Season 6: maps, rules, config and sign-ups
September 6, 2009
Schedule
Season 6 of the ETF2L league is on the horizon. Sign-ups will open this evening at exactly 20:00 CEST with the league scheduled to start three weeks from now. See below for the complete schedule!
- TODAY, 20:00 CEST – Sign Ups OPEN
- 13th of September, 23:59 CEST – Sign Ups close
- 18th of September – Announcement of provisional divisions
- 21st of September – Announcement of final divisions
- 22nd to 27th of September – Map Pick phase
- 28th of September – 1st Match week
- ~ 6th of December
– General Match Deadline
Map Pool
For season 6, we have somewhat changed the structure of our map pool. Most players will remember the structure of the primary and secondary map pool. That is no more, we now have 1 map pool for everyone. This map pool contains 8 maps. During the map pick phase (see schedule above), you can choose one map to play against each opponent in your division, the opponent will choose the other. The only limitation here is that you can only choose a certain map twice in this competition, this was three times in previous seasons.
The results from our recently-held custom map vote indicate that cp_gullywash came out on top. It had an average grade of 6.53 This was just marginally more than cp_yukon, which scored a 6.48. Other contestants were cp_waste (5.52), cp_outlaw (4.01) and cp_afterdusk (3.33). Based on these results cp_gullywash has been added to the season 6 map pool.
The map pool for season 6 is:
- cp_badlands
- cp_fastlane
- cp_freight (not cp_freight_final)
- cp_granary
- cp_gravelpit
- cp_gullywash
- cp_well
- ctf_turbine
Sign-ups
In order to sign up, you will have to meet the following requirements:
- Have at least 6 players entered into your 6v6 team.
- Have at least 2 different contact methods entered on your team profile.
- Important: On sign-up, please indicate the division you think is suitable for your team. You can enter this on the sign-up page.
- Only a team leader/deputy can access the sign-up page.
-> [Sign-up page] <-
Once signed up you will be put on the waiting list until your participation is verified by an admin. All verified teams will appear on this page: [Link]
Division Seedings
Please note: Once we have released our provisional divisions, every team that thinks they have been misplaced has the right to appeal their placement. Please collect screenshots of good results you’ve had if you plan on doing so. Exact details of the procedure will be announced in due time.
League Config: Update
Also our league config was updated for Season 6. All changes are listed on our [Rules page]. This config is to be used with immediate effect for every competition including the Nations Cup. Be sure to update your server as soon as possible!
-> [Updated Config] <-
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oyea!
gj
gj. gl to all teams involved.
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Gogogo mega waitinglist!
rate 60000 \o/
HERE WE GO!
Sinterklaas smily, yeah that was instant win~
Cool :)
gullywash over yukon :/
omfg, this vote shit was stupid to start with… but to decide map pool with its results!? vote is open to anyone, even if someone who never played yukon once, never saw any game on it, etc. check ESEA for fresh demos on yukon, map is great and ready for competitive play. just add it WITH gullywash, everybody will be happy.
link to download gullywash pls
Should have removed well and added yukon instead
\o/
^ lolrage.
I prefer Gullywash to Yukon, expecially the version of Yukon they actually released. I personally prefer Waste to both, but that’s just me, I appreciate how Gullywash is a widely loved 6v6 map. Good to see another custom beginning to be more well-used anyhow!
Bring on Season 6!
yukon is retarded
Oh and by the way have you admins come to a decision about the sniper and spy unlocks yet?
why not Yukon too?
Add Yukon!!! Gullywash is terribly dull map
^ Comment by a pub-hero…
Unlocks / rules update?
next news post as there are still a few “issues”.
Where can I download cp_freight? The not _final version?
Can we not include cp_yukon in addition to those other eight? :/
“Should have removed well and added yukon instead
\o/”
Fuck yes. Well is just horrible.
+1 what the Player of the Season said
cp_yukon and cp_waste will get a poll if they should be included to the map pool or not.
Please Turbine is so boring :[ Well too. I hope Waste and Yukon comes to the map pool so we can at least choose to play those instead of Turbine and Well.
Would be nice if turbine and well would be out, as they are soooo boring..
