SNSD vs Colony, Season 12, Team Invitations, S11 Awards
April 9, 2012
SNSD vs Colony
After keeping everyone waiting for 2 weeks in true Team Fortress fashion, top highlander teams 
SNSD and 
colony are set to go head-to-head tonight at 21:00 CEST! The match will be covered live by VanillaTV with 
Hildreth.
This is probably the most “classic” matchup in competitive TF2, with the first issue going back to a ladder game in August 2010, which finished in a close draw. It is interesting to note that colony have changed only 2 players since then, while only 3 remain from SNSD’s first roster. These teams have developed a habit of meeting each other in finals, with SNSD coming up on top and colony developing a forever-second-syndrome.
Some players to watch will be
furbo of colony, known for his sneaky scouting
kaidus of SNSD, who is making his Highlander debut- SabaSaba to make TheSucker drop über (again)
Linus and zoob, arguably the best soldiers in the Highlander scene
To mark the first clash of these 2 titans in Season 2, there will be a competition for the stream viewers to compete in! The goal is to guess how far each team gets in their first attacking round, and how long it took them (MM:SS). A whopping £25 prize will go to the viewer who submits the closest time for both teams. To enter, just comment on this post on VanillaTF2. You can also PM a caster in IRC on the night of the cast, so make sure you tune in for your chance to win!
Season 12! Map Information!
Season 12 is on its way! Please take note of the following information:
- Signups are open NOW
- Seeding starts on Wednesday April 18
- Divisions should be announced on Sunday April 22
- Week 1 will start on Sunday April 29 (default dates will be set on Friday April 27, as usual)
Like last season, we will hold polls to determine the map pool. The approach is a bit different from last season:
The top 4 maps from the last poll are set.
- cp_badlands
- cp_gullywash_final1
- cp_granary
- cp_snakewater
The last two maps will be decided with a poll between five maps. These five maps are nominated by YOU from now until April 12 after which the polls will be created. Please nominate your favourite two maps that are not in the map pool yet in this thread.
Since Season 12 is so close to Season 11, the placements from the last season will obviously be the most important factor to seed the teams into their divisions. If you created a new team or feel you can jump a division anyway, feel free to apply for the desired division. To prove you are capable of said division, we require you to submit screenshots of recent practice wars or tournaments where you scored decent results against teams that play on the level you aim for. The screenshots have to be uploaded to an online photo album (for example you can use imgur or Dropbox), zipped archives with tons of pictures attached to an email will not be considered. Please send your application to [email protected].
The email has to contain the following:
- Team name
- Link to the team profile on ETF2L.org
- Link to the online photo album
- The division you applied for
- Further information why your team should be seeded into the desired division
New website feature
We have received numerous complaints from players about randomly being added to teams they never knew existed. Unfortunately, this was a side-effect of our efforts to make running a team simple and easy; team leaders had been able to add whoever they wanted to their team roster. Due to the many cases of abuse though, we have decided to put an end to this by introducing a new feature – Team Invitations.
Every player will have a new page on the Team Admin area of the website, called Invitations. Here you can see what teams have invited you to join and there will be buttons there to either Accept or Reject their invitations:
Once an invitation is accepted, the player is added to the team’s roster immediately and all other invitations from teams of the same type will be removed.
Rejecting an invitation will simply remove the invitation from the list.
Ignored invitations are automatically removed after 7 days.
A massive thanks to 
Spike Himself for putting in the time and effort to add this feature!
Season 11 Award Polls
Thanks to everyone who participated in the nominations for the Season 11 awards. Unfortunately, we are under the impression that some people did not really take the awards seriously (SHOCK! HORROR!). As a result we have decided that these will be the last awards where the winners are nominated by the public – maybe the last awards ever.
Enough of this now, here are the polls:
Season 11: Scout of the season
Total Voters: 763
Loading ...Season 11: Demoman of the season
Total Voters: 731
Loading ...Season 11: Medic of the season
Total Voters: 741
Loading ...Season 11: Soldier of the season
Total Voters: 712
Loading ...Season 11: Off-classer of the season
Total Voters: 704
Loading ...Season 11: Best premiership debut of the season
Total Voters: 670
Loading ...Season 11: Most Valuable Player of the season
Total Voters: 711
Loading ...Season 11: Upcoming talent of the season
Total Voters: 538
Loading ...Season 11: Surprisingly good team of the season
Total Voters: 632
Loading ...Season 11: Fairplay award
Total Voters: 526
Loading ...Season 11: People's choice award
Total Voters: 640
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Posted by ETF2L Staff in Highlander, League, Site
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Sunday is the 29th, friday is the 27th, you got the dates messed up!
Indeed. Thanks :)
TARKUS TARKUS TARKUS 2012
TARKUS 2012
TARKUS 2012 (WHY????)
SEASON 11: SURPRISINGLY GOOD TEAM OF THE SEASON
You have successfully voted for: Perilous Gaming (Insane Dutch Killers – Kittenz! / WALE)
Come on Tarkus show some love for your old team. We think about what your team is going through all the time.
u didnt suprise me :P
why
why
Why not?
Worst fucking awards ever.
Tarkus 2012, what is it?
Scout of the season: stefan/schocky
Demoman of the season: Retsh0ck
Medic of the season: F2
Soldier of the season: Mike
Off-classer of the season: Flippy
Best premiership debut of the season: TviQ)
Most Valuable Player of the season: stefan/schocky
Upcoming talent of the season: Sorrow
Surprisingly good team of the season: NITROSE
Soldier of the season: Pescanova
Scout of the season: stefan/schocky
Demoman of the season: Kaidus
Medic of the season: Royze
Soldier of the season: MatnuN
Off-classer of the season: TviQ
Best premiership debut of the season: TviQ
Most Valuable Player of the season: Retsh0ck
Upcoming talent of the season: Mr. G – String
Surprisingly good team of the season: NITROSE
Off-classer of the season: Flippy
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
Upcoming talent of the season: :(
GO KONNA!
so many jews
I voted Royze cuz F2 is always medick of the season!
fairplay award: LAG
What Pledge said.
Ban all Poles and Jews please, these ‘awards’ are an embarrassment.
Trane: DStP – DStS said:
April 10th, 2012 at 09:47
Ban all Poles and Jews please, these ‘awards’ are an embarrassment.
+1
they vote for themselves just because they are from the same nation
what a shame
If people are going to vote for div3 scouts and soldiers, please stop doing these public votings. Pick a jury or something like that
If people aren’t going to be nominated by normal players then you might aswell have no rewards at all…
That sums it up pretty nicely indeed :)
I’m pretty sure that any half-decent league of ANY sport whatsoever has a committee who nominates players.
Only etf2l could consider abandoning something altogether in favour of having some sort of ‘expert committee’. I don’t know what the aversion to such a thing is, the admins just seem terrified of any sort of hinting at a pro circle jerk be it awards, maps, unlocks or whatever. Honestly tis beyond me.
Also, for fair play and most surprising you should state next to them what they actually did to be nominated.
Tarkus 2012 ftw
wrex should be in the upcoming talent category,imo :/ beast
ALSO TARKUS 2012
You are quite wrong, Kaidus :)
We have tried a panel of high div players and some known figures for nominations. Last season, or the season before that, if I recall correctly.
It didn’t work.
Really though, we’re open for suggestions and we always have been.
ALWAYS VOTE WLTRS, NEVER BACK DOWN
Ah yes you mean the season where there were a total of 3 teams in prem by the end? Yes it must of been the panel that caused that not to be successful…………
who the fuck is the panic lol