Editing Colony

{{NewInfobox Team
|name=Colony
|image=colony.jpg
|caption=Colony
|tag=:E
|location=Finland
|location2=Europe
|captain= SabaSaba
|sponsor=[http://tf2.rocketblast.com/ Rocket Blast]<br />
|gamemode=Highlander
|etf2l=9067
|steam=colonee
|achievements= {{Medal|2nd}} {{LeagueIconSmall/wireplay|7v7 Season 7}}{{LeagueIconSmall/wireplay|9v9 Season 9}}{{LeagueIconSmall/etf2l|Highlander Challenge Cup Stage}}{{LeagueIconSmall/etf2l|Experimental Highlander cup 1}}{{LeagueIconSmall/etf2l|Experimental Highlander cup 4}}<br />
{{Medal|3rd}}/{{Medal|sf}} {{LeagueIconSmall/etf2l|Experimental Highlander cup 3}}<br />
|created=2011-04-11
|disbanded=2013-10-15
|trades=
|footnotes=
}}
"''A bunch of Rocket Blast pubbers decided to play highlander''"

<b>colony</b> started out as a Finnish-Swedish pub team, who rose up in ranks of early day Highlander on ETF2L. 
The team housed strong 6v6 players [[zoob]] and [[furbo]]. 

The core players played frequently together on Rocket Blast public servers. Officially the team was created by hurr in 2010, when colony took on the 6v6 team [[broder]] in a [http://www.onlinegamer.se/2010/05/broder-mot-colony-har-kan-ni-kolla-pa-matchen/ showmatch] to raise awareness for the new highlander format that was going to start in ETF2L.

The team has seen little change during its run through the HCC and subsequent highlander seasons.

==Gatekeepers of prem==

Although colony was placed consistently in the highest divisions, their dominating performances diminished after the HCC. Other teams were catching up and the games required more effort from the pubstackers. 

After season 2, [[MrLate]] was called upon for conscription for the Finnish army. For season 3 [[MindYe]] took over and after that the only French player to play for colony [[Phunk]] was put behind the scope.
The team took a huge hit when one of the core players [[J0rmund]], who was with the team for a long time had to quit due to being too "lifey". Luckily [[nappr]] showed up and was able to carry the torch from there on.

As a last roster change [[fraggen]] announced his departure from competitive Team Fortress, he would then be followed up [[kKaltUu]], a Dutch heavy that just came off a promising season in UGC. 

During their last seasons, they did show a few breakout performances. Namely at wireplay and experimental cups, but their hey days of HCC seemed to be over.

==Rivalry==
Since it's beginning, [[colony]] had a rivalry with [[SNSD]]. This began during the HCC, where they were facing against each other in the [http://etf2l.org/matches/24655/ grand finals]. colony took the first map, but SNSD turned out to have done their homework and won the other two maps.
Even though they were able to take maps from SNSD, colony would never win an official match from them. 
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|quote=I’ll die a sad man never seeing SNSD beaten by Colony or that fixture ever occurring again, one of the oldest rivalries in TF2''.
|source=[http://www.vanillatf2.org/2013/10/colony-tribute-article-the-original-pubstars/ Hildreth]
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==Remains of the team==
Even though the team has been converted to a Fun Team, colony presence can still be seen throughout the highlander scene.<br /> <br />

'''colony mumble''' colony's founding medic, [[Mente]], hosts one the most active European Highlander mumble servers. Many teams are using it as their primary voice server.<br />
'''colony spreadsheet''' in the early days of highlander, there wasn't a pickup or way to find decent scrims. The boys at colony created a spreadsheet that, after several years of service is still in use. 

[[Kissakala]], [[Zoob]] and [[furbo]] have since then joined [[Highpander]] and have won Highlander Premiership.
[[SabaSaba]], [[nappr]], [[MIndYe]] and [[yonus]] continued to play highlander in [[Heppa]].

After the announcement of the team being disbanded, [[Hildreth]] wrote an [http://www.vanillatf2.org/2013/10/colony-tribute-article-the-original-pubstars/ article] about the history of this legendary team.

==Rosters==
{{HL team roster
| scout = {{Player link|se|furbo}}
| soldier = {{Player link|fi|zoob}}
| pyro = {{Player link|fi|yonus}}
| demoman = {{Player link|fi|nappr}}
| heavy= {{Player link|nl|kkaltuu}}
| engineer= {{Player link|fi|letku}}
| medic = {{Player link|fi|kissakala}}
| sniper = {{Player link|fr|Phunk}}
| spy = {{Player link|fi|SabaSaba}}
| description = Highlander Season 4}}



{{HL team roster
| scout = {{Player link|se|furbo}}
| soldier = {{Player link|fi|zoob}}
| pyro = {{Player link|se|s3!}}
| demoman = {{Player link|fi|J0rmund}}
| heavy= {{Player link|fi|fraggen}}
| engineer= {{Player link|fi|noretus}}
| medic = {{Player link|fi|mente}}
| sniper = {{Player link|fi|MindYe}}
| spy = {{Player link|fi|SabaSaba}}
| description = Highlander Season 3}}

{{HL team roster
| scout = {{Player link|se|furbo}}
| soldier = {{Player link|fi|Letku}}
| pyro = {{Player link|se|s3!}}
| demoman = {{Player link|fi|J0rmund}}
| heavy= {{Player link|fi|fraggen}}
| engineer= {{Player link|fi|noretus}}
| medic = {{Player link|fi|mente}}
| sniper = {{Player link|fi|MrLate}}
| spy = {{Player link|fi|SabaSaba}}
| description = Highlander Season 2}}

{{HL team roster
| scout = {{Player link|se|furbo}}
| soldier = {{Player link|fi|zoob}}
| pyro = {{Player link|se|s3!}}
| demoman = {{Player link|fi|J0rmund}}
| heavy= {{Player link|fi|fraggen}}
| engineer= {{Player link|fi|noretus}}
| medic = {{Player link|fi|mente}}
| sniper = {{Player link|fi|MrLate}}
| spy = {{Player link|fi|SabaSaba}}
| description = Highlander Challenge, Highlander Season 1}}





{{HL team roster
| scout = {{Player link|se|furbo}}
| soldier = {{Player link|fi|zoob}}
| pyro = {{Player link|fi|GangsterAlgot}}
| demoman = {{Player link|se|s3!}}
| heavy= {{Player link|fi|fraggen}}
| engineer= {{Player link|fi|noretus}}
| medic = {{Player link|fi|mente}}
| sniper = {{Player link|fi|MrLate}}
| spy = {{Player link|fi|SabaSaba}}
| description = Highlander Ladder 2010}}

==Trivia==
* colony is often abbreviated as :E due to the phonetic resemblance between the two.
* They earned their nickname 'forever 2nd place' due to their large amount of second place finishes. An onset that haunted [[zoob]] until he finally won premiership with [[Highpander]].