News


Wed Mar 13 00:03:14 2024 7 days ago

We Want You - Looking for ozfortress staff!


Looking for League Administrators

You've seen a few of these by now. We're looking for League Administrators to kick off the next season strong! If you think you have what it takes, follow the link below to see if you may have what we're looking for, and learn how to apply!

Web Dev experience wanted

We are looking to fill more roles than just League Administrators. If you have experience with Ruby on Rails and web dev, be it frontend or backend, give us a shout using the same link above!


As always, feel free to apply for any position, we're always looking for people! Thank you all for a great Autumn '24 so far, and we hope to see some applications from some of you soon!


Tue Mar 12 23:15:55 2024 7 days ago

ozfortress Bans: March 2024


Bans

The following bans are all Infraction Threshold bans, split between New Bans, and Ban Resets.

New Bans

The following player/s accrued enough points to reach an Infraction Threshold Ban.

Xstroyer STEAM_0:1:567280780
This player has accrued a total of 60 ozfortress infraction points. As such, the player has been banned from ozfortress.com, the community's competitions, and all other ozfortress properties for 1 year, after which they will serve a 12-month probation, in which any reoffence will double the severity of the penalty. Their ban duration will be extended if they are found ban-evading during their ban.

Ban Resets

A newly introduced alternative to our old Ban Extensions, see our news post discussing this change here. Ban Resets will reset a person's ban back to its original duration.

nuts STEAM_0:1:52139744
This player has accrued 30 ozfortress infraction points whilst serving their ban. As they accrued these infraction points during their ban, the player has had their ban reset back to a total duration of 1 year. After their ban, they will serve a 12-month probation, in which any reoffence will double the severity of the penalty. Their ban duration will be extended if they are found ban-evading during their ban.


Should any teams or groups within any ozfortress competitions be found housing the listed players, that team will be permanently removed from our competitions and all members involved will face severe penalties.


Tue Feb 20 11:58:01 2024 28 days ago

League Penalties & Small Ruleset Updates


League Penalties

League Penalties are finally here! League Penalties is a system designed to moderate poor league behaviour with more appropriate consequences. The League Penalties system will be monitored closely over the coming months and adjusted as needed.

In short:

  • Teams can accrue Minor, Moderate, and Major penalties during ozfortress competitions.
    • Three Minor penalties get upgraded to one Moderate penalty.
    • Three Moderate penalties get upgraded to one Major penalty.
  • When teams incur a Major penalty, they will receive a deduction of 2 match points for that competition.
  • If a team incurs three Major penalties, they will be disbanded.
  • Players can also receive penalties, these are often warnings/match bans on the first few occurences.
Example: Demo Checking

demo checking rule screenshot

catfish and obla play for Bingo Night.

  1. catfish fails a demo check. As it's his first offence, he receives a two-match ban.
    • As the first team offence, the team receives a Minor penalty.
  2. obla fails a demo check. As his first offence, he receives a two-match ban.
    • As the second team offence (the first being catfish), the team receives a Moderate penalty.
  3. catfish fails a second demo check. As his second offence, he receives a one-year league ban.
    • As the third team offence, the team receives a Major Penalty.

Check out the League Penalties here. If you have any feedback or concerns, please DM multi (@canyouprovethatimdriving).


Notable Ruleset Changes

Other Docs Changes

  • The Support & Reporting page has seen updates to improve its clarity and make it easier to make a report. League Penalties reporting has also been added.
  • The Player Behaviour Infractions page has been updated to clarify the Reporting Requirements & Evidence Verification section. The TLDR of this section is we now require certain things to be completed when you submit a report. This saves us a lot of time, not to mention we often could not verify the evidence submitted without lengthy back-and-forward chats with the reporter.
  • Updated User Policy to add a small FAQ.
  • If it works, there should now be a version on the top right of the docs website, which will be formatted as such:
    • Year.Month.IncrementalVersionNumber