ESEA Season 5 will kick off in just a few weeks and this season is filled with both new and old talent. This is a preview of what I believe are the top 10 teams (in order). Should be a great season, enjoy the article:
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One of the more hyped up teams this season no doubt. Otherwise known as Jammin with Jammar, these guys have depth throughout their entire roster making them one of the top dogs of this season. Whether they can pull out an undefeated season like tool academy grads is yet to be seen but they definitely have the potential to go deep into the playoffs.
Scout - Jammar
Scout - Tyranny
Soldier - Otter
Soldier - Sephy
Demo – YMR
Medic- Sigma
2. Detox TF2
Harmonic now called Detox TF2 have gone through some changes this offseason all though still staying solid with their core four in hp, pmb, seanbud and the unstoppable force that is mesr. After seeing how powerful they were last season after winning 10 straight and then almost showing up TAG in the finals you have to imagine that these guys got a shot of going all the way. I don’t want to be a flame hater or anything but you have to think with the recent upgrade of Duck from NoGrid and the addition of Gdub in place of jestr that these guys got a real shot at being the season 5 TF2 winners.
Scout - Duck
Scout - Mesr
Soldier - Seanbud
Soldier - pMB
Demo - Hp
Medic- Gdub
3. Don’t Trip
After having a very back and forth season, Tyrone is back to make a third attempt to carry his team on his giant back and pull off some upsets. You can definitely expect some help in the heavy lifting by Raf after taking a break for a season. Tyrone informed me that as of now they will have Blaze and Raf starting with Jinkx on backup but that that’s not written in stone. With the scout combo of Blaze and Raf and the swap of B4nny for marmell, this season for Don’t Trip will depend on the chemistry that these guys have. Look for them late in the season after getting settled in and Tyrone allowing other players to get some heals. It looks like a good season for this crew as long as Cups doesn’t anchor them down to the bottom of ESEA.
Scout - Blaze
Scout - Raf
Soldier - Enoryt
Soldier - Cups
Demo – B4anny
Medic- Jestr
4. Terribles
The terribles are anything but terrible as of late. Coming into their 3rd season with basically the
same roster, they hope to put their medic nightmares in the past with the pickup of Dart as their new med. You won’t find a group of gus that works harder out there than the terribles. I know Volt has really improved this offseason and I can see him doing work and really helping out his scouts in key situations. These guys are consistently good but are still looking for their blowout season, and this one might just be it.
Scout- Cake
Scout- Poopinator
Soldier- Volt
Soldier- Crazy Tom
Demo- Focker
Medic- Dart
5. Area 51
Area 51 was one of the biggest surprises last season after making a very respectable run in the playoffs and look to improve on their record this season. Swapping out more than half their roster, all of their additions have played at a high level previously. Kayp from Strickland, S-x from TAG, Sting from xensity and marmell from NoGrid will all attempt to push this team to the next level. Area 51 definitely has more surprises in store for this season.
Scout – S-x
Scout - Vlad
Soldier - Kayp
Soldier - Sting
Demo - Marmell
Medic- Alan
6. Watch this Baby
The return of lightning bolt, here it is. Not much to say about these guys that people don’t already know. Basically the same returning guys, not much change. These guys could probably take ESEA-O without much sweat but there season will hinge on how serious they decide to be. Sherr told me: “right now we are just looking to play 6v6 a bit and not take things too serious, down the line maybe that will change”. I expect to see them to lose a match that they should’ve won and then decide to turn on the afterburners.
Scout - lopert
Scout - jetfox
Soldier - Jason
Soldier - Whizz
Demoman- Sherr
Medic- Notor
7. Lore’s Merrimen (eXult)
Rageaws and crew return this season with a slightly different look after having a disappointing post-season. During the offseason, they brought on two new scouts, f1re from reverse harem and b0t who had no home last season. These guys like to play HoN more than anything so if they want to go anywhere this season they are going to definitely have to put a little more time into TF2 and a little less into HoN. The question for them this season will be if their newly acquired puzzle pieces will fit in their team because we all know forcing a puzzle piece in never works.
Scout – b0t
Scout - f1re
Soldier - itisgreen
Soldier - ghostayama
Demo - Kayaws
Medic- Lore the Great
8. eXpertise
eXpertise had an exceptional season coming in second in the regular season to none other than TAG. With the departure of Pesus, Shadez will now step in and try to fill Pesus’ shoes. eXpertise made an intresting move of moving Daishi to scout after gizzy left and then picking up faid from former Team Argon (J4F). They’ll probably have another run of the mill solid season but with all the added talent in this season I can’t say they’ll be as dominant as they were the last one.
Scout - Ggygly
Scout - Daishi
Soldier - ?????
Soldier - Shadez
Demo - Shakr
Medic - Faid
9. AI
After talking a little bit with coach from AI, he sent me this long paragraph trying to explain this confusing spider web of how serious each player wants the team to be, the consensus being not really. You can’t deny the skill and experience they already have under their belt from past Cevo-p seasons. As long as they come into every match willing to throw down, they will be top 10 contenders.
Scout - Coach
Scout - Kaytee
Soldier - Archzilla
Soldier - Linkdx
Demo - Litany
Medic- Creeeeeep
Heavy- J0P
10. Hostile Faction
After a mostly failed attempt at ESEA-I, Hostile Faction is back in open with some new faces. After countless issues during the last season, they have acquired Gundy, Ricco and Arizona. Luckily for them, Boogie’s attempt to create his own team didn’t work out so he too has decided to return. Only Arizona has really played at the level that the other three have and for that reason they find themselves at the bottom of the top 10.
Scout- Ricco
Scout- Arizona
Soldier- St. Pat
Soldier- Cringe
Demo- Boogie
Medic- Gundy
Watch out for: Fistfight
Just out of the mix: Failing with Vhalin (whatever they’re called), Shift and Businessmen.
gl hf to all the teams this season and may the best one win...
Originally published on CommunityFortress on Tuesday, 01 December 2009 17:29 by Killing in the Name.
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