ETF2L Highlander Season 30

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Welcome to our Autumn Season of Highlander!

Summer is coming to a close (sort of), and it is time for highlander again! We are happy to announce that the signups for our Autumn Highlander season are now open until August 24th, 18:00 CEST!

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Highlander Spring Autumn 2023 Schedule

• Signups: 10th Aug – 24th Aug 18:00 CEST
  -Premiership and Division 1 signups will close early, on Aug 20th at 18:00 CEST
• Publishing of Provisional Divisions: Aug 24th
• Publishing of Final Divisions:  Aug 26th
• Premiership Qualifiers: 20th Aug – 27th Aug
• Main Season: 27th Aug – 1st Oct
• Playoffs: 1st Oct – 15th Oct

Map pool

The following maps are already confirmed for the season:

• pl_upward_f10
• pl_vigil_rc10
• cp_steel_f12
• koth_proot_b5b (potential to be replaced by b6b if preseason cup feedback is good)

Whitelist

There are no changes to the whitelist for the Highlander Autumn Season 2023 as of now.

Preseason Cup

The cup will have the format of a 3 matches group stage with a playoff stage, and will be played on Saturday August 19th and Sunday August 20th

The map pool will consist of koth_proot_b6b,  pl_eruption_b13, and cp_steel (Valve official version)

Schedule
Signups are open from August 10th until August 17th at 20:00 CET.

Group Stage – Saturday August 19th:

• Round 1: 19:00 – koth_proot_b6b
• Round 2: 20:00 – pl_eruption_b13
• Round 3: 21:00 – cp_steel (Valve’s current official version)

Playoff Stage – Sunday Agust 20th:

• Grand Finals BO3: 21:00 – Pick/Pick/Decider

Promotions

Last season’s winners of each Division/Tiers will automatically be promoted to the next higher Division/Tier, unless their starting roster has changed by half or more of their players.

All promotions are open to admin discretion. This is in order to make sure the tiers are as good as they can possibly be. If you are uncertain about being promoted you can follow the below mentioned sign-up process to give additional information about your team.

Sign-up Process

First and foremost you must sign up your team here: https://etf2l.org/wp/wp-admin/index.php?page=comps

An email does not count as signing up to the upcoming season and is only meant to give further information regarding your team and its placement.

Please note that the success of your request also strongly depends on the free slots in the tier you aim for. Established teams will be favored over new teams or teams that request to jump a tier.

Premiership Division
If you intend to sign up for the Premiership Tier we encourage you to do so as soon as possible. Due to the Premiership Qualifiers happening while signups are still open; we will only consider teams for the Premiership Qualifiers that signed up before the scheduled deadline. Additionally, we expect teams without a guaranteed Premiership Division spot to be able to compete on the provided Premiership Qualifier dates.

We expect all aspiring Premiership Tier teams to either send us an email ([email protected]) or directly contact a league admin on Steam or the ETF2L Discord with the following:
– Team name, Division you apply for and ETF2L link
– Roster
– Recent results and logs associated to them
– Reasons why your team deserves to be placed in the the Premier Division

e.g.

Team BIG EXPLOSION, Premiership, https://etf2l.org/teams/1/
announce the roster with the classes

5-2 vs Team Aoshis All Stars (Prem) : https://logs.tf/012345

Teams that do not send an email or contact admins risk losing their spot in the Premiership Qualifiers.

Division 1 and Division 2 (High)
If you intend to sign up for Division 1 or Division 2 you must sign up to “High tier” when signing up for the season. We encourage you to send us an email ([email protected]) with the following:
– Team name, Division you apply for and ETF2L link
– Roster
– Recent results and logs associated to them
– Reasons why your team deserves to be placed in the tier you applied for (optional)

e.g.

Team Blood is back, Division 2, https://etf2l.org/teams/1/
announce the roster with the classes

5-2 vs Team Permzilla (Div2) : https://logs.tf/012345

Teams that do not send an email or contact admins risk not the be put in the division they hoped for.

Mid (Division 3 and 4) and Low (Division 5)
If you intend to sign up for Division 3 (Mid), Division 4 (Mid) and Division 5 (Low) and wish to be placed in a specific division/tier we encourage you to send us an email ([email protected]) with the following:
– Team name, Division you apply for and ETF2L link
– Roster
– Recent results and logs associated to them
– Reasons why your team deserves to be placed in the tier you applied for (optional)

e.g.

Team Sunny White, Mid, https://etf2l.org/teams/1/
announce the roster with the classes

5-2 vs Team niGhtHeaLeR (Mid) : https://logs.tf/012345

Teams that do not send an email or contact admins risk not the be put in the division they hoped for.

Open (Division 6)
If you are applying for Division 6/Open tier (which is our entry division), you do not have to provide any proof that you are capable of playing at that level.

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