Sweden Crowned Champions of Europe.	05 November 2003
After a long and hard fought competition Sweden have come out on top with a win against France in the Finals of ECTFC. After a tense draw on Shutdown2, they faced off on Well, where Sweden''s offy managed to go that extra mile and bring 3 caps home. Well played to everyone that took part, it has truely been an honour to admin and be a part of this. You have all done your countries proud. GG
rebo 05 November 2003 @ 23:05 GMT

The past day of TFC.	02 November 2003
Well today has been busy, but im going to start on some good news. Congratulations to sweden who won today vs NL. They are the first team to make the final. ---SKIP THIS PART IF YOU DONT LIKE DETAIL---- Now onto more the controversional aspects of today. Ill start by saying that TFC is a very emotional game for people. Passions are high and everyone wants to show the world they have what it takes. I hope you can all take the events of today in that context . This is a good thing maybe because it shows people still care about this lil 4 year old game: Yesterday Team Belgium played Team Germany. It was a troublesome affair from the start because no referee was available. Therefore it was decided that Fusie (a tB player and ECTFC head admin) would do the rcon honours. However there was a problem mid way thru the map got restarted at 20-20 because Fusie pressed the wrong button on his console. tB then won from the restart and proceeded to win the tie on 2fort sudden death. After the game a complaint was made about tB concing into the flagroom at prematch. Germany felt this was unfair because it let tB get an sg up quicker than they could have. Potentially costing them caps. At the time I(rebo) who dealt with the case felt there was not sufficient grounds to reverse the result. it wasnt prohibited in the rules and I had never seen a serious complanit abuot this in the past 4 years of TFC. However i did agree that this should be banned in the rest of ECTFC matches. The next day, further complants were made to an admin who has now left ECTFC. He pointed out I was too hasty in making that decision on my own, and pressed for a vote the result of which (2 to 1) ment that tB would have to replay germany within the hour or forfeit. tB decided this was unfair, and by having to play so soon, would ruin any chance of them winning a semi-finals (as they would have zero practise time). They therefore forfieted. Because of the absurd decision that ment a new rule was enforced retroactively against something that is accepted in much of TFC both Fusie and myself resigned. Then followed much arguing in #ectfc about the whole situation. After some time the overwhelming opinion in the community channel was that an injustice was being done and there should be a better resolution. tB Germany France and some admins with the help of theNiggy came to an balanced agreement that is in the best interest of ECTFC. ---------------------- The situation now is this::: On Tuesday at 19:30 CET tB will play 1 map of Well vs Germany. If tB win then a decider of 2fort will be played. The winner of that game will then play France at 21:30 CET. The finals vs Sweden will then be played on Wednesday at 21:00 CET. To ensure this situation never happens again, the admin team has been restructured with definite rules by which cup changing decisions can take place. The current admin team is:: Award the6 p00py Mac and Jay. Deputy Head Admin ::rebo. Head Admin :: Fusie. All admins have power to vote 5 ppl must vote for a vote to have any power. Head and Dep head must agree together to overturn a result of a vote. If one cannot vote due to conflict of interest or is unavailable the other is only required. Appologies go out to the entire TFC community for the shame and disrespect these past events has caused. However we know this is important and are now ready to move on and make the end of the competition a success just as it was started. Good luck to all teams remaining.
rebo 02 November 2003 @ 23:51 GMT

The last day	02 November 2003
After one week of intense TFC play we have arrived at the very final day of ECTFC. Both semi finals and the final will be played today. First semi final Holland vs Sweden 19.00 CET 13.00 EST 2fort openfire_low Second semi final France vs Belgium 20.00 CET 14.00 EST enclave ss_nyx_l Finals ? vs ? 21.30 CET 15.30 EST ? ? Join #ectfc to get HLTV information. Good luck to the 4 remaining teams!
FuSe 02 November 2003 @ 14:19 GMT

