The biggest TF2 offline event of the year involving both American and European teams is in full swing, and if you couldn’t go there personally, VanillaTV will provide you with coverage of the best matches!

What they won’t tell you though is that our head admin at the scene, CanFo, made PYYYOUR drop uber. What a boss!

For all match fixtures and up-to-date information, head over to VanillaTV.

[There were streams embedded here, they are gone now]

Season 13 Signups

Season 13 signups are now open! You can now sign up your team on the competitions page.

>>>Signup<<<

Do not forget to choose your desired division when signing up. If you created a new team or feel you can jump a division, feel free to apply for the desired division anyway. To prove you are capable of the division you applied for, we require you to submit screenshots of recent practice wars or tournaments where you scored decent results against teams that play on the level you aim for. There is no magical number of screenshots you have to submit, just submit what you have.

Please note that the success of your request mainly depends on the free slots in the division you aim for. Established teams will be favoured over new teams, or teams that request to jump a division. The screenshots have to be uploaded to online image storage (for example you can use imgur or Dropbox), zipped archives with tons of pictures attached to an email will be ignored. Please send your application to [email protected].

The division application has to include the following information in order to be considered. Incomplete applications will be ignored!

• Team name
• Team link on ETF2L.org
• Division you apply for
• Link to the online photo album
• Reasons why your team deserves to be placed in the division you applied for (optional)

Season 13 Prizes

As with the last two seasons, Tt eSPORTS is sponsoring our league once again!

More information on the cash prize we hinted at, as well as unlocks and rule changes, will be revealed in the coming week. Stay tuned!

Ban

For insulting nationality, taunting terrorism victims via offensive team names and ignoring admin warnings, on top of his previous offenses, Taimou has been banned for a year.

Update: ban extended due to alt accounts.

The Boneyard Productions Movie Competition has drawn to a close and now it is your turn to have a say.

The winner of the community vote will win a Tt eSPORTS Battle Dragon LAN bag and the admiration of the TF2 community.
Stay tuned to the BYPCOMP Thread the winners will be announced on Sunday before the Multiplay Insomnia46 LAN Finals.
Thanks to everyone who entered and a big thanks to Tt-eSPORTS for making it all possible.

The polls will close on Sunday, August 26 at 12:00 BST.

6v6 Nations Cup Quarter Finals: United States of America vs France

Match Overview
United States of America vs France
Quarter Final
Monday, August 20th 20:00 CEST

cp_snakewater

3 - 1

cp_gullywash_final1

2 - 4

cp_badlands

5 - 4 (golden cap)

OVERALL
United States of America [6:3] France

This match was delayed by a day because France was lacking some players last week. However, this is not big deal as the next playweek is two weeks long to make room for everyone to play and view the biggest TF2 event to date, the Multiplay insomnia 46 LAN in Telford, England. Back to topic: France finally accepted the proposal for tonight and we are excited how this match turns out! This is another great match from saga: ‘Euros vs Yankees’ because both teams consist of top tier players from both sides of the pond. France has a big part from Premier Division Team punchLine in their lineup while the USA mates have names like enigma, harbleu and TLR on their side. The funny thing is that most of them will meet again at i46 on even grounds.
VanillaTV is casting this match, starting at 20:00 CEST.

Highlander Nations Cup #1

The first ETF2L Highlander Nations Cup has come to a close. 30 teams signed up for this tournament, and they have been whittled down to our winner – Germany. Congratulations to Germany for winning the first Highlander Nations Cup! According to team captain  Thy* they did not play a single practice match and completely relied on their superior deathmatch abilites. Apart from that, he had the following to say

“We are very happy to win this competition after we lost to England in the 6vs6 Nations Cup. It was a really good experience and if there is another tournament like this one day we may play again. Thanks to all teams that competed and a special shoutout to Sweden and France for great games. Now give us our money!”

The full standings are as follows:

• Winner: Germany – winning £972
• Runner-Up:  France – winning £225
• 3rd Place:  Sweden – winning a bronze pixel trophy!

Many thanks go to the anonymous donator who gave £1000 as a prize for this Highlander Nations Cup. ETF2L added another £197 to make it easier to divide the amounts by 9 players. Many thanks also to VanillaTF2 for providing coverage to as much of this competition as possible, you can catch up with any missed VODs here.

Season 13 powered by Tt eSPORTS Maps

With only 4 more days until the signups for our 13th 6v6 season open, we’re announcing the official map pool tonight. The following 6 maps will be played during the season:

• cp_badlands
• cp_gullywash_final1
• cp_snakewater
• cp_granary
• cp_gravelpit
• ctf_turbine_pro_rc1

The rules for the control point maps remain the same and should be known to our players. We will update the rules page in the next days where you can look them up again. Turbine as a “capture the files” map will be played as best of three with up to three 10 minute rounds. The detailed ruleset will follow in a later post.