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After The Highlander Open, The Bureau reformed to play [[ETF2L Highlander Season 7| ETF2L Season 7]] in Division 5B, where [[Chronos]] gave up his role as demoman picking up the medi gun instead and remaining The Bureau's main caller ever since. The team had a shaky start to the season as a reform combined with having the hardest group left them in 5th place in the main season, many players were disheartened after this season and left which led Chronos to reform the team and [[Scrambled]], the sub heavy at the time, to take a few players to begin ''The Agency'' which would later pass players like [[Apex]], [[yahoo]] and Scrambled on to The Bureau.
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After The Highlander Open, The Bureau reformed to play [[ETF2L Highlander Season 7|ETF2L Season 7]] in Division 5B, where [[Chronos]] switched from demoman to medic. The team underperformed throughout the season and finished 5th.
  
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The Bureau initially planned to use [[UGC Highlander Season 15|UGC Season 15]] as a test season to trial new players. They lost the first game, which could be attributed to inexperience, as they were undefeated for the rest of the season, beating [[Team Colonslash: Express|TC: Express]] rather convincingly in the final. At this point The Bureau were aiming to take a winning team to compete in the High Tier of [[ETF2L Highlander Season 8|ETF2L's Season 8]].
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Chronos decided to reform the team and used The Bureau in [[UGC Highlander Season 15|UGC Season 15]] to trial new players. As a result, the team lost only their first game of the season.
  
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The Bureau began Season 8 convincingly. But due to losing their main scout, demoman, heavy and sniper, who were all very important players to The Bureau, they were unable to make playoffs, leading them to reform the team for the next season.
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The team trialled players again in the Experimental Highlander One-Night-Cup #7, which lead to The Bureau picking up [[ixy]] as scout, [[dd5f]] as soldier, [[kuli]] as demo and [[Afirax]] as sniper. The new roster dropped only a single map during the [[ETF2L Highlander Season 9/High|ETF2L Highlander Season 9 - High]] and one map in the Grand Finals. Due to their first place finish, they were promoted to Premiership for [[ETF2L Highlander Season 10/Premiership|the next season]].
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After trialing several new players in the Experimental Highlander One-Night-Cup #7, which lead The Bureau to picking up [[ixy]] as scout, [[dd5f]] as soldier, [[kuli]] as demo and [[Afirax]] as sniper, the team's new roster was fairly completed for [[ETF2L Highlander Season 9|ETF2L's Season 9 High Tier]]. The Bureau's reform turned out to be incredibly dominant, dropping only a single map during the regular season and one map in the Grand Finals. Even though there were many internal issues with the team, especially revolving around the heavy spot, there were only few teams in High that were able to contest them. The Bureau strived for first place since the start and eventually won High securing direct promotion to [[ETF2L Highlander Season 10/Premiership|ETF2L's Season 10 Premiership Tier]].
 
  
 
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Revision as of 15:29, 24 August 2016

[e][h]The Bureau
The Bureau Logo.jpg
Team Information
Tag:
BMS
Location:
Europe Europe
Team Captain:
Chronos
Sponsor:
WebHost4You
Total Earnings:
€200
Game Mode:
Highlander
Links
ETF2L Team Page
Steam Group
Achievements
First Place ETF2L Season 9 - High) UGC Season 15 - Gold

Second Place UGC Season 18

Third Place ETF2L Season 10
Third Place/Semifinalist(s) ETF2L Highlander Season 10
History
Created:
2014-04-24


The Bureau is a European Highlander team currently competing in ETF2L Premiership.

Team History

Origins

The Bureau was founded in 2014 for The Highlander Open. The original team name was "The Bureau of Military Science", however it was shortened to The Bureau.

The vast majority of Bureau players started playing during or after The Highlander Open.

Rise to Premiership

After The Highlander Open, The Bureau reformed to play ETF2L Season 7 in Division 5B, where Chronos switched from demoman to medic. The team underperformed throughout the season and finished 5th.

Chronos decided to reform the team and used The Bureau in UGC Season 15 to trial new players. As a result, the team lost only their first game of the season.

The team trialled players again in the Experimental Highlander One-Night-Cup #7, which lead to The Bureau picking up ixy as scout, dd5f as soldier, kuli as demo and Afirax as sniper. The new roster dropped only a single map during the ETF2L Highlander Season 9 - High and one map in the Grand Finals. Due to their first place finish, they were promoted to Premiership for the next season.

