ETF2L Highlander Season 31

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Happy Holidays and welcome to our first Highlander Season for 2024!

With 2023 slowly coming to an end and 2024 is approaching quite quickly, we are more than happy to announce our first season for the upcoming year! The signups for the Highlander Winter Season 2024 are now open until January 11th, 18:00 CEST!

Schedule

• Signups: December 24th – January 11th 18:00 CET
  • Premiership and Division 1 signups will close early, on January 7th, at 18:00 CET
• Tiers:
  • Publishing of Provisional Divisions: January 11th
  • Publishing of Final Divisions:  January 14th
  • Premiership Qualifiers: January 7th – January 14th
• Main Season: 14th January – 18th February
• Playoffs: February 19th – March 3rd

Map pool

The following maps are already confirmed for the season:

• pl_upward_f10
• pl_vigil_rc10
• cp_steel_f12
• koth_proot_b5b

This leaves us with three koth maps to be decided on, which will be concluded on after the Preseason Cup.

Whitelist

There are no changes to the whitelist for the Highlander Winter Season 2024 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 January 6th and Sunday January 7th. The Signups for the Preseason Cup will close on January 5th 18:00 CEST.

Preseason Cup – Map pool

The map pool will consist of the following maps:

• koth_valor_rc1 – https://tf2maps.net/downloads/valor.13167/
• koth_cornyard_b3a – https://tf2maps.net/downloads/cornyard.15940/
• koth_jamram_rc1b – https://tf2maps.net/downloads/jamram.13051/

Preseason Cup – Whitelist

This cup will contain a few whitelist changes:

• Banned – Detonator
• Banned – Spy-cicle
• Unban – Darwins Danger Shield
• Unban – Reserve Shooter

Disclaimer: Please keep in mind these changes only apply to the Preseason Cup and serve testing purposes, they may not reflect the final decision for the regular season’s whitelist.

Preseason Cup – Schedule

Group Stage – Saturday January 6th:

• Round 1: 19:00 – koth_valor_rc1
• Round 2: 20:00 – koth_cornyard_b3a
• Round 3: 21:00 – koth_jamram_rc1b

Playoff Stage – Sunday January 7th:

• Quarter Finals BO1: 19:00 – Ban/Ban/Decider
• Semi Finals BO1: 20:00 – Ban/Ban/Decider
• Grand Finals BO3: 21:00 – Pick/Pick/Decider

Disclaimer: The Playoffs structure can vary, due to signups and division size.

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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