We are certainly living strange times. DICE announced there will be only one update left and then Battlefield V is basically done. This hit the BF community big time. Some of the so far loyal teams have now abandoned the game and BCL, what is creating some additional challenges on the leagues.

Leagues

Both PS4 EU T8 and T5 leagues are moving forward. T8 is a bit ahead, since I had to hunt down several T5 results before moving to knockouts.

EU PS4 T8

Many of the teams who started the league have dropped out since. We had to do some manual adjustments, for the ones left in the league.

After all the adjustments it ended up in the situation, that there was only one knockout game left LaW vs. GV. The match was just played and it was tight and there was round wins on both sides. We had the luxury of having a proper caster aWildeTime to cast the match live.

So we have our Finalists: GV vs. BEGA. The date for the final is not set yet, but when it happens it will be a true thriller. Hoping to get mr WildeTime to cover the final too.

EU PS4 T5

The group phase is finally done. We were missing a lot of results but they are all settled now. It looks like the T5 has lost some teams too. The qualified teams for the Knockouts so far are

• XceeD Gaming [XcD]
• Vulcain Esport [FDA]
• BEGA ELITE [BEGA]
• PhalanX Competitive [pXc]
• We Are The LaW [LaW]
• M4L eSports [M4L]
• RuN eSports [RuN]
• eQual eSport [iQAL]

We would need to all attending teams submit their rosters to #t5-scqs1-roster channel on BCL Discord. Please do so, by the 22nd April, so we can start making the matchups. If there is no roster for a team we are assuming the team is out.

If all teams play, this is the plan

Depending on the attending teams this plan is subject to change.

We are living strange times. COVID19 Pandemia rocks the world and Dice just announced they are ending the support for Battlefield V after the next patch. So no more new seasons, maps or weapons.

Personally I don’t think it’s such a big deal, the patches on BFV has mainly just added more bugs and broke all the working game mechanics and weapon balance. Hopefully by stopping the development they also stop introducing new bugs.

Leagues

The ongoing T5 and T8 SCQ leagues on PS4 EU are running. On both leagues we have seen many teams quitting. Some quit due to lack of player material while others have suffered from the pandemia. Unfortunately that leaves the rest of us in a bad position with lot’s of forfeits in the matches.

T8 S2 SCQ PS4 EU

The group phase is over and we are now moving into knockouts. Congrats to group winners Gloria Victis (G1) and We Are The Law. As said earlier 4 teams from both groups moves to the Knockouts.

Since RAG has withdrawn from the league LAW gets a free pass to the semifinals. All the rest of the teams will need to fight for it.

Friday 8th of May 2020 8:00PM (Europe/London)	Gloria Victis [GV] vs. TITANs Myrmidons [TT]
Friday 8th of May 2020 8:00PM (Europe/London)	Atlas Esport [ATS] vs. complexSimplicity [cS]
Friday 8th of May 2020 8:00PM (Europe/London)	BEGA ELITE [BEGA] vs. Polish Legion [PLE]

Submitting the Rosters

Before the knockouts each qualified team must provide their team roster for the rest of the league into BCL Discord #t8-scqs2-roster. The deadline for the roster submission is the Thu 7th April. After the deadline the rosters are locked and cannot be changed.

 

T5 S1 SCQ PS4 EU

The T5 league still have some games that are either not played yet or at least the result is not entered to BCL Web.

Group 1

PhalanX Competitive [pXc] vs. BEGA ELITE [BEGA]

Group 2

TITANs Myrmidons [TT] vs. RuN eSports [RuN]

TITANs Myrmidons [TT] vs. eQual eSport [iQAL]

M4L eSports [M4L] vs. RuN eSports [RuN]

Please play/enter the scores for these matches ASAP so we can start the Knockout phase.

PS4 EU T5 and T8 SCQ leagues has started

We got the fixtures done on the 4th or March 2020 and the league kicked of on Friday 6th of March. First matches has already been played. It’s looking good!

Rounds and points

In the group phase all teams in a group plays against each other. We play the group matches in straight 4 rounds mode. This means that you enter only for 4 rounds into system. The match can end up in a 2-2 draw. That’s totally ok, since in the group phase you are playing for the points and position in the league. You can play the decider if you want, but it will not be recorded on the site – there is room just for the first 4 rounds. So there are 4 points available to grab in each match.

