ESEA-I Season 14

ESEA-I Season 14
Full name	ESEA Invite Season 14
Champions	High Rollers Gaming
Runner-up	Classic Mixup
Third place	tri hards
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The 14th season of ESEA and the 11th season ESEA TF2 Invite started on May 14, 2013, and ran until August 25, 2013.

Teams

High Rollers Gaming (16-0)

Roster
Scout	cyzer
Scout	shrugger
Roamer	Taggerung
Pocket	lansky
Demoman	b4nny
Medic	shade

The HRG roster remained unchanged after their unbeaten run in Season 13. They were considered heavy favourites going into LAN as the team went unbeaten yet again in the regular season, dropping only 15 rounds in 16 games.

tri hards (14-2)

Roster
Scout	clockwork
Scout	boomer
Roamer	blaze
Pocket	tri
Demoman	dummy
Medic	kbk

This team is a continuation of sorts of the Season 13 Chess Club squad. After Don't Trip's demise in Season 13, the team picked up clockwork on Scout and blaze on Roaming Soldier. tri hards lost only to HRG over the course of the regular season. There was controversy over dummy's Demoman spot, as the tri hards squad apparently refused to scrim with him, due to his tendency to rage. He did not attend LAN. Instead boomer moved from Scout to Demo and Hero, who had been backing up through out the season took boomers place on Scout.

Classic Mixup (12-4)

Roster
Scout	enigma
Scout	mo0se
Roamer	harbleu
Pocket	Platinum
Demoman	A_Seagull
Medic	smaka

Season 14 saw yet another overhaul of the Mixup squad, as Yz50 and Ruwin left the team. enigma moved back from Roaming Soldier to Scout, and his scouting partner of seasons old mo0se return to fill the spot. After a long period of playing Demoman, Platinum moved back to his old main - Pocket Soldier. harbleu also went back to play Soldier, picking up the Gunboats yet again. To round off the roster, the team picked up A_Seagull, formerly from Fully Torqued, who debuted in Invite as Demoman, and smaka on med after dropping mason who played the first several matches.

Apocalypse Gaming (11-5)

Roster
Scout	Kapoww
Scout	squid
Roamer	Boink
Pocket	rando
Demoman	Sweater
Medic	indust+

The Apocalypse Gaming roster stayed in Season 14 Invite, despite finishing last in Season 13. The team picked up indust on Medic, who made the leap from Open to Invite. Sweater took up the Demoman's spot after Chriz Tah Fah left after S13. Apocalypse Gaming also played with TLR, formerly of Classic Mixup, to sub for Boink during Gravel Pit week.

Mad Men (8-8)

Roster
Scout	YouMustMike
Scout	Seymoo
Roamer	MemphisVon
Pocket	bl4nk
Demoman	rr-
Medic	Nosferatu

Mad Men were promoted to Invite after their successful run in Season 13 Intermediate. The roster stayed unchanged from Season 13, although during the season snoopy was replaced with Seymoo due to lack of dedication.

Top Guns (7-9)

Roster
Scout	alfa
Scout	seanbud
Roamer	relic
Pocket	zbryan
Demoman	PYYYOUR
Medic	ninjanick

Known in the previous season as Fully Torqued, Top Guns struggled with roster issues. Their previous medic, TheFragile, couldn't play the season. After justin's departure, the team picked up carnage, but he left due to clashes in personality despite playing well. Relic was also unable to play due to a trip to Taiwan for several weeks, forcing their backup grape to play Roamer.

Solace eSports (6-10)

Roster
Scout	Giffy
Scout	Bdonski
Roamer	Panic
Pocket	milo
Demoman	xalox
Medic	chimpfeet

The newly-formed Solace eSports roster was given a place in Invite, due to the division expanding to 10 teams.

Runaway 5 (5-11)

Roster
Scout	downpour
Scout	yuki
Roamer	Skarlett
Pocket	djc
Demoman	duwatna
Medic	theoverseer

The Runaway 5 were given a Invite spot after finishing second in Intermediate, losing in the playoffs finals to Mad Men. While they started out the season with Ma3la, he left to backup for Chill To Good Ratio in ESEA-IM and was subsequently replaced with djc.

ROOT PLUS SIX (1-15)

Roster
Scout	megawac
Scout	Loronix
Roamer	marmadukeGRYLLS
Pocket	Rick
Demoman	unf
Medic	Stratovarius

Vector Gaming (0-16)

Roster
Scout	phife
Scout	Hibachi
Roamer	mile
Pocket	jaybenaduchi
Demoman	DougyG
Medic	foster

In the absence of ninjanick, the team struggled to find a new medic, originally picking up Mr. Slin, who left due to having difficulty meshing with the team, they picked up foster, who had played Scout on Runaway 5 in IM the previous season, later. The team was forced to drop late in the season due to multiple players' unavailability.

