Transfer History
Premier
Transfer Window #1
- Exquizit Transferred into emo is the mind killer
- Dalton Transferred out of emo is the mind killer
- wilson brown Transferred into ** The Ozfortress Incelosphere
- mort Transferred into The Beatles
Transfer Window #2
- matttt Transferred into pena’s trinkets
- Skyhigh Transferred out of pena’s trinkets
Intermediate
Transfer Window #1
- bobo Transferred into Unhinged
- dayap Transferred into The Soup Store
Transfer Window #2
- dr_cheese101. Transferred out of The Soup Store
Open
Transfer Window #1
- goodbye Transferred into IDK (idontknow)
- Kabura Transferred out of IDK (idontknow)
- zek Transferred into 9 Reasons Not To Play TF2
Transfer History
Premier
Transfer Window #1
Sun Oct 19 17:46:04 2025 mashiro approved sphilliz's transfer into smyb (requested by Tenous)
Transfer Window #2
Transfer Window #3
Transfer Window #4
Transfer Window #5
High
Transfer Window #1
Transfer Window #2
Transfer Window #3
Transfer Window #4
Transfer Window #5
Intermediate
Transfer Window #1
Tue Oct 14 12:24:42 2025 inStinct approved saint's transfer into THE DAWGS
Transfer Window #2
Wed Oct 22 22:56:41 2025 inStinct approved Pulse's transfer into Terrible Tactics
Mon Oct 20 17:39:11 2025 inStinct approved Alpine's transfer into Pipe City
Transfer Window #3
Transfer Window #4
Transfer Window #5
Main
Transfer Window #1
Sun Oct 5 20:48:10 2025 inStinct approved Dalton's transfer out of KNOCKED GOOSE
Mon Oct 6 21:15:18 2025 Sperkle approved yuzu's transfer into KNOCKED GOOSE
Transfer Window #2
Sun Oct 19 22:20:34 2025 Sirgy approved Chomp's transfer into LexaPros
Tue Oct 21 13:51:31 2025 Sirgy approved xtra's transfer out of UNCFortress
Tue Oct 21 13:51:38 2025 Sirgy approved ckm's transfer into UNCFortress
Transfer Window #3
Transfer Window #4
Transfer Window #5
Open
Transfer Window #1
Transfer Window #2
Transfer Window #3
Transfer Window #4
Transfer Window #5
Emergency Transfers
Player Restrictions
This page will show all Player Restrictions (players restricted from specific classes in-game) for players in Sixes Spring '25. It will be updated throughout the season with each transfer window being a comment on this thread. Premier does not have any restrictions.
High:
POT OF GREED
freaky Restricted off Soldier and Medic.
Intermediate:
Bread Gaming
dayap Restricted TO Medic.
Matty Restricted off Scout.
Pipe City
Alpine Restricted off Scout & Soldier.
Terrible Tactics
yourstruly Restricted off Scout and Sniper.
Pengstah Restricted off Demoman.
wirthy Restricted TO Medic.
akim Restricted off Demoman.
♪.Beats Restricted off Soldier.
THE DAWGS
yflow Restricted TO Medic.
time Restricted off Scout.
saint Restricted off Scout, Soldier and is conditionally restricted from playing if ziah is present.
Main:
UNCFortress
ckm Restricted TO Medic.
TRIPLE CROWN
TUX Restricted off Soldier.
archie Restricted off Soldier.
instagib
bobb0 Restricted off Demoman.
Doomsday
skyhigh Restricted TO Medic.
ARISSS Restricted off Scout.
Open:
Tzuyang Fan Club
shneersh Restricted off Scout & Soldier.
Duckypus Restricted off Demoman.
Mango Restricted off Soldier.
Team Stay Gold
eurus Restricted off Sniper.
Wicked Fabrications
ScEshay Restricted off Demoman.
BEER
xav Restricted off Scout.
Scarlet Police
seinfeld Restricted off Soldier.
intergalatic ancestral aura
WinterPizza850 Restricted off Scout & Soldier.
Player Restrictions
The number of restricted players allowed on one roster this season is 5
INTERMEDIATE
Outer Heaven
Striker Restricted off Scout, Soldier, Demoman & Heavy.
Rayno ♪ Restricted off Scout & Sniper.
Monte Restricted off Spy.
Adam's and the big Mac's
Bree Restricted off Pyro.
The Soup Store
dayap Restricted off Soldier.
