This Sunday TF2TV are proud to be bringing you a double cast of epic proportions! First off is the ETF2L Highlander Community Challenge grand finals between colony and SNSD, starting at 18:30 CET, followed by the 4th European 6v9 event, Pubbers vs. Pros: European Thunder at 20:00 CET. It’s going to be huge evening for TF2 fans, so don’t miss out! More info after the jump!Nearly 7 months after being officially announced, and even longer since initial conception, the ETF2L Highlander Community Challenge is down to just two teams! It’s been one hell of a show, with 826 teams from all across the planet signing up to take part. Mark this Sunday at 18:30 CET (9:30 PST, 12:30 EST, 17:30 GMT, Monday 4:30 AEDT) on your calendar folks because colony and SNSD will be giving it all they’ve got in order to secure ultimate bragging rights and first place medals from Valve.
As soon as the tournament was announced colony were heralded as one of the favourites, gaining a highly seeded spot. As expected they rolled through into the knockout phase, where in the first 3 rounds they came through every map in style. They did lose a map to each of their next 3 opponents, however, needing to win the decider map Viaduct on three separate occasions against the teams Hard Drinkers, Lazytown Regulars and quarter-finalists Kiberzona Chior Tai. The semi final saw them face the competitive powerhouse Twistedplay Circlejerk, who were thoroughly embarrassed by colony and their exceptional team play and map knowledge.
The second finalists SNSD were also one of the seeded teams. They have not disappointed either, rolling through every round without dropping a map. Round 5 saw them face Team Player (on a European server), and in the quarter finals they went up against Blood is Good, where an epic defence of Gravel Pit B kept the match from going to a decider. May Contain Cuts were their semi-final opponents, and had promised an epic strategy on Upward but were unable to deliver thanks to a strong showing from SNSD.
Ironically the members of colony and SNSD are all good friends, and often scrim and mix with each other. With both teams knowing each other’s strengths and weaknesses inside-out, expect it to be a tense game that will almost certainly go to a nail-biting finish. Will SNSD keep their record of a clean sheet throughout the tournament? Will colony live up to their ‘pre-tournament favourite’ tag? These questions and more will be answered on Sunday, but one thing is certain: someone from Spam Effect will be walking away with a gold medal.
Sheridyn, Hildreth and Comedian are set to join forces once again to continue TF2TV’s coverage of the event, so tune in to coverage starting at around 18:30 CET (9:30 PST, 12:30 EST, 17:30 GMT, Monday 4:30 AEDT) on Sunday. You can catch our live stream via our homepage once we’re live, or you can join us directly for our mumble cast and spectate via SourceTV.
But that’s not all! Sunday also marks the 4th European 6v9 event dubbed Pubbers vs. Pros: European Thunder. At 20:00 CET (11:00 PST, 14:00 EST, 19:00 GMT, Monday 6:00 AEDT) another group of 9 hopefuls from the Steam Powered User Forums will be looking to destroy half a dozen more egos from premier division competitive TF2. The European scoreline after 3 events has pros currently holding a 2-1 lead in wins, and with the latest pro team featuring players from TCM-Gaming, Button Bashers and Fakkelbrigade, the pubstars definitely have their work cut out for them!
Join TF2TV for coverage from The Pledge, Sheridyn and special guest Agro from KritzKast as the pub team fights to even up the scoreline and the pros fight to retain their lead (and their dignity).
Pros
Zerox, Byte, Ronny, Fisshu, MVP., The Insane Exfane
12
Pubbers
Daff, Mr.87, Aibo999, AlmightyBob, EMB, Merple, Kreafan, sK, Nerfed
TIME
Sunday March 6th
20:00 cet
14:00 est (na)
06:00 est (aus)
CASTED BY
- No cast information available
SOURCETV
Who will win this match?
Pros (56%, 42 Votes)
Pubbers (41%, 31 Votes)
Tie (3%, 2 Votes)
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And you say we don’t spoil you?! Hope to see you there!
Originally published on VanillaTV (vanillatf2.org) on 2011-03-05 by comedian.
Recovered from the Internet Archive (archived copy) as part of tf2esports.com's preservation of VanillaTV's TF2 coverage. The original site is no longer online. All rights remain with the original author; reposted for historical reference.