The leading manufacturer of innovative professional gaming gear, SteelSeries, today announced a new gaming surface in cooperation with SK Gaming, one of the most accomplished professional gaming organizations in the world. SK Gaming and SteelSeries have been partners since 2003, and the partnership has been a cornerstone for SteelSeries product development for just as long.

The SteelSeries QcK+ Limited Edition SK Gaming is a limited edition super-sized mouse pad made of a high quality cloth material, featuring an eye-catching design created in cooperation with SK Gaming’s designers. The combination of the high quality cloth and an optimized textured surface, guarantees both smoothness and glide, while the specially designed non-slip rubber base prevents the mouse pad from sliding. With a height of 4 mm (twice as thick as standard QcK+ pads) the SteelSeries QcK+ Limited Edition product is unique, created to help SK Gaming create an additional revenue stream for their team of worldclass gamers.

SteelSeries QcK+ Limited Edition highlights

• Smooth cloth surface
• Heavy thickness reduces problems from uneven surfaces
• Steady rubber base
• XXL sized
• SK Gaming artwork

The new SteelSeries QcK+ Limited Edition SK Gaming pad will premiere at DreamHack in Sweden, with the first 50 pieces sold being signed by the professional Counter-Strike players in SK Gaming. The pad will be available worldwide over the summer.

50 € Soldier 1on1 Cup: Quarter Finals

Another two rounds of our first prize money competition have finished. Only 8 out of 380 players managed to make it through Round 1-6 and will give their best to continue their winning streak in the Quarter Finals.

But who will win and make it to the Semi Finals? Make your guess and vote below!

Fixtures

[Fixture List]

• Match Deadline: Sunday, 14^th June 2009, 23:59 CEST
• Quarter Final #1: eLD.Dreadi vs. [SpA]cheetah
• Quarter Final #2: YoYo.Coinz vs. illegal.hocz
• Quarter Final #3: Dignitas\\TeoK vs. m0re
• Quarter Final #4: BD.codcrille vs. FB.Exfanus

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IRC Bot: New division announcement feature

After some work on our IRC Bot we have created a new feature which allows you to decide which results it should announce. See the How-To and an overview about our IRC Bot below.

How To

• Command: help etf2l watch – Explanation: list of all commands & explanation
• Command: watch [<all|none|divlist>] – Explanation: set which divisions you want to watch results/STV IPs from; can only be altered if you are opped in a channel.
• Command: !watch – Explanation: to see a list of divisions you are watching at this moment.
• Command: !watch all– Explanation: to watch all divisions.
• Command: !watch none– Explanation: to watch no divisions.
• Command: !watch <divlist> – Explanation: watch a specified list of divisions – Example: !watch 1 2a 4 (watches division 1, 2a and all divs 4 (4a-4f))

All other bot functions

• Command: !results – Explanation: Latest 5 verified Cup/League Results
• Command: !fixtures – Explanation: Next 5 upcoming Fixtures
• Command: !events – Explanation: Next 5 entered Events & Deadlines
• Command: !info – Explanation: League Page URL
• Command: !hl2 <server ip> – Explanation: Get a server info
• Highlighting published Newsposts
• Highlighting League Matches with Source-TV
• Highlighting verified League/Cup-Results (can be changed, see above)
• Highlighting Important League Announcements

How can I get the bot into my channel?

1. You need to be opped in the requested channel.
2. Type /invite ETF2L3 #channelname (or any other available bot, ETF2L2 or ETF2L)
3. The bot will join after an admin confirmed your request (requirement is a minimum of 5 people in your chan)
4. If you want to have our bot removed again, please contact an admin in #etf2l

Besides that, we are working on a complete new section for our website which will be published soon. Stay tuned!

For no obvious reason, a small competition was held in the ETF2L-forums to celebrate the release of m0rehud for the spy/sniper update. The objective was to heap PRAISE on the release and the best one-liner would receive a mighty fine prize.

“tarmo-“ got things just about right with:

“thanks m0re for this amazing hud :)! tf2 hasn’t been pleasant to play without this. after you try more’s hud, you cant switch back. :D!”

For his PRAISE, he shall receive a headset of his choosing, delivered to his cot this week and at the same time, robbing -9m- Gryzors pocket. I am not amused. Thanks for participating!

Original thread is located here and keep watching our forums.

50 € Soldier 1on1 Cup: Round 5

Our 50 € Soldier 1on1 Cup is running smooth. We have reached Round 5 and 32 players from 17 different countries are left to fight for the fame and money.
Please have in mind the match deadline for all R5 matches is coming Sunday, 31st May, 23:59 CEST. Good luck to all players to reach the Quarter Finals!

