We are excited to announce that the prize pool of OZF 28's Premier division is now $2500 AUD! This $500 donation comes from Cole and we'd like to thank him for his generosity. The prize-pool breakdown for OZF 28's Premier division is now as follows:
1st: $1500 AUD
2nd: $750 AUD
3rd: $250 AUD

RULE CHANGES, CLARIFICATIONS AND IMPORTANT NOTES

RULE CHANGES

• Teams will no longer be allowed to deny their matches being casted. If a team thinks they have reasonable grounds to deny a cast, they must contact an administrator.

IMPORTANT NOTES TO REMEMBER (THESE ALREADY EXISTED)

• Transfers is three part process! It is not as simple as just inviting a player to your player pool. You must APPLY for the transfer and then wait for it to be approved.
• Deadline for match time to be organised is Sunday 7PM.
• If your game is being casted, proper aliases are required.
• Post logs and submit/verify scores after each match. This applies to both the home and away team.

Full ruleset here: https://ozfortress.com/rules

The ozfortress seasonal league has returned! As per usual, the league will be run using the highly successful Warzone. Whether you're a hardened veteran of the scene or a newcomer to 6v6 TF2 there will be a place for you in ozfortress season 28 and we hope to see you there!

The map pool for OZF 28 will again comprise of nine maps and certain maps will be played once during the regular season with other maps being played twice. This season we're seeing the departure of Bagel and Reckoner. In their place we're seeing the return of longtime North American favourite Metalworks as well as old classic Prolands. Both of these maps are familiar for many ozfortress players both old and new.

There will be four brackets in OZF 28. The brackets we will feature are: Premier, Intermediate, Main and Open! Both Premier and Intermediate will have a round robin group stage while the lower two brackets will consist of a Swiss group stage. All brackets will continue using the Page Playoffs format. Grand Finals for Premier shall be played as a no-advantage best of 5, while Open and Intermediate Grand Finals will be a best of 3. Premier and Intermediate will have 8 teams while Main and Open's bracket size is pending signups.

We are also extremely excited to announce a prize pool for the Premier division of OZF 28! This season will feature a $2000 AUD prize pool to be spilt between the top three placing Premier teams. The distribution will be as follows:

1st: $1200 AUD
2nd: $600 AUD
3rd: $200 AUD

Thanks again to all of our Patrons, past and present, who helped make this possible.

During OZF 28 we plan on conducting random demo checks to ensure players are recording demos. Please ensure that you are recording match demos in order to avoid punishment.

This season we will also be continuing our new transfer window system that we introduced for OZF 27. This systems sees transfers be done every two weeks rather than every week. The system will allow admins more time to review and accept transfers.

We will also be featuring several new plugins on ozfortress servers for OZF 28. The added plugins will fix the notorious sticky-det bug as well as the ramp slide bug, and remove the Rick May memorial statues from maps. These are the only plugins we will be using for OZF 28. No others will be added.

We're also adding a global class restriction document for players to track class restrictions more easily. A link can be found at the bottom of this post.

All server booking will continue to be done through ozfortress discord. Simply join the #bookings channel in the ozfortress Discord and type /book and details of your server booking will be PM'd to you. To view more commands, type /help in the #bookings channel.

In Citadel, Captains can create Teams using the "Start Team" button on the Teams page. Once created, Captains can invite players to the Team. Team invites are shown on a player's profile, which can be accessed by clicking on your name next to the bell on the top right hand corner of your screen. Teams provide a pool of players that can be signed up for a tournament. Players may be in the pool for multiple teams but only one Roster for any given tournament. Captains may sign up a Roster for tournaments under the League page.

If you're new and not sure how to get started, don't fret! Check out the #recruitment section of the ozfortress Discord where you can express your interest in joining a team, or peruse potential players to form a team of your own. Teams are normally comprised of 1 Medic, 1 Demoman, 2 Soldiers and 2 Scouts. If you're new to the competitive scene, click here for an introduction to ozfortress!

Please ensure you have enough backups to last the season; teams are allowed a maximum of 10 players rostered for any single tournament.

You can sign up for ozfortress season 28 from Sunday the 10th of May up until Wednesday the 20th of May. We aim to have seeding out by the 23rd of May with the season starting on the 24th, however this is subject to change. This gap between the closing of signups and the start of the season is to give the administration team more time to seed. ozfortress season 28 will begin on Sunday the 24th of May.

[Signup now!]

[Map Pool] [Key Dates] [Unlocks] [Administrators] [Class Restrictions]
[Transfers] [Transfer Windows][Server Configuration] [Rules] [Patreon]

CLASS RESTRICTIONS

This page will show all class restrictions for players in OZF 28. It will be updated throughout the season with each transfer window.