Further on in the knockout and finals we must have a clear winner on each match. That’s where the decider round comes in the play. Later phases are player in 4+1 rounds mode. Rules explains it quite well

Playing the Match

The match contains 4 + 1 rounds, two rounds (both sides) in both selected maps. Each team selects one map. Points are counted per round, round winner is rewarded with one point. The match winner is the team with more points after 4 rounds. If after 4 rounds the score is 2-2 the teams play a tiebreaker map.

The tiebreaker is weekly (changing on Mondays) rotating map that is found on BCL Discord #announcements channel. The weekly tiebreaker map cannot be selected on that week as the team map by either of the playing teams. The tiebreaker map is booked at the time the match maps are picked, regardless of the match date. It doesn’t matter if the match is scheduled for next week and there is a new decider map.

Entering the results

The result of a match is entered into BCL web site. The result page opens only after the match time on site has passed. So if you change the game date make sure it’s correct on the site. When the match is played you can enter the results on site.

On the group phase the site asks results for 4 legs. A leg is a round in the match. You are expected to enter tickets for both teams for each of the 4 rounds. On the Group phase we only play 4 rounds. On the knockout phase and onwards we add the decider round to the mix since every match has to have a clear winner.

Rosters

We’ve got many questions regarding the rosters. The rules say about the rosters

GROUP PHASE

During the first phase of the league or in the Ladder teams is allowed to add new players into team roster. If a new player has played in another team  in the same league/ladder there is a cool down period of 14 days, before he/she can play for another team.

KNOCKOUTS AND FINALS

On the later phases of the league the team’s playing roster is frozen. Each teams leader must submit a list on their players to corresponding Discord channel

T5 #t5-scqs1-roster max 15 players per team
T8 #t8-scqs2-roster max 20 players per team

This means that in the group phase of a league all players registered for your team on BCL web site are allowed to play and you can add new players too – as long as they are not jumping from another team playing in the same league. After the group phase starts the knockout phase. Before playing the first knockout game, teams must submit the roster for the rest of the matches in the league. Only these submitted players can play for the rest of the league. No new players allowed.

We have a roster feature on the site and we started with that turned on. Unfortunately it was a bit bugged and required the roster to be submitted from the start. It also required all 15/20 players entered, while it was meant to be the MAX number you can enter. If that is not fixed but the time of knockouts we will use discord submissions, as originally planned.

The fact that some teams has submitted a roster and that’s visible on the league page caused a bit confusion – but no worries you don’t need to submit a roster yet – all players registered for your team are eligible to play.

Rules

I can’t stress enough the importance of knowing the rules. PLEASE read the latest 1.0 edition of the rules – not a copy you made then the test rules 0.1 , but the current rules on the BCL web site https://battlefieldcommunityleague.com/news/rules/bfv/scq-season-2-rules/

If your team breaks the rules there will be punishment. There is no point arguing “I didn’t know” or “it was not on purpose” breaking the rules means penalty – it wouldn’t be fair any other way.

If in your match there is a rule violation, please enter the score first and after that make an official dispute on the site. We need the score to calculate the penalties.

Leagues are starting

The SCQ EU PS4 T5 & T8 are starting next weekend 6th March 2020.

The ladders have been running for quite a while already. The registration for leagues have also been open. We are requiring Ladder matches to be eligible to attend the Leagues. The idea behind all this is to get a grip of the level each team is playing. Also it’s important to see the teams are actually alive and playing to  minimise the hassle caused by dropouts.

During the group phase teams are still allowed to add new members to the roster, but when the knockouts starts the team roster will be locked. Please read the rules for more information.

SCQ T5 Season 1 League

We have 15 teams registered to the league. Unfortunately only iQAL, RuN and LaW has played the required minimum 3 ladder matches. Since the league would be quite short with only three teams we are letting all the teams in who has at least one Ladder match done. We are also negotiating with the leaders of the teams who has not played any Ladder matches for a way for them to prove their eligibility. The target is to get as many teams in as possible.

Please be patient, your fixtures will be published by Thursday next week. It will be done as soon as we have finalised the attending teams.

