UGC

UGC
Full name	United Gaming Clans
Competition formats	6v6, HL
Area	International
Current season	Season 12 (6v6), Season 10 (HL)
Website

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 (HL) leagues.

Highlander

UGC is currently in season 10 of their Highlander league with 590 teams signed up. 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, Austrailia/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. The NA divisions also have Steel and Iron split into Red and Blu factions due to a large amount of player participation.

Format

UGC runs three Highlander seasons a year. 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 versus teams with a similar win:loss and matchpoint score for each week and a rankings table is slowly formed from it. 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) mean that the finals played in the last week determine the top three ranked teams for each division.

6v6

UGC is currently in it's 12th season of 6v6 with over 385 team sign-ups. 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 and South America each contain 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.

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 Highlander game. This division arguably requires the most time, dedication, coordination, and skill to compete in.
• Gold (NA only) - 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.

Current HL Maps

Week	Map
Week 0 (Preseason)	pl_borneo_rc2
Week 1	cp_granary
Week 2	cp_gravelpit
Week 3	pl_barnblitz_pro3
Week 4	koth_lakeside_final
Week 5	pl_swiftwater_ugc
Week 6	cp_gullywash_final1
Week 7	koth_ashville_rc1
Week 8	pl_badwater
Week 9 (Playoffs)	cp_process_final
Week 10 (Playoffs)	koth_viaduct_pro_rc4
Week 11 (Playoffs)
Week 12 (Playoffs)	pl_upward
Week 13 (Playoffs)	Finals 3 Maps

Current 6v6 Maps

Week	Map
Week 1 (Preseason)
Week 2	cp_gullywash_final1
Week 3	cp_metalworks_rc4
Week 4	cp_edifice_b4
Week 5	cp_snakewater
Week 6	cp_process_rc3
Week 7	koth_pro_viaduct_rc3
Week 8	cp_granary
Week 9	cp_badlands

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

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	[WASP]

Staff

Below can be found a list of all active UGC admins:

List of UGC admins
Fornaught	UGC League Manager
RedRum	HL Head Admin
Infinite	HL Head Admin
Xarlor	HL Head Admin, HL NA Platinum manager
BlazingBoy	6v6 Head Admin
snowblindfrog	6v6 Head Admin, HL NA Gold Manager
Marxist	6v6 Co-Head Admin (Ret.)
RomanAnderson	Web & Statistic Coder
Firefly	HL NA Silver Manager
Cold	HL NA Steel Blue Manager, News & Media
Ubiquitous	HL NA Steel Red Manager
Kumori	HL NA Iron Red Manager, Senior Admin
Gregor	HL NA Iron Blue Manager
BubbleBobbler	HL EU Platinum Manager
SuddenlyStarMia	HL EU Silver Manager
Khaleesi	HL EU Steel Manager
Stellarhopper	6v6 & HL Admin
radio!	Graphics, HL Staff
Verdugo	HL South American Manager
W4keLife	HL Asia Admin
Spade Ace	HL Asia Admin
Tommy	HL Asia Admin
Kitten	HL AUS/NZ Manager
Sylon	HL Admin
Heinlander	HL Admin & Heinsight Articles
JuiceDD	FF Head Admin
HadeZtheBoss	FF Admin

Links

• Official UGC website