As 2017 draws to near we are pleased to announced the ETF2L Season 26 Preseason Cup. The focus of this cup will be to test three maps. yrr‘s new map koth_bagel_b3a that was recently tested in ozfortress, cp_edifice_rc1 an attack defence map by phi, and cp_warmfront a 5cp map was last seen in 6v6 way back in season 9.

>>>> Sign up for the Preseason Cup here! <<<<

Signups are open until Saturday 7th 20:00 CET! Any 6v6 or Fun team that has at least 6 players on the roster at the end of Signups is eligible to play. If the deadline has passed you may still be able to participate if the initial groups have not been published.

A group stage will run on Sunday 8th, followed by knockout stages on Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th.

Sunday 8th January.

• 19:00 CET: Round 1 on cp_warmfront
• 20:00 CET: Round 2 on koth_bagel_b3a
• 21:00 CET: Round 3 on cp_edifice_rc1

The knockout rounds will be played on Monday 9th January and Tuesday 10th January with at most two rounds per day depending on how many rounds are needed. All knockout rounds will be played on koth_bagel and cp_edifice with cp_warmfront as the decider. The exact schedule will be announced after all group games have been played.

Teams will be seeded first come first serve. Signing up late just before the deadline will not guarantee your team a seed if there aren’t 3 other teams to create a bracket.

Rules/Whitelist

The 6v6 Season 25 rules apply in this cup, the Global Whitelist will be used.

Prizes

Every 1st team will receive a pixel trophy on their team page and the rights to brag about their achievements.

Feedback

There is a feedback thread on the forums to leave feedback about any part of the cup be it maps, schedule, etc.

Season 25 powered by Tt eSPORTS – Wrap-up

The fall season has come to an end. There were a lot of new attributions to Premiership this season all showing their worth, however for the fifth time in a row Se7en(Previously known as Crowns) was the team that prevailed in the playoffs to claim the Season 25 title and securing themselves €500 in the process.

The winning squad is comprised of:

• Raymon (Medic)
• spudd (Demoman)
• kaptain (Soldier)
• Drackk (Soldier)
• Thalash (Scout)
• Starkie (Scout)

ComedyShortsGaming earned 2nd place, winning €300 and LEGO won 3rd place, securing €200.

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As both the regular season and 2016 draw to a close we are pleased to announce the playoffs of ETF2L Highlander Season 11
We hope you enjoyed the matches, and for the teams that made it through, congratulations.

Despite the merging of mid and high in the regular season there will still be independent mid and high playoffs with teams that signed up for mid being eligible for the mid playoffs and visa versa with teams that signed up for high. In the high division playoffs players with high experience will be allowed to default merc whereas in the mid playoffs players with no higher than mid experience are permitted to default merc.

All playoff matches will be using the Map Elimination system. Due to this season having 10 as opposed to 9 maps in the map pool as with previous seasons there will be an extra ban round such that the upper seeded team will have two maps to pick the decider map from. This means the map elimination will be as follows.

1. The higher seeded team can decide if they want to start or if the other team should.
2. Team A eliminates a map
3. Team B eliminates a map
4. Team B picks a map
5. Team A picks a map
6. Team A eliminates a map
7. Team B eliminates a map
8. Team A eliminates a map
9. Team B eliminates a map
10. The higher seeded team chooses the decider map from the remaining two maps.

At the premiership tier we will be using double elimination for the first time, this will consist of 4 teams with each round being a best of 3, if needed the grand final will consist of two best of threes on separate days.

For the other three tiers standard single elimination best of three will be used.

We have decided to move the playoffs for High/Mid/Open back a week to prevent clashes with players’ holiday plans, as such the playoffs will now take place January 9 – January 28.

Note that all dates are estimates and teams are able to negotiate other days by scheduling with their opponents.

If you find yourself on the list of these teams expect an admin to add you and help organise your playoff matches, if there is no information or insufficient information given we will have to decide your match dates for you. Keep in mind that we will try and accommodate both teams, but the match date may still vary from your provided days, if for example none of the days match with your opponent, but your opponent offered more days than you did.

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The season is over and the votes are cast… Who were the star players of season 25? Find out with saam, Sonny Black, TurboTabs, WARHURYEAH, kaidus, Dr. Phil and alle.

Double bill guys! Twice the action for the same evening of fun! On BlackOut TV 1 join sigafoo & Beater with Wiethoofd on the camera for a battle between the premiership titan Strong Opinions against everyone’s favourite Super Dickmann's KANNONEN!. Right now the standings are almost set in stone with Strong Opinions way out in front with an impossible to catch lead while Super Dickmann's KANNONEN! have a chance to move from 4th in a safe playoff spot to a higher position going into the coming playoffs in the new year. Who will win? Tune in at 21:00 CET to find out!

Meanwhile on BlackOut TV 2 another fight breaks out between the little brother Super Dickmann's JUNIORS! and veterans Tourettes Chessclub. In terms of our playoff standings this game unfortunately won’t change much but that doesn’t mean either side is going to back down for nothing, this is TF2 after all! Who will win? Tune in at 21:00 CET with jakeowaty, DCS & Jon to find out!