There's more Madness coming to May Madness '25...
We are less than 24 hours out from kicking off May Madness '25 in a big way. And not only are we kicking it off in a big way, but it's an event that just keeps getting bigger...
Preliminary Seedings
Below you'll find our early seedings. These are not final, and there could be mistakes, so if you have any concerns, see something wrong, or want to dispute your seeding, forward all feedback to #admin-support in the ozfortress Discord.
Division 1
- Sam & Max
- ayliengs
- Ghost Ninja Zero Dark
- GET LIQUIDATED!
- Minji + Danielle
- 2 chooks
- tttrrrreeeeevvvvvooorrrrrrrrrrr
- bob the digger ultiduo
Division 2
- cheese sandwich 1
- rolled and smoked
- Stroketrine & Strokey
- battle bears
- Mighty Beast
- ropz
- Ogres of Ozfort
- Koala colonies
- Yves + Chuu
- Semi Sleepers
Division 3
- brain damage
- cheese sandwich
- A team
- date night
- Geezer Gamers
- add up to the mug pug
- draymond green
- 1234
- Upside Down
- +ripe
Division 4
- Live Laugh Love
- Shrimps
- Shohoku Reborn
- Gourmand Rotation Session
- .......glup
- The Vaudeville Duo
- Insulindian Phasmids
- loser duo
- jv is restricted to Medic.
- iBuyMatches
- Dreamy Bulls
- something gay
- United Armored Front
- Awesome Gamers
- serek
- Rent's Due
- Morb Fortress 2 - Morbheads
Division 5
- funny people
- Fatpoggers Highlander
- product mid
- waddle warriors
- an arm and a leg
- Scarlet Police
- daejung eun ixxe
- Go easy, we work full time
- Real Madrid sucks
- me you and the holy spirit
ozfortress Team Captains Discord
If you are not already in the Captains Discord and are participating in Ultiduo 19, you need to join the Discord. Both players in a duo/team (regardless of who is captaining) need to join the Team Captains Discord. Join using this link. Channels and roles will only be generated after seedings are finalized, sometime Saturday afternoon.
Map Pool Updates
We've heard feedback on ultiduo_babty, and have opted to replace it with ulti_fira_b2a. Depending on its reception, it may stay and boot out one of the other maps for next year's Ultiduo 20, maybe? 😏
Servers
Thanks to Matcha Bookable, we'll have enough servers to cover the event! Oh, and also, this is the biggest Ultiduo in recent years (and likely the biggest ever, but I haven't checked, let me know!). As we have so many teams, we'll also be adding 4 more au.serveme.tf servers for the event, bringing the total of au.serveme.tf servers to 24. See the Schedule & Resources page linked on the Ultiduo 19 cup page for info on booking and running servers.
Schedule
BBall 2 shares the same schedule as BBall 1.
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.
Additionally, thanks to our friends over at Matcha, Matcha Bookable servers have the configs and maps needed for these events. The aliases below should all work on Matcha! They have 4 servers available in Sydney, and 4 in Melbourne. To book a server, please head over to Matcha Bookable's Discord.
BBall 2 Schedule - 10/05/2025
Round 1 - bball_ozone_ozf
6:50 PM AEST (Best of 1)Round 2 - bball_ozone_ozf
7:10 PM AEST (Best of 1)Round 3 - bball_ozone_ozf
7:30 PM AEST (Best of 1)Round 4 - bball_ozone_ozf
7:50 PM AEST (Best of 1)Page Playoffs
8:20 PM AEST (Best of 1)Semi-Finals
8:50 PM AEST (Best of 3)Grand Finals
9:40 PM AEST (Best of 3)
Resources
Server Config
rcon bballorrcon ozf-bball, both work!
Maps
rcon ozoneorrcon changelevel bball_ozone_ozf
Schedule
Ultiduo 19 shares the same schedule as Ultiduo 18, with the only change being the removal and addition of maps.
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.
Additionally, thanks to our friends over at Matcha, Matcha Bookable servers have the configs and maps needed for these events. The aliases below should all work on Matcha! They have 4 servers available in Sydney, and 4 in Melbourne. To book a server, please head over to Matcha Bookable's Discord.
Ultiduo 19 Schedule - 03/05/2025
Round 1 - ultiduo_baloo_v2
6:50 PM AEST (Best of 1)Round 2 - ulti_fira_b2a
7:10 PM AEST (Best of 1)Round 3 - ultiduo_ozf_r
7:30 PM AEST (Best of 1)Round 4 - ultiduo_swine_b06
7:50 PM AEST (Best of 1)Page Playoffs
8:20 PM AEST (Best of 1)Semi-Finals
8:50 PM AEST (Best of 3)Grand Finals
9:40 PM AEST (Best of 3)
Resources
Server Config
rcon ultiduoorrcon ozf-ud-ultiduo, both work!
Maps
rcon ozf_rorrcon changelevel ultiduo_ozf_rrcon balooorrcon changelevel ultiduo_baloo_v2rcon swineorrcon changelevel ultiduo_swine_b06rcon firaorrcon changelevel ulti_fira_b2a
LAN Downunder 2025: Qualifiers Bracket
LAN Downunder 2025: Qualifiers Schedule
Alternate Account Ban
The player above has been found using alternate accounts to play within ozfortress. As such, the players have been banned from ozfortress.com, the community's competitions, and all other ozfortress properties for 2 years. If they are found attempting to evade their ban, their ban will be extended.
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.
We're looking for more Behaviour Panel members!
We just recently said our farewells internally to a panel member who has been with us for many years, and we wish them the best of luck in the future. So, as the heading says, we are looking for people! We're looking for panel members, and ideally a future Behaviour Panel Lead. If you think you could fit what we are looking for in a panel member, please send an application.
