Our last One Night Cup became a great success we did not only start earlier but also manage to play all games within given time deadline. Many thanks to all participants. Here are the winners, congratulations:

Higher Bracket

1.  dafuq
2.  9 men
3.  Not Only Rockets Love You
3.  ScS Gaming.fi

Lower Bracket

1.  GANZ N HORSYZ
2.  The Manissons
3.  ReLoaded
3.  Road Signs

Many thanks to DarkSlayer for creating such a good map for yesterday’s  cup.  It was an enjoyable adventure. Feel free to give some feedback for the map creator here.

Every week 3 game from the 6v6 Nations Cup Group Stage which isn’t scheduled by Sunday, July 29, will be given a default date on the primary default day of each respective group (if there is a schedule on that day, secondary default day will be used).

The Highlander Nations Cup is down to 8 teams and has entered Quarter Finals, the maps being Lakeside and Converge with Pro_Viaduct as the decider. The deadline for the Quarter Finals week is Tuesday, July 31(included).

As we have mentioned before TF2 Mix-up hosted their fourth Charity Showmatch and now we have a VOD from their second map, which was koth_lakeside. The showmatch featured internet celebrities, developers and TF2 pros, and raised a total of $9,664 for the Child’s Play charity!

The Toxic One Night Cup starts tonight and signups are now closed. The brackets can be found here

High tree here
Low tree here

If you did not make it into the brackets but still wish to play then please idle in #etf2l @ quakenet, when the cup is due to begin, as you may be able to replace teams that do not show up.

The schedule is as follows –

• 8:00pm – Ro16 Starts
• 8:45pm – Ro8 Starts
• 9:30pm – Ro4 Starts
• 10.15pm – Finals Start

Each round will be a bo1 on cp_toxic_b18_cup_fixed which can be found here. Please make sure you have downloaded the map before the Ro16 to ensure that matches are played on time!

The rules will be the same as the ETF2L Season 12 rules with the exception of a change in the merc rule – Each time can use 2 mercs by default and 3 if the opponents agree.

This one night cup is being casted by an ambitious caster  NigelWantsKFC at Nigel’s twitch channel 

The first match is going to be casted between  vier-red and  Not Only Rocket Loves You

Our first game of the night will be between Bulgaria and Luxembourg. Winner of this game will still stand a chance to fight for playoff stage. Although Bulgaria has some experienced players such as BaTMaN or Hohen, Luxembourg might come up with big surprise with their almost vintage lineup.

Next game tonight will be a second week 2 game from Group D of 6v6 Nations Cup. Both Belgium and WinFinland have won their week 1 games, which means the winner of this game will not only take a lead in their group but also have points to qualify into the playoff stage (with possible tiebreaker if anything). Finland have a lineup of strong premier division players including Season12 Runner-ups, Finnish trio from TCM Gaming. There are rumours on the street that Darn is replacing Mike in Team Infused, who knows! Belgium has some talented players on their side like Coco or Luzzu but they may lack the experience and high level game play when facing the Finns.

Our last game for tonight is another Group G game featuring both Euro2012 hosters, Poland and Ukraine, two eastern teams. Poland obviously must miss Nor, their beast from the east but having Gameton(JHWH) instead, they still stand a chance against Jorman and his Ukrainian players such as dm master kensiq. Winning this match Ukraine would guarantee themselves a playoff stage game. Hopefully Poland will do their best to stand and fight for the 6 precious points because they need them if they want to continue playing after group stage.

• STV: fakkelbrigade.eu:27100

Lineup Team  Poland

• Scout: Fassadin
• Scout: Mariano
• Soldier: nislem
• Soldier: Kazachu
• Demoman: Gameton
• Medic: natty

Lineup Team  Ukraine

• Scout: N/A
• Scout: N/A
• Soldier: N/A
• Soldier: N/A
• Demoman: N/A
• Medic: N/A

Our first game of the night will be between Israel and Russia. Both teams have top tier players like guys from Crack Clan on the Jewish side or a mix of uV Gaming and International Secret Intelligence Servic players for the Russians. Behind these clan names we have stars like Retsh0ck and talents like Quik. This game is gonna be an unforgettable experience because teams will be fighting for the first place in tables (as for now) since they both won their week1 games. This match is being casted by ThePledge and  Skully at VanillaTV.

