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Game of the Week: notag vs Crack Clan on ETF2L Radio

Date March 24, 2010

Wednesday Night Wrestle

Gorge gets its competitive debut tonight, playing host to notag and Crack Clan in this Week 8 battle.

Crack Clan, famous for their recent EsportsHeaven upsets of apparently stronger squads like SpecialAttack, Pentia and (the now folded) Team Rockit, will be hoping to recreate that magic in ETF2L this evening as divisional favourites, notag, on the hunt for the full six points, look to run away with the division title.

Who do you think will win?

Total Voters: 330

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ETF2L Radio #3

Casting the action live for you tonight will be none other than Byte, Dave and Anderson.

Join us as we discuss whether notag are ready for Division 1, what the future might hold for Crack Clan, take an in-depth look at Gorge and, after the game, for interviews with the players involved.

  • Download the STVs and Mumble recording here.

Match Overview
European Team Infused vs Germany rockit
Week 8 (Division 2b)
Date Wednesday, March 24th 20:15 CET
SourceTV: fakkelbrigade.eu:27100

cp_freight

cp_freight

3 - 4

cp_gorge

cp_gorge

0 - 2

OVERALL
European Team Infused [0:6] Germany rockit

ETF2L Radio Casts ESH Final Tonight at 21.15 CET

Date March 22, 2010

this is etf2l radio

Following the success of our game commentary last week, we thought that it was about time for another evening of TF2 casting, this time at even more short notice! Tonight we’ll be covering the €500 ESH Sapphire Challenge Final between reigning ESH champs I Don’t Know? and four time ETF2L winners Team Dignitas.

Your casters tonight will be Evil, soldier for the top Division 1 team what women want, Anderson of The Direct Hit and Team Vertex, and myself, Cadred writer and ETF2L admin, Jimmy Breeze.

Join us tonight for a bit of banter, analysis, and hopefully some post-match interviews too. See you there!

  • Starting at 21.15 CET
  • SourceTV: fakkelbrigade.eu:27100
  • Mumble cast: fakkelbrigade.eu / port 64740 / password: spuf

Introducing new “My Matches” page.

Date March 17, 2010

Introduction

The methods for managing your ETF2L matches have pretty much been the same since the site was first created. At a later date we introduced the schedule proposal system, to make sure both you and your opponent had to agree on a date before it was finally entered into the calendar. This system works as is, but it is in no way perfect. The handling of your matches takes place on 2 pages: The “Submit Results” page, where you enter your match results, and the “Calendar” page. Especially the second one lacks some overview with it’s 3 sections full of data it is easy to lose track of what’s going on, especially if you’re playing in multiple tournaments.

We have gathered some of your thoughts on that (made after the introduction of the scheduling system), and created an all-new page which tries to handle all the functions from the aforementioned two pages in a intuitive manner. We call this page, in a very web 2.0 style: “My Matches”.

New page

The page can be found here: [Link] It should be simple enough to be able to work with it without introduction, but we’ll give one anyway.

So how does this page work then?

How it works

When you load the page, you will see a list of all your upcoming matches.

This is what i see when i log in to my account. 2 upcoming ladder matches. The first 3 columns (competition, week/round and Match) speak for themselves. They display what match we are talking about.

Schedule history

The Schedule column shows the date this match is scheduled for, if both teams have come to an agreement that is. You’ll notice a little (+) in that column. If you click that, a list containing the full schedule history of that match will expand, so you can see who proposed what and what happened to it.

Schedule proposals

Next up is a link for making match proposals. If you click that, a dialog box will appear over the page. Here is an example of such a dialog box:

As you can see, it has 2 sections. The first section displays the latest proposal and its current status. In this particular case, the opponent suggested to play on 18/03, so there’s a button you can click to accept that proposal. If you were the one making the proposal, it would say “Awaiting opponent approval” in the same spot.

In the second section, you can suggest a new date and time for the match. Simply find the day on the calendar, add the time, and click the submit button. Adding a new proposal can be done at any time. Be it to change the proposal you made yourself, or to make a new proposal to your opponent. This will automatically reject the previous proposal. With this, you can finally edit your own proposals without waiting for your opponent to react, also a much requested feature.

