Yep, that’s right! ETF2L will host a 1on1 Sniper 1-Day-Cup powered by SteelSeries on next Thursday, 21^st May. The winner will get a white SteelSeries 5H v2! Interested? See below for all details!

This limited edition headset has been designed and developed in cooperation with the best gamers in the world. The sound quality allows gamers to rely fully on their senses. The headset features a pull-out microphone attached to the right cup and can be disassembled into three pieces for safe transportation.

This headset has been used by talented gamers to win major international events like Electronic Sports World Cup, World e-Sport Games, World Series of Video Games, Kode 5, World Cyber Games, Samsung Euro Championship, and many others.

Details

• Prize: 1x SteelSeries 5H v2 *white*
• Slots: Up to 128
• Winmode: Fraglimit 10
• Map:sniprwar2b_pro (download link tba, but it will look like this one: [Link])

Timetable

• Date: Thursday, 21^st May 2009
• Sign Ups open: 18:00 CEST
• Sign Ups close: 19:00 CEST
• Round 1: 19:10 CEST
• Final: ~22:00 CEST

Week 1 of season 5 is getting off it’s feet nicely. Alot of matches have been played already. There’s alot left to be played aswell though. One of these matches is the division 1 match of  Crack Clan vs  Trademark Gamers. They will be playing this evening. This match is between the runner up of Season 4 and the winner of Season 3, so it’s sure to be interesting. Will TmG be back on form, or will CC be as strong as they were last season and take the victory home? You can see it live on Pwnage.tv this evening.

Cast overview

• Casted by Pwnage.tv [Link]
• Match start: Tuesday 12th May, 21:00 CEST
• Match link: [Link]
• SourceTV: fakkelbrigade.eu:27023 and  fakkelbrigade.eu:27026

Match Overview
Interrobang vs TCM-Gaming [old]
Week 1 (Division 1)
Tuesday, May 12th 20:00 CEST
SourceTV: fakkelbrigade.eu:27023 & fakkelbrigade.eu:27026

cp_badlands

4 - 4

ctf_turbine

8 - 14

OVERALL
Interrobang [1:4] TCM-Gaming [old]

We are happy to announce the partnership between ETF2L and SteelSeries will continue in Season 5.

SteelSeries, the leading manufacturer of gaming peripherals and accessiores, will provide 6x Siberia Full-Size Headsets (Special Edition “RED”) for the upcoming Division 1 winner.

But who will be the best out of 250 teams from over 25 different countries and take these excellent headsets home? Some of the usual candidates like Team Dignitas, Trademark Gamers, Team YoYoTech or Crack Clan? Or will some underdog like FakkelBrigade, clan00 or Level Up win Season 5?

The answer will be given in over 1000 matches which will be played in the next two months. We are looking forward to close and thrilling fights and wish all teams good luck and much fun!

Season 5: start

Season 5 has started this week, the first few matches have already been played. Be sure to not fall behind on schedule already or you will be lagging behind all season. Remember: week 1 games must be scheduled by this Sunday. When a date has not been entered in the calendar at Sunday, 23:59 CEST, we will enter a default date.

Also, there is a topic on our forum where people try to predict the outcome of season 5.  Go ahead and give your prediction if you like. The topic can be found here: [Link] – a detailed prediction post can also be found at our partner page Cadred.org: [Link]

For a representative prediction we have also opened polls for Division 1, 2a and 2b. Which team will finish at the top? Vote below!

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Highlander & Instagib & Basketball cup: finals!

We still have some finals to be played from several of our fun cups. The Highlander Cup #2 finals are scheduled to be played Wednesday, 13 May, at 18:00 CEST. This is a match between the Finnish all-star team Jari Litmanen and Hey That’s! Be sure you don’t miss it! Highlander games are always fun and spectacular to watch. – [Matchpage]

The Instagib Cup is coming to an end aswell. The final 2 teams are Superior Cows and ripulipimpsat. This is a unique mod, taking TF2 to a whole different level. It’s great fun. This match will be played Monday 11 May, 19:00 CEST. – [Matchpage]

Also our Basketball 2on2 Cup has reached the final. .pt (Haunter & Coinz) will meet Haircut and Sailor (appe & haza) to make the final baskets. Who will win the 2nd basketball trophy? – [Matchpage]

SourceTV details will be announced when they will come available. If you don’t want to miss it, keep an eye on the matchpages.

50€ Soldier 1on1 cup: Round 2 starting

The first round of our 50 € Soldier 1on1 Cup is finished. This week it’s time for round 2. Please remember all round 2 matches have to be played and submitted by Sunday, 10th May, 23:59 CEST.

Scout 2on2 Cup: Quarter Finals starting

Last but not least also the Scout 2on2 Cup is ready for the next round. Four rounds have been played, only 8 teams are left to fight for a spot in the Semi Finals. Good luck to all remaining teams!

Details

• [Cup Tree] – [Rules page]
• Schedule deadline: Sunday 10 May, 23:59 CEST
• Match deadline: Thursday 14 May, 23:59 CEST
• maps: 1. cp_fastlane 2. cp_well (3. cp_granary)

Divisions

We have now finalized the divisions for season 5. We have taken into account all division change requests, and applied them where possible. Without further ado, follow the following link to see your division and your opponents for this season:

>>>[Season 5 Tables]<<<

Map picks open

All teams can now start picking the maps they want to play for this season. This means you can pick 1 map to play against each opponent. There are limitations however: You can only pick a map from the primary map pool 3 times. A map from the secondary map pool can only be chosen 1 time. You can change your map picks as much as you want while the map picks are open, but once they close, the map picks are final, and cannot be changed.

Details

• Map picks open: Now
• Map picks close: Sunday 3 May, 23:59 CEST
• Map picks page (only for team leaders/deputys): [Link]
• Don’t forget to submit your map picks in time, or you will be assigned default maps.

Note: Division 1 teams should not pick any maps, division 2 teams should pick only maps from the primary map pool as a result from their respective votes for this. Division 1 maps will be published at the end of the map pick phase.

Start scheduling

All fixtures are now known. Week 1 starts coming monday. Please start arranging your first matches. All fixtures can be found on the fixtures page: [Link]

The most common method of contacting your enemy is through IRC, but steam friends works great aswell. There are usually some alternative contact methods entered on your opponent’s team page. Also, on the matchpage, you can make a comment, and as team leader or deputy, you can tick the box marked ‘Challenge Request’, and an email will be sent to the other team’s leader. This is an easy way for us to see if you’ve been actively scheduling the match.

Once you’ve agreed on a match date with your opponent, please enter it into the calendar [Link].

If a fixture date is not entered into the calendar by the Schedule deadline, we will appoint a default date. If one team does not respond to schedule requests, please make this known to us (preferably by making match comments). If you suggested a date, and the opponent didn’t respond, you will usually get the date you suggested as default date. The week 1 schedule deadline is the 10th of May.

Don’t forget to take the appropriate screenshots (1 for most maps, 2 for gravelpit (1 each round), and 1 status screenshot).

Player ban

Today we had to ban yet another player. Fallen from 40 Degrees has been banned for 1 year for speedhacking.