We are trying to get the league started next weekend (6th March). Please refer to league rules regarding arranging the match and suggested time. Get your team ready to play next weekend!

SCQ T8 Season 2 League

We have 9 teams registered into league, but none of them has played any T8 Ladder matches. We will get the teams who has played in T5 Ladders in and we will negotiate with the other teams trying to confirm they are still active. That’s probably the easiest way to get T8 going by next weekend (7th March) too.

If you are a team leader of a team registered to the T8, but you are not in BCL Discord – please contact me @Jamppu_Fi#4051 on Discord to confirm your team.

Teams that I cannot confirm by 3rd March 2020 will be dropped from the League.

Rules

The rules has reached the 1.0 state. This means that we are freezing the rules for the leagues. Unless there is something seriously wrong in the rules we will not touch the rules until the league group phase is done.

As final change to the rules we added a few lines into server settings regarding the server responsibility and correct server settings.

The Home team (the team mentioned first in the fixture) is responsible of arranging the server – unless teams together agree otherwise. The opposing team is responsible of checking the server settings before the match. The match can’t be disputed for incorrect server settings after it has been played.

During the league phase there has been couple of changes in the rules. All announced in the BCL Discord the  but you should read the rules one more time before the leagues start, just to be on the safe side!

First Week of new Season 2 Rules

The BCL SCQ Season 2 ruleset was released on last weekend. Before the first leagues starting later on in Feb the rules are in test mode and before the first league start we will publish the 1.0 version. Until then we might adjust the rules based on community feedback or common sense.

After the first week a few minor changes has been implemented

• Dynamite is banned on T5
• AT Mine is banned on T5
• Fine tuned penalties Rooftop violation (on Marita) -25 tickets per kill
• Fine tuned penalties Fortification violation (on Operation Underground) Forfeit

The dynamite and AT-mine on T5 makes sense since these should primarily be anti vehicle assets. In T5 all vehicles are banned, so no need to harass infantry with explosives traps. The penalties for rooftops and fortifications were just missing from the rules.

If you have feedback or suggestions regarding the rules you can always comment the rules on BCL Discord Server. We will consider all legit suggestions and raise that as a topic in the scq-council.

Decider Map is rotating

We are testing this season a rotating decider map system. Each week we randomly pick one map from the map pool as the decider. This map is published on BCL Discord server on the #announcements channel. The weekly map can also be found from this BCL News site from the + link on the upper right corner of this site.

Currently selected decider map

Matches

Ladders are running

The BCL Ladder matches has been going on for a while now. It looks like the most active ladder is the EU PS4 T5 with 8 teams attending. LaW seems to be the most active team challenging teams left and right. They have played already two matches – won both – and even thou they are already on #1 position they are challenging other teams. RuN seems to be next in line for LaW

Other ladders in EU and NA are still waiting for more teams to attend.

Please remember that in BCL teams have to have 3 ladder games done for eligibility to attend the League. The league positioning is used for divisions too if there are enough teams to have separate division. Playing ladder matches for positions is also fun 😉

Leagues starting on Feb

In BCL we have separate leagues different platforms (PS4/XB1/PC) and geographical entities (EU/NA).

T8 SCQ begins 28th February.
T5 SCQ begins 29th February.

The suggested weekday for T8 is Fri and T5 Sat. It’s the suggested day. Teams can always agree another day if the suggested one is difficult to arrange.

From the Rules

Each match is scheduled for suggested date & time. Match can be played on scheduled time or teams can agree a different time. The match can be played early or maximum seven days after the suggested time. Contact between leaders in all league fixtures must be made a minimum of 48 hour prior to time of fixture. This must be via BCL website match chat to ensure messages are monitored for fairness and clarity.

We will only start the leagues with enough registered teams. A leader can register for league on BCL website League pages. Just select “League” and your platform to see open leagues. The team in the league must have minimum of 3 ladder matches to be eligible to attend.  We can start other leagues as we get teams registered on later times.

If you don’t see enough teams in your ladder/league please feel free to promote the league to other teams to get the league going.

