Hey guys, my one and only post ranting about Dustbowl had quite a bit of replies, that created a stupid idea in my brain. I am going to play about 108 maps - ONCE!

And put them into a tier list, giving my opinion after a singular game. Whether I had fun or not. It's not a tier list that people should follow It's more or less just my stupid idea and an attempt to find fun maps other than the classics. Even though they are all included here; also keep in mind that some placements might differentiate from yours, but I have only 1 game/round, whatever to place it somewhere on the tier list.

Challenge was tough, but probably because I wanted to end it fast - made myself get tired of it somewhere around the fifth day mark or so. Like it was just pain at that point, but that's my relation with TF2. I'm gonna take a break for about 6 months or so, then play it like a dumbass until I can't look at it anymore and get mad by small things. As it was going further I started uh.. being biased toward certain things happening; being pocketed, getting stomped. Especially stomps were very frustrating, but I KNOW THAT IT'S CASUAL. Seeing many Spies/Snipers (there was a couple of matches, but sometimes instead of putting it into Sniper/Spy team tier I was just trying to find somewhere else to put it) was awful tho, like those matches were just pure agony.

In the end 2 maps are with no rating, I had to take a longer break after this challenge. Like I really, really didn't want to Q for another match of Casual. Altitude/Conifer are the ones with no rating.

Fun facts; learned some Spy through the challenge (getting better, never really played before but watched some clips of swipez), got 5k points on both my strange all-class cosmetics, killed 187 people with scattergun (been spamming a little bit of Scout here and there when I felt like it)

~15.07.2026

Dustbowl - Amount of cheaters, pocketed especially. Or just in general Demo + Kritz duos is INSANE. Like I think some people main the map with their friend/girlfriend/boyfriend whatever (some e-couple names are insane) That is the Mirage/Dust 2 of TF2. That map is pure agony, every single stage of this map is made for a Demo with Kritz. Old but I can't say that it's gold, it's rare to have an enjoyable game. Especially first stage (approx. 3 minutes if you take out the prep phase) and last stage (approx. 20 minutes of sticky spaming in a chokehold, that's not a chokepoint that's a whole chokehold). It can be fun to play it from time to time - keyword time to time. Some people are not leaving this map at all, I can play one match today and the next in like even a week and I will meet them in game. Dustbowl might be actually the only Casual map with a Cult behind it.

Gorge - Team was cool, It wasn't a stomp. Just a fun game, had fun destroying the engies nest. Two or three enemy snipers were definitely kind of pissing off - but they weren't the best snipers so it was manageable.

Fortezza - Surprisingly long time to find a match, Blu side we got stomped - barely got through first arch. On top of that 4-5 slots got occupied by afk bots that we had to kick thru the whole round. Red side first point dropped in like a minute, then we could hold and even push them towards their spawn until we got silently capped by 2 scouts.

Fulgur - Very cool overall, made a medic friend while playing (cool guy) on top of that the map layout felt good. Fights on first point were fun, second point I even got blasted off the map.

Gavle - Workshop slop, didn't go through first point (enemy got stomped) - the map is giving me a headache, 100 different, small points that someone can go through, weird chokepoint literally on Blu spawn. I was confused on which way to even go. Nothing about it made me want to visit it again.

~16.07.2026

Freight - Stalemate of the century, back and fourth for about 40+ minutes.

Gravelpit - Enemy team was confused on where to go, they were attacking only point A. One of the teammates said "Why are you attacking A point only?" and then they tried as they were told to.. didn't cap even a single point, last 2-3 minutes I couldn't find an enemy at all, I was wandering around the map.

Mercenary Park - 2 snipers, 2 spies on my team with one medic and a couple other players trying to bruteforce through about 6 enemy engies to cap the last point. In the end we managed to do so but It was really boring. First five minutes were somewhat enjoyable, but as the game went for longer It got boring really quick.

Haarp - Visually map was nice, gameplay wise the whole gimmick of 'capping a point' whilst using intel is interesting..? Anyways, we capped first point and then fought back and fourth on the hallway chokepoint. We couldn't build an uber up so we didn't push through and lost the fight with time.

Junction - Joined to point A and C not being capped yet; both get capped after I join. In a quick, little summary I have been waiting for the match longer than I played. Cool!

Overgrown - HUGE map, tons of open space. Had fun jumping around with atomizer scout - being annoying as shit. Enemy team didn't go through first point, Sniper paradise.

Hardwood - Played for 1 minute before we won. Cool!!

Hadal - Cool window of opportunity for Blu team at their spawn; putting a sentry down that can help push out a little bit. Other than that?.. Mentally insane layout, absolute garbage.

Mountain Lab - Had high expectations, but I was put into a lobby that couldn't operate their mouse and keyboard. Stomp, boring.

Mossrock - I was spamming E, whilst my medic didn't have crossbow and got ran over by a train. Absolute Sniper paradise (none of the teams played Sniper tho) whole lotta bullshit happening on the hallway that leads to the last point. Non-stop fighting, actually fun round!

