Tonight brings us the end of the ETF2L Season 9, a dramatic season with a dramatic ending. Poetic justice. At 21:15 CEST, TCM Gaming will face off against Team Thermaltake to decide who will be the ETF2L Season 9 Champion, in a match that will hopefully mark the end of negativity and the start of something indicative of the now most played game on Steam.

Coming out of the first place on the bracket, TCM Gaming chose cp_badlands as their pick and cp_granary as possible decider map. Team Thermaltake opted for cp_gullywash as their map of choice. Tonight’s champions will each take home a SteelSeries Siberia v2 (White) Headset while the the runners up will all be rewarded with the SteelSeries Xai Mouse. Be sure to head over to Vanillatf2 for the latest news on this match. VanillaTV will be casting the match live with as their casters, none other then Admirable and TF2’s wise sage,  Torden.

Follow It Live!

• SourceTV: connect 145.92.203.100:27100
• Videostream: VanillaTV
• Shoutcast (mumble): 193.169.68.156:64738
• Live team communications (mumble): 193.169.68.156:64738
• Stream with  TCM comms: VanillaTV2
• Shoutouts: #vanillatv

LINE-UPS

Both competing teams are very familiar faces to competitive TF2. TCM Gaming and their lineups have been part of the top for many years, will they be able to add a second Season title to their list of trophies? They will face none other then the team formerly known as Fakkelbrigade, Team Thermaltake. Known for their great support through many TF2 projects but also for their great skill, will they take the title home? Compared to the previous season, both teams have also added some new faces to their lineup hoping to gain dominance over the other top teams. Check out the suspected lineups below!

TCM Gaming:

• Anty (Medic)
• Flisko (Soldier)
• Pena(Soldier)
• Byte (Stickytraps)
• Coinz (Scout)
• Skinnie (Scout)

Team Thermaltake:

• Mirelin (Medic)
• DrLeon (Soldier)
• Exfane(Soldier)
• Kaidus (Demo)
• Fisshu (Scout)
• basH (Scout)

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The 6th Experimental Ordnance Cup was played yesterday with many teams taking a shot at winning their bracket. The teams were allowed to use the new Quick-Fix Medi Gun as well as the regular Medi Gun and the Kritzkrieg. Check out the interview with winning team SNSD and their thoughts on things, at Vanillatf2. Be sure to leave your own thoughts in this forum thread.

Again, big thanks to the teams that participated and our huge congratulations go to the following winners of famed pixel trophies:

Highest Bracket
SNSD
Team Refuse
Dyslexics Untied
The Devils Rejects

High Bracket
Genocide
Unstoppable
BblMneJl
e-famous

Mid Bracket
Yummy Elite Sausages
SdX Gaming
Dont Shoot the Panda
Audere Semper eSport

Low Bracket
Perplex gaming
TouchMy’
Orange
Dubstep TF2

Experimental Ordnance Cup #7: sdnaldab & yranarg!

Are you tired of seeing new players running around cluelessly on the map? Then don’t worry, on Thursday the 7th, 20:00 CEST you’ll get the chance to see your experienced teammates wandering around cluelessly as well! Just sign them up for this special summer one-day cup that features Badlands and Granary, mirrored. Words can not explain this twisted format,  head over to this site for pictures and a download!

• Setup – Cups of 16, divided by skill levels
• Merc Rules – 2 mercs allowed by default.
• Bracket draw – Monday Wednesday 18:30 CEST in #etf2l
• Maps – cp_sdnaldab & cp_yranarg
• Sign-ups open – Now

Tune in to vanillaTV for live coverage! http://www.vanillatf2.org/vanillatv/

The sixth Experimental Ordnance Cup will go live tonight. In this One Night cup the Quick Fix will be tested once again, but this time in a more standard setting, with the other medi-guns allowed as well. If you have not signed up yet, and you are still interested in playing, be sure to go to the #etf2l channel and ask for open spots in the skill-bracket you are looking for, there’s always a few drops. Also make sure you read the additional rules below.

