Announcing the ETF2L Season 24 Preseason Cup!
April 24, 2016
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With Season 24 starting soon, and Dreamhack Summer Qualifiers keeping us excited, let’s get a Preseason Cup going, shall we?
The premise of this cup is to test new maps for possible introduction into Season 24. The maps we will be playing are:
- cp_reckoner_b2
- cp_metalworks_rc7
- cp_snakewater_u6 (as a possible update to cp_snakewater_final1)
Additionally, we’ll be looking at adding the following unlocks (whitelist link here):
- Phlogistinator
- Eviction Notice
- Solemn Vow
- Flying Guillotine
- Wrap Assassin
Finally, we are going to try and simplify our class limits, allowing:
- Two of Scout, Soldier, Pyro, Sniper and Spy
- One of Medic, Demoman, Heavy, Engineer
The only change here being the increase of the class limit for Pyro and Sniper by one.
To make this absolutely clear, we are at the testing stage. These changes will only be implemented into Season 24 if they are well-received by the community.
Now, for the format!
With feedback from the last cup in mind, we’ve decided to make the competition more robust.
High, Mid and Open will be playing Round Robin, followed by an eight team single elimination playoff for each tier.
For Prem, we have something special in mind: a full-on double elimination style tournament with eight teams. No more getting knocked out in the first round!
The whole competition will take place during the weekend of 29th April to 1st of May, just before we open signups for Season 24, and snugly fit in-between qualifiers for Dreamhack Summer. Expect two games a night, Friday through Sunday! Details of the exact timings for the rounds will follow as we get a better gauge of the number of signups.
In the Round Robin stages for Open, Mid and High, only cp_reckoner_b2 and cp_metalworks_rc7 are to be played. For playoffs, as well as the double elimination premiership tournament, cp_snakewater_u6 will serve as the third, tiebreaker map.
If you have any questions, you can post them in the comments, or speak to us on IRC. We will also be posting feedback threads in the forums closer to the cup’s date.
Posted by schabdaniel in League
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“Two of Scout, Soldier, Pyro, Sniper and Spy”
Oh dear
Looking forward to 2 machina sniper on process last
Some of the unlocks can really break the game.
reckoner, metalworks, guillotine allowed, what a time to be alive
i’m glad i haven’t killed myself ngl
[b]Phlogistinator [/b]
Ok, last push impossibru.
2 snipers, LOL just why
“Two of Scout, Soldier, Pyro, Sniper and Spy”
like 1 full time sniper wasnt already bad enought, now there can be two. apparently whoever makes the rules really doesnt like scouts in 6s
2 Pyros is way too OP, for example if this new classlimit change passes, 2 Pyros on Gully would be able to deny all areas, so if enemy combo pushes from shutter, other Pyro from River will just quickly rotate and substitute other Pyro if he dies.
2 Sniper on last point will deny every entrance as well, making it impossible to peek.
too many changes to class limits, i doubt anyone will actually use it due to etf2l teams’ severe xenophobia towards other whitelisting/class limiting, but i can already see double sniper teams with only a pocket and 1 scout being a thing and it’ll be boring as shit to play against
Double pyro and double sniper, AW MAN!!@!!@
This is what happens when there are no 6s admins in the league.
like 1 pyro wasn’t cancer enough
15:40 – GODMODE: have you seen the post on the first april ?
15:40 – GODMODE: i’m sure it wasn’t a joke afterall
15:40 – Manky: yes
Finally they realise that you can allow heavy unlocks. Heavy is pretty shit in 6s, even if you allowed GRU no one would use heavy.
^wrong
I thought that was a joke.
I have never been so wrong in all my life.
i want 2 die
LFT 6s Permaheavy
retarded
I would not be surprised if the solemn vow replaces the ubersaw in most situations except clutch saws on last.
what a time to die in peace
inb4 6k double machina defence
GODMODE said:
Today, 15:37
like 1 pyro wasn’t cancer enough
happycat: SUAVY – ♣Lesk said:
Today, 23:39
GODMODE said:
Today, 15:37
like 1 pyro wasn’t cancer enough
Probs for doing another preseason cup, the last one was fun. Really looking forward to playing reckoner.
=O
Can you allow sandvich please ?
hmmmm… do I have wrong date in my PC? I see April 17th, but it looks like 1st.
Flying Guillotine
Wrap Assassin
do u diptards even p[lay this game jesus FUCK
– Moursi
Time to counter the double sniper plays with double spy
Like offclassing isnt cancer anyway. Double it!
Whens the timetable gonna get released?
Solemn vow is the only retarded unlock there to be honest the rest are going to be stupid to play against but not just a terrible idea. The two sniper and pyro thing is dumb though, do you stupid admins not remember why we had these changes? It was shit like double sniper on granary last making the game completely stalemate and horrible to push.
Lol6s crihards :^)
You’re really going to try out giving scout the guillotine doing 90 damage across the map every 6 seconds over pistol that has 0% accuracy? rofl
I don’t think the classes are as much as a problem as people think, we haven’t even tested them yet, really can’t see 2 pyros being much stronger than 1 pyro, just seems like another pick if you’re using on last in the same place, the same amount of uber is going to be denied anyway, 2 snipers may be odd for lasts where you have one looking out each spawn but if the team is forced to uber early (which they usually are anyway at the top level) it doesn’t seem like a big problem and let’s not kid ourselves, 2 snipers aren’t going to be used outside of lasts
The only reason pyro got limited to 1 was because the axstinguisher was unbanned, now that’s been nerfed the problem has gone away
Sniper was limited to 2 for years until epsilon whined to the admins about the ONLY realistic strat in the game that uses two snipers because broder held a last for 5 minutes, which is an issue with process last rather than a class balance problem
“The only reason pyro got limited to 1 was because the axstinguisher was unbanned”
That’s just not true at all, not even close to it
Having two Pyros is fine. No idea what people are complaining about.
Two snipers on certain lasts may be annoying, but I still think it’s doable.
Guillotine is the questionable unlock imo. Watch how it plays out.