Infraction Threshold Ban
The following ban/s are for accruing enough infraction points to reach a Infraction Threshold ban. The duration of this ban is listed below.
croppy STEAM_0:0:713881872
This player has accrued a total of 60 ozfortress infraction points. As such, the player has been banned from ozfortress.com, the community's competitions, and all other ozfortress properties for 1 year, 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 evading 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.
Here it is, our near-seasonal changes post. Nothing here should be too shocking to anyone in our community given recent events.
ozfortress x Matcha Bookable
Something that might be bigger news however - we are working with Matcha Bookable to enforce ozfortress bans on their servers from Season 42 of Sixes/Season 9 of Highlander onward. Whilst au.serveme.tf will still be the primary server provider supporting ozfortress, it's good to have another provider just as dedicated! We would like to thank them for working closely with us and we hope to keep working with them going into ozfortress' future.
Global Ruleset Changes
- Added 12.4. Disbanding of Teams with "Cheaters": Teams who are found to be playing with someone cheating in season competitions will have all their matches overturned and will be disbanded. If we determine the rest of the roster was unaware of their teammate's unfair play, they will not be barred from joining other existing rosters for the remainder of the season, and will remain eligible to receive medals at the conclusion of that season.
- Existing 12.4. ozfortress Bans is now 13. ozfortress Bans in the Global Ruleset.
- "Evidence Bans" ban-type has been renamed to "Unfair Play Bans (Ban Sub-Type)".
- This ban-type name change was made to make it a little clearer what these bans are for, and will include the ban sub-type next to it.
- Unfair Play Bans like the departing Evidence Bans still include Game Modification Bans and Map/Game Mechanic Exploit Bans, but instead of the shorter ban durations these ban sub-types had previously, both now mirror the parent Unfair Play Ban duration of 24 months/2 years.
- "If we are willing to ban a player for the usage of banned game modifications or map/game mechanic exploits because they provide an unfair advantage akin to cheating, why should we treat them any differently to the usage of third-party programs" has been a point raised within our team numerous times in the last year, so we have opted to have these ban sub-types mirror the parent's ban duration.
- Community members found to be housing permanently banned individuals or assisting in evading their permanent ban will receive 2x the existing Evasion Assistance Ban. Previously, this ban's duration was two years, but we have lowered it to one year. However, as mentioned above, if you are found housing or aiding in ban evasion for permanently banned players, you will receive two years.
- Maps must be played in top-to-bottom order as seen on that match's match page, for both regular season and playoff matches (including playoff matches without pick/bans). Teams are not permitted to change this order, even if both rosters agree.
- 10.2. Server Providers, 10.2.1. Third-Party Servers and 10.3. Server Locations have all been updated to reflect the current server ecosystem. Matcha Bookable servers can be used as long as their servers meet our requirements at the time of use.
- Updated 4.6.1. Player Restriction Limit to reflect Sixes not currently enforcing a Player Restriction Limit on rosters.
ozfortress Team Captain Discord Changes
- Unapproved Casting Organizations will no longer be able to see all match channels, and will need to request to cast a match by directly pinging those team's captains, and the division administrator in #captains-corner.
Additional Docs Changes
- Bans page has received more updates outside of just Unfair Play Bans as noted above. Most ban types have had their descriptions expanded or reworded to make more sense, and the previously mentioned 2x punishment for players found housing permanently banned individuals has been added to the Evasion Assistance Bans category.
- All previously missing bans are now listed in the relevant Bans docs pages.
- We are looking to replace these pages with an automated page in the future.
- Self-managed Servers guide page updated to include current server plugin requirements.
- SrcTV+, Demo Checker plugin and Enhanced Match Timer have been added. Improved Match Timer (by b4nnybot) has been removed in favour of Enhanced Match Timer by Shigbeard.
- Updated Highlander Ruleset with Highlander changes, see the Highlander changes post here.
Permanent Ban
This person has been permanently barred from all ozfortress properties due to continued breaches of our Community Guidelines and evading their bans using alternate accounts.
Should any individuals or groups within ozfortress be found housing permanently banned player/s in our competitions, or aiding in ban evasion, those responsible will face a doubled penalty for Evasion Assistance. We will discuss this in further detail in an upcoming news post, but for now - know that we will not tolerate any permanently banned user being housed by anyone within our community, and will punish anyone doing so much harder.
Alternate Account Ban & Evasion Assistance Ban
- Andreas Vesalius, aka Lazz STEAM_0:1:495213138
- (ALT) shuriken STEAM_0:1:60402428
- emo/Half Evil/wally west STEAM_0:1:103417454
The players above have been found using alternate accounts to play within ozfortress, whilst also helping other banned players evade their ban using alternate accounts. As such, the players have been banned from ozfortress.com, the community's competitions, and all other ozfortress properties for 3 years. If they are found attempting to evade their ban, their ban will be permanent.
Evasion Assistance Bans
The players above have been found assisting a banned player in evading their ban. As such, these players have been banned from ozfortress.com, the community's competitions, and all other ozfortress properties for 1 year. If they are found attempting to evade their ban, their ban duration will be extended.
Regarding Alternate Accounts
Some alternate accounts/shared accounts/bought accounts are not listed here, but our policy is to ban any obvious subversion account.
Ban Resets
This Ban Reset is not related to any of the bans above.
This player has accrued 30 ozfortress infraction points whilst serving their ban. As they accrued these infraction points during their ban, the player has had their ban reset back to a total duration of 1 year. After their ban, they will serve a 12-month probation, in which any reoffence will double the severity of the penalty. If they are found attempting to evade their ban, their ban duration will be extended. Please note, a permanent ban is being considered on further reoffences by this person.
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.
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