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Thread: ozfortress Ban: pasteurised

trippyCD

whaaaatt nnooooo waaay

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mimi

nah hes not an alt he just had 3k hrs on csgo guys

Thread: ozfortress Ban: pasteurised

FIN

this guy was a alt no way!!!!

Thread: ozfortress Ban: pasteurised

rill

man can you guys believe senerz was an alt?

Thread: ozfortress Ban: pasteurised

Sperkle Highlander Head Admin & Media Coordinator

Alternate Account Ban

pasteurised STEAM_0:1:104808335
xns STEAM_0:0:16964609

The player above (pasteurised) has been found using an alternate account (xns) to play within ozfortress. This player has been banned from ozfortress.com, the community's competitions, and all other ozfortress properties for 2 years, 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.

Should any individuals or groups within ozfortress be found housing the listed player/s in our competitions, or aiding in ban evasion, those responsible will face severe penalties and hefty league bans.

Thread: Highlander Wainter '25 (S10) - Key Dates & Transfer Windows

Sperkle Highlander Head Admin & Media Coordinator

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Key Dates & Transfer Windows

Key Dates

Signups & Seedings Dates

Thursday 22nd of May 2025: Signups Open
Friday 6th of June 2025: Signups Close, Rosters Locked for Seedings
Sunday 8th of June 2025: Seedings Released
Wednesday 11th of June 2025: Season starts

Regular Season Dates

Wednesday 11th June - Sunday 15th June 2025: Round 1
Wednesday 18th June - Sunday 22nd June 2025: Round 2
Wednesday 25th June - Sunday 29th June 2025: Round 3
Wednesday 2nd July - Sunday 7th July 2025: Round 4
Wednesday 9th July - Sunday 14th July 2025: Round 5
Wednesday 16th July - Sunday 21st July 2025: Round 6
Wednesday 23rd July - Sunday 28th July 2025: Round 7

Playoffs Dates

Wednesday 30th July - Sunday 3rd August 2025: Playoffs Round 1 / Page Playoffs
Wednesday 6th August - Sunday 10th August 2025: Playoffs Round 2 / Semi-Finals
Wednesday 13th August - Sunday 17th August 2025: Playoffs Round 3 / Grand & Bronze Finals

Transfer Windows

Wednesday 11th June - Tuesday 17th June 2025: Transfer Window 1
Wednesday 18th June - Tuesday 24th June 2025: Transfer Window 2
Wednesday 25th June - Tuesday 1st July 2025: Transfer Window 3
Wednesday 2nd July 2025 - Tuesday 8th July 2025: Transfer Window 4
Wednesday 9th July 2025 - Tuesday 15th July 2025: Transfer Window 5
Wednesday 16th July 2025: Roster Lock

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.

Thread: Winter '25 - Round Bans

core League Director

The users below are banned from playing a certain amount of rounds in both Sixes and Highlander during Winter '25. Users can receive round bans when accruing Player Behaviour Infractions or League Penalties. See these pages for more information each.

Winter'25 Round Bans

Uncharted Banned for rounds 1 & 2 of Winter '25 Sixes and Highlander.
g57x Banned for rounds 1 & 2 of Winter '25 Sixes and Highlander.
skyhigh Banned for rounds 1 & 2 of Winter '25 Sixes and Highlander.
Spealot Banned for rounds 1 & 2 of Winter '25 Sixes and Highlander.
qwert Banned for rounds 1 & 2 of Winter '25 Sixes and Highlander.
R bong Banned for rounds 1 & 2 of Winter '25 Sixes and Highlander.
Grimsby :^) Banned for rounds 1 & 2 of Winter '25 Sixes and Highlander.
Alternate Machiko Banned for rounds 1 & 2 of Winter '25 Sixes and Highlander.
Practice Banned for rounds 1 & 2 of Winter '25 Sixes and Highlander.
Lovely Banned for rounds 1 & 2 of Winter '25 Sixes and Highlander.
inStinct Banned for rounds 1 & 2 of Winter '25 Sixes and Highlander.
fsh Banned for rounds 1 & 2 of Winter '25 Sixes and Highlander.
♥ Emily the Goldfish ♥ Banned for rounds 1 & 2 of Winter '25 Sixes and Highlander.