OPEN
IDK (idontknow)
cRs. Restricted off Demoman.
BMO Restricted off Spy.
goodbye Restricted off Spy.
9 Reasons Not To Play TF2
froglvvr Restricted off Pyro.
yuzu Restricted off Scout & Soldier.
Newspice Restricted off Demoman.
rill Restricted off Scout.
zek Restricted off Scout.
Rat Gaming Reborn
silent* Restricted TO Medic.
Lake Fairy Crew
mgm Restricted off Soldier.
Previously Restricted Players
Kabura Restricted off Spy.
Key Dates & Transfer Windows
Key Dates
Signups & Seedings Dates
Wednesday 24th of September 2025: Signups Open
Friday 10th of October 2025: Signups Close, Rosters Locked for Seedings
Sunday 12th of October 2025: Seedings Released
Wednesday 15th of October 2025: Season starts
Regular Season Dates
Wednesday 15th October - Sunday 19th October 2025: Round 1
Wednesday 22nd October - Sunday 26th October 2025: Round 2
Wednesday 29th October - Sunday 2nd November 2025: Round 3
Premier Roster Lock applied Wednesday the 5th of November
Wednesday 5th November - Sunday 9th November 2025: Round 4
Intermediate & Open Roster Lock applied Wednesday the 12th of November
Wednesday 12th November - Sunday 16th November 2025: Round 5
Wednesday 19th November - Sunday 23rd November 2025: Round 6 (Intermediate & Open Only)
Premier Playoffs Dates
Wednesday 19th November - Sunday 23rd November 2025: Playoffs Round 1 / Page Playoffs
Wednesday 26th November - Sunday 30th November 2025: Playoffs Round 2 / Semi-Finals
Wednesday 3rd December - Sunday 7th December 2025: Playoffs Round 3 / Grand & Bronze Finals
Intermediate Playoffs Dates
Wednesday 26th November - Sunday 30th November 2025: Playoffs Round 1 / Page Playoffs
Wednesday 3rd December - Sunday 7th December 2025: Playoffs Round 2 / Semi-Finals
Wednesday 10th December - Sunday 14th December 2025: Playoffs Round 3 / Grand & Bronze Finals
Transfer Windows
Wednesday 15th October - Tuesday 21st October 2025: Transfer Window 1
Wednesday 22nd October - Tuesday 28th October 2025: Transfer Window 2
Wednesday 29th October - Tuesday 4th November 2025: Transfer Window 3
Wednesday 5th November 2025: Roster Lock (Premier Only)
Wednesday 5th November - Tuesday 11th November 2025: Transfer Window 4
Wednesday 12th November 2025: Roster Lock Intermediate & Open)
For applicants to be eligible to play in a particular round, the transfer application must be submitted by 11:59 PM AEST/AEDT time the Tuesday of the round before the transfer window.
Teams are permitted to a total of 6 player transfers into their roster this season. Only 2 Player Transfers are processed in each window.
Key Dates & Transfer Windows
Key Dates - Signups & Seedings Dates
Monday 22nd September 2025: Signups Open
Wednesday 8th October 2025: Signups Close, Rosters Locked for Seedings
Friday 10th October 2025 Seedings Released
Saturday 11th October 2025: Matches Generated
Sunday 12th October 2025: Season starts
Regular Season Dates
Sunday 12th October - Thursday 16th October 2025: Round 1
Sunday 19th October - Thursday 23rd October 2025: Round 2
Sunday 26nd October - Thursday 30th October 2025: Round 3
Sunday 2th November - Thursday 6th November 2025: Round 4
Sunday 9th November - Thursday 13th November 2025: Round 5
Roster Lock applied Saturday 15th November 2025
Sunday 16th November - Thursday 20th November 2025: Round 6
Sunday 23rd November - Thursday 27th November 2025: Round 7
Playoffs Dates (Premier)
Sunday 30th November - Thursday 4th December 2025: AFL Finals Round 1
Sunday 7th December - Thursday 11th December 2025: Quarter Finals
Sunday 14th December - Thursday 28st December 2025: Semi-Finals
Sunday 21st December - Wednesday 31st December 2025: Grand Final & Bronze Final
Playoffs Dates (High/Main)
Sunday 16th November - Thursday 20th November 2025: Page Playoff Round 1
Sunday 23rd November - Thursday 27th November 2025: Semi-Final
Sunday 30th November - Thursday 11th December 2025: Grand Final
Playoffs Dates (Intermediate/Open)
Sunday 30th November - Thursday 4th December 2025: Page Playoff Round 1
Sunday 7th December - Thursday 11th December 2025: Semi-Final
Sunday 14th December - Thursday 28th December 2025: Grand Final
Transfer Windows
Transfers this season will be processed and approved on a weekly basis. There will be five transfer windows for this season of Sixes or alternatively a transfer window every week bar the last 2 weeks of the regular season . Teams should note the Transfer Windows to prevent player issues with their rosters during the season. Transfers can be requested at any point during the season, however, the players in question will only be processed in between the Transfer Windows (see dates below). Furthermore, players won't be processed until their team's match has concluded for the current round. The listed transfer windows can be found below.
