BlackOut TV 1, Stacked vs. Budget Toucans with Sigafoo, Stinson_Out & Jon!

BlackOut TV 2, SDCK vs. XDCK with CeeJaey & Heavy Is GPS!

What’s this? Everybody’s favourite ETF2L Newswriter making a primetime comeback? That’s right folks, Sir David Attenborough is back to host Planet Earth II and he is ready to smack seven shades of hell out of a pygmy sloth for your entertainment.

In other, arguably less important news, we have two games this Sunday to wrap up Week 3 of Highlander Season 11. Kicking things off we have returning favourites Stacked, looking for their first points of the season, facing off against new boys Budget Toucans, who have made a surging start to their first Premiership season by killing off old man Chronos in their first game, followed by a comprehensive victory over Super Dickmann's JUNIORS!. In our second clash of the evening we’ll see the two biggest Dicks in Prem go head-to-head, with Super Dickmann's KANNONEN! crossing swords with Super Dickmann's JUNIORS! in a true bout of Jungle Fever on Borneo.

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How about that then kids (if you get this reference you will think I am a sick man), a repeat of the Season 7 Finals in store for you tonight only 2 years later, much has changed since Tourettes Chessclub managed to edge out PremTech two maps to one on the way to their first ETF2L crown. For a start, PremTech have renamed themselves PremTech,but to avoid confusion I am an old fashioned man like Sir Jimmy, I will refer to them as their classic PremTech.

BAITO‘s men have had a tough start, only 2 points from 12 against Super Dickmann's KANNONEN! and Strong Opinions, they really need to jump start their season, or they may find playoffs a ‘Gravelpit B hold’ too far, is it time for the likes of kKaltUu, Grenja and rech to step up? On the other side of the board, Tourettes Chessclub have enjoyed a mixed baggage, they too were dismissed by Strong Opinions on Upward but managed to take both maps against Stacked. The issue for Tourettes Chessclub is their lineup is lacking a full roster, still missing a Demoman though so far they haven’t been too affected by this, but perhaps PremTech will be their downfall?

Wiethoofd has sacrificed his busy schedule to bring you this cast, live on BlackOut TV with the abdicated Hildreth joined by regent of Highlander, companion CeeJaey to bring you this Week 3 clash on the colourful pl_borneo.

– Hildreth

Once the Davids to the Goliaths of every other team in Premiership, LEGO are on the cusp of making it to their second consecutive Prem Grand Final. However, they are only the second favourites to make it directly into the Grand Final, and in their way stands the team that has dominated the European scene for over a year now: Se7en.

As the teams with the two best records in Prem this season (Crowns have only dropped one point in the entire season, which was to LEGO), this is going to be as competitive as it gets. Can Starkie and his teammates deliver the expected victory, or will Dr. Phil‘s ideal number of Danes cause an upset? Tune into TeamFortress.tv to find out across this captivating three-map series.

Match Overview
Se7en vs LEGO
UB Final (Premiership Tier)
Thursday, November 17th 21:15 CET

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1 - 0

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4 - 3 (golden cap)

OVERALL
Se7en [5:1] LEGO

This Sunday we have one of the oldest rivalries left to showcase in TF2 Highlander, as former champions Tourettes Chessclub face off against former playoff team Stacked. How will they measure up? The only way to find out is to tune into BlackOut TV on Sunday 13^th November at 21 CET, where two individuals who know a lot about Stacked from their early years, Bulow, and later editions, CeeJaey, team up with cameraman Wiethoofd who has observed his fair share of clashes.

One of the best things about Highlander has always been the familiarity we gain with certain names being a constant of the scene. Team leaders b33p and Khazul are responsible for leading Stacked and Tourettes Chessclub, both of which have been playing against eachother since Season 5. Back then Tourettes Chessclub won the battle, beating them 4-2 on Steel in Division 1, a key victory on their path to winning promotion. The contest continued in Season 6 Premiership with another 4-2 win for Tourettes Chessclub, this time on Badwater, before a bad tempered 3-3 draw (on Process and Viaduct) in Season 7 was Tourettes Chessclub‘s worst result on their way to their maiden championship. Season 8 was another year belonging to Khazul‘s men, a 6-0 win helped them along to their second successive title victory, and a Week 1 victory over b33p‘s men in Season 9 was their last meeting until both sides took a hiatus from competition until this season.

The past favours Tourettes Chessclub, who have never lost to Stacked over 2 maps, but when when you go over the recent rosters performances, it has not been bright starts for either side; Tourettes Chessclub have fallen foul of returning champions Strong Opinions whilst for the second time within 2 weeks, Stacked have fallen victim to  Super Dickmann's JUNIORS!.

For Tourettes Chessclub, their roster issues have been duly noted, not possessing a clear starter for 1/3 of their team, but now their roster is boasting some hefty new additions with former Highpander sniper of the season tracker joining the roster, Funs being picked up from the demise of The Bureau whilst their Demoman position is still unknown, former Highpander Demoman foungi has joined the roster and may make an appearance.

Stacked meanwhile have had a few shaky roster issues, but look a lot more stable than previous seasons. The new roster is yet to light up the league but this remains a great opportunity for b33p‘s men to showcase what they can do. Piney‘s sniping has been praised by some, but how he faces up to former Stacked sniper tracker is unknown.

Either way, it will be an intriguing contest – Can Stacked record their first win of the season and their first over Tourettes Chessclub to get their season up and running or will the former champions continue their trend of success and kick-start their own faltering campaign? Tune in to find out!

– Article by Hildreth

The two most alliterative teams in Premiership square up in this most vital of games, to keep their playoff dreams alive. ComedyShortsGaming have had an strong season, narrowly losing to upper-bracket team LEGO and getting wins over teams they ought to, but significantly losing two maps to Danger Dogs.

The Dogs, on the other hand, began with a poor start, losing the preseason first round qualifiers to amppis‘s crew before finding it hard to get wins in the first half of the season, a run which included giving 3/6 their only two-map series win of the season. However, WARHURYEAH and the boys managed to pull it back by getting three precious wins in the latter part of the season, boosting them to playoffs, but continuing that run lies in the balance. Whoever loses here is out for good, and so expect to see all their best gimmicks and strats out for display.

Match Overview
Danger Dogs vs ComedyShortsGaming
LB Round 1 (Premiership Tier)
Sunday, November 13th 20:30 CET

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2 - 3

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1 - 5

OVERALL
Danger Dogs [0:6] ComedyShortsGaming