FAQ

What is the format of A Midsummer Night's Cup 2020?

Each Midsummer Night's Cup will have multple brackets - Premier, Intermediate and Open (pending signups). Premier and Intermediate will be a double elimination bracket while Open will be a single elimination bracket, both with Bronze matches.

What is the maximum amount of players per team?

In A Midsummer Night's Cup 2019, there will be a limit of 10 players per team.

How do I get the server?

Server strings will be distributed in the match details section of your match page. This will only be visible to the teams participating in the match.

How long is each round?

We allocate 45 minutes per round but we expect each round's game-time to be under 30 minutes.

The other team isn't showing up, what do I do?

If the team is more than 5 minutes late, contact your bracket's league administrator to claim a forfeit win.

How long can we pause for?

Pauses for this tournament must not last longer than 3 minutes. If there are any complications, contact your bracket's league administrator.

Will there be medals?

Unforunately, no.

View the whitelist at whitelist.tf

This global whitelist is part of an initiative to unify the international leagues. No changes have been made since the end of OZF 26.

New items added to the game during the cup 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.

PREMIER AND INTERMEDIATE SCHEDULE

The Premier and Intermediate Brackets will be played as a single elimination tournament on one night. The schedule is as follows.

Sunday the 12th of January
7pm - Round 1 (cp_villa_b8)
7:45pm - Semi-Finals (cp_metalworks)
8:30pm - Grand Finals - BO3 (cp_snakewater_final1, cp_process_final, cp_gullywash_final1) and Bronze Match (cp_gullywash_final1)

Grand Finals of Premier and Intermediate will be played as a best of three. The map picks only decide what order the maps are played in, the three maps listed about for the grand final are the three maps that will be in the best of three. The pick system (higher seeded team picks the first map) is conducted on the match page by the team captains, or in-game before the match start.

See the brackets here on Warzone.

Please note: cp_villa_b8 is a custom map. If you don't already have this map installed, please click the link above to download them, and then move it to your ..\Team Fortress 2\tf\download\maps directory.

PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE MAPS THROUGH THE LINKS ABOVE BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT.

SCHEDULE FOR OPEN

The Open Bracket will be played as a single elimination tournament on one night. The schedule is as follows.

Sunday the 12th of January
7pm - Round 1 of 16 teams or fewer (cp_villa_b8)
7:45pm - Round 2 of 8 teams (cp_metalworks)
8:30pm - Semi-Finals (cp_snakewater_final1)
9:15pm - Open Grand Finals and Bronze Match (cp_gullywash_final1)

Unlike the other brackets, the Grand Final of Open will be a best of one.

See the bracket here on Warzone.

ADDITIONAL RULES

As the schedule for this tournament is tight, teams must be ready with at least 5 rostered players in the server by the round start time. If a team is more than FIVE minutes late, your bracket's league administrator MUST be contacted and a forfeit win will be recorded. DO NOT DELAY YOUR MATCH AS A COURTESY TO A LATE TEAM. ONE DELAYED MATCH DELAYS THE WHOLE TOURNAMENT. Note that 5CP matches can go for 40 minutes with a Golden Cap, so this must be followed closely.

Pauses are allowed for player issues but must be short. Pauses lasting for more than 3 minutes are not allowed under any circumstances, and any team may not pause more than twice. If a sub is not able to be found, you must continue playing with 5 players. If you drop below 5 players for more than three minutes, the match will be recorded as a forfeit loss. If everyone on the team is dead, only then can Steam messages be used. Breaking pause rules will result in disqualification.

The ozfortress December 2019 poll is here! As always, we run a poll in between tournaments to see what the community wants. This poll contains some key questions regarding the Global Whitelist, administration, OZF 26 and future maps and the map pool (including Kalinka).

It would be greatly appreciated if you take the time to express your views so we can make ozfortress better!

View the poll here!

Congratulations Main winners twig Today

Logs

Logjam - 5 - 4 (GC)
Product - 3 - 0
Match

Congratulations to twig Today at 4:20 PM @everyone im horny on winning the OZF 26 Main Grand Final against Auz Fanclub.

The first map was Logjam, the pick of twig Today. The first round saw Auz Fanclub push twig Today back to their last and attempt to push in. After several key picks, their push was successful and they claimed the first round in just over five minutes. Auz Fanclub were then able to take the next round in a dominating fashion, putting them 2 - 0 up on the map. twig Today were then able to snag two quick round of their own, tying the scores up at 2 - 2. The teams began trading round back and forth until the scores were tied at 4 - 4. With only three minutes left in the round, both teams tried to convert the map win however neither were successful, leaving the score at 4 - 0 and taking us to a Golden Cap. Due in part due to some huge damage from Bitler, the Golden Cap ebded up being a quick round for twig Today and they took the map 5 - 4. The Pocket Scouts were carrying on Logjam, with both maz and bann dropping 28 and 32 kills respectively.