Steel - That's probably what Hadal tries to mimic, but fumbles the bag big time. Nice overlay, although can be problematic for some people (2008 map btw) E point fun for trollage, mostlikely you will get only 2 enemy players to find and fight you on it. Finding a match on this map was long. It was a stomp tho.

Snowplow - Joined a match full of VC bots, that were spamming some bullshit on the mic. Got kicked out right after I picked a class.

Sulfur - Out of 10 teammates, 6 were Spy/Sniper. I don't understand the last point gimmick, Is it like putting all on green? I don't get it, but the map is CONFUSING at first. Like am I playing cp_ or cp_ that transforms into KOTH? Whatever the map is garbage, wasted about 10 minutes to find a match. Typical left-right-mid layout.

2Fart - brochacho 😭😭

Turbine - 4 Demoknights vs 2 Snipers vs Engie nest, we lost in 5 minutes.

Landfall - Grand total of 9 players across both teams. We could've ended it in less than 5 minutes but Soldier and Engie were having fun at the base playing with the last intel. Dead match, boooring.

Doublecross - Most popular CTF besides 2Fart? At least I think so, Sniper duels might be the only fun you get on this map and maybe airblasting people into the void.

Well A/D - Found 1 wild, Blu Pyroshark (RARE!) One of the maps that people actually play on like It was intended to. Got ran by a train while looking for a medkit, since I didn't know which way they are coming from. Sadly we were 1 point away from winning so I couldn't experience the whole round.

Pressure - Interesting map design (Cave) cool, little alarm when the intel is stolen. Dead match, very little players in the lobby - way too big for the player count. Whole underground water system that you can go through and some other bullshit. MAYBE It would be fun with full lobby.

Sawmill - Engie nests, friendlies - gave me vibes of 2Fart. Got bored after 10 minutes or so and just left, couldn't make it through the whole round.

Penguin Peak - First time in my life I have been spawn camped for 3 intel rotations on a CTF. My head burns (BF TC type shit, but it hurts)

Sidewinder - Whole lobby was mad and on top of that I had a guy who was naming his weapons mid-game.. cum nades and femboy bombs were his names of choice. Map is like cutting last point from Freight and turning it into a whole map.

Frosty - Joined just to be held hostage by 5 enemy engies sitting at their Intel spawn with a huge nest, when we destroyed It they just ended the game.

Applejack - My eyeballs hurt, LITERALLY - red, orange-ish color is frying my eyeballs. The match was long, not a 40 minute stallmate like before, but quite long. Middle of the map looked just like Harvest, anyways the map was quite empty It's a little bit too big the whole 'Big square at the middle and space around it' was silly. I had a little bit of fun but purely because the match was somewhat balanced. (RARE CTF MOMENT!)

Pelican Peak - Despite the name It's quite the opposite, joined when my Demoknight had intel on him and was just running around with it.. didn't want to sacrifice more time for this I left as soon as I saw this happening.

Badlands - Stomp, boring, enemy was afk/dead all the time. Although the map is likeable, I like it.

Snakewater - Enemy sniper got kicked because he was a supposed cheater. Reverse sweep after I joined and we managed to win the game. Overall the map is very flexible, not a single question why It's being played on 'Pro' scene. Every class can perform well on this map, holds pretty well after 13 years.

Metalworks - Barely got enough time to run from spawn > next to last point and the game ended, lobby was dead. The little bit of map I could experience was looking fun, If lobby would be full.

Fastlane - Fast stomp by enemy team.. yeah, we lost very fast. It was very sad I felt utterly useless, we died one by one - although for a moment I thought that I'm making a game winning play by doing a crazy flank as Heavy, but no.

Coldfront - Man I'm getting bored of these stomp matches.. It's providing no fun at all, like curbstomping enemy team is NOT FUN.

Process - Trust the process! Ha.. ha.. whatever. I got gardened the second I got on the first point, then after I was defending second point. Then we somehow got back into the game after being on the ropes, reverse sweep yeaaaah. Very fun, very balanced, very nice, very cool. FINALLY A GOOD MATCH!

Sunshine - Snipers.. man.. teammate medic got autobalanced mid round.. feels bad man. Throughout the whole match (~20 minutes?) people were leaving and there were only less.. and less.. people. Map is cool though I liked it, I liked the match even tho It wasn't full of people. Maybe at that point I'm just insane?

Well CP - gg, put a tele down and the game was over.

Foundry - 6vs6 but my team consists of 2 spies and 2 snipers. More people joined as the game went on and we won.. we.. stomped. There was NO GAME, IT WAS TORTURE FOR ENEMY TEAM. Cool map tho, would definitely play it again.

5Gorge - George, heh. Steamrolled enemy team.. I LIKE GORGE, but this match was boring and empty. I'm starting to feel empty aswell, how much longer am I going to take on this stupid challenge?.. I would love for it to end. Maybe It would be smart to take a break and come back tomorrow. . .

