Earlier tonight, teams participating in the Summer Brawl 2023 LAN event received an attendee guide which details what to bring, risk management, schedule, etc. An inclusion in the guide regarding behaviour management at this event states the following;

“Antisocial behaviour will not be tolerated and there will be no warnings. ozfortress infractions can and will be handed out for poor behaviour and may lead to being banned from future LAN events.”

We wanted to give some much needed insight into ozfortress’ working relationship with the Summer Brawl 2023’s team so those attending are aware of our own involvement. From Day 1, we remained adamant that we were providing the LAN team with a platform to host this event (the ozfortress website), and would help promote it through our discord server and social medias. We have taken issue in the past with internal planning surrounding certain event responsibilities, and would just like to reaffirm our position publicly regarding behaviour management at the Summer Brawl 2023. ozfortress will not make use of its infraction system for an event that is not ours, nor will we ever. The infraction system isn’t to be loaned out or used outside of ozfortress. In saying this, if any behaviour at the event warrants serious review or barring from ozfortress services, we will not be afraid to do so. We ask that everyone makes themselves aware of what the rules at this venue and event are, and hope everyone enjoys their time at the event in a way befitting functioning members of society.

We hope this clarifies some concerns attendees have regarding our position, as we share those concerns also.

Over the last quarter of 2022 our Infraction team in coordination with our league administration, has created a highly-requested ban review system. Whilst named “Ban Appeals”, the system will act more as an early “good behaviour” unban, where those whose appeal is accepted will still serve out the probation period assigned to them after their ban would typically expire.

This system is applicable only to Infraction threshold bans, and there are no plans to expand it to other ban types/conditions as of now. ozfortress has always ensured that we only issue bans we will stand behind, and are sure of beyond reasonable doubt. Due to the nature of Anti-Cheat bans, they will not be eligible for this appeal system, nor will any other ban type (for now). This system will undoubtedly see evolution throughout 2023 and beyond, and we are open to feedback on this process.

To be eligible for Ban Appeals, the following criteria should be observed:

1. Banned user needs to have served 75% of their total ban duration.
2. Banned users’ behaviour during their ban period should not conflict with our Infractions ruleset or our Community Guidelines.

As mentioned earlier, we are open to receiving feedback on this system, and will continue to refine and evolve the system going forward, but expect the typical new system teething issues and clarifications on how certain processes will work. The system is live and can be found under the Help dropdown found at the top of the website.

Most Valuable Player was missing from the awards, but has been added now.

Alternate Account Ban:

mune kei/sky. (STEAM_0:0:64834129) & ryan瑞安 (STEAM_0:0:116677601)

We have substantial proof to suggest the above accounts are owned and used by the same player, breaching our alternate account rules within ozfortress competitions. As such, the player above has been banned from ozfortress.com, the community's competitions, and all other ozfortress properties for a period of one (1) year. If they are found ban evading during their competition ban, their ban duration will be extended.

Should any players or groups in ozfortress competitions be found housing the listed player/s, they will be permanently removed from our competitions and all members involved will face severe penalties.

HL voting threads for the end-of-season awards are now posted! The votes must be sent through to Oldcustard (Oldcustard#9667) or Sperkle (Sperkle#4456) in a Discord DM using the correct formatting by Friday the 23rd of December 2022 at midnight by every team captain. Failing to do this will prevent your votes from being counted.

Only captains to vote. Please submit with 3 votes for EVERY category. You only have to do the division your team participated in.

Premier Votes
Main Votes

The voting threads for the end-of-season awards have now been posted! The votes must be sent through to raina (raina#4682) or core (core#6440) in a Discord DM using the correct formatting by Friday the 23rd of December 2022 at midnight by every team captain. Failing to do this will prevent your votes from being counted.

Only captains to vote. Please submit with 3 votes for EVERY category. You only have to do the division your team participated in.

