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First let us start off with congratulating Strong Opinions and Feila finanzieren durch DROPS of winning their respective matches in the Highlander Season 9 Premiership Qualifiers. We wish them the best of luck this season.
Rules Update
Seeing that there was some misunderstanding last highlander season regarding this rule we’re slightly editing it to hopefully make it more clear.
3.5 Switching line-ups or hijacking teams is not allowed
A team may not be replaced in a competition by a new team or lineup without admin permission. Teams can be qualified as ‘new’ if half or more of their active roster get changed since the start of the competition. Cases will be reviewed individually, and decisions made will be at the full discretion of the admin team and all circumstances will be taken into account. Please contact an admin if your team is facing extreme line-up changes.
Together with that rule we’ll also be adding in a additional one regarding mercs in highlander.
1.4.1 Perma-mercs are not allowed
A player can only be used as a merc 3 times for one and the same team per season (regardless of the player being an approved or default-merc). If a player has been used as a merc 3 times for a team already they aren’t allowed to join the team in question. After the fourth match as a merc for the same team, the player is considered a perma-merc.
If a player is caught or reported perma-mercing, we will review the case and decisions made will be at the full discretion of the admin team and all circumstances will be taken into account. Note: in accordance with General Rule 2.3, only one team change per competition is tolerated.
Staff changes
Lazybear has, after a period of inactivity, re-joined the ETF2L staff. Welcome back!
Hold the presses though, DeutschLAN runners-up Fair Enough will have a say in it, we have that begging bandit Clark ready to jump in and tell us about their new roster, whilst there will be representation from Russia’s finest as Klefsas will be here to tell us about his WASP side and their chances, you know since Russian teams occupy ¼ of next season’s Premiership. Finally to fill in the numbers and host the show will be caster of the season CeeJaey, who will be back to keep everything in order and fulfil his hidden agenda, to promote his own side Strong Opinions who are making strides themselves.
With a whole host of topics under discussion fresh off a batch of pre-season Playoff matches. We have everything ranging from new rosters, to controversial kickings, to rumours and gossip with a smidgen of unlock debates and scrutiny or appraisal of the map pool thrown in, it’s going to be a bumpy ride. So get your Samsung Galaxy smartphones out, prepare your “LOLHL” memes and join BlackOut TV with the omnipotent presence of Jon leading the production, this Sunday 1st November at 22 CET!
Season 9’s start line is just around the corner. Between us and then is the final match to decide who will be the 8th premiership team for the season. Fighting for the chance is Lotus Munching Angels led by 80x vs. Feila finanzieren durch DROPS from Hutchy and his squadron so don’t forget to join in the action tonight from 20 CET with CeeJaey, Admirable and Jon on BlackOut TV!
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Epsilon esports by fragnet networks vs. reason gaming
With the standings in the table the way they are this is a potential grand final preview. Epsilon eSports has given up a map and a golden cap point so far while Se7en remain undefeated. Se7en will be facing their old teammates KnOxXx and Mike from last season. Both teams will have first hand experience on how the others function. But these are all experienced players who have fought for glory versus each other for many seasons. With Zebbosai making a comeback to play roamer for Se7en this roster change could be something for Epsilon eSports to use to their advantage. But there is immense talent on both teams making this is a game you wouldn’t want to miss. Casted by Admirable, Maks and DavidTheWin taking care of production.
full tilt vs. danger dogs by tf2pickup.net
Meanwhile on stream two we have .kr4tos’s bottom placed team Danger Dogs looking to cause an upset against playoff potentials Full Tilt to keep themselves hovering above the relegation spot. With both Sideshow and skeej being prone to greetings and deaths, you can expect twitch chat to update its memes once this game is under way. Tune in with Ryushi, TurboTabs and Brodogs.
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Representing Team Colonslash, these guys are old hands of the ETF2L community and have been playing together for quite some time after the merging of two older TC Highlander teams last year. Leader and Pyro Useless was kind enough to answer a few questions for us on the eve of their epic clash with Strong Opinions.
Mora is main engineer and Munky main scout, Mora simply can’t play tonight so Munky is moving over to engineer with senzeN on scout.
How do you rate your chances of taking down Strong Opinions? Are there any players you consider key to your chances of victory?
We are staying as optimistic as we can be, they are the considered strongest team out of the prem play-off teams by the community. We are intending to bring them our best performance no matter what. I’d say our combo would be the key to our success, we just gotta make sure to stay as a unit and not roam around like we have done during some scrims. Our combo is the strongest key when we stick together.
How do you think the other side of the playoffs will turn out?
I would say Lotus Munching Angels will defeat Danger Gummi Bears simply on the basis that Lotus have practised as a unit and the maps they picked are more highlander oriented rather than 6s. Feila finanzieren durch DROPS should hold a stronger edge over Lotus and Gummi aswell, Hutchy has kept the team practising for quite some time now with their current line-up.
Thanks for the interview! Any shoutouts before we leave you to your preparations for the big game?
Of course, shoutout to Spike Himself for sponsoring us with both ingame and Mumble servers. Shoutout to Oxy for providing a nice foundation to build this team upon. Also a big shoutout to everyone that is rooting for us :D
Squaring up to TC tonight are this all-singing, all-dancing team with a revamped roster after their third-place finish in High last season. Undoubtedly the favourites in these playoffs, CeeJaey and the boys will be feeling confident. We spoke to cloudy to see how his team are faring before the big game.
