Groups

With 24 Teams our group stage is pretty much filled. So we have 4 groups with 6 teams each. We have tried to seed the groups a bit to prevent that the "topteams" have to kill each others in the group stage. The best two teams of every group will advance to the playoffs. Here are the groups:

Groups

Group A	Group B
MAMUT.si	Designate
4Frags B	eXt00
rockit.etqw	BBA
PL4FC	LSX
a.Toon	pR!me
kapoks	OxO

Groups

Group C	Group D
1stCav	Team Thermaltake
LOL'd	r3volta
CF	dzone
evilGears	SMW
4Frags A	bailOut
NFS	Clansgame

Maps

We have a lot of discussions over our map pool with no real result. Due to this fact, we keep our maps for the group stage! The map pool may be changed for the playoffs. So our maps are:

Area 22
Sewer
Salvage(Fast)
Volcano(Fast)
Maridia
Island

Maps

Playday	Default Maps
Playday 1	Salvage (Fast) & Island
Playday 2	Volcano (Fast) & Area22
Playday 3	Maridia & Sewer
Playday 4	Volcano(fast) & Salvage(Fast)
Playday 5	Island & Area22

Schedule

Here is the final schedule for the group stage. It will be fine if you play at the default times. If both teams agree, you can postpone your game until the default time of your next match.

Schedule

Playday	Default Time
Playday 1 4.1.09	20 o'clock German Time
Playday 2 6.1.09	20 o'clock German Time
Playday 3 8.1.09	20 o'clock German Time
Playday 4 10.1.09	20 o'clock German Time
Playday 5 12.1.09	20 o'clock German Time

The matches will be (hopefully) generated soon. Actually we're working on a bug which prevents that, but we think that this will be done, soon! When it's done, the matches will be shown at your "Open Matches".

Important Reminder

Please keep in mind that you have to enter your valid Gameaccount! This is possible via your "Command Center". We need the last 8 characters from your ETQWPro Guid. In addition, it's mandatory to use the ESL server config which can be downloaded here.

Game-Violations

Last but not least, we have to inform you that it's mandatory to stream the games to Game-Violations. We hope, this way we can win the "fight" against unfair players.

If you have any questions or feedback, feel free to visit our forum or our IRC Channel #esl.etqw.eu






// Your Admin Team