Today we are publishing our Division Seedings for Season 3. Every team which feels totally over- or underrated should contact us soon and tell us about your requested Division (recommend way: IRC using !admin). You should have some PCW or other results available. All requests will be collected till Sunday, 23:59 CET.

Final Divisions will be published on Monday, 18^th August. Map Pick Phase will also start on the same day.

Note: There won’t be any difference between e.g. Div 4a and Div 4f.

Division 1

• 4 Kings
• Creativ`TF2
• cruciamentum
• Excello
• Interrobang
• it’s a farm!
• Oslo Lions
• TFPortal.de
• The Last Resort
• Weapons of the Rebelion

Division 2 (will be split in A + B)

• Care Bears
• DCSB Red Team
• dmg.
• French Kiss
• I Don’t Know?
• klan:fader
• Knights
• LOL Team
• n2o-gaming.de TF2
• plan-B
• r@ts
• Resistansen
• ret
• Team Empire
• Team wL
• Totally Totalitarian
• Vale
• Veritas
• Weapons of the rebelion 2
• Zero Tolerance

Division 3 (will be split in A + B + C + D)

• AD
• Babylon sh.esports
• back to Resupply
• Clan Troopers
• Die Doppelnullen
• Eejit
• eL Diablo’s Brigade
• ELEmentals
• enixe
• FakkelBrigade
• FOG
• Friede seiner Asche
• Fuckers Ad Astra
• Gathering of Tweakers Team 1
• Gods of Egypt
• Hadouken
• hb0da
• HerbsArmy
• I Dont Know? 2
• Immortals
• jAgarna
• Knifeback Mountaineers
• Know Your Enemy
• Low Pressure
• Normal Kombat
• Oh My God It Is
• Prima Nocta
• Punkt
• QuiD Multigaming
• Rupture
• Soldiers at Work
• Special Air Services
• starLike
• TEAM SdX’98
• The Hampshire Heavies
• total llamas
• veAre
• Virtual Troopers
• weapons of the rebelion 3
• WebOne

Division 4 (will be split in A + B + C + D + E + F)

• 9 Men
• AWOL
• BEC Team
• Cavaliers RED
• chaotic community
• clanda
• cleveridiot
• Crit Rocket
• Digital X-Plosiv
• Distort Reality
• Dr3am Clan
• Empire II
• eT
• Ethanol Monkeys
• eXhale
• Game Control | Red
• Gathering of Tweakers Team 6
• Immortals2
• Imperox Esports
• Incoming
• International Special Force
• IPBP
• Jeet Kune Do
• Keine halben Sachen
• Kevlar Bullets
• Lan51
• Legion of Legends
• Lulz Team
• Maximum^2
• Memento Mori
• Mirage
• MM2 Team
• MTF.Gaming
• Necrotic United Brothers
• O’School
• o.O
• OPS
• ouF Team
• overPowered
• ppb
• Pure Legends
• QuiD Multigaming 2
• RageCritters
• Robert Hartlauer Syndikat
• ScArYsUcKeR
• sfire
• Smart Move
• Special Air Services 2
• SpecialAttack
• Squad Killer 10
• Team Impulse
• TEAM SdX’08
• The MIPC Organization
• The Warlords
• the welcoming committee
• Uberium
• unbindAll
• VenGeaNce
• verTonix
• Xenomorphs

Division 5 (will be split in A + B + C + D + E + F)

