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  If somebody could SourceTV record the OGC v tfm match, I would be grateful - I'm going to miss it because... : sergeon
  • I will at the very least have the server side recording. : hirez
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    uhh this isn't going to take over an hour, you'll have plenty of time to watch it. : lakren
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      Them's fightin' words! : yosemiteclimber
      • them's troof words : lakren
  • See below. Or right here: http://www.dumb.ca/ogcvstfm.zip : jreid
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  VA vs. SR - 6pm pacific on moron.empx.net sourceTV: sourcetv.empx.net:27020 : hirez
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    that's awesome...except no one currently knows the password to Moron, and anyone who does isn't sharing t... : MisterPhoton
    • ok, so we have a password now...but no VA? : MisterPhoton
  • 6pm... yeah okay : buzzbat
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  VIRAL AGENTS you have a match RIGHT NOW - join or forfeit! : hirez
  • oh noes! : r3dn3ck
  • exciting! : megarust32
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    whats sad is there are 2 people from VA that are online but playing OTHER GAMES. and not responding to st... : hirez
    • Jesus... : NastyJack
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    • its not like it would've mattered (they still would have been down 2), but who was it? : MisterPhoton
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    What if neither team has 8 players? : boredguy
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      • I'm guessing he flips a coin at that point/ : Maddog_Delphi97
    • gimp fight : Ajax
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        yep. thats what happened. SR fielded 8, VA only had 4. The captains had been told that this was the final... : hirez
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  • What's sad is that they would have probably won if they had players. : alias
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    SR WINS - unfortunately VA could not come up with 8 players, and SR did. The server is now open again, i... : hirez
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      Bummer :( Oh well, SR will be even easier than VA for F10 to defeat ;) : yosemiteclimber
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        be sure your team can't field 8, we're looking forward to playing in the finals without winning a single ... : MisterPhoton
        • It's going to be awesome when we end up playing TFM again in the finals without having played any games i... : Portax
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          I think our team motto is :"Yeah, sure, we'll be there..." : AxeMan808
          • "We dare to show up." : MisterPhoton
        • REPRESENT! : Rice-Rocketeer
    • It's a shame we couldn't get enough people together for the match tonight. Hirez - I just wanted to say... : mrwolf710
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    Oh man. I am truly sorry that we had to pull the rules out on you but rules are rules. You break them kno... : A Sponge
    • lol : edgewise
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• Damnit I thought the SR game was at 9PM CST not 8PM : melkore
• SR wins by proxy, lol : MisterPhoton
• well that pretty much sucked. : mallrice
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  Yeah, it sucked. Thanks to MrWolf, Abigail and Mallrice for showing up. Tough to lose by way of forfeit, ... : racer5
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    Yeah I've been in the lab all day today and did not even open the shack until I had a matlab problem a mi... : buzzbat
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      I dont know why your captain didnt post or SM you guys - this has been set up for a few days =/ : hirez
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        virus messaged everyone a couple of days ago D: : mallrice
        • oh well that's doubly sucky that people didnt show. : hirez
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      Well, we had notice that it was "supposed" to happen, but I didn't even know which server until 90 minute... : racer5
      • I read that as 'i'm throwing out a time but I'll confirm later if we're playing or not' since he mentione... : buzzbat
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    Group hugs all round, VA. We were all on top form tonight and you are wonderful people. : A Sponge
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      You get a hug only if you whisper slam poetry in my ear as you hug :) : racer5
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          I'm not entirely sure, but Abigail was threatening a "slam poetry" contest since we couldn't field 8. : racer5
          • You've never been down to the docks district warehouses for a night of wild slam poetry? My god, you have... : NastyJack
    • Acccceennntttt. : Rice-Rocketeer
    • <3 abigail, its frustrating I know how it feels : boomstickah
  • Sucks to lose that way. I couldn't show up being an European with a Job on monday morning on a match that... : shodan
• While you guys are waiting for the game to start, listen to my ode to venguard: http://www.uploading.c... : Maddog_Delphi97
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  How do you join the source tv server for 69? I've added it, but when I try to connect I get no response. : Silent Sorrow
