ETF2L joins forces with ESH

ETF2L is thrilled to announce a joint venture with Esports Heaven.

Esports Heaven is a service provided by Heaven Media, offering high quality tournaments, cups and leagues, played at the highest level in games such as CS:S and Call of Duty. Their knowledge and experience in competitive e-sports, combined with ETF2L’s strong position in the TF2 community, will put Team Fortress 2 among the big names in e-gaming.

From Steven Leunens, Head of Esports Heaven:

“I’m extremely delighted that we are now able to fully support a fantastic game such as Team Fortress 2 on Esports Heaven. Apart from the One Night Wonders you will see starting very soon, I’m happy to announce that we are already planning for both hardware and cash tournaments for TF2 on Esports Heaven. With the guys of ETF2L behind us, I’m sure we’ve made the perfect pick in terms of admins for these tournaments and I’m looking forward to welcoming the TF2 community to Esports Heaven.”

Getting Started

Our first step is to announce the inaugural TF2 One Night Wonder!

This will be a 16-team cup, to be played on Monday, 21st December, and is open to all.

Due to the large update to TF2 earlier this week, ALL NEW UNLOCKS ARE ALLOWED.

For more details please go here. Please first read the section on signing up!

Every Season we hand out awards to recognise impressive accomplishments. Today we start our Nomination Phase where all registered users can nominate their favorites for various awards.

The Top 5 nominations in each thread will be included in a public poll which will decide the winner of each award.

Schedule

• Nomination Phase: From now till Thursday, 17th December, 23:59 CET
• Poll Phase: Sunday, 20th December till Wednesday, 23rd December, 23:59 CET

Nomination Rules

1. Only one nomination per thread allowed.
2. You are not allowed to nominate players/teams you played with/in.
3. Make a clear nomination with correct team/nickname.

Note: Rule breaks will be punished with a 30 days forum ban.

Team Awards

• Domination Award – teams who finished with a perfect streak
• Most Surprising Team – [Nomination Thread] – top 5 will be included in the public poll
• Fairplay Award – [Nomination Thread] – top 5 will be included in the public poll
• Division 3 team of the Season – all division 3 winners nominated
• Division 4 team of the Season – all division 4 winners nominated
• Division 5 team of the Season – all division 5 winners nominated
• Division 6 team of the Season – all division 6 winners nominated

Three other award ideas are still being discussed internally and may be be added by the start of the poll phase.

Player Awards

There will be nomination threads for all player awards. This season only the main classes will have their own award. Also you can nominate your Most Underrated Player from Division 3-6. The top 5 nominations in each thread will make it to the public poll.

• Most Underrated Player – [Nomination Thread] – only players from Div3-6 can be nominated
• Demoman of the Season – [Nomination Thread]
• Medic of the Season – [Nomination Thread]
• Scout of the Season – [Nomination Thread]
• Soldier of the Season – [Nomination Thread]

The winner of each player award will take part in the “Player of the Season” poll.

Domination Award

Three out of 330 teams managed to end their Season with a perfect streak. Congratulations for winning the Domination Award!

• Catching Bullets (Division 4e – stats 12-0-0)
• Electric Feel (Division 5g – stats 16-0-0)
• Guru Gaming (Division 6a – stats 16-0-0)

Winner

The regular week phase of our Season 6 is over! We hope all players and teams had a good time. Congratulations to the Top 3 and our 33 Division winners:

Division 1

• Team Dignitas – winning 6x SteelSeries Xai Laser Mouse
• illegal! – winning 6x SteelSeries 9HD Mousemats
• Power Gaming

Division 2-6

• Division 2a: [r@ts]
• Division 2b: rockit!
• Division 3a: Monster Munch
• Division 3b: Rejects
• Division 3c: HolyShit!
• Division 3d:breeze
• Division 4a: Czech tactiX TF2 Delta
• Division 4b: internecine
• Division 4c: distortion.cGames &  International Special Force
• Division 4d: Clones-Inc
• Division 4e: Catching Bullets
• Division 4f: veAre.black
• Division 5a: cfg
• Division 5b: ze Dummkopfs
• Division 5c: CawardPC
• Division 5d: Death Adder
• Division 5e: Team IceWind & Twisted
• Division 5f: eXorior
• Division 5g: Electric FeeL
• Division 5h: 81 TeaM
• Division 5i: Special Air Service Blue Squad
• Division 5j: Monkey Gamers
• Division 6a: Guru Gaming
• Division 6b: Whats in the boX? Squad 1
• Division 6c: iNov8
• Division 6d: klan:fader
• Division 6e: Whats in the boX? Squad 3
• Division 6f: Division Of Justice
• Division 6g: Don’t Shoot the Medic
• Division 6h: Team4Friends
• Division 6i: Team Dark Enemy
• Division 6j: Team Slayers

Position decider matches

Teams who finished tied on points for important spots will have to play decider matches, where teams will battle it out to see who will end the Season in the better position.

Details

• [Fixtures]
• Win Mode: Best of 3 Maps, possible overtime on every map
• Maps: Map Elimination Mode
• Schedule Deadline: Sunday, 13th December, 23:59 CET
• Match Deadline: Sunday, 20th December, 23:59 CET
• Note: No new players are allowed to play. Using an unallowed player will cause a Default Loss for your team.

