Norway vs Finland

As the finals of the ETF2L Nations cup are drawing closer one more great match will be played. Meeting in the semi-finals are   Team Norway and   Team Finland. The teams will play on the maps Badlands and Granary with the possible decider map being Gravelpit.
The winner of this match will go on to the finals where they will face  Team Sweden. Our prediction polls showed Finland as the clear favorite with 90% of the votes, will Norway be able to cause an upset and reach the finals? Make sure you don’t miss it!

Coverage

Be sure to follow this match tonight at 21:15 CET. You can watch this match either on the sourceTV relay provided by Fakkelbrigade, or watch the live video broadcast from QuadV with the caster(s)  A_spec and possibly AcidReniX.

• Source TV: fakkelbrigade.eu:27029
• Video coverage: [link]
• Article on Resupply: [link]

Match Overview
Finland vs Norway
Semi-Final
Wednesday, November 4th 20:15 CET
SourceTV: fakkelbrigade.eu:27029

cp_badlands

5 - 0

cp_granary

5 - 4

OVERALL
Finland [2:0] Norway

VAC bans

A week ago we announced our new VAC ban policy: every player in our league that has a VAC ban and is unable to play on a secured TF2 server will receive a league ban for two years. That means you will not be allowed to participate in any of our tournaments until November 2011. This applies to all participants of our league.

How to prove that you are able to play on a secure TF2 server

If you have a VAC banned account, you have one week left to contact our Anti-Cheat section to prove that you are able play on a secure TF2 server (not HL2 engine banned). Next Sunday (November 8th) everyone who has not contacted us will be banned from our league with immediate effect. You will still be able to unban yourself after next Sunday, by contacting an AC admin.

Proving that you are not banned on the HL2 engine will take no more than five minutes. You can contact an AC admin by querying one of our bots (ETF2L/ETF2L2/ETF2L3) with the new “!acrequest” command. Please be patient when you contact us. If nobody responds immediately, you can try again after some hours.

Nations Cup: Semi-Finals

The business end of our Nations Cup tournament continues with a couple of great match-ups. After a tough win versus valiant Poland, Norway faces their biggest challenge yet against strong favourites Finland. On the other side of the bracket, England and Sweden meet in what will hopefully be a very competitive match.

Which teams do you reckon will reach the final? Take your guess at the end of this post! Also make sure to check out [Resupply.eu’s preview] written by PerrY.

Details

• [Playoff Tree]
• [Fixtures]
• Maps: 1. Badlands 2. Granary 3. Gravel Pit
• Schedule Deadline: Sunday, 1^st November, 23:59 CET
• Match Deadline: Thursday, 5^th November, 23:59 CET

Fixtures

Norway vs. Finland – [Match Page]

England vs. Sweden – [Match Page]

KotH 4on4 Cup Round 2

Our first King of the Hill cup continues into Round 2 after some fun opening round encounters. Please schedule and play your Round 2 games as soon as possible!

Details

• [Playoff Tree]
• Map: Viaduct
• Schedule Deadline: Tuesday, 3^rd November, 23:59 CET
• Match Deadline: Sunday, 8^th November, 23:59 CET

Anti-Cheat Section: Recruiting

We’d like to formally welcome Iller to the anti-cheat team.

We’re also searching for one more dedicated and experienced anti-cheat admin to complete the team. If you’re confident that you have the ability to fairly process and properly analyse anti-cheat cases, send an application to daykiller@etf2l.org with the following details:

• ETF2L Nickname
• Real name, age and nationality
• Spoken languages (average English required)
• Past anti-cheat admin experience
• Motivation: why do you want to join our team?

New Website Features

The coding team has been hard at work on the website, creating a few new features:

• A wildcard system has been integrated to the website. From now on, please use the regarding function on the match page if your team wants to use a wildcard.
• Some neat map statistics subpage about how many and which maps were taken [per season] including [overall trends].
• The testing phase of the ladder continues. Thanks to all the teams that have supported it thus far. We are also happy to announce minkee made us another excellent banner for this competition, have a look on the [ladder subpage].

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New AC request command

We have added a new command to our IRC bot which can be used to contact our anti cheat section. Please use this from now on by querying one of the bots (ETF2L/ETF2L2/ETF2L3) and typing “!acrequest”.
Please be patient. If nobody contacts you right away try again after some hours.

New Banning Policy

We have a total of 127 VAC Banned accounts registered to ETF2L. If you have a vac banned account and don’t contact the ac section in the next two weeks, the ban will be applied in the league.
To prove to an Anti-Cheat admin that you can play on a secure TF2 server, and therefore in ETF2L, contact an AC admin by the new “!acrequest” command.

Back for more

Some people just don’t learn. We are sad to announce further punishment to the following players for attempting to evade their current ETF2L bans by registering new accounts. Please do not try and do this – you will be caught.

• Heliana [2nd account]
• [Tack] a.k.a. [Yanac]
• [Waffle] [2nd account] a.k.a. [invincble]
• [SonofPi3] a.k.a. [Mads]
• [Megadeath] a.k.a. [Mon]

New Cheaters

It seems there are more players wanting to join the exclusive “Cheat Club”. See below for the newest found hackers and cheaters.

• [banana] – banned for 2 years for using an aimbot
• [spicke] – banned for 2 years for using an aimbot

ETF2L Ladder: Test Phase

Ladders have been the subject of several lengthy discussions on the forums since the ETF2L opened. We have recently finished putting together an initial version of a Ladder system for ETF2L. Its incorporated into the site in exactly the same way as the cups and leagues meaning that scheduling your games and submitting results should be as easy as any other competition.

We are currently looking for teams willing to play in such a system while the point system is tweaked. Signups are currently open and any 6on6 team with at least 6 registered players may join. Teams can be challenged on the Ladder page (by clicking the email link) or from the “Challenge” page at the dashboard. The map pool consists of all current Season 6 maps and teams can choose 1-3 maps to play on. Teams can be challenged at any time (the same team cannot be challenged twice in under 5 days however).

–> [Standings | Challenges] <–

Points system

The current points system is based on the ELO rating system, with modification for the points difference in a result. Points are also lost for inactivity, this is currently 2pts/day after 5 days inactivity, however this may change. Please be aware that during the initial ladder test phase points and positions may change without warning. However all data is saved so no games that you play towards the ladder will be lost. Full details of the current system can be seen here

Feedback

This system is likely to be updated but we’d be interested in any comments from teams playing in the ladder. If you want to comment on the ladder itself or the regarding functions and rules, feel invited to post a reply in our feedback thread.

• [Ladder feedback]

Nations Cup: Quarter Finals

After a few days delay, the 1st Round of the Playoff Phase was finished. Besides Israel beating Portugal, all other group winners managed to reach the Quarter Finals. From now on, there will only be thrilling matches on the highest competitive level. Be sure not to miss them!

Good luck to all remaining teams!

Details

• [Playoff Tree]
• [Fixtures]
• Maps: 1. cp_freight 2. cp_gravelpit 3. cp_well
• Schedule Deadline: Wednesday, 21^st October, 23:59 CEST
• Match Deadline: Monday, 26^th October, 23:59 CEST

Fixtures

Germany vs. Sweden – [Match Page]

Ireland vs. England – [Match Page]

Finland vs. Israel – [Match Page]

Poland vs. Norway – [Match Page]

Prediction Polls

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