I'm worried about adr guys, at 2am he sent me a message saying he was locked in a room, and hasnt msged me since even tho i msged him a bunch of times, oh noes my dutch counterpart has been kidnapped :<
The time has arrived for thirty two of the finest fighting units to pit their wits and skills against each other as we set out to find the number one Team Fortress 2 team here at theSGL. Over the coming weeks we will see battles fought around the cargo container strewn map that is Granary, firefights rage back and forth between the rushing trains of Well and the wide expanses of "the dish" in Hydro - along with all the other top class maps on offer.
Starting with the classic eight groups of four format and with each team playing each of the other teams once the top two teams in each of these groups will go through to a knockout section until one team covers themselves in glory and is crowned the Team Fortress Champions League winner!
Sponsored by our friends at Game-Hosting.com the lucky winner will receive a top class Team Fortress 2 eighteen slot match server for a period of six months. As with all Game-Hosting servers this can be booted in various locations around Europe at the click of a button allowing you to play your match against opposition with the best possible ping and connection conditions to suit your location.
Matches will be played on a teams own server throughout the tournament though we will be highlighting two matches each week of the event which will be played on our adminned Game-Hosting servers. These matches will also be featured with extensive previews of both the teams and players as well as a look at the map itself for those amongst us who may not be familiar with TF2 at this time. In addition to this we will ensure a TV proxy is available for the two featured matches and wherever possible we will endeavour to arrange video streaming and commentary of one of the two matches.
We are both prepared and happy to receive more than the thirty two initial places and should be the case we will arrange a play off round to determine some of the group stage places. Many of the stronger teams will be seeded directly into the group stage so any and everyone involved in a possible qualifying round will have a chance to show what they are made of.
Sign ups are open now and the early February start date for the group stage will be announced as soon as we know just how many teams we are dealing with and how many qualifiers we need to get played.