Earlier this month, the TF2 creative community wrapped on another annual creation jam - and now, you can check out the showcase of all the finished works! All made in the timeframe of 72 hours, this year's jam brought in 387 entries and raised over $6,500 for The Trevor Project!

You can check out the Showcase thread HERE! For those looking to donate - cash donations have been extended until August 27th! Want to get involved next year or just looking to get into the thriving content creation community? Join the TF2Maps Discord!

The biggest event on the Competitive TF2 calendar is back again! Teams and players from around the entire world will be heading to the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England, to the Insomnia Gaming Festival for their chance at glory and a share of the prize pool. Taking place from Friday, August 23rd, to Sunday, August 25th, the event will feature three days of non-stop action and the highest level of competition the game has to offer.

If you wish to support the event there is an ongoing fundraiser where you can donate money or purchase a range of items; money raised goes towards the production, prize pool, and supporting the North American team, Ascent.NA, attending to represent their region.

Signups for the tournament are here . However, if you can t make it, the event will be streamed both at the event and online by EssentialsTF over at their Twitch page . For the latest information, be sure to check out LAN.TF to follow the tournament live.

Scream Fortress is coming early! You're used to News posts about competitive events, but this will probably be the last post you were expecting! Beginning September 16th, there will be a community-run, competitive, Highlander, Halloween tournament fully loaded with bosses, spells, pumpkin bombs and best of all: real life medals for every participant! (You can view the medals HERE!)

The goal of this event is to enjoy all of the Scream Fortress Halloween maps. It should be treated as a very casual event with the intention of just having a good time! While the event is primary North American for the time being, all players of every region are welcome to join.

More information can be found using the links below:

• Website
• Discord
  
  

The Moscow LAN is an annual TF2 6v6 competition and it's back to shake-up the community one more time!

The event will take place in Moscow at the Winstrike Arena on August 10th-11th. It will feature the best players from all around the country as they come together to make their way through two days of intense competitive gameplay.

It's free to watch, both "physically" and "virtually"! If you can't go and visit them, they'll be broadcasting all the action live on KritzKast's Twitch channel!

For more information, head over to the LAN website or Discord server.

• Added the Summer 2019 Cosmetic Case
  • Contains 22 new community-contributed items
• Added tournament medals
• Fixed and exploit where stickybombs could not be destroyed or pushed by the enemy team
• Fixed Medi-gun/Wrench items not dropping for the Mann vs. Machine rewards
• Fixed not seeing the team-goal hints during Casual matches
• Fixed a scale problem with the Brazil Fortress Halloween medals
• Updated the localization files

The BlapBash charity livestream, a two-day TF2 charity event (12 hours each day), begins this weekend! Starting on Saturday, July 27th, at 2pm CEST, familiar TF2 personalities & communities will gather to raise money for Special Effect! The BlapBash medals return, and you can claim one for yourself with a minimum $5 donation. They're bringing events like Competitive TF2 and TF2 trading, as well as some brand-new surprises during custom community servers and more!

The stream will be broadcast live on the Essentials.TF Twitch Channel. To donate cash, visit the BlapBash donation page. You can also donate in-game TF2 items through Scrap.TF. Donating at least $5 worth of items will also earn you a medal!

The largest competitive League in North America is about to get a bit bigger. The longest running format in competitive TF2 history will have a new home this Summer. RGL.gg is starting up a traditional 6v6 on July 23rd. We are happy to announce that we are expecting a prize pool of $8,000 and already have a starting Invite team list of Froyotech, Ascent, Ford Gaming, Kings Crew, Dunk Masters, and more...

But don't worry, you don't have to play against Froyotech. We are expecting to have 5-6 divisions based on skill. So everyone can play in a match which is fair and competitive. Doesn't matter if you're brand new to competitive TF2 or a seasoned veteran. Everyone has a place in our league!

For players who are playing in our Open division (players who are newer to comp), that division is completely free to play! For all of the divisions above, they all will have a prize pool with a reasonable division entry fee. You can find more information about that on our registration page. Open will play once a week on Wednesday nights and most other divisions will play twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

If you need help finding a team, go to our registration page and click on the tab "Need help finding a team?" for information on how to find a team to play with.

Don't miss out up signing up for the first season of RGL.gg Traditional Sixes - Register Now @ Sixes.RGL.gg.

League Links

• Website
• Twitter
• Twitch
• Youtube

Forget your scrims, forget your homework, this is what you need to be doing this Sunday night! The Sixth season of Prolander will be concluding Sunday night at 9:30pm Eastern. Cat Noises is the current reigning champions of Prolander from Season five, but Froyotech is back and looking to have the crown return to their head again. These teams met earlier in the season on borneo in, arguably, one of the best regular season matches in tf2 history. (You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3rIyROpzgE)

Every round was so competitive and close, with victories, at times, coming in the last moments of the game. This was the first time that a Froyotech team was defeated, ever, in a Prolander match. However, this is not a one map series. Cat Noises will need to win two of the three maps to be able to keep their spot on the top. That'll be a tall order with how well Froyotech, lead by b4nny, adjusts their gameplay mid-series. During the semi-finals this season, Froyotech lost the first map against Prevail in a tightly contested 2-3 match. However, in the following maps Froyotech dominated Prevail on Ashville and Upward.

So that is the question that will be asked this Sunday. Will Froyotech continue their streak of having never lost a Grand Finals in Prolander? Or will Cat Noises be able to gain another victory over Froyotech to win in back to back seasons?

Find out this Sunday at 9:30 pm Eastern on http://twitch.tv/RGLgg

You can also subscribe to our youtube channel to watch the VOD if you cannot see the match live.

• Updated/Added some tournament medals
• Updated the localization files