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Experimental Cup Administrators

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For Experimental Cup 3 we will be using the Captain's Discord. Team Captains will be invited after the conclusion of Signups. Highlander Administrators will be able to assist Teams and Players prior to the beginning of the cup. The list of admins available for each day of the cup will be listed below.

HIGHLANDER HEAD ADMINISTRATOR

• Sperkle

HIGHLANDER ADMINISTRATORS

• Sperkle
• Kai
• redja
• woozy

ROUND 1 (14/9)

• Sperkle

• Kai

• Amatorii (Helper)

ROUND 2 (15/9)

• Sperkle
• Kai
• Amatorii (Helper)

PAGE PLAYOFFS (21/9)

• Sperkle
• Amatorii (Helper)

FINALS (22/9)

• Sperkle
• Kai

To see our complete list including Discord handles, see our Staff page here.

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Season Award Voting

And that's a wrap on the Winter '24 Highlander Season. Thank you all for participating and competing in the seventh season of ozfortress Highlander, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. But now, on to voting. Voting for Highlander Winter '24 is open from now up to Sunday the 22nd of September 2024 at 11:59AEST. Ultimately Team Captain's of the teams who competed in Winter '24 Highlander are responsible for submitting their team's vote.

For anyone unfamiliar with the voting process you can find the full process in the aforementioned threads linked below but here is a brief summary;

Team captains vote for players who competed in their teams division for certain categories in which players are nominated in. From left to right players voted will receive 3, 2 and 1 points with the player with the most points receiving the award. All categories require 3 votes with teams and team captains being prohibited from voting for players who were rostered on their team. Votes only need to be done for the division you and your team competed in.

Votes are to be submitted to the admins listed on the voting spaces below.

Award Voting Threads & Guide

Premier Voting • Main Voting

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Post Season Surveys

We will also be releasing our usual Post Season Survey today to accompany the conclusion of the Winter '24 competition. This survey will be slightly shorter than usual as we will also be releasing one after the conclusion of Experimental Cup 3 and combine the data to help us structure future seasons.

Highlander Surveys

Premier Survey • Main Survey

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Experimental Cup 3 - Map Pool

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5 Control Point (5CP)

• cp_croissant_fix_b1
• cp_sultry_b8a

King of the Hill (KOTH)

• koth_proplant_v8
• koth_daenam_b12

Stopwatch/Payload (PL)

• pl_summercoast_rc8e
• pl_problitz_rc2

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Please note: koth_proplant_v8, koth_daenam_b12, pl_summercoast_rc8e, pl_problitz_rc2, cp_croissant_fix_b1 and cp_sultry_b8a are custom maps. If you don't already have these installed, please click the links above to download them, and then move them to your ..\Team Fortress 2\tf\download\maps directory.

The following commands can be used to change maps to the correct version. Type or copy these commands into your console to change to that map, as long as you have the correct rcon password.

rcon changelevel summercoast
rcon changelevel problitz
rcon changelevel daenam
rcon changelevel proplant
rcon changelevel sultry
rcon changelevel croissant

Alternatively, you can use the following commands for the corresponding game type.

5 Control Point: rcon exec ozfortress_hl_5cp
KOTH: rcon exec ozfortress_hl_koth
Stopwatch: rcon exec ozfortress_hl_stopwatch

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How to Vote

We've reformatted our voting threads to better enable captains in correctly formatting and submitting their votes to us. Take a look, and let us know if you run into any issues.

1. Putting your votes together

Captains shall select three options from the Nominated Players heading and put them in order of highest vote to lowest vote using the following template. The first name will receive three votes, the second will receive two votes and the third will receive one vote. Voting for your own teammates is not allowed, regardless of the award (this includes Best Caster).

Important formatting - you must copy-paste your vote EXACTLY, and separate votes using commas. Again we are using an automated script to process these votes, and incorrectly imputed votes may not be counted!

Your team name:
Your team division: Premier

Best Scout: first-place vote, second-place vote, third-place vote
Best Soldier:
Best Pyro:
Best Demoman:
Best Heavy:
Best Engineer:
Best Medic:
Best Sniper:
Best Spy:
Friendliest Team:
Most Improved Player:
Most Improved Team:
Most Valuable Player:
Best Dressed Team:
Best Caster:

Your completed template should look like this (with the correct players on their classes, the same players have been used for each award in this example for simplicity) without the point allocations after each player name:

Your team name: Your Team Here
Your team division: Your Division Here

Best Scout: /dev/zero (3 points), wiggin (2 points), obla (1 point)
Best Soldier: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Pyro: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Demoman: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Heavy: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Engineer: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Medic: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Sniper: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Spy: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Most Improved Player: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Most Improved Team: Atomic Affinity, Red Pandas, Musos Deluxe
Friendliest Team: Atomic Affinity, Red Pandas, Musos Deluxe
Best Caster: catfish, core, obla

Remember: Voting for your own teammates is not allowed.

