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Medals

Lets clear some elements up in regards to some confusion we saw after last news post combined with changing up medal eligibility.

Who gets medals?

We’re returning medal eligibility to the old format however, we’ll revisit this in the future season, with possible roster size reduction instead.

Who gets what medal?

First to third place stay the same.
Winners of the first group stage will get the old playoff design if they don’t reach a placement medal.
Participant medals get determined by your final group stage placement.

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After a successful poLANd.tf 2025 event, we hope to host a Highlander tournament in BaseStack Łódź in Poland this summer.
We made a poll some time ago to ask players what they think about it. So far, responses are very warm, but we need more players interested in participating: at the moment, we have 73 players who have expressed their interest in coming, in which 52 are interested specifically in playing.

The offer is as follows:

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With the group stages now finished, it’s time to move onto the Playoffs! Information regarding tiebreakers and teams advancing into the playoffs can be found below!

If you find yourself on the list of these teams you are expected to be available. If you fail to provide information, or it is insufficient, we will have to decide your match dates for you. Keep in mind that we will try and accommodate both teams, but the match date may still vary from your provided days if for example none of the days matches with your opponent’s, but your opponent offered more days than you did. Deadlines listed for the matches are flexible and may be changed in certain situations if admins are contacted about allowing extensions on these.

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Springtime is just around to corner so lets play some Highlander! Now, we are going to try something a bit different and play around with the season structure. For that read on further below.

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ETF2L Cheating Policy Updates

Three years following our latest policy update on ETF2L cheating and VAC bans, we are here with a new update on our policies today. The Anti-Cheat team has closely followed public discussions and understands the frustration many players feel at the moment. These concerns, like how much time it can take for cheaters to get banned, ticket response times, how long cheating offenders get banned for and the options they have to return to the league in the future etc. should be properly addressed.

Whilst great efforts have been made, the backlog of Anti-Cheat cases remains a challenge for a team that is attempting to bolster its staff numbers with individuals who possess the knowledge and time needed to look at cases. We have discussed our options to both satisfy community and staff concerns as best as possible. Following the release of this news post today, all future cheating and VAC ban punishments will be increased from two years to four years for first offenders. Permanent bans will still be applied for any additional cheating related offenses or for evading a cheating ban. Previous bans are not affected.