This is a reminder post for today’s Reversed Maps Cup knockout stage explaining how the matches will be played out, and an explanation to give an insight on the teams chosen for the knockout stage.

The Knockout Tree for the single elimination stage can be found here, with fixtures alone here.

Sunday 13th of August:

Round 1: 18:00
Round 2: 19:00
Quarter Finals: 19:50
Semi Finals: 20:40
Grand Finals: 21:30

During the knockout stage, golden caps are to be played on cp_yranarg and cp_sdnaldab. cp_tiplevarg is to be BO1, if teams are unable to decide on what side to start, then teams must play a heavy fist fight in order to come to a final compromise. The playoffs will be bo1 with each team getting one map ban.

Also, further explanation towards why some teams might not appear in knockout stage that otherwise should be due to points in the group stage tables, we would want to mention that we initially weren’t expecting a flaw with our league table scoring for this cup, as ETF2L has not had map draws, so that both teams would get only a single point from a map, as an option for many years now but we accepted it as a possibility for all maps in this cup. However, this became an issue with cp_tiplevarg as commonly with maps that are normally in stopwatch played as BO3 we have two maps selected for it to allow teams to have a golden cap to settle the score.

This was not the case in this cup which allowed teams to put a 3-3 score draw for both teams which should have been a 1-1 score draw. Because of that we admins have handpicked the appropriate teams that have earned their place in the knockout stage and let them advance towards.

Lastly we would also want to mention to be able to run a proper single elimination setting we have chosen teams with second seed in their group to need to play their matches in Round 1 matches earlier than expected before the Round 2 matches, these matches will need to be played before the Result deadlines said on the match pages for each fixture, otherwise matches will be coinflipped if no result has been submitted by teams.

We will add in more news about the results of the 1v1 MGE Cup poll later on after this news post.

The premiership talent has chosen between its peers. The following players – in their eyes – deserve to be available to be voted best in their departments.
So without further ado, here are the nominees:

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Reversed Maps Cup

Now that a serious cup is out of the way, let’s bring some more fun back by playing some of the more commonly known maps in this game… reversed! Cp_yranarg, cp_sdnaldab, and cp_tiplevarg – no prizes for guessing what maps they are based on.

This cup will be played on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th of August with an unseeded round robin stage followed by a single elimination knockout stage. Both 6v6 and Fun teams may signup. Signups will close on Friday 11th, 21:00 CEST.

Group Stage – Saturday 12th

Group round 1: 19:00 – cp_sdnaldab
Group round 2: 20:00 – cp_yranarg
Group round 3: 21:00 –  cp_tiplevarg

Knockout stage – Sunday 13th

Round 1: 19:00
Quarter Finals: 19:50
Semi Finals: 20:40
Grand Finals: 21:30

During the group stage draws are allowed on cp_yranarg and cp_sdnaldab, cp_tiplevarg is to be played as a BO2. During the knockout stage, golden caps are to be played on cp_yranarg and cp_sdnaldab, cp_tiplevarg is to be BO1. The playoffs will be bo1 with each team getting one ban.

Remember that cp_tiplevarg is to be played on stopwatch config (etf2l_6v6_stopwatch.cfg)

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1v1 MGE Cup

And lastly, we also want to announce that we are making a 1v1 MGE cup again! Well, planning to! We want to hear your opinion on which class should it be done for, and for that you can vote on the poll below! This cup will be played from 18th of August until 20th of August, with the poll closing on 13th of August at 20:00 CEST.

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Update: Teams may use cp_prolands_b2a for Saturday’s group stage matches if both teams agree to it, otherwise cp_prolands_b2 will be played. For Sunday’s knockout stage all matches must be played on cp_prolands_b2a.

The fixtures for the Prolands Cup powered by serveme.tf are now released and can be seen here along with the groups.

The knockout section of the cup will vary slightly between tiers.

The Top Bracket groups will have all teams advance from the group stage in a full bracket with the group being used to determine seeding. Knockout stage matches will be played on Sunday 6th. There will also be a third place match needed to play for this bracket.

For High, Mid and Open each group consists of 4 teams with the top two teams advancing to playoffs. Knockout stage matches will be played on Sunday 6th. There will not be a third place match played for any of these brackets.

Due to shortage in teams to create more brackets, we have added in teams that signed up first to the cup to take place in the cup as of now. If any of the currently added teams decide to drop out of the competition, we will add in a team from the waiting list to the cup. This applies only before Saturday 5th 18:30 CEST.

Casting done by Essentials.tf

Coverage for the Top Bracket of this cup will also be done by Essentials.tf tonight starting from 19:00 CEST at their Twitch stream (https://www.twitch.tv/essentialstf) with Beater and nuze both on the mic and gemm on the camera!

We here at ETF2L do not only care about the competitive side of Team Fortress 2… we also appreciate any community run TF2 charity event! Much like hugs.tf, a bunch of Youtubers got together and founded/ run an group called BlapatureCo. The group is dedicated to do good while playing and showing off TF2. And they are going to do so today from 19:00 CEST for a full day over at their BlapatureCo stream.

All funds raised will benefit an organisation called Child’s Play, which is raising money for children in hospitals in order to provide them with any kind of (board)games and make wishes come true.
The event will feature a variety of different sections, including a competitive 6v6 mix on sunday, 1 am CEST. Make sure to tune in and watch out for some familiar faces!

Charity streams would not be nearly as fun if there weren’t any perks for you guys. Read all about them right here! We don’t want to spoil too much… but there may or may not be ingame medals for donors… (‘Shut up and take my money’-alert, anyone?).

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