3rd Cup – Round 1 running

Tonight’s live IRC Draw went pretty well, thanks for over 300 people taking part in our channel.

All Round 1 Fixtures and “Tree” (every Round’s Fixture will be done by a random draw) are published in our Cup Section now.

We please all teams to start contacting your opponents and schedule your Round 1 game. Don’t forget all scheduled dates have to be entered in our Calendar. If you are new to the league we recommend reading the FAQ and Rules.

Round 1 Details:

• Win-Mode: 2 Map Wins (Maps ending in a draw count as draw)
• Map-Order (set by league): 1. cp_pro_granary 2. cp_badlands (if needed: 3. cp_well 4. cp_gravelpit 5. cp_dustbowl)
• Schedule Deadline: Sunday, 8^th June 2008, 23:59 CET
• Game Deadline: Sunday, 15^th June 2008, 23:59 CET

If you have problems contacting your opponent, you are supposed to open a thread in our Challenge Forum. For any other problems/questions/issues feel free to use the !admin command in our IRC channel #etf2l @ QuakeNet.

Official new League Config

We lately had some changes on our League Config and updated some commands. We please all teams to update their servers with the new config. This config has to be used for every ETF2L game. Remember it has to be reloaded after every map change.

>>> NEW ETF2L LEAGUE CONFIG <<<

All thanks goes to AnAkIn for working out a new config!

Season 2 – Week 9 started

2^nd Seasons’ last Week started yesterday, but due to the summer problems of many teams we will add one more Week for any postponed games which can’t be played earlier. We will have some look through every Division in the next games and have some talk with affected teams.

Please schedule your Week 9 games as soon as possible and add them to our Calendar.

All Season 2 games have to be played and entered by Sunday, 15^th June 2008, 23:59 CET.

3rd Cup starting!

We are happy to welcome 128 teams from over 24 different countries to our 3^rd Cup:

• Germany (27 teams): aimtec, Ansammlung Laestiger Krieger, Die Doppelnullen, Die Philosoffen, Digital X-Plosiv, eL Diablo’s Brigade, Elitedorfkiller, Erdnuckels, Friede seiner Asche, Game Control, Gods of Egypt, International Special Force, Jarpen.Gaming, Keine halben Sachen, last one alive lock the door, Racoon, rats-clan, n2o-gaming.de TF2, plan-B, skwean!, Soldiers at Work, Special Marine Soldiers, Team uber, TFPortal.de, The Firefuckerz, veAre, Xenomorphs
• Europe (16 teams): 4 Kings (Title Holders), Can’t Shoot Straight, cleveridiot, Dutchnet Familiars, enixe, eT, I Don’t Know?, Mix, Noctis, something Different, SpecialAttack, The Hampshire Heavies, Total Genius, Totally Totalitarian, unbindAll, Zero Tolerance
• United Kingdom (15 teams): Fluffy Diced, Fragtastic, Clusterfunkers, DCSB Blu Team, DCSB Red Team, I am, gBh, Knights, Necrotic United Brothers, Special Air Service Blue Squad, Special Air Services, The Last Resort, Weapons of the Rebelion, Weapons of the rebelion 2, weapons of the rebelion 3
• Russia (10 teams): chaotic community, CityNov, Immortals, dmg., LOL Team, Old Quake School, Sang Royal, Team Empire, Tribunal Team, Yummy Elite Sausages
• Sweden (8 teams): 961, Excello, hb0da, klan:fader, PuBBeN, Smaland-online, starLike, TEAM SdX’98
• Finland (5 teams): Clan Troopers, Clan United, Cruciamentum, hePPa, Low Pressure
• France (5 teams): extenSia!, MM2 Team, OMEGA, Team wL, thai#WHINE
• Belgium (5 teams): be team line up 1, Beteam line up 2, Black Hawk Down, Long Range Recce Patrol, The Legendary RastaClan
• Benelux (4 teams): BEst Winning Army Reunited, Gathering of Tweakers Team 1, Gathering of Tweakers Team 2, Gathering of Tweakers Team 3
• England (3 teams): Cable internet Clan, clanda, Maximum^2
• Austria (3 teams): Herbs Army – blue Squad, Herbs Army – red squad, Robert Hartlauer Syndikat
• Latvia (3 teams): AD, bmp, FOG
• Spain (3 teams): back to Resupply, Republica Independiete del Flori, Team Assault
• Italy (3 teams): Allied Serial Killers + Associazione CRY, QuiD Multigaming, Titans
• CzechRepublic (3 teams): Cavaliers, Ethanol Monkeys, Anonym!ty
• International (3 teams): Frag Test Dummies, mischief, The Smash Project
• Netherlands (2 teams): FakkelBrigade, Legion of Legends
• Portugal (2 teams): The Conquers, Underworld Preachers – Grow uP Gaming
• Israel (2 teams): anti-Corny, Team Intoxicated
• Norway (2 teams): Pul Kai, Quack Attack
• Denmark (1 team): Clones-Inc
• Poland (1 team): Veritas
• Luxembourg (1 team): MTF.Gaming
• Ukraine (1 team): Oh My God It Is