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    Type: connect 69.56.150.202:27020 At the console. : Maddog_Delphi97
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      Thanks, maddog, I forgot what that command was. : Silent Sorrow
      • no problem. :) : Maddog_Delphi97
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  TROBLYJ, HELP!!! rcon isn't working. : yosemiteclimber
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    you have the right admin? I don't see you on my server. : trOmblyj
    • hok/lks couldn't get it working for their match : mallrice
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  lol, they're all going to Chicago to play gravelpit... they're having issues on 69. : Maddog_Delphi97
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    And Chicago doesn't have source turned on right now. :( : Maddog_Delphi97
    • nope :( : yosemiteclimber
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  HoK over LKS 6-5 on Gravelpit : mXENO
  • ouch oh shit! : devnullgt
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      I made a demo... do you want it? : Maddog_Delphi97
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        I do! I do! : tunis5000
        • Hang on... I'm uploading to sendspace.. : Maddog_Delphi97
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          File Name: sundayhok_lks.rar Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 game between HoK and LKS http://www.sendspace.... : Maddog_Delphi97
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            And with that, I'm going to bed. Let me know how the match turns out between LKS and HoK. : Maddog_Delphi97
            • Also, let me know if this demo doesn't work for you. :( Not that there's much I can do if it doesn't w... : Maddog_Delphi97
      • please post it, yes : devnullgt
  • Boo. It's because my mighty Pyro flame wasn't there to help! : tunis5000
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    Wait, that was dustbowl right? : kainen1
    • woops, yes, it was dustbowl. : mXENO
  • so who won this match? : edgewise
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  Why can't we play on Moron server? : Grimmadog
  • because the west coast players are babies? East coasters are forced to play on shackwest, but as soon as ... : devnullgt
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  TFM wins. 6-6 on DB, win by time. 3-3 on GP win by time. GGS!!! : hirez
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    I thought it was 6-5 dustbowl. : ant_hillbilly
    • Yeah, it held. : Merconium
    • it was. good games guys. : edgewise
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  • Damn good games TFM, you deserve it. We'll get a rematch in the finals. : Arctic Fox
  • Great games! : sneak
  • Good games =) : Crimson
  • The most fun game yet. A total blast. GG OGC! : Merconium
  • sorry you are right. : hirez
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    great game guys. Thanks again for organizing this hirez I feel a bit guilty for winning :( : itsjames
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      You can always forfeit your victory to us if you really feel guilty ;) : Arctic Fox
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          Me personally, or the team? :) You guys played pretty damn awesome I must say. Lady Luck left us for toni... : Arctic Fox
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            • Heh well I'm one of the teams medics, so that'd be why I topped the scoreboard. Though I had to jump like... : Arctic Fox
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              yes, both times arctic was on top. good games =) : Crimson
              • I honestly didn't notice, I was too busy trying to not die! But Danke. : Arctic Fox
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                • He is by far the best heavy here, and he uses aimbot cuz he kills everything. : yosemiteclimber
          • She's a slut and we're hung like mongooses : Merconium
  • yes good game by everyone. : thief
  • Woo-mothafuckin-hoo! Yay TFM! : theamazingrand0
  • very good games OGC : vynn
  • i predict ogc will win this match : mallrice
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      did you record a demo? : edgewise
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    very good games tfm! don't tell the other ogc guys, but you almost had us crying.... although sockmonkeh ... : arcane_
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        I dominated a spy as an engy! I was so proud :) : theamazingrand0
        • Now that's a feat. : edgewise
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      thanks for not spy checking much! : thief
      • yeah.... double yeah. : hirez
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        Between your back stabs and the demomen. Ugh, so worried about being stabbed couldn't play normal Threw... : ant_hillbilly
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          Oh yeah, I got narked a couple of times by a mid-air detonation of a crit sticky. So many times it wa... : Arctic Fox
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      I did. I cried. When the match was over I took off all my clothes and curled up in the fetal position on ... : SockMonkeh
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        with a raging erection the whole time? : Arctic Fox
        • No. It was shriveled and flaccid. : SockMonkeh
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    Well played, Mongeese. : SockMonkeh
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      we brought our weapons. : edgewise
