Due to technical issues with the lobby system a lot of teams were not able to play their scheduled group stage matches. We apologize and have changed the way the remaining group stage matches will be played.

Saturday 24th January

If your team has any unplayed group stage match, you will have to schedule it to play it with the opposing team.
We will not use the TF2Center tournament system so please schedule this if you want to progress to the next round.
The deadline to submitted the results is Saturday 24th January 23:59 CET

So please check your team page for any unplayed matches and add those opponents on steam.
See the bottom of this news post on how to reserve a server to play on.

Any unplayed match before sunday will be nullified.

Sunday 25th January

The knockout round has been postponed to Sunday the 25th, it will follow this schedule:

Knockout round 1 — 19 CET to 20 CET — cp_snakewater_final1
Knockout Round 2 — 20 CET to 21 CET — cp_gullywash_final1
Knockout Round 3 — 21 CET to 22 CET — koth_viaduct_pro_rc4

Sunday 1st February

Quarter Finals — 19 CET to 20 CET — cp_logjam
Semi Finals — 20 CET — 22 CET, best of 3 maps, teams get to pick (see explanation of map elimination)

Reserving servers on serveme.tf:

• Browse to serveme.tf
• Click on “let’s play”
• Select an available server
• Select the map that’s going to be played (see your match page)
• Scroll down and select the “etf2l_6v6_5cp” config
• Select league whitelist
• Select etf2l_whitelist_6v6

And click save

Copy the information that is listed behind connect information and share that with your team and opponents.

Enter the connect info in your in-game console and play the match!

As it becomes clear Tourettes Chessclub are the new European TF2 champions, we reflect back on a season full of highs and lows.
Per usual, we pull our reservoir of polls out and see who are the public’s favorites!
The award polls will open up for all players to pick out their favorites from the season. Please choose carefully and honestly!

The results will be presented on BlackoutGamingTV next week!

Season 20 powered by Tt eSPORTS – Fundraiser Showmatch

A celebration of quirky European ways like poor personal hygiene and crowd-sourced prize pots is on the cards with  Admirable &  Sideshow slipping their filthy fingers into your virtual wallets in the name of competitive Team Fortress 2. Every trick in the book will be used to part you from your money for the greater good of the Season 20 Fundraiser.

Title sponsors, Tt eSPORTS, have offered up a Tt eSPORTS SHOCK Headset and a Tt eSPORTS Ventus Mouse which we will be giving away to you, the lucky viewer. All you’ll need to enter is a Twitter Account and to be watching the stream. More details will be announced during the show as to how exactly you can lay your hands on those tasty hardware morsels.

The Teams

The birth of this Se7en squad marks the return of kaidus after taking a season off to rehabilitate his wrist and lurk in the shadows before swooping during the dying days of Season 19 to snatch up kaptain, zoob, wltrs and  Hafficool from the rotting carcasses of Planet Express,  coolclan and Politically correct pander. Early results in pre-season practise and the Sunshine Cup have confirmed their status as contenders.

Ze Knutsson Rollerbladers seemed all set after taking silver last season, but the recent surprise departure of  zappis for the bright lights of CSGO streamer stardom had left the roster exposed with possible question marks over rookie soldier amppis and the erratic  Knutsson on medic. A shrewd acquisition in the form of  Starkie has seen off the decline in their stock and opened up several possible viable roster configurations with both himself and  Zebbosai more than capable of playing scout and soldier to the highest level.

 – Admirable

Tune in at 20:20CET to witness a preview of what should prove to be one of the closer matches in Season 20 between these two hot playoff contenders.

Season 20 powered by Tt eSPORTS – Premiership UPDATED

The Premier Division for Season 20 powered by Tt eSPORTS will consist of the following five six core teams (in alphabetical order):

• Salty Frogs
• Awsomniac
• Lethal Weapon
• Se7en
• SUAVE
• Ze Knutsson Rollerbladers

Season 20 powered by Tt eSPORTS – Playoffs UPDATED

Addtionally to the above listed five six core teams four three teams have the chance to fight for the three two remaining spots in the Premier Division. Those four three teams are (in alphabetical order):

• who is?
• LEGO
• Team Colonslash
• Saints

The schedule for these playoffs is as follows:

Match A: Sunday, 25th 21:15CET

• who is? vs Saints

Match B: Monday, 26th 21:15CET

• LEGO vs Team Colonslash

Match C: Thursday, 29th 20:00CET

• who is? vs Winner of Match B

The winner of Match C advances to the Premier Division.

Match D: Thursday, 29th 21:30CET

• Loser of Match B vs Loser of Match C

The winner of Match D advances to the Premier Division and the loser of Match D will have to play in the High Tier.

The two winners will go straight to the Premier Division and the two losers will face each other in a final best-of-three on Thursday, 29th 21:15CET to decide who will fill the eigth and last spot.

Good luck to all teams involved.

ETF2L Highlander Season 7 Grand Final: Tourettes Chessclub vs PremTech

The ETF2L Highlander Season 7 all comes down to this, over 140 teams have played their part and now the final 2 in our Premiership division are taking on each other. It’s none other than Tourettes Chessclub against  PremTech baby! For 9 weeks of matches new-comers  PremTech have been fighting to prove their worth which has clearly worked in their favour earning them a tidy 2nd place position at least for the overall season whilst for our top of the div team  Tourettes Chessclub the ride has been smooth as a bean. However, will that be a fatality waiting to happen with Tourettes Chessclub coming up short or will  PremTech‘s winning streak come to an end? Tune in at 21 CET to find out with [player id=86246] & [player id=58845] on BlackOut TV!

Match Overview
Tourettes Chessclub vs PremTech
Playoffs (Premiership Division)
Sunday, January 25th 21:00 CET

cp_gullywash_final1

2 - 1 (golden cap)

cp_gravelpit

0 - 2

koth_reservoir_b4

3 - 0

OVERALL
Tourettes Chessclub [5:4] PremTech

Gunslinger Exploit

This is a rule clarification in relation to the Gunslinger Crit exploit. In the past there have been mixed and conflicting opinions given out by different admins, which has created confusion within the community as to the legality of the exploit.
To make it perfectly clear the gunslinger has an intended “combo crit” function, however building up the combo on an allied player and “storing” the crit is not allowed. The admin team is aware that in a fire fight you could accidently hit an allied player which would count toward your combo total – but you are not allowed to store this crit for future use.
If you have further questions please head over to the IRC https://etf2l.org/help/support/ and use “!acrequest”