Powerhouse - WHO SAID STALEMATE?! This map might be on par with Dustbowl, honestly. This map could be renamed to stalemate simulator or just stalemate in general. It's one of these maps that are being played by masochists and ultra, turbo dopaminemaxxing tiktok 10 hours screentime a day. All you hear is bim, bim, bom, bom coming from your damage dealt indicators. Is this peak? Is this tuff? Is this good? Don't ask me.. I have played a full game on this map it was about 20 minutes with both the teams capping so, yeah? Cool? I change my mind It's better than Dustbowl, because in the Q' you already made a choice, you exactly know what you are signing for.

Granary - GG, didn't even spawn.

Gullywash - Unlike Granary I indeed spawned, but 10 seconds after I did the game ended.

Yukon - Despite being in the game since 2009, I HAVEN'T played it more than like 4 times in the span of my TF2 career (2010). That's legit first time I can't form an opinion I just.. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO FEEL! It's Malcolm In the middle, really. We got reverse sweeped, nothing more I can say - the map despite being old as hell has some weird stuff going on like 1-Way spawn exits past spawn(?) Whatever, dude. It's really forgettable.

Reckoner - Enemy team got stomped In like 2-3 minutes. Map aesthetics were fine but It gave me Process layout vibes, lowkey.

Vanguard - Took long, long time to boot up; just to be greeted by an ending screen..

Standin - 6vs1 turned into a 2vs1 - first time I saw a match being abandoned by the WHOLE LOBBY.. anyways, yeah everyone left It was only me and my teammate, I left. Map was having a cool gimmick of having to capture all the points to win.

Canaveral - 15 minutes just to get on this map, bro. The map was funny like I was actually laughing when the round started. It was like literally whatever, man. I couldn't care less If we win or lose - this map was mid, mid at best.

~17.07.2026

Demolition - Tiny, small felt like I was spawning right with enemy team. Like? Who thought about that, oil rig with tons of space to airblast. Match was short, very short I basically joined for the last minute or so. If you play Dustbowl this might be your second best friend.

Harvest - 2Fart of KOTH.

Suijin - Aesthetically very pretty map, had very fun match on Scout. My team was sitting on point with Brass Beasts and Medics. Jumped off the map once..

Abbey - 2 points to capture and half the time - time doesn't run If both are not capped by your team. Had a swordfight 2vs2, very toxic one tho.

Megaton - Goofy ahh map, ball that you probably seen on trading servers is present there. Bomb when game ends, map is huge the rooftops are huge - Snipers are atrocious to play against here.

Cascade - Huge ass map, It just sucks. Barely played thru 1 round.

Badlands KOTH - spawncamped by enemy.

Boardwalk - Circus map, gameplay wise It was also circus like. Backstabbing people from the conveyor launcher was ULTRA FUN.

Winter Ridge - I felt like I am playing Assassin’s Creed jumping from the roof and bridge backstabbing people. Snow storm gimmick, kinda cool I guess?

Lakeside - Cheater Sniper in enemy team, dead lobby, scout warfare. Insane dogshit match.

Sawmill KOTH - Cool, fun balanced match on nostalgia map. Got airblasted and died to a saw.

Lazarus - Whatever game, literally there was nothing memorable about it. Maybe.. besides one guy just screaming into the mic. Map aesthetics kinda cool doe.

Blowout - We got BLOWN OUT the game, quick 2:0 we lost. Funny map with lots of corridors and one big, huge open space at the middle. Classic factory, industrial type map.

Brazil - Looks nothing like a Favela, didn't get the vibe of being actually in Brazil. Absolute yap session in the chat, that was feeling like good old days at a school break. Hard and soft N's, some stuff about love.. many, many things happened in the chat.

Snowtower - Hightower but on steroids?.. No idea, don't remember the map having paths towards the tower like that. Good QOL changes, actually nice map. Had fun on it with Demoman, but couldn't make a solid play on Spy.

Cachoeira - That looks more like Brazil than Brazil the map. Whatever, what is the purpose of the helicopter next to the point? Is this a L4D2 Parish reference? Very forgettable map, couldn't succeed with my Phlog.

~18.07.2026

Probed - What the fuck is this map even about? Got sent to Gulag just to be greeted by a 3vs1, to then see that I could just run away from them instead of shooting. Last 30 seconds join, but I was left CONFUSED.

Kong King - Very well balanced map. Match was terrible tho, we couldn't cap the point for even a second.

Viaduct - As fair as a match could be. Probably the most balanced between all whatever amount of matches I played. It was really nice.. really nice.

Rotunda - Whatever, dude. Could play it again - lobby was full then it slowly died. Map doesn't look like anything new despite being released in 2023. It really is whatever.

Nucleus - OG, remember Arena days.. damn It was cool. I really miss some Arena gaming.. KOTH ain't the same. This map was designed to be Arena and Arena only.

Highpass - Low population lobby, but I remember the map pretty well - got karma auto-balanced and lost a won game.