Thread: Sixes Winter '25 (S43) - Map Pool

Chili Sixes Head Admin

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MAP POOL

koth_bagel_rc10
koth_clearcut_b17
cp_granary - NEW VERSION INCOMING
cp_gullywash_f9
cp_metalworks_f5
cp_process_f12
koth_product_final
cp_snakewater_final1
cp_sunshine

SEASON MAP SCHEDULE: ALL DIVISIONS

Week 1: cp_process_f12, cp_snakewater_final1
Week 2: cp_sunshine, cp_gullywash_f9
Week 3: cp_granary_pro_rc18, koth_bagel_rc10
Week 4: koth_product_final, cp_metalworks_f5
Week 5: cp_snakewater_final1, koth_clearcut_b17
Week 6: cp_sunshine, koth_product_final
Week 7: cp_process_f12, cp_gullywash_f9

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_rc10
rcon changelevel koth_clearcut_b17
rcon changelevel cp_granary_?
rcon changelevel cp_gullywash_f9
rcon changelevel cp_metalworks_f5
rcon changelevel cp_process_f12
rcon changelevel koth_product_final
rcon changelevel cp_snakewater_final1
rcon changelevel cp_sunshine

Thread: Highlander Winter '25 (S10) - Map Pool

Sperkle Highlander Head Admin & Media Coordinator

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Map Schedule

Map Pool

Highlander Winter '25 Map Pool

Upward
Swiftwater
Vigil
Eruption
Steel
Product
Ashville
Proot
Proside

Changes to the Highlander Winter '25 Map Pool

Added Proside

Please note: pl_upward_f12, pl_vigil_rc10, pl_eruption_b14, cp_steel_f12, koth_product_final, koth_ashville_final, koth_proot_b6c-alt2 and koth_proside_v1 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_b14
rcon changelevel cp_steel_f12
rcon changelevel pl_vigil_rc10
rcon changelevel koth_ashville_final1
rcon changelevel koth_proot_b6c-alt2
rcon changelevel koth_proside_v1

Thread: Dodgeball 1 - Schedule & Resources

mitch Developer & LAN Organiser

Schedule

Bookable Servers

Below the schedule are some quick aliases for setting up for an au.serveme.tf server. To book a server, please head over to serveme.tf. Matcha will NOT be available for Dodgeball due to the setup at this stage.

Pre-Cup Day Timeline

Signups Opened: Sunday 11th May 2025
Signups Close: Thursday 22nd May 2025
Initial/Preliminary Seedings: Friday 23rd May 2025
Cup Day: Saturday 24th May 2025

Cup Day Schedule - 24/05/2025

Round 1 - tfdb_spacebox_a2

6:50 PM AEST (Best of 1 Scored to 7 Points)

Round 2 - tfdb_octagon_odb_a1

7:10 PM AEST (Best of 1 Scored to 7 Points)

Round 3 - tfdb_box_space_a6

7:30 PM AEST (Best of 1 Scored to 7 Points)

Round 4 - tfdb_rocketbucks_v2

7:50 PM AEST (Best of 1 Scored to 7 Points)

Playoffs Round 1

8:20 PM AEST (Best of 1 Map)

Playoffs Round 2

8:40 PM AEST (Best of 3 Maps)

Semi-Finals

9:20 PM AEST (Best of 3 Maps)

Grand Finals

10:00 PM AEST (Best of 3 Maps)

Resources

PLEASE NOTE

You will need to execute the config, then have both teams ready up to start the game and spawn in!

Server Config

rcon dodgeball or rcon db, both will work!

Maps

rcon spacebox or rcon changelevel tfdb_spacebox_a2
rcon octagon or rcon changelevel tfdb_octagon_odb_a1
rcon boxspace or rcon changelevel tfdb_box_space_a6
rcon rocketbucks or rcon changelevel tfdb_rocketbucks_v2

Thread: Dodgeball Bracket Changes, Plugins and Procedures

core League Director

Hey everyone, we have some changes for Dodgeball before it kicks off later today.

Moving to Swiss Group Stages

We're trying something new, Swiss Group Stages (technically we've done them before, but not like this). You will now see that every team has been placed into one of four groups. We have opted to go with Swiss Group Stages to allow for fairer divisions, because being real, whomst are some of yall.

Single Elimination Playoffs

With us making use of Swiss Group Stages, we still want to try our best to give everyone as much gametime as possible, without obliterating our schedule. To achieve this, we'll be taking the Top 4 Placements from each group, and thrusting them into a 16-team Single Elimination Playoff bracket. This will take some time to do on the day, so we have updated the schedule to give us an extra 10 minutes to make sure we can keep things moving smoothly between Group Stages and Playoffs.

Additionally, as we are no longer using our tried and tested Page Playoffs (but primarily because Playoffs will have 16 teams), there has been one extra round added to the Playoff schedule. We understand any shift in scheduling this late is far from ideal, but this is the least impactful move we could make.

