OVERVIEW

Have you ever wondered what the league was like when old-school players first started? It is often said that the past is better than the present, could this apply to TF2? It is time for you to decide, welcome to a world without hats!

SCHEDULE AND CUP FORMAT

Signups are now open until 17th December at 23:59 CET. The cup will be played on Wednesday 18th starting at 20.00 CET. The participating teams will be divided into brackets of 16 according to skill level. The cup will be played in single elimination format with all matches played on the same night. However, the finals can be scheduled for another day! As this is a One Night Cup, both 6on6 and Fun Teams are allowed to participate.

• 20:00 CEST – Round of 16 Starts (ctf_2fort)
• 20:45 CEST – Quarter-Finals Start (cp_well)
• 21:30 CEST – Semi-Finals Start (cp_gravelpit)
• Played before 24th December – Final (Bo3: cp_granary, ctf_turbine, cp_dustbowl as a decider if necessary)

RULES

• Matches will be played with a class limit 2 (including demoman) excluding the medic, classlimit 1.
• No unlocks allowed. (Reskins are) You can find the whitelist here
• You should use S1 Config.
  
• Like in every cup, 2 mercs are allowed by default.
• Maps: 2fort, well, granary and turbine must be played with timelimit 30 (this means with windifference 0 and winlimit 0) while gravelpit and dustbowl will be played in Bo1 round format.
• In case neither team owns a server, ETF2L can provide you with a server, thanks to our partner Hypernia (request an ETF2L server here). Alternatively you can borrow one from serveme.tf (credits to Arie) by simply login with your steam account, don’t forget to select the right config (etf2ls1) and whitelist (In Item Whitelist you should pick Whitelist.tf and introduce the number 142).

Prepare your time machine and sign up now!

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Highlander Season 5 powered by Blackout Gaming – Premiership: Legolas vs SNSD

Tonight, two teams will face each other to grab points they both need. SNSD missed out on last season’s championship, and needs more points to be able to make it to the playoffs. le leglesslegolegolas xD is clinging onto their hard earned point, and has to come up with some unique plays to surprise the Korean based stars/highlander players.

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Season 16 Premiership Playoffs: wtf vs TSE

The playoffs continue tonight with a match between flamingo gaming esports club and TCM Gaming. TCM Gaming will be looking for retribution for the two losses they have suffered so far this season while willy wonkas will try to continue their streak of wins against TSE. The winners tonight will go on to face Epsilon eSports in the final for €500 and 6 Tt Theron Gaming Mice while the losers will have to go home with €200 and 6 Tt Pyrrhus Gaming Mousepads.

Match Overview
flamingo gaming esports club vs TCM Gaming
Playoffs (Premiership Division)
Sunday, December 8th 21:15 CET

cp_badlands

3 - 2

cp_granary

4 - 5 (golden cap)

koth_pro_viaduct_rc4

3 - 0

OVERALL
flamingo gaming esports club [7:2] TCM Gaming

The match will be casted on BlackOutTV by our very own Potato Ambassador Admirable and Ryushi with Jon on the camera. Alternatively, you can catch the action in Russian on SickBrickTV. Tune in at 21.15 CET!

Highlander Season 5 powered by Blackout Gaming – Division 1: Chessclub Techniques! vs [<3]

A Division 1 clash between 2 entirely different teams. [<3] has met two very strong opponents, and will try to change course to get revenge. Tourettes Chessclub has played their last official only two days before this match. The question is, will this tight schedule affect their performance? Keep an eye out for both teams’ high profile heavies. Rumors say that Raymon has practiced fat scout, and will try to blast Ruskeydoo sparkles off.

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Whitelist changes

New versions of the whitelists have gone live just now. This includes 6v6, Highlander, BBall and Ultiduo.

The changes include banning of noisemakers and other misc. items that do not necessarily add value to gameplay. The thought behind it lies in an on-going plan to unify the 6v6 and Highlander rules, configs and, as made apparent here, whitelists.

In addition to all noisemakers now no longer being allowed, the following items are hereby banned in all gamemodes:

• Autogrant Pyrovision Goggles
• Bombinomicon
• High Five Taunt
• Noise Maker – Winter 2011
• Pet Balloonicorn
• Pet Reindoonicorn
• Pyrovision Goggles
• The Bootie Time
• The Burning Bongos
• The Infernal Orchestrina
• The Jingle Belt

Staff updates

• quintosh has good internet and time to help ETF2L again, and rejoins our AC Staff  as a full member.
• Freakie has done some impressive work during his trial period as Highlander Admin and is hereby promoted to full Highlander Admin.
• To continue the Retail Partnership Project Gentleman Jon has joined our staff full time in the Sponsorship department.

Please join us in welcoming the fresh meat. We hope you’ll enjoy working for ETF2L as much as we do!

• Master of words, Chaplain, has decided to spend his time on things not necessarily TF2 related, and will as such be leaving us.
• Black_Bob no longer has the time nor the motivation to commit to being an admin.
• Veteran Netsky will be retiring to Honorary Admin, but rumour has it he may still be sharing some of his time with us during the off-season periods!

Thanks for all the work and best of luck in your future endeavours to you all!