Cheating Bans and TF2 VAC League Bans for first-time offenders now last for two years

We would like to announce a policy update on how ETF2L will hand out league bans for Cheating offenses and Team Fortress 2 VAC bans in the future. Currently we give cheaters the chance to redeem themselves and return as a clean player after a year of forced retirement. While we would like to continue giving this opportunity to players, looking back at the past there have always been some bad actors who do not really seem to care about quietly returning to the community.

After receiving a lot of community feedback over the years and a recent internal discussion we have decided that we are going to increase the ban length for cheating and TF2 VACs from one year to two years. This two-year ban length only applies to those players who were caught cheating for the first time. This additional year will give the cheaters a longer time away from the scene so that they hopefully change their ways. It will also decrease the workload on our Anti-Cheat staff, while putting us in line with other TF2 competitive leagues as well.

Please note that this will not affect the ban lengths of players who are currently still banned for cheating or receiving a Team Fortress 2 VAC on their account.

That is not all, however.

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Staff changes and Ban

After the recent departure of Aoshi it was meant for  Sodium to take over the role of head admin. Since then the League Admins had a discussion and decided to ask him to step down. Although it might seem as this is a pretty sudden change behind the scenes the situation became quickly became uncontrollable with Sodium more often than not being unreachable at critical moments, he has agreed to step down as head admin. The remaining admins reached out to Aoshi who turned down their request. Fortunately for us DCS has agreed to come back and fill in the gap until a new League Admin has been prepared to step up to the head admin spot.  DCS mentioned that he only took up the offer to return because being a solo head admin gives him a lot more freedom in the role in comparison to his time alongside  Aoshi.

Additionally we came across a situation we hoped would never happen.  Faust used his trial position to gain and leak critical information that forced us to put the website under maintenance a couple of times to fix what he’s done.

League Ban:

The following player have been caught gathering and leaking information. They have been banned from ETF2L for one year:

• Faust

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Vote for who you think was the best at their respective role!

These polls are going to be live until Friday the 2nd of April at 21:00 CET!

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Hello and goodbye everybody,

All things must come to an end and so does my time as ETF2L admin.

After being administrator for the League for the last six years, a quarter of my life, overseeing fourteen highlander seasons, eighteen sixes seasons and countless cups (including various LANs), I have had the opportunity to learn so much (and make so many mistakes while doing so).

So, firstly, I wish to thank all of you for this amazing opportunity that has truly been a one of a kind.

I will be leaving you all in the care of Sodium, who will be my successor as Head Admin. I have full confidence in him and the rest of the staff and wish them all the best.

With that out of the way please read the following as my one selfish request of the community.

Although I wished to be leaving with smiles and waves, instead I’m leaving saddened. I’m not leaving due to my passion for TF2 and the community having died out. Nor is it due to me having achieved a specific goal or lack of time. I’m leaving disappointed within the community due to its ever growing immature behavior as well as my own inability to steer it in the right direction. I feel like spending the amount of time that I do is not worth it, as it only brings me stress and sadness.

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Map Pool Update

After evaluating the feedback from the cup and the map voting poll following it we have decided to put the following maps in the season:

• cp_metalworks
• cp_granary_pro_rc8

Poll Results:

The following results are percentage out of total votes.

• cp_metalworks – 27,1%
• cp_granary_pro_rc8 – 23,8%
• cp_reckoner_rc6 – 21,7%
• koth_clearcut_b15d – 19,2%
• cp_villa_b18 – 8,2%

Provisional Tiers

Down below are this season’s provisional tiers. If you can’t find your team it could be due to you recently changing your team name. Teams marked in yellow are more likely to be moved if there is a need to change teams around.

Unhappy about your place? Feel free to contact us over at our Discord Server. These tiers are still subjected to change if teams make a good case as to why they should be moved.

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