• #db-gaming
• *B@D*
• Ansammlung Laestiger Krieger
• Battalion of Fear
• Brotherhood of Steel
• Cable internet Clan
• CantFitMyN
• Casey Ryback Wannabes
• Cavaliers BLUE
• cleveridiot 2
• Cockstars
• Core-13
• Czech tactiX TF2 B squad
• DCSB Blu Team
• Die Philosoffen
• Digital X-Plosiv Revenge
• Dutchnet Familiars
• Eejit²
• Electro Clan
• Entente d’Porcs & Xylophones
• Erdnuckels
• Final Team
• Game Control | Blue
• GAMEREACTOR TEAM FORTRESS 2
• Gamestyle.P11 e.V TF2
• GamingMasters Falcons Squad
• Gamingmasters Z Squad
• Gathering of Tweakers Team 2
• GoV
• guinneX
• I Gladiatori
• imPerial
• Knifeback Mountaineers Second Team
• Last Man Standing
• Legion of Benelux
• MTF – BSD coop
• Old Quake School
• Pajaros de Barro
• Pixel Warriors
• PnS Gaming
• Precursors Of Death
• Pul Kai
• Quack Attack
• Racoon
• Romania Training Team
• Special Marine Soldiers
• Sweden[Jr]online
• Team EnGINe
• Team Uprising
• Terror Without Order League
• The Acopalyptic Clan of Gamers
• The Conquers
• The Real Warriors
• The Republic Army
• Titans
• Underworld Preachers – Grow uP Gaming
• Unterwasserpyromanen
• Vendetta in each room
• Yurop Extrim
• |BEWARE|.TF2

We are very happy to welcome 190 teams from over 25 different nationalities to our Season 3! We hope every team will have a great time and thrilling matches!

• Germany (31 teams): Ansammlung Laestiger Krieger, Die Doppelnullen, Die Philosoffen, Digital X-Plosiv, Digital X-Plosiv Revenge, Erdnuckels, Friede seiner Asche, Game Control | Blue, Game Control | Red, Gamestyle.P11 e.V TF2, Gods of Egypt, guinneX, International Special Force, it’s a farm!, Keine halben Sachen, plan-B, n2o-gaming.de TF2, r@ts, Racoon, ScArYsUcKeR, Soldiers at Work, Special Marine Soldiers, Terror Without Order League, TFPortal.de, The Real Warriors, The Warlords, Unterwasserpyromanen, veAre, Vendetta in each room, verTonix, Xenomorphs
• European (22 teams): 4 Kings, Casey Ryback Wannabes, cleveridiot, cleveridiot 2, Dutchnet Familiars, eL Diablo’s Brigade, enixe, Gamingmasters Z Squad, Hadouken, I Don’t Know?, I Dont Know? 2, Imperox Esports, Knifeback Mountaineers, Knifeback Mountaineers Second Team, SpecialAttack, The Hampshire Heavies, the welcoming committee, Totally Totalitarian, Uberium, unbindAll, Yurop Extrim, Zero Tolerance
• Russia (19 teams): Battalion of Fear, chaotic community, Core-13, Distort Reality, dmg., Electro Clan, Empire II, Final Team, Immortals, Immortals2, Last Man Standing, LOL Team, Lulz Team, Old Quake School, OPS, Rupture, sfire, Team Empire, Team Uprising
• United Kingdom (19 teams): AWOL, CantFitMyN, DCSB Blu Team, DCSB Red Team, Eejit², Entente d’Porcs & Xylophones, GamingMasters Falcons Squad, Kevlar Bullets, Knights, Necrotic United Brothers, PnS Gaming, Pure Legends, Special Air Services, Special Air Services 2, The Last Resort, The Republic Army, Weapons of the Rebelion, Weapons of the rebelion 2, weapons of the rebelion 3
• France (14 teams): *B@D*, BEC Team, Brotherhood of Steel, Creativ`TF2, eT, French Kiss, Incoming, IPBP, Lan51, Mirage, MM2 Team, ouF Team, Team wL, WebOne
• Sweden (14 teams): Excello, eXhale, GAMEREACTOR TEAM FORTRESS 2, hb0da, jAgarna, Jeet Kune Do, klan:fader, Normal Kombat, O’School, Punkt, starLike, Sweden[Jr]online, TEAM SdX’08, TEAM SdX’98
• Finland (11 teams): Care Bears, Clan Troopers, cruciamentum, Low Pressure, Oslo Lions, Prima Nocta, ret, Team Impulse, Interrobang, The MIPC Organization, Virtual Troopers
• Italy (7 teams): GoV, I Gladiatori, o.O, Smart Move, Titans, QuiD Multigaming, QuiD Multigaming 2
• CzechRepublic (6 teams): Cavaliers BLUE, Cavaliers RED, Czech tactiX TF2 B squad, Ethanol Monkeys, imPerial, Pixel Warriors
• Norway (5 teams): Cockstars, Pul Kai, Quack Attack, Resistansen, The Acopalyptic Clan of Gamers
• Spain (5 teams): back to Resupply, Dr3am Clan, Fuckers Ad Astra, Memento Mori, Pajaros de Barro
• Benelux (4 teams): Gathering of Tweakers Team 1, Gathering of Tweakers Team 2, Gathering of Tweakers Team 6, Legion of Benelux
• Netherlands (4 teams): #db-gaming, |BEWARE|.TF2, FakkelBrigade, Legion of Legends
• England (4 teams): 9 Men, Cable internet Clan, clanda, Maximum^2
• International (3 teams): Eejit, RageCritters, VenGeaNce
• Israel (3 teams): ELEmentals, Know Your Enemy, overPowered
• Latvia (3 teams): AD, FOG, ppb
• Poland (3 teams): Babylon sh.esports, total llamas, Veritas
• Ukraine (3 teams): Oh My God It Is, Precursors Of Death, Team EnGINe
• Austria (2 teams): HerbsArmy, Robert Hartlauer Syndikat
• Belgium (2 teams): Squad Killer 10, Vale
• Luxembourg (2 teams): MTF.Gaming, MTF – BSD coop
• Portugal (2 teams): The Conquers, Underworld Preachers – Grow uP Gaming
• Hungary (1 team): Crit Rocket
• Romania (1 team): Romania Training Team

