Archive for November, 2010
Update: stream probable for ESEA 8
Received comment this evening on the topic of this post; a stream will be worked towards for ESEA 8: The LAN is obviously over, but the stream didn’t work out for this event but we’re going to focus on it for next event in ~March. Not an outright ‘it will happen,’ mind you-
keekerdc around the webs
Wanted to give a shout to some folks that linked me in one way or another this past week or so: CommFT graciously reposted my thoughts on the direction that TF2 is taking in NA Had a great chat with the Kritzkast crew on the same topic and included a fair bit of it in their [...]
Arbalet Cup shuttered; no lessons learned
The news spread rapidly yesterday regarding the announcement made by those behind the Arbalet Cup to discontinue operations indefinately, perhaps permanently. In doing so, they laid out their initial motive for getting deeply involved with the Counter-strike scene; they hosted privately-backed CS tournaments, and helped propel the Ukranian team Natus Vincere to the top of [...]
ESEA reneges on ‘high quality, well produced, live stream’ for Season 7 LAN
Back in July of this year, during the offseason between the sixth and seventh seasons of play at ESEA, the North American TF2 scene was involved in a bit of a fracas with its ESEA overlords. In a thinly veiled attempt to scrape more cash from a scene that, even then, was showing symptoms of [...]
The transition plan
Recommended reading: Mark Conrad – The Business of Sports: A primer for journalists The problem with prize circuits – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 The following is based on the basic assumption that, while there is much in the arena of professional team gaming that hasn’t been seen before, we must still operate within [...]
Competitive TF2′s endgame in North America
Community-run outfits exist for my favorite shooter to date, Team Fortress, in both Europe and South America. And while I’m aware that the European entity, the ETF2L, has gone through its fair share of turbulence, everyone there seems to realize that some problems are going to arise from time to time, and they’ve built an [...]
Civ V Promod – Version 2
keekerdc’s Pro Mod (v 2) – Download it here Please check out this mod’s page on this site for a general overview of my aim with it. Changelog and notes after the break. Please email any comments and suggestions you might have after playtesting to keekerdc@gmail.com. Thanks-
