Map picks closing tonight!

A short reminder to all teams that the map pick phase is ending tonight at 23:59 CEST. All teams who haven’t submitted any map picks by the deadline will get a fixed list of default maps. All maps will be published after the map pick phase is over.

Have in mind Week 1 officially starts tomorrow, so get in contact with your opponent and schedule your first match if you haven’t done yet. See last newspost for a longer explanation!

The following teams haven’t picked any maps yet (status: 15:45 CEST – list won’t get updated):

• #invaders
• .22
• 81 TeaM
• 9 Men
• Afterlife
• animosity
• Argo
• Auto Aggressive Aiming
• Back off Bitch!
• Black Apple
• BLITZ
• Blood Brothers
• Blood Pressure
• Born to be Wild
• Carpe diem
• Catching Bullets
• censoreD
• chaotic community
• Clan Troopers
• ClipZ’
• Cloud Team
• Crazy Suicide
• Cryoemia
• CZech tactiX TF2 Delta
• Deadly Old Gents 1
• Death Adder
• DeliriuM
• dYnamic eSports
• eGamers.it
• eL Diablo’s Brigade
• emphasis Team
• enixe
• Erotic Elephants
• essentiaL !
• executive order
• Explicit-Content!
• FakkelBrigade
• FakkelBrigade 2
• fingerprint
• flashpoint
• Freedom Fighters
• fubar
• Gathering of Tweakers Team 1
• Gathering Of Tweakers team 4
• Hampshire Heavies 3rd team
• Haxx
• hb0da
• HelloRocket!
• HerbsArmy
• HoriZon Black
• HUNters
• I Don`t Know? “Gold”
• I Gladiatori
• Impressive
• incredibles!
• infernal Gamers
• jAgarna
• Juniors
• Klan Old School Generation
• KOMANDA ZIVS
• Lan51
• Lapinou Team
• Last Man Standing
• Lege Artis
• Lonely Team
• Maggots !
• Mah Clan
• Maroon Team
• meet The
• Mmm…
• Monster Munch
• MTF.Gaming
• n!Gage Team Omega
• Next Generation
• nGage Team 2
• Nine Team
• Omega
• One by One
• Origine-Gaming
• OverGame e-Sports
• pancake
• plan-B
• Potato Inc.
• Precursors of Death
• PsychoShock
• QlimaxBeer e-Sports Club
• Quack Attack
• ReWind
• Riders On the Storm
• rockit
• Rogues in TF2
• rude Eyed Jerks
• Rupture
• simply
• Special Air Service
• Special Air Service Blue Squad
• Special Marine Soldiers
• STER-Gaming
• SUICIDE
• Super Krazy Killerz
• Talkmaster
• Team Coolermaster
• Team Dakka
• Team Empire
• Team Unkown
• Team-Xplosion
• team.#faTality
• Team4Friends
• TEC Gaming
• TFB
• The Good Guys!
• The GoVernative Team Red Squad
• The Legendary [Rasta] Clan
• totalTroubles
• Ultimatvm
• Void Of Tranquillity
• WESTSTADT
• Whats in the boX?
• Xen-Team
• Yummy Elite Sausages

Prediction polls

Which team will win Season 6? Who will end up 1^st in Division 2 and gain a direct promotion spot for Division 1? It’s time for our public prediction polls again! Vote your favorites below.

Also, for everybody who would like to state his/her own personal predictions, feel invited to reply in the [Season 6 – Unofficial predictions] thread!

Season 6: Final Divisions

All 33 divisions for season 6 have been finalized. We have taken into account all division change requests, and applied them where possible. Without further ado, visit the following link to see your division and your opponents for this season:

-> [Final Divisions] <-

Note: Use separate links if you directly want to jump to your division, e.g. https://etf2l.org/league/tables#division4a

Season 6: Map picks open

All teams can now start picking the maps they want to play for this season. This means you can pick one map to play against each opponent. Every map can be picked twice. You can change your map picks as much as you want while the map picks are open, but once they close, the map picks are final, and cannot be changed.

Details

• Map picks open: *NOW*
• Map picks close: Sunday, 27^th September, 23:59 CEST
• Map picks page (only for team leaders/deputies): [Link]
• Don’t forget to submit your map picks in time, or you will be assigned default maps.

Season 6: Start scheduling

All fixtures are now known. Week 1 starts coming Monday. Please start arranging your first matches. All fixtures can be found on the [Fixtures page].

