Highlander Nations Cup – Belgium vs. Sweden

Match Overview
Belgium vs Sweden
Week 2 (Group C)
Friday, July 6th 21:25 CEST
SourceTV: relay.vanillatv.org:27102

koth_lakeside_final

0 - 3

pl_waste_v2

1 - 5

OVERALL
Belgium [0:6] Sweden

The first match of Group C, Belgium vs. Sweden, is going live tonight at 21:25 CEST. Sweden can come up with 6v6 and Highlander stars, such as TheSucker, Zebbosai, ashkan and the best and only full time heavy ALX. This is a tough lineup to beat for the Belgian team who have to go without some key players tonight. Minecraft creator Notch is unfortunately not playing tonight but he is sitting on the Swedish roster and we can expect to see him play for in one of the upcoming matches!

Kritzkast is casting this match at http://www.kritzkast.com/live.

• STV: connect relay.vanillatv.org:27100

Lineup Team  Belgium

Lineup Team  Sweden

• Scout: NerdZone
• Scout: Nace
• Soldier: REDEMPTOR
• Soldier: wolve
• Pyro: Bessy
  
• Pyro: Carlow
• Demoman: Genmix
• Demoman: Zebbosai
• Heavy: baud
• Heavy: ALX
• Engineer: Beef
• Engineer: ZyZo
• Medic: Hatch
  
• Medic: TheSucker
• Sniper: droso
• Sniper: TviQuEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
• Spy: You will pay for you
• Spy: ashkan

Quick-Fix Cup Brackets

The Quickfix Cup is starting tonight! Signups are now closed and the brackets can be found here:

Low Bracket

High Bracket

The two teams Quick-fix Enthusiast Society and  addict! eSports dolan signed up just a little too late. They will replace any dropping teams in the low bracket.

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

The map schedule is as follows:
20.00 CEST, Round 1: cp_badlands
20:45 CEST, Round 2: cp_snakewater
21:30 CEST, Round 3: cp_gravelpit
Until Wednesday, July 11, Final: All three maps, tie-breaker decided by the teams (both teams select a home map, remaining map is decider)

• All teams must have at least 1 player ready on #etf2l (QuakeNet) to find their opponent and schedule the match.
• If your match starts more than 10 minutes late, please reduce the map time to 15-25 minutes, depending on how long you have left before the next round starts.
• If your match finishes in a draw, you must play a golden cap round to decide the winner. Please reset the config and play a 5 minute golden cap round. The first team to cap all points in this round, wins. If neither team caps within 5 minutes, the team that holds CP3 at the end of the 5 minute period wins.
• For most other issues the regular ETF2L Season 12 rules apply.
• Teams may use 2 mercs by default.
• The server whitelist MUST have the Quickfix and Overdose ALLOWED. Get the whitelist for this cup here.

Highlander Nations Cup Group Stage

Today the a total of 4 matches in the Highlander Nations Cup group stage will take place!

Match Overview
Canada vs Ireland
Week 1 (Group H)
Thursday, July 5th 21:30 CEST
SourceTV: relay.vanillatv.org:27100

pl_badwater

4 - 0

pl_badwater

4 - 0

OVERALL
Canada [6:0] Ireland

This match is casted by VanillaTV with highlander expert  Hildreth and most likely  Greg on the microphones and  boomeh on camera.

• STV: connect doublejump.eu:27020

Lineup Team  Canada

Lineup Team  Ireland

• Scout: downpour__
• Scout: Predz
• Soldier: dashner
• Soldier: atmo
• Pyro: waffleb
  
• Pyro: Cribby
• Demoman: cyzer
• Demoman: Funkadelic
• Heavy: drmcds
• Heavy: Admirable
• Engineer: alfa
• Engineer: dougiie
• Medic: sleeping life
  
• Medic: Paul
• Sniper: mendez
• Sniper: NoJu
• Spy: pulse
• Spy: saucepain

Match Overview
Italy vs Ukraine
Week 1 (Group D)
Thursday, July 5th 21:00 CEST

pl_badwater

0 - 1

pl_badwater

0 - 1

OVERALL
Italy [0:6] Ukraine

This match is casted by VanillaTV with  NigelWantsKFC and most likely  Comedian on the microphones and the very same  Comedian on camera.

• STV: connect relay.vanillatv.org:27101

Lineup Team  Italy

Lineup Team  Ukraine

• Scout: sorex
• Scout: Ave.
• Soldier: matrix101
• Soldier: Jorman
• Pyro: Yogi
  
• Pyro: awarche
• Demoman: sereh
• Demoman: Blade
• Heavy: f0rest
• Heavy: esk
• Engineer: ZOKY
• Engineer: Vad
• Medic: userid_ivan
• Medic: Dnepr
• Sniper: matterkiller
• Sniper: kensiq
• Spy: MoNkey MaN
  
• Spy: lippy

Match Overview
Germany vs Estonia
Week 1 (Group E)
Thursday, July 5th 21:00 CEST
SourceTV: connect relay.vanillatv.org:27102

pl_badwater

2 - 0

pl_badwater

2 - 0

OVERALL
Germany [6:0] Estonia

This match is casted in German by n2oTV by  mosepose and  Vladi with  Deathkn1ght on camera.

