Wed, May 13, 2015 by Snowblindfrog

UGC is excited to officially announce the 16th season of our Highlander league. If you have a team from a prior season and would like 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 June 1st - First match of the season (schedules will be posted a few days prior)
Tuesday June 9th - Signups close

Rule Changes: A new VAC ban policy is in effect as of Wednesday May 13th and can be found in section 9.5 of the rules page. A number of other rule clarifications where made during the off season so please take time to familarize yourself with them. Also of particular note is a new team placement guideline, section 4.2.

Maplist: The full season maplist has been posted here. We will be uploading all of the custom maps to our site soon for you to download.

New whitelist: The new whitelist should be available on our site about 1 week prior to the first match. Look for a news post on that.

Changes to NA Platinum division: As you may have heard, we are changing the structure of the NA Platinum division this season to be limited to 10 teams playing in a 9 week round robin scheduling system. The top 4 teams in this division by week 9 will get to play in a double elimination playoff. Platinum teams interested in playing this season need to let Snowblindfrog of their intent to play in this division immediately. Admission to NA Plat is going to be tightly controlled this season.

Changes to playoffs: As of this season we will no longer be doing consolation brackets

Support Tickets: We are furiously working on a new support ticket system to replace our current email system. We hope to have this new feature rolled out before the season starts. Look for a news post on this as we get closer to the start of the season.

Thanks to the nearly 500 teams that took part in Season 15! We are excited to get this season underway.

GOOD LUCK THIS SEASON!
-Snowblindfrog
UGC HL Head Admin