Premier Votes
Intermediate Votes
Main Votes
Open Votes

How to vote:
Captains shall select three options and put them in order from highest vote to lowest vote using the following template. The first name will receive three votes, the second will receive two votes and the third will receive one vote. Voting for your own teammates is not allowed, regardless of the award (yes, this includes Best Caster).

Important formatting - you must copy-paste your vote EXACTLY, and separate votes using commas. Again I am using an automated script to process these votes, and incorrectly imputed votes may not be counted!

Your team name:
Your team division: Premier

Best Combo Scout: first-place vote, second-place vote, third-place vote
Best Demoman:
Best Flank Scout:
Best Medic:
Best Pocket:
Best Roamer:
Best Utility:
Friendliest Team:
Most Improved Player:
Most Improved Team:
Most Valuable Player:
Best Dressed Team:
Best Caster:

Captains shall select three options and put them in order from highest vote to lowest vote using the following template. Voting for your own teammates is not allowed.

Your completed template should look like this (with the correct players on their classes, the same players have been used for each award in this example for simplicity) without the point allocations after each player name:

Your team name: Your Team Here
Your team division: Your Division Here

Best Combo Scout: /dev/zero (3 points), wiggin (2 points), obla (1 point)
Best Demoman: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Flank Scout: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Medic: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Pocket: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Roamer: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Utility: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Friendliest Team: Team Immunity, Jasmine Tea, Salt Free Gaming
Most Improved Player: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Most Improved Team: Team Immunity, Jasmine Tea, Salt Free Gaming
Most Valuable Player: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Dressed Team: Team Immunity, Jasmine Tea, Salt Free Gaming
Best Caster: The Heavy, The Demoman, The Scout

The votes must be sent through to raina (raina#4682) or core (core#6440) in a Discord DM using the correct formatting by Friday the 23rd of December 2022 at midnight by every team captain. Failing to do this will prevent your votes from being counted.

How voting is calculated
We will use instant runoff voting to calculate the results.

The following players and teams are nominated for awards:

Best Combo Scout: Omni, beesha, cooki, jumbuck, krollic, memories, smazza

Best Demoman: Deft, User, adolo, enrith, matt, nurf, redcoatzygote

Best Flank Scout: Aino, Elmo, HUNGRY4EGGS, Lev, camille, dauq, precious

Best Medic: Brady, Cowche, Dogeexe, Mikow, dogroll, lau, samson

Best Pocket: Auz, LiquidAlchemy, Riot, Sephyr, conor, lexx, yewl

Best Roamer: Andyroo, Feyn, Pipelin12, down, lizrdwizrd, rin, shupah

Best Utility: Aino, Elmo, heebs, jumbuck, krollic, silvo, yewl

Friendliest Team: FinalDestination, GoonSquad, PeoplesLiberationArmySixes, SesameStreet, WitnessGaming, bingoboys, lefish

Most Improved Player: LiquidAlchemy, Mikow, Pipelin12, beesha, cooki, lexx, smazza

Most Improved Team: FinalDestination, GoonSquad, PeoplesLiberationArmySixes, SesameStreet, WitnessGaming, bingoboys, lefish

Most Valuable Player: Aino, Andyroo, Auz, Brady, Cowche, Deft, Dogeexe, Elmo, Feyn, HUNGRY4EGGS, Lev, LiquidAlchemy, Mikow, Omni, Pipelin12, Riot, Sephyr, User, adolo, beesha, camille, conor, cooki, dauq, dogroll, down, enrith, heebs, jumbuck, krollic, lau, lexx, lizrdwizrd, matt, memories, nurf, precious, redcoatzygote, rin, samson, shupah, silvo, smazza, yewl

Best Dressed Team: Final Destination, Sesame Street, Witness Gaming, bingo boys

Best Caster: DuMmTm, Shakey, AUZ, Elmo, frydog, pipelin12, wils, heyy

Thank you based Valen for their work to improve our scripts used for nominations and voting!

How to vote:
Captains shall select three options and put them in order from highest vote to lowest vote using the following template. The first name will receive three votes, the second will receive two votes and the third will receive one vote. Voting for your own teammates is not allowed, regardless of the award (yes, this includes Best Caster).

