Experimental Highlander Cup #3

OVERVIEW

It’s that time of the year again for ETF2L to step into untested waters and experiment with new or untried maps for our league. We hope during this tournament not to crash into any icebergs or navigate through a rough sea of bugs, bad design and unexciting gameplay. Rather we hope to give everyone a chance to test out 3 potentially superbly exciting, unique maps and give us feedback – you can give us feedback in our Idea Box forum. All information regarding this tournament can be found on its hub page.

Signups are now closed!

BRACKETS

Brackets will be linked as soon as they are available

CUP FORMAT AND SCHEDULE

The the cup will be held on Thursday, September 27th, starting at 20.00 CEST. All teams will be divided into bracktes of 16 teams. You can sign up with both, Highlander and Fun teams. The signups are open and will close on September 26 at 21 CEST. The cup will be single elimination with all matches up to the final played on the same night. The finals are to be played before Sunday, October 7th

• 20:00 CEST – Round of 16 Starts – ctf_haunt_a1
• 21:00 CEST – Round of 8 Starts – cp_gorge
• 22:00 CEST – Round of 4 Starts – pl_swiftwater_ugc
• Finals – To be scheduled by the teams and played until Sunday, October 7 – Best of three, maps are picked with the ETF2L map pick system [Explanation]

MAP RULES

Payload and CP Maps

• Bo3 – All matches will be a Bo3 of AB rounds
• Screenshots of each AB rotation are required
• To enter the score, each AB rotation counts as a map. Therefore if you won 2 – 0, enter the score as 2-0 for 2 maps (both pl_swiftwater or cp_gorge). If you won 2 – 1, enter the scores as 2 – 1 for both, and tick the golden cap box

CTF Maps

• Matches will be played as first to 7 (Bo13) and with timelimit 20
• In the event of a draw play a Bo1 GC round with timelimit 10

Make sure to let admins know if your match is running more than 5 minutes late! If you are 10 minutes late then set mp_timelimit to 15 minutes, and so on. This is to keep the next round on time.

UNLOCK RULES

As well as the unlocks previously allowed in S2, we are allowing all of these newer items. Provide feedback on these items here

The updated whitelist can be found here

Scout

• Baby Face’s Blaster – [Link]
• Pretty Boy’s Pocket Pistol – [Link]
• Flying Guillotine – [Link]

Soldier

• Beggar’s Bazooka – [Link]

Pyro

• Rainblower – [Link]
• Scorch Shot – [Link]
• Lollichop – [Link]
• Neon Annihilator – [Link]

Heavy

• Huo-Long Heater – [Link]

Sniper

• Hitman’s Heatmaker – [Link]
• Cleaner’s Carbine – [Link]

Spy

• Red-Tape Recorder – [Link]

Special Rules

For this cup more mercs than in the league are allowed. Instead of the usual 1 merc being allowed, and 2 if the opponents agree, 2 mercs are allowed by default and 3 if the opponents agree!

For everything else, standard ETF2L 9v9 rules apply.