Plugins, Plugins, Plugins.

With the initial release of the Dodgeball config and plugins on servers, Third Person (using !tp to go into third person (and !fp to go back to first person)) was added, but FOV was somewhat of a difficult thing to replicate the way we had tried to replicate it. We've since added another implementation, and now you can simply type !fov 130 or whatever value you wish between 40 and 130 to adjust your FOV in Dodgeball only, in either first or thirdperson.

Dodgeball Match Procedures

If you've played Ultiduo 19 or BBall 2, there will be nothing different on your end! If you haven't, please make sure you join the Team Captains Discord pronto.

In addition, everyone playing will need to go to #setup in the Team Captains Discord and submit a Dodgeball Captains application. This is done so we can more easily assign specific team roles to players when those roles become available to grant.

Scoring and Score Submission

Like BBall 2, Dodgeball will require scoring your matches slightly differently to what you may be used to. For Dodgeball, you will need to report your map score as is, meaning if you won 7-3 against your opponent, you would report that map's score as 7-3. Like always, we will be requiring logs.tf links be submitted to Match Pages on our website.

So it's First to 7 then?

Yup, with a 10 minute map time limit. We expect most matches to last between 4-7 minutes, but have allowed for plenty of time outside of that expectation.

The Usual Match Procedure Blurb

When each round starts, matches will be generated. Teams will need to communicate who will be booking the server, with the base expectation that the Home team will book the server (see our Book a Server guide to learn how to book). Teams will need to both load the map and execute the config before playing. We have allowed for extra time between matches, but the scheduling is still tight.

Please start each game as soon as possible, as there is a tight schedule, and delaying will delay the entire cup. If the other team has not shown up five minutes after the server has been booked, message an administrator to claim your forfeit win. Please DO NOT delay for the other team as a courtesy.

After the match is over, please submit and confirm the scores immediately. Posting of logs is mandatory.

A Gentle Reminder

Whilst we strive to ensure competitive integrity and fair play are at the forefront of every tournament decision we make, we want to let everyone know why we are running this. Something that should be pretty obvious, but its a bit of fun. Whilst we encourage people to be as competitive as they want, this is probably not something that will be seen again for some time, so enjoy it! The Dodgeball server files will remain after the event, so if you ever want to play some with some friends, go for it!

Thread: Highlander Winter '25 (S10) - Signups Open, Season Changes & Staff Updates

Sperkle Highlander Head Admin & Media Coordinator

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The Competition Remains the Same!

Highlander Winter '25 is here and for our 10th season, we have a few things we'd like to tell you about! While we need to address some whitelist changes, Map Pool additions and staff rotations we still have the goal of bringing you more Highlander competition that you love and we love bringing to you!

Signups

You can sign up for Highlander Autumn '25 from today (Thursday the 22nd of May) until Friday the 6th of June at 11:59pm AEST. With that said, we'll aim to have seedings out by Sunday the 8th or Monday the 9th of June at the latest with the Season starting on Wednesday the 11th of June.

SIGNUP NOW · SEASON PAGE

Winter '25 Changes to come!

Rule Changes, Penalties & Roster Shrinkage

As discussed in our previous News Post we have made numerous changes to our Rules and Penalty System which will all be taking effect as we planned. However, arguably the biggest change that will be taking place is the Roster Shrinkage.

Upon reflecting on our idea to reduce Highlander roster's down to 12 players from the original 15, we feel that this change would be to harsh to implement from the get go. Especially with a wider variety of classes being needed as subs on an active Highlander roster 3 subs didn't seem like quite enough. Ultimately, we have decided that Highlander rosters this season will consist of 13 players. We will monitor this smaller roster size throughout the season and reflect upon it internally post season.

Map Pool

Proside

For the second time in a row a Highlander Map vote has ended in a tie - this time between Proside and Cascade, both receiving 22.7% of votes each. To settle this tie, we have once again left the decision to our advisor team. Ultimately Proside (pro version of Lakeside) was decided to be the one rounding off the pool of 9 maps for this season.

Proot

In light of players warming up to Proot more over the past 2 seasons, we have decided to not rotate it out and instead keep it around for the foreseeable future. While this did go against our initial philosophy of 'aggressive map rotations', we would be remiss if we didn't give players the opportunity to play maps that they both like and wish to see more of. This also means that the map pool now has an equal amount of King of the Hill and Payload maps. However, we still intend to alternate swapping out maps of different game types at the end of each season to continue bringing players some variation and the opportunity to find new favorites.