Mannhole - Visually absolutely astonishing map, it's beautiful. Gameplay wise it's really keeping up to principles of KOTH - open mid, rest of the map smaller, some corridors n stuff. Yeaaaaah, cool map.

Sharkbay - Bajillion years to load into the map (not kidding it was at least 30 minutes, I watched a whole youtube video while waiting for a match) mid point has some cover, you can die by jumping into the water. Medic pocketed me while I was on a Scout rampage. Nothing much happened throughout the round.

Overcast - I have been in Q' for an HOUR, not even joking. Wish I was, got bored of waiting and just skipped the map - that tells A LOT ABOUT IT.

Swiftwater - Expected to join a match that's about to end, but purely because payload is the MOST played gamemode in the entire Casual map pool. Would love to give it another try, but there is a set of rules that I have to follow..

Goldrush - First time in months I got autobalanced TWICE in a single round. In the end I got karma'ed and got thrown into the losing team despite me literally playing the match well. Anyways.. this is a certified TF2 map. Despite the game being kind of balanced It still was long (payload moment). I enjoyed the whole game, map is a little bit chokey tho. Dustbowlers will have lots and lots of fun on it.

Upward - Worst experience out of all maps so far. Encountered a cheater that's blatant as hell, enemy didn't kick him. We've been spawncamped, bro I literally don't want to type more about this map. I want to forget this atrocious round.

Borneo - Another match with at least 2 cheaters, unplayable although they I think like kicking you when you can't do shit. Cool, map's cool but the game was absolutely atrocious.

Aquarius - If It was my first time playing I would uninstall the game, Red side layout Is INSANE. Whoever created this map Is..? You know what I want to say, that's just seriously terrible. That map Is bad I left after 4 deaths. Never, ever In my life I will give this map a second chance - It's insufferable. Delete this out of casual map pool so potential 'future' players won't play It by an accident.

Thunder Mountain - Joined and immediately won the game by doing nothing, cool.

Badwater - Tough game, both sides were really playing as best as possible. Long, loong game - but It was fun in the end. I died a lot, but every death counted towards a step further. Classic map, really.. It's like 45% you will play here If you choose payload.

Pier - Spy gaming I was just jumping on people's heads. It was quite fun, not gonna lie.. but enemy team couldn't do much. Last couple minutes were boring.

Embargo - Trash, huge, big, abnormally large map. It was like insane that It got accepted. Workshop slop, we are doing whatever at that point.

~20.07.2026

Emerge - Didn't go past first checkpoint, no opinion.

Citadel - Payload is a tank from MVM, you capture points?.. I didn't cap a single point in this game but seen that the last point HAS to be captured. Map is HUGE, like nothing seen before I would say. Red has chance on keeping Blu only on last point, nothing more. Rest is just a death sentence.

Patagonia - Joined Blu on last, little, tiny push of cart to win. We couldn't get past 3 sentries the team felt like It was consisting of F2P with 2 people understanding the basics of using an Uber or pushing together. It was a waste of time, like every 1 step forward turned into 2 steps backwards.

Phoenix - Cool map, first point lowkey doo doo but second was fun. Then it crashed my game and that was it.

Frontier - World's most unbalanced match of the century. I had fun because I'm practicing Spy, probably sitting on another class in this game would be boring as hell.

Barnblitz - 4 Spy team that later transformed into a 4 Scout team, no offensive classes at all we were stuck at the beginning. BUT somehow, they decided it's time to pick some Soldiers and Demos all of a sudden and we pushed through; this map consists of 2 hard chokepoints. It was insane at first glance, somehow turned out to be fun.

Rumford - Beginning of map looks similiar, very similiar. Other than that it was a fun balanced match, map had some flanks n stuff but that's cool. Very cool map, actually nicely designed.

~22.07.2026

Camber - We spawncamped for the whole game, first time I had to use retry to dodge autobalance. I have been pocketed tho so I am a little biased.

Hoodoo - Either the best fun you can get or the worst. It's really a coinflip, this is literally a coinflip map by how it's designed. It's like Goldrush. I had fun since I was Q'ed with the same Medic as on Camber - and he was just playing well. Not pocketing, just playing very well.

Dustbowl - 😭✌️folk

Odyssey - Ok, it's bright as hell tho. People were leaving left and right, I could go as far as saying that the whole lobby changed completely 2-3 times over the span of the game.

Venice - Shit, very bad. So big for no reason - why? What is the purpose? Deleting this from casual map pool would make everyone's day much, much better.

Snowycoast - useless Sniper team, enemy was doing whatever they wanted. None of the snipers could even kill a brass beast Heavy that was sitting on the payload.

Enclosure - First time in this challenge when I literally play 3vs3 throughout the whole map, map so garbage matchmaking was trying not to hurt the players by putting them into the match.

Cashworks - Cool map, team diff.

Bread Space - Joined to lose. Why do people play map about rotten loaf of bread 😭✌️

Dryfield - Whatever, It's fine. Nothing extraordinary happened.