For applicants to be eligible to play in a particular round, the transfer application must be submitted by 11:59 PM AEST/AEDT time on THURSDAY before the transfer window closes.
Sunday 12th October - Thursday 16th October 2025: Transfer Window 1
Sunday 19th October - Thursday 23rd October 2025: Transfer Window 2
Sunday 26th October - Thursday 30th October 2025: Transfer Window 3
Sunday 2th November - Thursday 6th November 2025: Transfer Window 4
Sunday 9th November - Thursday 13th November 2025: Transfer Window 5
Roster Lock applied Saturday 15th November 2025
PRELIMINARY SPRING '25 SEEDINGS
Just like "One Last Breath" by Creed, this season is meant to be enjoyed with an ice-cold beer after a hard day at the office. With the season just a few days away, here are the Preliminary Seedings for Highlander Spring '25. You can also find all the precursory class restrictions via the link below. If you have any concerns, please reach out to the Highlander Administrators via our support channel in Discord.
Premier
pena's trinkets
ATOMIC
crylander
emo is the mind killer
The Ozfortress Incelosphere
The Beatles
Intermediate
Outer Heaven
Adam's and the big Mac's
Unhinged
The Soup Store
Open
IDK (idontknow)
9 Reasons Not To Play TF2
Rat Gaming Reborn
Lake Fairy Crew
3 Divisions
This season we'll be utilising 3 divisions; these being Premier, Intermediate and Open. We feel that this split of 6-4-4 works best given the number of teams that signed up and the disparity in skill. The Premier division does have a noticeable separation in skill between the top 3 and bottom 3 teams. However, this is preferable to a division of 4 teams, where the bottom team would have to face the same top 3 teams week after week, with no closer competition available. From this the Intermediate and Open divisions have been constructed and balanced, with all teams being within the same skill set as those adjacent to them.
Season Progression
For Premier, there will be a 5-week regular season where each team will face all other teams once. As for Intermediate and Open, each team will play the other teams in their division twice for a 6 week long season. After the regular season, the top 4 teams from each division will move into Page Playoffs. For Premier, teams ranking 5th and 6th at the end of the regular season will not progress into Playoffs. While all the teams of the Intermediate and Open divisions will advance into playoffs regardless of final standing.
Bronze Final Forfeits.
Previously, any team which forfeited a finals match would be disbanded and deemed ineligible to receive in-game medals. Moving forward, teams will be permitted to forfeit Bronze Final matches without being disbanded. However, there are some stipulations around forfeiting this final.
- The team that forfeits the bronze final effectively loses that match, meaning they will finish the season in 4th place.
- If both teams mutually agree to forfeit the match, the higher ranking team (Home Team) will remain as the 3rd place team.
We feel this will still ensure the Bronze Final have meaning and a place come end of the season but doesn't force the weaker team to play the match if they are ready to finish up for the season.
Mercenary Limit removed
To continue to align with the sixes crowd we will be dropping our previous mercing limitations and allowing teams to merc a player an unlimited number of times per season (only when the player has been approved to merc, of course). We are doing this to aid teams on both sides of the skill bell curve to find players with more ease when needing a mercenary in a pinch.
Note: These rule changes may take time to be reflected in our site's docs.