Highest Bracket: Click here
High Bracket: Click here
Mid Bracket: Click here
Low Bracket: Click here

Round 1: 20:00 CET (cp_granary)
Quarter Final: 20:45 CET (cp_badlands)
Semi Final: 21:30 CET (cp_granary)
Final: 22:15 CET (cp_badlands)

The Details:

Please contact your opponents in #etf2l on IRC, so ensure at least one of your team is in there at all times. If you have any problems contacting your opponents, please talk to an Admin. There will be servers with SourceTVs (hosted by Multiplay) available for you to play on. Request them by talking to an admin.

• 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. Bear in mind that if the map finishes in a draw, there will be a golden cap period to follow.
• 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 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.
• Besides the new Quick-Fix medigun and the default loadouts, the following unlocks are allowed, for Medic: Kritzkrieg, Ubersaw, Crossbow and Blutsauger, for Soldier: Equalizer (1 per team).
• For most other issues the regular ETF2L Season 9 rules apply.
• Teams may use 2 mercs by default, multiple mercs are allowed if the opponent agrees.
• To disable the whitelist you just do rcon mp_tournament_whitelist “none” and then rcon mp_tournament_restart.

Our 5th Experimental Ordnance Cup has kicked off and this time we had a total of 48 teams signing up. Luckily, we managed to replace most drops. We are happy that you showed such a great interest in the Quickfix. Remember to give your feedback here.

Thanks to all the teams for showing up at the start and giving us a relatively smooth tournament and congratulations to the winners of each bracket

Low Bracket
Team Colonslash: Upgrade
Aria Co.
6 Brogues
Timed out

Mid Bracket
Genocide
e-famous
Insane Dutch Killers – Dynamic
Click It Down

High Bracket
Death Adder
Defiant Gaming eSports
ELEMENTAL VIOLENCE IS BACK, FUCK YEAHHHH
Spam Effect

Do not forget to sign up for our next cup featuring all medic heal guns! We lifted the roster lock so you can add your new players to the rosters now. All teams that have yet to play a playoff match for Season 9 are not allowed to use any new added players without their opponent’s approval.

We are proud to present the first ETF2L Ultiduo Cup! It will be starting on Sunday 10^th July, from 20:00 CEST. The cup itself will run over two Sundays. The first 4 rounds will be played on Sunday 10^th July, while the quarter, semi and grand final will be on Sunday 17^th July. Simply create a 2v2 team and you’ll be able to signup. You can do this through Team Admin (top right), then teams (on the left), register team, fill in the details and you’re ready.

So what is ultiduo? The combo from 6v6 (medic and soldier) work together to kill the opponent combo. It is King of the Hill; the objective is to capture the point and hold it for 5 minutes. All games this tournament are best-of-three, so the first to win two rounds wins! If you want to see what it’s like, see the final from cup #4 here (#7’s VOD was unfortunately removed). Or you can try for yourself on a Ultiduo server located in London, UK: connect 94.76.215.26; password mission.

Please note: this cup is experimental. The focus of our attention is the whip for soldier (The Disciplinary Action). It resembles item named Haste in Quake (father of Team Fortress game series). You can discuss The Disciplinary Action here.

• Setup – Cup of 128, best-of-three, single elimination
• Prizes (provided by Angel) – $ 200 first place, $ 100 second place
• Unlocks – Medic: Blutsauger & Ubersaw allowed; Soldier: all unlocks banned, except The Disciplinary Action. Shovel (or Frying Pan since they are identical) is allowed, The Disciplinary Action is no longer mandatory.
• Merc Rules – See below
• Bracket draw – Sunday 10^th July, 19:50 CEST (live on #etf2l)
• Map – koth_ultiduo_r_b7 (download here)
• Sign-ups open – Now
• Sign-ups close – Sunday 10^th July, 18:40 CEST
• Server config – Here

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