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Zoob

2015-09-05T22:27:07Z

H: Created page with "{{NewInfobox Player |id=Zoob |image= |caption= |name=Zoob |romanized_name= |birth_date= |death_date= |country=Finland |country2= |status=Active |years_active=2009 - ''Present..."

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{{Medal|1st}} {{LeagueIconSmall/etf2l|ETF2L Highlander Season 6}}{{LeagueIconSmall/wireplay|Wireplay 9v9 Season 11}}{{LeagueIconSmall/tftv|TeamFortress.TV Highlander Invitational #2}} 
{{Medal|2nd}} {{LeagueIconSmall/etf2l|ETF2L Highlander Season 5}}{{LeagueIconSmall/etf2l|ETF2L Highlander Season 8}}{{LeagueIconSmall/etf2l| ETF2L Highlander Community Challenge}}{{LeagueIconSmall/wireplay| 6v6 Season 11}} 
{{Medal|3rd}} {{LeagueIconSmall/etf2l|ETF2L 6v6 Season 20}}
{{Medal|Title}} {{LeagueIconSmall/etf2l|ETF2L Highlander Season 6|name=Soldier of the Season}} 
|team_history={{TH|2010 - 2011 |Team Yoyotech}}
{{TH|2012 - 2014 |Lowpander}}
{{TH|2014 - 2015 |Reason Gaming}}
{{TH|2015 - Present |Danger Dogs}}
{{TH|2010 - 2013 |Colony}}
{{TH|2013 - Present |Highpander}}
|retired=
|prize_money=
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Zoob is a Finnish Soldier main, playing 6v6 and Highlander for multiple seasons in the ETF2L Premiership. He is also the creator of popular website, [[logs.tf]] and has represented the Finnish national Highlander team during every Nations cup. Zoob remains one of the most influential people in the competitive TF2 scene, his website logs.tf is the most popular website in the game for recording individual and team player statistics. As of September 2015, logs.tf has had over 1 million matches played and over 130,000 unique players.

==Beginnings==
Zoob first entered competitive TF2 by playing with Highlander team [[Colony]] in the [[ETF2L Highlander Community Challenge]] with his team eventually came runners-up to [[SNSD]]. After the tournament, Zoob was part of [[Team Yoyotech]] who were originally known as '''Spam Effect''' and helped the team climb all the way up to the ETF2L Premiership before being cut from the roster. In the meantime Zoob continued to play Highlander and helped Colony avoid relegation on multiple occasions.

==Resurgence==
Zoob was quiet in the scene for about a year before joining Division 2 roster [[Lowpander]] known back then as '''Furbo Pandas''', together with his Colony teammate [[Furbo]]. After 4 seasons Zoob helped Lowpander get promoted to the ETF2L Premiership before securing their Premiership status again with 2 consecutive 7th placed finishes in Season 16 and Season 18. In this time Zoob was constantly praised as one of the stronger players in the team, gaining a reputation for himself as a worthy Premiership level soldier. The next season, Lowpander folded and Zoob started backing up for a few teams before gaining a spot on the newly former [[Reason Gaming]], led by legendary [[Demoman]], [[Kaidus]]. With Reason, Zoob managed to finish in the top 3 for the first time during Season 20, though his team were disappointed not to have won the title. During Season 21, ahead of knowledge that Zoob could not attend the upcoming [[Insomnia55]] event, Zoob left the team and started backing up for Danger Dogs.

==Highlander success==
After Colony died at the end of Season 4, Zoob joined the new European team Highpander, led by 6v6 teammate [[Hildreth]]. Together with Highpander, Zoob managed to come in the top 3 every season from Season 5 to Season 8, including a Gold medal finish during Season 6. Zoob was also voted soldier of the season during that season, topping off a successful season. With Highpander he has also won other competitions including one night cups and [[Wireplay]].

