The Essentials.TF EU monthly is back for July thanks to the help of Marketplace.TF!

We have some big changes to our monthly format including the introduction of an invite and open bracket, the invite bracket will consist of four teams and play in a round robin format while the open bracket will continue to play a 5 round Swiss format, the top four open teams after the Swiss stage will join the four invite teams in our brand new 8 team single elimination playoff format, with every match being best-of-3. Our Map pool has also received a shake-up and will be the same as our planned map pool for i63. We will also be using the Global Whitelist in future monthlies in anticipation for i63. There is no better tournament to start practicing for the big event!

We are also introducing a giveaway of $120 of Marketplace.tf credit to one lucky team from either the EU or NA monthly. All you have to do to enter is play either the NA or EU monthly and play all of your matches in full to stand a chance to win. The winners will be announced during the talk show on 22nd July.

• Play dates: 7th-8th July
  
• Prizepool: €600 + $80 of Marketplace.TF credit
  
• Invite and open brackets
  
• Invite bracket will play a round robin format, open bracket continues with swiss
  
• Swiss stage continues to allow 45 minutes per round
  
• 8 Team single elimination playoffs, each match best-of-3
  
• i63 Map Pool, same as ETF2L except -Cardinal +Sunshine
  
• Class limits: 2 for each of scout and soldier; 1 for all other classes
  
• 5CP win limit 5 with a 30min timer
  
• KOTH win limit 3
  
• Global Whitelist
  
• Server Config

More info on our news article here.

We are still planning to run test matches with top level player mixes to try out potential new weapons for the whitelist. If you are a high-level player wanting to play in these please get in contact with us via Discord.

SIGNUP HERE

Just bumping the thread because I booking my Accommodation and Travel now and was wondering where people are staying for the weekend. Don't want to book a hotel that no one else is going to. I am also willing to share a room with someone to reduce costs.

Team A:
Ray
RobTheAwsm
TheMrMortensen
Zee
Rapid
BLXB
Steg
TomatoGatcha
Rydercycle

Team B:
Nebulu
Murloc Johnny
Mechawreck
CriticalFlaw
TF2Dove
Runyx
Kipcreate
CaptainCannonman
DNA

Team C:
sox.
Iceplox
SirDuck
SN
Phlogic
DrHappiness
NyanZak
IhasnoTomato
Pimskii

Team D:
Gibsy
LazyPurple
Surny
AsianPersuasion
Exany
BlazingVictini22
Genowhirl70
Mopp
Rageheavy

According to rosters listed on the Rally Call Discord

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This is the recap of the Statement, full statement can be found here

In summary:

• NA Monthly was canceled due to low signups and we were not willing to host a smaller tournament with no prize pool.
  
• EU Monthly was a perfect storm of issues, confusion and inexperience with the system coupled with trouble converting to Toornament led to a bad experience. There will be a review into what happened to ensure this does not happen again.
  
• Promotion will now be done by our Social Media team, outside of a few exceptions.
  
• All player feedback is considered, but both Players and EssentialsTF will have to put in the effort. Feedback from all players will at least be considered, but not necessarily implemented. A full description/reasoning text on Whitelist may be written if interest is there.
  
• All communications with EssentialsTF is done through the Discord, although more specific channels may be added to encourage discussions.

Again, we wish to apologize to those who had a bad experience with this whole debacle and us as an organization promise to continue to improve to ensure that any experiences that you have with us are positive in the future. We will do better.

Hi, I will be making a long post about these concerns and others soon. But rest assured, your complaints are heard and will be addressed. Thanks for spending the time to air your thoughts about this.

It will be 16 teams minimum to run the monthly. This has been the same for all our monthlies so far and going forward.

Copied from the Discord
Due to the lack of signups, we will be unable to run the NA Monthly. Apologies for those that signed up and those who were expecting a Stream as well. We will work on improving signups for our tournaments in the future and would appreciate it if you were to help encourage more teams to sign up as well.

Quick bump to the post to remind players they don't have long to sign up for the Tournament. We still need at least 16 Teams to run a monthly. You don't have long to get your teams registered! Make sure you have at least 6 members in your team before you try to sign up.

I do understand that Cardinal may not be everyone's favorite map right now, but we will be experimenting with different maps throughout the Season in preparation for i63. To help us make informed decisions on our map pool, we would appreciate feedback from this month's tournaments. Your feedback will influence what maps and whitelists we run for that event so we are actively listening to any and all suggestions that players may have. As well as that, if you have any constructive feedback on the Map itself please do so in the appropriate thread.

Yuge

Adding on to this, unless there is a legitimate reason why a match cannot be completed in the allotted time, any late results will not be accepted and will be considered a draw. That being said, I do understand that there is an avenue for that rule to be abused with teams purposely delaying to try and get a better result. During the monthly at any time, if you believe that your opponent is doing this, contact an Admin and your match will default in your favor. If neither team makes an effort to complete the match in the allotted timeframe, your match will be considered a draw. This will be added to the rules in writing.

Little later in the month than normal, but we are back with another EU Monthly and it's on our brand new system!

If you have read the previous announcement on the NA Monthly, this is similar. Read it here.

Currently the system allows you to log in with steam and start a team, invite other players, keep that team maintained for future monthlies and then sign up for monthlies with the click of a button. Please be aware that the name you choose upon first logging in can only be changed on approval and will be the name used in-game once future features are added.

• Play dates: 16th-17th June
  
• Prizepool: €1000
  
• The Swiss stage is now shorter, only allowing 45 mins per stage after player feedback.
  
• 5CP maps only
  
• Class limits: 2 for each of scout and soldier; 1 for all other classes
  
• Win limit: 5 rounds with a 30min timer
  
• Updated Whitelist
  
• Server Config

We are still planning to run test matches with top level player mixes to try out potential new weapons for the whitelist. If you are a high-level player wanting to play in these please get in contact with us via Discord.

SIGNUP HERE

https://youtu.be/i_Cqym8MXM0?t=11m49s
Of course it had to be the last frag in the movie

This is a concise version of the Announcement which can be found here.

The Essentials EU Monthly has been delayed, but it will all be worth it as we are proud to announce the public release of our tournament system. The system is still in development and not perfect, but it is usable. It will be used for the NA Monthly taking place on 9th-10th June.

Currently, the system allows you to log in with steam and start a team, invite other players, keep that team maintained for future monthlies and sign up for monthlies with the click of a button. Please be aware that the name you choose upon first logging in can only be changed on approval and will be the name used in-game once future features are added.

Planned features include:

• Automatic server creation for matches (no more having to find your own servers)
  
• Automatic result collection and tournament advancing
  
• Ranking for player and team lists based on monthlies, LANs, and potentially other events

The Swiss stage is now shorter, only allowing 45 mins per stage, after player feedback.

This month we have banned the Machina due to the bonus damage making it clearly a straight upgrade to stock, was there no extra damage we would consider it again as having to be scoped could be considered an appropriate downgrade for shot penetration. We have also added Cardinal to the map pool as we believe it is in good shape to be played in a competitive setting.

We are planning to run test matches with top level player mixes for at least a couple of Wednesdays a month to try out potential new weapons for the whitelist. If you are a high-level player wanting to play in these please get in contact with us via Discord. Dates for these will be announced on twitter closer to the time.

Sign up for the NA Monthly here.