Map Schedule
Map Pool
Upward
Swiftwater
Vigil
Eruption
Steel
Product
Ashville
Proot
Warmtic
Changes to the Highlander Spring '25 Map Pool
- Proside has been removed
- Warmtic has been added
- Eruption has been updated to version b15
Please note: pl_upward_f12, pl_vigil_rc10, pl_eruption_b15, cp_steel_f12, koth_product_final, koth_ashville_final1, koth_proot_b6c-alt2 and koth_warmtic_f10 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 pl_upward_f12
rcon changelevel koth_product_final
rcon changelevel pl_swiftwater_final1
rcon changelevel pl_eruption_b15
rcon changelevel cp_steel_f12
rcon changelevel pl_vigil_rc10
rcon changelevel koth_ashville_final1
rcon changelevel koth_proot_b6c-alt2
rcon changelevel koth_warmtic_f10
Division Admins
All communication with Division Admins must occur within the Team Captain Discord. Team Captains will be invited after the conclusion of Signups. If you are not in this Discord, please reach out immediately.
HIGHLANDER HEAD ADMINISTRATOR
- Sperkle
PREMIER DIVISION ADMINISTRATOR
- woozy
INTERMEDIATE DIVISION ADMINISTRATORS
- indy and her jones
- Sylvie
OPEN DIVISION ADMINISTRATORS
- Pulse
To see our complete list including Discord handles, see our Staff page here.
Map Pool
Sixes Spring '25 Map Pool
koth_bagel_rc11
koth_clearcut_b18
koth_product_final
cp_granary_pro_rc17a3
cp_gullywash_f9
cp_metalworks_f7
cp_process_f12
cp_snakewater_final1
cp_sunshine
Map Schedule
Week 1: cp_process_f12, cp_snakewater_final1
Week 2: cp_granary_pro_rc17a3, cp_metalworks_f7
Week 3: cp_gullywash_f9, koth_product_final
Week 4: cp_sunshine, koth_clearcut_b18
Week 5: cp_snakewater_final1, koth_bagel_rc11
Week 6: cp_sunshine, cp_gullywash_f9
Week 7: cp_process_f12, koth_product_final
Please note: koth_bagel_rc11, koth_clearcut_b18, koth_product_final, cp_granary_pro_rc17a3, cp_gullywash_f9, cp_metalworks_f7, cp_process_f12 and cp_snakewater_final1 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 koth_bagel_rc11
rcon changelevel koth_clearcut_b18
rcon changelevel koth_product_final
rcon changelevel cp_granary_pro_rc17a3
rcon changelevel cp_gullywash_f9
rcon changelevel cp_metalworks_f7
rcon changelevel cp_process_f12
rcon changelevel cp_snakewater_final1
rcon changelevel cp_sunshine
Division Admins
All communication with Division Admins must occur within the Team Captain Discord. Team Captains will be invited after the conclusion of Signups. If you are not in this Discord, please reach out immediately.
Head Sixes Admins: emgee & inStinct
Premier Admin: mashiro
High Admin: Whitefang2360
Intermediate Admin: inStinct
Main Admin: Sirgy
Open Admin: emgee
To see our complete list including Discord handles, see our Staff page here.
(art by dezi)
Final Seedings
Please do not hesitate to contact an admin if you have any issues, questions, or concerns. This can be done through our Discord's support category.
PREMIER
bAUlls
Wog & Co.
danci
Ascension
the digger family land
Azerbaijan Technology
smyb
Freak-Off
ttt
HIGH
flank of doom
POT OF GREED
Fredo v Digga D: The Gang War In London
blank’s burgers
gilbert
sirguson log
INTERMEDIATE
Bread Gaming
Pipe City
Terrible Tactics
Monkey Business
5 feeders + MORT
hive turismo
THE DAWGS
Talking Tom and Friends
MAIN
KNOCKED GOOSE
TRIPLE CROWN
instagib
Doomsday
LexaPros
UNCFortress
OPEN
1hand
6 Reasons Not To Play TF2
Tzuyang Fan Club
intergalatic ancestral aura
BEER
Team Stay Gold
Wicked Fabrications
SCARING THE DEMOES!
Illustration
Scarlet Police
(art by dezi)
Initial Seedings
Class Restrictions - PENDING UPDATES
These placements are not final and are subject to change. We welcome any input to help us finalise seedings and restrictions. This can be done through our Discord's support category and we will most likely respond tomorrow.
