Just a quick message out there to any teams thinking of signing up for the Experimental Highlander cup #1 that the signups will officially close at 18.00 CET tomorrow (Thursday 9th February). If you still haven’t signed up you can do so HERE, we are about 2 signups short of having an ideal number for the cup, which means there may well be some byes for  some teams for the first round on the map pl_barnblitz.

With Highlander Season 1 champions  SNSD plus other Division 1 teams like  Colony and  turbopoop eSports, this will be a great chance to showcase yourself against some of the best Highlander teams around. Remember to download cp_upland before the cup starts. The bracket draw will commence at approximately 19.00 CET on irc, join Quakenet @ #etf2l – please ensure you have at least one representative from your team on #etf2l during the cup.

Snakewater

Gullywash

Season 11 Playoffs

Playoffs will be held between March 18th and March 31st. Write it down, cancel all other engagements, consider yourselves notified.

Premier Division Playoffs

• 4th vs 3rd: March 18th – March 24th
• Winner vs 2nd: March 25th – March 31st or sooner
• Winner vs 1st: April 1st – April 7th or sooner

The Konkreet Cup ran mostly without problems yesterday so thanks to all participants. If you have not already, make sure to give feedback on the map here. Our congratulations go to the winners and runners up:

High Bracket
 Trying to get good
clanda
Forced Anal Penetration
 Minimoosegamer.eu

Low Bracket
Everyone Wants a Piece of Muffin
Five ants are more than four elephants!
Greatest gamers
Spade

Ban

Unfortunately, not everything went smoothly. Someone found it necessary to disturb a running official match. The following player is now banned from all ETF2L matches until the end of season 11:

• Rad – Interfering with a match – 3 month ban

Season 11 Playoffs

Playoffs will be held between March 18th and March 31st. Write it down, cancel all other engagements, consider yourselves notified.

Premier Division Playoffs

• 4th vs 3rd: March 18th – March 24th
• Winner vs 2nd: March 25th – March 31st or sooner
• Winner vs 1st: April 1st – April 7th or sooner

Highlander

Signups are still open for the Experimental Highlander Cup #1. If you’re looking for a fun Thursday night and would like to contribute to the Season 2 map selection process, this is the place to be!

That’s all for now.

It’s cup time again! Tonight at 20:00 CET we will be giving people the chance to try another upcoming map. All rounds will be played on cp_konkreet, a map created by  Mark. Similar to the croissant cup, it is also possible to enter this cup using a Fun Team which can be setup in the normal way using the page found here.

Konkreet can be downloaded here.

• Setup – Cups of 16, divided by skill levels
• Merc rules – 2 mercs allowed by default
• Brackets – High Low
• Map – cp_konkreet_b2

Experimental Highlander Cup #1

Highlander addicts might be twitching a little since Season 1 ended and Season 2 is still in the preparation stage. But there is nothing to fear now, because as part of our preparations for Season 2 we are proud to announce the first ever Experimental Highlander cup! This cup will focus on testing some new maps for Highlander, mainly maps that have been recommended to us in our feedback forum –  if you have any suggestions please feel free to comment in this thread.

Schedule & Map details

The date for the cup will be Thursday 9th February starting at 20.00 CET. The final will be a best of 3 maps, to be held on a different evening.  There will be a maximum 4 brackets of 16 teams, divided by skill, with options to extend or decrease the signup numbers. Do not hesitate to sign up as we will try our best to accommodate you!

• Round 1 – 20.00 CET – pl_barnblitz
• Round 2 – 20.45 CET – cp_foundry
• Round 3 – 21.30 CET – cp_upland

The maps for the final (to be held on a different evening) will be foundry and upland, with turbine_pro as the decider if necessary.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: if you cannot play on that evening at the times listed DO NOT sign up.

Unlocks

The following unlocks are not permitted:

• Set bonuses involving hats 
• The Enforcer
• Machina
• Bombinomicon
• Pomson 6000
• Philogistinator
• Spycicle

Please make sure the Bombinomicon and all other banned weapons are unequipped before the match starts. If you use one of these weapons, the other team may be awarded a default win. We are also still looking for feedback regarding unlocks for Highlander season 2, so please give us your opinion in the feedback thread.

Rules

• One merc is allowed by default and up to 3 mercs are allowed if the opposing team agrees.
• PL and A/D maps (e.g. Upland) = 1 round of Attack/Defence.
• 5CP maps = 30 minutes, first to 5.
• CTF maps = 1 Round of 20 minutes, first to 5 caps. In case of a tie, teams will play a Golden cap round with a 10 minute timelimit, if it still remains a tie (and to prevent stalemates) reset the config and timelimit.
• Heavy fist fights if you can’t decide who attacks/defends first.
• Maximum waiting time of 10 minutes. Teams not ready by then should ready up or suffer a default loss.
• Minimum of 8 players needed to start a match.

Please make sure you have the correct config enabled with the correct map settings. If you have any questions on anything please do not hesistate to ask for admin support.

Signups will be open NOW – remember to make sure your team has at least 9 players on the roster with each member’s Steam ID filled in correctly!

One Night Cup: Konkreet!

It’s cup time again! On Thursday 2nd February at 20:00 CET we will be giving people the chance to try another upcoming map. All rounds will be played on cp_konkreet, a map created by Mark. Similarly to the croissant cup it is also possible to enter this cup using a Fun Team which can be setup in the normal way using the page found here.

Konkreet can be downloaded here.

• Setup – Cups of 16, divided by skill levels
• Merc rules – 2 mercs allowed by default
• Bracket draw – Wednesday 1st February at 19:30 CET in #etf2l
• Map – cp_konkreet_b2
• Sign-ups open – Now