CATEGORY: TFC

The last of its kind in the Team Fortress Classic scene, Final Fortress League is nine weeks into its Season 3. After its 6-team debut season primarily played in 5v5, and a second season with 4 teams successfully achieving 7v7s, its third run is again having 4 teams competing against each other in 5v5 or 7v7 settings, depending on the map and circumstances. According to the organizer KingOfPests the current player count could support a 6-team season again, if two more players stepped up to captain teams.

The flexible match format leaves room for adaptation and experimentation. For larger maps teams may jointly decide to play 7v7, or they may agree on 5v5 for small maps. Unlike the active pick-up game systems like ETFC‘s or NoNamePickups, FFL’s usual game mode is ADL (Attack/Defend League) rather than CTF (Capture The Flag). When CTF is played, however, FFL adds its own twist. Depending on the map and the player count, teams may decide to allow offense and defense simultaneously for both teams, instead of the common practise of taking turns in offense and defense for an equal amount of time.

For now it’s all North American teams including some South American players, however, there are plans for the next season to attract European participation by playing the matches at 16:00 EST. Rosters are not locked, and one of the teams, Second to none [220], is currently said to be open for recruiting.

Before the Finals to be held in Week 13 – 15, there are three more weeks left to be played. All matches are scheduled for 20:30 EST by default. One of the two matches in a week is always played on Pip’s Server [Aron’s Classic CTF], and the other one on Old School TFC (OST) which can be watched live in their respective HLTV servers. Aside from these, individual players also stream live on Twitch. The default match times and scheduling are subject to change, so anyone looking to catch some top TFC action should join the Discord server and ask around to stay up to date.

📺 Live in-game TV
Pip’s HLTV: connect 162.248.93.191:27020
OST HLTV: connect 192.169.81.61:27019

🔴 Live Twitch streams
MightyMouse -FOOC- Twitch channel
KingOfPests .rQ Cpt. Twitch channel
KuKu [220] Twitch channel
Nookie -5picy Twitch channel
Asie -FOOC- Cpt. Twitch channel
PurpleGoose .rQ Twitch channel
Nomad [220] Twitch channel