Just a quick update: While the original announcement post stated the limit as 128 teams, we’re currently at a whopping 142 teams! (We had to remove three teams with less than five players).

We’d love to create 9 brackets with 16 teams each – but for that we’d need 144 teams!

So if you’ve pondered signing up last night but then thought you’d be too late anyway, now’s your chance! First come, first serve.

Actual details will be published tomorrow.

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Highlander Nations Cup #3 powered by Tt eSPORTS: Wrap-up

The third ETF2L Highlander Nations Cup has come to a close. 37 teams signed up for this tournament, and they have been whittled down to our winner – Sweden. Congratulations to Sweden for winning the third Highlander Nations Cup! Team captain nijoonen had the following to say

“I’d like to thank everyone that made the third HLNC happen, players, admins, casters, viewers and forum posters. An extra thanks to the other captains for being understanding with scrims and match times through out the whole cup, it could have been a way bumpier road. I’ll let my minigun collect dust until next summer when it’s time for Sweden to show our supremacy once again.”

The full standings are as follows:

• Winner:  Sweden – winning €500 and 9x Tt eSPORTS Black Gaming Mice
• Runner-Up: England – winning €350
• 3rd Place: Finland – winning €150

Many thanks also to BlackOut TV for providing thorough coverage of this competition. You can find their VOD’s here.

Prepare your body (and popcorn) for the most #hyped Highlander action ever, it’s time for the Grand Final of the ETF2L Highlander Nations Cup #3 powered by Tt eSPORTS! The nations of England and Sweden will pitch themselves across the perilous North Sea to find that answer to this summer’s greatest question… The England squad have had a smooth journey despite meeting with last year’s champion, United States of America and came out on the other side feeling slick. On the other side of Europe, Sweden‘s troops hit rough seas when meeting their southern rival Poland head on squeezing out a golden cap victory on cp_process. But who will be the victorious nation and be crowned the kings of Highlander?

All of this crazy, action-packed Anglo-Swedish action is scheduled for Sunday at 20:00 CEST so don’t be late mercenary! Casted by Heavy Is GPS & CeeJaey on BlackOut TV!

Match Overview
England vs Sweden
Final
Sunday, September 7th 20:00 CEST

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1 - 2 (golden cap)

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3 - 1

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0 - 2

OVERALL
England [4:5] Sweden

To kick off Season 19 and give teams an opportunity to play cp_logjam_b9 (or whichever the latest version is) before the actual season begins, we decided to host another cup.
In addition to introducing the map it will give teams new to ETF2L a chance to try out the whole ‘official match’ process and result submission before the actual season – hopefully decreasing the amount of mistakes during the actual season.

Depending on the number of signups there will be several brackets to accommodate different skill levels, each consisting of four groups of four teams each. This cups group stage will be played on Sunday, September 14th. The top two teams from each group will proceed into the knockout stages on Tuesday, September 16th. If any tiebreakers are needed after the group stages they will be played on Monday, September 15th.

Both standard 6v6 and fun teams are eligible to enter the cup and can sign up here. Don’t forget that one default merc will be allowed – so your 6v6 team might just be viable after all! Both signup lists will be merged for the actual seedings, it doesn’t matter in which one you sign up.

Sign ups will close on Friday, September 12th at 23:59CEST or when there’s a total of 128 sign ups, whichever occurs first. Teams signing up after will be considered as replacement teams for teams dropping on short notice!

Extremely valuable prizes in the form of pixel trophies await the top four teams of each bracket! Read the rest of this entry »

Season 19 powered by Tt eSPORTS: SIGNUPS OPEN!

We’re proud to announce that the signups for Season 19 are now officially open!

>>> Sign up now! <<<

Sign-up process

Make sure to choose your desired division when signing up. If you created a new team or feel you can jump a division, feel free to apply for the division you believe you deserve you should be in. To prove you are capable of the division you applied for, we require you to submit screenshots of results from your recent practice matches or tournaments where you scored decent results against teams that play on the level you aim for. The quantity is not the most important factor in this case, it’s more of a helpful measure for us to figure out if your team will be able to keep up with the pace. There is no magical, minimum or maximum number of screenshots that you have to submit.

Please note that the success of your request also strongly depends on the free slots in the division you aim for. Established teams will be favoured over new teams or teams that request to jump a division. The screenshots have to be uploaded to an online image storage service (for example, you can use imgur or Dropbox). Keep in mind that if you opt for a zipped archives with tons of pictures attached to an e-mail, your application will be ignored. Keep it clean.

Also helpful for us, but not a must however, is adding who the opposing team is in each screenshot (and maybe even the division they played in the last time). That makes it easier for us, because sometimes it can be quite hard (especially in the lower divisions) to figure out who the teams in the screenshots are.

If you are applying for Division 6 (which is our entry division), you do not have to provide any proof that you are capable of playing at that level. This only applies to Division 5 or higher.

Please send your application to staff@etf2l.org. The division assignment request has to include the following information in order to be considered. Incomplete applications will be ignored!

• Do not use HTML in your e-mail. If you want to add a link, just paste the link in the e-mail as you would enter it in your browser.
• Team name
• Team link on ETF2L.org
• Division you apply for
• Link to the online photo album
• Reasons why your team deserves to be placed in the division you applied for (optional)

Season 19 powered by Tt eSPORTS: Maps

Based on the feedback we once again collected from Premier Division players, here is the map pool for the upcoming season.

• cp_badlands
• cp_gullywash_final1
• cp_granary
• cp_process_final
• cp_snakewater
• cp_logjam*
• koth_pro_viaduct_rc4

ctf_turbine_pro_rc4 is out once again and cp_logjam makes its first appearance in a regular ETF2L season.

*cp_logjam will be played on the latest version, this will be announced once known. Until then, here is the most up to date version.

• Week 1: cp_badlands & cp_process_final
• Week 2: cp_process_final & cp_gullywash_final1
• Week 3: cp_gullywash_final1 & cp_snakewater
• Week 4: cp_snakewater & cp_logjam
• Week 5: cp_logjam & cp_granary
• Week 6: cp_granary & koth_pro_viaduct_rc4
• Week 7: koth_pro_viaduct_rc4 & cp_badlands

Season 19 powered by Tt eSPORTS: Unlocks

Another season, some more unlocks for you guys to use. You know the drill by now, here are the provisional additional unlocks allowed:

• Backburner
• Back Scratcher
• Third Degree
• Scotsman’s Skullcutter
• Buffalo Steak Sandvich
• The Classic
• The Half-Zatoichi
• Tomislav
• Huo Long Heater
• The Big Earner