Nominated Players

The following players and teams are nominated for awards:

Best Scout: krollic, HUNGRY.4.EGGS, Miffy, Time, EVIL GOON, lizzo, a festive fish

Best Soldier: jd, takeyon, Lizrd-Wizrd, omni, shy, jennierubyjane, yuna

Best Pyro: Thyme, matttt, peep, Aswero, Styxs, megumi, Bree

Best Demoman: mazz, silvo, <user>, Doge.exe has stopped working, turris, Gooseman, Doctrine

Best Heavy: JP, wilsonoid, HASHFAN, Zinsh, kbn, typo., Kurt

Best Engineer: Sexy Turtle, robor, Mikcow, Square Bread, redja, jupyter, strongman

Best Medic: remorse, lau, freaky, woozy, tal, Kai, silent*

Best Sniper: Flow, Ghost, bill, kaldoz, strawbunny, mashiro, Kitt

Best Spy: Andyroo, Cowche, henwe, Speedy, chimes, eunsoo, Daggerman105

Most Improved Player: jd, wilsonoid, <user>, Zinsh, chimes, lizzo, Bree

Most Improved Team: Atomic Deluxe, BRIANLANDER, crylander, Significant Otter, EVIL RASCALS, good pug, 50,000,000 Doctrine Fans Can't Be Wrong

Friendliest Team: Atomic Deluxe, BRIANLANDER, crylander, Significant Otter, EVIL RASCALS, good pug, 50,000,000 Doctrine Fans Can't Be Wrong

Most Valuable Player: krollic, jd, Thyme, mazz, JP, Sexy Turtle, remorse, Flow, Andyroo,
HUNGRY.4.EGGS, takeyon, matttt, silvo, wilsonoid, robor, lau, Ghost, Cowche, Miffy, Lizrd-Wizrd,
peep, <user>, HASHFAN, Mikcow, freaky, bill, henwe, Time, omni, Aswero,
Doge.exe has stopped working, Zinsh, Square Bread, woozy, kaldoz, Speedy, EVIL GOON, shy, Styxs, turris, kbn,
redja, tal, strawbunny, chimes, lizzo, jennierubyjane, megumi, Gooseman, typo., jupyter, Kai, mashiro,
eunsoo, lizzo, a festive fish, yuna, Bree, Doctrine, Kurt, strongman, silent*, Kitt, Daggerman105

Best Dressed Team: Atomic Deluxe, BRIANLANDER, crylander, Significant Otter, EVIL RASCALS, good pug, 50,000,000 Doctrine Fans Can't Be Wrong

Best Caster: Sperkle, Rainy, turris, capy, freaky, tal, Dave, Shakey

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2. Submitting your votes

The votes must be sent through to your division administrator via Discord DMs:

• Sperkle (@sperkle)

Votes need to be submitted to one of the admins listed above by the 22nd of September at 11:59pm AEST. Failing to do this will prevent your votes from being counted and will make your team in-eligible for in-game medals.

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FAQ

How is Voting calculated?

We will use instant runoff voting to calculate the results.

Will we not receive in-game medals if we fail to submit our votes?

No, as we believe that every player should have the chance to be voted for.

How long will it take for Awards to be released?

The release of Awards often varies, but you can expect it usually within a week or two of Voting closing.

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Thank you based Valen for their work to improve our scripts used for nominations and voting!

How to Vote

We've reformatted our voting threads to better enable captains in correctly formatting and submitting their votes to us. Take a look, and let us know if you run into any issues.

1. Putting your votes together

Captains shall select three options from the Nominated Players heading and put them in order of highest vote to lowest vote using the following template. The first name will receive three votes, the second will receive two votes and the third will receive one vote. Voting for your own teammates is not allowed, regardless of the award (this includes Best Caster).

Important formatting - you must copy-paste your vote EXACTLY, and separate votes using commas. Again we are using an automated script to process these votes, and incorrectly imputed votes may not be counted!

