With over 300 signups and a very diverse audience, the divisions of the first ETF2L Highlander season are now complete, go have a look!

>> Highlander Divisions <<

Teams are seeded across 6 different skill levels, with division 1 being the strongest and most prestigious, and division 6 having the most awesome people. Different regions have been grouped into sub-divisions where possible. If you were too late signing up, or if your team had too few players (less than 10), you can join the waiting list and be placed into the season when another team drops. If you have any questions or requests regarding your division placement, please contact an admin (support page).

Important Highlander Updates

Each week, you will face a different opponent from your division. Week 1 starts Sunday the 13th and will run to Saturday the 19th. You will have to get your match scheduled by the Thursday before the week starts (more info). For example, week 1 starts on Sunday the 13th, so you need to have your week 1 match scheduled by Thursday the 10th at the latest. All further dates can be found in the Calendar. If neither team has a server for your match, ETF2L can provide one for you. Our servers are located in Amsterdam and Germany, kindly provided by Multiplay.

To promote and facilitate highlander practice, we have decided to re-open the ETF2L Highlander Ladder. The map pool includes all of the league maps and some popular highlander and 6v6 maps. All teams are welcome and invited to participate and test the ETF2L ladders. For finding other regular training matches we recommend checking out this thread.

Unfortunately, all popular attack/defense maps still suffer from a bug with the round timer. With no indication that the bugs will be fixed, and Steel being quite vulnerable to the bug, we decided to replace Steel with Gullywash. If the overtime bug happens on Gravelpit (i.e. the round ends after capping in overtime) the full round will have to be replayed. However, teams can agree to replace Gravel Pit with another map, if they don’t want to risk the bug happening. More specific info on this will come at a later date. On Gullywash, make sure to remind the server admin to turn off the item whitelist by using the following command:

rcon mp_tournament_whitelist “”;mp_tournament_restart

Some other important reminders:

Make sure your team is aware of the ETF2L rules.

You can find the latest server config pack here.

All unlocks are allowed, except for the following set hats: Picture

If your team wishes to drop the league during the season, please go to this thread.

Be sure to stay tuned to what’s going on by following your team page, the tables and the forum (make sure you set your preferences). As always, we urge you to share your opinions on our unlock rules, map pool and rule-set. Naturally, we intend on making some changes for next season and you can help shape those changes. Unlocks: [thread]

Maps: [thread]

Rules: [thread]

Sign up for the ESH Sapphire challenge

Esportsheaven has announced a new 6v6 cup with £500 in cash prizes. The first round is next Tuesday and it definitely needs more teams representing competitive TF2. So if you want to play some exciting games and help the future of competitive TF2, then be sure to have a look and sign up.