==Trivia==
*Zoob's steam profile contains no fewer than 22 instances where he finished 2nd, either in a competition with his team or with an individual award. It is because of this he had previously adopted the tagline "Forever 2nd" in his profile.
*Zoob was at one point a Master level Protos player in Starcraft 2.

Highpander

2015-09-05T22:02:47Z

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{{Medal|1st}} {{LeagueIconSmall|wireplay|name=9v9 Season 11}} {{LeagueIconSmall|etf2l|link=ETF2L_Highlander_Season_6|name=HL Season 6}}{{LeagueIconSmall|etf2l|name=Experimental Cup #6}}{{LeagueIconSmall|tftv|name=TeamFortress.TV Highlander Invitational #2}} 
{{Medal|2nd}} {{LeagueIconSmall|etf2l|link=ETF2L Highlander Season 5|name=HL Season 5}}{{LeagueIconSmall|etf2l|link=ETF2L Highlander Season 8|name= HL Season 8}} 
{{Medal|3rd}} {{LeagueIconSmall|etf2l|link=ETF2L Highlander Season 7|name=HL Season 7}} 
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Highpander is a European [[Highlander]] team that currently compete in the [[ETF2L]] Premiership.

==== Beginnings ====
Highpander was created by [[Hildreth]] in August 2013 after playing exclusively in [[UGC]] for [[Unbelievably Brave Sweethearts]] and [[The Syndicate]]. He formed the team with [[Stevepander]] who recommended former Max-Play Highlander teammate [[phromelo]]. Hildreth brought in former teammate Ritalin and after a lot of trials, settled on bringing in 6v6 teammates [[zoob]] and [[furbo]] from the disbanding [[Colony]] plus [[Nijoonen]], [[Dr.kaka6ka]] and [[Fearboy]] who were playing in a Premiership team for the first time. The first competition Highpander entered in was the Wireplay Season 11 which contained many of the best European teams. Highpander managed to finish top of the league in the regular season, setting up a playoff final against ETF2L champions [[DAROUTOUTOU]]. In a very close best of three series, Highpander managed to win on [[cp_steel]] 2-1 in rounds, winning their first competition. Meanwhile during ETF2L Season 5, Highpander managed to finish first place again in the regular season, beating former champions [[SNSD]] and [[DAROUTOUTOU]] on the way, lining up a final against [[Kill Switch]]. In a DDoS affected match, Kill Switch ran out clear winners, taking both Highpander's map picks cp_steel and [[cp_gullywash_final1]].

==== ETF2L Champions ====
After the defeat, Hildreth shook up the roster with some of the players leaving to focus on other things. Nijoonen was moved to Engineer allowing [[Piddox]] to join the roster from [[#SDW]] and take up the Heavy spot. [[Solid]] was brought in to play [[Spy]] replacing an inactive Fearboy, whilst [[Fool]] from Raw Deal was brought in to play Medic. Furbo left TF2 before the season began, leaving Highpander to recruit Danish legend [[Quad]], however Quad's attendance was shaky and he was replaced by backup player [[Kissakala]] at the start of Season 6 of ETF2L. Highpander entered Wireplay Season 12 with their new roster but after losing to [[Tourettes Chessclub]] on [[koth_viaduct_pro]], the team dropped from the league believing to have no chance of winning, focusing instead on ETF2L. The decision seemed to pay off, as Highpander qualified to the playoffs in 2nd place, losing to both Kill Switch and [[Itsallgood]] in regular season, but beating everyone else. During the playoffs, Highpander managed to beat Tourettes Chessclub with relative comfort, taking [[cp_process_final]] 5-1 and [[koth_lakeside 3-1]] and setting up a second grand final appearance against Itsallgood. Unlike the regular season where Itsallgood narrowly beat Highpander on [[pl_badwater]], Highpander went on Itsallgood's map pick of koth_lakeside and beat them 3-1 before playing on Itsallgood's "home map" of pl_badwater. After a really bad attacking time of 14 minutes was set by Highpander, Itsallgood failed to push last point for 8 minutes, resulting in Highpander taking a surprise 1-0 advantage. The 2nd round went to Highpander as well, securing their first ever ETF2L title and winning €500 + 9x Tt BLACK Gaming Mouse.

