Return of the one-night cups: Experimental Ordnance Cup #1
September 14, 2010
While the preparations for Season 8 are in full motion it is time for another ETF2L One Night Cup. You might be familiar with the series of MNM-cups that highlighted various custom maps, that format will be returning later. This time things will be slightly different. You will surely be familiar with the various community unlocks that have been popping up. Those unlocks never really got a footing because of their random drop nature, but now that most people finally obtained them and Valve confirmed trading to be released soon, the time has come to give these unlocks a fair shot. And that is where the Experimental Ordnance Cup comes in. This cup format will highlight, allow and sometimes even enforce the certain unlocks to give the community a clear and unbiased view on their effects. Think they are overpowered? Then this is the best way to prove it!
There will be various Multiplay servers and SourceTV’s available for your matches.
>>Sign Up Now!<<
Unlock Minimum Requirements
During this competition all unlocks available (as of 13th September 2010) are allowed. In order to gain the best feedback possible, we encourage all teams to use exactly what they want.
However, to make thing interesting each team must use at least two of the following during each game:
- Crit-a-Cola
- Bonk! Atomic Punch
- Buff Banner
- Gunboats
- Pain Train
- Chargin’ Targe
Map List and Seedings
Providing we get enough signups, we will have a high and low cup running together. If not, then all teams who sign up will be in the same bracket.
- First Round – cp_obscure_final
- Second Round – cp_gullywash_imp3
- Semis – cp_granary
- Final – cp_badlands
Special Merc Rule
Up to a maximum of three mercs may be used without permission from your opponent, providing they are from the same division or lower as the main team. This is because we recognise that not all teams will have a full roster willing to parcipate in this competition, but we still want to get as much feedback as possible, particularly from the higher divisions.
Signups and Cup Schedule
Signups will open on Tuesday evening at 20:00 CEST and close on Wednesday at 17:30 CEST. The draw will be held at 18:00CEST and the cup will begin at 20:00CEST on Wednesday evening.
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September 14th, 2010 at 02:22
noice
September 14th, 2010 at 02:23
good idea
September 14th, 2010 at 02:26
Awesome.
Now if only the medic would get any extra items!
September 14th, 2010 at 02:27
@spike himself
I’m still hoping on this one:
http://i.imgur.com/RQs2y.png
Especially for the hat
September 14th, 2010 at 02:28
http://tof.canardpc.com/view/0a686bb4-6d7d-4d74-ab6c-40aa5c94efc7.jpg
September 14th, 2010 at 02:41
sounds fun.
September 14th, 2010 at 03:51
Gonna be fun
September 14th, 2010 at 08:57
finally the bad bad unlocks get their chance :]
and whats with the other unlocks like FAN, Sandman
September 14th, 2010 at 09:07
2x gunboats 2x critacola
September 14th, 2010 at 09:29
^be sure to send me the demo’s
September 14th, 2010 at 10:04
Amazing experiment.
September 14th, 2010 at 10:14
Bonk is not banned anyway?
September 14th, 2010 at 10:21
This is epic, count my team in!
September 14th, 2010 at 10:24
it’s just a huge playground, and possibly we would like teams to use it, as it’s almost never used :’(
September 14th, 2010 at 11:39
allow everything except chargin’targe!!!! :)
why no force teams to tdh too?
September 14th, 2010 at 11:53
naisu
September 14th, 2010 at 12:13
“why no force teams to tdh too?”
Had enough testing – won’t be used until Valve tweak it.
September 14th, 2010 at 12:17
A reminder
Fabricate Class Weapons 1 Class Token + 1 Slot Token + 1 Scrap Metal
Eg. Medic Token + Secondary Token + Scrap Metal 1 Class Specific Weapon
Eg. Kritzkrieg
Fabricate Crit-a-Cola 1 Kritzkrieg + 1 Bonk! Atomic Punch = 1 Crit-a-Cola
Fabricate Dalokohs Bar 1 Sandvich + 1 Bonk! Atomic Punch = 1 Dalokohs Bar
Fabricate Gunboats 1 Chargin’ Targe + 1 Razorback = 1 Gunboats
Fabricate Homewrecker 1 Eyelander + 1 Equalizer = 1 Homewrecker
Fabricate Pain Train 1 Sandman + 1 Scrap Metal = 1 Pain Train
Fabricate Scotsman’s Skullcutter 1 Axtinguisher + 1 Jarate = 1 Scotsman’s Skullcutter
Fabricate Tribalman’s Shiv 1 Huntsman + 1 Dead Ringer = 1 Tribalman’s Shiv
Fabricate Southern Hospitality 1 Ambassador + 1 Scrap Metal = 1 Southern Hospitality
September 14th, 2010 at 14:29
Regular limits like 1 demo, 1 med top still apply? It’s 6v6 I assume, not Highlander?
September 14th, 2010 at 14:29
Awesome idea. Hopefully some top teams participate aswell.
September 14th, 2010 at 14:29
Of course we’ll be signing up, we’ve already been messing around with the unlocks in Wireplay’s 7v7 league (and loving it) so this should be great!
September 14th, 2010 at 14:30
Yes it’s the normal 6v6 mode
September 14th, 2010 at 14:40
sounds like a kind of lol
September 14th, 2010 at 14:48
Also, will creating a new team just for this be a problem?
September 14th, 2010 at 16:08
^ guess not
September 14th, 2010 at 16:17
“During this competition all unlocks available (as of 13th September 2010) are allowed. ”
You can use TDH if you want to. You can use anything, but you *have* to use some of those weapons that are specified.
September 14th, 2010 at 16:36
I take it the targe script is banned for this too? :(
September 14th, 2010 at 17:56
Wait i’m guessing engi unlocks and stuff are allowed aswell?
September 14th, 2010 at 18:15
im the ‘bonk scout’)
September 14th, 2010 at 18:38
RareSpycrab: During this competition all unlocks available (as of 13th September 2010) are allowed.
September 14th, 2010 at 19:58
[...] 8. Men fram tills dess låter man meddela att man ämnar avverka ytterligare en endagscup – Experimental Ordnance Cup – i syfte att undersöka om spelets nya föremål och unlocks är giltiga i [...]
September 14th, 2010 at 23:24
why is there no fan? why are you so scared to accept it?
September 14th, 2010 at 23:26
wait im a retard, dont mind me.
September 15th, 2010 at 00:29
Will you increase number of slots to 64? :(
September 15th, 2010 at 00:49
^ this
September 15th, 2010 at 10:54
64 slots would be nice indeed :)
September 15th, 2010 at 14:57
you want a lot of feedback and only let 32 teams play? increase please :)
September 15th, 2010 at 15:55
make it 64 :)
September 15th, 2010 at 17:12
with 64 teams, it wouldn’t be one night cup :p
September 25th, 2010 at 17:07
[...] allowed, and stranger still, in each game both teams were forced to use at least 2 unlocks from a set list – the aim being to test out some of the more frowned upon unlocks, and hopefully receive feedback [...]