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HL S12 Preseason Cup

Please dont judge the banner, it just felt empty without one.

the feedback thread can be found right here.

Pick and Ban System

Team with the Higher seed gets the picking advantage. In case of an equal seed the advantage gets picked with a heavy fist fight.

  • Team A picks
  • Team B picks
  • Team A picks decider

During the knockout stage Attack/Defense maps are played BO1!

CUP FORMAT AND SCHEDULE

  • Groups are divided over their signup tiers
  • Every group should consist of 4 teams
  • Top 2 in each group advance to the knockout stage
  • Each knockout bracket contains 8 teams
  • Single elimination knockout stage.

The group stage will consist of groups of four teams, the number of groups per tier is as follows.

  • Premiership: 1 Group
  • High: 2 Groups
  • Mid: 4 Groups
  • Open: 6 Groups

The format might differ or change depending on the signup number.

  • Signups close: March 12th at 18 CET
  • Group stage & knockout stage: March 14th-16th

The default times for each round will be set as follows (All times are in CET):

  • Group stage round 1: March 14th 20:00 (Tuesday)
  • Group stage round 2: March 14th 21:15
  • Group stage round 3: March 15th 20:00 (Wednesday)
  • Knockout stage quarter finals: March 15th 21:15
  • Knockout stage semi finals: March 16th 20:00 (Thursday)
  • Knockout stage final: March 16th 21:15*

*We expect that games will be able to start around this time. This is only possible once all semi finals are done. In the case semi finals take a bit longer the finals will start as soon as the semi finals are over. Otherwise we’ll look for another solution.

In the knockout stage of the cup all teams from the premiership and high groups will go into their respective single elimination brackets. For mid the top two teams of each group will go into a single elimination bracket and for open the top two teams will advance to playoffs.

However due to lack of time in open there will be two separate single elimination playoff brackets of six team each with two random top seeded teams receiving a bye into the semi finals. This is not an ideal solution however there was not enough time in the schedule to have a large combined single elimination bracket.

PRESEASON CUP STRUCTURE

Fixtures for the Highlander Season 12 Preseason Cup are now out, please check your team page for more info.

 

MAP RULES

During the group stage the Attack/Defense maps will be played BO2. During the knockout stage this will be BO1.

Map Pool:

Map Rotation:

  • Group stage round 1: pl_badwater
  • Group stage round 2: cp_gullywash_final1 & koth_coalplant_b7
  • Group stage round 3: pl_vigil_b2a
  • Knockout stage quarter finals: Team Choice
  • Knockout stage semi finals: Team Choice
  • Knockout stage final & consolation final: Team Choice

UNLOCK RULES

The list of allowed unlocks can be found over here on whitelist.tf.

Changes from Season 11’s whitelist are unbanning:

  • Diamondback
  • Red-Tape Recorder
  • Short Circuit
  • Air Strike