Your team name:
Your team division: Premier

Best Scout: first-place vote, second-place vote, third-place vote
Best Soldier:
Best Pyro:
Best Demoman:
Best Heavy:
Best Engineer:
Best Medic:
Best Sniper:
Best Spy:
Friendliest Team:
Most Improved Player:
Most Improved Team:
Most Valuable Player:
Best Dressed Team:
Best Caster:

Your completed template should look like this (with the correct players on their classes, the same players have been used for each award in this example for simplicity) without the point allocations after each player name:

Your team name: Your Team Here
Your team division: Your Division Here

Best Scout: /dev/zero (3 points), wiggin (2 points), obla (1 point)
Best Soldier: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Pyro: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Demoman: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Heavy: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Engineer: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Medic: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Sniper: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Spy: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Most Improved Player: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Most Improved Team: Atomic Affinity, Red Pandas, Musos Deluxe
Friendliest Team: Atomic Affinity, Red Pandas, Musos Deluxe
Best Caster: catfish, core, obla

Remember: Voting for your own teammates is not allowed.

Nominated Players

The following players and teams are nominated for awards:

Best Scout: rosss3s, April, shadi, tom., inStinct, olivergeeoz, K13R7N, Vincent Viniyur, Ryse

Best Soldier: chonk, indy and her jones, twoism, Maxyvee, Kopz, Rainy, dezi, Wodah, Snowi8767 #SaveTF2

Best Pyro: Relz, MonsterGunner0v0, Corn, goblxn, Bluemmy, ¿Valeyard?, KRB, LadyHaley, Peepo

Best Demoman: Amatorii, reeee.vol 2, croppy, Funk, akari, Chilentoz, Cab, Sly Rocko, roastchicken12

Best Heavy: NEBU!A, mean bug, fraggerung, chill weed vibes only, angus, GUNWR0NG, Age, SpicyHipJesus,
Mr. Venom

Best Engineer: Sulu, arbabf, Tenous, eden, ♥ Emily the Goldfish ♥, Train Smash, Chungus McBungus, Verydarklord,
Char Anzable

Best Medic: Pulse, Pigel, yons, bobo, wang, CheeseFlag126, surgeon, BluSaltt, Nazareth <3

Best Sniper: Laz., seiran, Jdn, San, Mint, x32, uber_gamer92, Powersurge Proot #FixTF2, mira

Best Spy: WinterPizza850, Classy Doctor, hef, bambi, HaydenPrime, TheOofShow (Youtube) (Comp Spy), crypto,
21st Century Schizoid Yeen, quay

Most Improved Player: Amatorii, Classy Doctor, hef, goblxn, HaydenPrime, TheOofShow (Youtube) (Comp Spy),
crypto, Verydarklord, Mr. Venom

Most Improved Team: Tracy Waldron, Scurvy Ridden, CONNECTICUT KIA BOYZ, goblin deez, Tuah, Dispensers,
Should Be Studying, monosodium glutamate, rat gaming

Friendliest Team: Tracy Waldron, Scurvy Ridden, CONNECTICUT KIA BOYZ, goblin deez, Tuah, Dispensers,
Should Be Studying, monosodium glutamate, rat gaming

Most Valuable Player: rosss3s, chonk, Relz, Amatorii, NEBU!A, Sulu, Pulse, Laz., WinterPizza850, April,
indy and her jones, MonsterGunner0v0, reeee.vol 2, mean bug, arbabf, Pigel, seiran, Classy Doctor, shadi, twoism, Corn,
croppy, fraggerung, Tenous, yons, Jdn, hef, tom., Maxyvee, goblxn, Funk, chill weed vibes only, eden, bobo, San, bambi,
inStinct, Kopz, Bluemmy, akari, angus, ♥ Emily the Goldfish ♥, wang, Mint, HaydenPrim ,olivergeeoz, Rainy, ¿Valeyard?,
Chilentoz, GUNWR0NG, Train Smash, CheeseFlag126, x32, TheOofShow (Youtube) (Comp Spy), K13R7N, dezi, KRB, Cab,
Age, Chungus McBungus, surgeon, uber_gamer92, crypto, Vincent Viniyur, Wodah, LadyHaley, Sly Rocko,
SpicyHipJesus, Verydraklord, Blusaltt, Powersurge Proot #FixTF2, 21st Century Schizoid Yeen, Ryse,
Snowi8767 #SaveTF2, Peepo, roastchicken12, Mr. Venom, Char Anzable, Nazareth <3, mira, quay.