Setup

Prize pool

• 1st place: $6,000
• 2nd place: $3,360
• 3rd place: $2,280
• 4th place: $1,200

Maps

• Week 1: cp_process_rc3
• Week 2: cp_badlands
• Week 3: cp_snakewater
• Week 4: cp_gravelpit
• Week 5: cp_metalworks_rc4
• Week 6: cp_granary
• Week 7: cp_gullywash_final1
• Week 8: koth_pro_viaduct_rc3

Results

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Rds	Streak	Matches
1	High Rollers Gaming	16	16	0	1.000	66-15	+16	Week Map Score Opponent Info 1 cp_process_rc3 5 2 Apocalypse Gaming 1 cp_process_rc3 5 1 Vector Gaming 2 cp_badlands 5 0 The Mad Men 2 cp_badlands 5 1 Classic Mixup 3 cp_snakewater 5 1 The Runaway 5 3 cp_snakewater 5 3 tri hards 4 cp_gravelpit 2 1 Top Guns 4 cp_gravelpit 2 0 Solace eSports 5 cp_metalworks_rc4 5 0 Solace eSports 5 cp_metalworks_rc4 2* 0 ROOT PLUS SIX 6 cp_granary 5 1 ROOT PLUS SIX 6 cp_granary 5 2 tri hards 7 cp_gullywash_final1 4 3 The Mad Men 7 cp_gullywash_final1 5 0 Top Guns 8 koth_pro_viaduct_rc3 2* 0 Vector Gaming 8 koth_pro_viaduct_rc3 4 0 The Runaway 5
2	tri hards	16	14	2	0.875	58-18	+4	Week Map Score Opponent Info 1 cp_process_rc3 5 1 ROOT PLUS SIX 1 cp_process_rc3 5 0 Solace eSports 2 cp_badlands 2* 0 Vector Gaming 2 cp_badlands 5 0 Top Guns 3 cp_snakewater 5 1 Apocalypse Gaming 3 cp_snakewater 3 5 High Rollers Gaming 4 cp_gravelpit 2 1 The Runaway 5 4 cp_gravelpit 2 0 Classic Mixup 5 cp_metalworks_rc4 5 0 The Mad Men 5 cp_metalworks_rc4 5 0 The Runaway 5 6 cp_granary 2* 0 The Mad Men 6 cp_granary 2 5 High Rollers Gaming 7 cp_gullywash_final1 5 4 Classic Mixup 7 cp_gullywash_final1 2* 0 Vector Gaming 8 koth_pro_viaduct_rc3 4 1 Top Guns 8 koth_pro_viaduct_rc3 4 0 ROOT PLUS SIX
3	Classic Mixup	16	12	4	0.750	56-30	+3
4	Apocalypse Gaming	16	11	5	0.688	52-37	+6
5	Mad Men	16	8	8	0.500	42-45	-2
6	Top Guns	16	7	9	0.438	43-42	-3
7	Solace eSports	16	6	10	0.375	36-51
8	The Runaway 5	16	5	11	0.312	31-60
9	ROOT PLUS SIX	16	1	15	0.062	16-62	-10
10	Vector Gaming	16	0	16	0.000	10-50	-16

LAN

Upper Round 1

 High Rollers Gaming

2

 Apocalypse Gaming

0

 Classic Mixup

2

 tri hards

0

Upper Round 2

 High Rollers Gaming

2

 Classic Mixup

0

Lower Round 1

 Apocalypse Gaming

0

 tri hards

2

Lower Round 2

 Classic Mixup

2

 tri hards

1

Championship Round

 High Rollers Gaming

2

 Classic Mixup

1

Round 1

Upper bracket

High Rollers Gaming

2

0

Apocalypse Gaming

August 17, 2013
cp_badlands HRG 5-1 AG VOD	cp_granary HRG 5-2 AG VOD	[[{{{map3}}}]] [[File:{{{map3}}}.png|140px]] HRG [TBD] AG
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Classic Mixup

2

0

tri hards

August 17, 2013
cp_badlands mix^ 5-1 ________WANG VOD	cp_gullywash mix^ 5-2 ________WANG VOD	[[{{{map3}}}]] [[File:{{{map3}}}.png|140px]] mix^ [TBD] ________WANG
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Lower bracket

tri hards

2

0

Apocalypse Gaming

August 17, 2013
cp_gullywash ________WANG 5-2 AG VOD	cp_metalworks_rc4 ________WANG 5-1 AG VOD	[[{{{map3}}}]] [[File:{{{map3}}}.png|140px]] ________WANG [TBD] AG
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Round 2

Upper bracket

High Rollers Gaming

2

0

Classic Mixup

August 17, 2013
cp_gullywash HRG 3-2 mix^ VOD	cp_snakewater HRG 5-1 mix^ VOD	[[{{{map3}}}]] [[File:{{{map3}}}.png|140px]] HRG [TBD] mix^
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Lower bracket

Classic Mixup

2

1

tri hards

August 17, 2013
cp_process_final mix^ 5-2 ________WANG VOD	cp_badlands mix^ 4-5 ________WANG VOD	cp_gullywash mix^ 5-1 ________WANG VOD
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Final

High Rollers Gaming

2

1

Classic Mixup

August 18, 2013
cp_snakewater HRG 0-5 mix^ VOD	cp_process_final HRG 5-3 mix^ VOD	koth_pro_viaduct_rc3 HRG 4-0 mix^ VOD
High Rollers Gaming win ESEA Season 14 title
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