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== {{Team/Aeonic}} ==
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'''Aeonic''' is a new invite team led by veteran medic [[Lucrative]], who has competed in ESEA since [[ESEA-I Season 4|Season 4]].
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Aeonic formed hoping to win the invite poll with players [[mu^]] and [[mausy]] from [[The Bugs]], as well as [[Hellbent_]] from [[-bird noises-]]. They also bring in experienced ESEA-Invite soldier [[SureShot]], last seen in Invite playing for [[THE HURRICANE]] and round out the roster with [[split_]], who had played medic and scout in Intermediate previously. Aeonic originally lost the invite poll to [[dog2]], but following the death of [[Luca Goers]] they were granted an invite spot by ESEA administrators.
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| [[File:Scouticon.png|x20px|link=Scout]]
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| {{Player link|us|split_}}
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| May 8th
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| [[File:Scouticon.png|x20px|link=Scout]]
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| {{Player link|us|mu^}}
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| May 8th
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| [[File:Soldiericon.png|x20px|link=Soldier]]
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| {{Player link|ca|Hellbent_}}
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| May 8th
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| [[File:PlusIcon.png|20px|link=]]
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| [[File:Soldiericon.png|x20px|link=Soldier]]
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| {{Player link|us|SureShot}}
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| May 8th
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| [[File:PlusIcon.png|20px|link=]]
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| [[File:Demomanicon.png|x20px|link=Demoman]]
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| {{Player link|us|mausy}}
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| May 8th
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| [[File:PlusIcon.png|20px|link=]]
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| [[File:Medicicon.png|x20px|link=Medic]]
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| {{Player link|ca|lucrative}}
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| May 8th
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|}
 
== {{Team/Elysian Fields}}==
 
== {{Team/Elysian Fields}}==
 
'''Elÿsian Fields''', formerly known as '''The Bugs''', parted ways with four players during the Season 21-Season 22 offseason. Scout [[newspeak]], soldiers [[goldfish_]] and [[Cole]] as well as demoman [[mausy]] were all dropped from the team's active roster in late April,<ref name="The Bugs shuffle up roster, rename to Elysian Fields">[http://www.teamfortress.tv/33290/ The Bugs shuffle up roster, rename to Elysian Fields]</ref> leaving only core players [[mu^]] and [[Digi_]] left. Be that as it may, the team was swift to replace their losses; bringing in [[FARNSWORTH]], [[topshot]], and, four days later, [[kuestif]].<ref name="Elÿsian Fields roster history">[https://play.esea.net/teams/111717?tab=roster Elÿsian Fields roster history]</ref><ref name="Elysian Fields picks up kuestif">[http://www.teamfortress.tv/33344/e Elysian Fields picks up kuestif]</ref>
 
'''Elÿsian Fields''', formerly known as '''The Bugs''', parted ways with four players during the Season 21-Season 22 offseason. Scout [[newspeak]], soldiers [[goldfish_]] and [[Cole]] as well as demoman [[mausy]] were all dropped from the team's active roster in late April,<ref name="The Bugs shuffle up roster, rename to Elysian Fields">[http://www.teamfortress.tv/33290/ The Bugs shuffle up roster, rename to Elysian Fields]</ref> leaving only core players [[mu^]] and [[Digi_]] left. Be that as it may, the team was swift to replace their losses; bringing in [[FARNSWORTH]], [[topshot]], and, four days later, [[kuestif]].<ref name="Elÿsian Fields roster history">[https://play.esea.net/teams/111717?tab=roster Elÿsian Fields roster history]</ref><ref name="Elysian Fields picks up kuestif">[http://www.teamfortress.tv/33344/e Elysian Fields picks up kuestif]</ref>
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Aeonic is a new invite team led by veteran medic [[Lucrative]], who has competed in ESEA since season 4.
 
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'''Aeonic''' formed hoping to win the invite poll with players [[Mu^]] and [[Mausy]] from [[The Bugs]], as well as [[Hellbent]] from [[Bird Noises]]. They also bring in Veteran invite soldier [[Sureshot]], last seen in invite playing for [[THE HURRICANE]] and round out the roster with [[Split_]], who has played medic in scout in Intermediate previously. Aeonic originally lost the invite poll to [[dog2]] but following the death of [[Elysian Fields]] were granted an invite spot.
 