According to tenttLik’s cat Israel is going to win in this game.

• STV: relay.vanillatv.org:27100

Lineup Team  Israel

• Scout: erectus
• Scout: Fadestep
• Soldier: matnuN
• Soldier: Tarkus
• Demoman: retsh0ck
• Medic: p0le

Lineup Team   Russia

• Scout: reko
• Scout: redzz
• Soldier: Forsak3n
• Soldier: Ordinator
• Demoman: Hitman
• Medic: whiteglow

At the same time we will have another game from Group B going. It will be Ireland against Romania. Fun fact is each team has a player from North America, it is pyyyour and alfa for Ireland and Romania respectively. On the side of our favourite spire jumper, Ghostface, we can see Shampoo, who is the most known of Romania’s players. Ireland however is a homeland for ex-Epsilon player  Predz, who may impress many with his insane deathmatch and gamesense. Unfortunately neither of teams won their week1 games but the winner of this game may still stand a chance to fight for spot in the playoff stage.

Lineup Team  Ireland

• Scout: Pyyyour
• Scout: NoJu
• Soldier: Admirable
• Soldier: Funkadelic
• Demoman: Troot
• Medic: Paul

Lineup Team  Romania

• Scout: N\A
• Scout: N\A
• Soldier: N\A
• Soldier: N\A
• Demoman: N\A
• Medic: N\A

Last match for tonight is gonna be a game between Czech Republic and Germany. Although Germans have many well-known players in their team like Thy*, basH and schocky, the Czech’s do have some raw talents in their lineup, for example Hitm@n and #n00pe from the div2 winning team, unity. Both teams have won their games in week1 (Czech, however, were given a default win from the Egyptian team) so the winner of this game will pretty much have a secured route to playoff stage. According to Homer J the game is going to be played half an hour earlier than the defaulted schedule.

 

HL Nations Cup: Sweden vs. England

Tonight we will also see a next Highlander Playoff match featuring teams from Sweden and England this time. Both teams are full of very experienced players in both 6v6 and 9v9 game types. Both have the tactics knowledge taken from their home Highlander division 1 clans like SNSD and May Contain Nuts, which means its gonna be an equal match and not going to be easily forgotten. Anyways, what can we expect seeing names like  Hurri, TheSucker ALX, Hat and TviQ? Only a great show it is! This match is being casted by Hildreth and  Comedian at VanillaTV .

• STV: relay.vanillatv.org:27101

Lineup Team  Sweden

• Scout: furbo
• Soldier: wolve
• Pyro: s3
• Demoman: Zebbosai
• Heavy: ALX
• Engineer: ZyZo
• Medic: TheSucker
• Sniper: TviQ
• Spy: ashkan

Lineup Team  England

• Scout: Greg
• Soldier: Boomeh
• Pyro: CUBE
• Demoman: kaidus
• Heavy: Ruskeydoo
• Engineer: BubbleBobbler
• Medic: Hat
• Sniper: AcidReniX
• Spy: Hurri

Tonight we will be able to see a game between Portugal and Wales, both teams have won their first round games (Portugal due to a default win against Latvia) so winning both maps will guarantee a route into the playoff stage. Are the awards truthful? Is Mike the most overrated player of the Season 12? We will be able to see him doing his best to beat a Portugal team consisting of more than a few TF2 veterans like Coinz,  Haunter and t0da.

This match is casted by VanillaTV with ThePledge and Skully on the microphones and Warden on camera.

• STV: connect relay.vanillatv.org:27101

Another game in our Highlander Nations Cup schedule is between France and Spain. France had no problems in their very own group, beating all teams 6-0 and winning it. Spain however had to give default win to Netherlands, a team who they faced in groupstage tiebreaker. Most of the Spanish team is from division 1 Highlander team  27 Most outstanding French player is their sniper,  Flippy who is a real gamechanger, rarely seen in 9v9 matches.

This match is casted by VanillaTV with  AcidRenix and  Beta (who will also be streaming).