Best Dressed Team: Tracy Waldron, Scurvy Ridden, CONNECTICUT KIA BOYZ, goblin deez, Tuah, Dispensers,
Should Be Studying, monosodium glutamate, rat gaming

Best Caster: Sperkle, Rainy, turris, capy, freaky, tal, Dave, Shakey

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2. Submitting your votes

The votes must be sent through to your division administrator via Discord DMs:

• woozy (@w.oozy)
• redja (@redja)
• Kai (@head_empty_no_thoughts)

Votes need to be submitted to one of the admins listed above by the 22nd of September at 11:59pm AEST. Failing to do this will prevent your votes from being counted and will make your team in-eligible for in-game medals.

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FAQ

How is Voting calculated?

We will use instant runoff voting to calculate the results.

Will we not receive in-game medals if we fail to submit our votes?

No, as we believe that every player should have the chance to be voted for.

How long will it take for Awards to be released?

The release of Awards often varies, but you can expect it usually within a week or two of Voting closing.

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Thank you based Valen for their work to improve our scripts used for nominations and voting!

Team Name: life19
Division (Premier/High/Intermediate/Main/Open): intermediate
Best Combo Scout: life
Best Flank Scout: tori
Best Pocket Soldier: narga
Best Roaming Soldier: Grayboy
Best Medic: judge
Best Demoman: Don't give up
Best Utility: Lovely
Most Improved Player: judge

The users below are banned from playing a certain amount of rounds in both Sixes and Highlander during Winter '24. Users can receive round bans when accruing Player Behaviour Infractions or League Penalties. See these pages for more information each.

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Winter '24 Round Bans

• noemie Banned until next season (Spring '24)
• Doctrine Banned Rounds 2 & 3 of Highlander and Rounds 3 & 4 of Sixes.
• lizzo Banned Rounds 2 & 3 of Highlander and Sixes
• bill Banned Rounds 3 & 4 of Highlander and Rounds 4 & 5 of Sixes.
• omni Banned Rounds 3, 4 & 5 of Highlander and Rounds 4, 5 & 6 of Sixes.
• jv Banned Rounds 3 & 4 of Highlander and Rounds 4 & 5 of Sixes.
• mira Banned Rounds 3 & 4 of Highlander and Rounds 3 & 4 of Sixes.
• homer Banned Rounds 4, 5 & 6 of Highlander and Sixes
• Kyle Banned Rounds 4 & 5 of Highlander and Sixes.
• smallrat Banned Rounds 4 & 5 of Highlander and Sixes.
• CheeseFlag126 Banned Rounds 5 & 6 of Highlander and Sixes.
• Tenous Banned Rounds 5 & 6 of Highlander and Rounds 6 & 7 of Sixes.
• wirthy Banned Rounds 7, Page Playoffs Round 1 & Page Playoffs Round 2.
• arqu Banned for the remainder of Winter '24 and Banned for Round 1 of Spring '24.
• exXxposed Banned for Round 7, Page Playoffs Round 1 & Page Playoffs Round 2.
• drink toothpaste Banned for 3 Rounds once rostered.
• bubsdoge Banned for the remainder of Winter '24 until Rounds 3 of Spring '24.
• Titan Banned for Round 7, Page Playoffs Round 1 & Page Playoffs Round 2 for Highlander. Banned for Page Playoffs Rounds 1, 2 & 3 of Sixes.
• croppy Banned for Page Playoffs Rounds 1, 2, and 3 of Sixes & Highlander.
• child redditor Banned for Page Playoffs Round 2 & 3 of Sixes and Page Playoffs 1 & 2 of Highlander
• lau Banned until Rounds 2 of Spring '24.
• rohan Banned until Rounds 3 of Spring '24.
• adolo Banned for the remainder of Winter '24.
• takeyon Banned for the remainder of Winter '24.
• spunchbob3 Banned for the remainder of Winter '24.

