Welcome, everyone, to the conclusion of the 14th season of ETF2L Highlander for Open, Mid, High 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 High, Mid and Open tiers, the schedule for the playoff matches will be the following.

• Quarter final matches will be played from 7th January – 11th January.
• Semi Finals will be played from 12th – 16th January.
• Grand Finals will be played from 17th – 20th January.

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

• The Semi Final results must be submitted by 13th of January and the grand finals must be played by 20th of January. If you need to play outside of these dates contact an admin.

Premiership

For the Premiership Tier, we are going with single elimination bubble bracket.

Matches:

Semi Final: Super Dickmann's KANNONEN! vs Feila eSports slim shady edition

The losers of this match will be knocked out, while the winners will advance to the grand final to play against Strong Opinions.

High

For the High Tier we’re going with 3 teams from each group, with a total of 6 playoff teams in single elimination format.

High A

1. Budget Toucans
   • 30 points
2. Xenon
   • 19 points
3. Saukot
   • 17 points

High B

1. MONKEY MODE
   • 22 points
2. SENSATION
   • 17 points
3. Team Colonslash: Express
   • 15 points

Matches:

Quarter Final 1: SENSATION vs Saukot
Quarter Final 2: Xenon vs Team Colonslash: Express

Budget Toucans and MONKEY MODE will join the playoffs once these Quarter Finals have finished.

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The Jungle Inferno update was introduced mid-season, and some provisional measures were taken by the admin team. This included bans for both the new weapons (Dragon’s Fury, Gas Passer, Thermal Thruster, Hot Hand, Second Banana) as well as the majority of the changed weapons (Panic Attack, Pretty Boy’s Pocket Pistol, Mantreads, Beggar’s Bazooka, Backburner).

These changes meant the previous whitelist was modified in favour of an updated whitelist. Since this was only a short-term adjustment which be improved upon, let us look at the changes needed for the next iteration of the Global Whitelist. With some downtime during the holidays we’ll be approaching the whitelist slightly differently; due to there being limited playtest data available for the new and changed weapons since the update.

The following weapons will be unbanned in a provisional whitelist for a short amount of time, after which we will make a decision on the temporarily allowed weapons. The final decision will be made in early January.

• The Gas Passer
• B.A.S.E Jumper
• Bonk! Atomic Punch
• Sandman

We ask you to try out these weapons and provide feedback here so we can make the best decision!

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Tonight, Feila eSports slim shady edition square off against inVision in the last week of the group stages on the payload classic, pl_badwater. Both teams have had a pretty impressive season considering their experience. Hutchy’s long standing Highlander team currently holds third place, giving them a good shot at reaching their first premiership playoff spot, while inVision holds fifth, a decent placement for their debut season in prem.

There is so much to gain for both of these teams. Any outcome except a full 6-0 loss for Feila eSports slim shady edition will guarantee them playoffs, and a straight roll will give them a chance of taking second place in the group stages, depending on the outcome of Super Dickmann's KANNONEN!‘s game vs Lucrosa (tonight at 21:00 CET). Meanwhile, inVision will be focused on achieving either a 6-0 victory or a golden cap win to potentially push them ahead of Lucrosa, ensuring their position in prem next season. inVision have also undergone a minor roster change. Demos will be taking the main role of demoman, replacing former demo Yxxo. Could this swap make or break inVision’s road out of relegation? On the other side, arguably one of Feila eSports slim shady edition’s biggest strengths, cloudy, will not be playing this all important match, perhaps giving rising legend morale an opportunity for sniper domination.

Catch the action live on KritzKast at 21:00 CET, with chando and GrumpyKoi in the casting booth and niceAsh on production.

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Here we go again… First off: congratulations to SVIFT.mc for claiming their first premiership title!
For the last time in 2017 you decide who will receive the honours of being the best individual gamers of their respective roles!

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Tonight, two former premiership champions will throw down to assert their dominance. Super Dickmann's KANNONEN! will take on Tourettes Chessclub on cp_process and koth_coalplant!

Tourettes Chessclub, despite an impressive history in the Highlander scene have struggled this season, only landing a Golden Cap Loss against the prem fresh meat Lucrosa in their first week. With ongoing roster changes and the group stages already beginning to draw to an end, the Chessclub are in desperate need of some better luck to avoid the dreaded relegation spot. American additions such as Kresnik and Nursey have certainly assisted in the team’s development, and having a strong set of sixes players (namely Olgha, Raf, ixy) will surely help on Process. But without having had a consistent roster throughout the season, things are starting to look grey for the former Highlander titans.

On the other hand, Super Dickmann's KANNONEN!, previously the best Highlander team in the current European Highlander scene, have gotten off to a decent start, only losing points to their long standing rival Strong Opinions. However, after a very close match against inVision on possibly their best map [Steel], Chessclub may be able to take the edge if they have practiced enough. SDCK will surely be eager to secure another 6-0, securing them in a firm second place when the season draws to the playoff stages.

Tune in to KritzKast at 21:15 CET to see the action unfold live with CeeJaey and chando in the casting booth, and Wiethoofd behind the scenes.

Because of the Heals for Reals event this Saturday and Sunday we won’t be able to cover the Feila eSports slim shady edition vs. Strong Opinions fixture live, we will however provide a full weekend of quality charity fundraising entertainment for you on the KritzKast channel!

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