HIGH

• matttt restricted from Soldier
• adolo restricted from Scout
• Moop restricted from Demoman

INTERMEDIATE

• dubious restricted from Scout
• Kodyn restricted from Scout
• Johnny restricted from Soldier, Demoman and Scout
• Sickday restricted from Scout

MAIN

• ella restricted from Scout, Soldier and Sniper
• boomie restricted from Scout and Soldier
• fluro restricted from Demoman

OPEN

• tbd

TRANSFER WINDOWS

Out new transfers system will see transfer approved every two weeks rather than every week. Transfers will still be approved in the Friday and Saturday between rounds, however teams should take note of the transfer windows in order to prevent issues with their rosters during the season. The listed transfer windows can be found below.

Sunday 24th May – Thursday 28th May 2020: Round 1
Sunday 31st May – Thursday 4th June 2020: Round 2

Friday 5th June – Saturday 6th June: Transfer Window 1

Sunday 7th June – Thursday 11th June 2020: Round 3
Sunday 14th June – Thursday 18th June 2020: Round 4

Friday 19th June – Saturday 20th June: Transfer Window 2

Sunday 21st June – Thursday 25th June 2020: Round 5
Sunday 28th June – Thursday 2nd July 2020: Round 6

Friday 3rd July – Saturday 4th July: Transfer Window 3 (final transfer window)

Sunday 5th July – Thursday 9th July 2020: Round 7

MAP POOL

Week 1: cp_granary_pro_rc8/cp_sunshine
Week 2: cp_sunshine/cp_snakewater_final1
Week 3: cp_snakewater_final1/cp_metalworks
Week 4: cp_logjam_rc12f/cp_gullywash_final1
Week 5: cp_gullywash_final1/koth_product_rcx
Week 6: koth_product_rcx/cp_process_final
Week 7: cp_process_final/cp_prolands_rc2p

Please note: cp_granary_pro_rc8, cp_logjam_rc12f, koth_product_rcx and cp_prolands_rc2p 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.

NOTE: We will be using cp_logjam_rc12f once released.

The following aliases may be useful for changing maps to the correct version. Add these lines to your autoexec.cfg file, and simply type the name of the map in your console to change to it as long as you have the correct rcon password.

alias bagel "changelevel koth_bagel_rc2a"
alias cardinal "changelevel cp_cardinal_rc1a"
alias granary "changelevel cp_granary_pro_rc8"
alias gullywash "changelevel cp_gullywash_final1"
alias kalinka "changelevel cp_kalinka_rc5"
alias logjam "changelevel cp_logjam_rc12f"
alias process "changelevel cp_process_final"
alias product "changelevel koth_product_rcx"
alias viaduct "changelevel koth_product_rcx"
alias prolands "changelevel cp_prolands_rc2p"
alias badlands "changelevel cp_prolands_rc2p"
alias reckoner "changelevel cp_reckoner_rc5"
alias snakewater "changelevel cp_snakewater_final1"
alias sunshine "changelevel cp_sunshine"

KEY DATES

Sunday 10th May 2020: Signups Open
Wednesday 20th May 2020: Signups Close, Rosters Locked
Saturday 23rd May 2020: Teams Announced

Sunday 24th May – Thursday 28th May 2020: Round 1
Sunday 31st May – Thursday 4th June 2020: Round 2
Sunday 7th June – Thursday 11th June 2020: Round 3
Sunday 14th June – Thursday 18th June 2020: Round 4
Sunday 21st June – Thursday 25th June 2020: Round 5
Sunday 28th June – Thursday 2nd July 2020: Round 6
Sunday 5th July – Thursday 9th July 2020: Round 7

Sunday 12th July – Thursday 16th July 2020: Page Playoffs
Sunday 19th July – Thursday 23rd July 2020: Semi-Finals
Sunday 26th July – Thursday 30th July 2020: Grand Finals

Grand Finals for Premier will be played as a Best of 5. Intermediate and Open Grand Finals are a Best of 3.

PAGE PLAYOFFS

All brackets will be using the page playoff system for their finals. Matches with a single listed date will be locked to that date, those with a range will be negotiated within that range similar to regular season matches.

View the whitelist at whitelist.tf

This global whitelist is part of an initiative to unify the international leagues. We will be using the May 2019 edition of the global whitelist.

New items added to the game during the season will be banned until the next season. Modification of weapons will be evaluated by the administrative team. Taunts which are silent and/or toggle-able have been banned.

It is the responsibility of the player to not use these weapons in matches. The whitelist not loading or loading incorrectly is not an excuse for using banned items.