Arena Polls

Due to the positive feedback of the newest released Team Fortress 2 Mode „Arena” we decided to give it a try and will arrange an ETF2L Arena Cup soon.

As there are no clear rules yet (besides disabling the Engineer) we would like to catch up the community’s opinion. Take your right to vote below. All Polls will close coming Sunday, 23:59 CET.

Player Bans

After we had a detailed look on Demos of Moonroach (ex-member of GoT1) and Trojan (ex-member of CiC) we have enough evidence to prove they used illegal cheats during clan matches. We decided for a 1 year ban on both and also a punishment of Trojan’s former team CiC, who will lose 2 Map Wins of their first two played Season 3 matches.

• Moonroach [Steam ID: 0:0:18906082] – Issue: Using a Triggerbot – Punishment: 1 year ban
• Trojan [Steam ID: 0:0:19138683] – Issue: Using wallhack + aimbot – Punishment: 1 year ban
• Cable Internet Clan – Issue: Using a cheater in ETF2L matches – Punishment: One map gets defaulted against them each match he used him

On a side note I would like to mention CiC reacted very fair and sportsmanlike on this issue. Also see their Forum Statement [Link] about it.

First of all we would like to remind all teams Week 3 officially started today, please contact your Week 3 opponents and schedule your matches (latest match date should be the 14^th, but we will be liberal if it’s scheduled for 1-2 days after Deadline).

New Admins

We are happy to announce our admin search was successful. We received lot applications and have to say sorry we couldn’t take everyone in.

Still we doubled our Staff and have quite a lot new faces to welcome. Big welcome to all 11 new Admins:

• AnAkIn
• Fenrir
• FrAg
• Freakadelle
• Ice
• MaceWindu
• mihalch
• mvp
• Netsky
• RobbaZ
• Winneh

We are looking forward to work with you and hope you will have a nice time.

Rule Change

As surprisingly many teams picked the same map against each other, we decided to add the option to change the map once to a Secondary Map Pool Map, so no 3^rd Party Map has to be played:

2.8 Same Map picked twice for a match? Change it to a Secondary Map Pool Map or to a 3^rd Party Map once!

If both teams managed to pick the same map against each other, they can change it to a Secondary Map Pool Map or to a 3^rd-Party-Map [see below] once if both teams agree. Map can be decided by Map Elimination Mode [Explanation] (team on the left @ Fixtures Page is supposed to start) or just by agreeing on one map.

Secondary Map Pool: cp_dustbowl, cp_fastlane, cp_freight_b3 [Link], cp_labor [Link], ctf_2fort, ctf_mach4 [Link], ctf_well, pl_goldrush

3^rd Party Map Pool: cp_granary (with gates), cp_redstone_b2, cp_science2, cp_stag, cp_warpath2

After the bigger discussion about new maps in Season 3 we thought it would be interesting to publish all Season 3 map stats. All Map Picks excluding Default Map Picks were counted.

General Season 3 Map Stats

• cp_badlands: 393 times picked
• cp_pro_granary: 367 times picked
• cp_well: 248 times picked
• ctf_turbine: 186 times picked
• cp_gravelpit: 179 times picked
• cp_fastlane: 56 times picked
• cp_dustbowl: 44 times picked
• cp_freight_b3: 30 times picked
• cp_labor: 26 times picked
• pl_goldrush: 25 times picked
• ctf_mach4: 21 times picked
• ctf_2fort: 17 times picked
• ctf_well: 10 times picked

Map Stats divided into Divisions

Division 1

20 times picked: cp_badlands
20 times picked: cp_pro_granary
12 times picked: ctf_turbine
12 times picked: cp_gravelpit
6 times picked: cp_well
5 times picked: cp_freight_b3
3 times picked: cp_fastlane
1 times picked: pl_goldrush
1 times picked: ctf_well
1 times picked: ctf_2fort

Division 2

49 times picked: cp_pro_granary
43 times picked: cp_badlands
23 times picked: cp_well
17 times picked: cp_gravelpit
17 times picked: ctf_turbine
10 times picked: cp_fastlane
7 times picked: cp_freight_b3
2 times picked: cp_labor
1 times picked: cp_dustbowl
1 times picked: ctf_2fort
1 times picked: ctf_well

Division 3

93 times picked: cp_badlands
87 times picked: cp_pro_granary
45 times picked: ctf_turbine
38 times picked: cp_well
28 times picked: cp_gravelpit
14 times picked: cp_fastlane
5 times picked: cp_freight_b3
4 times picked: cp_dustbowl
4 times picked: ctf_mach4
3 times picked: pl_goldrush
2 times picked: cp_labor
1 times picked: ctf_well

Division 4

121 times picked: cp_badlands
120 times picked: cp_pro_granary
82 times picked: cp_well
51 times picked: ctf_turbine
46 times picked: cp_gravelpit
17 times picked: cp_dustbowl
15 times picked: cp_fastlane
12 times picked: cp_labor
9 times picked: pl_goldrush
6 times picked: ctf_mach4
6 times picked: cp_freight_b3
5 times picked: ctf_2fort
5 times picked: ctf_well