Good Luck and Have Fun to all teams!

Notice 1: We recommend every new team to read through our FAQ and Rules.

Notice 2: ETF2L is developed as an European league. Teams from all countries are welcome, but all matches have to be played on European based servers.

3rd Cup – 1st Round

1^st Round Fixtures will be made in our Live IRC Drawing this Sunday, 19.00 CET at #etf2l @ QuakeNET. Feel invited to be guest in our channel and spread the news!

Fixtures will be announced on the site shortly after the draw is done.

Top Match Coverage

Gladly we can announce our first Top Match Coverage with our new partner Pwnage.TV which decided to do a live video stream and commentary for our Division 1 Game 4 Kings vs. The Last Resort. Match will take place Sunday, 8^th June, at 21:00 CET. More details soon!

Fun Cup Public Votes

As you have noticed above we started two public polls about possible upcoming ETF2L Fun Cups. Beside some 1on1 and lower team-size competition we will also organize little 6on6 tourneys in the near future.

Take your chance to vote! Both polls will close Sunday, 8^th June, at 23:59 CET.

Season 2 Week 8 Default Dates

Again we have to set quite a lot Default Dates in Week 8. Please make sure you play your last matches to complete Season 2.

• Division 2a – it’s a farm! vs. extenSia! – Wednesday, 4^th June, 21:00 CET
• Division 2a – Team Empire vs. LOL Team – Wednesday, 4^th June, 21:00 CET
• Division 2a – wotr2 vs. rats-clan – Wednesday, 4^th June, 21:00 CET
• Division 2b – GamerArea vs. jAgarna – Wednesday, 4^th June, 21:00 CET
• Division 2b – TFPortal vs. Virtual Troopers – Wednesday, 4^th June, 21:00 CET
• Division 2b – Team wL vs. Cruciamentum – Wednesday, 4^th June, 21:00 CET
• Division 3b – DCSB vs. skwean! – Wednesday, 4^th June, 21:00 CET
• Division 3c – total llamas vs. Fluffy Diced – Wednesday, 4^th June, 21:00 CET
• Division 4b – bR vs. DSS – Wednesday, 4^th June, 21:00 CET
• Division 4c – 961 vs. ask|cry – Wednesday, 4^th June, 21:00 CET
• Division 5c – Tribunal vs. Game Faqs X – Wednesday, 4^th June, 21:00 CET
• Division 5c – MTF vs. total llamas Bravo – Wednesday, 4^th June, 21:00 CET

Notice: Dates can only be changed if both teams agree. Games have to be played by 08.06. 23:59 CET latest (or 0:0 will be entered).

3rd Cup Sign-Ups closing!

The 3^rd Cup Sign-Up-Phase is ending soon. A complete overview about all current participants can be found at our Teams-List.
We also would like to invite our recently new registered teams to join our Steam Group and/or our big IRC Channel #etf2l @ QuakeNet.

Spots taken: 128/128 – Cup is full, Sign-Ups closed (if your signed up team died lately, pls contact us)

Your team isn’t signed up yet and would like to play in the biggest Team Fortress 2 Cup in history? Have a look at our detailed Sign-Up instructions.

Random Live Drawing at our IRC Channel

Our big 3^rd Cup – Round 1 Live IRC Draw will take place next Sunday, 1^st June 2008, at around 19:00 CET. Every interested player is invited to join our IRC Channel #etf2l @ QuakeNet where the Draw will take place.