• STV: connect relay.vanillatv.org:27100

Lineup Team  France

• Scout: N/A
• Soldier: N/A
• Pyro: N/A
• Demoman: N/A
• Heavy: N/A
• Engineer: N/A
• Medic: N/A
• Sniper: N/A
• Spy: N/A

Lineup Team  Spain

• Scout: HarryHook
• Soldier: Jan
• Pyro: pl0
• Demoman: vayne
• Heavy: lork
• Engineer: acabao
• Medic: Krimz
• Sniper: KTJ
• Spy: longás

HL NC Playoff: Israel vs Finland

Although Israel surprised us in the group stage, beating Portugal 4-2, they are up against HL veterans Finland who are experienced in 9v9 with colonys Highlander tactics. This match is being casted by Arx and Beta at VanillaTV. It’s also being casted by NigelWantsKFC and Kip on Nigel’s twitch channel.

• STV: tba

Lineup Team Israel

• Scout: ReveraL
• Soldier: MatnuN
• Pyro: xTimeE
• Demoman: Retsh0ck
• Heavy: Tarkus
• Engineer: Erectus
• Medic: pOLe
• Sniper: SorroW
• Spy: Royze

Lineup Team Finland

• Scout: zooob
• Soldier: nappr
• Pyro: yonus
• Demoman: Crux
• Heavy: fraggen
• Engineer: letku
• Medic: Diegoo
• Sniper: MInd
• Spy: BobberH

Season 12 Awards by Pirate Radio

You voted – here are the results! Congratulations to all winners:

• Scout of the Season: Schocky
• Soldier of the Season:  Zebbosai
• Demoman of the Season: kaidus
• Medic of the Season: F2
• Most Underrated Player of the Season: Zebbosai
• Most Overrated Player of the Season: Mike
• Best Premier Division Debut of the Season: Flippy
• Most Surprising Team of the Season: TCM-Gaming
• Most Disappointing Team of the Season: Team Infused
• Upcoming Talent of the Season:  Stark
• Favorite PirateRadio Host:  Greg
• Favorite PirateRadio Guest:  djc
• VanillaTV Caster of the Season:   Admirable
• Carry of the Season: Schocky
• Player of the Season: Schocky

6v6 Nations Cup: Denmark vs. Sweden

The first Scandinavian showdown of this Nations Cup features Denmark and Sweden, and with both winning their first game, 6 points will guarantee either team qualification through to the playoffs. This game is being casted by  Skully and  NigelWantsKFC at VanillaTV.

• STV: relay.vanillatv.org:27100

Lineup Team  Denmark

• Scout: helberg
• Scout: quad
• Soldier: Beater
• Soldier: crizzl
• Demoman: Dr. Phil
• Medic: F2

Lineup Team  Sweden

• Scout: Nace
• Scout: wltrs
• Soldier: jukebox
• Soldier: wolve
• Demoman: Zebbosai
• Medic: TheSucker

Highlander Nations Cup Playoffs

The first game from the knockout phase of the 1st HL Nations Cup!

Netherlands vs. Lithuania

Netherlands surprised many by beating Spain and topping their group (albeit by a default win). They will face a strong Lithuanian side filled with many players from top Highlander team Chior Tai. The winner of this game will face either Sweden or England.

Lineup Team  Netherlands

• Scout: Qun
• Soldier: Eledorian
• Pyro: quell
• Demoman: MightyMe
• Heavy: Exfane
• Engineer: kKaltUu
• Medic: skeej
• Sniper: LuckyLuke
• Spy: Nmx

Lineup Team  Lithuania

• Scout: Tweek
• Soldier: Dulis
• Pyro: Mantasas
• Demoman: NightPunisher
• Heavy: Blutz
• Engineer: emb
• Medic: Slm
• Sniper: Rock
• Spy: p1nky

 

Highlander Mixup Match #4

Over at TF2 Mixup they have hosted another showmatch featuring online celebrities, TF2 pro’s, and TheSucker. They have raised nearly $10,000 so far and if you want to donate through chip-in, visit their website. All the money raised will be going to Child’s Play to improve the lives of children in hospitals around the world, with games and toys.