Editing UGC Highlander Season 21

{{NewInfobox Season
|name= UGC Highlander Season 21
|caption= 
|series= UGC
|organizer= [[UGC]]
|gamemode= Highlander
|type = Online
|country = Global
|sdate = 2016-01-23
|edate = 2016-04-10
|map1= Ashville
|map2= Badwater
|map3= Lakeside
|map4= Process
|map5= Product
|map6= Steel
|map7= Swiftwater
|map8= Upward
|previous= UGC Highlander Season 20
|previouslabel= Season 20
|next= UGC Highlander Season 22
|nextlabel= Season 22
|footnotes=
}}

The 21st season of [[UGC]] [[Highlander]] started on January 23, 2017 and concluded on April 10, 2017. Throughout the duration of the season, the matches are typically played on Mondays at 9:30pm EST - alternate times can be agreed on by team leaders.

== Important Information ==
===Changes to Division Alignments===
North America will now have only three Highlander divisions: Platinum, Silver and Steel. This effectively means that Gold has been merged with Platinum. 

===Changes to Placement Guidelines===
The following changes will be amended to the Rules in terms of placement guidelines for Silver.

Silver - Is the seeding division for Platinum. Rosters are expected to be a mix of players with experience on mid to low Gold teams, established Silver teams and high Steel teams. Teams are permitted to have no more than 3 Gold players (or 2 Gold players and 1 Platinum player) from teams with established records (3+ legitimate wins) in the past 3 completed seasons and current season. Teams are permitted to have no more than 1 ESEA-I or ETF2L Premiership player rostered. See rule 3.2 for more information.

===New Roster Cooldown Features===
Season 21 will see the introduction of some new features, as requested by our top players, regarding rosters.

New roster rules (applies to all TF2 formats): Effective Midnight (EST) of Week 1
1.) Players may join 1 team in each format per 8 day period. The 18 hour roster cooldown timer still applies to roster joins.
2.) Teams may accept no more than 3 players to their roster in an 8 day period. A player that left your roster and wants to rejoin will still count against that limit of 3 per 8 days.

Exceptions:
1.) Prior to the effective date, players may move around freely and teams can accept as many new players as they want. These new rules will be in effect starting at Midnight (EST) of Week 1 default match day and will remain in effect throughout the active season.
2.) Teams sitting in one of the Regional *New Teams divisions are exempt from all aspects of these rules while they reside in that division.

== Important Dates ==
* '''Main Season''': January 23, 2017 - March 13, 2017
* '''Playoffs''': March 20, 2017 - April 10, 2017
* '''Sign-ups Close''': January 31, 2017
* '''Fulltime Rosterlock''': March 7, 2017

== Maps ==
* '''Week 1''' - [[Upward|pl_upward]]
* '''Week 2''' - [[Product|koth_product_rc8]]
* '''Week 3''' - [[Swiftwater|pl_swiftwater_final1]]
* '''Week 4''' - [[Lakeside|koth_lakeside_final]]
* '''Week 5''' - [[Steel|cp_steel]]
* '''Week 6''' - [[Process|cp_process_final]]
* '''Week 7''' - [[Badwater|pl_badwater_pro_v9]]
* '''Week 8''' - [[Ashville|koth_ashville_rc1]]
* '''Playoffs Quarter-Finals''' - Best of Three Maps
* '''Playoffs Semi-Finals''' - Best of Three Maps
* '''Playoffs Grand-Finals''' - Best of Three Maps

