It never rains, but it pours. Right now the internet is awash with ETF2L Season 18 powered by Tt eSports coverage… well relatively speaking… and by internet I mean TFTV… and here, ofcourse. Two recent articles from Hildreth and another from myself are just a click or two away. Here are a couple of juicy worms to lure you in:
“European TF2 has peaked at i49 and dropped down, if I was Gentlemen Jon I would provide an elaborate graph of skill level over the years based off of team success, strength and statistical data of individual data, but it’s plain to see a lot of QUALITY players have left the scene, not just at the top end of the scene but also towards the Lower half of Prem over the years. Yes some players who have competed in times gone by have been pretty good with potential to go further, but no more than this current generation but I think the big difference is the top quality players like Cookye, Stefen, GeaR, Numlocked, Bybben, Jukebox, Ipz and so on not gracing us with their presence this season. When there are players of this calibre leaving the game, some of which may never come back, you aren’t going to see the skill level increase season after season, until players and teams form with the desire to be as dominant, as good and as impactful on the game as the past greats, some of which will soon be long dead in our memory (do people even talk about Haza, Rebeli, Hymzi, Hocz, Jh, Shintaz, Cube, Agron and Darn anymore?)”
from “Let’s talk about Prem” by Hildreth
It’s been an interesting week in ETF2L Premiership and Division One, we’ve had discussions galore about the state of the European scene, my article last week on this website was certainly one chemical mixed in the concoction of beautiful internet drama. The resulting days after, we saw a new team form with some old faces (really old faces), Epsilon finally decide on their Demoman to the surprise of MILLIONS, as Fenneks picked up the scraps thrown out from the gluttonous European powerhouses. One player may have already fallen to the vicious Premiership axe whilst the pre-season period has been completed by lots of practise clan wars (scrimmages, for those uncivilized readers from the backwards countries) and the first Premiership side to pick up some silverware in the Turbine Cup powered by Tt eSports. Have I grabbed your attention like Rolf Harris grabbed the hearts and minds of children everywhere? I better rephrase that for the early morning edition….but READ ON for this season Premiership preview as we now have an 8 team Premiership plus new found hype to ride us across the finish line.
from “ETF2L Season 18 – Premiership Preview” by Hildreth
Recent events have changed my outlook, but I’ll save the full story of the genesis of our eight recently confirmed Premiership combatants for Hildreth to tell in his recent article. Just know that there was a time of darkness when it seemed all was lost, but a shining beacon has since pierced the inky black despair — a forehead of dazzling brilliance has returned to play, cast and write about top level Team Fortress 2 in Europe.
from “ETF2L S18 Premiership Week 1 Preview” by Admirable
Fill your boots!
Originally published on VanillaTV (vanillatf2.org) on 2014-05-15 by Admirable.
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.