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ESL EU 6on6 Monthly Challenge April #1
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https://i.imgur.com/2XqpnXH.png

ESL has launched the new Monthly Challenge! The Monthly Challenge cup series has one cup each week, where you can get points to qualify for the Monthly Finals. Play every Sunday to make your chances for the Monthly finals better and better. Every win matters!

This cup will start Sunday 7th of April at 4pm CEST and will continue throughout the night.

Map Pool

  • cp_process_final
  • cp_granary_pro_rc8
  • koth_product_rc9
  • cp_gullywash_final1
  • cp_snakewater_final1
  • cp_sunshine
  • cp_prolands_rc1
  • cp_logjam_rc10a

Format
Thanks to everyone's feedback Monthly Challenge cups will be using the Swiss system for the qualifiers, which is a mix of both SE and DE but also has its cons. You're eliminated after 2 losses. You will play every round with a similar skill leveled opponent to yours. The team with the most wins at the end of the cup will be crowned winner. This is good for time periods (cup takes ~4.5-6h with 17+ teams) but doesn't have a grandfinal unlike the above two - More details here: https://play.eslgaming.com/swiss-cup-faq

The Monthly Final will be played as a single elimination bracket with the top eight teams from the previous weeks, with the winner of each month taking home the prestigious ESL medal!

Other Regions and staff
I have been working on getting more regions supported by ESL. This however has been a challenge as ESL cannot take any staff from US due to laws over there. If you live elsewhere and are interested in volunteering as an ESL Referee, we are now taking applications! Apply here if you're interested.

For people new to ESL Play, here's a quick guide on how to signup to the cup: https://play.eslgaming.com/guide.

Live support will be provided during the event via this Discord: https://discord.gg/2T4MJjJ
Signups are now open on ESL Play!

Signups | Cup #3 | Leaderboard | ESL Play Help | Twitter Post

[img]https://i.imgur.com/2XqpnXH.png[/img]
[b]ESL has launched the new [url=https://play.eslgaming.com/teamfortress/global/teamfortress2/open/monthly-challenge-europe]Monthly Challenge[/url]![/b] The Monthly Challenge cup series has one cup each week, where you can get points to qualify for the Monthly Finals. Play every Sunday to make your chances for the Monthly finals better and better. Every win matters!

This cup will start [b]Sunday 7th of April[/b] at 4pm CEST and will continue throughout the night.

[u][b]Map Pool[/b][/u]
[list]
[*] cp_process_final
[*] cp_granary_pro_rc8
[*] koth_product_rc9
[*] cp_gullywash_final1
[*] cp_snakewater_final1
[*] cp_sunshine
[*] cp_prolands_rc1
[*] cp_logjam_rc10a
[/list]

[u][b]Format[/b][/u]
Thanks to everyone's feedback Monthly Challenge cups will be using the Swiss system for the qualifiers, which is a mix of both SE and DE but also has its cons. You're eliminated after 2 losses. You will play every round with a similar skill leveled opponent to yours. The team with the most wins at the end of the cup will be crowned winner. This is good for time periods (cup takes ~4.5-6h with 17+ teams) but doesn't have a grandfinal unlike the above two - More details here: https://play.eslgaming.com/swiss-cup-faq

The Monthly Final will be played as a [b]single elimination[/b] bracket with the top eight teams from the previous weeks, with the winner of each month taking home the [b]prestigious ESL medal[/b]!

[u][b]Other Regions and staff[/b][/u]
I have been working on getting more regions supported by ESL. This however has been a challenge as ESL cannot take any staff from US due to laws over there. If you live elsewhere and are interested in volunteering as an ESL Referee, we are now taking applications! Apply [url=https://play.eslgaming.com/global/join-the-staff]here[/url] if you're interested.

For people new to ESL Play, here's a quick guide on how to signup to the cup: [url=https://play.eslgaming.com/guide]https://play.eslgaming.com/guide[/url].

Live support will be provided during the event via this Discord: https://discord.gg/2T4MJjJ
[b]Signups are now open on [url=https://esl.gg/tf2-monthly-challenge-1]ESL Play[/url]![/b]

[url=https://esl.gg/tf2-monthly-challenge-1]Signups[/url] | [url=http://tf.gg/51408]Cup #3[/url] | [url=https://play.eslgaming.com/teamfortress/global/teamfortress2/open/monthly-challenge-europe]Leaderboard[/url] | [url=https://play.eslgaming.com/help]ESL Play Help[/url] | [url=https://twitter.com/ESLPlay/status/1111563553528598528]Twitter Post[/url]
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only the first place in the Monthly gets medals though? not even the 2nd and 3rd place, let alone monthly finals participants
this kinda is underwhelming because monthly is up for the grabs for the highest ranked etf2l prem team to join

only the first place in the [b]Monthly[/b] gets medals though? not even the 2nd and 3rd place, let alone monthly finals participants
this kinda is underwhelming because monthly is up for the grabs for the highest ranked etf2l prem team to join
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#3
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lft div2/high solly haha yea hmu

lft div2/high solly haha yea hmu
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#4
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jnkionly the first place in the Monthly gets medals though? not even the 2nd and 3rd place, let alone monthly finals participants
this kinda is underwhelming because monthly is up for the grabs for the highest ranked etf2l prem team to join

Unfortunately yes but that's why we have a leaderboard. If premier teams really want the medal, they have to be playing every week to reach the top eight. I understand this isn't great for all teams but we didn't want to devalue the medal by releasing it to everyone.