==== Seasons 7 and 8 ====
Onto Season 7 and Highpander were looking very strong, winning the [[TeamFortress.TV]] Highlander Invitational #2, a pre-season tournament with all of the Premiership teams, beating Tourettes Chessclub in the final. Highpander were favorites for the season, replacing their Spy, bringing Grenjabob from Kill Switch into the roster. They also recruited Hildreth and zoob's 6v6 teammate, Russian scout [[Yangpie]] as Scout, moving Kissakala to Medic to replace Fool who was quitting the game. Despite their favorite tag and strong start to the season, Highpander were plagued by a lack of practise and it was evident after they surprisingly lost 6-0 to Stacked on cp_gravelpit during week 4. Despite this, they still managed to win their other matches, setting up a week 7 game against Tourettes Chessclub on cp_Steel, the winner going into the Grand Final and the loser having to face Premtech in the playoffs. A roster troubled Highpander lost the game on cp_steel with about 30 seconds left on the clock in the deciding round, resulting in another 2nd place regular season finish for Highpander. For the playoff, Highpander were at full strength except for their star sniper phromelo but were surprised by the strength of Premtech, losing the first map on pl_badwater 2-0. Despite managing to fightback to win cp_process_final, Highpander lost for the 2nd time on cp_gravelpit 2-0 leaving them with a 3rd place finish, their worst performance to date. Hildreth described the game as the "worst performance we've ever had" during the post match interview, hinting at changes to the roster.

Come Season 8 and Highpander kept most of their squad, moving Kissakala back to Scout and bringing in Sprayer to Medic after he was controversially kicked by Chessclub. Highpander also brought in North American heavy [[polk]] after Piddox left the team after the Season 7 final. Highpander managed to win the pre-season event, Experimental Highlander One-Night-Cup #6 by beating Chessclub in the final, before also beating them in the first week of the season 4-2 on pl_upward. Despite surprisingly dropping a round to newcomers [[WASP]], Highpander secured another regular season first place finish and qualified for the grand final. Tourettes Chessclub managed to beat Premtech and book their place in the final, giving both teams a chance to win their second title. A closely fought first map on cp_steel went to a deciding round, with Highpander setting a really good offensive time of 6 minutes, they lost with less than 20 seconds left on the timer granting Chessclub a win. The second map choice was pl_badwater, which was again really close, Highpander were on the brink of defeat 1-0 down in rounds and 2 minutes left to capture last, they managed to execute a push and take the round, squaring the game up before again taking the deciding round, setting up a clash on Chessclub's pick, [[koth_viaduct_pro7]]. This time Chessclub's practise paid off as they won a fairly one sided map 3-0, giving Highpander another 2nd place finish. After the match, Highpander leader Hildreth said his team would have folded if they had won the season, but because they lost they "had to come back".

==Roster==

{{HL team roster
| scout = {{Player link|fi|Kissakala}}
| soldier = {{Player link|fi|zoob}}
| pyro = {{Player link|uk|Stevepander}}
| demoman = {{Player link|en|Hildreth}}
| heavy= {{Player link|us|Polk}}
| engineer= {{Player link|se|nijoonen}}
| medic = {{Player link|lt|Sprayer}}
| sniper = {{Player link|pl|phromelo}}
| spy = {{Player link|uk|Grenjabob}}
| description = Season 8 Highpander roster}}