Important formatting - you must copy-paste your vote EXACTLY, and separate votes using commas. Again I am using an automated script to process these votes, and incorrectly imputed votes may not be counted!

Your team name:
Your team division: Intermediate

Best Combo Scout: first-place vote, second-place vote, third-place vote
Best Demoman:
Best Flank Scout:
Best Medic:
Best Pocket:
Best Roamer:
Best Utility:
Friendliest Team:
Most Improved Player:
Most Improved Team:
Most Valuable Player:
Best Dressed Team:
Best Caster:

Captains shall select three options and put them in order from highest vote to lowest vote using the following template. Voting for your own teammates is not allowed.

Your completed template should look like this (with the correct players on their classes, the same players have been used for each award in this example for simplicity) without the point allocations after each player name:

Your team name: Your Team Here
Your team division: Your Division Here

Best Combo Scout: /dev/zero (3 points), wiggin (2 points), obla (1 point)
Best Demoman: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Flank Scout: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Medic: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Pocket: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Roamer: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Utility: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Friendliest Team: Team Immunity, Jasmine Tea, Salt Free Gaming
Most Improved Player: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Most Improved Team: Team Immunity, Jasmine Tea, Salt Free Gaming
Most Valuable Player: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Dressed Team: Team Immunity, Jasmine Tea, Salt Free Gaming
Best Caster: The Heavy, The Demoman, The Scout

The votes must be sent through to raina (raina#4682) or core (core#6440) in a Discord DM using the correct formatting by Friday the 23rd of December 2022 at midnight by every team captain. Failing to do this will prevent your votes from being counted.

How voting is calculated
We will use instant runoff voting to calculate the results.

The following players and teams are nominated for awards:

Best Combo Scout: 2345y, Fennex, PhiPhi, Toqoz, avo, doc, wils, yuki

Best Demoman: ALT, Gus, Pengstah, Thyme, Wirthy, huffy, jane doe, reign

Best Flank Scout: Beats, Bonkitup, ZiLyfe, brownie, bubsdoge, fez, jailwinds, janga7

Best Medic: Bird, Lazz, Multi, Spaceship, bambi, boo, botmode, remorse

Best Pocket: 2345y, Hef, Stamm, Tricka, Turris, ravu, sao, sexy turtle

Best Roamer: Bappo, Cobra, Kake, Redja, shark, tokahontas, wackel, yauch

Best Utility: 2345y, Apa3, Bonkitup, Bread, ZiLyfe, doc, fez, janga7

Friendliest Team: Avos Cados, Bot Doggers, Ghostage, Gushes Goons, Terrible Tactics, altombos kittens, fever kids, scoundrels

Most Improved Player: Bappo, Gus, Redja, bambi, bubsdoge, frydog, moe, wils

Most Improved Team: Avos Cados, Bot Doggers, Ghostage, Gushes Goons, Terrible Tactics, altombos kittens, fever kids, scoundrels

Most Valuable Player: 2345y, ALT, Apa3, Bappo, Beats, Bird, Bonkitup, Bread, Cobra, Fennex, Gus, Hef, Kake, Lazz, Multi, Pengstah, PhiPhi, Redja, Spaceship, Stamm, Thyme, Toqoz, Tricka, Turris, Wirthy, ZiLyfe, avo, bambi, boo, botmode, brownie, bubsdoge, doc, fez, frydog, huffy, jailwinds, jane doe, janga7, moe, ravu, reign, remorse, sao, sexy turtle, shark, tokahontas, wackel, wils, yauch, yuki

Best Dressed Team: Avo's Cados, Bot Doggers, Gushes Goons, Terrible Tactics, altombo's kittens, fever kids, scoundrels

Best Caster: DuMmTm, Shakey, AUZ, Elmo, frydog, pipelin12, wils, heyy

Thank you based Valen for their work to improve our scripts used for nominations and voting!