Week 22 of 2019

I am back once again with a round up of what’s been happening in the BCL  Once again it’s been a very busy week that saw week 1 fixtures of the PS4 EU league division fixtures and a few new additions to the BCL

New North American Admin

We at the BCL are proud to announce that LivinStrange has joined both the website, discord admin and stream team. He has jumped straight into the role with much passion & enthusiasm already proving to be active, helpful with a good knowledge of the game and of teams in the scene. He has already been working hard to assist all in the discord channel including discord users. He has also proven level headed and concise with in admin chat discussions. He will be around at the times our North American friends are which will aid in the response time to the guys and girls across the pond. We at the BCL thank him for his time and commitment.

North American Ladder

We are pleased to announce we have opened the North American PS4 Squad CQ Ladder! Please get registered and let’s get going! We will monitor the demand for PC and XBOX for NA side, if demand is high enough, we will open these ladders also! If enough teams enroll in the ladder, we may open an North American League! It’s all up to you guys, show the participation and we will make it happen!

Match Streaming & Shout casting.

We now have a team of 6 shout casters assembled ready to stream as many games as we possibly can. These are currently all English speaking one of which is North american. We are still looking for more and would like to include non English speaking shout casters.

Saturday saw our first of many BFV games shout cast by LivinStrange which currently has 133 views on You tube. This was a PS4 EU T8 SCQ ladder match between LaW and xGRx.

SCQ

Rules

Rules version 1.4.

• Banned tank specialisation: Flare Launcher
• Banned V1/JB-2 Rocket
• Banned the Half Track vehicle (car in Rotterdam)
• Simplified the team wait time rule

Rules version 1.5.

New section added: 2.2 Playing League Matches, to clarify how the fixtures work and how the matches are supposed to be agreed.

Contact between leaders in all league fixtures must be made a minimum of 48 hour prior to time of fixture. This must be via BCL website match chat to ensure messages are monitored for fairness and clarity. Messages from x,y & z platforms which can be easily fabricated and used out of context will not be accepted.

Penalties explained

As the rules state rule breaks must be disputed through the dispute option in the fixture result on site with in 7 days of the result. An explanation of the violation must be given along with supporting evidence attached to the dispute,  any video footage should be either edited down or times of violations stated in the dispute. The penalty is applied to the round the violation occurred, but not both rounds on map committed. If both teams violate rules then admin will  look to see which is more in number or sever and could deem the round a draw. The following is how they’re implemented:

If a violation was proven beyond reasonable doubt the team breaking the rules will be punished for minimum of 50 tickets for the round rules were violated. In case of serious and continuous rule breaking even after the team is notified about the violation the admins can rule even larger penalties.

Evidence of violations result in the disputing team being awarded either:
A) 30 tickets more than the winner if disputing team lost that round.
B) 30 tickets added to their total if disputing team won that round.

As the league begins to pick up, violations and penalties are being looked at and assessed. League Admins reserve the right to change these as needed.

Ps4 T8 SCQ EU Challenge Ladder Results

Monday 3rd June 2019 7:00 pm (Europe/London)
United Forces of Switzerland [SUI]  1 – 2  We are the LaW [LaW]

Monday 3rd June 2019 9:00 pm (Europe/London)
Overusing tryhard power 1 [OPT1]  0 – 2  Delta Force Elite [DFE]

Tuesday 4th June 2019 9:15 pm (Europe/London)
United Forces of Switzerland [SUI]  2 – 0  CPVTEAM [CPV]

Saturday 8th June 2019 7:00 pm (Europe/London)
We are the LaW [LaW]  3 – 0 Hellenic Revolution [xGRx]

PS4 T8 SCQ League Results

Division 1

Friday 7th June 2019 8:00 pm (Eroupe/London)
MaD Players [MaD]  2 – 1  SEAL ESPORT [SEAL]

Division 2

Friday 7th June 2019 8:00 pm (Europe/London)
United Forces of Switzerland [SUI]  3 – 0  Hellenic Revolution [xGRx]

Sunday 9th June 2019 8:00 pm
Elite Echelon [ELIT]  1 – 2  Delta Force Elite [DFE]

Division 3

Monday 3rd June 2019 8:00 PM (Europe/London)
Band of Brothers [101]  0 – 3  Lords of War fr [LoW]

Friday 7th June 2019 8:00 pm (Europe/London)
Overusing tryhard power 1 [OPT1]  2 – 1  Legio Nova Invicta Supreme Squad [LNI]

Friday 7th June 2019 (Europe/London)
Get To Da Choppa [GTDA]  0 – 3  We Are The LaW [LaW]

Sunday 9th June (Europe/London)
ORLY POLSKA [ORLY]  1 – 2  Polish Legion [PLE]

That’s all from us this week until next time see you on the Battlefield.