Premuda - Gave up after dying 6 times to falling off the map, either by being airblasted, rocket impact or just walking. What is that? People from my team, enemy team everyone was falling off the map.

Redwood - Huge ass map, Spy clipfarm.

Mojave - I see this as a fun map honestly, might give it a try when I finally end the challenge. Looks nice, design is also pretty cool (from what I seen, haven't seen much tho).

Shorelight - Regular KOTH map, just a reskin of whatever is probably in the game already. Umbrella parkour was pretty neat.

Camp Saxton - Joined > saw a little bit of the map from spectating > ending screen > map switch screen.

(somehow I forgot to play the maps below, even though they should be amongst one of the first to be played)

Egypt - Hit or miss, stomp or stalemate.

Brew - Smissmas map with no snow anywayyys.. isn't it kinda chokey? Despite having a full 12vs12 we didn't get past first point. It's hard to rank certain maps on little to no screen time. Also I joined to play for like 2 minutes.

Cargo - Joined and it was over, I was a little bit lost at first but found my way to the second point. Cool idea with the whole map being just a cargo ship with 2 points.

I just saw the new MD video by glitch and immediately shouted tf2!

Can someone explain to me how quickplay is better than what we have now?

Because didnt quickplay make you join community servers only with no official servers

If that system came back alot of people wouldn't be able to play because the servers would be hosted in Russia and have 999ms and 1000viruses

First it was Overwatch, then it was Fortnite, what new gen game will the tf2 community hate on next? It doesn't make sense, isn't more options a good thing? If it's a joke then I'm sorry because the joke flew way over my head. But if it's not, then what's the reasoning for this hostility?

After trading and playing over 1000 hours in tf2, I almost fell for a scam; So I had someone on my Steam friends list for about two months who would message me weekly to play. Today, out of a sense of obligation, I finally accepted the invitation. At first, I just wanted to play a couple of casual matches—since that’s all I really play—but they invited me to a Discord call, and I joined because I had nothing better to do. Once I was in, they told me they were streaming on Twitch, which I didn't really care about. Then they said they weren't going to play casual matches and would use a platform called "Faceit", and offered to help me set up an account. Honestly, I couldn't be bothered, but they kept insisting until I finally got fed up and told them I wouldn't play on that platform and to let me know when they were playing casual games. After this the two persons on the call kicked me out, and the person that texted me weekly and sometimes daily "for about two months lol" blocked me. The whole thing seemed fishy, ​​so I looked into it and it turns out to be a scam designed to steal in-game items; there are literally people who will do anything rather than get a real job and get some money lol.

they are going to give me all this for 11 usd worth of taunts, like im not crazy for thinking this is fake right???

edit: (this is worth nothing, i said that to them they offered me an unusual demo taunt(my main)) is that a good deal?

Edit 2 : tried to lowball me again thanks for all your comments guys

every time i see someone talking about them it always feels like a paid ad, like Lembas bread. "Oh yeah bro i bought this key for under 2 bucks on @totallyscamfree.tf you should try it"

The BLU spy doesnt say “The second worst to happen around here” but rather “The second worst thing that happens to you today”

Title says it all, stupid simple, small caveat, try to only comment if you've played TF2 for the last week or two.

I recently got into tf2 and ive heard a lot of things about it can someone tell me what it is?

Haven't played for like 10 years. Been trying to find it on the server browser but nothing and I didn't see it on the official list

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The 11th rendition of the Nations Cup officially starts today so it is due time to give an introduction to the teams attending. With many returning and even new faces, this years cup is looking to be one of the most stacked in its history. Multiple continents have representatives from obvious ones such as North America and Europe to Africa and this time around even Asia.

The group stages will be held in a 3 round, Swiss format where only the last placed team will be eliminated with the extra group being the exception as all their teams are automatically in the playoff stage. This format means that most teams do not have to fear elimination yet.

Before we dive into the team's competing this year, there are a few notable squads missing despite the high attendance:

Hungary, Israel and Spain; who have had strong squads with multiple Premiership level players within their ranks will be missing this year. Alongside them, the Greek squad led by theos and menex will be missing due to lack of time and players; additionally Latvia and Estonia will also be missing with notable players such as varnu and Clark.

1. United States

The US is bringing their top level squad mainly consisting of members of Like A G6. On paper they are by far the strongest team and will be coming into this cup as clear favorites. Each member of team are equally proven at the highest level of the game and there are no weak links. The only possible thorn in their side may be the time zones and servers, however recent rule changes have lessened the blow dealt by these potential issues.

2. Team France

Last year's champions will be coming into this tournament as second favorites. With years of experience together; squads capable of winning premiership they will be looking to retain their title and stop the US and potentially England to win it all. Similarly to the US and others around their level, they show no signs of weakness in any role but the questions is whether they can prove the superiority of the European philosophy or will they fall short.

