Highlander Season 3 Signups, Division Changes, Playoffs & Prizes

Highlander Season 3 Signups

Season 3 signups are now open! You can now sign up your team on the competitions page.

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Do not forget to choose your desired division when signing up. If you created a new team or feel you can jump a division, feel free to apply for the desired division anyway. To prove you are capable of the division you applied for, 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. There is no magical number of screenshots you have to submit, just submit what you have.

Please note that the success of your request mainly depends on the free slots in the division you aim for. Established teams will be favoured over new teams, or teams that request to jump a division. The screenshots have to be uploaded to online image storage (for example you can use imgur or Dropbox), zipped archives with tons of pictures attached to an email will be ignored. Please send your application to [email protected].

The division application has to include the following information in order to be considered. Incomplete applications will be ignored!

• Team name
• Team link on ETF2L.org
• Division you apply for
• Link to the online photo album
• Reasons why your team deserves to be placed in the division you applied for (optional)

Signups close on October 24 23:59 CEST. Any team that signs up later will be placed on the waiting list and has a high chance of replacing dropped teams during the first two play weeks.

Division Structure Changes

Season 3 onwards will see an introduction of Premiership as the highest division in Highlander, to match the division structure of ETF2L’s 6v6 league.

Teams that would qualify for Division 1 under the current structure will be moved to the new highest division, and top teams from lower divisions will be promoted accordingly. If you placed in the top 3 of your group in Season 2, you may apply directly for a higher division.

To further align with the 6v6 division structure, we will also hold playoffs in the Premiership Division. The top 3 teams at the end of the regular season are invited to the playoffs which will use the same system as the 6v6 playoffs, meaning in the first week the third plays the second and the winner of that match plays the first in the grand final. Every playoff spot has a guaranteed money prize.

Prizes

The anonymous donor struck again and will once more provide a large pile of money for the best Highlander teams. The total amount of €2,500 from Mr. X is bulked up to €2,565 by ourselves and leads to the following distribution:

• Premiership winner: €1,035
• Premiership second: €630
• Premiership 3rd: €405

If you paid attention, you may have noticed that this only banks up to €2,070. The rest of the money in the prize purse is used for an affiliated secondary playoff that is played as single elimination playoff. All teams in the Premier Division that did not make it to a playoff spot and the top 4 Division 1 teams are invited to participate. More details on this will follow at a later date.

The distribution of the remaining €495 for the secondary playoffs is as follows:

• Winner: €360
• Second: €135

This way, teams that are not ready for the absolute top in Europe still have something to fight for! The secondary playoffs will most likely be a one-time thing for Season 3 only.

Everyone who is not in money range can still win something: Shiny medals for your Team Fortress 2 characters that will be delivered as soon as they are done. On this note: We have not forgotten about the medals for our other Highlander seasons, Ultiduo tournaments or 6v6 seasons and are still working on getting them into the game. More information will be provided when it is time.

Schedule

The schedule for Highlander Season 3 is as follows:

• Signups: October 15 – October 24
• Start of the schedule week: October 29
• Start of week 1: November 4
• End of week 5: December 8
• Catchup week / Tie breakers: Until December 23
• Playoffs: January (more details later)