 

 

Week 22 of 2019 PS4  SCQ T8 League’s are live

Yes it’s Monday once again and that means we’re back with all the latest BCL news. It’s been a busy week as Thursday saw the PS4 SCQ T8 league Registration close along with the final day of qualification. We are sorry to all the teams who missed out however the ladder remains live as a scrim finding, matching tool with rankings. Teams are welcome to join this at any time. Teams who have qualified can choose to either remain on there or leave, it’s entirely up to them.  Ladder rank will be what decides your qualification for season two. Teams will need to join again to qualify for this.

PC and Xbox T8 SCQ ladders are live and when we have enough active teams enjoying these features we will open up League registration for these platforms.

SCQ

Rules

Rules has been updated to version 1.3. Summary of updates

• Banned the new Boys AT Riffle
• Banned the VGO MMG (missed from previous rules)
• Added section to playing the game, about wait times:
  Both teams should be in queue to the commonly agreed server well before the agreed time, but latest 15 minutes past the agreed time. If after 15 minutes team fails to fill the queue and new randoms are still joining the server, it can be called a forfeit.
• We advise all leaders to use the match chat in league and challenge ladder fixtures when organizing their games. We look in here when looking for evidence for disputes and overdue fixtures. Of course leaders may still contact each other on other platforms however we may not accept chat sent to us from other platforms as this can be sent out of context. Be sure to protect yourself and your team. When checking an overdue fixture if we see one team has attempted contact in the match chat and the other has not we will rule in favor of the team messaging in there. This is important to take on board, many teams in BF1 simple didn’t bother to use this. If you don’t even check let alone use this feature you could find fixtures ruled against you. Help us help you protect your team and players. The match chat feature is there not only aid leaders agree match details, but also to aid us to ensure there is fair play and teams are actively engaging in fixtures.
• When a team request rescheduling league fixtures we ask all teams to work with them on this. We do not wish to see teams simply being stubborn in order to get an easy forfeit win. I am sure we would much prefer to play. Of course if it’s short notice or if you simply can not attend at the requested time then it can not be done however should we see teams flat out refusing to negotiate we will rule against them

SCQ League

Leagues on PS4 are on in three different divisions

SCQ Legue Season 1 Division 1

Group 1

• Gloria Victis
• Velocity
• Tribe eGaming
• IT’S TOO EASY BRO

Group 2

• MaD Players
• SEAL ESPORTS
• Manguste eSports A.S.D.
• ExoTic Skillz Team

SCQ Legue Season 1 Division 2

Group 1

• United Forces of Switzerland
• Hellenic Revolution
• 4 Players
• Red Alert Gaming
• BEGA ELITE

Group 2

• Flyswatters
• CPVTEAM
• Elite Echelon
• Delta Force Elite
• VeTeran eSports

SCQ Legue Season 1 Division 3

Group 1

• Band of Brothers
• Lords of War fr
• United Gamers Clan
• Overusing tryhard power 1
• Legio Nova Invicta Supreme Squad

Group 2

• ORLY POLSKA
• Polish Legion
• Get To Da Choppa
• We are the LaW
• Cichociemni

Knockouts

Each division consists of two groups. The team that finishes in 1st position in group 1 will play the team that finishes in 2nd position in group 2 and visa versa in the semi finals. The winners play in the Division final to decide the division champion. Good Luck to all teams.