{{HL team roster
| scout = {{Player link|ru|Yangpie}}
| soldier = {{Player link|fi|zoob}}
| pyro = {{Player link|uk|Stevepander}}
| demoman = {{Player link|en|Hildreth}}
| heavy= {{Player link|nl|Piddox}}
| engineer= {{Player link|se|nijoonen}}
| medic = {{Player link|fi|Kissakala}}
| sniper = {{Player link|pl|phromelo}}
| spy = {{Player link|uk|Grenjabob}}
| description = Season 7 Highpander roster}}

{{HL team roster
| scout = {{Player link|fi|Kissakala}}
| soldier = {{Player link|fi|zoob}}
| pyro = {{Player link|uk|Stevepander}}
| demoman = {{Player link|en|Hildreth}}
| heavy= {{Player link|nl|Piddox}}
| engineer= {{Player link|se|nijoonen}}
| medic = {{Player link|fi|Fool}}
| sniper = {{Player link|pl|phromelo}}
| spy = {{Player link|de|Solid}}
| description = Season 6 Highpander roster}}

{{HL team roster
| scout = {{Player link|se|Furbo}}
| soldier = {{Player link|fi|zoob}}
| pyro = {{Player link|uk|Stevepander}}
| demoman = {{Player link|en|Hildreth}}
| heavy= {{Player link|se|Nijoonen}}
| engineer= {{Player link|lv|Dr.kaka6ka}}
| medic = {{Player link|uk|Ritalin}}
| sniper = {{Player link|pl|phromelo}}
| spy = {{Player link|cz|Fearboy}}
| description = Season 5 Highpander roster}}

==trivia==
*[[Polk]] is located in Hawaii and has over 200 ping when playing in Europe.
*[[zoob]] has played in the highest division every Highlander season, but only won it after 6 tries.
*The team added a copyright logo after a small discussion in the ETF2L forums about copying team names.
*[[Grenjabob]] and [[Stevepander]] both lived in the same house for one year during Season 7 and Season 8.

[[Category:Highlander Teams]][[Category:European Teams]]

User talk:H

2015-09-05T01:24:31Z

H: Created page with "http://comp.tf/index.php?title=Hildreth - Edited page to correct some errors and add some info."

http://comp.tf/index.php?title=Hildreth - Edited page to correct some errors and add some info.

Hildreth

2015-09-05T01:23:40Z

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{{Medal|1st}} {{LeagueIconSmall|ugc|link=UGC#Highlander|name=Platinum Season 8}}{{LeagueIconSmall|ugc|link=UGC#Highlander|name=Platinum Season 9}}{{LeagueIconSmall|wireplay|name=9v9 Season 11}}{{LeagueIconSmall|etf2l|link=ETF2L_Highlander_Season_6|name=HL Season 6}}{{LeagueIconSmall|etf2l|name=Experimental Cup #6}}{{LeagueIconSmall|tftv|name=TeamFortress.TV Highlander Invitational #2}} 
{{Medal|2nd}} {{LeagueIconSmall|etf2l|link=ETF2L Highlander Season 5|name=HL Season 5}}{{LeagueIconSmall|etf2l|link=ETF2L Highlander Season 8|name=HL Season 8}} 
{{Medal|3rd}}/{{Medal|sf}} {{LeagueIconSmall|etf2l|link=ETF2L Highlander Season 7|name=HL Season 7}} 
|team_history={{TH|2009 - 2010 |LagTastic Gaming}}
{{TH|2010 - 2011 | Lazytown Regulars}}
{{TH|2011 - 2012 | Pandamonium}}
{{TH|2012 - 2013 | Unbelievably Brave Sweethearts}}
{{TH|2013 - present | Highpander }}
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'''Hildreth''' is an English Highlander and 6v6 [[Demoman]] who currently plays for, and leads [[Highpander]] in the [[ETF2L]] Premiership. He has also been a caster for several casting organizations, a news-writer, and captain of the England National Highlander team on 3 occasions. He has organised various tournaments including the [[EU vs NA Highlander showmatches]] and [[TeamFortress.TV]] Highlander invitational. The ex-[[ETF2L]] admin formed Highpander after playing for American teams in UGC North America. He also owns a [[community sticky launcher]].