PREMIER
bAUlls
Wog & Co.
danci
Ascension
the digger family land
Azerbaijan Technology
smyb
Freak-Off
HIGH
ttt
flank of doom
POT OF GREED
Fredo v Digga D: The Gang War In London
blank’s burgers
gilbert
INTERMEDIATE
sirguson log
Bread Gaming
Pipe City
Terrible Tactics
Monkey Business
5 feeders + MORT
gran turismo
THE DAWGS
Talking Tom and Friends
MAIN
KNOCKED GOOSE
TRIPLE CROWN
instagib
Doomsday
Team Stay Gold
LexaPros
Tzuyang Fan Club
UNCFortress
OPEN
1hand
6 Reasons Not To Play TF2
intergalatic ancestral aura
BEER
~awaiting signup
SCARING THE DEMOES!
Illustration
Scarlet Police
Staff Changes
Sirgy & Whitefang2360
We're excited to welcome Sirgy & Whitefang2360 who will be joining our staff team this season as our newest Trial Sixes Administrators. Both Sirgy and Whitefang contribute a very welcome knowledge-base and wish to grow the competitive sixes scene. We're excited for them to join the administration team and wish them the best going into Spring '25.
Mashiro
The training wheels are off! having proven themselves as a valued member of the team, we are proud to retain mashiro as a fully fledged League Admin.
Chili
It's already public knowledge, but we wanted to sincerely thank Chili for stepping up when the time required. Thank you for your contribution to improving the sixes community! We wish you all the best and hope to see you again.
emgee & inStinct
With the news of Chili's departure from Head Admin, we're proud to announce emgee & inStinct will be stepping up to fill the void.
Coming Spring 2025!
Hello again! After running the numbers, running them again, and a third time to be sure, we are ready to share with you all the changes coming to Highlander Spring '25.
Map Pool
The following maps will be included in the Spring '25 Highlander Season;
koth_product_final
koth_ashville_final1
koth_proot_b6c-alt2
koth_warmtic_f10
pl_upward_f12
pl_vigil_rc10
pl_swiftwater_final1
pl_eruption_b15
cp_steel_f12
Borneo Eruption
Ha! You thought. Eruption will be returning for its third consecutive season. While it is still the highest requested map to be removed from our map pool, it has slowly become better received after its new found play time with in our league. During the post season poll we found that Eruption and Swiftwater were only a few votes apart when asking players which payload map should be removed. Thus, we decided that Eruption will stick around for another season. The map has also received an update which will be played throughout the season.
Warmtic
Warmtic will be returning for the first time in over a year to replace Proside this season! It was extremely clear from post season feedback that players were not impressed with Proside and thus it will be retired effective immediately. Warmtic was the elected replacement for this season over Lakeside, Valor and Cascade.
Whitelist
Loch 'n' Load
The Loch 'n' Load will be banned for Spring '25 Highlander and the foreseeable future. It was made abundantly clear to us that the Loch 'n' Load's near 100% equip rate during Experimental Cup 4 was indicative of the weapons power within Highlander (and competitive TF2 in general). It is far too strong to be included in regular season competition so you're all safe... for now.
Darwin's Danger Shield
We received mixed feedback on the Darwin's in our post Experimental Cup survey. With only some players opting to equip it throughout the Experimental Cup, we decided to poll the item's inclusion in the upcoming season via a discord poll. The poll posted in our discord ended with 66% of votes being in favor of the item remaining banned. From this result, we will respect the majorities wishes and keep the item banned for Spring '25 Highlander.
Welcome Sylvie to the Team!
Please welcome Sylvie to our Highlander team! Sylvie is a passionate member of the community who is looking to make her mark on the admin scene. We're very excited to have her and you'll be in good hands going into the season.
TLDR
- STAFF NEEDED:
- We're looking for staff, in particular, newer people, new blood. Consistent staff turnover has prompted us to look for those who haven't been around for over a decade.
- In addition, staff burnout and player attitude towards staff has been a noted reason as to why a few have stepped down in recent history (this isn't the case for every staff member who has stepped down, but it's come up enough that it needed mentioning).
- Not only are we looking for new blood, we're looking for people who have a passion for TF2, and a drive to not only take ozfortress into the future, but be around for years to come.
- Chili, cryo, omni and redja have stepped down. Sperkle will be stepping down by the end of the year/in the new year.
- core will be stepping down/further away within the next year.
- Ban Posts are no longer being posted on the website.
- Infractions/Behaviour Management will be seeing changes, we want to untie our hands to be able to better deal with weirdos, essentially.
- Nothing changes for now, we'll continue running things smoothly like always, but we need roles filled.
First, we're looking for staff!
