Mon, Jan 2, 2017 by Kumori

UGC is excited to officially announce the 21st season of our Highlander league!

If you have a team from a prior season and would like to play make sure to sign-in with your leader account and accept our invite to join the current season!
If you are a new team registering with UGC for the first time, WELCOME!
 

Important Dates
Monday, January 23rd - Week 1 of Highlander Season 21
Tuesday, January 31st - Highlander Sign-ups Close
Tuesday, March 7th - Highlander Fulltime Rosterlock
Monday, March 20th - Playoffs Start

Highlander Season 21 Survey
The survey for this coming season will be closed out on January 9th. If you haven't participated, please check that you have met our requirements and give us your opinions! See this news post for more information.

Season Format
This seasons format will feature 8 regular weeks with 4 weeks of playoffs (3 playoff weeks and Grand Finals). There will be a fulltime rosterlock after the default match day of Week 7. Participation medals will be awarded to every division, and placement medals will be awarded to Platinum and Silver this season.

Team Placements
Team placements are underway. Please be patient, all teams will be placed before the start of the season. Remember that you need 9 people on your roster to be considered for placement! If your team is not yet placed into a skill division please submit a division change request from your leader panel.

Reminder to All New and Returning Teams
After you have been placed into a division and have at least 9 players on your roster, don't forget to set your team to Ready in your leader panel to be scheduled for matches!

Changes to Division Alignments and Structure
Please see our previous news post in regards to changes of division alignments. In addition, EU Platinum will feature Round Robin tournament scheduling.

Reminder of Changes to Silver Guidelines
With Gold merged into Platinum, we have changed the placement guidelines for Silver, as outlined below:

Reminder of New Roster Cooldown Features
Season 21 will see the introduction of some new features, as requested by our top players, regarding rosters.

New roster rules (applies to all TF2 formats): Effective Midnight (EST) of Week 1
1.) Players may join 1 team in each format per 8 day period. The 18 hour roster cooldown timer still applies to roster joins.
2.) Teams may accept no more than 3 players to their roster in an 8 day period. A player that left your roster and wants to rejoin will still count against that limit of 3 per 8 days.

Exceptions:
1.) Prior to the effective date, players may move around freely and teams can accept as many new players as they want. These new rules will be in effect starting at Midnight (EST) of Week 1 default match day and will remain in effect throughout the active season.
2.) Teams sitting in one of the Regional *New Teams divisions are exempt from all aspects of these rules while they reside in that division.

Map Rotation and Whitelist
The new map rotation and whitelist will be announced following the closing of the Highlander Season 21 survey.
Once our maplist is available it will be posted here. Our new whitelist will be made available to download here.

Chat Support
Our league's Chat Support is held over the Discord application.
If you are logged in as a player or leader, this support option is on your menu. We've also embedded the Discord widget on this page.
For more details please visit this forum thread.

Support Tickets
If you have an issue that requires admin attention, please use our support ticket system. Players who login via Steam can submit a ticket as well as leaders who login with a special leader username/password. The ticket system can be located in the Support Menu once you login as a player or a leader.
 

GOOD LUCK TO ALL MERCS AND THEIR TEAMS!
- Kumori
UGC Head Admin