Premiership

As newcomers The Bureau went in to Season 10 to try to solidify their position as a Premiership level team. Chronos, at the start of the season, said that the team should be aiming at least for playoffs and ideally for 3rd place. The team dropped points between week 3 and 5 that they were unhappy about. A few players had other commitments and the roster was forced to be changed in mid season. Scrambled, despite being removed from the team during Season 9, repraised his role as heavy replacing Simba and Scriptzon picked up the sniper rifle replacing BeS. Regardless, The Bureau were still able to compete and took points off of their remaining fixtures. After some controversy regarding points lost for warnings, The Bureau finished in 4th place nonetheless taking the last playoff spot. Beating Highpander in the first round of playoffs but losing to Strong Opinions in the Semi Final afterwards, The Bureau became 3rd overall.

The team is currently set to take on ETF2L's Season 11 with ambition to improve.

Rosters

Roster
Scouticon.png Scout Wales Funs
Soldiericon.png Soldier Lithuania Just1s
Pyroicon.png Pyro Norway yahoo
Demomanicon.png Demoman Germany kuli
Heavyicon.png Heavy Scotland Scrambled
Engineericon.png Engineer Finland Mattex
Medicicon.png Medic United Kingdom Chronos
Snipericon.png Sniper Portugal Scriptzon
Spyicon.png Spy Finland miknando

ETF2L Season 10 (Premiership Tier)


Roster
Scouticon.png Scout United Kingdom Zafus
Soldiericon.png Soldier Lithuania Just1s
Pyroicon.png Pyro Norway yahoo
Demomanicon.png Demoman Germany kuli
Heavyicon.png Heavy United Kingdom Simba
Engineericon.png Engineer Finland Mattex
Medicicon.png Medic United Kingdom Chronos
Snipericon.png Sniper Italy BeS
Spyicon.png Spy Finland miknando

UGC Season 18 (Platinum)


Roster
Scouticon.png Scout Italy ixy
Soldiericon.png Soldier Germany dd5f
Pyroicon.png Pyro Norway yahoo
Demomanicon.png Demoman Germany kuli
Heavyicon.png Heavy Russia Catman
Engineericon.png Engineer Wales RTC
Medicicon.png Medic United Kingdom Chronos
Snipericon.png Sniper Hungary Afirax
Spyicon.png Spy Finland miknando

ETF2L Season 9 (High Tier)


Roster
Scouticon.png Scout Wales Funs
Soldiericon.png Soldier Finland Miknando
Pyroicon.png Pyro Norway yahoo
Demomanicon.png Demoman Greece Apex
Heavyicon.png Heavy Finland Leif
Engineericon.png Engineer Poland Doom
Medicicon.png Medic United Kingdom Chronos
Snipericon.png Sniper Czech Republic Ethan!
Spyicon.png Spy Finland SoaD

ETF2L Season 8 (High Tier)


Roster
Scouticon.png Scout United Kingdom Petersmileyface
Soldiericon.png Soldier Finland Miknando
Pyroicon.png Pyro Estonia samurai
Demomanicon.png Demoman Germany niak
Heavyicon.png Heavy Finland Leif
Engineericon.png Engineer Poland Doom
Medicicon.png Medic United Kingdom Chronos
Snipericon.png Sniper Czech Republic Ethan!
Spyicon.png Spy Finland SoaD

UGC Season 15 (Gold)


Roster
Scouticon.png Scout Wales Funs
Soldiericon.png Soldier Japan Kuma
Pyroicon.png Pyro Slovakia dias
Demomanicon.png Demoman United Kingdom Falcon0408
Heavyicon.png Heavy Finland Pleya
Engineericon.png Engineer Liechtenstein Telepathic Ryu
Medicicon.png Medic United Kingdom Chronos
Snipericon.png Sniper Czech Republic Ethan!
Spyicon.png Spy United Kingdom Reinelk

ETF2L Season 7 (Division 5)


Roster
Scouticon.png Scout United Kingdom ojwonder
Soldiericon.png Soldier United Kingdom Daven
Pyroicon.png Pyro Japan Kuma
Demomanicon.png Demoman United Kingdom Chronos
Heavyicon.png Heavy United Kingdom Otter
Engineericon.png Engineer United Kingdom Magic Llama
Medicicon.png Medic United Kingdom Piplup
Snipericon.png Sniper Japan Yuta
Spyicon.png Spy United Kingdom Reinelk

ETF2L Highlander Open

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