It has been long waited but it is time for the best players of each country to group up together and prove that their country is the best!

The Cup will feature a Group Stage and a single-elimination Tournament, and will take place throughout September and October. Each country will be represented by one team consisting out of players of the same nationality, led by a Captain chosen through the applications process. For the playoffs we will try out a schedule over a single weekend in order to not let the playoffs go on for too long, if you intend to signup with your country please be aware of this.

Schedule

• Captains Applications: 24th August – 8th September
• Announce Captains & Groups: 9th September
• Group Stage Round 1: 10th September – 17th September
• Group Stage Round 2: 18th September – 24th September
• Group Stage Round 3: 25th September –  1st October
• Tiebreakers: 1st October – 6th October
• Playoffs: 7th – 9th October

IMPORTANT! We do encourage teams to make use of their roster of up to 13 players. Mercs will not be allowed! (Although we may be more lenient regarding the verification time.)

Read the rest of this entry »

Banner by soda

Welcome everyone! We hope you enjoyed the Season 42 playoffs, regardless if you were participating or watching others fight for the best placements in the season.

For those of you who won their division – congratulations! Thanks to those who played in the season and maybe even the playoffs, and we hope to see you back for season 43!

But before we move on to the next season we need to figure out who were the best players on their respective role for this one. This time luckily we are not that late after the season, and in order to make up for not having published the Season 41 Award Poll results yet, we will be presenting the results, both for Season 41 and 42 in person, live from Insomnia i69 in Birmingham this weekend on twitch.tv/essentialstf!

The polls will be open until Friday, August 26th @ 23:59 CEST.
Read the rest of this entry »

Banner by soda

The season has already started, however, we have not explained the process behind the decisions regarding the map pool and the whitelist changes, as well as how playoffs will work with only 6 maps.
Read the rest of this entry »

Banner by soda

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. Teams marked in yellow are more likely to be moved if there is a need to change teams around.

Unhappy about your place? Feel free to contact us over at our Discord Server. These tiers are still subjected to change if teams make a good case as to why they should be moved.

Read the rest of this entry »

Banner by soda

After a long wait and the polls for Highlander Season 26 ending, we are finally happy to announce the Highlander Season 26 Awards Show!

Who will win the prestigious pixel trophies? Join your host CeeJaey, along with ETF2L League Admin supra and guests Refleks, grip, hondjo & redlix as well as the lovely Wiethoofd on production!

So what are you waiting for? Go over to KritzKast on Saturday, August 6th @ 20 CEST to find out!
Read the rest of this entry »