• STV: connect relay.vanillatv.org:27102

Lineup Team Germany

Lineup Team Estonia

• Scout: ThUn
• Scout: Tafka
• Soldier: KLar
• Soldier: ouch
• Pyro: Sonny Black
  
• Pyro: nbik
• Demoman: Thy*
• Demoman: DCOY
• Heavy: recon
• Heavy: Funky
• Engineer: basH
• Engineer: OhYeah
• Medic: flix
• Medic: M2R
• Sniper: schocky
• Sniper: paul(1988)
• Spy: Brego
• Spy: sheff

Match Overview
Latvia vs Russia
Week 2 (Group G)
Thursday, July 5th 20:00 CEST
SourceTV: relay.vanillatv.org:27100

pl_waste_v2

0 - 5

koth_lakeside_final

1 - 3

OVERALL
Latvia [0:6] Russia

This match will be streamed live with Latvian comms by  AnimaL and in Russian by Warden of TF2World.Ru TV.

• STV: connect relay.vanillatv.org:27100

Lineup Team Latvia

Lineup Team Russia

• Scout: Koala
• Scout: krol
• Soldier: monkye
• Soldier: baklya
• Pyro: Kinyu
  
• Pyro: Vasa_kot
  
• Demoman: n00ne
• Demoman: irfx
• Heavy: uubers
• Heavy: Rubikon
• Engineer: Dr.kaka6ka
• Engineer: pala4
• Medic: atomic
• Medic: D1ego$
• Sniper: Rev
• Sniper: berrtech
• Spy: joystick#
• Spy: SpiRiT

Season 12 powered by Tt eSPORTS Premiership Playoffs

Match Overview
TCM Gaming vs Team Infused
Playoffs (Premier Division)
Wednesday, July 4th 21:15 CEST

cp_badlands

5 - 3

cp_gullywash_final1

5 - 3

OVERALL
TCM Gaming [6:0] Team Infused

Tonight the second match of the Season 12 powered by Tt eSPORTS Premiership Playoffs will go live! TCM Gaming is taking on  Team Infused on cp_badlands, cp_gullywash_final1 and cp_snakewater as possible decider map. VanillaTV will be casting the match with  Greg and Admirable as commentators and Mr. Nice Guy  boomeh on camera. For more information please see this comment by  Greg on VanillaTF2.

If TCM Gaming lose this match they will again take their habitual third place. Can they break the curse and beat the British (and Finnish) powerhouse that is called Team Infused? Will the merc  Darn who replaces the Soldier of Season 11, Mike, who left the Infused roster today, make the difference? Tune it and you will see!

Lineup  TCM Gaming

Lineup  Team Infused

• Scout:  hymzi
• Scout:  cookye
• Scout:  Rebeli
• Scout:  Fisshu
• Soldier:  hocz
• Soldier:  Darn
• Soldier: Zebbosai
• Soldier:  Hat
• Demoman:  kaidus
• Demoman:  numlocked
• Medic:  Byte
• Medic:  dunc

Highlander Nations Cup Group Stage – Egypt vs. Latvia

Match Overview
Egypt vs Latvia
Week 1 (Group G)
Wednesday, July 4th 20:00 CEST

pl_badwater

0 - 2

pl_badwater

0 - 2

OVERALL
Egypt [0:6] Latvia

Today the third match in the Highlander Nations Cup group stage will take place! Egypt will play against the team from Latvia on pl_badwater at 20:00 CEST. There will no cast but an STV relay, provided by VanillaTF2.

• connect relay.fakkelbrigade.eu:27100

The lineups are not 100% confirmed but this is what it could look like.

Lineup Team  Egypt

Lineup Team  Latvia

• Scout: Chadster
• Scout: n00ne
• Soldier: Havoc
• Soldier: monkye
• Pyro: Nader
• Pyro: Kinyu
• Demoman: WildEast
• Demoman: Line
• Heavy: Fred
• Heavy: uubers
• Engineer: fanq
• Engineer: Dr. kaka6ka
• Medic: Dirtypop
• Medic: atomic
• Sniper: Amr
• Sniper: rev
• Spy: kimoes
• Spy: j0ystick#

6v6 Nations Cup Signups Open

The Signups for the third ETF2L 6v6 Nations Cup are now open! All team captains can now sign up until July 11. That is also the deadline for the rosters to be finnished and for the submissions of the preferred play days for each national team. We will then sort the teams into skill based pools and time based pools. We are aiming to release the groups at July 13 or earlier.

The rules page is still in the making but the captains know what they can expect from the forum discussions. Week 1 of the Group Stages will kick off on Monday, July 16. We will publish the whole group fixture schedule until July 13.

• Group Stages: July 16 – August 5
• Round of 16: August 6 – August 12
• Quarter Finals: August 13 – August 19
• Semi-Finals: August 20 – August 22 AND August 30 – September 2 (Break for i46)
• Final: September 3 – September 9

Staff Changes

 säm is leaving the ETF2L Anti-Cheat staff at his wish. Thank you for the time and effort you put into hunting down cheaters to make this league a better place.