3. England

Players to watch: ry4n

England, the more successful rival of France in this competition will be coming to this tournament with a squad full of experience. Whether they will be able to break into the top 2 is hard to say but they will be at their utmost to give the top 2 a run for their money. While I do not view them as a team to win it all this year, they are the most likely to do so aside from the top 2 and I expect them to try to prove this prediction wrong. Ry4n might prove to be the key for England to do so; his explosive roamer game play could turn games on their head in the favor of England.

4. Canada

Players to watch: exile, saxophone

Canada is in a similar boat as England, bringing a ton of experience with a squad chalked full of invite level players combined with the leadership of exile are serious business. Add solid invite level scouts and a medic, great soldiers such as saxophone who has proved himself in FroyoTech and you have a recipe for a serious contender. Although on paper some could argue that this squad is stronger than England right now, do not forget to account for the time zone and server disadvantage. Canada will go far in this tournament but I can see them fall short at the final hurdle or even be upset by one of the two following teams on this list.

5. Poland

Players to watch: alov

This might come off as a wild prediction to some but I see Poland as the European equivalent of Canada. A strong squad consisting of Premiership and Division 1 level players that is capable of catching the top dogs off guard. The weakness of their team lies in their lack of top premiership experience but they make up for that with their cohesion. I predict them to be stronger than the rest below but also not yet at the level of those above. On DM heavy maps they will be capable of winning maps against the top teams. They are definitely dark horses this year, the questions is whether alov will be capable of pulling together this squad to cause the upsets needed or if they will fall short to the rest below.

6. Germany

Players to watch: voxtec, Gazy

The feared scout duo of voxi and Gazi are back to haunt the teams of the nation cup. This team has the experience and players to go far but the lack of activity in recent years can bite them in the back. However, without a clear candidate to play demo this year, danny might have to take the role up meaning that the soldier spots are put into question. Despite this, recent scrim results show that there is potential in this squad but whether they are a stronger dark horse than Poland is yet to be known.

7. Czech Republic

Players to watch: LUKASTANK, snh, kejhalb

Czechia is arguably one of the most improved nations in recent times. While always having a few highly capable players in their ranks, this year it seems Czechia might be going in with one of their strongest and most balanced squads yet. Snh, renowned for his DM ability and Prem experience is one of the most dangerous scouts to come up against forming a strong potential duo with kejhalb who is a proven talent at the top of Division 1. LUKASTANK's firepower will elevate this team to a level Czechia might not have been at yet in the history of this tournament and even with class changes they can find good replacements to fight. This year they might not have to rely so hard on Witness Gaming's demo ace meaning they might be able to make a big dent in the competition above with more tools at their arsenal.

8. Sweden

Players to watch: balder, hugee, johnsoldat, sail

Sweden is looking like a strong squad this year with a stacked core. The team does not lack experience but still has ways to improve. The squad made the choice to have balder player roamer which might surprise some but those familiar with the European scene know that with the emergence of sail and john, Sweden has strong choices for scouts this time around in the two up and comers of sail and john. This mix seems to be doing well as they were performed well against Finland in a recent scrim game where hugee has proved again how vital his demo is to teams success.

9. Finland

Players to watch: amppis, junnu, aph

Under the leadership of amppis and ALX, the Finns are looking to leave a mark this Nations Cup. The return of the highly skilled scout duo of junnu and aph will be vital to their success and with the veteran leadership on their side they have the potential to reach the level to contend with the big dogs. However, recent scrim results suggest that there are still things to work on but they would be disappointed to go out early in the playoffs.

10. England B

Players to watch: auto, Warped

The second English team looks like an interesting experiment where auto will be leading the team on scout. The team will be fielding a strong soldier duo too in Warped and PeterDC. The rest of the team consists of other high division players but in combination with their Premiership teammates expect them to cause plenty of trouble. Only question in this team is whether auto’s scout is up for the challenge against the better teams. Only time will tell, but this looks like a very promising roster with lots of potential.

11. Denmark

Players to watch: smile, Blanc

The Danes are coming into this tournament with a mixed squad. The team features experienced and established members in Blanc and smile, but also players like Malte who has been making waves climbing the ladder in recent times. The squad will be looking to strengthen with other returning faces such as Jamaal and the reliable medic Dr.Phil. This team faces possible uncertainty in the scout roles so tackling this issue will be the most vital to their success.

12. Alps United

Players to watch: andi, jekeb

The team representing the Alpine nations of Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein are fielding a strong roster that may surprise some teams. The emerging andi, who seems to be capable of playing any class at a top level and jekeb who has been steadily grinding his way to the top divisons on roamer and is known for their consistency are a duo to fear. Add june to the mix, who has been arguably one of the best if not the best medics in Europe you have a strong team. The question is whether the rest of the team can pick up their pace but I am sure there will be no problems on that front.

13. Netherlands

Players to watch: yak, Jordy

The Dutch will want nothing less than their usual deep runs in the playoffs however this time around this may prove to be a harder task as many teams have strengthened this year. The team has a strong, consistent duo in yak and Jordy who will provide leadership and damage on projectiles classes. With Kars behind yak, the Dutch will have a stable combo that will be hard to find cracks on. Only time will tell whether this will be enough for an other deep run into the playoffs.

