Congratulations Intermediate winners ad hominem attack

Logs

Gullywash - 2 - 1
Prolands - 2 - 1 (GC)
Match

Congratulations to ad hominem attack on winning the OZF 24 Intermediate Grand Final against Sergeant ( essence! ).

After tying in the regular season and trading maps in the Upper Page Playoffs this was definitely a match to pay attention to. The series began on Gullywash, picked by winner of the UPP ad hominem attack. After a back and forth affair ad hominem attack managed to kill Sergeant ( essence! )s Medic after an Uber exchange and push last with advantage to secure the first round. The second round was much the same, both teams teams on even Ubers but however Sergeant ( essence! ) managed to push last and bring the score to 1-1. The final round started off strong for Sergeant ( essence! ), managing to kill ad hominem attacks Medic at middle and keep theirs alive. The teams leap-froged Ubers a few times and traded points. Eventually ad hominem attack managed to push last and capture the last point with two minutes to spare. Sergeant ( essence! ) was unable to win the midfight and could not win the last round. Map one finished 2-1 to ad hominem attack.

The next map was Sergeant ( essence! )'s pick, Prolands with the new and improved last point. This map was a lot slower than the previous map. The first round was very back and fourth, both teams trading Uber and points. Sergeant ( essence! ) forced ad hominem attack and caused them to fall right back to last in fear of the incoming Uber. After a few trades the decision was made to send a Scout in for the point, despite the point being blocked Sergeant ( essence! )s Sniper killed the blocker which allowed their Scout to stay on the point with 4hp and capture the objective. The second mid went in the way of Sergeant ( essence! ) after they killed ad hominem attacks Medic. About a minute later Sergeant ( essence! ) dropped Uber which allowed ad hominem attack to push out of their last and capture both second and mid. After a series of Ubercarge leap-frogs Sergeant ( essence! ) managed to work their way back into pushing into ad hominem attacks last. Again Uber Sergeant ( essence! ) droped Uber and was forced to retreat. ad hominem attack managed to push Sergeant ( essence! ) back all the way, killing their med with each Uber push, allowing them to push into last after a few frags forcing a 3rd round. After winning mid Sergeant ( essence! ) took it all the way to last. After a few minutes their Medic was killed after an Uber trade and they were not able to win the final round. The map was tied 1-1 and went to Golden Cap.

ad hominem attack won the middle of the Golden Cap. A series of player trades came in for another 7 and a half minutes of stalemates at last. Eventually Sergeant ( essence! ) sent a Soldier behind and forced ad hominem attack causing them to retreat out of lobby. Sergeant ( essence! ) tried to push mid with advantage but were a bit too late, causing an unfavorable Uber trade at mid. The collapse can in and allowed ad hominem attack to push in to last capturing the point and winning the Golden Cap.

ad hominem attack won both maps 2 - 1 crowning them as the ozfortress Season 24 Intermediate champions!

Thank you to all the players and support staff that helped make this season possible! Stay tuned for Ultiduo!

Placements

1st - ad hominem attack
2nd - Sergeant ( essence! )
3rd - +ripe

Awards

Champions: ad hominem attack
Best Demoman: Bitvolt
Best Medic: Essence
Best Pocket: throwitup
Best Roamer: samson
Best Pocket Scout: Vanquish
Best Flank Scout: stigma
Best Utility: atten

Most Improved Player: ory
Most Valuable Player: Vanquish

Friendliest Team: Salt Free Gaming.
Most Improved Team: Panda Bears
Best Dressed Team: Panda Bears
Best Caster: xander

Hot off the CPU: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAYPSM2Kpr0

Congratulations Open winners HentaiHaven Hunters

Logs

Granary - 3 - 2 (GC)
Process - 2 - 3
Snakewater - 3 - 1
Match

Congratulations to HentaiHaven Hunters on winning the OZF 22 Open Grand Final against open veterans.

open veterans were the top seeded team and picked Granary as the first map. The first half was very close, with the first round taking twenty minutes. open veterans' Sniper headshot the enemy Medic to deny them getting Uber, allowing open veterans to claim the first round. The next two rounds went the other way, going both to HentaiHaven Hunters. Time ran out and the Golden Cap was called. Another back and forth round started with both teams constantly trading last pushes. A Spy secured a backstab onto HentaiHaven Hunters' Medic, dropping Uber and prompting open veterans to push into last and capture the point, taking the map.

The second map was Process. The first round went to HentaiHaven Hunters after open veterans dropped to a sticky trap pushing out of last. Rounds went back and forth for several rounds. A failed last push allowed HentaiHaven Hunters to push into mid, however leaving the second point uncapped allowed a backcap! With one and a half minutes remaining, open veterans desperately needed to win so they could try and force a Golden Cap. They won the mid fight but unfortunately were not able to push last successfully against a Heavy and Sentry with no Uber.

The third and final map was Snakewater. After numerous player and pause issues the first round went to HentaiHaven Hunters. Round two was a long fought after affair. There numerous last push attempts from open veterans but finally their Sniper dropped HentaiHaven Hunters' Medic to win them the round. HentaiHaven Hunters pick up the third round after a failed last push. The final round was won by HentaiHaven Hunters after a backcap by two players, securing the map, and consequently the match, win for HentaiHaven Hunters.

Thank you to all the players and support staff that helped make this season possible! Stay tuned for off-season cup!

Placements

1st - HentaiHaven Hunters
2nd - Open Veterans
3rd - Usual Suspects

Awards

Champions: HentaiHaven Hunters
Best Demoman: 2345y
Best Medic: dogroll
Best Pocket: cloracle
Best Roamer: Mixed
Best Pocket Scout: kenji
Best Flank Scout: hamass
Best Utility: bernie and skcattel

Most Improved Player: a team of ants in their prime and cloracle and flip
Most Valuable Player: Bec the Bitch

Friendliest Team: chiken
Most Improved Team: HentaiHaven Hunters
Best Dressed Team: uber beets
Best Caster: xander

If people are interested I have compiled all the STVs for the premier matches this season.
Download them here (2.1G).

The voting threads for the end of season awards have now been posted! The votes must be sent through to Thermite in a PM (using the correct formatting) by Tuesday 3rd of April at midnight by every team captain. Failing to do this will prevent your votes from counting.

Only captains to vote. Please submit with 3 votes for EVERY category.

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