=== Highlander ===
He started his European highlander journey at '''LagTastic Gaming Highlander''' in the [[ETF2L Highlander Community Challenge]], though he spent most of the tournament mercing for this American team, [[Lazytown Regulars]]. After this, he went on to join Unbelievably Brave Sweethearts, who were formed from the remains of Lazytown Regulars and played in North American Highlander in [[UGC]]. After finishing both top 8 and 4th on two occasions with uBs, Hildreth joined the new super team The Syndicate as a backup in season 8, who went on to win the UGC Platinum title. During Season 9 Hildreth was moved up to a main spot on Medic, however the majority of the title winning side had changed and The Syndicate finished in 4th place.
With this experience under his belt, he kept quiet in the lower divisions, until he brought his [[UGC]] team to Europe. [[Unbelievably Brave Sweethearts]] did well in [[ETF2L]], but eventually fell short to make the climb to the Premiership division, finishing in 3rd place during Season 4 of ETF2L.

After Season 4, he then began creating [[Highpander]] together with [[stevepander]] and would eventually win the Premiership in Season 6, beating [[itsallgood]] in the finals. The team has been in the top 3 of every season since it's formation and are known as one of the best Highlander teams in Europe currently.

=== 6v6 ===

Hildreth started playing 6v6 in 2009, creating LagTastic Gaming to play in Division 6 of ETF2L during Season 7. He would stay on the team until January 2012, where he would then try his luck on The Devils Rejects, only to be kicked from the team within a month. He then formed [[Lowpander]], known originally as Furbo Pandas who would climb from Division 2 to Premiership level over the next 4 seasons, beating Last Man Standing in the Season 15 relegation playoff. After being sponsored by [[Decerto]], his team managed a 7th placed finish, retaining their Premiership spot. The team did however fold at the end of Season 16, only to reform during Season 18 with new players from Highlander. They managed another 7th placed finish, retaining their Premiership spot again after winning the relegation playoff once again. The team then folded after a poor start to the next season, Hildreth has since taken a break from 6v6 playing briefly for [[Team Colonslash]] before joining [[Hello Kitteh Ninjas]] and helping them to a 1st place finish in High during Season 21.

==Trivia==
According to stabbystabby, [[hildreth]] is a fan of cheese sandwiches.
[[Category:Players]][[Category:England]]

Highpander

2015-09-05T00:42:56Z

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{{Medal|1st}} {{LeagueIconSmall|wireplay|name=9v9 Season 11}} {{LeagueIconSmall|etf2l|link=ETF2L_Highlander_Season_6|name=HL Season 6}}{{LeagueIconSmall|etf2l|name=Experimental Cup #6}}{{LeagueIconSmall|tftv|name=TeamFortress.TV Highlander Invitational #2}} 
{{Medal|2nd}} {{LeagueIconSmall|etf2l|link=ETF2L Highlander Season 5|name=HL Season 5}}{{LeagueIconSmall|etf2l|link=ETF2L Highlander Season 8|name= HL Season 8}} 
{{Medal|3rd}} {{LeagueIconSmall|etf2l|link=ETF2L Highlander Season 7|name=HL Season 7}} 
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|disbanded=
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Highpander was created by [[Hildreth]] in August 2013 after playing exclusively in [[UGC]] for [[Unbelievably Brave Sweethearts]] and [[The Syndicate]]. He formed the team with [[Stevepander]] who recommended former Max-Play Highlander teammate phromelo. Hildreth brought in former teammate Ritalin and after a lot of trials, settled on bringing in 6v6 teammates [[zoob]] and [[furbo]] from the disbanding [[Colony]] plus [[Nijoonen]], [[Dr.kaka6ka]]and [[Fearboy]] who were playing in a Premiership team for the first time. The first competition Highpander entered in was the Wireplay Season 11 which contained many of the best European teams. Highpander managed to finish top of the league in the regular season, setting up a playoff final against ETF2L champions [[DAROUTOUTOU]]. In a very close best of three series, Highpander managed to win on [[cp_steel]] 2-1 in rounds, winning their first competition. Meanwhile during ETF2L Season 5, Highpander managed to finish first place again in the regular season, beating former champions [[SNSD]] and [[DAROUTOUTOU]] on the way, lining up a final against [[Kill Switch]]. In a DDoS affected match, Kill Switch ran out clear winners, taking both Highpander's map picks cp_steel and [[cp_gullywash_final1]].

