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UGC
UGC-Logo.png
Full name United Gaming Clans
Competition formats 6v6, HL, 4v4
Area International
Current season Season 17 (6v6), Season 15 (HL), Season 4 (4v4)
Website
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United Gaming Clans (UGC) is a Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead, Fortress Forever and Team Fortress Classic League. UGC was founded in 2002 and has a solid history in Team Fortress Matchplay, hosting both 6v6 and 9v9 (Highlander) leagues. Along with one full season of 4v4 and plans for future seasons, to align with the other formats.

Format

UGC runs three 6v6 and Highlander seasons a year, running alongside each other. The Spring season usually starts in January, the Summer season in June and the Fall season in September. The Spring and Fall seasons usually run for 12-14 weeks, with 8-10 weeks of regular season and 4 weeks of playoff brackets. The Summer season usually comprises of 8-10 regular season week with no playoffs or participation medals (usually deemed as the "fun" season) and comprising of a more experimental maplist than the standard Spring and Fall seasons.

During the regular season, teams are placed against teams with a similar win-loss ratio and matchpoint score for each week. Before playoffs begin, rosters are locked so no more players can be added and brackets are created from the current team rankings in the league. During playoffs, single- or double-elimination knock-out brackets (depending on the region/division) are used. Finals are in a best of 3 maps format.

Regular season matches are played on single maps, with two halves of 30 minutes. Depending on the game type, the win conditions differ:

  • On 5CP maps, the first half is played until the time limit runs out, or one team wins 4 rounds; the second half and the match ends once the time limit runs out or one team wins 5 rounds. In case of a tie after both halves, an overtime round is played, which is won by capturing all points once. If overtime is inconclusive, a "sudden death" round is played.
  • On King of the Hill maps, the second half and the match ends once the time limit runs out or one team wins 5 rounds;
  • Attack/Defend and Payload maps are played as best of 3 stopwatch rounds. Teams alternate between attacking and defending every round, and each team defends once in a half.
  • Capture the Flag are played over two halves, each 20 minutes long. The match ends once the time limit runs out or one of the teams reaches 10 total captures.

Highlander

UGC is currently still accepting sign-ups for its Highlander Season 15. UGC runs three Highlander seasons each year: Spring, Summer and Fall. It currently has five different regions catered to for their Highlander league: North America (NA), Europe (EU), Asia, Australia/NZ and South America. There are also different skill-based divsions for the NA and EU leagues, with the latter three leagues not having enough participants as of yet to have more than one division and the EU lacking enough participants to create all five divisions. Whenever either the NA Steel or Iron division have a large amount of player participating, the two division are split into Red and Blue factions.

Map list for S15

6v6

UGC is currently accepting sign-ups for its 6v6 Season 17. UGC 6v6 seasons are similar to Highlander; one in the spring, summer, and fall. UGC has a few different region specific divisions: North America (NA), Europe (EU), and South America (SA). UGC's 6v6 NA league currently consists of 4 skill divisions, whereas Europe has 2 divisions and South America contains a single division. Due to a large number of teams, the North American Steel Division is split into two different factions, Steel Red and Steel Blue.

Map list

4v4

UGC is currently accepting sign-ups for its 4v4 Season 4. There are different skill-based divsions for the NA and EU leagues, silver and steel. Silver consists of people who are more skilled in tf2 however not nessarly acustom to the 4v4 format, as it is so new. Steel is for players with less experiance and also not nessarly acustom to the 4v4 format, as it is so new.

Map list


Divisions

In the order of the highest skill division to the lowest:

  • Platinum - Top tier. This division is for people considered to be at the top of their game. This division arguably requires the most time, dedication, coordination, and skill to compete in.
  • Gold - 2nd Tier. Competition gets more fierce. Those who have the time and dedication to practice 3-4+ scrims a week and the passion to get better belong here.
  • Silver - 3rd Tier. This is for people who can list more than a couple seasons of experience and who are more committed to the upward path towards Gold/Platinum.
  • Steel - 4th Tier. This is for people with a little competitive experience to people who have at a couple of seasons under their belt.
  • Iron - Bottom Tier. Entry-level aimed at players with no prior competitive experience.