After the draw is over, all Fixtures will be published at our League Site and Round 1 games are supposed to be scheduled and played. A detailed timetable can be found in the FAQ and in the end of this post.

3rd Cup Map System

Decided by our public vote league will set Default Maps for every Round. Map Picks for first 3 Rounds will be announced at our Live IRC Drawing on Sunday.

New Partner: Pwnage.TV

We are proud to announce a new partner for our league: Pwnage.TV will do some Top-Match coverages with live video stream and commentary. We will keep you informed in the near future!

Season 2

The last 2 Weeks have started right away; our 2^nd Season is ending soon. We sadly had to accept some more drops like current Division 1 Leader Fracture. Most of the team members decided to try some new game for fresh motivation.

The remaining 6 Division 1 Teams are still up and trying their best reaching the 1st Position. The Top 3, still keeping up all chances to become Season 2 title holders with 2 games remaining each.

Rest Program Top 3

• 4 Kings vs. Weapons of the Rebelion
• 4 Kings vs. The Last Resort
• Excello vs. Blood Pressure
• Excello vs. Clan United
• Clan United vs. The Last Resort

All other Divisions are running very close generally (beside some exceptions like Clones-Inc which are dominating their Division 5a with an amazing win streak of +16). We wish every team good luck for your remaining games in Season 2!

Please also schedule your Week 8 Matches as soon as possible and play your matches! If you have problems contacting your opponent open a thread in our Challenge Forum.

Rules Update – Gravelpit + Dustbowl scoring system

Due to the included StopWatch-Mode we decided to change our score system for cp_gravelpit and cp_dustbowl:

• cp_gravelpit: 2 rounds have to be played (with Stopwatch Mode). Every round counting for itself (result can be 2:0, 1:1, 0:2).
• cp_dustbowl: 1 round has to be played (with Stopwatch Mode).

Please submit gravelpit results with 2:0, 1:1 or 0:2 in the future, dustbowl score is supposed to be submitted 1:0 or 0:1.

Beside that we are in need to ban some new scripts:

• Any kind of “MegaJump script” is forbidden. A player using a “MegaJump script” in a league game will be punished.
• Any kind of “FastShoot script” is forbidden. A player using a “FastShoot script” in a league game will be punished.

Website Changes

As most of you should have noticed we had some website changes with a new updated structure and a big total new Feature “Fun Cups“. In fact we decided to make a regular Season summer break after Season 2 ended.

During this summer break we will have some nice organized Fun Cups in almost all possible Gamemodes ( like 6on6, 4on4, 3on3, 2on2 or 1on1). We will keep you informed with detailed information soon.

3rd Cup – Timetable

Round 1

Schedule Deadline: Sunday, 8^th June 2008, 23:59 CET

Game Deadline: Sunday, 15^th June 2008, 23:59 CET

Round 2

Schedule Deadline: Sunday, 22th June 2008, 23:59 CET

Game Deadline: Sunday, 29^th June 2008, 23:59 CET

Round 3

Schedule Deadline: Sunday, 6^th July 2008, 23:59 CET

Game Deadline: Sunday, 13^th July 2008, 23:59 CET

3rd Cup Sign-Ups

The 3rd Cup Sign-Up-Phase is running very well, we reached over 100 teams already. We hope to reach our slot limit of 128 in the next days. You can find detailed Sign-Up instructions at our last newspost.

Our public vote about our Cup’s Mappick-System is still open, take your right above!

As all fixtures are being made random, we are planing a big Live-IRC-Drawing. Detailed information will be published soon.

Week 7 Default Dates

Notice: Week 8 is officially starting this Sunday. Start scheduling your matches!

