Nations’ Cup starting, 1-Day-Cup, 3rd Cup Round 3 Fixtures, Player of the Season, Site Update

Nations‘ Cup starting!

After our Sign-Ups closed last night, we are able to announce the official start of the 1st ETF2L Nations‘ Cup!

We are counting 22 registered National Teams for the moment, but unfortunately Romania didn’t manage to fix their roster yet. Their team captain is contacted and got time till Monday, 23:59 CET, to fix their roster, otherwise Romania will not be able to participate in the Cup.

Nations’ Cup – Pre-Round

Before starting our Group Phase with 4 groups a 5 teams, we will have a Pre-Round between smaller TF2 countries who will fight each other for a Group Phase spot.

Pre-Round Fixtures

• Hungary vs. Austria – Thursday, 10th July, 20:00 CET
• Luxembourg vs. Turkey – Monday, 14th July, 20:00 CET

Pre-Round – Dates & Details

• Gamemode: Best of 3, Map Overtime: Golden Cap
• Maps: 1. cp_pro_granary, 2. cp_well, 3. cp_badlands
• Schedule Deadline: Thursday, 10^th July, 23:59 CET
• Game Deadline: Monday, 14^th July, 23:59 CET

Nations’ Cup – Group Phase

As we have announced before, a Live IRC Drawing will decide our Nations’ Cup Groups. All National Teams have been put on Pots from 1-5 divided by skill level. One team of each Pot will get drawn into one Group.

Group Phase Drawing Pots

• Pot 1: Finland, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom
• Pot 2: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany
• Pot 3: Latvia, Poland, Portugal, Spain
• Pot 4: CzechRepublic, Israel, Italy, Netherlands
• Pot 5: Norway, Ukraine, Luxembourg or Turkey, Hungary or Austria

Due this competition is taking place in summer we decided for some liberal Schedule Rules for the Group Phase. Every National Team has 4 weeks to play their 4 Group Phase Games. The order a team plays their matches doesn’t matter, anyway every National Team will have to play at least 1 game in the first two weeks to show some activity. We will also probably set a general Schedule Deadline later.

Group Phase start – Dates & Details

• Live IRC Drawing (#etf2l @ QuakeNet): Sunday, 13^th July, at 19:00 CET
• Group Phase start: Tuesday, 15^th July, 0:00 CET
• Group Phase Playtime: 15.07.-12.08. (4 weeks for 4 games)
• Notice: At least one game has to be played after first two weeks.

Group Phase – Maps

• Week 1: cp_well, cp_badlands
• Week 2: ctf_turbine, cp_pro_granary
• Week 3: cp_gravelpit, cp_well
• Week 4: cp_pro_granary, cp_badlands
• Week 5: ctf_turbine, cp_gravelpit

Fastlane-1-Day-Cup on Sunday, 13^th July!

Your team wants some different fresh TF2 action? Your team wants to try out some new tactics for a good looking new map? Then sign up for our Fastlane-1-Day-Cup!

Our first 1-Day-Cup will introduce Valve’s new official added map “cp_fastlane” and takes place on coming Sunday, 13^th July. The Cup will be open for every registered 6on6 team with at least 6 members entered on the roster.

Fastlane-1-Day-Cup – Dates & Details

• Date: Sunday, 13^th July 2008
• Slots: 16
• Gamemode: cp_fastlane, Timelimit 30, Map Overtime: Golden Cap
• Sign-Up Phase: 17:30-19:50 CET
• Cup Phase: 20:00-23:00 CET

3^rd Cup – Round 3 Schedule Deadline

Most Round 3 Games sadly aren’t scheduled yet. If no other date is entered in the Calendar by Monday, 23:59 CET, the Default Date will be entered.

Round 3 Default Date: Sunday, 13^th July, 21:00 CET

Unscheduled Matches:

• Team Empire vs. Excello
• Cavaliers vs. dmg.
• Herbs Army vs. Oh My God It Is
• Elitedorfkiller vs. gBh
• Zero Tolerance vs. Cruciamentum
• Back to Resupply vs. MTF.Gaming
• Wotr3 vs. wotr1
• 4 Kings vs. FOG
• Cleveridiot vs. FsA
• Totally Totalitarian vs. Clones-Inc
• Clan Troopers vs. TFPortal.de

Also don’t forget about our Round 4 Live IRC Drawing on Sunday, 13^th July, at 19:30 CET.

Season 2 Awards

We congratulate all Season 2 Award Winner:

• Demoman of the Season: Byte (Weapons of the Rebelion)
• Heavy of the Season: Sommie (Excello)
• Medic of the Season: Agron (Fracture/Cruciamentum)
• Scout of the Season: Bybben (Excello/4 Kings)
• Soldier of the Season: Appe (Fracture/Excello)
• Best English Team: Weapons of the Rebelion
• Best German Team: last one alive lock the door
• Best Russian Team: dmg.
• Best Scandinavian Team: Excello
• Dominating Award: Clones-Inc
• Fairplay Award: Quack Attack
• Most Surprising Team: FOG

All Player Award Winner are nominated for a final “Player of the Season” Award. Take your right to vote!

Site Update

As some might have noticed already we had a bigger site update and are happy to announce some new Features:

1. Generated Match Pages

Every fixed Feature has a generated Match Page from now on which can be used to schedule a game or comment it. You will also find all submitted Media of a game summarized.

2. New Roles: Deputy, War Arranger

Beside the main “Team Leaders” we have added two complete new Roles:

• Leader – Team Captain, Functions: Edit Team, Submit Results, Add Fixtures to Calendar
• Deputy – Co-Leader, Functions: Edit Team, Submit Results, Add Fixtures to Calendar
• War Arranger – Functions: Add Fixtures to Calendar

Every Leader may change the team rights any time and give roles to other members.

3. Demo Function for Fun Cups

You are now able to upload Fun Cup Demos to our site. Feel free to upload some thrilling Basketball 2on2 or Soldier 1on1 Match Demos.