Provisional Divisions will probably be published tomorrow. We recommend every team leader to check our league site regular so you won’t miss Map Pick Phase which will start in the coming days.

Season 3 Waiting List

Your team missed the Sign-Up-Deadline but still want to participate in Season 3? Feel free to join our Season 3 Waiting List and grab a spot if one of the signed up teams is folding. If you don’t miss any Sign-Up Requirement, an admin will contact you when a spot is free.

Requirements

• Minimum of 6 players with correct Steam ID on your teams‘ roster. These players need only be accepted, they do not need to be verified.
• Minimum of 2 different contact methods entered
• Set your correct skill level. Please be honest on rating your own team, it will help us doing correct Division seedings.

>>> SIGN UP LINK <<<

Yesterday’s results

Yesterdays Freight-1-Day-Cup was a great success with 16 participating teams from over 8 different countries. We congratulate Oslo Lions for winning a thrilling final against cruciamentum with 5-3. The whole cup tree can be found at our Archives. [Link]

Beside that we can announce cp_freight_b3 made it to Season 3 Map Pool after at least 10 out of 16 teams voted for adding it.

Last but not least we are announcing the result of our 3^rd Cup Semi Finals IRC Live Drawing:

Excello vs. Weapons of the Rebelion

klan:fader vs. Dead Cows Strike Back

Some interesting events are taking place during the day, feel invited to participate!

Freight-1-Day-Cup

The most promising Custom Map ever will have his first serious competition test today. Up to 16 teams will be able to participate in our 1-Day-Cup on cp_freight_b3. As little extra every team will have the right to vote for or against adding Freight to the Season 3 Map Pool.

Details

• Map: cp_freight_b3 [Map Info] [Forum Discussion]
• Slots: 16
• Gamemode: 1x 30 Minutes, Overtime = Golden Cap
• Cup Tree [Link]
• Sign Up Requirements: Minimum 6 members + 2 contact methods
• Participants vote after you’re done [Vote Topic]

>>> SIGN UP LINK <<<

Schedule

• 18:00-19:50 CET – Sign Up Phase
• 20:00 CET – Round 1
• 20:45 CET – Quarter Finals
• 21:30 CET – Semi Finals
• 22:15 CET – Final

Note: We please all participating teams‘ leader to idle in #etf2l @ QuakeNet for an easier communication.

