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Woofer

It brings us great sadness to share that on Monday the 23rd of December 2024, ozfortress player and community member Woofer sadly passed away. Woofer has been an active participant in ozfortress competitions for over four years and will be missed by many members of the community. In the future, we will be sharing links to charitable causes if anybody would like to make a donation in his name. Our thoughts are with woofer's friends and family in this difficult time.

The ozfortress admin team
(Posted on the 7th of January 2025)

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Cat Haven

As we mentioned in the initial post above, Woofer's family has elected a charity for donations to be made to in Woofer's name. Cat Haven is based in Western Australia and is responsible for taking care of homeless cats until they can be rehomed in safe and loving environments. Woofer had a great affinity for cats and his family and friends felt this was a very fitting charity to give to in his memory. If you would like to donate to Cat Haven and find out more about their work you can find the donation link below.

🐈 Cat Haven

(Posted on the 11th of January 2025)

(Graphic by dezi)

That's a wrap on 2024 Highlander. Congratulations to the winner of the Premier division S.M. and the winners of the Main division sejinming fever. 2025 Highlander is almost here, so don't bask in these team's glory for too long, a new champion(s) may be around the corner.

Below are the Final Rankings and Awards for the Spring '24 season of Highlander.

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Congratulations Premier winners S.M.!

Placements

- S.M.
- crylander
- Significant Otter
- rascals

Grand Final Map Scores

Match · VOD

• Ashville: 3 - 2
• Swiftwater: 2 - 0

Bronze Final Map Scores

Match · VOD

• Swiftwater: 1 - 2
• Vigil: 2 - 1
• Upward: 2 - 1

Awards

Best Scout: krollic (15), HUNGRY.4.EGGS (11), Miffy (6)
Best Soldier: Lizrd-Wizrd (15), norbit the plug (10), mashiro (9)
Best Pyro: bird (16), Styx + peep (8), CH (4)
Best Demoman: maz (13), <user> (12), turris (8)
Best Heavy: typo. (15), HASHFAN (9), Flow (8)
Best Engineer: Sexy Turtle (15), Mikcow (9), redja (5)
Best Medic: remorse (15), jd (12), tal (6)
Best Sniper: calski (14), strawbunny (7), bill + myyyst (5)
Best Spy: Andyroo (15), henwe (12), chimes (4)

Most Improved Player: Mikcow (14), norbit the plug (10), jv (8)
Most Valuable Player: Lizrd-Wizrd (7), Andyroo (5), maz + calski + HUNGRY.4.EGGS (4)
Most Improved Team: crylander (10), rascals (7), Where no ability meets no effort + S.M. + Youth for Christ (6)
Friendliest Team: S.M. + Significant Otter (9), rascals (7), Youth for Christ (6)
Best Dressed Team: S.M. (13), Youth for Christ + Significant Otter + crylander (7), rascals (6)

Best Caster: Rainy (14), jennierubyjane (11), Freaky (10)

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Congratulations Premier winners sejinming fever!

Placements

- sejinming fever
- Bisexual Lighting
- Rich and Grainous
- With Blackjack and Furries!

Grand Final Map Scores

Match

• Ashville: 3 - 0
• Upward: 2 - 1

Bronze Final Map Scores

Match

• Ashville: 3 - 0
• Vigil: 2 - 0

Awards

Best Scout: noemie (16), eden (10), Zando (7)
Best Soldier: indy and her jones (13), Gears + APVC (9), zdav (6)
Best Pyro: ziah + FriendlyPyromancer (11), Cryo (10), Cantrip (8)
Best Demoman: Glitchy (12), Pigel + klebs (10), Mirage (8)
Best Heavy: SpicyHipJesus (17), manglemonster (12), GUNWR0NG (7)
Best Engineer: angus (11), Sev + Verydarklord (10), arbabf (9)
Best Medic: olivergeeoz (16), Miss Squidge (10), Sly Rocko (9)
Best Sniper: FIN + Evelynn (13), J (7), WORLD's BLaNKIEsT BLaNK (6)
Best Spy: Bree (13), MonsterGunner0v0 (10), Karly (9)

Most Improved Player: SwaySway (12), Cantrip (10), Zando (9)
Most Valuable Player: SpicyHipJesus (6), klebs + Pigel + olivergeeoz + Mirage + angus + eunsoo + WORLD's BLaNKIEsT BLaNK + Bree (3)
Most Improved Team: With Blackjack and Furries! (13), rat gaming (8), funny people (7)
Friendliest Team: With Blackjack and Furries! (14), Bisexual Lighting (10), funny people (8)
Best Dressed Team: Bisexual Lighting (19), With Blackjack and Furries! (7), funny people (6)

Best Caster: Freaky (20), nightjar (15), Rainy (13)

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Post Spring '24 Surveys

To ensure our Autumn '25 Highlander competition runs as smoothly and fluidly as possible we're wanting to hear from all players who competed in the Spring '24 Season. Below you will find two Post-season Surveys for players who competed in the respective Premier and Main divisions. The surveys are identical and separated for our convenience. Any and all feedback about the running of our regular seasons is always greatly appreciated.

Surveys

• Premier Survey
• Main Survey

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We get the title of this post is a bit wordy, but we promise the plugin and each person's interaction with it couldn't be simpler.

Are you automatically recording your demos with ds_enable 3? If you also have ds_autodelete set to 0, you have nothing to worry about - you might see some messages in chat saying you're all good, but you have nothing to worry about. If however, you have ds_enable set on any other setting, or ds_autodelete set to 1 (which automatically deletes all demos after they are recorded), then the plugin will warn you in chat after you join or upon both team's readying up.

This plugin has two modes. Currently, the plugin is set to its warning-only mode, which notifies everyone on the server of a player's settings when they join the server, or on ready up. In the future, we may opt to turn on the plugin's kicking mode when a person has invalid settings, which in addition to the two already performed checks in the warning mode, can also prevent a person from joining the server if their settings are invalid.

We are planning to leave the plugin on warning-only mode, for now, to get some numbers on who doesn't have their settings set correctly, who opts to manually record, etc. Once the plugin has had some time to simmer in everyone's minds, we'll look at making any needed changes/changing settings. A big thank you to everyone involved in making this happen, and an even bigger thank you to Shigbeard for bringing the plugin to life!