After contesting twig Today on their map pick, Auz Fanclub were in a good position to take their own map pick and take us to a third map. They picked Product, a map rarely seen in playoffs. However despite these promising circumstances, the outcome of the map could not have been more different. twig Today quickly established why they were the top seed for the season and brutally dismantled Auz Fanclub. Every player on twig Today was firing on all cylinders and they were able to stun Auz Fanclub and take the map 3 - 0 in under 15 minutes, and with it the series 2 - 0. Both Bitler and K1ng dropped a huge 500+ DPM performance and had large roles in their team's convincing map win. With this win, twig Today became you ozfortress season 26 Main Champions!

Thank you to all the players, support staff and patrons that helped make this season possible. We'll see you all again soon!

Placements

1st - twig Today at 4:20 PM @everyone im horny
2nd - Auz Fanclub
3rd - Gnome Zone

Awards

Champions: twig Today at 4:20 PM @everyone im horny
Best Demoman: crybaby
Best Medic: sea anarchy
Best Pocket: Dragonfru
Best Roamer: a team of ants in their prime
Best Pocket Scout: rats0up and cooleverest
Best Flank Scout: Susu
Best Utility: cooleverest

Most Improved Player: Quack
Most Valuable Player: crybaby

Friendliest Team: Gnome Zone
Most Improved Team: twig Today at 4:20 PM @everyone im horny
Best Dressed Team: Gnome Zone and Auz Fanclub and twig Today
Best Caster: xander

The voting threads for the end of season awards have now been posted! The votes must be sent through to core (core9243) or skaz (skaz4670) in a Discord PM using the correct formatting on Discord by Thursday the 5th of December 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.

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. Voting for your own team mates is not allowed.

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 Demoman: first place vote, second place vote, third place vote
Best Medic:
Best Pocket:
Best Roamer:
Best Pocket Scout:
Best Flank Scout:
Best Utility:
Most Improved Player:
Most Valuable Player:
Most Improved Team:
Friendliest Team:
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 team mates is not allowed.

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!
Fill out this and then send it to core (core9243) or skaz (skaz4670) in a PM on Discord by Thursday the 5th of December.

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

The following players and teams are nominated for awards:

Best Demoman: Johnny, Paulsen, deft, dogroll, enrith, pav, quid, redcoat

Best Medic: Michael, Sean, arnold, kELlEr, lock, mack, ory, v4na

Best Pocket: Doge, HERTZ, Rei, berko, emgee, feyn, jacc, ywl

Best Roamer: Kodyn, daz, down, mattt, pause, samson, shupah, silvo

Best Pocket Scout: Sam, ceekay, cooki, dauq, krollic, lunar, starbucks, teejay

Best Flank Scout: AiShou, Elmo, Liam, calski, conor, faithless, moop, yui

Best Utility: AiShou, Elmo, calski, dauq, lunar, silvo, starbucks, yui

Most Improved Player: Elmo, Kodyn, daz, feyn, immaturellama, ory, samson, silvo

Most Valuable Player: AiShou, Doge, Elmo, HERTZ, Johnny, Kodyn, Liam, Michael, Paulsen, Rei, Sam, Sean, arnold, berko, calski, ceekay, conor, cooki, dauq, daz, deft, dogroll, down, emgee, enrith, faithless, feyn, immaturellama, jacc, kELlEr, krollic, lock, lunar, mack, mattt, moop, ory, pause, pav, quid, redcoat, samson, shupah, silvo, starbucks, teejay, v4na, yui, ywl

Most Improved Team: Coffee Clock, Coom, MMGP, The Older Gamers, ad hominem attack, fish, fridge zeej, rat men

Friendliest Team: Coffee Clock, Coom, MMGP, The Older Gamers, ad hominem attack, fish, fridge zeej, rat men

Best Dressed Team: Coffee Clock, Coom, MMGP, The Older Gamers, ad hominem attack, fish, fridge zeej, rat men

Best Caster: AuZ, Beater, BigFellaGoose, D-Fault, Elmo, Fozzlm, Ghost, Jager, Kenneth, Michael, Mikcow, Paulsen, RRLUCKY, Sean, catfish, dubious, just jazz, max, redcoatzygote, skaz, snazzy, xander