Map choices up	31 October 2003
Here are the map choices for Quater finals Semi Finals and Finals respectively for all teams that may still make it thru. If two teams pick the same map as each other for a playoff match, the 2nd round is changed by the following rule. 2fort -> mulch -> well -> enclave -> shutdown2 -> openfire_lowgrens -> ss_nyx_l -> monkey_l -> 2fort France QF : 2fort SF : enclave F : Shutdown2 Belguim QF : shutdown2 SF : ss_nyx_l F : 2fort Sweden QF : monkey SF : openfire_lowgrens F : Well Scotland QF : 2fort SF : Openfire F : Enclave GERMANY QF : well SF : openfire_lowgrens F : 2fort ENGLAND QF : 2fort SF :well F :openfire_lg FINLAND QF : ss_nyx_l SF : monkey_l F : enclave BELGUIM QF : sd2 SF : nyx F : 2f Wales QF : Shutdown2 SF : mulch F : openfire_lowgrens USA QF : Mulch_trench SF : Ss_nyx_l F : Openfire_lowgrens NL QF : sd2 SF : 2fort F : openfire_lowgrens
rebo 31 October 2003 @ 19:05 GMT

Fixtures	29 October 2003
Ok the fixtures now have their final layout and can be found here. If any info is wrong contact me on irc and ill change it asap. All future updates will be made there so the url shouldnt change anymore for the rest of the tournament. The website is beeing sorted tonight if all goes well, but the fixture page will keep on getting updates so you all have a good overview of wtf is going on.
FuSe 29 October 2003 @ 16:18 GMT

Start using the site	29 October 2003
Ok result adding should be fixed now, although its not quite 100% yet. All teamleaders please read THIS. Todays results can be found here. I wont keep track of tables anymore on my htm's since the website will take care of this from now on. Fixtures themselves stay online along with the links, and i will also keep making those day info pages.
FuSe 29 October 2003 @ 00:04 GMT

Stats added to fixtures page	28 October 2003
Ok did an update on the fixtures, click here. Check out the bottom, i know it needs some tweaking ill do it later tonight.
FuSe 28 October 2003 @ 18:34 GMT

Games today	28 October 2003
Netherlands vs Denmark Referee F3rd Time 20:00 CET HLTV 81.173.10.77:27020 #motd Finland vs Ireland Referee Drkz Time 20:00 HLTV 66.98.151.149:27020 #motd2 Belguim vs Portugal Referee Bloodchild Time 20:00 HLTV tba #motd3
rebo 28 October 2003 @ 18:14 GMT

Tonights update	27 October 2003
Wow what a night. Tonight we had 8 games (the most during the entire event on one day) and a lot of stuff going on. For somehow GBC didnt turn up and i don't know why or what happend either. Sorry for this hopefully they will be present tommorrow. Switzerland has given a forfeit for the rest of the tournament. All other teams will recieve a double 50 0 win. Fragmania has given us 2 200# HLTV servers. Thanks to team Holland and BlkRaven :D Updated results and standings can be viewed here.
FuSe 27 October 2003 @ 22:34 GMT

Updates fixtures + Standings	27 October 2003
It might be interessting to know the fixtures have been updated. The previous link has been taken down and the new link can be found here.
FuSe 27 October 2003 @ 01:26 GMT

Todays Results	27 October 2003
Todays results, i willl try and sort the site asap to get the tables updated. Germany 100-10 USA ---> Well Germany 90-110 USA ---> Mulch_Trench Canada 20-80 Denmark --> 2fort Canada 120-40 Denmark --> Openfire_lowgrens Holland 41-33 Canada ---> Enclave Holland 200-10 Canada ---> Shutdown2 USA 60-50 Wales ---> Shutdown2 USA 37-68 Wales ---> Enclave Canada 240-30 Norway ---> Mulch_Trench Canada 80-10 Norway ---> Well France 60-30 Canada ---> Monkey_l France 30-0 Canada ---> ss_nyx USA 50-0 Switzerland (def win) USA 50-0 Switzerland (def win) Demos from USA HLTV's can be found here. Canada matches will be online tommorrow. Screens from all matches can be found here. Send them to Co after your match in #ectfc (thx co :x). Credits to the people over at GBC, swedtfcc, and teamfortress2.de for delivering content during this ECTFC. Please visit their sites for more information regarding this event (External Links bottom left navbar). Also would like to thank PB and Tiscali for providing us with HLTV.
FuSe 27 October 2003 @ 00:18 GMT

Clarification of Yard D rules	27 October 2003
Clarification of Yard D rules. Yard D is ok as long as you dont cross or go onto any No Mans Land Features, i.e. bridge Monkey, bridge 2fort, bunkers Well, trench mulch. These rules are suspended when flag is outside. A referee will advise and warn as necessary.
rebo 27 October 2003 @ 00:15 GMT