Division 5

113 times picked: cp_badlands
99 times picked: cp_well
88 times picked: cp_pro_granary
73 times picked: cp_gravelpit
61 times picked: ctf_turbine
22 times picked: cp_dustbowl
14 times picked: cp_fastlane
12 times picked: pl_goldrush
11 times picked: ctf_mach4
10 times picked: cp_labor
10 times picked: ctf_2fort
7 times picked: cp_freight_b3
2 times picked: ctf_well

Week 2 default dates

Sadly, we have a lot more unscheduled matches this week than we did last week. If the following matches have not been entered by thursday 23:59, we will set default dates as listed below:

• Division 2a – DCSB Red Team vs Vale – Sunday 7th September, 21:00 CET
• Division 2b – plan-B vs Team wL – Sunday 7th September, 21:00 CET
• Division 2b – dmg. vs LOL Team – Sunday 7th September, 21:00 CET
• Division 3b – FOG vs total llamas – Sunday 7th September, 21:00 CET
• Division 3b – FakkelBrigade vs Know Your Enemy – Sunday 7th September, 21:00 CET
• Division 3c – International Special Force vs Oh My God It Is – Sunday 7th September, 21:00 CET
• Division 4a – eT vs Clan Crazy – Sunday 7th September, 21:00 CET
• Division 4b – AWOL vs The Smash Project – Sunday 7th September, 21:00 CET
• Division 4b – Game Control | Red vs ouF Team – Sunday 7th September, 20:00 CET
• Division 4c – Ethanol Monkeys vs Kevlar Bullets – Sunday 7th September, 21:00 CET
• Division 4d – UnbindAll vs Empire II – Sunday 7th September, 21:00 CET
• Division 4e – Gathering of Tweakers 6 vs Insanity! Gaming – Sunday 7th September, 21:00 CET
• Division 5e – Team EnGINe vs Underworld Preachers – Grow uP Gaming – Sunday 7th September, 21:00 CET
• Division 5f – Last Man Standing vs |BEWARE|.TF2 – Sunday 7th September, 21:00 CET

Matches left behind

These matches have been left behind unscheduled for some reason or another, like new teams getting in the league in the place of another. They should be scheduled and played ASAP

week 1

• Division 3b – Know Your Enemy vs total llamas
• Division 4f – Crit Rocket vs diced:Reloaded
• Division 5e – Rejected vs Team EnGINe

week 2

• Division 3c – The Hampshire Heavies vs Tribunal Team
• Division 4f – diced: Reloaded vs sfire

Nationscup Quarter Finals

We still have 2 unscheduled nationscup quarter finals. The original schedule deadline for these matches was wednesday, however, we will be a bit lenient on this. Do try to schedule your matches within the next few days. Affected matches:

• United Kingdom vs France
• Sweden vs Germany

The first regular Week is official over. Their already were some positive and negative aspects; biggest negative aspects is about a lot teams dropping out in the last two days. Especially Division 3 will keep some open spots which can’t be replaced anymore.

We will probably do 2 very late replacements this evening and inform affected teams. No more replacements will be done from Thursday on, so we please all teams to keep alive ;-)

As we had quite a lot questions and issues during the last week aswell, we would like to remember all teams about some rules. Please always search for an answer for your question at our FAQ [Link] or Rules [Link] Page first. If you don’t find any help there, feel free to contact an admin by IRC, Forum or E-Mail.

Also don’t forget Week 2 Schedule Deadline is tomorrow, 23:59 CET. All matches who aren’t scheduled by this will get a League Default Date.

Rule Notes/Reminders

• Status screenshots

Please always make a status screenshot before a match starts or after a team swapped a player after map change. Remember without a status screenshot your opponent could use any players/fakers in a match up.

• Gravelpit screenshots

Many people upload a 0:0 scoreboard screenshot as gravelpit result which is no help to comprehend the entered score. Please always upload a screenshot of every round which shows the winner. (Example: [Link])

• Stopwatch Maps – Result possibilities

Please notice all Stopwatch Maps results are counted in played Rounds. Possible results for cp_dustbowl and pl_goldrush are just 1:0 or 0:1, cp_gravelpit can only end 2:0, 1:1 or 0:2. Please don’t submit any other result versions.

• Ringer Rules

Every team must field at least 5 players for a match. Your opponent can allow you up to 2 ringers if you don’t field a complete team. If your opponent’s team doesn’t agree on ringer you will have to play 5on6 or give away a Default Win/Loss.

• A map can be stopped earlier if one team reaches a lead difference of 8 points

We recommend stopping a map before the timelimit is over if one team reaches a lead of 8 more captures then their opponent. This is, however, by the discretion of the losing team.

• Map Overtime

A normal map overtime is counting to the additional timelimit. Both teams have to go on playing if a map goes into overtime.