News

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PLAYOFFS PROGRESSIONS

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After over 50 matches in the first weekend of Experimental Cup 3, it's time to cut back and refine our craft. This weekend, our Playoffs begin on Saturday night with Quarter and Semi-finals followed by Sunday's Grand and Bronze Finals. As stated in our previous post, all team's are participating in Playoffs, with all of Saturday's games being non-ABBA due to the time crunch between Quarter and Semi-Finals. However, Sunday night's Grand and Bronze Finals will be ABBA for all divisions, meaning, if either Summercoast or Problitz are selected to be played, then they will be played as a Best of 3.

Below you can view tables outlining the Playoffs path for all divisions.

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DIVISION 1 PLAYOFFS

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DIVISION 2 PLAYOFFS

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DIVISION 3 PLAYOFFS

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DIVISION 4 PLAYOFFS

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Best of luck during the second weekend of competition! Now the pressure is on, Every Second Counts!

(all graphics created by core)

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FINAL SEEDINGS & PLAYER RESTRICTIONS

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After player feedback and staff revisions we're made one change to our seedings list. We have made the decision to move item shop down into Division 3 and have moved Natascha Enjoyers up into Division 2 to replace them. With this in mind we have also modified both team's restriction making each team more inline with the competition in their divisions. Finally we've also added some additional restrictions to kimchi sensation who are participating in Division 2.

The Full list of Player Restrictions can be found here with all the changes made from the previous list being noted below Seedings.

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DIVISION 1

brodie's esco bar
crylander
evil rascals: reckoning
Significant Otter
PENAL COLONY
hey im still legally employed

DIVISION 2

CHINESE DRAGON POWER
Where no ability meets no effort
kimchi sensation
Natascha Enjoyers

DIVISION 3

item shop
Grainy Ridden
Unhinged
at least we all had fun :/

DIVISION 4

chess in the park
Burgr
Morb Fortress 2 - Morbheads
Furries Requiring Priority Seating

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AMMENDED PLAYER RESTRICTIONS

DIVISION 2

Natascha Enjoyers

• oLae!™ Lifted Heavy & Sniper Restrictions
• NEBU!A Lifted Heavy Restriction
• Laz. Lifted Scout & Sniper Restrictions
• Jdn Lifted Solider Restriction
• chonk Lifted Soldier Restriction

kimchi sensation

• Lovely Lifted Scout Restriction
• Vampyr Added Heavy Restriction
• Log Added Spy Restriction

DIVISION 3

item shop

• hive Added Pyro & Demoman Restrictions
• bree Added Pyro Restriction
• Cobra Added Scout & Sniper Restrictions

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Matches kick off at 7:00pm AEST tomorrow so don't be late! By this time Rounds will have been generated and captain's will have been invited and set up with in the ozfortress Captain's Discord.

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PRELIMINARY CUP SEEDINGS

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We're so back. With 18 teams signed up for Experimental Cup 3 we've done our best to take into account all players and skill divisions. Below you can find our Preliminary Seedings and Player Restrictions for the cup. If you have any concerns, please reach out to the Highlander Administrators via our support channel in Discord.

Player Restrictions can be found here.

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DIVISION 1

brodie's esco bar
crylander
evil rascals: reckoning
Significant Otter
PENAL COLONY
hey im still legally employed

DIVISION 2

CHINESE DRAGON POWER
Where no ability meets no effort
kimchi sensation
item shop

DIVISION 3

Natascha Enjoyers
Grainy Ridden
Unhinged
at least we all had fun :/

DIVISION 4

chess in the park
Burgr
Morb Fortress 2 - Morbheads
Furries Requiring Priority Seating

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4 Teams per Division = Round Repeats

With Divisions 2, 3 & 4 having 4 teams in them, all teams will play one another twice before the playoffs. Teams will verse all other teams competing in their division once on Saturday and once again on Sunday for a total of 6 matches across all maps featured in the cup. With this in mind, all teams will make playoffs (Weekend 2) and will have at minimum 1 playoff match on Saturday and 1 Sunday.

Playoffs

For playoffs, the following Pick/Ban method will be used:

• Home Team Bans | Away Team Bans | Home Team Picks | Away Team Picks | Home Team Picks

After talking it over with staff and advisors, we've also decided that for playoffs, only the Grand Finals and the Bronze Match will have ABBA on for the Stopwatch/Payload Maps. Meaning, any Playoff rounds prior to these matches will not be played as ABBA. Teams can not elect to turn ABBA on or off during the Experimental Cup. This is a non-negotiable as the cup is running on a tight schedule.

The Division 1 Difference

For teams competing in the 6-team Division 1, there will only be 5 matches played before playoffs with all teams playing each other once. With this in mind, the final round of Sunday the 15th (Day 2 of Weekend 1) will not be played. However, the map that was to be played in this spot (Proplant) will still be included in the playoffs the following weekend (Weekend 2).

Speaking of playoffs - for Division 1 all 6 teams competing in the division will progress to playoffs (Weekend 2). This means all teams will have at minimum 1 playoff match to play. We will outline the playoffs structure for Division 1 playoffs at a later date as to not overcomplicate/confuse your Experimental Cup experience.

No Forfeits

Just to make it clear to all teams and captains, you are not permitted to forfeit any match for any reason throughout the Experimental Cup. If teams forfeit a match at any time, their roster will be disbanded and removed from the competition immediately, meaning, no players from the roster will receive in-game medals or any monetary rewards.

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