Pubstars vs Pros
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Pubstars vs Pros is a yearly community event that pits nine "pub" players (players with no competitive experience) against six "pro" players (players with competitive experience). It has been featured on the TF2 Official Website.
Contents
Format
The teams play three maps, with the maps chosen beforehand. The winners of each map are the first to five wins on Standard Control Point maps, the team with the most points at the end of a preset time limit on Payload maps, or the first to four wins on King of the Hill maps.
Highlander class limits apply to the Pubstar team and competitive class limits apply to the Pro team. All unlocks can be used by both teams.
Pubbers vs Pros - European Edition - Lazy Sunday
The event took place on June 6th, 2010. It was organized by Shintaz[1] and sponsored by Fakkelbrigade.
Teams
Pros
The pro team were 6 popular professional players using the standard 6 player competitive configuration with utilities:
Communities
The communities team consisted of:
Lord Benjamin
½³
MrAmPm
Reload
Deviland
Hugo
Rarespycrab
metalpiss
Shifty (1 map) and Evil Duck (2 map).
Info
| Map | Game mode | Score |
|---|---|---|
 Gravel Pit |
Attack/Defend | Pros 2, Pubstars 1 |
 Badlands |
Standard Control Point | Pros 4, Pubstars 1 |
Battle of Both Worlds
The Battle of Both Worlds match-up took place on Saturday, June 26, 2010. It was organized by cerious and hosted by Apocalypse Gaming.
Teams
Pros
The pro team consisted entirely of compLexity Gaming (coL) members who played using the standard 6 player competitive "cookie cutter" configuration:
Pubstars
The pubstars team consisted of:
Info
| Map | Game mode | Score | Highlights |
|---|---|---|---|
Badlands |
Standard Control Point | Pros 4, Pubstars 3 | Part 1/4 Part 2/4 Part 3/4 Part 4/4 |
 Badwater Basin |
Payload | Pros 0, Pubstars 1 | Warm-up Round 1, Part 1/2 Round 1, Part 2/2 Round 2 |
Gravel Pit |
Attack/Defend | Pros 2, Pubstars 1 | Part 1/5 Part 2/5 Part 3/5 Part 4/5 Part 5/5 |
Winter Wasteland
The Winter Wasteland match-up took place on Saturday, January 8, 2011. It was organized by cerious and hosted by Apocalypse Gaming.
Teams
Pros
The pro team consisted of eMazing Gaming's (eMg) competitive Team Fortress 2 team, winners of ESEA Season 7:
Pubstars
The pubstars team consisted of:
- Dos Equis (Alternate: Pharaoh)
- Gypsy Davey (Alternate: Winnie)
- Zoolooman (Alternate: TMP)
- Action Hank (Alternate: Yoyomama)
- Toilethumor (Alternate: Nebz)
- Dash (Alternate: Songy)
- Ovens (Alternate: Beffah)
- Meat (Alternate: I KO'd Guile)
- Seb (Alternate: Vietling John)
Info
| Map | Game mode | Score | Highlights |
|---|---|---|---|
Badlands |
Standard Control Point | Pros 2, Pubstars 0 | Part 1/1 |
 Upward |
Payload | Pros 0, Pubstars 1 | Warm-up Part 1/1 |
 Viaduct |
King of the Hill | Pros 0, Pubstars 4 | Warm-up Part 1/1 |
European Thunder
The European Thunder matchup took place March 6, 2011. It was organized by ashkan and smash.mn . The match was broadcasted by TF2TV and hosted by FakkelBrigade.
The website can be found here.
Teams
Pros
The pro team consisted of:
- zerox (TCM-Gaming)
- Fisshu (FakkelBrigade)
- mvp. (Button Bashers)
- The Insane Exfane (FakkelBrigade)
- byte (TCM-Gaming)
- Ronny (Button Bashers)
Reserves:
- Arie the Arrogant Atheist (FakkelBrigade)
- Darn (Team Dignitas)
Pubstars
The pubstars team consisted of:
Info
| Map | Game mode | Score |
|---|---|---|
 Granary |
Standard Control Point | Pros 4, Pubstars 0 |
Upward |
Payload | Pros 2, Pubstars 4 |
 Gorge |
Attack/Defend | Pros 0, Pubstars 2 |
Communities vs. Pros 3: Cold War
The Cold War match-up took place on Saturday, February 11, 2012. It was organized by Nahanni, Dranearian, and hosted by End of Reality, eXtv.
Teams
Pros
The pro team consisted entirely of Classic Mixup (mix^) members who played using the standard 6 player competitive configuration with utilities:
Communities
The communities team consisted of:
- Rickybobby (Backup: Applejuice) Community: Independent Fighter's Alliance
- Dr. Hendrix (Backup: PENETRON) Community: Reddit Midwest
- Cpt. Oppa (Backup: Anamanapanda) Community: F#ck Yeah! Tumblr
- Kam (Backup: Sidewaysbox) Community: Vertical Rise
- Ruskeydoo (Backup: 5pike) Community: United Gaming Clans
- ellison (Backup: Alain Reid) Community: Labcoat Gamers
- Salamancer (Backup: Mongoose) Community: eXtelevision
- Liquid (Backup: Bonesinger) Community: brb, uninstalling
- Uro Uro Blue (Backup: FB) Community: Axl's TF2
Info
| Map | Game mode | Score | Highlights |
|---|---|---|---|
Badlands |
Standard Control Point | Pros 3, Pubstars 0 | Part 1 |
 Steel |
Attack/Defend | Pros 1, Pubstars 0 | Part 1 |
 Foundry |
Standard Control Point | Pros 3, Pubstars 2 | Part 1 |
External links
- TF2 Official Forums - Pubbers vs Pros: Winter Wasteland Brawl - Archived from the original page on 2012-11-15.
- TF2 Official Forums - Pubbers vs Pros: European Thunder - Archived from the original page on 2012-11-15.
- European Thunder Trial Rosters and Demos - Archived from the original page on 2013-01-23.
- TF2 Official Blog - Three Maps. Two Teams. One Victor.
- TF2 Official Blog - Have at 'em, lads!
- SourceTV Demos for Battle of Both Worlds event (Not available anymore)
- Apocalypse Gaming Community - The Battle Continues at AG! - Archived from the original page on 2011-01-15.
- Official Winter Wasteland event page - Archived from the original page on 2011-01-09.
- Pubs vs Pros 3rd European Edition Blog Post
- Pubs vs Pros 3rd European Information - Archived from the original page on 2011-10-18.
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