      • especially those healing rays. that worked well : Crimson
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      it's mongooses. : thief
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        Mongeese is another approved vernacular for a gaggle of Mongooses. : coraldayton
        • Get it right: it's a Clutch of Mongii. : jreid
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    Very good games. Couple of recordings of the action here: http://www.dumb.ca/ogcvstfm.zip - from Sourc... : jreid
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      thanks for uploading these. I need to know what my team did wrong. NOTHING! har har :P : thief
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        I think i saw you die once. : jreid
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          but did you see me shovel a heavy on dustbowl?! or taunt them on dustbowl?! har har! : thief
          • I saw that, and I shot beer out of my nose laughing. I'll never forgive you :( : yosemiteclimber
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          • My favorite part was when we were screwing around on gravel pit, and at the end of the round i ran in the... : theamazingrand0
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  anyone have the score for HoKvsLKS? : hirez
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    LKS won dustbowl, they're on well now. : re4ctor
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      er..LKS won Gravel Pit : re4ctor
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        wow, i hope someone has a demo of that D: : mallrice
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          LKS wins it after winning well btw : rosewood
          • Congrats to them. Unfortunate that SourceTV didn't go up there. : Felraiser
          • i read that as 'jackass loses' : mallrice
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            after a shitton of bullshit. : dignan
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              hahha what : feek
              • excuses excuses, but they only fielded 9, us substituting, no rcon, changing servers, people joining, it ... : dignan
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              aye, it was an awesome game... well fought, but fuck all that bullshit man. Seriously i hope no other tea... : Demius
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                OGC bounced through 3 servers last round due to some horrible lag issues. I feel your pain. : Arctic Fox
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                  People should really play more on Moron... Devnullgt or I are always available to change to tourney setti... : camel_jockey
                  • Moron was server #2 for us last week :P Skankcore's team complained about lag there. We have rcon through... : Arctic Fox
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                    there are 4 servers in central that people can use. i dont see why shackwest or moron are used for tourne... : mallrice
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                      Because they don't typically carry much play time otherwise? Seems like a good idea to use the servers th... : yosemiteclimber
                      • it's only for a few hours, and it's not like they're all going to be used. : feek
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                it seemed like nothing to me, compared to our match against VA : feek
                • Agreed. That was the clusterfuck of the tourney. : mrwolf710
              • could have played on moron or nkotb......stop whining : devnullgt
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                nowhere near the cluster that all of our matches were. it happens. it is hard when people don't have work... : mallrice
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                  man that's crazy. My group (CT) kept things pretty much in stride, had a great time the whole time. Sur... : kainen1
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                    this is fun, and damn competative matches, good games.. but issues like that? time to drinky drinky :( ... : Demius
                    • PS: well wasn't that close, LKS had control the entire time... its like when the superbowl giants had con... : Demius
                    • wow that was close. closer than feek's typical posturing post down below indicates. I did watch dustbowl... : kainen1
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            I have fortold the future http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16385807#itemanchor_16385807 : redfive
            • You totally called one of six possible outcomes and were correct! : TreMetal
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              check out my predictions. all of them have come to fruition. lks won, thief raped ogc, and there was a ... : mXENO
              • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16387265#itemanchor_16387265 : mXENO
              • I did not do as much as "raped ogc" would imply, but who would you pick for LKS TFM? :P Assuming full t... : thief
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  lol @ no rcon on chicago for the match. How many people joined and jumped in w/o knowing/ : rosewood
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    I did. There's no way to tell. I jumped out 5 seconds later. : K1Bond007
    • yeah, sorry about that.. wish we could've passworded it. : lakren
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      yeah everyone refused to play on nkotb which we could lock, so instead we spent half of well yelling GET ... : bfzzzz
