Nations’ Cup Sign-Ups closing, Fun Cups Round 1, 3rd Cup Round 3, Season 2 Awards

July 2, 2008

Nations‘ Cup - Sign-Ups closing

After Romania, Ukraine and Hungary signed up recently, we got 23 National Teams ready to play the biggest Nations’ Cup in TF2 history.

Nations’ Cup Sign-Ups are closing this Saturday, 5^th July, at 23:59 CET.

All rosters will be closed and the Pre-Round Fixtures between smaller countries who will face each other for a Group Stage spot will be announced. A big Live IRC Drawing for our Nations’ Cup Group Phase will take place on Sunday, 13^th July, at 19:00 CET.

More Nations’ Cup information will be announced on Sunday.

Important Dates

• Sign-Ups closing: Saturday, 5^th July, at 23:59 CET
• Pre-Round (between small gaming countries): 7^th-13^th July
• Live IRC Drawing for Group Phase: Sunday, 13^th July, at 19:00 CET

Fun Cups - Round 1 finishing, Round 2 starting

We are happy most people were enjoying their first played Fun Cup Game. If your Round 2 Fixture is up already, please start contacting your opponent and play your game.

Round 2 Gamemodes

• Soldier 1on1 Cup: duel_duel2, Best of 3, Fraglimit 25
• Basketball 2on2 Cup: Best of 3, Winlimit 15 + Timelimit 20

All unplayed Round 1 Games got an open Challenge by now. If you are affected please have a look in our Challenge Forum. [Link]

3^rd Cup - Round 3 starting

After our IRC Live Drawing taking place last night and all Round 2 games are played, we official start Round 3. Fixtures are up and viewable now. [Link] Please start contacting your opponents and schedule your games.

Quite a lot Top Matches were being drawn: 4 out of 6 remaining UK teams have to fight each other; Dead Cows Strike Back will try beating Division 1 Team The Last Resort - the little team of Weapons of the Rebelion 3 will have to play against their big brother Weapons of the Rebelion 1.

Beside these we will have a match between Division 4a Champion Totally Totalitarian and Division 5a Champion Clones-Inc. Our Cup-Holders 4 Kings will meet Division 4b Champion and last remaining Latvian team FOG.

Dates & Details

• Map Order: 1. cp_badlands 2. cp_well 3. ctf_turbine 4. ctf_2fort 5. cp_dustbowl
• Round 3 - Schedule Deadline: Sunday, 6^th July 2008, 23:59 CET
• Round 3 - Game Deadline: Sunday, 13^th July 2008, 23:59 CET
• Round 4 - Live IRC Drawing: Sunday, 13^th July 2008, 19:30 CET

Season 2 Awards - Public Polls closing

Our Season 2 Season Awards Polls are closing tonight, 23:59 CET!

Some polls like “Heavy of the Season” are still very close! Take your right to vote and decide which performance should be gained with a Season Award.

>>> Season 2 Awards <<<

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Season 2 finished, Nations’ Cup Sign-Ups, 3rd Cup Round 3, Fun Cups Info

June 27, 2008

Season 2 finished and archived!

Yep, that’s it! After 2 months and 18 days our 2^nd Season is finished and archived! You can find final Tables in our Hall of Fame now. [Link]

120 teams made their way to reach a top position in one of our 12 divisions which were divided into 5 skill level. 495 games (990 maps) have been played in total. We would like to thank all participating teams and players for the great success of this Season. All the positive feedback makes us looking forward to a new Season with some fresh elements.

Of course we are also having a revival on our Season Award Votings. For a better overview we are having a separate post with all Season Award Polls:

>>> Season 2 Awards <<<

Last but not least we would like to mention the Season 2 Article from our partner page Cadred.org. Have a visit for the newest TF2 eSports news.

Season 2 - Champions, Promotions, Relegations

Season 2 Title Champion: 4 Kings

Runner-Up: Excello

Division 2a Champion: extenSia! + last one alive lock the door

Division 2b Champion: Cruciamentum

Division 3a Champion: dmg.

Division 3b Champion: Dead Cows Strike Back - Red Team

Division 3c Champion: klan:fader

Division 4a Champion: Totally Totalitarian

Division 4b Champion: FOG

Division 4c Champion: eL Diablo’s Brigade

Division 5a Champion: Clones-Inc

Division 5b Champion: CityNov

Division 5c Champion: Tribunal Team

The following Division changes will take place for Season 3 (if teams signs up; only active teams mentioned):

Promotions

• Division 1: Cruciamentum, extenSia!, last one alive lock the door, TFPortal.de
• Division 2: DCSB Red Team, dmg., klan:fader, n2o-gaming.de, skwean!, Veritas
• Division 3: 961, back to Resupply, eL Diablo’s Brigade, FOG, Fuckers Ad Astra, Gathering of Tweakers 1, Gods of Egypt, Immortals, Low Pressure, QuiD Multigaming, Special Air Services, Totally Totalitarian,
• Division 4: CityNov, Clones-Inc, Czech tactiX TF2A, Digital X-Plosiv, Game Control, International Special Force, MTF.Gaming, Republica Independiete del Flori, TEAM SdX’98, total llamas Bravo, Tribunal Team, unbindAll