Hall of Fame

Highlander

Season NA Platinum winner EU Platinum winner South American winner Asian winner AUS-NZ winner
Season 3 Classic Mixup Turbopoop eSports
Season 4 Classic Mixup CommanderX and the Sex Kittens
Season 5 Gangsta Gang Gaming Turbopoop eSports
Season 6 Looking Handsome Turbopoop eSports Socios
Season 7 Looking Handsome Simply the Best (West Euro)
Kill Switch (East Euro)
BG y sus esclavos
Season 8 The Syndicate Max-Play Highlander Team Les Watones Walaos velox Ðestruo
Season 9 Ginyu Force Sookie Doin' Work Restaurante De Wesker Walaos v2 velox Ðestruo
Season 10 MenaceToSociety Team Poland Tor Project Team Bless velox Ðestruo
Season 11 Street Hoops eSports Kill Switch Restaurante de Wesker Team Bless velox Ðestruo
Season 12 Gentleman's Club Stacked Squishers E-Sports Daddy's House velox Ðestruo
Season 13 MenaceToSociety TIPPING INTENSIFIES Amplified Team Walaos 2014 velox Ðestruo
Season 14 Kids Next Door Vision of ecstasy Pinducas do Restaurante Walaos 2014 velox Ðestruo

6v6

Season NA Platinum winner EU winner
Season 5 Crump's bros are ill
Season 6 BöNK.name
Season 7 Get Burnt Son
Season 8 Yancy
Season 9 Octo-Pussy
Season 10 Octo-Pussy team_gg
Season 11 MAX4heads Next Door team_gg
Season 12 Game of Throws Love Me Tenderly
Season 13 Lonely Hearts team_gg
Season 14 quantum heartz Corgi Clan
Season 15 Headline Heroes GGWP.pro
Season 16 Yomies Old Sailor Man Club

4v4

Season NA Gold winner NA Silver winner EU Silver winner South American Steel winner AUS/NZ Steel winner
Season 1 - The Elite Four Big Blind Squishers e-Sports -
Season 2 Satan Take The Wheel Scorp0851 Arnieho sbor mazáku Renegade Complecity
Season 3 cafe memesters The Weilanders Arnieho sbor mazáku Squishers e-Sports Complecity

Staff

The table below contains a full list of UGC staff.

List of UGC staff
Active staff
Head Admins & Top Tier Managers
Fornaught (Brad W) Owner, League Manager, Website Manager.
snowblindfrog Head Admin - TF2 Highlander League, Data & Web Manager.
RedRum Head Admin - Dota2 League.
Blazingboy Head Admin - TF2 4v4 League.
Firefly Head Admin - TF2 6v6 League.
Petefbsd Head Admin - Dota 2, MMR Steambot, Coding projects.
Infinite Head Admin (Ret.), Community Dev.
TF2 League Admins & Staff
snowblindfrog Head Admin & HL General Manager.
Blazingboy Head Admin & 4v4 General Manager.
Firefly Head Admin, 6v6 General Manager & Division Manager (NA Plat & NA Gold).
Kumori Senior Admin & HL Division Manager (NA Platinum).
Mamboulay HL Division Manager (NA Gold).
Doppel HL Division Manager (NA Silver).
Ms. X3na HL Division Manager (NA Steel).
Xenith HL Division Manager (NA Iron).
TERRY CREWS 6v6 Division Manager (NA Silver).
Koobadoobs 6v6 Division Manager (NA Steel).
Smobo 6v6 Division Manager (NA Iron).
Sylon Senior Admin & TF2 Dispute Team.
MB Division Manager (HL EU Gold, HL EU Silver & 6v6 EU).
Reda HL Division Manager (EU Platinum & EU Steel).
Red_Revoluti0n HL Division Manager (EU).
Osharlock HL Division Manager (EU).
Herty Euro 4v4 General Manager.
Chris Division Manager (4v4 EU).
Chronohawk Division Manager (4v4 EU).
Quantic Senior Admin & Division Manager (HL/6v6/4v4 South America).
Hell Evolved HL/6v6/4v4 Admin.
Scythe M.D. HL/6v6/4v4 Admin.
Salem HL/6v6/4v4 Admin.
Zildjian HL/6v6/4v4 Admin.
Durzo Blint Retired.
Courier Retired.
50m3b0dy HL Division Manager (Asia).
Omega 6v6 Division Manager (Asia).
Website Staff
Fornaught (BradW) Owner & Head Programmer.
snowblindfrog Data & Web Mgr.
Blindsight TF2 PHP Coder & Player Tools.
Petefbsd Dota 2 Web, Data & API Advisor.
radio! TF2 Graphics.
RomanAnderson TF2 Web Tools Coder, Stats Coder.
Mamboulay TF2 Bots and Polls.

Links