'''Esports Arena Rewind LAN 2017''', commonly referred to as '''Rewind''', was the first [[Esports Arena]] Team Fortress 2 tournament. It was a [[6v6]] LAN event, held at the Esports Arena in Santa Ana, California, United States from 21 January 2017 to 22 January 2017.<ref name="Esports Arena Rewind page">[http://esportsarena.com/events/2017/January/Rewind.html Esports Arena Rewind page]</ref> Rewind is extremely notable for being the first intercontinental LAN event outside of the [[Insomnia Gaming Festival]], and the first intercontinental LAN in North America. It was held very close to the median date between [[Insomnia58]] and the projected date for [[Insomnia61]], creating a bi-annual period for global 6v6 Team Fortress tournaments. Two non-North American teams attended the event, [[Se7en]] from Europe and [[Jasmine Tea]] from Australia.<ref name="TF2 Rewind LAN at Esports Arena - Jan 21-22">[http://www.teamfortress.tv/37099 TF2 Rewind LAN at Esports Arena - Jan 21-22]</ref>
'''Esports Arena Rewind LAN 2017''', commonly referred to as '''Rewind''', was the first [[Esports Arena]] Team Fortress 2 tournament. It was a [[6v6]] LAN event, held at the Esports Arena in Santa Ana, California, United States from 21 January 2017 to 22 January 2017.<ref name="Esports Arena Rewind page">[http://esportsarena.com/events/2017/January/Rewind.html Esports Arena Rewind page]</ref> Rewind is extremely notable for being the first intercontinental LAN event outside of the [[Insomnia Gaming Festival]], and the first intercontinental LAN in North America. It was held very close to the median date between [[Insomnia58]] and the projected date for [[Insomnia61]], creating a bi-annual period for global 6v6 Team Fortress tournaments. Two non-North American teams attended the event, [[Se7en]] from Europe and [[Jasmine Tea]] from Australia.<ref name="TF2 Rewind LAN at Esports Arena - Jan 21-22">[http://www.teamfortress.tv/37099 TF2 Rewind LAN at Esports Arena - Jan 21-22]</ref>
Rewind was split into two divisions, Invite and [[Esports_Arena_Rewind_2017/Open|Open]]. The format for the Invite division consisted of a six team round robin group stage proceeded by a double-elimination bracket. The prize pool was contributed to by the organisers [http://esportsarena.com/ Esports Arena], [https://marketplace.tf/ Marketplace.tf] and crowdfunding.<ref name="Esports Arena Rewind page">[http://esportsarena.com/events/2017/January/Rewind.html Esports Arena Rewind page]</ref><ref name="TF2 Rewind LAN at Esports Arena - Jan 21-22 (post #150)">[http://www.teamfortress.tv/37099?page=5#150 TF2 Rewind LAN at Esports Arena - Jan 21-22 (post #150)]</ref> Prominent community figures [[b4nny]] and [[samiface]] were heavily involved in the organisation of the event.
Rewind was split into two divisions, Invite and [[Esports_Arena_Rewind_2017/Open|Open]]. Prominent community figures [[b4nny]] and [[samiface]] were heavily involved in the organisation of the event.
Se7en, having won the latest intercontental event Insomnia58 (as [[Crowns eSports Club]]) were eliminated by [[froyotech]] following a five map Grand Final. Jasmine Tea finished fourth, unable to break the infamous "curse" of Australian teams finishing fourth at intercontenental events.
Se7en, having won the latest intercontental event Insomnia58 (as [[Crowns eSports Club]]) were eliminated by [[froyotech]] following a five map Grand Final. Jasmine Tea finished fourth, unable to break the infamous "curse" of Australian teams finishing fourth at intercontenental events.
Esports Arena Rewind LAN 2017, commonly referred to as Rewind, was the first Esports Arena Team Fortress 2 tournament. It was a 6v6 LAN event, held at the Esports Arena in Santa Ana, California, United States from 21 January 2017 to 22 January 2017.[1] Rewind is extremely notable for being the first intercontinental LAN event outside of the Insomnia Gaming Festival, and the first intercontinental LAN in North America. It was held very close to the median date between Insomnia58 and the projected date for Insomnia61, creating a bi-annual period for global 6v6 Team Fortress tournaments. Two non-North American teams attended the event, Se7en from Europe and Jasmine Tea from Australia.[2]
Rewind was split into two divisions, Invite and Open. Prominent community figures b4nny and samiface were heavily involved in the organisation of the event.
Se7en, having won the latest intercontental event Insomnia58 (as Crowns eSports Club) were eliminated by froyotech following a five map Grand Final. Jasmine Tea finished fourth, unable to break the infamous "curse" of Australian teams finishing fourth at intercontenental events.
The prize pool was initially contributed to by Esports Arena ($2,000) and Marketplace.tf ($5,000).[1][3] This was further increased by crowdfunding, which raised $1,192 for the Invite division,[4] bringing the total prize pool to $8,192.
Santa Ana
Champions:
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Fourth place:
froyotech
Jasmine Tea
Se7en
EVL Gaming
Street Hoops eSports
Meat Market
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froyotech
Se7en
EVL Gaming
Jasmine Tea
CheesyMacgyver decides not to attend the event on 19 January. Meat Market replace him with 
Street Hoops eSports
Meat Market