You've likely seen our "We Need You" posts in the past. This is different. We are looking to fill staff positions in most roles, but in particular, we are looking for new league administrators with ambition, drive and commitment to bring ozfortress into the future. These are always nice to see in candidates, but we are looking for those qualities with more necessity than we have before.
We will always cherish the work our volunteers put in and respect the commitment they give to us and our community, but staff turnover in recent years has increased, and there are some consistent factors.
Part staff burnout
And part this, part that. It's not just these two factors, but it’s significant enough to warrant discussing. Staff burnout is hard to fix, and it's something we've worked on improving over the last few years, so beyond saying that we've done what we can to make league administrator workload more manageable than it was in the past, we'll say this; we'll always support our staff in any way we can, and we won't lie and say the workload is nothing - but if you could play one of our competitions on a team who scrims a few couples times a week, that's about the maximum amount of time we'd expect of you.
Part resentment towards negative player attitude
Resentment doesn't necessarily encompass it, but more than a few retired staff members and current staff members would probably agree that we're over it. To be clear, the majority of this community are almost always great, but I would be remiss in neglecting to mention that the minority who on purpose aim to be moronic, intentionally difficult to communicate with, just because you can be, you are who we are talking about. I will always be completely open to fair criticism, voicing your opinion on changes, even your dissatisfaction with behavioural bans against your friends or circle jerks. At the end of the day, we do what we can to make everything as fair as we can, and that's always been a principle I try to instil in our league administration. You might have noticed that as of late, I have been far more unavailable than ever, to which I just want to thank everyone who has stepped up in my absence, but it's provided me some clarity on how we really have been tolerating what are frankly, just fucking tantrums, too often. We have rulesets for a reason, and we aim to make very little use of our "we can amend or make decisions outside of this ruleset at our discretion" clauses very sparingly, but if your goal is to get your own way in breach of our rulesets, or to just be a pest, fuck around and find out.
What are we looking for in applicants?
Frankly, in the past, we've knocked back most applications that seem low effort. As much as this is just a few hours a week, volunteering for a community-run league kind of thing that, in the grand scheme of things, low priority in everyone's daily life - low effort applications that are often just slightly over a few sentences really does not make a good impression, nor does it demonstrate reliability or any interest in long term commitment. We will always be thankful for any time our volunteers can volunteer, but the turnover of staff we have had lately has admittedly made it harder to keep filling those roles, and it means much more time spent teaching. While we're aiming to improve how we do that, turnover is still an issue, and one that is not the fault of those who step away.
Beyond that, we're looking for people who are willing to step up and take over eventually. If you think that's you, or you have a drive to help with keeping seasonal leagues going, application templates and submission links can be found here.
ozfortress into 2026 and beyond
You've likely already seen that with the seasonal league signups opening, a few staff members have stepped down, and we would like to thank them for their time, their energy, and frankly, a part of their sanity. In particular, we'd like to thank Chili, who stepped up after multi's attempted Irish goodbye. In Chili's time, he kept a watchful eye over four seasons of Sixes and was invaluable in keeping ozfortress going. In addition to Chili stepping down, cryo, omni, and redja are also stepping down.
That's not everyone. In the next season or so, Sperkle will also be stepping down from being Highlander Head Admin. So you can probably see how there's a void we're looking to fill, and they're big shoes to fill.
But wait, there's more
I've had who knows how many versions of this announcement drafted for months and months now, not to mention how many conversations I've had with people about this. I don't know how many times I've told people either, but it's time. Whilst I originally hoped to have announced this ages ago, I am aiming to step down from being the League Director. I don't intend to leave ozfortress completely, nor do I intend to leave anything unsettled, so I can't say with certainty when, but ideally within a year, preferably less. With ozfortress picking up Highlander nearly four years ago now, the workload of keeping things afloat is admittedly lower than you might think, but ozfortress deserves someone with far more passion and drive for TF2 than I have these days. Even before starting Respawn League, I was helping run events, so I've been doing this now for over eight years, and frankly, I should have stepped away a while ago.
We need you, new blood!
That's our biggest focus right now, we need people who are not only going to be around a bit longer, but who have the passion to take ozfortress into the future. If you think that's you, apply using the links above.