Woohoo! Great job admins for getting another season underway. good luck to all teams playing, we just signed up :)
Turbine is the best map in TF2.
What? 2 fans?
howdeh: That’s like saying AIDS is the best disease you can get.
waebi: compared to some diseases its a godsend :D
where to download gullywash ?
Maps are awesome. Less QQ, more pew pew.
“Season 6 Sign Ups *OPEN* – over 250 signed teams in 90 minutes!”
lol
Remove well and add waste??!! Do you have any clue? Waste is a well clone. Both maps tend to get stuck on the doors between cp2 and cp3. I prefer both maps in secondary mappool. Fun to play them only one time in the whole season.
And why is fastlane still not removed from the primary mappool :(
Please dont let the 15 year old kiddie clans who’ll fold after a week replace other up and coming decent clans :D
don’t think well should be replaced. this map is quite easy to pickup for the lower div teams.
Waiting list ftl, esp. considering the failteams that usually get in in time and drop after 1 week. :/
Yukon should be included by default since it’s an official Valve map.
Also, can teams who competed in previous seasons get priority over newer teams? It seems unfair that we’ve been in 2 previous seasons of ETF2L, but might now not get entered because we registered 311th.
(By official Valve, I mean, made official by Valve :P)
What happened to the fixed maps for division 1 ??
and ban the FaN pls kthx
2fort is also an official map by Valve. So is hydro. I.e. your point fails. Looking forward to see the division 1 seedings
Hydro………… imagine…
This +1,000,000. It can only strengthen a league to have regular competing teams, rivalries, etc. It seems unfair to deny a returning team a place just because they’re not refreshing the ETF2L website every hour and have missed the sign-up rush.
2fort is also an official map by Valve. So is hydro. I.e. your point fails. Looking forward to see the division 1 seedings
Okay then, a map that’s official that is known to work in 6v6 :P
For those teams without league records, I hope you’ll look at their websites and see that they actively play games.
We play 2-3 times a night 5-6 days a week, and would be utterly dismayed should we not be entered into the league ahead of some idiots that will fold within 2 weeks.
I’m also for “last season teams should get a spot for sure”
but “not refreshing the page” is only a bad excuse,
because there were news, that the sign-up will be yesterday 20 CET,
and this news are old than a week
What difference does that make?
Stable, returning teams > new teams that might fold.
Every season there’s tons of teams dropping and it fucks shit up, should give priority to teams that have proven reliable.
I do hope you take notice of the teams who actively play rather than ones who who just have records from previous seasons. I know it’s an advantage, but considering the team I’m in plays an awful lot, basically every night and 2 or 3 teams, sometimes more, each night too.
Surely the order of teams signing up makes absolutely no difference? It’s not a competition to see who can sign up the fastest.
I agree with Rico completely. A team that has either played in ETF2L or one that plays regularly and has done for a long period of time, is definitely more reliable than a team that is going to drop or completely unorganised.
As an example to the above – mmm… are already accepted in the league. Have been around for what 2-3 months? Lovely clan and they play regularly, hence they deserve a spot. But in that instance, so should a team like ours ;x
yeah lets all act like “new team nazis”. we should kick them out of the league!!!!!11111
the signup date was announced about a month ago, so everyone could know it. if you were not quick enough its your fault.
The news went up on the 6th September, sign ups opened at 20:00 CET – Where else was the Season 6 sign up date/time advertised?
in the news a few weeks/month ago and in the calender!
Oh just found it, 86 lines down in the July 15th news post.
Oh well – to the waiting list we go – it’ll be a shame if we don’t get in as we’ve enjoyed the past two seasons and were looking forward to div 5 in S6.
Missed it in the Calendar too – oh well…
“Season 6: Dates
Surely many of you would like to know when our next Season will start. As mentioned earlier, we will have a summer break until we continue with a 6th Season. Note down the dates if you don’t want to miss the Sign-Ups!