Fixtures

[Fixture List]

• fenneks.Sendo Takeshi vs.  PdB.Janman
• TCM.aves vs. Dignitas\\TeoK
• ppb.Line vs. eLD.atreides – 31:29
• m0re vs. CarpeD//Rubikon
• LoopeR vs.   plan-B.pEx
• Imperial.Matt vs. GLC.danieL
• Authentic.WalWer vs. eLD.Dreadi
• FB.cook vs. YoYo.Coinz
• illegal.hocz vs. GC.bash
• SfnX vs. TCM.weqo
• Authentic. Atty vs. nutz
• optimus.Jowy vs. YoYo2.Ed
• FB.Exfanus vs. eX.pr0ph3t
• FB.Dr. Leon vs. FB2.Nislem
• BD.codcrille vs. -HH-Hitoshura
• SpA.cheetah vs. 4K^daf

Season 5: Week 4 starting

Also our current main season is going on. After all unscheduled Week 3 matches got a Default Date last Sunday, Week 4 is starting this week. You should contact your opponents now and schedule your match.

Please have in mind we might give away Minor Warnings for teams who don’t make any effort to schedule their matches. Also a not submitted result or an agreed date outside the normal schedule can be a reason for a warning. Every team who accumulate 3 Minor Warnings in between one Season will get a point deduction (see Rule 2.12).

Spy & Sniper Unlocks

As we have already stated on our forums, all new weapons which were released for the Sniper & Spy are forbidden unless both teams agree otherwise.

Sniper-1-Day-Cup: Rules & map

As announced 2 days ago, we will hold a 1 day sniper cup. Below you can find all details and rules.

Details

• Date: Thursday 21 May
• Signup: from 18:00 to 19:00
• Round 1 start: 19:10
• Slots: Up to 128
• Map: sniprwar2b_d [Download Link] Modified for us by MikeJS

Additional rules

• Gamemode: 1on1
• No unlockable weapons allowed  (if any)
• Winlimit: 10

Basketball 2on2 Cup: Win for .pt!

Our second bball cup is over. This time’s winners are .pt. THey didn’t come out of nowhere, they finished 2nd in our first bball cup. THis time they’ve gone that 1 step further and won the tournament. They convincingly beat Haircut and Sailor 2-0 in the finals, with map scores of 20-14 and 20-6. We would like to congratulate .pt, consisting of Haunter and  Coinz, with their win.

Instagib CTF 4on4 Cup: Superior Cows take it home!

The instagib cup is over as well. The finals were played between  Superior Cows and  ripulipimpsat. Superior Cows won on the first map, ctf_turbine, and then continued to win  ctf_ig_redshed, earning them the title. They have been dominating the entire cup, only giving away 6 captures in total, of which 4 in the finals. Well done to Superior Cows!

Highlander Cup: Title goes to Jari Litmanen!

Highladner is always a very anticipated gamemode, the matches are fun to watch and full of action. It is also one of the rare opportunities to see the lesser used classes in action. Again, 2 teams had made it to the finals, the Finnish  Jari Litmanen and the European  Hey that’s! Both teams had a strong lineup, featuring mostly division 1 or 2 players, so it was indeed very spectacular.  In the end Jari Litmanen won both maps. Congratulations on your win!

50 € Soldier 1on1 Cup & Season 5: Schedule reminder

We would once again like to remind you that we have strict deadlines in place for these two competitions. Every sunday there are several deadlines, be sure you don’t miss them.

Each round of our soldier cup must be played Sunday at the latest, but yet again we have alot of unplayed matches, and it’s Sunday already. Please remember we will award defaults/coin flip decisions when necessary. If we cannot see you putting effort into playing a game, we can’t do anything to help you either.  You only have to play 1 match per week, which shouldn’t take too long.

For season 5 the schedule deadline is every Sunday, week 2’s schedule deadline is today, yet we have around 50 unscheduled matches. We will assign default dates for those matches if no time and date has been entered after today.

All schedule and match dead deadlines can be found at our calendar. [Link]

New bot features

Did you always want to have our IRC bot in your channel,  but were you tired of all the results spam? Then we have a solution for you. Recently, we updated our bot with a few new features.

• Light mode – When enabled in your channel, the bot will no longer show the results of any matches. It still shows all news headlines and all other commands can be used. This light mode can be toggled by typing !lightbot in your channel.
• Events – When you type !events in any channel with our bot in it, it will show a list of the 5 first upcoming events. These are usually schedule/match deadlines.