The most common method of contacting your enemy is through IRC, but steam friends works great aswell. There are usually some alternative contact methods entered on your opponent’s team page. Also, on the matchpage, you can make a comment, and as team leader or deputy, you can tick the box marked ‘Challenge Request’, and an email will be sent to the other team’s leader. This is an easy way for us to see if you’ve been actively scheduling the match.

Once you’ve agreed on a match date with your opponent, please enter it into the [Calendar].

If a fixture date is not entered into the calendar by the Schedule deadline, we will appoint a default date. If one team does not respond to schedule requests, please make this known to us (preferably by making match comments). If you suggested a date, and the opponent didn’t respond, you will usually get the date you suggested as default date.

League Config: mp_windifference 0 for ctf_turbine

Some short notice which still is important and effects many matches: Please be sure to set mp_windifference 0 if you are playing a CTF map. A note about this has been added to the official league config.

-> [Official ETF2L League Config] <-

Edit: Also our Rules page was updated with all [Season 6 Rules].

Here we go: all 330 teams were seeded by our staff and put in Division levels from 1 to 6. Later on all teams will be split into groups of 10 teams. The seedings can be found here:

-> [Provisional Divisions] <-

These seedings are not 100% set, you can’t claim anything based upon them, but we’ve worked hard to make them as final as possible.

If you think your team is misplaced, too high or too low, you can notify us of this. If possible and reasonable, we will try to put you in another division. If you want to do a request, please write an email to staff@etf2l.org with the following details:

• Teamname
• Current division level
• Requested division level
• Structured list of results with the following information included: Date; Type (PCW or League? Include match link if league); Opponent; Maps; Exact map results; Links to result screenshots

Please note:

• Any appeals must be emailed before Sunday, 20^th September, 23:59 CEST.
• Requests to play in a lower division will always be granted (you don’t need to send a result list)
• We won’t count any result without proofing screenshots.
• Do not send the screens with the mail. Upload them somewhere (separate or as package)
• All screenshots need to have a clear name, e.g. “dignitas_well.jpg”
• We won’t consider a request without a structured list of results.
• PCW results don’t mean too much as they are used to test players, new tactics, etc.
• We aren’t able to realize many requests as almost all spots are 100% safe from previous season results

SteelSeries, the leading manufacturer of gaming peripherals and accessories, today introduced the new SteelSeries Siberia v2 Full-size Headset. As the successor to SteelSeries’ signature Siberia Headset which launched in 2004, the new Siberia v2 offers gamers and music enthusiast’s superior speaker and microphone technology that delivers impeccable sound quality, integrated control capabilities, and enhanced design for greater comfort and improved passive noise reduction.

The original SteelSeries Siberia Full-size Headset became a huge success in the professional gaming community and also extended its reach into the music world being used by professional musicians in several high-profile international music videos.

As an upgrade to the original Siberia, the v2 sports an “invisible” retractable microphone system that pulls out from the left ear-cup, allowing for a more convenient and travel-friendly headset especially for tournament players.

The Siberia v2’s increased 50mm speakers will amplify the bass and overall volume as well as improve the frequency response to 10-28,000 Hz. Optimized for professional gaming, where crisp detailed sound can mean the difference between winning or losing, the soundscape features crystal clear high, low, and mid-tones. Tournament players and gamers that battle with loud households will appreciate its new closed ear-cup design which features thick leather padded cushions built from sound dampening foam to increase outside noise isolation, especially important for first-person shooter (FPS) games when footsteps and grenade pin-drops are so important to hear.

“Every element of the Siberia v2 has been optimized for pro-gaming, making this headset a preferred piece of equipment for the world’s best competitive PC gamers,” said Bruce Hawver, CEO of SteelSeries. “What’s even more impressive is that the headset is multifunctional with its ability to deliver an unparalleled audio experience for music lovers and VOIP users.”

Key product specifications of the SteelSeries Siberia v2 Full-size Headset include:

• 50mm speakers
• Impedance: 32 Ohm
• Frequency: 10-28,000 Hz
• SPL@1kHz: 112dB
• Cable: 1m + 2m extension
• Jacks: 2* 3.5mm
• Retractable microphone: 50-16,000 Hz, unidirectional

Along with the new thicker leather ear-cups for sound isolation, the Siberia v2 remains lightweight while its trademark headband suspension construction makes it extremely comfortable for use over long periods of time. The volume regulator, the cord and its base have also been upgraded. The primary cord is shorter in length for optimized use with portable gear and comes with an additional extra cord for use with stationary computers.

The Siberia v2 will be offered in two versions, with and without a USB soundcard. The virtual surround 7.1 soundcard offers a consistent sound experience, ensuring gamers the exact same sound and settings no matter where they are in the world or at what computer they are playing. With the easy to use software provided with the headset, the user can easily customize equalizer settings, profiles and other output settings.

