Day Two. Two more dirty dancing detachments to face off on our Week 1 map pl_upward. Join Maxi, Zafus & Jon on BlackOut TV for the newly renamed roster of Feila finanzieren durch DROPS against the champions of Season 9 Strong Opinions. Since last season, along with the majority of Premiership, Feila finanzieren durch DROPS have grabbed the likes of Chewid and Teatime onto their full time roster while Strong Opinions have fluffed up their team page with names like Lazybear and alle.

Last season both sides faced each other on Upward also in Week 1 when  Strong Opinions took both rounds and 6 points off  Feila finanzieren durch DROPS. On Monday, the two teams also played Upward in their UGC official match where Strong Opinions also took both rounds away. Could the same happen tonight? Tune in at 21:00 CET to find out!

Match Overview
Feila finanzieren durch DROPS vs Strong Opinions
Week 1 (Premiership)
Wednesday, March 23rd 21:00 CET

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OVERALL
Feila finanzieren durch DROPS [0:6] Strong Opinions

With us striving towards making the league as fair as possible we’re changing the following rules. These are general rules and are in immediate effect.

1.4 Use the match comments to record agreements on mercs, servers and other cases

We encourage using the match comments to keep in touch with your opponents. Any agreement between two teams regarding the use of mercs or servers must be recorded on the relevant match page, and cannot be retracted. Only Leaders and Deputies are given the authority to make decisions on these issues.
If your opponent allows a merc, you are expected to extend the same courtesy to them.

3.5 Switching line-ups or hijacking teams is not allowed

Only half of a team’s active line-up may be changed during one season. Any player that joins the roster after the main season starts is classified as “new”. If half or more of the players you use in a match are “new”, you may receive a warning or suffer a default loss. A team can receive multiple punishments during the season if they continue to use a roster of “new” players, even if that roster remains the same.
In order to allow leniency for teams that are forced to change their line-ups, we require team leaders to contact admins on IRC when facing extreme roster changes. We will deal with each case individually, and all factors will be taken into account.

3.6 The amount of players with higher experience that can join after the Provisional Tiers are published is limited

A point system is used to determine this restriction. A player will be given a “point” for each tier of experience higher than the division of the team he joins. For example, a high player joining an open team will count as 2 points.

A player counts as “experienced” in the tier if, during the last three seasons, they played 3 or more officials in that tier. For example, for Season 10 experience, we will look at matches from Season 7 onwards.

Each team has a 2 point limit (3 for Highlander). Please contact the admins on IRC if you need your case to be reviewed. Admin discretion will be used when dealing with specific cases.

The following is a Highlander specific adjustment to the wording of this rule. This will also be in immediate effect.

1.4 One mercenary allowed by default and up to 3 mercenaries if the opponent agrees

One mercenary is allowed by default and up to 3 mercenaries are allowed if the opposing team agrees. In order for your mercenary to be allowed by default, he cannot be more experienced than the tier the match is being played in. Experience in other leagues is included. Opponents can allow exceptions. To use more than one mercenary , you will need specific approval from the opponent for each mercenary .

A player counts as “experienced” in the tier if, during the last three seasons, they played 3 or more officials in that tier. For example, for Season 10 experience, we will look at matches from Season 7 onwards. If a player is on a roster of a team in a higher tier than the match in question, he cannot be claimed as a default merc.

Use the match page to present mercenaries and ask for allowance. Even the default merc has to be presented, so that your opponents can make sure he is not too experienced. If you wish to contest the default allowance of a mercenary , please contact an admin (support page), so that he may decide whether or not the mercenary is too experienced.

All mercenaries have to be registered on ETF2L. Teams caught using an unregistered mercenary , or a mercenary without their opponent’s permission, will receive a warning and possibly a default loss.

Aaaaand we’re off to the races! Season 10 is just about to kick off tonight with the first Premiership game! Join Maxi, Raelyn & Jon on BlackOut TV for an evening of frags and points from Fair Enough and The Bureau as they go head-to-head on pl_upward! Large roster changes have been made on either side of this match with Fair Enough picking up players like Dennia and Der_Milchmann while The Bureau have gained players such as Samski and skyro (moving over from none other than Fair Enough!) to gain some advantages. Who will win? Tune in at 21:15 CET to find out!

Match Overview
Fair Enough vs The Bureau
Week 1 (Premiership)
Tuesday, March 22nd 21:15 CET

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OVERALL
Fair Enough [6:0] The Bureau

We’ve got a veritable maths problem for a game tonight as B@GSER FIVE take on 3/6 in the first of our semi finals for high. B@GSER FIVE top the tables with 38 points after only losing two golden caps. 3/6 claimed their spot after winning a best of three in the quarter finals. Maps are sunshine, product and snakewater. Casted at 21.15 CET by Admirable, Bren & Perko.

Semi final: Perilous Gaming vs. Publiclir

Imagine drumrolls playing and trumpets blaring for it is the final day of games for our dear Premiership teams! First out at 19.00 CET is the semi final between Full Tilt and shredded autism. shredded autism made it there after dealing with other playoff hopefuls Velocity eSports in two maps time. But the Brit lead Full Tilt will likely prove a tougher opponent. As it is the last day of games we have the ability to look back at the records to find that shredded autism lost both maps back in week 6 to their competitors for tonight. That should give Full Tilt the edge in this matchup but when the passion burns strongly there is no telling what the outcome may be. Covering this semi final will be Beater, Maks & DavidTheWin.  

Grand Final: nerdrage vs. winner of Semi final.

Regardless the winner will still be faced with the big daddy of season 23 Se7en who were close to a perfect season had they not given up a point to shredded autism. The Se7en squad has been going strong now since their conception in Season 20 with two gold medals and a bronze to their name in the last three seasons. So they will be favoured against whichever team makes it to the grand final. Be sure not to miss the epic conclusion to season 23. Starting at 21.15 CET and covered by CommanderX, Maks & DavidTheWin.