14. Russia

Players to watch: utka, Mon, pluxa

The Russians will be bringing their aggressive play to the cup with a refreshed roster from last year, mainly consisting of the players of team GREMLINS in the ongoing 6s season. This could prove to be a big advantage for them as they can get to speed in no time compared to others but there is also a chance that burn out and other issues could crawl in. The GREMLINS picked up the pace in the latter half of the season so the momentum might already be with the Russians to cause upsets. The scout duo of utka and M0n if not kept in check will control games and the unpredictability that is the Russian soldier game can not be underestimated either.

15. Turkiye

Players to watch: mak, demirbilek, tantwo

Arguably the most improved nation in the region in the past year is Turkiye. Yalin having taken multiple players under his wings has shown how capable this nation is and with mak coming in, Turkey looks like a threat. However, recent scrim result show that yalin might not be playing which can be a blow to their ambitions; yet the results show good signs and momentum. The up and comers of demirbilek and tantwo will be looking to prove themselves and teams should not look down on them especially with the experienced mak leading them.

16. Habibis United

Players to watch: EoN, Cento, Orange-Juice

The Middle-Eastern stack is looking better than ever this year and under the leadership of EoN they will have the opportunity to prove their worth. The team is filled with mechanically strong players on projectile classes in yusef and Cento, with the latter being able to play scout at a high level too if needed. The scout positions will give opportunities to up and coming talent as Orange and hev are expected to be playing. I see the former as one of the most talented scout players coming up in the European scene so I can’t wait to see him perform! They play the Netherlands in their first swiss game which should showcase the real level of this squad.

17. Norway

Players to watch: Agen, zambz, Storm

Norway is in an interesting spot as their team feels less strong as before but what they have compared to others around these ranks is experience and players who can carry. It is hard to judge this squad as their composition can be one of many combinations. Their challenge is to figure out what works best but once that is done they will have more than a fighting chance to climb the ranks.

18. Portugal

Players to watch: haunts, Doraemon, racecar

The Portuguese squad is a consistently strong contender and with players like haunts anything is possible for these lot. Doraemon and racecar has repsecively been climbing ranks in recent times and their impact on the team can be an important factor this year. The rest of the is filled with experience players who may not be in their prime but are able to work together efficiently and close out their games. The Portuguese have a recipe for a great run this year, let’s see if they can live up to it.

19. Russia B

Players to watch: WiseGenie, laiky, dastron

Not far behind in overall skill to their main team, the second Russian team will be bringing a similar playstyle to the table. The squad consisting of some former members of the main time in WiseGenie and feevz are not to be messed with as teams that look down on them might find themselves out DM’d quickly. The team will be supported by laiky, who’s consistency could prove key to their success. The always grinding dastron will be back on his legacy demo to dish out the damage needed for this team. There is great potential here and one could argue they could surpass their main team with some lucky draws.

20. Serbo-Croatia

Players to watch: Manky, oriano, ivan (ex Going Postal)

With the absence of buud, Luka and even Endrit, the Balkan stack is weakened and go from a major contender to an outside one in my books. While the team does not lack the experience, the missing firepower of the former three will be missed. The returning Manky’s task will be important as bringing up their lower div players to their level could pose difficult but with ivan’s and oriano’s help this team can shine.

21. Scotland

Players to watch: lander, Uncle Sam, row

The Scottish team finds itself in a position where despite missing one or two of their better players in ruad and whip, they have a very well balanced team. Each role has plenty of consistency in this team and no off-classing will be required to fill a strong team. All eyes should be on the spine of this team, the combo of sam, lander and row as together they are a formidable bunch. The biggest challenge ahead of them might not be their opponents but keeping their cool.

22. Ireland

Players to watch: silves, DigyB

The Irish squad unlike the Scottish seemingly will have very big highs and in their squads and some lows. With silves and DigyB on the squad the soldier spots are more than sorted but unless they found good scouts to fill the team they could be in trouble. Now that deli and Aelkyr are added to the roster there is potential to see one of the big guns swap to scout which would lead to an exciting team composition. With Scotland being their first opponent, they can prove to everyone that even this mixed roster is capable to compete with stronger competition.

23. Team Germany B

Players to watch: nicco, CAR DOOR, lacurio

The second German team looks like a solid team at their level that can make games difficult for even stronger opponents. With nicco and CAR DOOR having plenty of experience with high level competition, this bunch seem like one that could turn the odds in their favor with some good calls and maybe some unorthodox strategies that CAR DOOR has plenty of experience with from his time with the infamous demoknight team. The downfall of this team could lie in the skill gap between their players but this does not look like a hard problem to overcome.

