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!

Staff changes

We are saddened to announce that Solid will be leaving the AC team. Solid has done a lot of volunteer work for ETF2L throughout the years. Bettering the experience for players in the league. We wish him well in all his future endeavors. A warm welcome to Capu, as he has finished his trial and is promoted to AC staff.

Bans

The following players have been caught cheating by our Anti-Cheat team. They will be banned from ETF2L for one year:

• Casual – Multihack

The following players have failed to upload demos twice, and have been banned from the league for two weeks:

• quibinary
• Julez

The following players have been found evading their bans, and will have their bans extended by one year:

• ccZun
• Broda
• limeio

The following players have been caught with VAC bans affecting TF2, and will be banned from the league for one year:

• Zarix
• onv
• mastdaeff
• sammy
• perz
• ALX
• Happysedits
• davlel
• rokzil
• ch0nzy
• Kaylisk
• Broda
• BelebacsiHUN
• FluffehWalrus
• daqqs
• Endrence
• morgan_

+71 inactive ETF2L accounts.

As these players have not been caught cheating by our staff, their match results are not affected.

Anti-Cheat Staff Applications

The AC staff is recruiting again, aiming to fill the gap left by Solid. We’re looking for two individuals who want to make a difference and better the experience for all players of the league. We also encourage users that have already attempted applying for AC to reapply.

AC members need to be trustable and have a good sense of morality, as well as being excited by the detective work and the technical aspects of the source engine that comes with demo viewing and cheats and such. It’s also important to avoid having bias and be respectful of the democratic process on voting.

Please don’t be intimidated to apply, as it’s a position that you can really only improve on with real experience. As Anti-Cheat is such a closed field, applicants aren’t required to have extensive experience to be considered. Feel free to contact us in IRC with !acrequest if you have any questions.

Check these guidelines for a more in-depth description of the application process. If you don’t fill out the application properly, we will likely deny your application. Promising candidates with an extensive application will be interviewed and welcomed to staff.