After the defeat, Hildreth shook up the roster with some of the players leaving to focus on other things. Nijoonen was moved to Engineer allowing [[Piddox]] to join the roster from [[#SDW]] and take up the Heavy spot. [[Solid]] was brought in to play [[Spy]] replacing an inactive Fearboy, whilst [[Fool]] from Raw Deal was brought in to play Medic. Furbo left TF2 before the season began, leaving Highpander to recruit Danish legend [[Quad]], however Quad's attendance was shaky and he was replaced by backup player [[Kissakala]] at the start of Season 6 of ETF2L. Highpander entered Wireplay Season 12 with their new roster but after losing to [[Tourettes Chessclub]] on [[koth_viaduct_pro]], the team dropped from the league believing to have no chance of winning, focusing instead on ETF2L. The decision seemed to pay off, as Highpander qualified to the playoffs in 2nd place, losing to both Kill Switch and [[Itsallgood]] in regular season, but beating everyone else. During the playoffs, Highpander managed to beat Tourettes Chessclub with relative comfort, taking [[cp_process_final]] 5-1 and [[koth_lakeside 3-1]] and setting up a second grand final appearance against Itsallgood. Unlike the regular season where Itsallgood narrowly beat Highpander on [[pl_badwater]], Highpander went on Itsallgood's map pick of koth_lakeside and beat them 3-1 before playing on Itsallgood's "home map" of pl_badwater. After a really bad attacking time of 14 minutes was set by Highpander, Itsallgood failed to push last point for 8 minutes, resulting in Highpander taking a surprise 1-0 advantage. The 2nd round went to Highpander as well, securing their first ever ETF2L title and winning €500 + 9x Tt BLACK Gaming Mouse.

Onto Season 7 and Highpander were looking very strong, winning the [[TeamFortress.TV]] Highlander Invitational #2, a pre-season tournament with all of the Premiership teams, beating Tourettes Chessclub in the final. Highpander were favorites for the season, only replacing their Spy, bringing Grenjabob from Kill Switch into the roster. They also recruited Hildreth and zoob's 6v6 teammate, Russian scout [[Yangpie]] as Scout, moving Kissakala to Medic to replace Fool who was quitting the game. Despite their favorite tag and strong start to the season, Highpander were plagued by a lack of practise and it was evident after they surprisingly lost 6-0 to Stacked on cp_gravelpit during week 4. Despite this, they still managed to win their other matches, setting up a week 7 game against Tourettes Chessclub on cp_Steel, the winner going into the Grand Final and the loser having to face Premtech in the playoffs. A roster troubled Highpander lost the game on cp_steel with about 30 seconds left on the clock in the deciding round, resulting in another 2nd place regular season finish for Highpander. For the playoff, Highpander were at full strength except for their star sniper phromelo but were surprised by the strength of Premtech, losing the first map on pl_badwater 2-0. Despite managing to fightback to win cp_process_final, Highpander lost for the 2nd time on cp_gravelpit 2-0 leaving them with a 3rd place finish, their worst performance to date. Hildreth described the game as the "worst performance we've ever had" during the post match interview, hinting at changes to the roster.

