Today marks ETF2L’s second birthday, and we’d like you to join us in celebrating all that we have achieved together in this time.

Whether it’s a public server, a group of friends forming a clan, or a team of volunteers trying to build a place for people to play, online gaming and e-sports enterprises are notoriously fragile and short-lived.

So, it’s with a great degree of humility that we realise that none of this would have been possible without all of you reading today, and those who once played here but have moved on to different games, and that we say we’re very proud to see our organisation progress from strength to strength to become the biggest TF2 league in the world.

In two years, ETF2L has hosted 33 competitions, ranging from pyro paintball, to highlander, to showcasing the very best competitive TF2 has to offer in our leagues and cups. 51 teams signed up for our debut season, and we now accommodate 330 in our on-going sixth season.

Of course, the journey hasn’t been easy – we’re not afraid to admit that we’ve made as many mistakes as we’ve had successes – that’s part of the process of running an organisation like this. If there’s one lesson that we’ve learnt from this project, it’s that with a little bit of inspiration and a lot of hard work, we as a community can achieve whatever we put our minds to.

It’s our goal to build on the success we’ve enjoyed so far, and to continue to nurture and grow not only ETF2L itself, but even more importantly, the game we all love so much as well.

Here’s a word from dAyKiLLeR who has been head admin from the first day:

The whole staff, but especially ST8 and me, are very proud of reaching ETF2L’s 2nd birthday. When we first started this project, it was our goal to realise a well organised and community based league with a division format, something which was totally missing from those early days of TF2. We never planned to become this big, but we’re very happy for all the great feedback we have received from the community. Thanks for your support and making us the biggest TF2 league worldwide!

We are looking forward to the upcoming weeks, months and hopefully years, and will keep improving the project with new, fresh ideas.

Also, here are some facts about ETF2L:

• 33 competitions
• 100+ different countries represented
• 238 published newsposts
• 2,517 registered teams
• 5,829 submitted results
• 6,183 active players
• 14,458 registered users
• 115,550 forum posts

Team YoYoTech vs Team Dignitas

Team YoYoTech will be looking to make a statement in Division 1 tonight and recover from an early season setback against Illegal as they take on reigning back-to-back ETF2L champions Team Dignitas.

YoYoTech are the only team that can boast a good record against Dignitas, handing them their only map loss of Dignitas’s previous ETF2L season, and more significantly, beating them over two sets and five maps to win the coveted EMS crown this summer.

Looking to build on that success, YoYoTech have selected Turbine as their map pick. Dignitas may struggle here considering they only just managed to scrape an overtime win versus FakkelBrigade in Week 2 of this season on Turbine.

We can look forward to what should be a highly competitive Gravel Pit as well. Gravel Pit tends to bring out the best in Dignitas, with all of their chemistry, talent and versatility usually on full display on this dynamic map.

How will the teams fare tonight? Tune in to find out!

Coverage

• The game starts tonight at 21.15 CET.
• Check out Resupply’s match preview for a detailed look at the game.
• lvl^TV will be hosting a livestream of the game. Tune in for live commentary and insights into the game from nvc and Pure.
• FakkelBrigade SourceTV relay: fakkelbrigade.eu:27100

Match Overview
TCM Gaming vs Relic
Week 4 (Division 1)
Thursday, November 5th 20:15 CET
SourceTV: fakkelbrigade.eu:27100

ctf_turbine

7 - 8

cp_gravelpit

0 - 2

OVERALL
TCM Gaming [0:6] Relic

Norway vs Finland

As the finals of the ETF2L Nations cup are drawing closer one more great match will be played. Meeting in the semi-finals are   Team Norway and   Team Finland. The teams will play on the maps Badlands and Granary with the possible decider map being Gravelpit.
The winner of this match will go on to the finals where they will face  Team Sweden. Our prediction polls showed Finland as the clear favorite with 90% of the votes, will Norway be able to cause an upset and reach the finals? Make sure you don’t miss it!

Coverage

Be sure to follow this match tonight at 21:15 CET. You can watch this match either on the sourceTV relay provided by Fakkelbrigade, or watch the live video broadcast from QuadV with the caster(s)  A_spec and possibly AcidReniX.

• Source TV: fakkelbrigade.eu:27029
• Video coverage: [link]
• Article on Resupply: [link]

Match Overview
Finland vs Norway
Semi-Final
Wednesday, November 4th 20:15 CET
SourceTV: fakkelbrigade.eu:27029

cp_badlands

5 - 0

cp_granary

5 - 4

OVERALL
Finland [2:0] Norway

VAC bans

A week ago we announced our new VAC ban policy: every player in our league that has a VAC ban and is unable to play on a secured TF2 server will receive a league ban for two years. That means you will not be allowed to participate in any of our tournaments until November 2011. This applies to all participants of our league.

How to prove that you are able to play on a secure TF2 server

If you have a VAC banned account, you have one week left to contact our Anti-Cheat section to prove that you are able play on a secure TF2 server (not HL2 engine banned). Next Sunday (November 8th) everyone who has not contacted us will be banned from our league with immediate effect. You will still be able to unban yourself after next Sunday, by contacting an AC admin.

Proving that you are not banned on the HL2 engine will take no more than five minutes. You can contact an AC admin by querying one of our bots (ETF2L/ETF2L2/ETF2L3) with the new “!acrequest” command. Please be patient when you contact us. If nobody responds immediately, you can try again after some hours.

Nations Cup: Semi-Finals

The business end of our Nations Cup tournament continues with a couple of great match-ups. After a tough win versus valiant Poland, Norway faces their biggest challenge yet against strong favourites Finland. On the other side of the bracket, England and Sweden meet in what will hopefully be a very competitive match.

Which teams do you reckon will reach the final? Take your guess at the end of this post! Also make sure to check out [Resupply.eu’s preview] written by PerrY.

Details

• [Playoff Tree]
• [Fixtures]
• Maps: 1. Badlands 2. Granary 3. Gravel Pit
• Schedule Deadline: Sunday, 1^st November, 23:59 CET
• Match Deadline: Thursday, 5^th November, 23:59 CET

Fixtures

Norway vs. Finland – [Match Page]

England vs. Sweden – [Match Page]

KotH 4on4 Cup Round 2

Our first King of the Hill cup continues into Round 2 after some fun opening round encounters. Please schedule and play your Round 2 games as soon as possible!

Details

• [Playoff Tree]
• Map: Viaduct
• Schedule Deadline: Tuesday, 3^rd November, 23:59 CET
• Match Deadline: Sunday, 8^th November, 23:59 CET

Anti-Cheat Section: Recruiting

We’d like to formally welcome Iller to the anti-cheat team.

We’re also searching for one more dedicated and experienced anti-cheat admin to complete the team. If you’re confident that you have the ability to fairly process and properly analyse anti-cheat cases, send an application to [email protected] with the following details:

• ETF2L Nickname
• Real name, age and nationality
• Spoken languages (average English required)
• Past anti-cheat admin experience
• Motivation: why do you want to join our team?

New Website Features

The coding team has been hard at work on the website, creating a few new features:

• A wildcard system has been integrated to the website. From now on, please use the regarding function on the match page if your team wants to use a wildcard.
• Some neat map statistics subpage about how many and which maps were taken [per season] including [overall trends].
• The testing phase of the ladder continues. Thanks to all the teams that have supported it thus far. We are also happy to announce minkee made us another excellent banner for this competition, have a look on the [ladder subpage].

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