Welcome everyone to the conclusion of the 30th season of ETF2L 6v6 for Open, Low, Mid, Division 2, Division 1 and Premiership.

We hope you enjoyed the matches, and for the teams that made it through, congratulations.

All tiers will have playoffs, all playoff matches will be using the Map Elimination system. Note that all dates are estimates and teams are able to negotiate other days by scheduling with their opponents.

If you find yourself on the list of these teams expect an admin to add you and request your availability, if there is no information or insufficient information given we will have to decide your match dates for you. Keep in mind that we will try and accommodate both teams, but the match date may still vary from your provided days, if for example none of the days match with your opponent, but your opponent offered more days than you did. Deadlines listed for the matches are flexible and may be changed in certain situations if admins are contacted about allowing extensions on these.

Schedule

For Division 1, Division 2, Mid, Low and Open tiers, the schedule for the playoff matches will be the following.

• Quarter final matches will be played from 16th – 21th July.
• Semi Finals will be played from 22th – 28th July.
• Grand Finals will be played from 29th July – 5th August.

For Premiership the schedule for the playoff matches will be the following.

• Upper Bracket Round 1 matches will be played from 15th – 19th July.
• UBF/LBR1 will be played from 20th – 25th July.
• LBF will be played from 26th – 30th July.
• Grand Finals will be played from 31st July – 5th August.

Premiership

For Premiership we’re going with 4 teams in the playoffs with double elimination. All matches except the Grand Finals, which will be a BO5 with a map pick advantage for the team winning the upper bracket final, will be played as BO3.

1. Se7en
   • 36 points
2. SVIFT.mc
   • 30 points
3. the bin
   • 20 points
4. the bin BLACK
   • 15 points

Matches:

Upper Bracket Round 1 matches will be played from 15th – 19th July.

Semi Final 1: Se7en vs the bin BLACK
Semi Final 2: SVIFT.mc vs the bin

Winners of these matches will face off against each other in an Upper Bracket Final match, while the losers of these matches will play against each other in a Lower Bracket Round 1 match.

UBF/LBR1 will be played from 20th – 25th July.

LBF will be played from 26th – 30th July.

Grand Finals will be played from 31st July – 5th August.

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The Highlander Season 16 Premiership Qualifiers are hereby announced. open_squad and Lucrosa will keep their Premiership spot based on last seasons performance, Tourettes Chessclub will be granted a Premiership spot for winning the High tier last season. Based on the applications received and past results we have decided that Feila eSports slim shady edition and Strong Opinions will both be granted a spot into the Premiership Division.

This leaves inVision and Weed Cake Sellers to face off for the last spot in the Premiership Division.

The game will be a best-of-3 match. The Premiership Qualifying match must have results submitted before 21st of July, 23:59 CEST, or before the Result Deadlines on the match page.

Default mercs may only have high experience; players with more than three games in Premiership over the past three seasons cannot be used as default mercs and must, therefore, be approved by your opponent. Also worth noting that following the Premiership only rules is not enforced, but is suggested.

If teams are having any issues regarding game scheduling please contact the admin team.

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Nations Cup #7: Captains

The captains have been decided! Here is a list:

• Algeria – vocey
• Austria – Pete_
• Belgium – Aoshi
• Czech Republic – gedu
• Denmark – Dr. Phil
• England – krafty
• Estonia – TheNewbie
• Finland – Bloodis
• France – Corbac
• Georgia – polis
• Germany – Menty
• Greece – Harrow
• Hungary – Perlex
• Ireland – Kosuke
• Israel – JackyLegs
• Italy – croix
• Latvia – Cookie_
• Lithuania – Spreijer
• Netherlands – TimTum
• Poland – wonszu
• Portugal – tXX & Spanns
• Romania – Shampoo
• Russia – dima
• Saudi Arabia – Sasuke
• Scotland – Deox
• Spain – So||o Wo|o
• Sweden – Smirre
• Switzerland – HartzFartz
• Turkey – zey
• Ukraine – Ihor
• Wales – Funs

The captains will receive leader rights for their respective teams and should get their teams assembled as soon as possible.

Nations Cup #7: Groups

The groups will be announced within the next hours. So be prepared to schedule your first match as soon as they are out.

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The Bus Crew vs. the bin BLACK

GrumpyKoi, Eemes and Wiethoofd over on https://www.twitch.tv/teamfortresstv

Velocity eSports EU vs. The Bus Crew

The last week before playoffs is upon us, and while said we pretty much now who is going to be in those, the relegation battle is still in full force. This fixture will oppose the two teams at the bottom of the table, so there is quite a lot on the line, especially after some convincing performances last week show that they are still full of momentum.

Velocity eSports EU have got a two-points lead, after their upset against Ora Elektro last week, albeit with a different roster, spudd picking up the demo class again and Buttnose mercing on pocket. Still, they managed to take Snakewater quite easily, before barely losing Prolands. Will the return of their normal roster help or hinder them on the second map is the question.

While The Bus Crew failed to pick up any points last week, they did put a very strong showing against Velocity’s speedier counterparts SVIFT, losing Prolands by only a round, something that was not quite expected from last-place team that stopped scrimming 2 weeks ago, and with the team going to i63, maybe they’ll look forward not having to qualify again for Prem after.

Will the Bus be capable of switching gears, or will Velocity just park them ? Tune in on https://www.twitch.tv/teamfortresstv2 to find out!

Play-by-Play: Georgebaii | Analysis: DuMmTm | Production: Beater | Match Page | Velocity eSports | The Bus Crew |Written by Aelkyr

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Announcing Highlander Season 16!

All the information regarding the coming Season can either be found in this newspost, or will be released shortly!

The whitelist for the season is still being finalized and will be released shortly, if you want to leave feedback on the whitelist used in the preseason cup you can do so here.

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Season Schedule

• Signups: 9 July – 21 July Signups, 21:00 CEST (Premiership signup deadline is July 14th 21:00 CET)
• Publishing of Provisional Divisions: July 20
• Publishing of Final Divisions: July 21
• Pre-Season Playoffs: 15 July – 21 July
• Main Season: 22 July – 25 August (5 Weeks)
• Playoffs: 26 August – 15 September

If you intend to sign up for the Premiership Division we encourage you to do so as soon as possible due to the Premiership Qualifiers. We will only consider teams for the Premiership Qualifiers that signed up before July 14th 21:00 CEST. Additionally we expect teams without a guaranteed Premiership Division spot to be able to play all of the days mentioned above. This will be in order to have a double elimination stage for the Qualifiers to determine the best of the best teams for the Premiership Division.

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