Schedule
* Sign Ups open: Sunday, 6th September, 20:00 CET
* Sign Ups close: Sunday, 13th September, 23:59 CET (or earlier if all spots are filled)
* [Pre-Playoffs: Sunday, 20th September till Monday, 21st September]
* Map Pick Phase: Tuesday, 22nd September till Sunday, 27th September
* Week 1 start: Monday, 28th September
* General Match Deadline: ~Sunday, 6th December
* Playoff Phase: Monday, 7th December till Sunday, 20th December ”
found this around the mid of july
Stable door —–> Horse
Hellfish – I never said I didn’t believe you – just that I was disappointed to have missed it.
With a bit of luck 61 clans will fold before the start of the season ;)
i dont think so, i had the same problem in the last season with my team.
but gl to you
The arguement that the signup start time has been there for month is not a valid arguement. There are many good reasons why someone might be unavailable at the 20:00 when the signups open. And after few hours when the team leader is available he looks to signups and it is already full.
You had reserved 1 week, a one full week for the signups so you can not require leaders to be there to register for the first two hours after the signups open.
I’m in a similar situation to a lot of the clans above; we’re a new clan, we do play regularly, and we’re not likely to fold anytime soon. I signed us up and we were apparently at the 258th place. The reason that we weren’t signed up immediately was simply because when the signups opened, both our leaders were having dinner. And our deputy’s computer is currently broken. Then we were supposed to be having a match almost straight after that (which then got cancelled due to the other team double-booking us).
I wasn’t aware that going to eat was going to lose me a place in the league which we’ve been working towards for the last 2/3 months.
I’m all for returning teams getting a garunteed place, provided they’re still active, that’s perfectly logical. But new teams shouldn’t be turned away simply because they weren’t sitting on the site at 20:01 CET.
guess it may be time to bring in more divisions
I mean if the tf2 community is gonna keep expanding and you can be damn sure it will, you would have to increase the league capacity sooner or later anyway
so why not do it right away and save a lot of people trouble
yeah I realize it’s not as simple as just adding six more tables to the fray and naming them 7a-7f, especially now when clans choose which division they’d prefer while signing up (more like “chose” than “choose”)
but you can’t just leave 86 (and counting) teams hanging.. that’s 1/4 of all teams whoa
or give us more groups per division, like 2c, 3e, …
^ Agree to either. Although how you’d determine who’d be in “div7” might be more troublesome than expanding the current divisions by another 10 places a pop (besides div1, and perhaps 2).
yeh we should try to expand if possible, i don’t know how much work is involved but if it’s doable there’s not really a reason not to…
cp_freight.bsp
i had the same problem last season an i talked a lot with DNB. and he has good arguments why there is a limit of 250 teams. so i think that they dont want raise the cap just cause some teams arent in the league.
I think its amazing that the euro scene is able to have a league of 250 teams and lots of teams not in the league. It truly shows how good the euro tf2 scene is.
quality and not quantity!
there are a lot of other good leagues out there. i think the etf2l dont want to become a huge league like the esl so its their decision to set a cap of 250 teams.
guys whats all that about
i mean why there is no qualifications or some kind of?
it should b a way better
yep the calender was there, however the calender didnt say sign up at the first two hours.. there is still time to 13 Sept
Hellfish:
take a look at the previous news entry
“the biggest Team Fortress 2 league worldwide”
or is it?
I remember ESL actual season: 3 weeks time and 120 teams ;)
cause esl sux che
LOL good job etf2l. Truly leading the forefront in trying new things!
err ban fan? waiting for this announcement since ages…
2 scouts with fan means defeat oh the team so why do yout want ban it ?
Hope a 7th div :) ==> 310 spots + a lot of backup for first folds (355 Team ATM)
cp_freight.bsp
cp_gullywash_rc10.zip
for teams who need it^^
i think is ok, if not plz contact with me
^ cp_gullywash_final just came out
so where can I download it? can you give me url?
http://etf2l.org/forum/mapcomp/topic-2009/page-1/
http://www.team-vale.com/demos/arnold/cp_gullywash_final.7z
http://www.team-vale.com/demos/arnold/cp_gullywash_final.7z
that’s the link for gullywash
thx!
I’m for selecting the “olds” team before too ;) (beeing one of them :D)
Waiting, waiting, waiting…
p.s tnx for gullywash :)
What about the weapon votes? Any more weapons been banned except sandman?
no bans if you can read the votes
330?? pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease
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Some really miserable people there.