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Offseason   Main Season    

The ESEA Season 22 Offseason between Season 21 and Season 22 is taking place from the 22nd of April, 2016 to the 25th of May, 2016. It featured many roster changes and team folds, many more than seasons past.

-bird noises- Icon.png -bird noises-

-bird noises'- long-time medic veteran indust.

-bird noises- were the first ESEA-Invite team to make a roster change, dropping roamer Hellbent_ two weeks prior to the end of the ESEA-Invite Season 21 playoffs.[1] During the month long offseason the team trialled various different replacements for Hellbent before finally settling on Invite veteran boomer,[2] who was last seen in ESEA-I Season 15. Team captain Vand spoke of the underlying concerns of boomer's lengthy downtime in a TeamFortressTV interview, stating that boomer has "a great attitude towards teamwork and the game itself that is very similar to the rest of -bird noises-", and "[his attitude] was one of the most important things for us to consider while we were searching for new additions to the team".[2]

The addition of boomer also came the withdrawal of Linkuser,[2] who stepped in as scout for -bird noises- during the latter parts of the Season 21 group stage.[3] Linkuser opted to step down to focus on his real-life commitments, yet only five days later on May 4th corsa was brought in to replace him.[4]

On May 17th, three days after the disband of Luca Goers, -bird noises- chose to swap their medic indust with Nursey due to apparent "disconnects" between indust and the rest of the team.[5]

Player changes
MinusIcon2.png Soldiericon.png Canada Hellbent_ April 7th
MinusIcon2.png Scouticon.png United States Linkuser April 30th
MinusIcon2.png Medicicon.png United States indust May 17th
PlusIcon.png Soldiericon.png United States boomer April 30th
PlusIcon.png Scouticon.png United States corsa May 4th
PlusIcon.png Medicicon.png United States Nursey May 17th

Aeonic Icon.png Aeonic

Aeonic is a new invite team led by veteran medic Lucrative, who has competed in ESEA since Season 4.

Aeonic formed hoping to win the invite poll with players mu^ and mausy from The Bugs, as well as Hellbent_ from -bird noises-. They also bring in experienced ESEA-Invite soldier SureShot, last seen in Invite playing for THE HURRICANE and round out the roster with split_, who had played medic and scout in Intermediate previously. Aeonic originally lost the invite poll to dog2, but following the death of Luca Goers they were granted an invite spot by ESEA administrators.

Player changes
PlusIcon.png Scouticon.png United States split_ May 8th
PlusIcon.png Scouticon.png United States mu^ May 8th
PlusIcon.png Soldiericon.png Canada Hellbent_ May 8th
PlusIcon.png Soldiericon.png United States SureShot May 8th
PlusIcon.png Demomanicon.png United States mausy May 8th
PlusIcon.png Medicicon.png Canada lucrative May 8th

Elysian Fields Icon.png
Elÿsian Fields

Elÿsian Fields, formerly known as The Bugs, parted ways with four players during the Season 21-Season 22 offseason. Scout newspeak, soldiers goldfish_ and Cole as well as demoman mausy were all dropped from the team's active roster in late April,[6] leaving only core players mu^ and Digi_ left. Be that as it may, the team was swift to replace their losses; bringing in FARNSWORTH, topshot, and, four days later, kuestif.[7][8]

Elÿsian Fields were still yet to bring in a second scout, however on May 6th the team's ESEA roster was emptied out.[9] Elÿsian Fields made the announcement they had disbanded on May 8th, with captain mu^ stating that the team broke up due to a struggle to find another scout, poor performance in scrims and an ill-guaranteed spot in the Invite division.[10]

EL cLaSsIcO Icon.png
eL cLaSsIcO

eL cLaSsIcO, winners of the previous ESEA-Intermediate season, have picked up pocket ranga to replace sneaky____.[11] ranga had most recently played for dog1 in their Intermediate Grand Finals against eL cLaSsIcO, and is noted for his demoman appearances in ESEA-Invite during Season 15 and Season 17.[12]

Player changes
MinusIcon2.png Soldiericon.png United States sneaky___ May 7th
PlusIcon.png Soldiericon.png United States ranga May 7th

EVL Gaming Icon.png EVL Gaming

EVL TV have decided to once again sponsor an ESEA-Invite team, this time captained by garbuglio.