Come Season 8 and Highpander kept most of their squad, moving Kissakala back to Scout and bringing in Sprayer to Medic after he was controversially kicked by Chessclub. Highpander also brought in North American heavy [[polk]] after Piddox left the team after the Season 7 final. Highpander managed to win the pre-season event, Experimental Highlander One-Night-Cup #6 by beating Chessclub in the final, before also beating them in the first week of the season 4-2 on pl_upward. Despite surprisingly dropping a round to newcomers [[WASP]], Highpander secured another regular season first place finish and qualified for the grand final. Tourettes Chessclub managed to beat Premtech and book their place in the final, giving both teams a chance to win their second title. A closely fought first map on cp_steel went to a deciding round, with Highpander setting a really good offensive time of 6 minutes, they lost with less than 20 seconds left on the timer granting Chessclub a win. The second map choice was pl_badwater, which was again really close, Highpander were on the brink of defeat 1-0 down in rounds and 2 minutes left to capture last, they managed to execute a push and take the round, squaring the game up before again taking the deciding round, setting up a clash on Chessclub's pick, [[koth_viaduct_pro7]]. This time Chessclub's practise paid off as they won a fairly one sided map 3-0, giving Highpander another 2nd place finish. After the match, Highpander leader Hildreth said his team would have folded if they had won the season, but because they lost they "had to come back".

==Roster==

{{HL team roster
| scout = {{Player link|fi|Kissakala}}
| soldier = {{Player link|fi|zoob}}
| pyro = {{Player link|uk|Stevepander}}
| demoman = {{Player link|en|Hildreth}}
| heavy= {{Player link|us|Polk}}
| engineer= {{Player link|se|nijoonen}}
| medic = {{Player link|lt|Sprayer}}
| sniper = {{Player link|pl|phromelo}}
| spy = {{Player link|uk|Grenjabob}}
| description = Season 8 Highpander roster}}

{{HL team roster
| scout = {{Player link|ru|Yangpie}}
| soldier = {{Player link|fi|zoob}}
| pyro = {{Player link|uk|Stevepander}}
| demoman = {{Player link|en|Hildreth}}
| heavy= {{Player link|nl|Piddox}}
| engineer= {{Player link|se|nijoonen}}
| medic = {{Player link|fi|Kissakala}}
| sniper = {{Player link|pl|phromelo}}
| spy = {{Player link|uk|Grenjabob}}
| description = Season 7 Highpander roster}}

{{HL team roster
| scout = {{Player link|fi|Kissakala}}
| soldier = {{Player link|fi|zoob}}
| pyro = {{Player link|uk|Stevepander}}
| demoman = {{Player link|en|Hildreth}}
| heavy= {{Player link|nl|Piddox}}
| engineer= {{Player link|se|nijoonen}}
| medic = {{Player link|fi|Fool}}
| sniper = {{Player link|pl|phromelo}}
| spy = {{Player link|de|Solid}}
| description = Season 6 Highpander roster}}

{{HL team roster
| scout = {{Player link|se|Furbo}}
| soldier = {{Player link|fi|zoob}}
| pyro = {{Player link|uk|Stevepander}}
| demoman = {{Player link|en|Hildreth}}
| heavy= {{Player link|se|Nijoonen}}
| engineer= {{Player link|lv|Dr.kaka6ka}}
| medic = {{Player link|uk|Ritalin}}
| sniper = {{Player link|pl|phromelo}}
| spy = {{Player link|cz|Fearboy}}
| description = Season 5 Highpander roster}}

==trivia==
*[[Polk]] is located in Hawaii and has over 200 ping when playing in Europe.
*[[zoob]] has played in the highest division every Highlander season, but only won it after 6 tries.
*The team added a copyright logo after a small discussion in the ETF2L forums about copying team names.
*[[Grenjabob]] and [[Stevepander]] both lived in the same house for one year during Season 7 and Season 8.

[[Category:Highlander Teams]][[Category:European Teams]]

Highpander

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