Website posts are changing
Going into 2026, we'll be changing how we use our website for news posts. We've already cut down what we post on our website to just essential news posts and ban posts, but the latter will be disappearing. We briefly alluded to this in the most recent ban post in our Discord, but going forward, all ban posts will be in our Discord. There are a few reasons, but the main reason is, ban posts are a bad look, and frankly, they don't need to be posted on our website. Practically everyone is already in our Discord, so everyone will see them anyway. We will be working to further refine how we list bans on our website going forward, including game server bans and their duration.
Infractions and behaviour management in ozfortress
We'll detail this in its own post soon, but changes are coming to our Infractions Ruleset, and a lowering of our tolerance for severe breaches, and in particular, we'll be making it easier to dispatch of the worst of the worst.
A lot of change, so what's next?
Things will continue to operate as normal; we just need to make some decisions and fill some roles. And we aim to keep everyone running smoothly for the foreseeable future, and there are still a few things I would like to get done and launch before I step down, or more likely, step back.
Hay fever be gone!
Stop sneezing and start gaming. Spring '25 Highlander is here and what better way to round out 2025 than with some action packed Highlander. While we are not quite ready to reveal the changes coming to the season, we are ready for you to sign up your rosters! So get excited, and buy some tissues.
Signups
You can sign up for Highlander Spring '25 from today (Wednesday the 24th of September) up until Friday the 10th of October at 11:59pm AEDT. With this in mind we'll aim to have seedings out by Sunday the 12th or Monday the 13th of October at the latest with the Season starting on Wednesday the 15th of October.
SIGNUP NOW · SEASON PAGE
Changes on the way
Our boys in the lab have a lot of data to go over, so we'll be making a separate post in the coming days once we have all our facts sorted. This post will contain any Whitelist and Map Pool alterations coming for Spring '25, so keep your eyes peeled. In the meantime... I don't know, scrim Product, its not like that thing is going anywhere.
Staff Changes
After being with us for 5 seasons redja will be departing from our Highlander Admin team. Redja's impact was nothing short of substantial during his time as an admin. He has allowed us to have some of the best seeded and ran competitions in recent Highlander history thanks to his rigorous and meticulous planning ahead of time and his tireless work behind the scenes crafting tiebreaking metrics that combat our websites current limitations. Don't worry, he'll still be behind the scenes bossing around our current staff but his time in the spot light has come to an end. Thanks brew (bro)! You helped us run a skux league, we wish you all the best and we hope you enjoy all the fush (fish) and chups (chips) life has to offer you aye!
Cryo will also be stepping down as a league admin moving into Spring '25. With life catching up to him we'd like to also thank him for his contributions to our staff team. While he wasn't around for the longest time, Cryo provided a multitude of level headed takes behind the scenes and even took time out of his busy schedule to assist us in running the recent Experimental Highlander Cup. Truly a great guy and nothing but an incredible asset to our team and the entire community. Thank you Mr. Cryotech, we hope you thrive in 2026 and the years to come!
Despite being down 2 we're still up 4 with Pulse, woozy and myself (Sperkle) sticking around. Furthermore, our very own indy and her jones will be staying on with us now, having graduated from Trial Admin status to a fully fledged Highlander Admin!
We'll be letting you all know of all the changes as soon as we can, so keep your eyes peeled!
Two weekends of action are done and dusted, kitchen is closed folks. Thankyou to all who competed in Experimental Cup 4 and congratulations to all the Division Champions Leap of Faith, Household and 9 Reasons Not To Play TF2.
Below are the Final Rankings, Awards and Prizes for Experimental Cup 4. Individual awards as well as Prizes for the Clip contests have been decided by Highlander Administrators and Advisors. We have also included two surveys. The first survey focuses on the maps featured in the cup and whether or not you (the players) would like to see them included in the upcoming Spring '25 Season as well as any fixes or changes that could be made to the maps to make them preform better within a competitive setting. The second, provides a space for players to share their thoughts and opinions on the other aspects of the cup such as the inclusion of ABBA for every match, the whitelist changes, etc.
Congratulations Division 1 winners Leap of Faith!
Placements
- Leap of Faith
- projected rank silver 2
- 9 men 1 child policy
- Demon Slayer Corps (DSC)
Grand Final Map Scores
- Keylog: 3 - 0
- Divulgence: 2 - 0
Bronze Final Map Scores
- Valor: 3 - 1
- Keylog: 3 - 0
Awards
Best Scout: krollic
Best Soldier: nurf
Best Pyro: brodie escobar
Best Demoman: Striker & turris
Best Heavy: Trash
Best Engineer: redja
Best Medic: remorse
Best Sniper: maz
Best Spy: Andyroo
Congratulations Division 2 winners Household!