EVL Gaming has undergone a complete roster switchup after its previous team, captained by arekk, fully disbanded on the 3rd of May.[13] One day before, the aforementioned arekk and roamer botmode had made the decision to leave the team for various reasons;[14] with arekk having lost interest in competing[15][16] and botmode stepping down due to "scheduling conflicts".[14] The team made the conscious decision to disband after further time conflicts with their other scout, slemnish, along with pocket soldier aim resigning because of a lack of motivation also.[13] Nursey and Hassassin elected to recruit players for a seperate team, Luca Goers, choosing to discontinue their sponsorship with EVL and its partner Sloth E-Sports.[13]

Only two days had passed before EVL had found its next sponsorship team, headlined by the core of the ESEA-I Season 19 cafe monster in garbuglio (known then as PurpleShirt), highfive and zilly; as well as picking up Scizor and sen- from the previous season's Running with Scizors lineup.[17] delpo, an Invite newcomer joining from mid-table Intermediate team Don't Slip, was also picked up by the team.[17] In an interview, the now team captain garbuglio said EVL Gaming is "hoping to place at least 5th but definitely looking to achieve top 4".[17]

Player changes
MinusIcon2.png Scouticon.png United States arekk May 2nd
MinusIcon2.png Soldiericon.png United States botmode May 2nd
MinusIcon2.png Scouticon.png United States slemnish May 3rd
MinusIcon2.png Soldiericon.png United States aim May 3rd
MinusIcon2.png Demomanicon.png Canada Hassassin May 3rd
MinusIcon2.png Medicicon.png United States Nursey May 3rd
PlusIcon.png Scouticon.png United States Scizor May 5th
PlusIcon.png Scouticon.png United States sen- May 5th
PlusIcon.png Soldiericon.png United States garbuglio May 5th
PlusIcon.png Soldiericon.png United States highfive May 5th
PlusIcon.png Demomanicon.png Canada delpo May 5th
PlusIcon.png Medicicon.png Canada zilly May 5th

Froyotech icon.png froyotech

Season 22 will feature the return of legendary roamer -blaze for team froyotech.

froyotech, reigning champions from the previous season, gained considerable attention when they announced that six-season long scout clockwork would be retiring once again from serious Team Fortress 2 competition in favour of Overwatch.[18] Having retired initially at the end of ESEA Season 20 for the same reasons, he was replaced by his teammate of the same season, -blaze.[18] The addition of -blaze to the froyotech squad reacquires another member of their original two time world championship team. The provisional lineup for the team is to shift erstwhile roamer paddie to scout to succeed clockwork and make way for -blaze.

Player changes
MinusIcon2.png Scouticon.png United States clockwork May 4th
PlusIcon.png Soldiericon.png Canada -blaze May 4th

FROYO BLACK Icon.png
FROYO BLACK

High Rollers Gaming after winning ESEA-I Season 13. shade, cyzer and tagg (pictured second, third and fourth from left) all feature in the FROYO BLACK roster.

FROYO BLACK is an active-listed ESEA roster consisting of numerous retired Invite champions, primarily from the cores of High Rollers Gaming and the first rendition of froyotech. There have been no announcements from the team regarding their intentions for Season 22, but statements from b4nny and clockwork (the latter of whom is listed on the FROYO BLACK roster) suggest that FROYO BLACK aims to be a "no-scrim" team for ESEA-Invite, with a current roster of shade, hassassin, bl4nk, tagg, clockwork and cyzer.[19] The team also plans to utilise alfa- and grape as backups for the season.[19]

Player changes
PlusIcon.png Scouticon.png Canada cyzer May 5th
PlusIcon.png Scouticon.png United States clockwork May 5th
PlusIcon.png Soldiericon.png United States tagg May 5th
PlusIcon.png Medicicon.png United States shade May 5th
PlusIcon.png Soldiericon.png United States bl4nk May 13th
PlusIcon.png Demomanicon.png United States hassassin May 20th

Luca Goers Icon.png
Luca Goers

Luca Goers' pocket bl4nk competing alongside indust (left) for The Mad Men at the ESEA-I Season 18 LAN.

