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

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