Infraction Threshold reached
Astrdd/Zeised STEAM_0:1:194128783
This player has accrued a total of 70 ozfortress infraction points. As such, the player has been banned from ozfortress.com, the community's competitions, and all other ozfortress properties for a period of 1 year, after which they will be serving a 12-month probation, in which any reoffence will double the severity of the penalty. If they are found ban evading during their ban, their ban duration will be extended.
Infraction Threshold reached
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 a period of 1 year, after which they will be serving a 12-month probation, in which any reoffence will double the severity of the penalty. If they are found ban evading during their ban, their ban duration will be extended.
Infraction Threshold reached
Macca/megladonny STEAM_0:1:81449448
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 a period of 1 year, after which they will be serving a 12-month probation, in which any reoffence will double the severity of the penalty. If they are found ban evading during their ban, their ban duration will be extended.
Should any clans in any ozfortress competitions be found housing the listed players, the team will be permanently removed from our competitions and all members involved will face severe penalties.
The Probation system
Earlier this month, we released a post addressing the sharp rise in infractions and a little insight into what we're doing to combat it. Part of our overall plan to handle poor conduct more effectively was the reintroduction of the probation system. Any banned player whose ban has or was going to expire soon would effectively see doubled penalties for reoffending.
The infractions system was always intended to be a system where players could be given the chance to reform from their prior poor conduct, hence it initially acted as what many referred to as a "double warning system", with an initial no penalty warning, and a "don't do it again" infraction. We've since iterated on the ruleset considerably to tighten up the infractions system and allow less room for poor player conduct, something that many within the community wanted. While we also recognize that there are many who do not like the infraction system, we believe most understand its necessity when policing conduct.
It is with this in mind that we are again iterating, this time on our newly added probations system. As the infraction system's goal is still to provide players with a chance to reform their conduct within ozfortress, we will be looking to apply it to certain cases where there are multiple instances within a specified period of time, hence preventing a player from immediately being hit with multiple higher point infractions. This period is purely discretionary, along with its application to specific cases. This freedom will give our behaviour panel more options to prevent immediate bans without that player having an opportunity to change their behaviour.
What does this mean for you, the player/community member?
Nothing really. If your conduct within ozfortress is that of a normal person, you will be totally fine, if not able to feel more secure that if do ever slip up once, you are less likely to be immediately removed from ozfortress. Discretion for these cases will look more favourably on past good behaviour.
What does this mean for repeat offenders?
Again, nothing of consequence. This change won't apply to them if they are coming off of a recent ban, they will already be on probation or have served probation but still have past poor conduct. We will however review these instances thoroughly and if there are obvious attempts to reform, they will be considered.
Can I get a TL;DR?
Sure can! This essentially boils down to this example. If you were reported for multiple instances over a few-month period, this wouldn't apply. But say you offended only a few times over a few weeks, this probation would apply. Everything else from the probations system applies, meaning:
- Tier 1 infractions are doubled, and will incur 20 points.
- Tier 2 infractions are multiplied by 1.5x, and will incur 30 points.
- Tier 3 infractions are doubled, and will instantly incur 60 points.
We hope this addresses some concerns community members have regarding those who aren't repeat offenders, and have a decent chance of reforming their conduct within ozfortress. As always, we will continue to take feedback on the system and improve it over time.
Cheers,
The ozfortress staff team.
Ban Extension - Infraction accrued
This player has accrued an additional 30 ozfortress infraction points. As such, the player's ban has been extended to a period of 2 years, after which they will be serving a 12-month probation, in which any reoffence will double the severity of the penalty. If they are found ban evading during their ban, their ban duration will be extended.
Previous Ban Thread
This player's original ban thread can be found here.Any further infractions or extensions will be edited onto this post and dated.
Should any clans in any ozfortress competitions be found housing the listed players, the team will be permanently removed from our competitions and all members involved will face severe penalties.