Luca Goers was a team made up of the remnants of the initial EVL Gaming team along with newcomers icTus on scout and bl4nk on pocket.[20] Both icTus and bl4nk are noted for their frequent PUG play, with bl4nk having also played across a multitude of previous ESEA-Invite teams such as WOOOPS, The Mad Men, and most recently backing up for Street Hoops eSports.[21]

While Luca Goers were speculated to be recruiting players such as alec_ or Connor_, the team completed their roster on May 7th with the addition of marmadukeGRYLLS on roamer.[22] Luca Goers made their first announcement on the full extent of the team's roster changes on the same day.[23]

Despite his intended inclusion in the team for the full season, slemnish chose to depart Luca Goers on May 12th.[22] The roster made the decision to fully disband on May 14th, with Aeonic (formerly Uncharted) replacing them in the Season 22 Invite Division.[24]

Running with Scizors Icon.png
Running with Scizors

Team Running with Scizors have successfully picked up Sezco, a talented scout with a plethora of ESEA LAN experience.

Running with Scizors, a relatively consistent team in terms of results and rosters, made their first change of the offseason by letting scout sen- depart on the 10th of April.[25] Reportedly leaving to play with friends before joining Invite rivals EVL Gaming two weeks later, sen- was a continuous performer for the team and was vital to their 6th place success. After trialling with a handful of potential replacements, Running with Scizors settled on Sezco two weeks later on April 26th.[26] Sezco played out the previous season with 8th place disbanded team The Grime, but is also noted for his Season 15 spell with lost in translation (now RONIN gg) where the team ended up third in the peak of Sezco's TF2 career.

Player changes
MinusIcon2.png Scouticon.png United States sen- April 10th
PlusIcon.png Scouticon.png United States Sezco April 26th

Street Hoops eSports Icon.png Street Hoops eSports

Former 20b` scout cyzer, who has competed in every TF2 season of ESEA,[27] has joined the star-studded lineup of FROYO BLACK.

Street Hoops eSports made the call to disband on the 5th of May[28] after their 3rd place finish in the previous season.[29] The team's captain and pocket soldier, showstopper_, stated that the team lacked motivation and commitment for the whole of Season 21, and that both him and the team's medic cozen will be pursuing success in the ESEA Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Intermediate division.[28]

Player changes
MinusIcon2.png Scouticon.png United States alec_ May 5th
MinusIcon2.png Scouticon.png Canada cyzer May 5th
MinusIcon2.png Soldiericon.png United States ash May 5th
MinusIcon2.png Soldiericon.png United States showstopper_ May 5th
MinusIcon2.png Demomanicon.png United States duwatna May 5th
MinusIcon2.png Medicicon.png United States cozen May 5th

References

  1. ↑ -bird noises- removes Hellbent
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 boomer joins -bird noises-, Linkuser out
  3. ↑ Linkuser replaces train on -bird noises-
  4. ↑ corsa to -bird noises-
  5. ↑ Nursey joins -bird noises-
  6. ↑ The Bugs shuffle up roster, rename to Elysian Fields
  7. ↑ Elÿsian Fields roster history
  8. ↑ Elysian Fields picks up kuestif
  9. ↑ Elÿsian Fields ESEA roster history
  10. ↑ Elysian Fields disbands
  11. ↑ ranga in for eL cLaSsIcO
  12. ↑ ranga ESEA team history
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 EVL Gaming disbands
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 arekk & botmode leave EVL Gaming
  15. ↑ slemnish's statement on arekk leaving EVL Gaming
  16. ↑ Nursey's statement on arekk leaving EVL Gaming
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 EVL Gaming sponsors new team
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 clockwork retires, blaze returns to froyotech
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 FROYO BLACK ESEA roster
  20. ↑ Luca Goers ESEA team page
  21. ↑ bl4nk ESEA team history
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Luca Goers ESEA roster history
  23. ↑ ex-EVL players form new roster
  24. ↑ Luca Goers disbands, Aeonic receives spot
  25. ↑ sen leaves Running with Scizors
  26. ↑ Sezco joins Running with Scizors
  27. ↑ cyzer ESEA player history
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 Street Hoops eSports walks off the court
  29. ↑ ESEA-I Season 21 standings


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