Last Weeks Ladder Matches

Monday 27th May 2019 8 pm (Europe/London)

ExoTic Team Skills [eS]  2 – 0  Lords of War fr [LoW]

Tuesday 28th May 2019 8 pm (Europe/London)

Band of Brothers [101]  0 – 2  Velocity [vL]

Tuesday 28th May 2019 8:30 pm (Europe/London)

Gloria Victis [GV]  2 – 0  Manguste esports A.S.D. [MNG]

Wednesday 29th May 2019 7 pm  (Europe/London)

ORLY POLSKA [ORLY]  2 – 0  PLFH Polish Fighters [PLFH]

Wednesday 29th May 2019 8 pm (Europe/London)

United Forces of Switzerland [SUI]  2 – 0  Get To Da Choppa [GTDC]

Wednesday 29th May 2019 8 pm (Europe/London)

Overusing tryhard power 1 [OPT1]  2 – 0  United Gamers Clan [UgC]

Wednesday 29th May 2019 8 pm (Europe/London)

CPVTeam [CPV]  1 – 2  Guardians of the Galaxy [GOG]

Wednesday 29th May 2019 8 pm (Europe/London)

Red Alert Gaming [RAG]  2 – 0  We Are The LaW [LaW]

Wednesday 29th May 2019 8:11 pm (Europe/London)

Elite Echelon [ELIT]  1 – 1  BEGA ELITE [BEGA]

Thursday 30th May 2019 6:22 pm (Europe/London)

United Gamers Clan [UgC]  2 – 0  Guardians of the Galaxy [GOG]

Thursday 30th May 2019 9 pm (Europe/London)

Cichociemni [CCPL]  0 – 2  VeTaren eSports [vTrN]

Friday 31st May 2019 7:30 pm (Europe?London)

MaD Players [MaD]  1 – 2  Tribe eGaming [TRB]

 

That it from us this week here at the BCL, until next time see you on the Battlefield.

 

 

 

 

WEEK 21 OF 2019 LAST WEEK OF QUALIFYING ON PS4 LADDER

Here we are once again with the latest news on what’s going on in the BCL. It’s been a busy week for us here and we have much to tell you about.

NEW BCL TEAM MEMBER

First and foremost we have a new member of our Discord and Site admin team. We are very happy to welcome SnP_Pelka into our team. Pelka as been largely responsible for the influx of Polish teams within the BCL community. He has been playing within the BCL since BF4 starting out in Task Force 77 [TF77] and as been playing competitive games with us ever since. He has a real passion for Battlefield which shines through. Not only does he put in a massive effort running the SnP cup compositions but has also gone to great lengths translating BCL rules and information. He has  also encouraged other Polish teams within the Battlefield competitive scene to join the BCL.

SnP_Pelka we thank and Salute you.

NEW DISCORD CHANNELS

To accommodate the Polish invasion we have set up a new Europe section in the BCL discord that now has two new channels with a new role Pl with permissions for these channels.

• Poland – This is for Polish speaking registered players to chat and in the polish language and letters. hopefully this will aid the many polish become more involved and find things a little easier.
• Ogloszenia – This is an Announcements channel so our Polish friends will find it a littler easier to keep informed.

We are also aware there are teams of other non English speaking nations within the BCL we will be also looking for admin from other languages to aid with the teams sharing their first language.

 

BCL SERVER TAKE OVER

Sunday the 26th saw our first community event of BFV. Thank you to all those who put in an appearance hope you had fun. We saw many of the xGRx guys we had about 12 EAD over the evening and saw MaD, OPT1 and Pelka in there over the evening. We will be running more of these types of things over the course of BFV which will be moved onto private servers when they arrive after the summer. Please share with us any ideas of fun community events we can put on. Now lets see that footage of people killing Al_Sawyer for everyone to laugh at. Sorry if we have missed anyone who attended and thank you to those who informed us they wanted to come, but were unable due to other commitments.

LAST WEEKS MATCHES

Monday 20th May 2019 7:00 PM (Europe/London)
SEAL ESPORTS [SEAL]  2 – 0  Flyswatters [FWS]

Monday 20th May 2019 8:00 PM (Europe/London)
Polish Legion [PLE]  0 – 2  4 Players [4p]

Monday 20th May 2019 9:00 PM (Europe/London)
Overusing tryhard power [OPT1] 1 – 1  Guardians of the Galaxy [GoG]

Wednesday 22nd May 2019 7:00 PM (Europe/London)
Band of Brothers [101]  0 – 2  Flyswatters [FWS]

