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Arie — So after all the preparations for a good TF2 cast: Scorescreens, relays, overlays, live stats, mumble comms, forum posts and reddit threads (and that once for VanillaTV and once for TF.tv) and hundreds of people watching on the streams,  Vinland had to forfeit the match after less than 10 minutes when their star player  Darn left the game after  Crack Clan refused to change a server setting to allow a wider FOV.

Interview with Crack Clan after the match:

This setting is available through the TFTrue plugin and allows a higher FOV than the normal maximum of 90. The default setting of TFTrue is the same 90 degrees FOV. However, Darn likes to play with a FOV on 110, you can see that in our VOD of the  Vinland vs  Skidmark Central.

Now I’m a bit on the fence regarding the fairness of a wider FOV. Players have been using wider FOV for ages using custom resolutions, but Openplugin and TFTrue have made it less of a hassle and less of a pain on the eyes. Ultimately I think the advantage of seeing a wider battlefield is probably negated by the smaller players you have to shoot at.

Where does this leave team Vinland though? It’s a darn shame that a team that was off to such a good start might now fall apart over something totally unrelated to the normal struggles of a new premiership team (e.g. poor results or the team not getting along). Will this be the end of Vinland and the first drop of the season, or will they rebound in time for their upcoming matches against teams they have a chance of defeating, and will there be anyone left willing to cast those games?

Arie —  More premiership action tonight, with the opera boys of Crack Clan and the Finnish prem newcomers  Vinland.

The Rosters

 Crack Clan

Medic –  2nuts
Demoman –  Brego
Soldiers –  Ipz and  T-Mac
Scouts –  TviQ and  Smzi

 Vinland

Medic –  Jose
Demo –  Suqp3r
Soldiers –  Darn and  Salmon
Scouts –  Rake and  delzic

Crack Clan has had a perfect start to the season so far, taking less than 30 minutes (total) to deal with RLM. Their match against  Skidmark Central was more exciting, but Crack Clan still managed to hit the win difference limit on both maps.

Meanwhile, Vinland hasn’t had a bad start to their season either, surprising  Skidmark Central by taking a map off them and after being rolled by  Epsilon on gullywash, they put up a decent fight on snakewater. Perhaps showing that they’re not a team can be dismissed as “yet another Darn team” after all.

Byte — Hi all, as it’s getting close to i49, broder are looking for some monies from this very generous community to get them to lan. Getting to lan especially as they all live abroad is not easy (flights/accommodation/food etc…), so they’re going to need some help.

So they’ve set up a donations page with an incentive to donate and maybe twist your arm into going for:

- The mentoring session by none other than the crazy latvian Mirelin or Zebbosai, you can get this for a measly 70 euros. A session which you will never forget!

- If it’s a bit too steep then settle for a signed weapon by one of the pro’s for just 5 euros (gift wrap must be provided).

- Or if you are broke, then 1 euro to get yourself mentioned on their stream

More information about can be found here

Bluee — The i49 Fundraiser has almost been completed, with just $664 to go at time of writing, and to help push it the final stretch is the second NA vs. EU showmatch!

The Team Fortress 2 community is sending High Rollers Gaming to the i49 gaming festival in Telford, England to compete worldwide. This second showmatch is between the aforementioned High Rollers Gaming and the ETF2L S14 Premiership Runner Up broder.

We will see veteran demomen b4nny and ryb face off as broder’s scouts tonppa (also known as cookye) and bybben duel HRG’s bloodsire and shrugger, while lansky and Zebbosai throw down in rockets and shotgun casings as jukebox and taggerung roam and bomb. Both milkmen medics, Mirelin and shade are going to be put to the test.

To catch all the action, tune in to TeamFortress.TV this Sunday, May 19th at 21:00 CEST, with camera work done by the famed cameraman huhy and casting by the venerable Salamancer and Admirable.

Similar to the first match, there will be a raffle for an unusual hat, given to a random stream viewer, but that’s not all.
Whoever donates the 10,800th dollar will also receive an unusual hat, so don’t forget to donate and get HRG to i49.

High Rollers Gaming b4nny, bloodsire, lansky, shade, Shrugger, taggerung

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Broder Mirelin, ryb, tonppa, bybzii, jukebox, Zebbosai

No League i49 Fundraiser Showmatch #2

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TIME

• Sunday May 19th
• 21:00 cest
• 15:00 edt (na)
• 05:00 est (aus)

CASTED BY

• Teamfortress.TV

SOURCETV

• relay.vanillatv.org:27100

Who will win this match?

• High Rollers Gaming (53%, 9 Votes)
  
• Broder (47%, 8 Votes)
  

Total Voters: 17

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Arie — Thanks to this little comment by kaidus, we realized there are some gaps in our huge VOD archive. If you’re aware of other epic matches missing from our archives, leave a comment, and the match that gets ‘+Sneised’ enough will be next!
Luckily for us, Twitch stores our casts for a long time, so we get to fix the gaps :)

So here’s the first installment in a hopefully not too long of a series: VanillaTV’s blast from the past #1: ETF2L S9 Grand Final. If you weren’t around in our happy little scene at the time, this is your chance to hear  Byte curse on stream,  Exfane rage at  DrLeon for no apparent reason and see  Mirelin dance and ubersaw people like it’s 2013.

TF2 was at Defcon 1, after a dismal season with only 3 teams in ETF2L’s premiership division due to a boycot over unlocks.

We needed a good show to remind people what a great game TF2 is, and we sure got one. Not only did VanillaTV put in everything they had at the time, but the game itself was amazing. You can enjoy the 3 VODs of the match that had it all: Both teams’ mumble comms in a very tense match, golden caps, a miracle comeback and most importantly Byte cursing.

Arie — Tonight the (expected) bottom of prem teams  SOLAR and RLM are meeting for what should be an interesting fight. Both teams will be looking at this match (and both their upcoming matches against LMS) as the chance to get some points on the ETF2L premiership table and fight off relegation.

Skully — The season keeps on rolling on and on with Skidmark Central playing their second official in as many days. Tonight they take on  Crack Clan