Highlander Nations Cup Reminder

Any Group Stage Round 1 and Round 2 matches without a scheduled date will be issued default dates on this Friday, July 6th. For matches with no schedule proposals, the default dates will be assigned to Sunday/Monday, since Tuesday is last play day for both rounds. Start scheduling your matches if you haven’t already!

Highlander Nations Cup Group Stage – Czech Republic vs. England

Match Overview
Czech Republic vs England
Week 1 (Group D)
Tuesday, July 3rd 21:00 CEST
SourceTV: connect relay.vanillatv.org:27100

pl_badwater

0 - 2

pl_badwater

0 - 2

OVERALL
Czech Republic [0:6] England

It is time for the second match in the Highlander Nations Cup group stage! The underdog from the  Czech Republic will try to beat favourite  England on pl_badwater. There will no cast but an STV relay, provided by VanillaTF2.

• connect relay.vanillatv.org:27100

The lineups are not 100% confirmed but this is what it could look like.

Lineup Team Czech Republic

Lineup Team  England

• Scout: Toy-Boy
• Scout: tbd
• Soldier: #n00pe
• Soldier: boomeh
• Pyro: kuličkovka (TooM)
• Pyro: Greg
• Demoman: Y00Pe
• Demoman: Hildreth
• Heavy: DE70X
• Heavy: Ruskeydoo
• Engineer: Zerox11
• Engineer: tbd
• Medic: Rok0s
• Medic: Si^
• Sniper: dvb
• Sniper: Gubbins
• Spy: elwin
• Spy: Hurri

One Night Cup: Quickfix

On Thursday, July 5 at 20:00 CEST it is again time for our *cough* monthly one night cup! This time, we will focus on the reworked Quickfix and the Overdose syringe gun. Similarly to the past events it is also possible to enter this cup using a Fun Team which can be setup in the normal way using the page found here. The signed up teams will be divided into skill based brackets of 16. For this competition the 6v6 roster lock will be (physically) lifted. New players will still be considered mercs for all remaining playoffs though!

A few things to note about the two medic unlocks:

• Overdose provides a speed bonus only while the weapon is out.
• Quickfix charges at the maximum rate regardless of whether the heal target is hurt.
• Quickfix megaheal only works on the Medic if he has a heal target, otherwise it heals him at a normal rate.
• You can capture points while the Quickfix megaheal is active.

The map schedule is as follows:

• 20.00 CEST, Round of 16: cp_badlands
• 20:45 CEST, Quarter Finals: cp_snakewater
• 21:30 CEST, Semi-Finals: cp_gravelpit
• Until Wednesday, July 11, Final: All three maps, tie-breaker decided by the teams (both teams select a home map, remaining map is decider)

Teams are encouraged to experiment with the new unlocks and contribute feedback after the cup is done.

The following unlocks are allowed:

• The Quickfix
• The Kritzkrieg
• The Blutsauger
• The Crusader’s Crossbow
• The Overdose
• The Übersaw
• The Original

***Get the whitelist for this cup here (etf2l_whitelist_quickfix.txt)***

To load the whitelist copy it to the /tf/configs folder of your server, join the server, establish the rcon connection and enter the following line in the console:

rcon mp_tournament_whitelist “etf2l_whitelist_quickfix”; rcon mp_tournament_restart

Rules overview:

• ETF2L Season 12 rules apply (apart from the unlock ruling)
• Setup – Cups of 16, divided by skill levels
• Merc rules – 2 mercs allowed by default
• Bracket draw – Thursday, July 5 at 19:00 CEST in #etf2l
• Signups open – Now
• Signups close – Thursday, July 5 at 18:00 CEST

Highlander Nations Cup Opening Match – France vs. Turkey

Match Overview
France vs Turkiye
Week 1 (Group B)
Monday, July 2nd 21:00 CEST

pl_badwater

2 - 0

pl_badwater

2 - 0

OVERALL
France [6:0] Turkiye

Tonight the first match of the Highlander Nations cup will go live! Team  France is taking on the team from  Turkey on pl_badwater. There will be two casts available. VanillaTV will cast the match in English with  Hildreth and his favourite medic TheSucker on the mic and  NigelWantsKFC on camera. For more information visit the VanillaTF2 homepage.

The French organisation HiScore.tv is casting the match in French with  Remitche and a sidekick. More information on that at the HiScore.tv homepage.

Who will be the better soldier?  T-Mac or  T-BAG? Will  Flippy dominate the match as sniper? Can  ForzaEagLE make the difference on demoman? Tune in and you will see!

Lineup Team France

Lineup Team  Turkey

• Scout: Plapla /  fl1p
• Scout: Rigel
• Soldier: T-Mac
• Soldier: T-BAG
• Pyro: DeGuN
• Pyro: DarkCloud
• Demoman: Exon.
• Demoman: ForzaEagLE
• Heavy: Tek
• Heavy: volper
• Engineer: MistaWolf
• Engineer: knoxville
• Medic: Flaoua / DarkBobo
• Medic: kardanadam
• Sniper: Flippy
• Sniper: gio
• Spy: Daff
• Spy: exzntrc