Wednesday 22nd May 2019 8:35 PM (Europe/London)
Delta Force Elite [DFE]  2 – 1 Guardians of the Galaxy [GoG]

Thursday 23rd of May 2019 8:30 PM (London/Europe)
United Gamers Clan [UgC]  0 – 2  Velocity [vL]

This week has seen a reduced number of games played on the ladder in part due to a few site issues with making challenges. These have been raised with the IT department and should hopefully be resolved soon. We were advising teams to play and update this information afterwards. It has however come to our attention that on more than one occasion these agreements between teams have since been refused to be honored by loosing teams. This is not the kind of unsporting behavior we are looking for within the BCL and find this disappointing. Therefore we have now changed our stance on this and advise teams not to play a challenge until agreed and accepted on site.

T8 SCQ League Divisions

With only 3 more days left until the 30th we are seeing that the message is starting to finally get through to most teams with regard to qualification criteria. Be sure to make of the most of the time left to qualify and establish division positions. The Divisions will be set on Friday the 31st of May. We will allow until Sunday the 2nd of June for teams to request a swap of division with another team. We are only doing this for this first season as the whole ladder system of qualifying is still new and needs time to settle. This will not be an option for any future seasons. The Fixtures will then be Generated and live on site on Monday the 3rd of June.

Fixtures as in previous battlefield games will be suggested times and dates with teams having 7 days from the date and time suggested to honor these fixtures. As before Admin will make a decision on any fixtures not posted within this 7 day period by looking for the most active and reasonable team within the fixture chat on site.

Streamers

In BF1 we had many games live streamed with commentary. This is something we are looking to do once again. At present we have a small team of 4 confirmed streamers. We would like to take this opportunity to ask for anybody interested in becoming a member of the in house BCL stream team or anyone wanting to commentate and stream via their own channels to come forward. At present the latest update to BFv appears to have broken spectator mode, but when this resolved you can expect to find many matches lived streamed.

Until next time see you on the Battlefield.

WEEK 20 OF 2019 THE SECOND WEEK OF THE NEW LADDER

BCL news here again to keep you up dated on what’s new with the coming and going’s of all things BCL. “What’s been happening?” I hear you ask. Ok so maybe not, however with new 2.0 version of the site, new ladders, new systems and a not quite so new version of our favorite FPS Battlefield V things can get a little confusing. We will be here to help guide you through keeping you informed.

Older user’s of our Discord server may have noticed lot’s of empty spaces in the team leaders contacts list. All contacts were removed as many teams have changed since the BF1 and to make things simpler for everyone, including our master of verification and permission on Discord the one and only jtniteuk this has been emptied. Leaders are being added by our very helpful and vigilant friend as they come forward. While we are speaking of Discord we have had several enquirers as how to gain more or full access of the various channels. This information is on the welcome & rules channel in there, but we will repeat this here for our avid and not so avid readers. Upon joining discord you will find a channel named Registration. If you pop in that channel posting a little something asking to be given registered BCL player or leader role the previously mention jt will be more than happy to verify you are indeed registered and will be more than happy to grant these permissions.

Discord is also the place where team representatives vote on rules. Although the initial rule vote survey has been done BFv is a dynamic game with regular updates and additions. Due to this there is a regular need for our team reps to make decisions on new weapons and gadgets added to the game. Remember folks all new weapons are considered banned until a vote has been completed on weather they are included in BCL matches or not. Of course with the upcoming 5v5 mode and private servers there will be plenty more to vote on. It’s you the community that lead us so make sure you let us know who you want as your rep. Speaking of private servers as there will be a need for another survey when these are added to the game this will be an opportune time to review how the current rules set is going and discuss weather there is a need to review the current rule set. This will be the one and only time there may be a major overhaul of the rules. If there is something that really niggles you or feel isn’t helping the competitiveness of the BCL ensure you have your voice heard by having your rep included in the council.

Rules Changes

Rules are now on version 1.2 Summary of changes

• P08 Carbine (Scout) is banned

Updates to Playing the ladder

We are excited to announce some new updates to the ladder aimed at improving how it works. These will help with our vision for how the ladder is used.

Challenge response options.

Now when a team is challenged by a team ranked below them they have three options of response.