SourceTV Information

Moving on is the SourceTV link. This will spawn a simple dialog where you can enter the sourceTV information of your match, to get all your fans on board.

Submit Results

The last link is, inevitably, Submit Results. This will open a dialog box, which contains nothing more than a modified version of the old submit results page you’re so familiar with. Enter the results, and submit it :)

Visual clues

Lastly: To help you realize there is work to be done on this page, we have added several visual clues. A small image will appear next to every fixture that has a schedule proposal that needs your attention. The notification widget on the front-page displays if you have any new proposals aswell, and links to the My Matches page. There is no excuse to not respond to a schedule proposal now.

Feedback

We hope you appreciate this new page and that it will help you keeping your matches organized. However, we realize that such a change won’t always go without hiccups. Therefore the old Calendar and Submit Results page will stay on-line for the time being, just in case you cannot get the new page to work. We tested it as much as we could, but you never know what problems may pop up. We advise you to use the new page in any case, and report any problems. You don’t want to be stuck when we pull the old ones off-line.

We have opened a feedback thread in our ETF2L forums, where you can report any broken sections, UI failures or other things that should be improved. If you just want to say the page is cool, that’s okay too.  [Feedback Thread]

Game of the Week going live in 30 minutes

Date March 17, 2010

Join us for a fantastic evening of TF2 action with a live Mumble cast, starting at 21.15 CET, between I Don’t Know? and The Last Resort.

We have three great TF2 minds casting the action, watching SourceTV alongside you. The hosts are Byte of TCM-Gaming fame, Cadred staff writer and former Division 2 player Dave, plus Team Vertex soldier and host of The Direct Hit podcast, Swarley.

  • Starting at 21.15 CET
  • SourceTV: fakkelbrigade.eu:27101
  • Mumble cast: fakkelbrigade.eu / port 64740 / password: spuf

Alternatively, tune into the German language livestream cast from TF2Portal.de.

Thanks to FakkelBrigade for the SourceTV relay and Mumble server!

Who do you think will win?

Total Voters: 356

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Match Overview
European Epsilon eSports vs Germany Marco FTW
Week 4 (Division 1)
Date Wednesday, March 17th 20:15 CET
SourceTV: fakkelbrigade.eu:27101

ctf_turbine

ctf_turbine

13 - 7

cp_gullywash

cp_gullywash

1 - 2

OVERALL
European Epsilon eSports [3:3] Germany Marco FTW

Game of the Week: idk? vs TLR

Date March 17, 2010

Wednesday Night Weeaboo

Week 4’s Division 1 games come to a close tonight as I Don’t Know? (4-0-2) take on Division 1 newbies The Last Resort (1-0-3).

Idk? will look to continue their stellar form on Gullywash, following recent wins there against TCM-Gaming and Power Gaming. In Week 2, both squads suffered dramatic Turbine losses, idk? falling just short of the line against What Women Want in a 9-10 loss, and TLR were on the wrong side of Turbine’s special sauce overtime rules versus Power, enduring a 10-11 defeat.

I spoke briefly with TLR scout Atreides:

How many points do you guys need from this game to stay competitive in Division 1?

Taking our future games into account, technically, we don’t need any points from this game. I think that, team morale wise, we’re realistically looking for one map win. We’ve had some convincing results on Turbine lately, and we’re fully aware of idk?’s strengths.

What’s the key to beating idk?

They’ve had some impressive wins and outstanding individual performances recently, especially from their demoman, Extremer. The game will totally depend on our ability to limit his damage potential and to take full advantage of his (at times) too aggressive moves. If we concentrate on our strengths, I forecast two close scores on both maps. The team that manages to exploit the other’s mistakes will win.

Coverage

  • The game starts at 21.15 CET
  • STV information will be posted here as soon as we get it.

Who do you think will win?

Total Voters: 356

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Match Overview
European Epsilon eSports vs Germany Marco FTW
Week 4 (Division 1)
Date Wednesday, March 17th 20:15 CET
SourceTV: fakkelbrigade.eu:27101

ctf_turbine

ctf_turbine

13 - 7

cp_gullywash

cp_gullywash

1 - 2

OVERALL
European Epsilon eSports [3:3] Germany Marco FTW