Placements
- Household
- Highlander Experimental League Lovers
- The Beatles
- AsiaFort Dropout
Grand Final Map Scores
- Valor: 3 - 0
- Divulgence: 2 - 1
Bronze Final Map Scores
- Govan: 2 - 3
- Divulgence: 2 - 0
- Valor: 3 - 0
Awards
Best Scout: Aswero
Best Soldier: aly
Best Pyro: Destiny
Best Demoman: noemie
Best Heavy: Ro1and
Best Engineer: crese
Best Medic: reeee.vol 2
Best Sniper: aldeixisto
Best Spy: MonsterGunner0v0
Congratulations Division 3 winners 9 Reasons Not To Play TF2!
Placements
- 9 Reasons Not To Play TF2
- TNP
- Morb Fortress 2 - Morbheads
- Lake Fairy Crew
Grand Final Map Scores
- Govan: 3 - 2
- Valor: 3 - 1
Bronze Final Map Scores
- Divulgence: 2 - 0
- Govan: 3 - 2
Awards
Best Scout: lillybit_0
Best Soldier: Whitefang2360
Best Pyro: SpicyHipJesus
Best Demoman: newspice
Best Heavy: Mr. Venom
Best Engineer: AuroraEchoes
Best Medic: Peteydog
Best Sniper: Grvyrd
Best Spy: Hobby_Sr
Prize Recipients
Due to us receiving a limited number of submissions we have modified the prize distributions. Below are the winners and prize recipients.
Best Overall Clip
Andyroo - 10 keys
Grvyrd - 5 keys
skyhigh - 3 keys
Best Loch n Load Clips
newspice - 10 keys
APVC - 5 keys
Striker - 3 key
Best Holiday Punch Clips & remaining submissions
Due to us receiving no submission for our Holiday Punch clip contests we will be handing out 1 key per person who submitted clips that didn't win a prize in the categories above so congratulations to the following;
- Matty
- violet
- Jay5815
- bunstie
- Reeee.vol 2
- MonsterGunner0v0
We will reach out soon with instruction on how to claim your keys with in the coming days. Congratulations to all!
(art by dezi)
Sixes has Sprung
It's sweltering and we're barely a month into Spring. Wait it's Spring? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRH!!! Well with the start of Spring comes our next season of Sixes. With a lot of the same as last season we're gearing up for a fantastic competition so don't miss out on the last Sixes league of 2025!
Signups
You can sign up for Sixes Spring '25 from today (Monday the 22nd of September) up until Wednesday the 8th of October at 11:59pm AEDT. With this in mind we'll aim to have seedings out by Thursday the 9th or Friday the 10th of October at the latest with the Season starting on Sunday the 12th of October.
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Whitelist and Map Pool
There are no changes to the Map Pool or Whitelist this season. That's it go home. With the positive reception of last season's Map Pool we have decided to run it back. For those of you who weren't the biggest fan's of Granary this season will give you another chance to become "accustomed" to it. As for the Whitelist, no changes have been made with nothing standing out as problematic from the Winter season just gone.
Staff Changes
Our beloved Chili will be stepping down from his position as Head Sixes Administrator. Chili came back as a league admin for Autumn '24 Sixes and took over as the head admin mid-season due to the disappearance of one who shall not be named. In his time Chili has been an integral member of staff and has always put his best foot forward. Doing this for not one, but nearly tuah years isn't easy. Thankyou Chili for all you've done and we wish you nothing but the best in all your future endeavors.
Also departing from our Sixes staff will be Omni. Omni came on last season as a Trial Sixes Administrator. But as life often does, it caught up with him. Thank you Omni for taking the time to volunteer and we hope life treats you well going into 2026!
So where does that leave us? Well you still have the triple threat of mashiro, emgee and inStinct as your regular season staff don't you worry about that. As for the next Sixes Head Administrator and additional staff coming aboard, we'll be making a post in the coming days detailing all changes within our Sixes team. But if you're excited about competitive Team Fortress 2 and think you'd be a good fit please don't shy away from filling in one of our Staff Applications!
We'll be in touch soon, but get excited for the final Sixes season of 2025! We can't wait to see this competition get underway!
Post-Winter '25 Survey Results
Post Experimental Cup 4 Survey Results
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