1. Accept – This speaks for itself they accept the challenge on suggested time, let battle commence.
2. Forfeit – If you don’t fancy the challenge or feel the challenging team is too OP not wanting to scare off your team members you may simply forfeit the game giving the challenger the win. Of course nobody will be using this option.
3. Reschedule – If the time of the challenge isn’t convenient you may select this option. When doing so you will be given options of some days and times. (These have been voted on in the council) This is to avoid the challenged team simply offering a silly time and day to try avoid the challenge. The challenging team may then accept this reschedule or cancel. If the reschedule is cancelled then the challenge is cancelled to avoid things dragging on and clogging up the ladder.

When teams are challenged from above they will have accept, reschedule and cancel. The thought behind this is to avoid teams higher up simply sandbagging their position or trying to improve their win numbers with easier games.

We still ask and advise the following,

• Don’t challenge a team with a short notice. Give enough time to your opponent to arrange the game.
• To make the ladder smoother you should pre-agree with your potential opponent. Agree timing and make the challenge to the system after you have agreed the details with your opponent.

Last weeks Matches

Monday 13th of May 2019 7:00PM (Europe/London)
SEAL ESPORTS [SEAL]  2 – 0  Tribe eGaming [TRB]

Wednesday 15th of May 2019 2:39PM (Europe/London)
MaD Players [MaD]  0 – 2  Gloria Victis [GV]

Wednesday 15th of May 2019 7:00PM (Europe/London)
Band of Brothers [101]  0 – 2  SEAL ESPORTS [SEAL]

Wednesday 15th of May 2019 8:00PM (Europe/London)
BEGA ELITE [BEGA]  2 – 0  Lords of War fr [LoW]

Friday 17th of May 2019 7:00PM (Europe/London)
Band of Brothers [101]  0 – 2  Tribe eGaming [TRB]

Friday 17th of May 2019 9:00PM (Europe/London)
Flyswatters [FWS]  0 – 2  4  Players [4P]

Sunday 19th of May 2019 7:00PM (Europe/London)
Polish Legion [PLE]  0 – 2  Tribe eGaming [TRB]

Sunday 19th of May 2019 8:00PM (Europe/London)
ELITARNI [ELIT]  2 – 0  3rd Echelon [3rd]

Congratulations & Commiserations to this weeks winners and looser’s. As this is only the second full week of the new ladder system all of the current 25 teams on there are still finding their place. It is not a grind based ladder but a skill based so teams battle to defend or win the highest position of the two teams playing. As the initial rankings before we kicked off were purely based on the order in which teams joined the current rankings are still partly due to this order teams joined. We are now beginning to see something closer to a true reflection of who are the top ten or twenty ect. Yes this still needs time to settle down, but the more games are played the more the real rankings of teams will come to light and the closer matched opponents will be.

The ladder is of course an ongoing place for teams to not only find an active team of similar skill level (these will match more closely as more teams join and games are played), but it also the qualifying route into the league division. Remember to qualify you must have played on the ladder before the 30th of May and have applied to join the league.

• Teams who have not played and posted a result for 14 days drop one position on the ladder.
• Teams who have not played and posted a result for 28 days are removed to ensure all teams on there are active and avoid clogging things up. (If removed for inactivity you may rejoin again when active).

League Divisions

Now we are two weeks into the ladder and qualifying for Season 1 BFV League division things are starting to shape up. Of the 20 teams applied and the 25 on the ladder we now have enough teams in qualifying positions for an 8 team division 1 and another 8 team division 2. This can all change as teams jokey for position and qualification spots between now and 30th of May. with more team making enquirers, registering their teams and teams yet to play a challenge match this could all change. We may even see a division 3 who knows.

This opening season is of course an EU PS4 league however we will be using the activeness of ladders on all platforms and modes as our gauge for where a league is needed and when one will be started. when we have enough activity on the other platforms they will see registration open for T8 SCQ leagues. If you would like to see a ladder in any game mode, region or platform opened up let us know. We are community lead and the site is compatible for many game modes and regions across BFV, BF1 and BF4. If we have the demand, enough admin willing to help out and are able to keep up will are more than happy to accommodate.

 

Until next week see you on the Battlefield.