I was going to do a review at the end of the season but then realised that so much shit has gone on that I would have to split it up before it became a novel. This review is too assist those people so they don't have to trawl through the forums to understand what's going on.

Incidents worthy of mention
Mks fakenicking as SSJ – not really an incident when you consider how much REALLY GAY STUFF has gone on, so doesn’t really deserve any more comment.

Torn flooding Zut – the gayest of the gay incidents to have occurred so far. Most people would be aware of the denial, followed by undeniable proof, more denial and finally admitting. This was the start of the end of the competition. Torn got suspended for 3 weeks. Luckily, he will be back for the game vs PnP.

WM “accidentally” banning Merc in OZTF excel game – Another clan A incident where Merc was kicked during the start of their excel OZTF game. Then we saw A rush out to an early lead while Merc was blowing up.

Torn claiming bLIP flooded him – bLIP proved that torn was full of shit (if it hadn’t been proven already) by showing it wasn’t possible for what he was claiming to be true. Next time you accuse someone of flooding it might be better to not accuse one of the most knowledgeable people in TF.

Clan A trying to use Kod as a slut – another one that can go down in the clan A collection. Here, A were cut about the admins not allowing Kod to join for a day and play. They then had a cry because the admins disallowed this loophole crap.

Sandz quitting PnP/ OZTF admin – Sandz got angry and snapped, been talked about enough.

Badboy not happy – isn’t gay enough to warrant further explanation, see toules tf lesson #1 for more info.

NFI/FP merging, new clan P2W (fake xf) – Not really a surprise, it’s hard trying to run one of the clans towards the bottom of the ladder, but still disappointing the way it’s worked out.

Why is this season so bad?

1. Players
To me it is the players that have taken all enjoyment out of the game, not the admins or the actual game. People don’t seem to realise that something stupid has to be done by the players before admins are required to be involved. Therefore, if players would stop doing STUPID SHIT the admins could just idle in their channel like they used to do. I don’t think I can recall a time when the players were as gay/annoying/whiny as they are now, or even a time when the TF community as a whole was this bad.

2. Clan A
The common factor in many of these incidents mentioned. Let’s face it, they are easily the gayest clan in the history of TF. But why are the suddenly more gay than before? My theory is that because the skill level in TF is so bad at the moment (ie. Most of the players/clans with a clue have left or hardly play), this allows clan A to be towards the top. I think these incidents like sabotaging other comp games and trying to use loopholes are because they are desperate to be at the top but aren’t good enough to do it on their own skill. Even on the forums I’ve seen A bagging out CFZ for having a close game with NFI (even though they had 7 players). Clan A used to be a lot quieter when the level of TF was higher, funny that.

3. Admin Structure
The admin structure clearly isn’t effective, but admins only come into it up after the players/clans themselves do something stupid. If you don’t have the morons, the admins aren’t really that important. In the previous OZTF comps there would of maybe been only one or two incidents on a very small scale each season, meaning admins didn’t have to decide on much. There are too many admins and not all of them know enough of what is going on. It’s too hard making decisions when anywhere more than three or four people are involved. Last year people cried because they thought admins were unfair. Now that they have got their way, they also cry! I didn’t think people were stupid enough to think that a rep from each clan would result in better decisions.

Mid season predictions on places
Before comp started I predicted:
1st PnP
2nd J
3rd A
4th CFZ
5th FV
6th AP
7th FP
8th NFI
Looks like I overrated A and CFZ and underrated FV. I now think FV will finish 3rd and A will scrape in at 4th. No idea what’s will happen towards the bottom with all these changes in clans and stuff.

Predictions about 10 things that would happen this OZTF

Yep, already happened
#8 Someone’s dark past will be revealed – Torn’s ping flooding past coming back to haunt him in the form of IRC logs!
#7 Some clown will continue talking on OZTF forums when they don’t even play tf and/or have no idea what they are talking about – Bee has come back to the forums, clan A defense of pingflooding fits here.
#5 A clan will do something lame and claim there is no rule against it – Kod slutting for Clan A.
#4 Some dispute about playing rules will come up and dominate forums - Kod slutting for Clan A, WM wanting to play when banned, crying over one week off after changing clans.
#3 One clan will die by the end of the season – NFI and FP, unfortunately it wasn’t the one clan that we all wanted to die.
#1 Some controversy involving Sandz - lol

Arguable
#9 A clan will pull off an upset victory – FV beating PnP on a map was a bit of a upset, but I think the real upsets will come in the next 3 games with A playing some of the better clans.

Not yet
#10 Sin will win a game with a left cap and bask in the glory – Still plenty of games to go Nige, you can do it
#6 A clan will have the same map picked against them every week and lose - Early signs this may be about to develop with J and CZ.
#2 Some well known player will leave a clan to join another at finals time – doubt the competition will live to see finals.

The Second Half
Does anyone actually feel like playing the second half of the season? I know a lot of the PnP guys couldn’t be bothered finishing this season (me included) because it’s just not enjoyable. I think it would be wise if each member of the TF community donated cash to Clan A so they could buy new computers to play Doom 3 and never bother with TF again. You may think I’m being harsh on clan A, but looking at all the stuff that has happened in 8 weeks, Clan A seem to come up a lot. The highly respected OZTF competition awards will be announced at the completion of the competition (which will probably be next week when the comp dies).