SteelSeries Siberia v2 Full-size Headset will be available all over the world in November 2009. Pricing will be announced at that time as well.

Season 6: Welcome to 330 teams!

The European Team Fortress 2 League is glad to welcome 330 participants to the 6th installment of our regular Season. Season 6 – officially powered by SteelSeries Xai – will be the biggest TF2 tournament ever arranged. The champion will win six pieces of the recently published high quality gaming mices ad valorem 480 Euros.

Teams from almost 30 different countries will participate in Season 6. See below for a complete country ranking!

Country Ranking

1. European – 58 teams
2. Russia – 48 teams
3. Germany – 43 teams
4. France – 18 teams
5. United Kingdom – 18 teams
6. Italy – 16 teams
7. Sweden – 14 teams
8. Finland – 13 teams
9. Hungary – 13 teams
10. Ukraine – 11 teams
11. CzechRepublic – 9 teams
12. Poland – 8 teams
13. Israel – 6 teams
14. Latvia – 6 teams
15. Portugal – 6 teams
16. International – 5 teams
17. Norway – 5 teams
18. Spain – 5 teams
19. Benelux – 4 teams
20. Bulgaria – 4 teams
21. England – 3 teams
22. Lithuania – 3 teams
23. Netherlands – 3 teams
24. Austria – 2 teams
25. Turkey – 2 teams
26. Belgium – 1 team
27. Croatia – 1 team
28. Denmark – 1 team
29. Luxembourg – 1 team
30. Slovakia – 1 team

Waiting List

Please have in mind still being on the Waiting List doesn’t mean you don’t get a spot in Season 6. All dropped teams until the end of Week 2 will be replaced with fitting teams from the Waiting List. About 70 teams are currently registered on the Waiting List – of course you can still join (but your chances won’t be high to get a spot).

-> [Join Waiting List] <-

Last Division 1 spot – Decider match eSrael vs. SHIFTplay

As Team Imperial folded in the summer break, there is one remaining spot in Division 1. As these two deserve it most, both 3^rd places from Division 2a&b in Season 5 will meet in a decider match. SHIFTplay vs.  eSrael will take place TONIGHT at 20:45 CEST. Watch out for Source TV!

-> [Match Page] <-

Upcoming schedule

Next on the schedule are our provisional divisions which will be published tomorrow. Map pick phase will open Monday night after the final divisions are published. All upcoming dates are listed below.

• 18th of September – Announcement of provisional divisions
• 21st of September – Announcement of final divisions
• 22nd to 27th of September – Map Pick phase
• 28th of September – 1st Match week

Season 6: Rules

The recent polls did not work out as planned, due to some idiots trying to manipulate the outcome of the polls by creating multiple accounts. About 1500 votes had to be deleted and a few guys won a league ban till 1.1.2010 – congratulations. Have in mind public polls are done to give us some impression about community’s opinion and don’t necessary decide how we handle issues. It’s not worth it.

As the FaN poll ended more or less in a draw there was another internal staff discussion where we decided to go with FaN limit 1. Please do not discuss this issue anymore – it won’t change anything.

Besides, the cp_well train jump rule will stay; cp_yukon and cp_waste won’t be added to Season 6 map pool. Also we have added two new bugs to our Rules Page: Freight door Bug, Gravelpit Spawn Teleport. Don’t forget any kind of bug using will be punished.

And, last but not least, we decided all team rosters will be locked from the start of Week 9 till the end of the Season. This is the conclusion of some ungentle people who joined a team for one match and left it right after in previous Seasons.

Overview

• [Rules Page]
• All Spy and Sniper weapons allowed
• Force-A-Nature: Limit 1
• Team rosters locked from Week 9 on
• cp_well train rule stays
• Bugs added: Freight door Bug, Gravelpit Spawn Teleport
• cp_yukon and cp_waste won’t be added to map pool
• Note for new teams/players: Be sure to know all important rules by the start of Season 6. Rule breaks will be punished with point deductions.

League Config: Added mp_windifference 5

Valve added a new cvar in their last update which automatically ends a map after a set win difference. As this is perfect for regular ETF2L matches, the command was added to the league config. Please add the command to your server or update it with newest version of our league config.

-> [Official ETF2L League Config] <-

Follow us @ Twitter!

For all fans of Twitter we have created an ETF2L account which informs you about recent published newsposts. Feel invited to follow us on Twitter and always be up to date!

-> [ETF2L Twitter Page] <-