      • I sympathize.. I can't play on nkotb either. I get dropped after like 10 seconds. : K1Bond007
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        that blows; why didnt you move to nkotb?!? : hirez
        • A lot of people complained about lag on that server. Although it's been fixed with the sourceTV config no... : Alco23
        • Well, last time we played on NKOTB (vs VA), the server crashed, over and over again. : FlamingGimp
    • Thinking back you should have stay in spec to watch the game. Block the extra slots to prevent extras com... : Alco23
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  FLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMEEEERRRRRRRRR DROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO : DrFlammable
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    You get MVP for your side Flammable :) I think we would have had it if you were out for the whole nig... : Grumbeld
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      that asshole was doing HOMEWORK for the first part of dustbowl. what the hell! it awsn't just him t... : lakren
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        I'm still confused where all of your players went when we started GP... we were really hoping for an 11v1... : Grumbeld
        • lotta dudes had work early and had to run.. dunno, it was a bit late for a match, honestly, i'm not gonna... : lakren
        • I had to get to sleep... it was already approaching midnight EST before Dustbowl ended. I was playing ... : zerog83
        • Yeah honestly the match time was terrible for me... I have to be up at 6am Monday morning, so a match end... : camel_jockey
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  isn't the next patch getting tournament mode or something? :D : Downforce
  • didn't they add some tools in this last patch for that? nothing great but still : kainen1
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  so how about how we were missing 3 top players in DB, proceeded to wreck shit in GP, and totally toyed yo... : feek
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    What, we held you for 18 minutes on point 6 in DB, and capped it on you guys, you added a couple guys for... : Jackass1233
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      2 points on well. : camel_jockey
      • oh you mean after the game timer which lakren was constantly calling up hit 0:00 and everyone stopped pla... : Jackass1233
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      i'm not gonna be a douche because i was a douche for yelling at you for spawn camping (because you were s... : lakren
      • none of us could play well tonight.. the game went on way too long and mentally i was gone for sure. (im ... : Demius
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        you make it sound like you rolled us on the last two maps. You won gravelpit by about 4 minutes which isn... : Jackass1233
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          what, it didn't go like that at all. review some demos. : feek
          • post yours, cause mine must be broken. Im seeing the sm_timelimit come up counting down every 15 seconds ... : Jackass1233
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          The server clock was not synchronized in the match for some reason. Timeleft command gave 0:00 time on th... : Alco23
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            it was 3-1 when we reached 30 minutes played.. I was watching my clock, jackass called, and was right, wh... : lakren
            • by that point i know for a fact a few of our players were not in the game (myself included) god knows ... : Demius
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      and both teams were mentally frustrated at the entire game.. I dont know about everyone else, but i have ... : Demius
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        I had a blast, but then again I joined late and probably missed some of the drama. Being down in GP was ... : camel_jockey
        • Well minus the server bullshit, I had a great time. The stuttering on DB was kind of annoying, and you g... : FlamingGimp
      • That feeling sucks. Sorry, guys. : Merconium
  • GG LKS. Well played. You won the game but definitely not "toyed". : Alco23
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  so could we just say sunday for the LKS TFM game? :\ : thief
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    that's fine with me. : lakren
    • since everyone seems to be able to make it. : thief
    • good stuff I should be available next Sunday : tunis5000
  • that has my vote : vynn
  • i cant make it good luck tfm : Chandler55
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  updated brackets: http://ems.esportsea.com/?a=x.schedule&stageid=1757 : hirez
  • http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pWiPXgIV2Yj5ckRvEjwCpdw&gid=0 : thief
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      Draft order, winner of each match takes the top-seed rank. : Felraiser
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      Points per hour I believe. : edgewise
      • No! It is definitely not this way, and NJOB would have gone further in the tournament if it had. :( : Felraiser
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      It's PPH. felraiser and/or pieman did this by just putting together the stats of each team's pph total. ... : thief
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        http://shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16106114 1 : thief