• Division 1 – wotr vs. Blood Pressure – Monday, 26.05., 21:00 CET
• Division 2a – Team Empire vs. it’s a farm! – Monday, 26.05., 21:00 CET
• Division 2a – Prima Nocta vs. Knights – Sunday, 25.05., 21:00 CET
• Division 2b – plan-B vs. jAgarna – Monday, 26.05., 21:00 CET
• Division 3b – The Hampshire Heavies vs. Knifeback Mountaineers – Sunday, 25.05., 21:00 CET
• Division 3c – total llamas vs. Rasta Clan – Sunday, 25.05., 21:00 CET
• Division 4b – Gladiatores vs. FOG – Sunday, 25.05., 21:00 CET
• Division 4b – LoL vs. GoT2 – Sunday, 25.05., 21:00 CET
• Division 4b – QuiD vs. MM2 – Sunday, 25.05., 21:00 CET
• Division 4c – Immortals vs. ask|cry – Sunday, 25.05., 21:00 CET
• Division 5a – QA vs. IS777 – Sunday, 25.05., 20:00 CET
• Division 5b – Die Philosoffen vs. CityNov – Sunday, 25.05., 21:00 CET
• Division 5b – SouthPark vs. FTD – Sunday, 25.05., 20:30 CET
• Division 5c – total llamas Bravo vs. Titans – Sunday, 25.05., 21:00 CET
• Division 5c – Erdnuckels vs. Game Faqs X – Sunday, 25.05., 21:00 CET

If you have any problems/questions or other issues, feel free to contact an admin by using the !admin command at our IRC channel #etf2l @ QuakeNet.

3rd Cup Sign-Ups

After our 2nd Cup Final was played last night (more information below), we officially opened our 3^rd Cup Sign-Ups at 0.00 CET. We are happy to announce already 54 teams joined our Cup in the first 20 hours.
Remember all Fixtures will be done by random draws – challenge your teams’ luck and get any possible opponent in any round.

Your team wants to participate in our 3^rd Cup aswell? Just follow these instructions:

How do I sign up my team for 3rd ETF2L Cup?

1. As team leader you will have to create an account on our site here.
2. After you are logged in, you can register your team at the Dashboard. Here is an example for a fill-in-form.
3. You will have to enter at least 2 contacts at your team profile.
4. Once your team is registered at our site, it will be shown on our Teams-List.
5. You can now add your team members on the Player-Additions-Site. Here is an example for a fill-in-form.
6. You will have to enter at least 6 members with correct SteamID.
7. You can sign up your team to our 3^rd Cup at our Competitions-Page now. (Notice: You will first automatically get listed on the Waiting List until an admin has verified your registration.)
8. After an admin has verified your application, your team will be listed in our Cup-Participants-Page.
9. We please every new team to have a detailed reading through our Rules and FAQ.

General Cup Rules

• Sign-Up Deadline: Wednesday, 28.05., 23:59 CET
• Slots: 128 (maximum) – Slots taken: 117 – only 11 spots left!
  
• Fixtures done by random draws
• Timetable: Round 1 – 01.06.-11.06. | Round 2 – 08.06.-18.06.
• Map-Pool: cp_well, cp_pro_granary, cp_dustbowl, cp_gravelpit, ctf_2fort, ctf_turbine and cp_badlands
• Gamemode: 2 Map Wins; Drawn map counting as draw
• General Classlimit 2 + Mediclimit 1

Uncompleted Sign-Ups:

• roteX-gaming – at least 6 more members missing
• Anonym!Ty – at least 4 more members missing
• gbh – at least 6 more members + 2 contacts missing
• Clusterfunkers – at least 6 more members + 2 contacts missing

2nd Cup Final

As mentioned before our 2^nd Cup Final between 4 Kings and Fracture was played yesterday. 4 Kings managed to win the Cup twice in a row now, even if Fracture didn’t make it an easy job for them with only losing both maps by 1 point (cp_pro_granary 5:4 | cp_badlands 4:3). Congratulations to unbeatable 4 Kings!

If anyone missed watching the big Final but still want to have a look at it, we have some interesting links for you:

• Video on Demand: QuadV coverage with live commentary from Deman
• Source TV Demos: cp_pro_granary (6,3 MB) | cp_badlands (5,8 MB) (find more Demos!)

2^nd Cup is now archived and can be found in our Hall of Fame. Thanks to all participants making such a great Cup possible!

Polls

After reaching a new record with 208 voters we can announce our current Demomen-Limit will stay at 2. Thanks to all voters.

We are starting another public vote about our Map-Pick-System in upcoming 3^rd Cup. Please take your votes!

Season 2 – Week 7

Sadly we had 2 more droppers during last week. Anyway, Week 7 already started yesterday! Please contact your Week 7 opponents, schedule your match and enter correct date in our Calendar!

If you have problems reaching your opponent, please open a thread in our Challenge Forum!

We are also working on projects during upcoming summer. More about that will be published in the near future!