OVERVIEW

It’s that time of the year again for ETF2L to step into untested waters and experiment with new or untried maps for our league. We hope during this tournament not to crash into any icebergs or navigate through a rough sea of bugs, bad design and unexciting gameplay. Rather we hope to give everyone a chance to test out 3 potentially superbly exciting, unique maps and give us feedback – you can give us feedback in our Idea Box forum. All information regarding this tournament can be found on its hub page.

Signups are now closed!

BRACKETS

Brackets will be linked as soon as they are available

CUP FORMAT AND SCHEDULE

The the cup will be held on Thursday, September 27th, starting at 20.00 CEST. All teams will be divided into bracktes of 16 teams. You can sign up with both, Highlander and Fun teams. The signups are open and will close on September 26 at 21 CEST. The cup will be single elimination with all matches up to the final played on the same night. The finals are to be played before Sunday, October 7th

• 20:00 CEST – Round of 16 Starts – ctf_haunt_a1
• 21:00 CEST – Round of 8 Starts – cp_gorge
• 22:00 CEST – Round of 4 Starts – pl_swiftwater_ugc
• Finals – To be scheduled by the teams and played until Sunday, October 7 – Best of three, maps are picked with the ETF2L map pick system [Explanation]

MAP RULES

Payload and CP Maps

• Bo3 – All matches will be a Bo3 of AB rounds
• Screenshots of each AB rotation are required
• To enter the score, each AB rotation counts as a map. Therefore if you won 2 – 0, enter the score as 2-0 for 2 maps (both pl_swiftwater or cp_gorge). If you won 2 – 1, enter the scores as 2 – 1 for both, and tick the golden cap box

CTF Maps

• Matches will be played as first to 7 (Bo13) and with timelimit 20
• In the event of a draw play a Bo1 GC round with timelimit 10

Make sure to let admins know if your match is running more than 5 minutes late! If you are 10 minutes late then set mp_timelimit to 15 minutes, and so on. This is to keep the next round on time.

UNLOCK RULES

As well as the unlocks previously allowed in S2, we are allowing all of these newer items. Provide feedback on these items here

The updated whitelist can be found here

Scout

• Baby Face’s Blaster – [Link]
• Pretty Boy’s Pocket Pistol – [Link]
• Flying Guillotine – [Link]

Soldier

• Beggar’s Bazooka – [Link]

Pyro

• Rainblower – [Link]
• Scorch Shot – [Link]
• Lollichop – [Link]
• Neon Annihilator – [Link]

Heavy

• Huo-Long Heater – [Link]

Sniper

• Hitman’s Heatmaker – [Link]
• Cleaner’s Carbine – [Link]

Spy

• Red-Tape Recorder – [Link]

Special Rules

For this cup more mercs than in the league are allowed. Instead of the usual 1 merc being allowed, and 2 if the opponents agree, 2 mercs are allowed by default and 3 if the opponents agree!

For everything else, standard ETF2L 9v9 rules apply.

For the neverending fight for the middle point it is crucial for a Demoman to be there first. Preferably even before the enemy Demoman!

So to all the newcomers, and even the veteran Demomen, here you might learn a thing or two about how to decide that little fight at the beginning of each round for you!

Our dear  huhy has made a video explaining the demoman rollouts on all maps relevant to Season 13! With that, you might be the one being that deciding few seconds faster!

Season 13 powered by Tt eSPORTS: BFF vs. Epsilon eSports

Match Overview
All Tied Up vs Epsilon eSports
Week 1 (Premier Division)
Thursday, September 20th 21:15 CEST

cp_badlands

4 - 5

cp_gullywash_final1

1 - 6

OVERALL
All Tied Up [0:6] Epsilon eSports

Tonight, 2 Premiership week 1 matches take place, both at the same time. At 21.15 CEST  BFF plays  Epsilon eSports and it will be interesting to see how these newly formed/reformed teams compete in their first official of the season for their share of €2,500 and gaming hardware from Tt eSPORTS.

This match is casted by VanillaTV with  Greg and  Admirable on the microphones and  Comedian on the camera.

You might also want to check out what  BFF leader Darn has to say about this season in a preseason interview.

