[...] From what I heard in our mumble pre-game was that we were not allowed to move it. I wanted it moved 2 days prior as well.

[...] I'm not sure VTV should be making decisions on a 1-year projection of vaporware.

I had one more thing to add to the "Own3d vs. Twitch" discussion. OUYA, a new console for TV, is looking to be huge next year, and they have partnered up with Twitch.tv, so you can watch live streams on your tv. I personally don't believe TF2 will die after i46, so i would hate to see Vanilla miss out on this bandwagon, because i foresee Twitch.tv will take an enormous leap surpassed it's competitors with the release of OUYA. So i'm hoping Vanilla will reconsider and revert back to Twitch.tv

[...] Not exactly true. The teams were given the possibility to play the match in the next week. I do not know what made them change their minds.

I thought it was enforced as some players didn't want to play due to illness and internet problems.

[...] Pfff, I doubt the teams want that. ESL had strict rules and for some bizarre reason half the community acted like a bunch of whiny kids.

[...] Absolutely, but after 13 seasons of limp wristed administration will the leagues finally get tough on "professionalism"? Be ruthless!

I've been thinking for a while that maybe ETF2L should not set the week but set the exact date and time when the premiership grand final will be played in stone as early as the first announcement of a new season. (or maybe even for all the playoff matches) Kinda like ESEA sets the LAN-finals date, not the players. At the time of the first announcement of a new season (+/-2 weeks before the season starts normally) every single player in the premiership will have 10 weeks to ensure they have those dates blocked out in their agenda's. No excuses. This will give ETF2L, the team's own organisations and third-parties like vanillaTV / eXTV / TF2World.ru / MilleniumTV / WHO EVER loads of time to build the hype the grand final should have...