
KritzKast
Agro from KritzKast leaves little time for hand-in-pants, as he’s ready with the 3rd edition of Work-In-Progress about VanillaTV. This time, Comedian shares his side of the story and the upcoming i43. Speaking of which, KK will also be attending the event for coverage and player interviews.
The podcast @ WIP
Finally
Logitech’s g400 has been out for a while and it seems Steelseries is out with their own “Sensei”. If you’re a hardware geek and have gotten your hands on one of them, feel free to write a review!
Also, now with an actual e-mail address for this type of stuff: [email protected]. You should know, the most reliable way to get published is still by submitting an article. Forgotten anything? Drop a comment, or use the “write an article” button on the top.
Originally published on VanillaTV (vanillatf2.org) on 2011-08-19 by Torden.
Recovered from the Internet Archive (archived copy) as part of tf2esports.com's preservation of VanillaTV's TF2 coverage. The original site is no longer online. All rights remain with the original author; reposted for historical reference.