[quote=jnki]only the first place in the [b]Monthly[/b] gets medals though? not even the 2nd and 3rd place, let alone monthly finals participants
this kinda is underwhelming because monthly is up for the grabs for the highest ranked etf2l prem team to join[/quote]
Unfortunately yes but that's why we have a leaderboard. If premier teams [i]really[/i] want the medal, they have to be playing every week to reach the top eight. I understand this isn't great for all teams but we didn't want to devalue the medal by releasing it to everyone.
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#5
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In an ideal world, players would play for the fun of playing, even with knowing of better teams participating. But I dunno if people wanna give up every sunday afternoon of a month without much incentive when they could just go pug or mix. This is just based on my personal experience but I don't really think anyone's that bothered about 'prestigous medals' in TF2 much when you can just go roster ride and collect them... Giving them out won't noticeably devalue the medal because it probably won't have that much value to begin with.

Still, I hope this goes well and has a great turnout, then hopefully ESL will give us an actual League with a prizepool..
So, LFT Med lol

In an ideal world, players would play for the fun of playing, even with knowing of better teams participating. But I dunno if people wanna give up every sunday afternoon of a month without much incentive when they could just go pug or mix. This is just based on my personal experience but I don't really think anyone's that bothered about 'prestigous medals' in TF2 much when you can just go roster ride and collect them... Giving them out won't noticeably devalue the medal because it probably won't have that much value to begin with.

Still, I hope this goes well and has a great turnout, then hopefully ESL will give us an actual League with a prizepool..
So, LFT Med lol
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#6
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AshJurIn an ideal world, players would play for the fun of playing, even with knowing of better teams participating. But I dunno if people wanna give up every sunday afternoon of a month without much incentive when they could just go pug or mix. This is just based on my personal experience but I don't really think anyone's that bothered about 'prestigous medals' in TF2 much when you can just go roster ride and collect them... Giving them out won't noticeably devalue the medal because it probably won't have that much value to begin with.

Still, I hope this goes well and has a great turnout, then hopefully ESL will give us an actual League with a prizepool..
So, LFT Med lol

Thanks for your feedback. Just to clear up, roster riding is not possible and all players on roster must play in one entire match for them to receive a medal, we will add these rules into the rule book to make it clear.

We can quite easily start a league now, as other ESL Play games are, but ESL doesn't want to clash with ETF2L so we would need a strong calling for it to happen.

As mentioned in our original post, ESL won't be able to provide their own prize pool unless we see a consistent 50 - 100 teams playing in our events. If we see those numbers we can definitely accommodate a prize pool for a league and possible future Pro events.

[quote=AshJur]In an ideal world, players would play for the fun of playing, even with knowing of better teams participating. But I dunno if people wanna give up every sunday afternoon of a month without much incentive when they could just go pug or mix. This is just based on my personal experience but I don't really think anyone's that bothered about 'prestigous medals' in TF2 much when you can just go roster ride and collect them... Giving them out won't noticeably devalue the medal because it probably won't have that much value to begin with.

Still, I hope this goes well and has a great turnout, then hopefully ESL will give us an actual League with a prizepool..
So, LFT Med lol[/quote]
Thanks for your feedback. Just to clear up, roster riding is not possible and all players on roster [b]must[/b] play in one entire match for them to receive a medal, we will add these rules into the rule book to make it clear.

We [i]can[/i] quite easily start a league now, as other ESL Play games are, but ESL doesn't want to clash with ETF2L so we would need a strong calling for it to happen.

As mentioned in our original post, ESL won't be able to provide their own prize pool unless we see a consistent 50 - 100 teams playing in our events. If we see those numbers we can definitely accommodate a prize pool for a league and possible future [i][url=https://cdn.eslgaming.com/misc/media/cm/structure.jpg]Pro[/url][/i] events.
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#7
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Sign-ups close in 40 hours! Make sure to get your roster in to not miss out!

SIGN UP NOW!

Sign-ups close in 40 hours! Make sure to get your roster in to not miss out!

[h][b][url=https://esl.gg/tf2-monthly-challenge-1]SIGN UP NOW![/url][/b][/h]
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#8
Fireside Casts
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put me on ur roster as med sub thanks! dont care about medal jus wanna play tf2 if a team needs it

put me on ur roster as med sub thanks! dont care about medal jus wanna play tf2 if a team needs it
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