Update: Missed the action last night? You can catch some of them on TF2tv
In one big swipe, all the remaining NA teams were wiped out of the competition. There are now 8 teams remaining, paired for quarter finals:
Kiberzona Chior Tai, with Extremer
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Lokalen Alpha, with Tramsig
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Badmen Enterprise, with Shintaz
May Contain Nuts, with ZyZo
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SNSD, with Hat
Blood is Good, with Torden
The quarter finals will be played on Gravel Pit and Badwater, with Viaduct as decider. The semi and final will be played by map pick, with decider map map by elimination.
Who is gonna win the highlander challenge?
Colony :E
Twistedplay Circle Jerk A.K.A. Butt abs
May Contain Nuts
SNSD
Read more, for the overview and results from last night’s matches.
The highlander challenge is nearing critical mass. There are 16 teams remaining and 10 of them are going to battle tonight. This is also the stage where most American and European teams start meeting. One of the matches has already been played, with May Contain Nuts taking out Haunter’s Comunidade Portuguesa TF2.
Maps tonight are Steel and Goldrush, with Viaduct as decider map.
Califax has collected a terrific set of statistics and list of active buddies for the 16 teams of this cup phase. Check it out!
Tonight’s matches are:
20:00 cet Lokalen Alpha 2 vs1 fancy! und .stefan20:00 cet SUPER SAIYAN SWAGGER 0 vs 2 Badmen Enterprise21:00 cet Team Player 0 vs 2 SNSD21:00 cet Lazytown regulars 1 vs 2 colony :E -TF2tv
21:30 cet Stoic Defenders of the Igloo 0 vs2 TwistedPlay Circle Jerk 22:00 cet The Pink Flamingos 1 vs 2 Blood is Good – TF2tv
stv: fakkelbrigade.eu:27101, courtesy of Fakkelbrigade
TF2tv are at the spot, covering 3 of tonight’s matches (1 already played). The remaining 2 looks like this:
Our middle game comes at 21:00 CET (EST+6) sees Scandinavian heavyweights Colony play tournament surprises Lazytown Regulars from North America. Can the American pubbers take down the might of one of the pre-tournament favourites?
Possibly our final game for you late nighters is at 22:00 CET (EST+6) between European 6v6 specialists Blood is Good and another surprise American outfit Team Player. Although we WILL NOT cast this game if the Lazytown Regulars v Colony match goes to a 3rd map (or at least delay our cast).
2nd game –
Originally published on VanillaTV (vanillatf2.org) on 2011-01-30 by torden.
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.