Fixtures

• Division 2a – Place 5 Decider: hb0da vs SpecialAttack
• Division 2b – Place 2 Decider: Dead Cows Strike Back vs. Team Empire
• Division 4e – Place 2 Decider: Team 31 vs Team KORE
• Division 5g – Place 7 Decider: Game Over Tactics vs Inwoys Squad Persons
• Division 5i – Place 7 Decider: Gathering of Tweakers 3 vs Altair TF2 Team

Rosters: unlocked

We have unlocked the rosters for all of the teams who competed in Season 6. You may now add new players to your roster again.

Please note that all teams who are competing in a position decider match are forbidden to use any new players in these matches, as per the league rules.

Season 6 comes to a close tomorrow night and we’ve picked out four key games for you to look forward to.

FakkelBrigade vs Illegal

Nobody in their right mind would have predicted that FakkelBrigade would be in contention for second place in the last week of the season, but here they are, just six points adrift of finishing behind the championship winning Team Dignitas. Fakkel Brigade seem to have finally settled on a roster that’s solid one through six and their carefree style of play has been matured since last season.

They will have to dominate Illegal over two maps to steal second place, though, needing the full clutch of points to leapfrog them for second place. If they win one map and draw the other they’ll finish joint 3rd with Power Gaming.

SourceTV: fakkelbrigade.eu:27101

Eat Them All vs Rockit

Rockit need just two points from their encounter with Eat Them All to take the Division 2B title and earn them direct promotion to Division 1 for next season. It won’t be straightforward, however, with their starting medic Depch missing for the game as he recovers from a fractured leg. Whether they will use sub medic Amonsilas in his place or opt to use a merc remains to be seen.

Eat Them All haven’t played Turbine yet this season, and they’ll need a huge game from each of their players to win both maps. If they manage to pull it off, they’d jump to a three way tie for first place with Team Empire and Dead Cows Strike Back.

ETF2L wishes Depch a speedy recovery!

SourceTV: pipino.n1ping.com:20004

Nobody’s Fault But Mine vs Rejects

Division 3B’s winner will be decided in this game. Rejects, the strong favourites for this division are two points behind Nobody’s Fault But Mine, so they need to win one map and at least draw the second to finish first. That could prove tricky on a couple of difficult maps to predict – Gravel Pit and Fastlane.

SourceTV: TBA

Northwave vs Breeze

Division 3D also sees the first and second place teams going head to head for the division crown.  Northwave need the full six points, though, to overtake Breeze.

SourceTV: 90.231.129.236:27035

SteelSeries Introduces A Mobile Device Adapter For iPhone®, iPod touch® (2nd Gen), And More

SteelSeries introduced the SteelSeries Adapter for mobile devices. Designed to be used with any PC Headset, such as the new Siberia v2, the SteelSeries Adapter can be used with most mobile devices with a 3.5 mm adapter such as the iPhone, iPod Touch (2nd Gen), and more.

“With the ever increasing popularity of gaming and internet communication tools being accessible from beyond the home and onto multi-functional mobile devices, we wanted to provide our customers with the opportunity to use their audio gear no matter if they’re on their desktop PC at home or on the go with their mobile device,” said Bruce Hawver, CEO of SteelSeries.

The glossy white adapter connects to the microphone in and audio out from any standard two plug headset. Mobile Device Adapter users can utilize any standard headset with 3.5mm plugs such as the full product line of SteelSeries audio including the SteelSeries 5Hv2, SteelSeries Siberia v2, SteelSeries Siberia Neckband, and SteelSeries Siberia In-Ear Headset.

The SteelSeries Adapter for mobile devices retails for 14.99 EUR and is available now.

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SteelSeries Announces Limited Edition Sudden Attack® Ikari Laser And QcK Mass Mousepad

SteelSeries also announced the availability of SteelSeries Ikari Laser and QcK Mass Limited Edition Sudden Attack® gaming gear. Designed specifically for the popular Asian online FPS game, Sudden Attack, the SteelSeries Ikari Laser Mouse has a unique camouflage print while the QcK Mass Mousepad features graphics from the game, helping to immerse and prepare gamers to choose sides in the battle between the United Great Forces and the rebels from Tanziriro Liberation Front.

“Sudden Attack has an excellent reputation and is well known throughout Korea for its combination of fast and free game play. When we were approached by GameHi to design co-branded gear for their player community, we wanted to design and sell peripherals that would not only look the part, but also offer technology that can be personalized and help improve the way users play the game,” said Bruce Hawver, SteelSeries CEO.

The SteelSeries Ikari Laser features programmable macros for RTS and MMO gamers and a high precision sensor with 40,000 samples per second (SPS), which is suitable for FPS gamers. The advanced SteelSeries XY2 laser engine supports resolution settings with increments of only one Count Per Inch (CPI), giving gamers the ability to fine tune the mouse exactly to his or her personal reaction pattern.

The Ikari Laser provides gamers with unique SteelSeries technology including, SteelSeries FreeMove which provides the option to choose when the mouse should kick in and correct a players movement. This feature allows players to adjust how much control should be left up to the mouse and how much control should be left up to the player.

The SteelSeries QcK Mass Limited Edition Sudden Attack is an extremely thick mousepad made of a high quality cloth material that features an in-game graphic. The specially designed non-slip rubber base prevents the pad from sliding; no matter what surface the mousepad is placed on. The SteelSeries QcK Mass features exceptionally heavy thickness, which provides tremendous comfort for long-gaming sessions and a massive height reaching a total of 6mm from its surface.

The Limited Edition Sudden Attack Ikari Laser Mouse and QcK Mass Mousepad retail for 69.99 EUR and 14.99 EUR and are available online in SteelSeries’ Web Shop.

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