Infraction Threshold reached
This player has accrued a total of 120 ozfortress infraction points. As such, the player has been banned from ozfortress.com, the community's competitions, and all other ozfortress properties for a period of 3 years, after which time they will be on a 12-month probation, where reoffending will double the infraction points gained from each Tier. If they are found ban evading during their competition bans, their ban duration will be extended.
Infraction Threshold reached
This player has accrued a total of 150 ozfortress infraction points. As such, the player has been banned from ozfortress.com, the community's competitions, and all other ozfortress properties for a period of 3 years, after which time they will be on a 12-month probation, where reoffending will double the infraction points gained from each Tier. If they are found ban evading during their competition bans, their ban duration will be extended.
Should ANY clans in ANY ozfortress competitions be found housing the listed players, the team will be permanently removed from our competitions and all members involved will face severe penalties.
This poll will be used to collect feedback from everybody in the ozfortress community as a guide for future seasons and competitions. We ask that as many players participate as possible as we are looking to gauge interest in potential changes and additions for upcoming competitions.
Please send this poll to your team. We want as much input as possible to inform our decision-making. This will not be the only poll to come out during this off-season, we plan to release specific Sixes and Highlander polls within the next couple of weeks (both at different times). We are looking for further ways to improve our polls, so any feedback would be appreciated.
Please note that we are not collecting email addresses. Google requires them to ensure only one response is submitted.
WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK - COMPLETE THE POLL
Excuse the dust...
With Season 34 all wrapped up, it's about time we formally congratulate the teams! We would like to thank everyone for returning for the thirty-fourth season of ozfortress, We have an off-season cup coming up this month, so make sure to keep your eyes peeled for more info, which should be out soon!
Congratulations Premier winners Witness Gaming!
Placements
1st - Witness Gaming
2nd - evcb8k645nmwertsfn
3rd - NO BADGES?
Logs
Process - 6 - 1
Clearcut - 3 - 0
Granary - 5 - 0
Match Thread
Awards
Best Combo Scout: cooki
Best Flank Scout: Elmo
Best Pocket: ALT
Best Roamer: down
Best Demoman: enrith
Best Medic: lau
Best Utility: Sam
Most Improved Player: Mikcow
Most Valuable Player: enrith
Friendliest Team: Ascension
Most Improved Team: evcb8k645nmwertsfn
Best Dressed Team: Ascension
Best Caster: Luggnuts
Congratulations Intermediate winners CURSED!
Placements
1st - CURSED
2nd - First Class
3rd - THE HANDS OF PARIS
Logs
Clearcut - 3 - 0
Process - 1 - 5
Reckoner - 3 - 1
Match Thread
Awards
Best Combo Scout: T3
Best Flank Scout: HUNGRY, adam and doc
Best Pocket: ckm
Best Roamer: sao, face and 2345y
Best Demoman: Pengstah
Best Medic: jane doe
Best Utility: 2345y
Most Improved Player: luckt
Most Valuable Player: yuki
Friendliest Team: Terrible Tactics
Most Improved Team: CURSED
Best Dressed Team: Terrible Tactics
Best Caster: Luggnuts and fryd0g
Congratulations Main winners Sharkylin12!
Placements
1st - Sharkylin12
2nd - muscle mercs
3rd - hot boy summer
Logs
Gullywash - 3 - 1
Sunshine - 1 - 6
Clearcut - 3 - 2
Match Thread
Awards
Best Combo Scout: odin and klebs
Best Flank Scout: Rogue
Best Pocket: Hazel and shark
Best Roamer: Conner and jv
Best Demoman: multi and chief
Best Medic: maid and Mio
Best Utility: Miffy
Most Improved Player: Conner
Most Valuable Player: brownie, klebs and chief
Friendliest Team: Salt Free Gaming and muscle mercs
Most Improved Team: Posse Pounders and sharkylin12
Best Dressed Team: Posse Pounders and muscle mercs
Best Caster: Luggnuts and Avo
Congratulations Open winners camping!
