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Schedule

• Signups: NOW! – July 31st 18:00 CEST
• Provisional Tiers: July 31st or August 1st
• Group Stage: August 3rd – September 6th (5 weeks)
• Playoffs: September 8th – September 21st (2 weeks)

Map Pool

We’ve asked you which system you would like to see this season. Based on 141 votes, the usual one-map-per-week system will be used.

Here is the list of maps for the season:

• pl_upward_f12
• pl_vigil_rc10
• koth_product_final1
• cp_steel_f12

As most of you knew, we were looking for a last map to put in. We made a community poll to determine the remaining map. Here is the result of the Poll:

• koth_ashville_final1

Everyone was able to vote for a maximum of 3 maps. Out of 141 votes, koth_ashville_final1 won vote.

Additionally to the vote of ashville, we also polled which version of this map should be played. We received 132 votes in total, koth_ashville_final1 won this one as well.

If you are interested in the Feedback Poll Results from Highlander Season 33 (Spring 2025) you can see all of the results here:

Rules

King of the Hill

This will stay the same as the previous season, meaning:

Each half in KOTH concludes when a team wins two rounds within that half or reaches a total of four round wins to secure the match. At least two halves will always be played.

Here’s an example of a KOTH match extending into a third half:

Halves	Score	Total Score
1st Half	2-1	2-1
2nd Half	0-2	2-3
3rd Half	0-1	2-4

• First half: Team A wins 2 rounds, and Team B wins 1. (2-1)
• Second half: Team B wins 2 rounds, while Team A wins none. (2-3) The score now stands at Team A: 2 | Team B: 3. Since neither team has reached 4 round wins, a third half is required.
• Third half: Team B wins the first round, reaching 4 total wins and ending the match. (2-4)

Important Note: Once the match is finished, make sure to re-exec the KOTH config. This will stop the match and make sure the logs are correct and do not have an extra round.

If the scoreline ends up being 3-4/4-3 please mark your result as golden cap win. Due to the map being so close we’ll treat these as golden caps.

Roster Lock

We’ll be applying a roster lock July 31st Start of the day and after that allow players to join through admin requests instead. This will be possible up until the start of the last week after which no new players will be able to join teams.

For all divisions players cannot be more experienced (in accordance with rule 2.7) or rostered in a team higher than the tier of the team they want to join. Experience in other leagues is also included.

Class Restrictions

We’ll not be applying any class restrictions at the start of the season, UNLESS if a team signing up explicitly asks for it. This means that teams might have large skill gaps between its players but we’re trying to put a bit more emphasis on allowing people to play with their friends on the class they enjoy playing the most.

Teams WILL NOT be transitioned between divisions during the season, neither will teams in the playoff positions.

Sign-up Process

First and foremost, you must sign your team up here: 

Then, 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.

Otherwise, we encourage you to send in an application through the ticket system in our Discord or by directly contacting a league admin, with the following information:

– Team name, Division you apply for and ETF2L team 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 BIG EXPLOSION, Premiership, https://etf2l.org/teams/1/
announce the roster with the classes
– 5-2 vs Team Aoshi’s All Stars (Prem) : https://logs.tf/012345

Teams that do not send an email or contact the admins risk losing their spot in the division they are asking for.

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 favoured over new teams or teams that request to jump a tier.

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