So it’s been an up and down week for ESEA – thread after thread has popped up on GotFrag, both predicting its death and pushing for its survival. The biggest push for ESEA though came from an unlikely (or likely?) candidate, mr. blackfoger of blight fame, who was at the center of this controversy last season. He has supposedly helped over 10 teams sign up and get paid for this season of ESEA-O in an effort to get 50 teams signed up to meet ESEA/lpkane’s ultimatum and prevent Season 7 from being canceled.
So why does blackfoger care so much?
Well, for one, he IS supposed to be the ‘CEO’ of a video game sponsoring organization, even though most of the community has doubts about where his funds come from. He does have some motivation on that end to keep ESEA TF2 alive, especially since the teams he sponsored last season did so well in Invite. Maybe its his gamble on getting more money from corporate sponsors, who knows.
The most surprising thing is definitely his willingness to help this community that pretty much destroyed him in that GotFrag thread posted above. And while I’ll agree that this kid (yes, kid) and his organization have been extremely shady and unprofessional, this is real time and money that he’s spending this weekend trying to get all these teams into a league that most people had given up upon. And to be honest, I am surprised that besides him and maybe the spacewhales, no other organization with a stake in TF2′s competitive future has willingly stepped up to help out as well.
In any case, team orz is all paid up (except for Mike. HURRY UP and join the roster! :3) and ready to go for ESEA Season 7, should it happen. We’ll know by this Monday! If you are on the fence about joining: DO IT NOW!!
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