Placements
1st - camping
2nd - Should Be Studying
3rd - blu team
Logs
Bagel - 3 - 2
Prolands - 0 - 2
Snakewater - 6 - 4
Match Thread
Awards
Best Combo Scout: noobar
Best Flank Scout: Blakeyboy and tas
Best Pocket: Sun and luna
Best Roamer: noahsun
Best Demoman: krb
Best Medic: Rahmed
Best Utility: Blakeyboy
Most Improved Player: K13R7N, hoosen and aloox
Most Valuable Player: beefs, luna and noobar
Friendliest Team: blu team
Most Improved Team: ALT F4
Best Dressed Team: MR Corp
Best Caster: fryd0g
Increase in Infractions
Since the inception of the infractions system, we have seen a gentle increase in the number of infractions delivered on players within ozfortress. There are arguably many factors that have caused this increase, and we're aware of our own effect on that increase. However, in 2022 we have noticed an increase outside of our own influence on the infraction system and in a 5-month period between February 27th 2022 to July 30th 2022, 44 infractions have been handed down to players. Of those 44 infractions, 33 have been Tier 3 infractions, with Tier 2 infractions hitting only 6, and Tier 1 infractions closely following with 5. Of the 33 Tier 3 infractions, 28 of them were for "General bigotry/use of derogatory slurs against an individual or group" (16) or "Discrimination of any kind" (12). This in comparison with our infractions in 2021, is a significant increase over any period prior to the 5-month period described above. We will continue to observe the changes in the volume of infractions, but we figured there are people who may have been curious as to how many infractions we hand out, and some insight into which infractions we typically deal with.
Probation period for offenders
We've heard from players that many feel those who re-offend after serving a ban period are not being hit hard enough, and this is something we have also felt internally. With that in mind, we are looking to reintroduce a refined probation system to our Infraction Threshold bans. With this new probation period, offenders can expect increased penalties when incurring infractions. These increased penalties can be seen below.
- Tier 3 infractions are now worth double the points and will incur a 1-year ban instantly.
- Tier 2 infractions are now worth 10 more points, bringing their total to 30 points. This will mean two Tier 2 offences will also land the individual a 1-year ban.
- Tier 1 infractions are now worth 20 points, again another bump of 10 points. Three of these offences would incur a 1-year ban.
The probation period for those who have just served an infraction threshold ban is 12 months. Once you have served this probation period, you will be out of probation, and gain infractions at their typical point amounts.
Infraction changes
This time around, there are only a couple of changes.
Removed:
- T1: Failure to run proper alias / fake nicking in a cast of an official match by an approved casting organisation.
We are working on tools to solve aliasing issues within casted matches. We have found that while we can continue to infract players for failing to follow the rules around this infraction, the workload of doing so isn't justified. This does not mean we will be lenient on aliases, quite the opposite. We plan to make changes to name change requests and team names going forward.
Added:
- Destructive server administration / Failure to follow config/format limitations.
Whilst more typically involved in instances of throwing, we feel that we need to add this infraction to further police server administration and failure to follow (as the clause says) config limitations such as; player restrictions, format restrictions, class limitations, player numbers, etc.
Update on infraction members
We mentioned previously that we wouldn't state who is on the Behaviour Panel, but there have been some amendments to this. We give any administrators looking to join the team the option to remain private, but out of the interest of transparency, we ask that administrators on the Behaviour Panel are publicly listed. So, we welcome our first public member, Bakes.
We hope these changes represent the players' expectations when managing behaviour, and more properly reflect our intentions for this system. The infractions ruleset will be something that sees updates in the future, and if you have any questions or concerns regarding anything that has been changed, feel free to chuck a DM to core#6440 on discord.
Cheers,
The ozfortress staff team.
League Ban/Infraction Threshold reached
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 a period of 1 year, after which time they will be on permanent probation. If they are found ban evading during their competition bans, their ban duration will be extended.
Should ANY clans in ANY ozfortress competitions be found housing the listed players, the team will be permanently removed from our competitions and all members involved will face severe penalties.
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