The first game for both teams this Nations Cup. Sweden have a strong team with premiership stars such as wltrs, Zebbosai and  Nace, which should be enough to win this match comfortably. However it seems Sweden are running a programme where they are letting pub players play with their national team to promote competitive TF2, last week it was Notch on soldier for the Highlander team, this time someone called ‘TheSucker‘ on medic. Players to note for Scotland are Sheepy who plays for division 2 team   The Spectacular Scott Bakula, and Abunai from smooth criminals (Team Decerto). This game is casted by AcidReniX and  Beta at VanillaTV.

• STV: relay.vanillatv.org:27000

Lineup Team  Scotland

• Scout: Sheepy
• Scout: Abunai
• Soldier: Fragm3nt3d
• Soldier: Fenrir
• Demoman: Poop
• Medic: Ritalin

Lineup Team  Sweden

• Scout: wltrs
• Scout: Nace
• Soldier: Old_Grandma
• Soldier: Jukebox
• Demoman: Zebbosai
• Medic: TheSucker

England have a very strong team, including Numlocked and Hat from  Team Infused, as well as Upcoming Talent nominee Stark. Hungary have a few well known players; Linus (ex yoyotech),  Moreg ( Damage Control), and hykleri (ex Paroxysm)

• STV: connect relay.vanillatv.org:27101

Lineup Team  England

• Scout: Stark
• Scout: Greg
• Soldier: Hat
• Soldier: Boomeh
• Demoman: Numlocked
• Medic: Fish

Lineup Team  Hungary

• Scout: sajtos
• Scout: kacsa
• Soldier: linus
• Soldier: manhunter
• Demoman: pingwin
• Medic: b4nsky

Spain have a strong team on paper, with stars like HarryHook,  sraam and  Jan. How they actually turn out in terms of chemistry will be tested tonight by a Canadian team that is fairly unknown in Europe, spadez having the only European experience out of the team. It’s  being casted by the Canadian team manager and ESEA admin Killing here.

• STV: connect relay.vanillatv.org:27102

Lineup Team  Spain

• Scout:  HarryHook 
• Scout:  Sraam
• Soldier: Santo
• Soldier: Jan
• Demoman:  Hiper
• Medic:  KTJ

Lineup Team  Canada

• Scout: Spadez
• Scout: Mike
• Soldier: Tri
• Soldier: Bsc
• Demoman: Kapoww
• Medic: Cinq

6v6 Nations Cup: Belgium vs. Bulgaria

The first match of the 6v6 Nations Cup to be played is Belgium vs. Bulgaria.
There is no information on a cast yet. As soon as we know the information will be added at this place.

• STV: connect 85.236.105.22:27325

Lineup Team  Belgium

• Scout: droso
• Scout: NerdZone
• Soldier: baud
• Soldier: Luzzu
• Demoman: Genmix
• Medic: Hatch

Lineup Team  Bulgaria

• Scout: BaTMaN
• Scout: TheShadow
• Soldier: Hohen
• Soldier: Agent 0
• Demoman: MattDog
• Medic: Therium

6v6 Nations Cup: Rules Update

It seemed not all captains liked the idea of having fixed dates – soon after the tables and default days were announced, some nations immediately got to scheduling matches on other days.

We got the hint… The default days will from now on indicate the default dates in your group if the match is not scheduled by Sunday evening. You can still schedule your match to any day you like, as long as it is within the week’s deadline  (exceptions can be made as long as both teams do not fall behind their schedule and contact an admin) and as long as you schedule the match until Sunday evening before the week starts. Default dates will be set during every Monday, it is possible that the default date will be on the same Monday as it should not come as a surprise to either team.

Rescheduling a match (other than moving the time by some hours to accommodate different timezones) is not allowed from Monday on for any reason!

HL Nations Cup: England vs. Italy

The last match of the Highlander Nations Cup Group Stage is being played tonight. England as the favourite for this match can still make it to the playoffs, Italy can not – this does not mean they won’t put up a fight though!
SourceTV and/or cast information will be added when it  becomes available.