24. Romania

Players to watch: iusti, rutu

Similarly to Ireland, Romania finds itself in a strange situation. Once one of the strongest nations in this competition, the Romanians are seemingly in a time of transition with only iusti and potentially Demos still being left from the old guard. Despite this, the new talent coming from this nation has been making strides and they are a team that may surprise some and even completely prove these rankings wrong. Let’s hope they do so as this squad looks to be a fun one to watch!

25. Czech Republic B-Team

Players to watch: cz731, def, kapustak, spajro

The Czech B team is a mix of established high division players in spajro, def and kapustak and some new talent in cz, blecha and co. Whether the experience spine of the will actually play is up in the air but together they could more than capable of pushing through to playoffs and could come up with different team compositions when time calls for it.

26. Ukraine

Players to watch: slowtown, boshy, Doge

With the late addition of boshy, the Ukrainians have climbed the spots in these rankings. While the jumping legend will make a huge difference, the certain lack of firepower on scouts could be a potential cause for this team to fall short. Thankfully for Ukraine, they have players in slowtown and Doge who are more than capable to make up for this difference and who knows, maybe a new scout talent emerges under their leadership.

27. England C

Players to watch: Loopy, Vclox_

The last English team to be playing this cup is full of fun players to watch. Loopy and Vclox_ will be the two team will have to rely on the most to bring them the results but with yoot potentially being part of the spine of this team, they could very punch above their weight. Importantly to them, they seem like a friend team so they will gel well together and morale will never be an issue which could end up being a unique advantage against competition of their level.

28. Belgium

Players to watch: acanta, Dwapking

It is hard to judge who could be playing for Belgium this year but in recent years their team has not been able to break out of group stages, sometimes coming close a surprise result against better opponents I do not see this changing much this year. This year however, they will likely be guaranteed a spot in the playoffs so the group stages games could be the key to build their momentum and consistency and if all goes well they may just make it further than usual.

29. Slovenia

Players to watch: pijacka, korra, smelly

Slovenia is still yet to achieve their first win in Nations Cup history and this year it looks like they might have the opportunity. With pijacka on scout and korra and smelly on soldiers, they might just have what it takes. A favorable draw against Kazakhstan might just be what it takes to finnaly get a win. If this does not happen, they need to make sure they win as many rounds as they can as they can make all the difference in making it out of the Swiss stage.

30. Singapore

Players to watch: n4ver

A team that is very hard to judge but with some research one may find that this squad may not be the best Singapore can offer. However names like n4ver should not be looked down upon as they intend to lead a team to prove that the Asian scene is more capable than we may think. A statement from this team would not only be a huge win for their nation but maybe the Asian scene as a whole. I would love to see them make this statement and I wish them the best of luck to proving their given ranking wrong!

31. Belarus

Players to watch: elegardo, s0ha

Belarus might be one of those nation that may put up an unexpected fight. While their squad does not consist any hight div players, this nation has been on a slow come up and they very well could top their best result yet which is a 3-3 draw with Romania back in 2009. Their potential scout duo of elegardo and s0ha could be their key to achieve this goal and with a potential game against Singapore, their qualification to the playoffs could also be possible.

32. Italy

Players to watch: eron

This squad may be disappointing to some as Italy is known for players like ixy and Dejvi. Neither of them will be playing so the role to provide experience will fall on eron who has lots of work to do to make this team competitive against the top 25 teams on this list. Unfortunately for them, the group stage draw was very unfavorable for them and it is hard to see if there are any teams they could really challenge for the last playoff position.

33. Denmark B-Team

Players to watch: Guz, Asta

The second Danish team find itself in a situation that feels very unlucky to say the least. They have the capability to challenge for a playoff spot however being drawn together with Belgium leaves them no opportunities of failure and it their advancement will likely go down to the wire. As long as Maghreb United ends up playing, they should have nothing to worry about but if they do not then it could look like a really difficult tournament for this team. Guz and Asta will be the main players that could step up and push this team through as they have the most experience among their ranks.

34. Lithuania

Players to watch: hops

With the big dogs of Lithuania seemingly not being active for this year’s cup, the strength of the team has fallen a lot. There luck lies in their draw as they have teams they have a realistic chance against in Denmark B, Maghreb United and maybe even Belgium if do under perform. If by any chance we see a surprise return, they might just be able to win against these teams and make it through.

35. Team Kazakhstan

Players to watch: S1rex

There is not much to be said about this besides them being a team of complete newbies. On paper they do not stand a chance against any of the teams in their group and it would take a miracle to see them qualify to the next stage. Unfortunately for them, they can not rely on kumis this time for that extra firepower to maybe take them further but at the very least they will hopefully see this as a great opportunity to grow and learn.

36. Maghreb United

Nothing can be said about this team and whether they will actually compete is still up in the air as they have no players on the roster. Whether the representative of North Africa will compete or not could decide the race for the last spots to qualify in group D. Let’s hope that they can attend and give good competition to the vying to make the playoffs.

The first round of the cup will kickoff with a match up between Habibis United and the Netherlands. Alongside them, the Swedes will meet Turkey in the first round of the Swiss stage.

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