Team Name: Tuah
Division (Premier/Main): Main
Best Scout: Instinct
Best Soldier: Kopz
Best Pyro: Bluemmy
Best Demoman: Akari
Best Heavy: Angus
Best Engineer: Emily the Goldfish
Best Medic: Wang
Best Sniper: Mint
Best Spy: Hayden Prime
Most Improved Player: Hayden Prime

Team Name: ASIO
Division (Premier/High/Intermediate/Main/Open): prem
Best Combo Scout: wils
Best Flank Scout: dauq
Best Pocket Soldier: feyn
Best Roaming Soldier: doge
Best Medic: conor
Best Demoman: matt
Best Utility: dauq
Most Improved Player: wils

Team Name: Significant Otters
Division (Premier/Main): Premier
Best Scout: Time
Best Soldier: Omni
Best Pyro: Aswero
Best Demoman: Doge
Best Heavy: Zinsh
Best Engineer: Square Bread
Best Medic: Woozy
Best Sniper: Kaldoz
Best Spy: Speedy
Most Improved Player: Zinsh

Please see our "Join us!" page for more information!

Unlike the ozfortress admin team, the identities of the Anti-Cheat panel are kept private and there is no communication between the Anti-Cheat panel and the admin team, except for the League Director. Failure to keep your role within the Anti-Cheat panel private will result in dismissal from the Anti-Cheat team as well as potential additional punishment. When applying, previous experience with anything related to cheating and coding is preferable however applications with little experience will still be considered.

Please make a new thread here to submit your application. Your submission can only be seen by the ozfortress Anti-Cheat panel and yourself. When applying, use the template below.

Template

**Your TF2 Background**:
**Previous Experience (If applicable)**:
**Why do you think you would be a valuable addition to the Anti-Cheat team?**

Team Name: Team Terrible Tactics
Division (Premier/High/Intermediate/Main/Open): Premier
Best Combo Scout: Miles
Best Flank Scout: apa3
Best Pocket Soldier: jono
Best Roaming Soldier: wirthy
Best Medic: S P A C E S H I P
Best Demoman: Spade
Best Utility: Berto
Most Improved Player: Zach

Team Name: Tracy Waldron
Division (Premier/Main): Main
Best Scout: Ross
Best Soldier: Chonk
Best Pyro: Relz
Best Demoman: Amatorii
Best Heavy: Nebula
Best Engineer: Sulu
Best Medic: Pulse
Best Sniper: Laz
Best Spy: Winter
Most Improved Player: Amatorii

Team Name: sky walker
Division (Premier)
Best Combo Scout: susu
Best Flank Scout: xobile
Best Pocket Soldier: omni
Best Roaming Soldier: andyroo
Best Medic: doctrine
Best Demoman: hef
Best Utility: omni
Most Improved Player: susu

Team Name: Zest Fest
Division (Premier/High/Intermediate/Main/Open): Open
Best Combo Scout: MrCOCONUT
Best Flank Scout: DON
Best Pocket Soldier: INFERNO071
Best Roaming Soldier: dndinsomniac
Best Medic: Claire6K
Best Demoman: LCJE
Best Utility: INFERNO071
Most Improved Player: sumdweb

Team Name: Life19
Division (Premier/High/Intermediate/Main/Open): Intermediate
Best Combo Scout: Lovely
Best Flank Scout: TORI
Best Pocket Soldier: narga
Best Roaming Soldier: Grayboy
Best Medic: Judge
Best Demoman: Don't give up
Best Utility: Lovely
Most Improved Player: Judge

Team Name: 6RNT
Division (Premier/High/Intermediate/Main/Open): Open
Best Combo Scout: rai
Best Flank Scout: fluffy
Best Pocket Soldier: peteydog
Best Roaming Soldier: whitefang2360
Best Medic: jestie
Best Demoman: AuroraEchoes
Best Utility: peteydog
Most Improved Player: aurora

Team Name: DLLM
Division (Premier/High/Intermediate/Main/Open): Intermediate
Best Combo Scout: Dorkson
Best Flank Scout: Woozy
Best Pocket Soldier: Speedy
Best Roaming Soldier: Beats
Best Medic: Time
Best Demoman: PhiPhi
Best Utility: Woozy
Most Improved Player: Woozy

Team Name: crylander
Division (Premier/Main): Premier
Best Scout: Miffy
Best Soldier: Lizrd-Wizrd
Best Pyro: peep
Best Demoman: user
Best Heavy: HASHFAN
Best Engineer: Mikcow
Best Medic: freaky
Best Sniper: bill
Best Spy: henwe
Most Improved Player: user

Team Name: BiliBili Gaming
Division (Premier/High/Intermediate/Main/Open): Premier
Best Combo Scout: robor
Best Flank Scout: silvo
Best Pocket Soldier: takeyon
Best Roaming Soldier: down
Best Medic: lau
Best Demoman: daz
Best Utility: robor
Most Improved Player: lexx