• STV: tba

Lineup Team  England

• Scout: Greg
• Soldier: Boomeh
• Pyro: CUBE
• Demoman: Kaidus
• Heavy: Byte
• Engineer: Bubblebobbler
• Medic: Hat
• Sniper: AcidReniX
• Spy: Hurri

Lineup Team  Italy

• Scout: sorex
• Soldier: matrix101
• Pyro: Yogi
• Demoman: sereh
• Heavy: f0rest
• Engineer: ZOKY
• Medic: userid_ivan
• Sniper: matterkiller
• Spy: MoNkey MaN

HL Nations Cup: Tie-Breaker

A tie-breaker match between the Netherlands and Spain has been created to decide who from Group A plays France and who plays Lithuania in the first playoff round. The deadline for this match is Wednesday, July 18 (included), and the map is koth_pro_viaduct_rc3.

Once this tiebreaker is done, the playoff stage will be seeded and the teams that made it to the playoffs can start playing their matches.

ETF2L Season 12 Awards hosted by PirateRadio

Season 12 is now over with the last match being played last week. As after every season, it is now time for the awards! However unlike previous seasons this time around PirateRadio hosted the awards nominations on the show yesterday. This means that the nominations were done slightly differently, where players from each Prem team plus respected community members comprised the panel and voted for who they believed were the top 3 in each award. The votes were then tallied and the top 3 players with the most nominations in each category can now be voted for by you the ETF2L community to decide who wins each award.  The voting will end Sunday 22nd July in time for the next episode of PirateRadio where the results will be announced live!

Season 12 powered by Tt eSPORTS Wrap Up

Congratulations to Epsilon eSports for winning the 12th season of the ETF2L 6v6 league! After an exciting 3 map grand final against  TCM Gaming they managed to take the crown for the fourth time after losing to Team Infused in last season’s grand final. You can see the whole match again in one of the videos that are embedded underneath.

Premier Division

1.   Epsilon eSports (£300 + 6x Tt eSPORTS MEKA G-UNIT Keyboard + 6x Tt eSPORTS Battle Dragon Bag)
2.   TCM Gaming (6x Tt eSPORTS THERON Mouse  + 6x Tt eSPORTS LADON Mousepad)
   
3.   Team Infused (6x  Tt eSPORTS SHOCK Headset)
   

Division 1

1.   Justice League (6x Tt eSPORTS DASHER Mousepad)

These teams should claim their prizes by sending one email per team to staff@etf2l.org including the full shipment information (one address) and, in Epsilon’s case, the bank account or Paypal information.

We would also like you to know that all pixel trophies have been added to the teams’ profiles. If there are any mistakes please contact an admin.

VanillaTV 1: Admirable & djc
Map 1: Snakewater
Map 2: Granary
Map 3: Badlands

VanillaTV 2: Arx & Beta
Map 1: Snakewater
Map 2: Granary
Map 3: Badlands

Quick Fix Cup Wrap Up

The Quick Fix Cup finals from the high and low bracket have been played. The trophies have now been added to the teams’ profiles. We hope you had fun, see you next time!

New Streams section, thanks to  Skyride! ->

High Bracket

Two maps were enough for  KnG! Elite nile Gunners to beat the  International Secret Intelligence Service. Congratulations to them and the runner ups!

1.   KnG! Elite nile Gunners
2.   International Secret Intelligence Servic
   
3.   Girls United
4.   Mistral.Tt

Low Bracket

The Russians from  Partyvan defeated addict! eSports in a three-map final.  Congratulations to them and the runner ups!

1.   Partyvan
2.   addict! eSports
   
3.   Team Sigma
4.   The Manissons
   

VanillaTV 1: Admirable & djc

Map 2: Granary
Map 3: Badlands

VanillaTV 2: Arx & Beta

Map 2: Granary
Map 3: Badlands

Lineup TCM Gaming

• Scout: hymzi
• Scout: Rebeli
• Soldier: hocz
• Soldier:  Zebbosai
  
• Demoman:  kaidus
• Medic:  Byte
  

Lineup Epsilon eSports

• Scout: schocky
• Scout: wltrs
• Soldier: KnOxXx
• Soldier:  GeaR
  
• Demoman: Extremer
• Medic: Royze (merc)

Just over 14 weeks ago, we saw Team Infused make a last-minute change to their lineup and take the Season 11 title from Epsilon eSports, a feat thought impossible by several. Last week, we saw Infused make a similar change but this time things didn’t go so well for them, losing to TCM Gaming and breaking the “forever 3rd” curse that had hovered over TCM and Byte for some time. Now they will have to produce a bigger upset than both of these combined if they are to take the top spot, and give Epsilon their second surprising 2nd place finish for the season in a row. Perhaps  Royze on medic for Epsilon will throw a spanner in the works of one team, who knows?

