Tell me if this sounds familiar, you are new to competitive TF2 and:

• You want to play competitive TF2 but you are afraid you’re not good enough.
• You want to play competitive TF2 but you find it hard to find a team.
• You want to play competitive TF2 but you have no idea what you’re doing.

Back in 2015, we helped run a little thing called Archimedes Cup, where we encouraged new to competitive TF2 players and gave them the opportunity to play some organised games for prizes (Thank you Scrap.tf) with the help of a Buddy to coach them along, if required. It is long overdue, but now the opportunity has arisen for ETF2L to host a second Cup designed mainly for those NEW TO COMPETITIVE TF2. However those who are long-standing members of ETF2L, we need your help as well, there will be hundreds of new players in need of guidance and we’re calling on you to be the ones to offer them insight on how to play the 6v6 format.

Prizes

There will be $600 worth of giftcards generously provided by Scrap.tf and Marketplace.tf. This will be split as follows:

• 1st Place: $300 (6 x $50)
• 2nd Place: $180 (6 x $30)
• 3rd Place: $90 (6 x $15)

There will also be a frag movie competition based around this competition with the competition winner being awarded with the remaining $30. The frag movie contest winner shall be decided by a public vote at the end of the tournament. Each movie must contain the following:

• Must have the ETF2L Introduction (Download Link).
• Must have sponsor logos (Download Link).
• Must be submitted in the official forum thread by the 27th of May.

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Ho ho ho! Wait…wrong time of year. Top o’ the mornin’ to ya! That’s better! Welcome one and all to the ETF2L Preseason Playoffs for Season 12 Highlander. Starting out this time we have 2 teams yearning for some action on the fresh battlefields. We’re talking about previous premiership contenders Super Dickmann's JUNIORS! against the High Division winners of Season 11, inVision. Ahead of them is a 3-map soon-to-be massacre of guts and gore on Coalplant, Upward and Steel as the game gets underway at 21:00 CET (16:00 EST) tonight with a selection of lovely casting hosts in the form of everyone’s favourite sigafoo and Highlander vet HartzFartz with the ever venerable Wiethoofd on the camera side of the event all streamed over on BlackOut TV! Who will win? Tune in to find out!

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With Lowpander providing Se7en with an unexpectedly close match earlier this week, all bets are off for this encounter between the French squad under sponsor top5rocket, and the predominantly German Arctic Foxes. The organised and high-fragging combo of Néo and blade will look to prove that the consistency they have displayed throughout the season can outgun the mechanically powerful roster they find themselves up against. The winner of this game will find themselves battling the behemoth that is Se7en, so they’ll need all the practise they can get.

Match Overview
top5rocket vs Arctic Foxes
UB Round 1 (Premiership)
Thursday, March 16th 21:15 CET

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0 - 5

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0 - 3

OVERALL
top5rocket [0:6] Arctic Foxes

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With an unexpected playoff berth following the quick demise of champGG.K!, Politically correct pander will look to prove they deserve their spot with a strong showing versus the juggernauts of Se7en. A harder test in Europe they will not find, but uubers will try his best to be unerred by this intimidating opponent, instead attempting to drop the huge numbers he’s been dumping on nerds all season. kaptain and the boys are probably unconcerned by the change of opponent, and already will have their eyes on the upper bracket game versus either nerdRage or Arctic Foxes . Will this be a casual swatting aside, or can the panders turn heads with a massive upset win?

Match Overview
Se7en vs Politically correct pander
UB Round 1 (Premiership)
Tuesday, March 14th 21:15 CET

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1 - 0

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5 - 1

OVERALL
Se7en [6:0] Politically correct pander

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Announcing Highlander Season 12.

As Season 11 is over with  Strong Opinions claiming the crown once again, we are pleased to announce our next Highlander Season. All the information regarding the coming Season can either be found in this newspost, or will be released shortly!

Due to the slow decline of signups to highlander seasons we are shortening the regular season length from seven weeks to five. Not only will this allow us to return to all three tiers of High, Mid and Open but it will allow for three highlander seasons a year on top of a summer event such as a nations cup. This will mean that the number of teams competing in the Premiership tier will be reduced to six.

The map pool and whitelist for the season are still undecided and will be announced soon

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Season Schedule

• Signups: March 12 – March 24, 21:00 CET  (Premiership signup deadline is March 18)
• Publishing of Provisional Divisions: March 24
• Publishing of Final Divisions: March 25
• Pre-Season Playoffs: March 19 – March 25
• Main Season: March 26 – April 27 (5 Weeks)
• High/Mid/Open Playoffs: April 30 – May 14
• Premiership Playoffs: TBD

The structure of the premiership playoffs will be decided in collaboration with premiership team leaders once the six premiership teams are known.

If you intend to sign up for the Premier Division we encourage you to do so as soon as possible due to the Pre-Season Playoffs. We will only consider teams for the Pre-Season Playoffs that signed up before March 18 21:00 CET. Additionally we expect teams without a guaranteed Premier Division spot to be able to play all of the days mentioned above.

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