Whitelist Changes

Airstrike

The Airstrike will be unbanned after nearly a decade of absence from Highlander. Though it's crazy to consider a weapon being unbanned after so long, the community has made it very clear that this weapon deserves a chance in the upcoming season. Exactly 50% of voters believed that the weapon should be unbanned, with a sizable 22.7% being indifferent on the weapon's inclusion or exclusion in Winter '25 Highlander's whitelist. We will moderate it's usage throughout Winter and check in on it again at the end of the season.

Loch n Load

In a much closer vote the Loch n Load will remain banned with 42.4% supporting this decision and 39.4% being opposed. With votes consistently being this close we will continue to keep an eye on this discussion and carry out additional polls for the items inclusion in future competitions as we see fit.

Goodbye General Feedback Forms

Simply put, the General Feedback Forms weren't as effective as we'd thought they'd be and moving forward we won't be using them any longer. We intend to modify post season surveys in a way that makes them easier to digest similar to what we did with the Pre-Winter'25 Survey prior to the start of this season. However, we know it's important for teams and players to submit verbal, written information so we will be sure to have an outlet for those looking to provide feedback that way.

Staff Changes

indy and her jones and Cryo

We're happy to announce that both indy and her jones and Cryo will be joining our staff team this season as the newest Trial Highlander Administrators. They'll be joining redja, woozy, Sperkle and of course Pulse who has now moved past his trial status and become a fully fledged League Administrator. Both indy and Cryo have proven themselves to be fantastic advisors in the past who made it clear to our us that they care about this scene and bettering it in anyway they can. We're excited for them to join the ozfortress staff family and wish them the best going into Winter '25.

Kai

Typically when a member of staff steps down we will make note of it, thank them in a post and personally for giving up their time to assist us in running competitions and seasonal leagues. Kai deserves that and then some. Kai has given up so much of her time and energy making ozfortress a better place and has decided that she is ready to step down from her position. Since she joined the staff team back in Season 5/Spring '23, Kai has acted as an admin for 5 highlander seasons as well as provided consistent admin support for numerous off season cups and events. She has always gone out of her way from tracking Highlander teams and players before signups have closed in order to make seedings easier to actively reaching out to users with useful resources, on top of always being on call when she can be for league related issues. Truly the GOAT of league admins and we can't thank her enough for all she has done. You've left a profound impact on staff, players, and ozfortress as a whole Kai. All of us wish you nothing but the best for your future. May you have many more holidays (God knows you've earned them) and a life full of lovely cats and kittens. Thank you for all you've done boss!

Thread: Highlander Winter '25 (S10) - Pre-Winter '25 Survey Results

Sperkle Highlander Head Admin & Media Coordinator

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Pre-Winter '25 Survey Results

Thread: Sixes Autumn '25 (S42) - Winners & Award Recipients

Chili Sixes Head Admin

Congratulations to the winners of each division and the award recipients!

Below are the Final Rankings and Awards for the Autumn '25 season of Sixes.

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Congratulations Premier winners Witness Gaming!

Placements

- Witness Gaming
- blg fmcl E witness brianlander lugga lite BLACK.
- Duck Journal Junkies
- street money syndicate

Grand Final Map Scores

Match

Gullywash: 5 - 3
Product: 3 - 0
Snakewater: 3 - 5
Process: 2 - 3
Bagel: 3 - 2

Bronze Final Map Scores

Match

Process: 4 - 3
Snakewater: 2 - 3
Sunshine: 3 - 5

Awards

Best Combo Scout: cooki (23), dauq (13), wils (6)
Best Flank Scout: silvo (20), trev (12), gotaki (12)
Best Pocket Soldier: sheep (19), conor (18), hertz (9)
Best Roaming Soldier: down (21), feyn (12), takeyon (10)
Best Demoman: enrith (23), matt (14), daz (12)
Best Medic: lau (24), atten (11), remorse (6)
Best Utility: silvo (20), hungry4eggs (11), omni (10)

Most Improved Player: trev (16), golden terrestrial (9), gotaki (9)
Most Valuable Player: cooki (11), enrith (10), sheep (6)
Most Improved Team: nnn (17), net profit (8), ascension (6)
Friendliest Team: bones pugs (10), blg fmcl e witness brianlander lugga lite black (7), net profit (7)
Best Dressed Team: net profit (11), blg fmcl e witness brianlander lugga lite black (10), bones pugs (10)

Best Caster: ghost (16), snazzy (9), freaky (8)

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