19:30 CET – 3^rd Cup Semi Finals IRC Live Drawing

During our Freight Sign-Up Phase our last and shortest 3^rd Cup IRC Live Drawing will take place.

Only 4 out of 128 teams are left; our Starting Cup and 2^nd Cup Winners 4 Kings are out already. Surprisingly the4 teams are split in only two different Nationalities: UK and Sweden. Will we have a Swedish and a UK Semi Final? Will there be the possibility of an equal Nationality final?

Feel invited to participate in our IRC Live Drawing at 19:30 CET in our league channel #etf2l @ QuakeNet!

Dates & Details

• Participants: Dead Cows Strike Back, Excello, klan:fader, Weapons of the Rebelion
• Map-Order: 1. ctf_turbine 2. cp_badlands 3. cp_pro_granary 4. cp_gravelpit 5. cp_dustbowl
• Modus: 2 Map Wins to reach Final, Maps ending in a draw count as draw
• Schedule Deadline: Wednesday, 20^th August, 23:59 CET
• Match Deadline: Sunday, 31^st August, 23:59 CET

23:59 – Season 3 Sign-Ups closing

9 out of 10 days of our Season 3 Sign-Up Phase are over, almost 190 teams have signed up already. Tonight at 23:59 CET we will officially close our Sign-Ups and finish our Division seedings in the days after.

Your team still has the chance to get a spot in TF2’s biggest league worldwide. Any teams who have a playable ping on European servers are invited to sign up! Take your very last chance and grab one of the remaining spots!

>>> Season 3 Sign-Up Newspost <<<

The Season 3 Custom Map Poll [Link] is over and we have two winners which will be included to Season 3 Map Pool: ctf_mach4 (43%) and cp_labor (42%).

Due to the public whine we decided to split Season 3 Map Pool in two different spots. All regular played maps can be picked three times, unregular clanwar maps can only be picked once.

Season 3 Map Pool

Primary Map Pool – every map can be picked three times

• cp_badlands
• cp_gravelpit
• cp_pro_granary
• cp_well
• ctf_turbine

Secondary Map Pool – every map can be picked once

• cp_dustbowl
• cp_fastlane
• (cp_freight_b3)
• cp_labor
• ctf_2fort
• ctf_mach4
• ctf_well
• pl_goldrush

Note 1: Participants of Freight-1-Day-Cup [Link] will decide if cp_freight_b3a will be added to the Map Pool.

Note 2: Map Picks will start on 20^th August.

If your team is still interested in joining Season 3, Sign-Ups are open for 3 more days, grab one of the last spots (see “Sign-Up Newspost” [Link] for more details).

This is a last reminder our Nations Cup Group Phase Schedule Deadline is coming Wednesday.

Sadly many matches are still not scheduled:

• Group A – Week 1 – France vs. Netherlands
• Group A – Week 2 – Austria vs. France
• Group A – Week 3 – Austria vs. Finland
• Group A – Week 4 – Portugal vs. France
• Group A – Week 5 – Austria vs. Netherlands
• Group B – Week 3 – Ukraine vs. UK
• Group B – Week 4 – UK vs. Germany
• Group B – Week 5 – Czech Republic vs. UK
• Group C – Week 3 – Belgium vs. Latvia
• Group C – Week 4 – Latvia vs. Luxembourg
• Group C – Week 4 – Belgium vs. Russia
• Group C – Week 5 – Italy vs. Latvia
• Group C – Week 5 – Russia vs. Luxembourg
• Group D – Week 4 – Denmark vs. Israel
• Group D – Week 4 – Norway vs. Spain
• Group D – Week 5 – Israel vs. Spain
• Group D – Week 5 – Sweden vs. Norway

All matches who aren’t scheduled by the Deadline will get a Default Date which will be published on our League site on Thursday.

Note: All National Teams with less than two matches played by Monday, 18^th August, will be expelled from the Cup and receive Default Losses for all unplayed matches. Affected teams:

• Austria
• France
• UK
• Latvia