Can you tell us your roster for tonight’s playoffs?
How do you rate your chances of success in the playoffs, and if you make it through, in the Premiership season to come?
Well in the playoffs I have pretty good expectations for us, we’ve practiced a lot and I think we’ve gelled well together as a team over the months, even though I don’t know too much about our opponents, I’m fairly confident we’re gonna come out in force tonight. As for the regular season well, many teams have had alterations to their rosters and have been practicing with many different setups, so it has been really difficult to judge how well we’re gonna compete. However we have been having a lot of success in our practice games.
Who are you tipping to win the other bracket and potentially join you or TC in Prem?
I’m gonna say Feila finanzieren durch DROPS, their experience as a team outweighs the other teams’ experience put together, so on that alone I’d say they’d be able to take their bracket with some ease.
On the other side of the playoff bracket we have this international squadron boasting a host of EU and NA talent within their ranks. With a healthy mix of established talent and keen High division moveups, we spoke to team leader and superstar manager 80x to get the lowdown on the cross-continent clan.
Hi there! First off, can we ask you to confirm the roster you’ll be using to try and win yourself a spot in the elusive Premiership division?
How do you rate your chances of coming out on top in these qualifiers? Who do you think will pose the biggest threat to you?
Well, we’re very lucky that we didn’t get seeded with Strong Opinions. I think that most people are expecting us to beat Danger Gummi Bears, but I think it’ll be a close game. So right now, I’m trying not to think about what happens after, more the game we have at hand. I will say that Feila finanzieren durch DROPS are obviously the favourites in our bracket. They’re an established team with very good players.
How do you think having NA players on the main roster will affect you throughout the season? We’ve seen individual players achieve great things over here, but also The Electric Temptations getting crushed in season 6 which was a bit of a letdown. Will you guys be able to fully commit to slumming it with the Euros and our gimmick weapons?
The commitment issue is the one I’m dealing with, because both our scouts are only able to commit at weekends. Hence the reason Kissakala agreed to merc tonight. Gimmick weapon wise, I’m pretty sure both will do fine.
Facing Lotus Munching Angels for the right to play Feila finanzieren durch DROPS are this newly-formed team led by 6v6 canine enthusiast .kr4tos. Boasting a mix of seasoned 6v6 players moving over to Highlander and some 9v9 veterans, this team is something of an unknown quantity due to forming late and a lack of scrims. We spoke to the man himself to find out if these new kids on the block can slip into the Premiership division!
First things first, can you confirm your roster for us?
Toba is our main Heavy and Qnai is stepping in to merc for tonight.
How do you rate your chances of qualifying for Prem and who will be the toughest team to take down along the way?
We are not sure where we stand compared to the other potential prem teams, that’s why we asked for an additional match in the playoffs. I dont know a lot about the lineups of the other teams either, without disrespecting anyone… I did hear about thaZu, who is meant to be a very good sniper, and a sniper can really change the game, I noticed that from playing against Tseini at DeutschLAN… but for these playoff games, we are just focusing our own game, give our best and act dynamic, think about a counter, while we are playing.
Thanks for the interview! Any shoutouts you’d like to give?
http://TF2Pickup.net and Hildreth for getting me into the lolhl scene, and to my team ofc.
Awaiting the winners of the first playoff tie are this well-established team, the artists formerly known as Feila. Despite some turbulent roster changes between seasons, the original Highlander Power Couple Leila and Hutchy have built themselves a strong team to fight for their right to party play Prem. We spoke to Joe to see how things are looking in their camp.
Hi Joe, first off can you tell us your roster for these playoff games and the Season ahead?
This is our main roster, but we may have to use a merc engineer for the playoffs.
How do you rate your chances of victory? Are you confident of beating the other teams in your bracket?
We are more confident that since we’re a more established team that we would win them, since they have only been around for like a month now. We have been around a lot longer than both teams in the playoffs. Me and Leila have been around for year along with new people, and it’s been seen already how teams who don’t scrim don’t get good scores in their games even with good players, like The Electric Temptations or WHEREISKAIDO. I think the same will happen for Danger Gummi Bears. Lotus Munching Angels though, they don’t have all leaders of the team even playing, it’s more of a mix team which won’t really find a proper future if they just play games without leaders actually knowing how the players feel, it’s like as if you would spec all our games as well and just think that how do we win instead of what’s going on with the combo or flank for example.
If you do make it through the playoffs and into Prem, what will your goal for the season be? Do you think you have a shot at finishing top 3 in Prem, or will survival be your aim?
We would like to at least have like 5th place. We will try our best of course to play in all of our matches, surely there are stronger teams there as well but we have managed to damage them in scrims before the season so we’re not too worried about them, if however we manage to survive the season and even finish mid Prem, that would be enough good for us. Just so we wouldn’t need to play the relegation match with the 2nd placed High team.
Thanks for taking the time to talk to us! Finally, any shoutouts?
Shoutout to my team, my Fanboys, roban for best heavy of season, and asadawarf for being a superstar pornstar with the award winning anal.
That’s all folks! Remember to tune in to the streams and keep your eyes on ETF2L for more Highlander content to come.
November 1, 2015 
Strong Opinions and 
Feila finanzieren durch DROPS of winning their respective matches in the Highlander Season 9 Premiership Qualifiers. We wish them the best of luck this season.
Lazybear has, after a period of inactivity, re-joined the ETF2L staff. Welcome back!
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