Relegations

• Division 3: Friede seiner Asche, jAgarna, Prima Nocta, Soldiers at Work, Virtual Troopers, Zero Tolerance
• Division 4: 9 Men, chaotic community, Clan Des Damnes, clanda, Fluffy Diced, hb0da, Knifeback Mountaineers, Necrotic United Brothers,
• Division 5: Dum Spiro Spero, fight club united kingdom, Gathering of Tweakers 2, Gathering of Tweakers 3, Insane Dutch Killers, MM2 Team, Smaland-online

Season 3 Dates

For all people who didn’t notice the dates in our FAQ yet: As we have announced before we will have a summer break for our Regular Season before starting a new one. In the meanwhile we will have some other kind of 6on6 competitions coming up.

• Season 3 Sign-Ups open - Sunday, 3^rd August 2008
• Season 3 Sign-Ups Deadline - Wednesday, 13^th August 2008, 23:59 CET

Nations’ Cup Sign-Ups open

With our 2^nd Season closing we already started our new main tournament of this summer: The 1^st ETF2L Nations’ Cup. A general overview about the system (and Group Phase Maps) can be found at our blurb page. [Link]

Our aim of reaching at least 20 teams is pretty much realized already with having the following Nations signed up:

• Austria
• Belgium
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Israel
• Italy
• Latvia
• Luxembourg
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Russia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Turkey
• United Kingdom

We please all teams to fix their rosters as soon as possible. Remember you will need a minimum of 7 players and may have a maximum of 15 players.

If you are member of a country which isn’t signed yet but might be able to get up a National Team feel free to contact us by IRC or E-Mail.

3^rd Cup Round 3 Live IRC Drawing

Another Live IRC Drawing for our 3^rd Cup Round 3 Fixtures will take place coming Tuesday, 1^st July 2008, at 19:30 CET. We invite all interested people to be our guests in #etf2l @ QuakeNet.

Round 3 Details

• Map Order: 1. cp_badlands 2. cp_well 3. ctf_turbine 4. ctf_2fort 5. cp_dustbowl
• Round 3 - Live IRC Drawing: Tuesday, 1^st July 2008, 19:30 CET
• Round 3 - Schedule Deadline: Sunday, 6^th July 2008, 23:59 CET
• Round 3 - Game Deadline: Sunday, 13^th July 2008, 23:59 CET

Fun Cups - Dates and Details

We decided to make a little change on the dates and give you 2 more days until we set a Default Date for your Round 1 games.

All Basketball 2on2 + Soldier 1on1 have to be played or entered in the Calendar by Sunday, 30^th June, 23:59 CET. All unscheduled matches will get a Default Date for Wednesday, 2^nd July.

Game Deadline for all Round 1 Games is Wednesday, 2^nd July, 23:59 CET.

We are also announcing the Gamemodes for further rounds of our current Fun Cups:

Soldier 1on1 Cup - Gamemode Details

• Map - Round : duel_parallel [Link]
• Map - Round 2 till Final: duel_duel2 [Link]
• Gamemode - Round 1: Best of 3, Fraglimit 25
• Gamemode - Round 2: Best of 3, Fraglimit 25
• Gamemode - Round 3: Best of 3, Fraglimit 30
• Gamemode - Quarter Final: Best of 3, Fraglimit 35
• Gamemode - Semi-Final: Best of 3, Fraglimit 40
• Gamemode - Final: Best of 3, Fraglimit 50

Basketball 2on2 Cup - Gamemode Details

• Map: ctf_bball2 (Map Description) (Download Link)
• Allowed combinations: Sold/Sold, Demo/Demo, Demo/Sold
• “It is forbidden to put sticky bombs on opponent’s respawn zone.”
• “Intended self kills are forbidden.”
• Gamemode - Round 1: Best of 3, Winlimit 15 + Timelimit 20
• Gamemode - Round 2: Best of 3, Winlimit 15 + Timelimit 20
• Gamemode - Round 3: Best of 3, Winlimit 20 + Timelimit 25
• Gamemode - Quarter Final: Best of 3, Winlimit 20 + Timelimit 25
• Gamemode - Semi-Final: Best of 3, Winlimit 25
• Gamemode - Final: Best of 3, Winlimit 25

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Season 2 Awards - Public Polls

June 27, 2008

Because of the amount of teams in Season 2 we decided to have some more Awards then last time. We tried to make the decisions as fair and objective as possible. Requirements for Player Nominations weren’t individual skill only, but doing great jobs for their teams during the Season.

All Season Award Polls will close Wednesday, 2^nd July 2008, at 23:59 CET. Winner of Player Awards will be nominated for a “Player of the Season” Award after.

Player Awards

Team Awards

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Fun Cups starting, Pyro Update, 3rd Cup Round 2 Default Dates

June 23, 2008

Fun Cups starting!