Season 13 powered by Tt eSPORTS: (-.(-.(-.-).-).-) CHINESE MAFIA vs. Nitrose

Match Overview
(-.(-.(-.-).-).-) CHINESE MAFIA vs The Last Resort
Week 1 (Premier Division)
Thursday, September 20th 21:15 CEST
SourceTV: fakkelbrigade.eu:27100

cp_badlands

0 - 5

cp_gullywash_final1

1 - 6

OVERALL
(-.(-.(-.-).-).-) CHINESE MAFIA [0:6] The Last Resort

The second Premiership match tonight is between (-.(-.(-.-).-).-) CHINESE MAFIA and Nitrose. Kickoff is at the same time as the match between  BFF and  Epsilon eSports at 21.15 CEST. Can  Nitrose live up to their performance from i46 against the winner of the Premiership qualifier?

 NigelWantsKFC will stream and cast this match on his own3d account.

STV: connect fakkelbrigade.eu:27100

Listen to  Nitrose leader  HYS’ thoughts in this interview.

ETF2L 6v6 Nations Cup: And the winner is…

After weeks of fighting,  England has been crowned the victors of the 3rd ETF2L Nations Cup! Congratulation to team captain  numlocked and his team!

The final match against Sweden was tense, with a 4-3 golden cap going to Sweden on Badlands, and another 1-round difference win for England on Snakewater, with England finally taking the win on Gullywash 4-2. They now do not only win the bragging rights for another year but also the $1234 cash prize that was promised by Angel.

It has been a long road to victory, but the English have proved themselves well against the other nations, only dropping 2 rounds total in the group stage (one against Hungary and one against Spain). Norway had to forfeit their match, Germany proved to be a tough opponent (many viewers even said it should have been the real final) and the semi-final match against Denmark even went to a third map.

The consolation final has been cancelled because the team from the  USA has been disqualified from the tournament after they used an unlisted ringer in the semi-final against Sweden. The third place hereby goes to  Denmark.

Overall, this Nations Cup has been a huge success, with the amazing VanillaTV coverage watched by thousands of TF2 fans, and the terrific gameplay of the players. At this point we would also like to dedicate a shoutout to John from TwitchTV who is a huge TF2 fan and helps the scene to reach a wider audience!

The standings of the top 3 are

• 1st Place –  England
• 2nd Place –  Sweden
• 3rd Place –  Denmark

Tonight’s featured Match: elemental violence vs. ALUMINUM

Watch live video from VanillaTV on www.twitch.tv

Match Overview
elemental violence vs AVENUE eSports
Week 1 (Division 1)
Wednesday, September 19th 21:15 CEST

cp_badlands

3 - 4 (golden cap)

cp_gullywash_final1

2 - 4

OVERALL
elemental violence [1:5] AVENUE eSports

After  ALUMINUM failed the qualification for the Premiership Division they were seeded into Division 1. The first match they are now up against Division 1 newcomers  elemental violence, maybe the dark horse of Division 1 this season. The maps are the classics cp_badlands and cp_gullywash_final1.

Starting at 21.15 CEST, VanillaTV is casting this match from Division 1 with ThePledge and Skully. Give them some love!

Process Cup Roundup

Two finals from the cup on cp_process have not been wrapped up yet. Now all final matches have been played! Congratulations to  Crack Clan for winning the highest bracket and to  SeasoN for winning the middle bracket!

Please let us know how you liked the map in the Idea Box.

Highest:

• 1st Place –  Crack Clan
• 2nd Place –  Nitrose
• 3rd Place –  Team Decerto
• 3rd Place –  Naughty Badmen

Middle:

• 1st Place –  SeasoN
• 2nd Place –  Requiem Team
• 3rd Place –  see?
• 3rd Place –   COLDTEAM

by huhy

Interview Transcript

Admirable: Welcome to the second of ETF2L’s Season 13 Interview series where Premiership players are lined up before the one-man firing squad known as Admirable.  Today we have Premiership first timer, HYS, of Nitrose in our sights.  Any last words?

HYS: No! No last words… heh…

A: OK I’m not actually gonna shoot you, but this is gonna be tough man… I’m just warning you… ya know… psyche yourself up mentally.

H: I’m psyched, mate! I’m psyched! Read the rest of this entry »