Announcing Highlander Season 5 powered by BlackOut Gaming!

Highlander Season 5 powered by BlackOut Gaming!

It’s time for another season of Highlander –  supported once again by the wonderful BlackOut Gaming community! Please swing by on one of their servers next time you are looking for a fun public gaming session. We have some changes in store for Season 5 to be announced in upcoming newsposts – today we’ll start off with the prizes, weapon banlist and provisional map schedule for the season.

Signups & Full Schedule

Signups will open Sunday 13th October and close Thursday 24th October at 23:59 CEST.

Signups are open!

<<<SIGNUP>>>

• Signups: October 13 – 24
• Publishing of Provisional Divisions: October 25
• Publishing of Final Divisions: October 26
• Schedule Week: October 27 – November 2
• Main Season: November 3 – December 21
• Catch-up Week: Played by January 5
• Tiebreakers and Playoffs: Jan 5 –  25

Sign-up process

Make sure 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 division you believe you deserve you should be in. To prove you are capable of the division you applied for, we require you to submit screenshots of results from your recent practice matches or tournaments where you scored decent results against teams that play on the level you aim for. The quantity is not the most important factor in this case, it’s more of a helpful measure for us to figure out if your team will be able to keep up with the pace. There is no magical, minimum or maximum number of screenshots that you have to submit.

Please note that the success of your request also strongly 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 an online image storage service (for example, you can use imgur or Dropbox). Keep in mind that if you opt for a zipped archives with tons of pictures attached to an e-mail, your application will be ignored. Keep it clean.

If you are applying for Division 6 (which is our entry division), you do not have to provide any proof that you are capable of playing at that level. This only applies to Division 5 or higher.

Please send your application to [email protected]. The division assignment request has to include the following information in order to be considered. Incomplete applications will be ignored!

• Do not use HTML in your e-mail. If you want to add a link, just paste the link in the e-mail as you would enter it in your browser.
• 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)

Season 5 Unlocks

ETF2L Season 5 will use the same unlock banlist as the Highlander Nations Cup #2.

The full list of banned items is as follows:

• The Vita-Saw
• The Enforcer
• The Pomson 6000
• The Phlogistinator
• The Holiday Punch
• The Cleaner’s Carbine
• Pretty Boy’s Pocket Pistol
• The Red-Tape Recorder
• The Huo Long Heatmaker
• Bombinomicon
• The Jingle Belt
• The Bootie Time
• High Five Taunt
• Darwin’s Danger Shield

Provisional map schedule

After much internal debate, we’ve arrived at the following provisional map list and week structure:

• Week 1: pl_badwater
• Week 2: koth_pro_viaduct_rc4 + cp_process_final
• Week 3: cp_steel
  
• Week 4: pl_upward
• Week 5: cp_gravelpit
• Week 6: koth_lakeside_final + cp_gullywash
• Week 7: pl_barnblitz_pro4

Please note that this is a provisional map list and may undergo changes based on user feedback. Teams are invited to discuss the maplist and provide constructive feedback in this thread.

Prizes

The Season 5 Premiership teams play for their share of the total cash prize of €1,000, generously provided by BlackOut Gaming. The distribution is as follows:

• Premiership winner: €500
•  Premiership runner-up: €350
•  Premiership third place: €150

As in previous seasons and thanks to Valve Software and Ruskeydoo, players in all divisions will receive in-game medals for winning the group, as well as participation medals for finishing the season. The Premiership Division will have gold, silver and bronze medals for the first three places.

More information regarding Highlander Season 5 to come in future newsposts!