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The first Grand Finals participant for ETF2L S28 will be chosen tonight with this UB Final between 1st seed SVIFT and 2nd seed LEGO!
These teams are about as close as it gets, with only one point (not counting penalities) separating them on the ETF2L table. When they met in the regular season, the match ended in a draw, with SVIFT taking Snakewater 5-2 before losing Sunshine 4-3, despite having Domo mercing for LEGO. This would be the first time these two teams met with their full rosters, but (un)fortunately? we might see somewhere around seven mercs… or was it Se7en mercs? Whatever the case, this will be yet another exciting playoffs match, so be sure to tune in!
Casters will be TurboTabs and Ombrack, with Nicell on production!

Written by Smin | Match Page

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Long standing Highlander powerhouse Tourettes Chessclub return with a vengeance after taking a season break. Led by cobz The veteran team will be facing their first week back against Lucrosa, Season 13 High winners.

Lucrosa have altered their roster since last season, after a very successful season in the High division. Most notably, the flank has undergone major changes, with rising Irish superstar Kosuke taking the role of Soldier, while ekkelund makes a comeback to the Highlander after a five season break. But that’s not all; old timer (lol) Graba will be making a reappearance as medic, and will hopefully bring some important calls and strategy to the team. Former Ambassador extraordinaire, Nightmare will continue playing for Lucrosa, perhaps opting for a change of playstyle after the ‘spy-crippling’ Pyro update. With both young, rising players and veterans compiling the Lucrosa roster, it’s anyone’s guess how their debut season in prem will pan out.

Tourettes Chessclub have, unsurprisingly, undergone major roster changes of their own. American heavyweight Kresnik has joined in on some European action and will be fighting alongside the up and coming demoman Eemes, who proved himself aptly during the recent Highlander Nations Cup as well as a formidable player at the Insomnia61 LAN in August. Some familiar names have made their appearance this season with Chessclub as well. Ascendary will be playing Pyro, Khazul on spy and Fragm3nt3d on medic. These players represent the origins of Chessclub and many of their prior successes in the gamemode are credited to them.

With an amalgamation of old and new players filling both rosters, there is great potential for both teams. Will Chessclub be able to play their pieces correctly and kick their return season off with a bang? Or will Cronk be able to lead his team to victory in their most important match to date. Tune in at KritzKast with chando and Buck824 with the glorious Wiethoofd on production at 21:00 CET to find out!

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Last month, TF2 celebrated its landmark tenth birthday.
Valve marked the occasion with the release of a major update: new maps were added to the Casual rotation, the matchmaking system was overhauled, and Pyro was given a jet pack (and Spy mains a Rainy Day Case of the blues).

However, there’s been another significant birthday in the community – our own!

This week, it’s been ten years to the day since ETF2L first began.

During that time, we’ve overseen twenty-eight seasons of sixes, thirteen of Highlander, eleven Nation Cups and myriad tournaments more. We’ve seen thousands of players compete, frag and frenetically call for Medic, across over twenty-five thousand teams. Join us as we look back at ETF2L’s competitive history, from ctf_2fort and cp_well to the competitive game we play today.

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Written by Domaytoe

The time has come again.

“What time?“, some may ask – confused, disoriented, scared. These emotions are more than justified. It’s that time again that makes cameramen sweat, by having to multitask more than the unfortunate maincaller of the gamemode in question.

The 14th Season of Highlander is about to start tonight as two seasoned teams clash in a frenzy of teamwork and gimmicks.
Gracefully covered in Dutch chocolate sweetware we have the consecutive two-time champions Super Dickmann's KANNONEN! re-emerging in the hopes of adding to their already mighty collection of accolades and all important TF2 esport prize money. With having kept most of their roster the same as the award winning and well oiled destruction machine from the last seasons, SDCK have however added much lauded and loaded former soldier Just1s to their roster. The Lithuanian will be picking up the heavy minigun for SDCK with anni switching to demoman; due to the unfortunate departure of former main sp.
The second newcomer to the delicate, (not so) Dutch delegation of Dickmann’s will be long time spy main and former revolver enthusiast Grenja to take the spot of the -102 machine Ze Man.

On the other side, as one of the most potential competitors for the podium this season, we have the ever so mighty, yet slightly less roster-consistent Feila finanzieren durch DROPS coming in as the underdog for tonight.
With keeping more than fifty-percent of their roster from the previous season and having a daunting 10-0 victory streak in the current UGC EU Platinum season going for them, the squad of Hutchy and Leila is looking quite strong going into our first match of the season tonight. Replacing the German spy main and much lauded asset mezzo today will be the long-standing premiership spy, miknando. The fact that Feila eSports has rebuild a stronger roster is, however, skewed by the powerhouse that is SDCK who since scrimming have retained their former strength.
Conversely, the start of the season is often likely to cause new upsets which could or could not be initiated by the newcomers on Feila’s roster.
Will Feila’s latest addition Crayon up his teams potential to new heights?
Will pozker be the ‘all-in’ that strengthens the hand of Feila?
Will cloudy lift his team up to the heavens or will SDCK rain on his parade?

All of these factors will decide the fate of tonight and might end up influencing the rest of the season greatly as both teams will show who’s synergy has skyrocketed upward in the off-season.

Your casters for this first Highlander Prem game of Season 14 will be Domaytoe & Buck824 on the microphones with Wiethoofd manning the camera. Tune in to KritzKast at 21:00 CET (3PM EST) tonight to kick off this ETF2L season on Upward.

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