Welcome to the Highlander Nations Cup #9.

As we had stated a while ago we’re trying to change up and breathe a bit of fresh air into the nations cup. After a few weeks of discussions with the varying countries expected captains we’re ready to announce the competition. Some final details will get announced in the coming weeks.

The main change is allowing extra teams for countries. For more information read further down.

Schedule

We’re trying to wrap up the Nations Cup as much as possible before the next highlander season.

Captains Application: 23rd June – 7th July
Signups: 23rd June – 12th July 20:00 CEST

Groups Round 1: 13th July – 19th July
Groups Round 2: 20th July – 26th July
Groups Round 3: 27th July – August 1st

Playoffs: 2nd August – 10th August

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Here it is! The end of the Highlander Season 33 (Spring 2025). We know we mentioned that we would also have clip submissions voted, unfortunately, the participation was not as much as we’d hoped for. The low amount of submissions sadly doesn’t allow a simple poll. Instead, we will show the best submissions during a award show (yes there will be one), thanks to Refleks! More details about the show will follow in the upcoming days.

Additionally, we would like to remind you about this season’s Feedback form. If you have not given your thoughts yet, we are happy to hear them from you!

Now, without further ado, here are the nominations for this season:

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Another season on the (late) wraps, it’s time to bring an end to the 6v6 Season 49 (Winter 2025)! We want to thank everyone who participated in the season! As well as a big congratulations to team Witness Gaming for claiming another Premiership title! Below you can find all the final rankings of each division and the results of the Award Polls!

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Provisional Tiers

Down below are this Season’s provisional tiers. If you can’t find your team it could be due to you recently changing your team name or not having 6 players rostered on your team page. Teams marked in yellow are more likely to be moved if there is a need to change teams around.

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These rules changes will be in place from the start of the 6v6 season (09/06/25). Changes for existing rules are marked in bold.

We are actively discussing other rule changes and there are a few things that we plan to discuss further and make decisions on in the future (once we have gathered feedback and discussed them in-depth). We welcome any suggestions and feedback and will be happy to discuss them going forward. Thank you.

1.10. Team and Player Sponsorships​

Any reference to gambling websites, cheating platforms/services or content unsafe for minors is forbidden. This includes: Player Names, Player Tags, Team Tags, Team Names, Team Profile Pictures and any other content on any ETF2L platform.

5.4. Servers must be started with “-sv_pure”

Match servers must have the parameter “-sv_pure” or “-sv_pure 2” in their launch options to support the sv_pure setting. The sv_pure Console Variable (ConVar) must be set to 2 in all ETF2L competitions. Any mods that bypass the sv_pure settings during ETF2L official matches are strictly not allowed.

6.1. Bug-Using is not allowed

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Examples of banned exploits:

Overriding cooldowns on consumable weapons to enable them to be consumed quicker than intended.
Use of binds that enable faster than intended weapon switch speeds
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