== Whitelist ==
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{{Scout Weapon List
 <!-- Primary -->
| Scattergun = 1
| Baby Face's Blaster = 1
| Back Scatter = 1
| Force-A-Nature = 1
| Shortstop = 1
| Soda Popper = 
 <!-- Secondary -->
| Pistol = 1
| Bonk! Atomic Punch = 1
| Crit-A-Cola = 
| Flying Guillotine = 1
| Mad Milk = 1
| Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol = 1
| Winger = 1
 <!-- Melee -->
| Bat = 1
| Atomizer = 1
| Boston Basher = 1
| Candy Cane = 1
| Fan O'War = 1
| Sandman = 
| Sun-on-a-Stick = 1
| Wrap Assassin = 1
}}
{{Box|break}}
{{Soldier Weapon List
 <!-- Primary -->
| Rocket Launcher = 1
| Air Strike = 
| Beggar's Bazooka = 1
| Black Box = 1
| Cow Mangler 5000 = 1
| Direct Hit = 1
| Liberty Launcher = 1
| Original = 1
| Rocket Jumper = 1
 <!-- Secondary -->
| Shotgun = 1
| B.A.S.E. Jumper = 1
| Battalion's Backup = 1
| Buff Banner = 1
| Concheror = 1
| Gunboats = 1
| Mantreads = 1
| Panic Attack = 1
| Reserve Shooter = 
| Righteous Bison = 1
 <!-- Melee -->
| Shovel = 1
| Disciplinary Action = 1
| Equalizer = 1
| Escape Plan = 1
| Half-Zatoichi = 1
| Market Gardener = 1
| Pain Train = 1
}}
{{Box|break}}
{{Pyro Weapon List
 <!-- Primary -->
| Flame Thrower = 1
| Backburner = 1
| Degreaser = 1
| Phlogistinator = 1
 <!-- Secondary -->
| Shotgun = 1
| Detonator = 1
| Flare Gun = 1
| Manmelter = 1
| Panic Attack = 1
| Reserve Shooter = 
| Scorch Shot = 1
 <!-- Melee -->
| Fire Axe = 1
| Axtinguisher = 1
| Back Scratcher = 1
| Homewrecker = 1
| Neon Annihilator = 1
| Powerjack = 1
| Sharpened Volcano Fragment = 1
| Third Degree = 1
}}
{{Box|end}}{{Box|start}}
{{Demoman Weapon List
 <!-- Primary -->
| Grenade Launcher = 1
| Ali Baba's Wee Booties = 1
| B.A.S.E. Jumper = 1
| Iron Bomber = 1
| Loch-n-Load = 1
| Loose Cannon = 1
 <!-- Secondary -->
| Stickybomb Launcher = 1
| Chargin' Targe = 1
| Quickiebomb Launcher = 1
| Scottish Resistance = 1
| Splendid Screen = 1
| Sticky Jumper = 1
| Tide Turner = 1
 <!-- Melee -->
| Bottle = 1
| Claidheamh Mòr = 1
| Eyelander = 1
| Half-Zatoichi = 1
| Pain Train = 1
| Persian Persuader = 1
| Scotsman's Skullcutter = 1
| Ullapool Caber = 1
}}
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{{Heavyweapons Weapon List
 <!-- Primary -->
| Minigun = 1
| Brass Beast = 1
| Huo-Long Heater = 1
| Natascha = 1
| Tomislav = 1
 <!-- Secondary -->
| Shotgun = 1
| Buffalo Steak Sandvich = 1
| Dalokohs Bar = 1
| Family Business = 1
| Panic Attack = 1
| Sandvich = 1
 <!-- Melee -->
| Fists = 1
| Eviction Notice = 1
| Fists of Steel = 1
| Gloves of Running Urgently = 1
| Holiday Punch = 1
| Killing Gloves of Boxing = 1
| Warrior's Spirit = 1
}}
{{Box|break}}
{{Engineer Weapon List
 <!-- Primary -->
| Shotgun = 1
| Frontier Justice = 1
| Panic Attack = 1
| Pomson 6000 =
| Rescue Ranger = 1
| Widowmaker = 1
 <!-- Secondary -->
| Pistol = 1
| Short Circuit =
| Wrangler = 1
 <!-- Melee -->
| Wrench = 1
| Eureka Effect = 1
| Gunslinger = 1
| Jag = 1
| Southern Hospitality = 1
}}
{{Box|end}}{{Box|start}}
{{Medic Weapon List
 <!-- Primary -->
| Syringe Gun = 1
| Blutsauger = 1
| Crusader's Crossbow = 1
| Overdose = 1
 <!-- Secondary -->
| Medigun = 1
| Kritzkrieg = 1
| Quick-Fix = 1
| Vaccinator = 1
 <!-- Melee -->
| Bonesaw = 1
| Amputator = 1
| Solemn Vow = 1
| Übersaw = 1
| Vita-Saw = 
}}
{{Box|break}}
{{Sniper Weapon List
 <!-- Primary -->
| Sniper Rifle = 1
| Bazaar Bargain = 1
| Classic = 1
| Hitman's Heatmaker = 1
| Huntsman = 1
| Machina = 
| Sydney Sleeper = 1
 <!-- Secondary -->
| SMG = 1
| Cleaner's Carbine = 1
| Cozy Camper = 1
| Darwin's Danger Shield = 
| Jarate = 1
| Razorback = 
 <!-- Melee -->
| Kukri = 1
| Bushwacka = 1
| Shahanshah = 1
| Tribalman's Shiv = 1
}}
{{Box|break}}
{{Spy Weapon List
 <!-- Primary -->
| Revolver = 1
| Ambassador = 1
| Diamondback = 
| Enforcer = 1
| L'Etranger = 1
 <!-- Secondary -->
| Sapper = 1
| Red-Tape Recorder = 
 <!-- Melee -->
| Knife = 1
| Big Earner = 1
| Conniver's Kunai = 1
| Spy-cicle = 1
| Your Eternal Reward = 1
 <!-- Watch -->
| Invis Watch = 1
| Cloak and Dagger = 1
| Dead Ringer = 1
}}
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== Results ==

{| class="wikitable" cellpadding=2 style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Division
! North America
! Europe
! Asia
! Australia/NZ
|-
| '''Platinum Champions'''
| Dunning-Kruger Effect
| Super Dickmann's KANNONE
| style="background-color:#bababa;" |
| red.pandas 
|-
| '''Platinum Runner-Up'''
| Memento Mori 
| Strong Opinions 
| style="background-color:#bababa;" |
| Leap Of Faith 
|-
| '''Silver Champions'''
| Second Wind
| kiti s bakenbardami
| style="background-color:#bababa;" |
| style="background-color:#bababa;" |
|-
| '''Silver Runner-Up'''
| Nine Angry Men
| Doctors Of Mediocrity
| style="background-color:#bababa;" |
| style="background-color:#bababa;" |
|-
| '''Steel Champions'''
| Seductive Nine
| No Honking $350 Fine
| 0u0
| apple juice daddy
|-
| '''Steel Runner-Up'''
| Black Trash Bags
| Evolution Highlander
| Orange Squeezer
| GGBLACK
|-
|}

== Links ==
* [http://www.ugcleague.com Official UGC Website]
* [https://www.ugcleague.com/rankings_tf2h_season21.cfm Season 21 Rankings]
* [http://ugcleague.com/rules_tf2h.cfm UGC Highlander Rules]
* [http://www.ugcleague.com/files_tf2h.cfm UGC Highlander Downloads]

{{UGC competitions}}{{UGC Final Rankings}}