Team Fortress 2 Season 1 Information

Registration for Season 1 will open on Tuesday, December 4th, 2012 and will end on Thursday, January 3rd, 2013 at 11:59 PM EST. Season 1 is completely FREE to play and participation includes:

• ALL matches protected by CEVO's new Paladin anti-cheat technology
• Automatic weekly matches scheduled and easy to use match scheduling thread
• Updated standings and team rankings
• Helpful league officials available for LIVE support on ALL match nights
• FREE access to community forums and prediction systems for every match
• Ability to reserve FREE dedicated servers for all matches

Season Details:

- 1 week preason

- 8 week regular season

- double elimination playoffs

- 1 skill division (CEVO-Open)

- Thursday deadline day's

Game Format

We've decided to run the 6 v 6 game format and as indicated in our poll, it was pretty clear that the majority were interested in a season format with one match a week. If participation warrants, we'd be more than happy to add another skill division in future seasons.  As usual, we're going to collect feedback throughout the season and we are more than willing to make changes as needed for future events.

Class Limits:

- 2 Scouts

- 2 Soldiers

- 2 Pyros

- 1 Demoman

- 1 Heavy

- 1 Engineer

- 1 Medic

- 2 Snipers

- 2 Spies

Weapon Restrictions:

We'll be posting a complete list of weapon restrictions in the coming days, but we're interested in hearing your feedback on this in the comments below.

Prizes:

As this is the first season on our new website, Season 1 will not have a prize pool. Throughout Season 1 we'll guage participation and support for each individual game title, and as we move into future seasons & events, we hope to introduce multiple skill divisions and prizes for our featured games where participation is strongest.  In the mean time, teams competing in the season 1 playoffs will be offered guaranteed moveups to new skill divisions created for next season and preferred seeding in any off-season events that we host.

Map Rotation:

Preseason: cp_warmfront

Week 1: cp_badlands

Week 2: cp_process_rc2

Week 3: cp_gullywash_final1

Week 4: koth_pro_viaduct_rc3

Week 5: cp_snakewater

Week 6: cp_granary

Week 7: cp_gravelpit

Week 8: cp_metalworks_rc3

North American players can register their teams at CEVO.com beginning on Tuesday, December 4th until Thursday, January 3rd at 11:59 PM EST. We are looking forward to continuing our new regimen of hosting FREE events for all of the hottest games and would love for you and your team to join us. As always, we are open to feedback and would love to hear from you. Feel free to post your questions, comments, or concerns below or join our public Ventrilo server (texas.cevo.nationvoice.com:4000) to speak to a game official.