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          • It got one thing right. :( : SockMonkeh
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            A large part of the wrongness is due to a spreadsheet error on your team. Your actual PPH average is ~99,... : Felraiser
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              what was the error? You might as well take murraytheskull's pph off, too, as he doesn't play ;\ i hop... : thief
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          • Serious Business has a player with 38 PPH, that's impressive. : FlamingGimp
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    so how does this bracket work anyways? What happens to the loser of TFM and LKS? Do they go straight to r... : edgewise
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      you can see the losers dropping down to the loser's bracket all the way through. we lost in round 2 so w... : electroly
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        yeah, but just under the bracket for round 4, it's already half filled with the losers of tonight's tier ... : edgewise
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      yeah I think they will get dropped into round 6 and then the winner of the losers bracket plays the winne... : mikecyb
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          yes, but wouldn't it have been great to play every team? I mean, I think a match against NJOB or Critica... : thief
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            maybe we could play for fun. I don't know if the rest of the team would be up for it, but I sure would. : re4ctor
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              I'm sure we could get at least a 9v9 or 10v10 going for like, as soon as tuesday or even thursday night (... : thief
              • I'm up for it... it'd just have to be after 9pm Central Tuesday or Wednesday, or after 10pm on Thursday, ... : coraldayton
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          yeah the loser bracket kind of takes away from that but at the same time it's possible to have a bad game... : mikecyb
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            plus I love the idea of the winner of the tournament may have to play a team twice. That last game would... : thief
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              It'll be so cool if the loser bracket team wins the first match against the undefeated team. They will bo... : SockMonkeh
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                if there's a second final game, the sourcetv server will explode : electroly
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                  haha i cant wait, the im rooting for the underdog to beat the undefeated team once, to get the epic final... : Jackass1233
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          • That is the entire point of double elimination. F10 is ready, are you? : yosemiteclimber
  • oooh... we may have to go against pwnify again? dizam. : Grumbeld
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  Since the last patch, my medic healing ray doesn't show up on screen all the time. Anyone else having thi... : edgewise
  • i've seen this before, dunno if there's a fix. i usually just heal another person or something and it'd s... : Mmmmmoo
  • Do you use the newer (one-click) healing control scheme? The same thing happens to me at times, not sure ... : Felraiser
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    This happened to me after I enabled that auto-medigun checkbox in the options. Everything worked once I t... : project13
    • yeah I don't like the continuous-healing option. Something about it doesn't quite work like I want it to : itsjames
  • This happens to me if I alt-tab out and back in during a game. : skinlab133
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    Sort of similar, there's a railing right outside the spawn of Well that I can't see anymore. You know you... : K1Bond007
    • I think you can't see it on low detail, IIRC. Seems like a bug. : crummynz
  • Happens if I use the one-click method. So I've reverted back to my mouse hammering just to be sure I'm he... : Alco23
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  ATTN HIREZ: last nights match was a total CLUSTER FUCK of shit. team captains MUST check RCON status prio... : m0rfus
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    Well for LKS-HoK we had rcon on 69, but the server decided to crap out. Again had we moved to moron I ha... : camel_jockey
    • VA-SR was on Moron until 9:40 or so. : MisterPhoton
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      not really sure how the server crapped out... I got in at midnight and tested everything was as I had se... : trOmblyj
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        i just think that captains should double check to help prevent crap like that again. it was SOOO frustrat... : m0rfus
        • Oh I'm not disagreeing, but had 69 not had the lag/stutter problems the rcon issue on Chicago would be mo... : camel_jockey
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        Not sure how to describe it other then 20-30 second bouts of horrendous lag - I'd guess the demos will re... : camel_jockey
        • It was equally as fucked for me on Chicago. When I have a higher ping that the irish and the guy on Hawai... : Alco23
    • Could have also moved NKOTB which bfzzzz has rcon to.... But the captains liked "to live dangerously". :... : Alco23