We are happy to announce we could finish our Basketball 2on2 and Soldier 1on1 Cup Sign-Ups with filling all 128 slots. We are looking forward to some nice fun action!

Round 1 - Dates and Details

• Schedule Deadline: Friday, 27^th June, 23:59 CET
• Notice: You may play your game spontaneous without adding a date to the Calendar. But you will have to add a date if your game isn’t played by the Schedule Deadline.
• Game Deadline: Tuesday, 1^st July, 23:59 CET
• All players have to record Demos of all Rounds and keep them for at least 7 days.
• Both teams/players are supposed to do a status screenshot before game starts and a final scoreboard screenshot in the end of every Round. One team/player will have to submit all screenshots together with the result.
• Be fair and gently to each other. Always remember these competitions are called “Fun Cups”.

Soldier 1on1 Cup - Round 1

• Cup Page with Fixtures [Link]
• Map: duel_parallel [Link]
• Gamemode: Best of 3, Fraglimit 25
• *Update (cause of misunderstandings)* Notice: Scoreboard points aren’t your frags, your own deaths count as opponent’s points and the other way around.
• Game Procedure: Stand in front of your own respawn door. Do not move into the room. Do not shoot. Both players need to jump once as a start signal. In the moment both players are down on the ground again, you are allowed to start shooting. You are allowed to enter your resupply after killing your opponent.
• If you don’t have a server, you are allowed to use our ETF2L League Server sponsored by clanserver4u. It’s running duel_parallel all day. Choose a free court and don’t disturb other duels which might be played at same time. IP: 195.13.62.57:27000 PW: funcup

Basketball 2on2 Cup - Round 1

• Cup Page with Fixtures [Link]
• Map: ctf_bball2 [Link]
• Gamemode: Best of 3, Winlimit 15 + Timelimit 20
• Allowed combinations: Sold/Sold, Demo/Demo, Demo/Sold
• Cup Config [Link]
• “It is forbidden to put sticky bombs on opponent’s respawn zone.”
• “Intended self kills are forbidden.”
• If you don’t have a server, you may use our ETF2L League Server if it’s not in use. You can borrow it by using our !admin command at #etf2l @ QuakeNet.

Pyro Update

After some internal and public discussion [Link] we decided to allow the new Pyro Weapons. Beside that we are adding cp_fastlane to our official Map-Pool (for 3^rd Cup, Season 3 & Nations’ Cup).

• Backburner, Flaregun, Axtuinguisher are allowed to use in all competitions.
• cp_fastlane added to the official Map-Pool for Nations’ Cup, 3rd Cup and Season 3.

We also noticed some good changes at ctf_well and will probably add this map to the Map-Pool in a near future.

3rd Cup Round 2 Default Dates

2nd Round Schedule Deadline is over and most teams managed to schedule their game and add it to the Calendar. All unscheduled games have time to add another date till tonight, 23:59 CET - otherwise the Default Dates will be entered:

• Clan United vs. Smaland-online - (Default Date: Monday, 30th June, 21:00 CET)
• Xenomorphs vs. unbindAll - [Challenge] - (Default Date: Monday, 30th June, 21:00 CET)
• Total Genius vs. MTF.Gaming - (Default Date: Monday, 30th June, 21:00 CET)
• SAS vs. FOG - [Challenge] - (Default Date: Monday, 30th June, 21:00 CET)
• Hb0da vs. Elitedorfkiller - (Default Date: Monday, 30th June, 21:00 CET)
• GoT1 vs. Herbs Army red - (Default Date: Monday, 30th June, 21:00 CET)
• Back to Resupply vs. n2o - (Default Date: Monday, 30th June, 21:00 CET)
• I am vs. FsA - (Default Date: Monday, 30th June, 21:00 CET)

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3rd Cup Top Match Coverage by PwnageTV tonight!

June 22, 2008

After PwnageTV coverages of showmatch 4 Kings vs. fragDominat and Season 2 game it’s a farm vs. wotr2 at the last two Sundays, we are having some very interesting 3^rd Cup Round 2 match-up tonight. The highskilled American team misChief will meet the probably most improved Russian team of the last months, dmg, who recently won the Division 3a Division Title, with 13 map wins and only 1 loss.

PwnageTV will cover this Top Match with a live stream and a commentary. Their show is starting at 21.00 CET. Feel invited to a close fight between 2 Top Teams who both want to reach the 3^rd Round of the biggest Team Fortress 2 Cup in history!

>>> Pwnage.TV Live Coverage <<<

Line-Ups

dmg.: NeoN, steel, uN1c, RED, iKami, f

misChief: Trimmer, Revzempoe, Swiff, FREIGHT_TRAIN, FlorJackson, ?

1^st Round Results

misChief vs. Titans - cp_pro_granary 10:0 | cp_badlands 8:0

dmg. vs. Plan-B - cp_pro_granary 4:2 | cp_badlands 4:2

Map Order

1. cp_gravelpit

misChief [0:2] dmg.

2. ctf_turbine

misChief [4:7] dmg.

OVERALL

misChief [0:2] dmg.

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