Tomorrow you will get your first glimpse of the 8 Premiership teams competing against each other in the TeamFortress.TV ZOWIE Invitational #2! If you are still unaware of what this event is, check out this article by Admirable for all the information you could need (and some you don’t).

The cup will be played in the Double Elimination Bracket format beginning at 15.00 CET tomorrow, on the 26th of January. The whole event will be casted on TeamFortress.TV by Admirable and CommanderX with huhystah handling the camerawork. Tune in!

cp_sunshine_b2 – One Night Cup

We had originally intended to quickly throw in a one night cup on koth_coalplant, but since it has proven too FPS heavy for too many players, and is for that reason also not included in Season 17’s map pool, we’re switching things up a bit and decided to try out another newcomer: cp_sunshine.

The cup will be held on Wednesday the 29th of January. Both fun teams and 6v6 teams can enter the tournament, so sign up your team here. Signups will close at 23:59 on Tuesday the 28th.

We will be using the latest version of the map, which currently is cp_sunshine_b2. If the map creator releases a new version before the start of the cup, we will be using that (and of course we’ll let you know!).

As usual, the cup will be split into higher and lower brackets, depending on the amount of sign-ups. The top 4 teams from each bracket will recieve a shiny pixel trophy on their team page respective of their place and bragging rights.

The schedule is as follows –

• 20:00 – Ro16 Starts
• 20:45 – Ro8 Starts
• 21:30 – Ro4 Starts
• 22:15 – Finals Start

Depending on the amount of signups, 20.00 CET might actually be a Ro32, and the finals will be planned for another day (more on that later, if applicable).
Each round will be a bo1 on cp_sunshine_b2. Please make sure you have downloaded the map before the Ro16 to ensure that matches are played on time!

The rules will be the same as the ETF2L Season 17 rules with the exception of a change in the merc rule – A team may use 2 mercs by default and 3 if the opponents agree. Any disagreement with merc usage can be disputed by contacting an admin here.

Season 17 powered by Tt eSports – Premiership Qualfiers

The qualifiers have finished, and finally we know the 8 teams participating in the Premiership Division this season. Joining the original 4 teams will be AYOGURL SUGADADDY HOOD PUSSY CREEPERS, Dotter, BONNE AMBIANCE 2K14 and Fenneks eSports by SimRai.com [season 18. The first three won their first matches and earned direct promotion into the Premiership Division.           Fenneks eSports by SimRai.com [season 18 lost and had to win a round robin against the other two losers to earn their place. Congratulations to these teams, and we look forward to an exciting season!

Config Updates

A new config called etf2l_golden_cap.cfg has been added to the config package. This will exec the correct commands to play a golden cap, namely mp_timelimit 10 and mp_winlimit 1. It can be downloaded on the Configs Page.

25.01.2014 Update: mp_highlander 0 added to etf2l.cfg

Bans

More players have been caught with a VAC ban on the source engine. They are banned from ETF2L for one year:

• prismaGod
• Darrathualin
• MikysThePony
• Mr. Milky Hole and milks – Alts of MikysThePony
• Taca mais fogo – Alt of Pedobear (Ban extended by 1 year)

A player has been caught cheating by our AC team. They are banned from ETF2L for one year:

• TKT – Aimbot

A team has been caught intentionally adding a banned player to their roster

• ErIsTaVi – Alt of GeNeRaL iRoH (Ban extended by 1 year)
• NePToNnN – Intentionally adding a banned player to their roster (Banned for 3 months)

Season 17 powered by Tt eSports – Premier/Division 1 Round Robin

Today Fenneks eSports by SimRai.com [season 18, Lethal Weapon and Politically correct pander will play for the last spot in this season’s Premier Division. Those three teams will play each other in a best of 1 Round Robin format on the map cp_gullywash.

Will the Russians be able to replicate the dominant, kritz supported performance they’ve already shown against Dotter? Or will Politically correct pander manage to surprise everyone, despite their roster changes? And how will Fenneks eSports by SimRai.com [season 18 handle the pressure they put on themselves with their “Prem or nothing” motto? Will it boost their performance or will they crumble under it?

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Highlander Season 5 – Grand Final: Highpander vs Kill Switch

The Highlander season comes to a close tonight with the grand final between Highpander© and Kill Switch. Both teams have toppled all obstacles in their way to get this far and looked strong the whole way through. The teams drew earlier in the season and if both of them bring the same performance into tonight’s match, we should be in for a cracker. The winner takes home the grand prize of €500 while the loser will receive €350, both courtesy of BlackOut Gaming.

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