We're back! We hope everyone has had a relaxing offseason and are ready for another season of TF2 as ozfortress seasonal league is returning for the third and final time in 2019. As per usual, the league will be run using the highly successful Warzone. Whether you're a hardened veteran of the scene or a newcomer to 6v6 TF2 there will be a place for you in ozfortress season 26 and we hope to see you there!

OZF 26 will continue our expanded map pool and round system that we debuted in OZF 24. The map pool will again comprise of nine maps and certain maps will be played once during the regular season with other maps being played twice. This season we've removed cp_reckoner and have added cp_kalinka into the map pool. This is the first time we have seen Kalinka in an ozfortress seasonal league map pool and we hope you're as excited about it as we are!

This season, we will also continue with the four bracket system that was met with very positive feedback in OZF 25. The brackets we will feature are: Premier, Intermediate, Main and Open! Both Premier and Intermediate will have a round robin group stage while the lower two brackets will consist of a Swiss group stage. All brackets will continue using the Page Playoffs format. Grand Finals for Premier shall be played as a no-advantage best of 5, while Open and Intermediate Grand Finals will be a best of 3. Premier and Intermediate will have 8 teams while Main and Open's bracket size is pending signups.

During OZF 26 we plan on conducting random demo checks to ensure players are recording demos. Please ensure that you are recording match demos in order to avoid punishment.

This season we have also increased the ban length for players who fail to submit demos. PLAYERS WHO FAIL TO SUBMIT DEMOS WILL NOW RECEIVE A SIX-MONTH BAN. DEMOS MUST BE KEPT FOR AT LEAST TWO SEASONS. IGNORANCE IS NOT AN EXCUSE.

All server booking will continue to be done through ozfortress discord. Simply join the #bookings channel in the ozfortress Discord and type /book and details of your server booking will be PM'd to you. To view more commands, type /help in the #bookings channel.

In Citadel, Captains can create Teams using the "Start Team" button on the Teams page. Once created, Captains can invite players to the Team. Team invites are shown on a player's profile, which can be accessed by clicking on your name next to the bell on the top right hand corner of your screen. Teams provide a pool of players that can be signed up for a tournament. Players may be in the pool for multiple teams but only one Roster for any given tournament. Captains may sign up a Roster for tournaments under the League page.

If you're new and not sure how to get started, don't fret! Check out the #recruitment section of the ozfortress Discord where you can express your interest in joining a team, or peruse potential players to form a team of your own. Teams are normally comprised of 1 Medic, 1 Demoman, 2 Soldiers and 2 Scouts. If you're new to the competitive scene, click here for an introduction to ozfortress!

Please ensure you have enough backups to last the season; teams are allowed a maximum of 10 players rostered for any single tournament.

You can sign up for ozfortress season 26 from Sunday the 15th of September up until Wednesday the 25th of September. We aim to have seeding out by the 28th of September with the season starting on the 29th, however this is subject to change. This gap between the closing of signups and the start of the season is to give the administration team more time to seed. ozfortress season 26 will begin on Sunday the 29th of September.

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MAP POOL

Week 1: cp_gullywash_final1/cp_granary_pro_rc8
Week 2: koth_product_rcx/cp_gullywash_final1
Week 3: koth_product_rcx/cp_prolands_rc2p
Week 4: cp_logjam_rc11/cp_process_final
Week 5: cp_process_final/cp_kalinka_rc5
Week 6: cp_kalinka_rc5/cp_snakewater_final1
Week 7: cp_snakewater_final1/cp_sunshine

Please note: cp_granary_pro_rc8, cp_prolands_rc2p, cp_logjam_rc11, koth_product_rcx and cp_kalinka_rc5 are custom maps. If you don't already have these installed, please click the links above to download them, and then move them to your *..\Team Fortress 2\tf\download\maps *directory.

The following aliases may be useful for changing maps to the correct version. Add these lines to your autoexec.cfg file, and simply type the name of the map in your console to change to it as long as you have the correct rcon password.

alias bagel "changelevel koth_bagel_rc2a"
alias cardinal "changelevel cp_cardinal_rc1a"
alias granary "changelevel cp_granary_pro_rc8"
alias gullywash "changelevel cp_gullywash_final1"
alias kalinka "changelevel cp_kalinka_rc5"
alias logjam "changelevel cp_logjam_rc11"
alias process "changelevel cp_process_final"
alias product "changelevel koth_product_rcx"
alias viaduct "changelevel koth_product_rcx"
alias prolands "changelevel cp_prolands_rc2p"
alias badlands "changelevel cp_prolands_rc2p"
alias reckoner "changelevel cp_reckoner_rc4a"
alias snakewater "changelevel cp_snakewater_final1"
alias sunshine "changelevel cp_sunshine"

KEY DATES

Sunday 15th September 2019: Signups Open
Wednesday 25th September 2019: Signups Close, Rosters Locked
Saturday 28th September 2019: Teams Announced

Sunday 29th September – Thursday 3rd October 2019: Round 1
Sunday 6th October – Thursday 10th October 2019: Round 2
Sunday 13th October – Thursday 17th October 2019: Round 3
Sunday 20th October – Thursday 24th October 2019: Round 4
Sunday 27th October – Thursday 31st October 2019: Round 5
Sunday 3rd November – Thursday 7th November 2019: Round 6
Sunday 10th November – Thursday 14th November 2019: Round 7

Sunday 17th November – Thursday 21st November 2019: Page Playoffs
Sunday 24th November – Thursday 28th November 2019: Semi-Finals
Sunday 1st December – Thursday 5th December 2019: Grand Finals

Grand Finals for Premier will be played as a Best of 5. Intermediate and Open Grand Finals are a Best of 3.

PAGE PLAYOFFS

All brackets will be using the page playoff system for their finals. Matches with a single listed date will be locked to that date, those with a range will be negotiated within that range similar to regular season matches.

View the whitelist at whitelist.tf

This global whitelist is part of an initiative to unify the international leagues. We will be using the May 2019 edition of the global whitelist.

New items added to the game during the season 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.

ozfortress administrators are responsible for the smooth running of the ozfortress seasonal league. Remain in constant contact with them regarding team issues and potential team instability. They are also available to clarify anything about the rules or procedures of ozfortress competitions.

The best way to get in contact with an administrators is in the #admin-support channel on Discord. Click the following to join our Discord.

The following people are available to solve issues in your bracket, however for simple issues we strongly recommend that you refer to the ruleset. From here, your own league administrators should be your first point of contact, however if your administrators are not available, others may be able to help.

Head Administrator - catfish

Premier Administrator - Thermite
Intermediate Administrator - arnold and Fozzlm
Main Administrator - catfish
Open Administrators - core and skaz
BRACKET ADMINISTRATORS TO BE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER DATE

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