VanillaTV will once again provide a magnificent showcase for tonight, with dual streams to satisfy all your viewing needs. Plus, there will be CS:GO keys up for grabs! You can find out more here.

It wouldn’t be a very grand Grand Final if we had no prizes to give, would it? Thanks to Tt.eSPORTS and a generous donation from a community member, the Season 12 winners will receive £300 pounds, as well as the following:

Our runners-up will not go away empty handed. They will receive:

Other Games tonight

 Luxembourg take on  Scotland in the Highlander Nations Cup. Both teams are still looking to score points in their Group C campaigns.

Today, the deadline-day for both week 1 and week 2 of our group stage, there are 5 matches taking place.

• STV: tba

Lineup Team  Romania

Lineup Team  Spain

• Scout:  jam
• Scout: HarryHook
• Soldier: Ghostface
• Soldier: Jan
• Pyro:  punct
  
• Pyro: pl0
• Demoman:  Nyllah
• Demoman: vayne
• Heavy:  Sensei
• Heavy: lork
• Engineer:  Grizz
• Engineer: a.c.a.b
• Medic:  Cake
  
• Medic: Krimz
• Sniper: Durolan 
• Sniper: sraam
• Spy:  Dookie
• Spy: Hiper
  

• STV:  85.236.105.22:27325

Lineup Team  Poland

Lineup Team  Turkey

• Scout: imp
• Scout: tba
• Soldier: nislem
• Soldier: tba
• Pyro: Phroblem
  
• Pyro: tba
• Demoman: fybedi
• Demoman: tba
• Heavy: Mikki
• Heavy: tba
• Engineer: Dhs
• Engineer: tba
• Medic: natty
  
• Medic: tba
• Sniper: Fassadin
• Sniper: tba
• Spy: Ber
• Spy: tba

• STV: relay.vanillatv.org:27100

Lineup Team  England

Lineup Team  Ukraine

• Scout: Mr G
  
• Scout:  awarche
• Soldier: CUBE
• Soldier:  ave
• Pyro: Greg
  
• Pyro:  LyN
• Demoman: Hildreth
• Demoman: Blade
• Heavy: Ruskeydoo
• Heavy: esk
• Engineer: Bubblebobbler
• Engineer:  Vad
• Medic: Si^
  
• Medic:  Dnepr
• Sniper: Gubbins
• Sniper:  kensiq
• Spy: Hurri
• Spy:  Mr. Cr0ss

• STV: tba

Lineup Team  Estonia

Lineup Team  Finland

• Scout: tba
• Scout: Septique
• Soldier: tba
• Soldier: nappr
• Pyro: tba
  
• Pyro: yonus
• Demoman: tba
• Demoman: J0rmund
• Heavy: tba
• Heavy: Santtu
• Engineer: tba
• Engineer: letku
• Medic: tba
  
• Medic: Diegooo
• Sniper: tba
• Sniper: MInd
• Spy: tba
• Spy: zoob

• STV: relay.vanillatv.org:27101

Lineup Team  Austria

Lineup Team  Israel

• Scout: tba
• Scout: tba
• Soldier: tba
• Soldier: tba
• Pyro: tba
  
• Pyro: tba
• Demoman: tba
• Demoman: tba
• Heavy: tba
• Heavy: tba
• Engineer: tba
• Engineer: tba
• Medic: tba
  
• Medic: tba
• Sniper: tba
• Sniper: tba
• Spy: tba
• Spy: tba

• STV: tba

Lineup Team  Canada

Lineup Team  USA

• Scout: cyzer
• Scout: clockwork
• Soldier: blaze
• Soldier: harbleu
• Pyro: waffleb
  
• Pyro: pudding cup
  
• Demoman: alfa
• Demoman: boulder
• Heavy: dashner
• Heavy: oPlaiD
• Engineer: squidez
• Engineer: vhalin
• Medic: cinq
  
• Medic: overseer
• Sniper: spadez
• Sniper: m4risa
• Spy: pulse
• Spy: stabby stabby

6v6 Nations Cup Reminders

A reminder for 6v6 National Teams that signups end tomorrow night, so if you haven’t signed up already then this is your last chance! Team Captains should also let the admins know their preferred play dates, otherwise you will have to deal with the default dates you are given.

The Round Robin

The Round Robin is a one-day highlander tournament centered around funtimes and frags that’s run by members of team JollyRanchers. It’s now into its fifth season, and is looking stronger than ever! Team Signups are already open, and there’s plenty of space for you! Yes! You! So get some friends together and sign up at their website!