Highlander Nations Cup #1

The first ETF2L Highlander Nations Cup has come to a close. 30 teams signed up for this tournament, and they have been whittled down to our winner – Germany. Congratulations to Germany for winning the first Highlander Nations Cup! According to team captain  Thy* they did not play a single practice match and completely relied on their superior deathmatch abilites. Apart from that, he had the following to say

“We are very happy to win this competition after we lost to England in the 6vs6 Nations Cup. It was a really good experience and if there is another tournament like this one day we may play again. Thanks to all teams that competed and a special shoutout to Sweden and France for great games. Now give us our money!”

The full standings are as follows:

• Winner: Germany – winning £972
• Runner-Up:  France – winning £225
• 3rd Place:  Sweden – winning a bronze pixel trophy!

Many thanks go to the anonymous donator who gave £1000 as a prize for this Highlander Nations Cup. ETF2L added another £197 to make it easier to divide the amounts by 9 players. Many thanks also to VanillaTF2 for providing coverage to as much of this competition as possible, you can catch up with any missed VODs here.

Season 13 powered by Tt eSPORTS Maps

With only 4 more days until the signups for our 13th 6v6 season open, we’re announcing the official map pool tonight. The following 6 maps will be played during the season:

• cp_badlands
• cp_gullywash_final1
• cp_snakewater
• cp_granary
• cp_gravelpit
• ctf_turbine_pro_rc1

The rules for the control point maps remain the same and should be known to our players. We will update the rules page in the next days where you can look them up again. Turbine as a “capture the files” map will be played as best of three with up to three 10 minute rounds. The detailed ruleset will follow in a later post.

Highlander Nations Cup #1: Finland vs Sweden

Match Overview
Finland vs Sweden
Final
Thursday, August 16th 20:00 CEST

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OVERALL
Finland [0:6] Sweden

• STV:  relay.vanillatv.org:27100

Tonight’s the night we get to see the final match of the first Highlander Nations Cup here at ETF2L. It features two teams packed with top Highlander players from Season 2 ( colony,  SNSD and  May Contain Nuts), that have had a rivalry throughout competitive TF2’s history. The winner of this game will get an all important bronze pixel trophy on their team page, and the losers will get nothing! The maps will be chosen before the game by the teams. This game is going to be casted by Skully and Comedian at VanillaTV.

Lineup Team  Finland

• Scout: bobberH
• Soldier: nappr
• Pyro: yonus
• Demoman: Setlet
• Heavy: fraggen
• Engineer: letku
• Medic: zoob
• Sniper: MInd
• Spy: SabaSaba

Lineup Team  Sweden

• Scout: furbo
• Soldier: wolve/Hycz
• Pyro: s3
• Demo: TviQ
• Heavy: ALX
• Engy: ZyZo
• Medic: TheSucker
• Sniper: jukebox
• Spy: ashkan

Staff Changes

We are sad to announce that long time Head Admin Crasp is stepping down from his position as admin. He has done a lot for this league in the 3 years of being an admin, and we wish him good luck in his final year of University.

Unfortunately Miek, Oxy and  Greg are also resigning from the admin team, we wish all of them the best of luck for the future.

The recent staff changes have opened several vacancies amongst 6v6 admins. If you want to take part in shaping the future of ETF2L, check out the full list and send in an application!

With Crasp leaving, this leaves a Head Admin position free. We are happy to announce that this spot is being taken by emb, who has proven to be extremely hard working and efficient recently.

Additionally we welcome ipz and  skeej to the Staff as part of our newly formed PR and Sponsorship team. Their focus will be to attract sponsors and coordinate coverage.

The Idea Box – now with Steam!

Thanks to our awesome coders, [the Idea Box] now features Steam login! The new feedback forum contains discussion threads not only for unlocks, but cup feedback, maps, season schedule and major league changes as well. Make your voice heard!

Schedule

Summer and our two Nations Cups are almost over, i46 is at the doorstep – time to prepare for the next big TF2 event! The 13th Season of our 6v6 league will once again be sponsored by Tt eSPORTS and the signups will open very soon!

• Signups: August 22 – September 7
• Provisional divisions will be announced until Monday, September 10
• Week 1 starts on Sunday, September 16

You can start scheduling your week 1 matches as soon as the final divisions have been announced to be ready to play when week 1 starts on September 16. Further information regarding the map pool, unlock rules and prizes will follow in later newsposts in the next days.

Signups

The number of signups is variable but has to be a power of 8. We will try to give everyone a spot in the league but to be on the safe side you should sign up early. All teams that sign up after the sign up deadline or do not get a slot in the league because they were one of the last teams that signed up are moved to the waiting list and will replace dropping teams as soon as possible during the first three play weeks.

Applying for divisions

For the seeding, the pro- and demotions will be relevant (as usual). If you created a new team or feel you can jump a division, feel free to apply for the desired division anyway. To prove you are capable of the division you applied for, we require you to submit screenshots of recent practice wars or tournaments where you scored decent results against teams that play on the level you aim for. There is no magical number of screenshots you have to submit, just submit what you have.

Please note that the success of your request mainly depends on the free slots in the division you aim for as 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 photo album (for example you can use imgur or Dropbox), zipped archives with tons of pictures attached to an email will be ignored. Please send your application to staff@etf2l.org.

The division application has to include the following information in order to be considered. Incomplete applications will be ignored!

• 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)

Highlander Nations Cup #1: Germany vs France

Watch live video from VanillaTV on www.twitch.tv

Match Overview
Germany vs France
Final
Monday, August 13th 21:15 CEST
SourceTV: fakkelbrigade.eu:27100

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3 - 0

OVERALL
Germany [6:0] France

• STV: fakkelbrigade.eu:27100

After over a month of fighting against other nations in the first Highlander Nations Cup, only two teams remain – France and Germany. Before this tournament began, not many people would have predicted either of these teams to reach the final, let alone both of them. Germany saw off tournament favourites Sweden in the semi final, and France beat a Finnish team that many expected to face Sweden in the final. The winners of this game will receive £972 and the runners up will win £225 due to a generous donation from an anonymous donor, and with money at stake, expect both teams to want to win this that much more! Watch this game being casted by Admirable and  Comedian at VanillaTV.

Lineup Team  Germany

• Scout: basH
• Soldier: KLar
• Pyro: ipz
• Demoman: Thy*
• Heavy: bsh
• Engineer: ThUn
• Medic: Homer J.
• Sniper: schocky
• Spy: Bighomer

Lineup Team  France

• Scout: Fl1p
• Soldier: T-Mac
• Pyro: Degun
• Demoman: Pognon
• Heavy: Tek
• Engineer: Mista
• Medic: Flaoua
• Sniper: Flippy
• Spy: Daff