League season 5 signups open today! – 5th cup canceled.
April 12, 2009
Season 5 starts here
Yes that’s right. This might come as a surprise to most of you. Let me explain the details.
Originally, we had planned to host the 5th cup before the summer, but such a cup generally takes up a lot of time (2 weeks per match, 7 matches with 128 teams = 14 weeks). We wouldn’t have been able to finish it properly before the summer kicked in. We’ve also noticed there is a bit of a gap league-wise in the last period before the summer, with only a bit of league action. We have decided to fill that gap with our 5th season.
The League is the ETF2L’s main event. Teams of 6 players fight each other in a division-based system, with teams grouped in division by skill level. Our last season, season 4 had 250 teams signed up. That sure made for a fun and interesting league. Will we be able to repeat that this time?
So, what can you expect from us for this season? It will in great lines be the same as the last season. There will be a few changes. The following details will be addressed:
Rule changes for season 5
- Gravelpit: Change to ABBA style. This means, if team A starts attacking on the first round, then team B will start attacking on the second round.
- Map Pool changes: Some redundant maps will be removed, perhaps there will be some shifts in between the primary/secondary mappool, like freight. Also, if the mapping contest ends in time, the winner will be at least added to the secondary map pool. The final map pool will be announced later.
- 1st/2nd mappool: Division 1 will continue with choosing only maps from the primary mappool as they requested last season. We will hold a poll for division 2 about this as well. For the other divisions, the primary/secondary mappool structure will remain as it is now.
- We will introduce a new winlimit: If, during a game, the difference in points is 5 or more, that map is over. This is with scores like 5-0, 6-1, 7-2 etc. This rule is in effect on linear cp maps only (cp_badlands, cp_granary etc.). Capture the flag maps, payload maps and AvD maps (dustbowl, gravelpit) will not be affected.
Of course if you have any other ideas/suggestions for the coming season, feel free to speak your mind. We have taken in account the suggestions posted in this thread, but if you feel you have anything else to contribute, don’t hesitate to let us know.
Season 5 dates
- Signups open: 12-04, 20:00 CEST (today)
- Signups close: 26-04
- Provisional divisions: 30-04
- Final divisions: 04-05
- Map picks start: 05-05
- Matchweek 1 start: 11-05
- …
- Matchweek 9 start: 06-07
- Matchweek 9 end: 19-07
This will also mean we probably won’t have time to play playoff matches at the end of the season. If necessary, playoffs will be held after the summer, somewhere before the start of season 6.
More details and polls will follow in the coming week.
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(every team, once signed up, will end up on the waiting list untill his team is checked by an admin)
5th cup canceled
With season 5 starting, we can’t have the 5th cup starting at the same time, as it would get a bit busy. So this competition is canceled until further notice. We will probably start the 5th cup after the summer.
Impersonating admins
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Posted by DeNeusbeer in League
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Here we go !!
Cannot wait :D
That sux.
w00t
Good call on moving the season up :D
Hello div3~
What, no cheaters caught today?
Awesome!
prizes for season 5 ?
ETF2L goody bags, complete with Winneh’s demo collection on DVD.
Why you didn’t wait for season 4 playoffs?
cheeky fucks, i thought you were serious about no season till nov/dec :P
also gj on the winlimit rule
Go for it!
numlocked: That’d be awesome if you actually believed that.
guess youll have to cancel your spa vacation in asia then numlocked ;x
Good stuff etf2l.
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Nice move, gogo !
timelimit 20 pls :)
yoooouuuuwwwaaaahhh!?
Ending in the middle of July? Will have to default lots of games :/
looking good, though I think ETF2L should move towards the CEVO style of a 5 round win limit. It allows for more consistent scoring. Simply put, first to 5 points or a 30 minute map.
I find it’s much more entertaining to watch as teams will go all or nothing and sometimes you get a scoreline that is decided 10 minutes before the match ends. First to 5 can eliminate that in certain situations.
Anyway, just something to think about.
Why wouldn’t the win difference of 5 take effect in CTF maps ? It seems quite illogical to me.
in ctf maps its more likely that a team can come back even when they are 5 caps behind
on cp maps its quite impossible
because in CTF maps, its easier to take those 5points back..
sometimes on turbine when the enemy has the lead with 7-1 you can actually take it back if you have enough time.
You can do it on CP maps, but its much harder to take back.
Think the winlimit should be increased from more than 5. After 10 minutes, a team can be winning 4-0, which would mean that the next round is a decider. It rules out any cool comebacks in the last minutes of the game, which can be really exciting, and may not be very good for spectating.
Just makes the first 10 minutes the most important.
Agreeing with Dave.
How about making it an option for the losing team to ‘give up’ when they’re 5 caps behind?
hmm, one more season before summer break sure fits jägarnas schedule badly :)
@ Dave : there is no way in hell that a team can be dominated largely enough to be 5 points behind, and then suddenly become good enough to get those 5 points back. A difference of 5 points on CP maps is more than fair.
@ bpf, aeqvist : true, make it 8 flag differences then.
I don’t see any reason for etf2l to initiate season5 meanwile the summer is just around corner just because of: “We’ve also noticed there is a bit of a gap league-wise in the last period before the summer, with only a bit of league action. We have decided to fill that gap with our 5th season.”
I believe there are som clear and obvious reasons why there aren’t any leagues going on during or just before the summer.
This will probably be the season wheras most teams will be given default wins and/or fold due to manfall during the summer cause of the fact that: it’s summer.
Good job with winlimit, been waiting that rule in euroleagues for a while. Tho it should be first to 5 two halfs and 1map/match.
You don’t have to participate, you know. It’s very understandable that we’ll have less teams, exactly because of the summer. Everyone should be able to figure out for himself whether he wants to play during the summer, or not. If you don’t, you simply don’t enter this season. That’s why i included the dates of the last matchweek, so everyone could see and decide for himself.
We could have not held this season now, and do season 5 after the summer. But if it is season 5, or season 6 that starts after the summer, that really amkes no difference whatsoever. The only difference is, that people who DO want to play in the coming months, have the option to do so.
Since when is dnb admin again? ?:|
since we needed our sexy back
As it looks like there will be a slot limit of 250. So we have about 30 spots left. If you want to participate in S5, be sure to sign up soon!
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about time dnb is back!
hm why it is not possiple that season 5 have more than 250 slots? i think we have nearly 300 teams or so who are aktive playing (fun and serious)
when nations cup ? :D
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I thnk we used the word often enough…
moist in anticipation.
Wenn we Play Gravelpit at ABBA-style do we get the song the winner takes it all then wenn we win it?
n1
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