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The final round of the regular season has finished for ozfortress season 34! Congratulations to the teams who have made the playoffs! Playoffs matches have been generated. Your top four teams from each division are:

PREMIER

Witness Gaming
NO BADGES?
pin pals
evcb8k645nmwertsfn

INTERMEDIATE

THE HANDS OF PARIS
First Class
Avo's Cados
CURSED

MAIN

muscle mercs
Sharkylin12
hot boy summer
Posse Pounders

OPEN

camping
blu team
Ambasing
Should Be Studying

Please see the nominations thread for OZF 34, to be completed by Tuesday the 19th of July!

Failure to submit nominations will result in you and your team being unable to receive any awards or be eligible for in-game medals.

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This thread is for nominating your players for the best-in-class awards for ozfortress season 34. This thread will be used by admins to collect the rosters of each team for voting, which will happen at a later date.

Captains are asked to respond to this thread with the completed template below by the Tuesday the 19th of July! Please save replies for nominations only and not discussion. Only one reply per team.

Failure to submit nominations will result in you and your team being unable to receive any awards or be eligible for in-game medals.

Strictly follow the format below, as I will be using an automated script to process this data.

Team Name:
Division (Premier/High/Intermediate/Main/Open):
Best Combo Scout:
Best Flank Scout:
Best Pocket Soldier:
Best Roaming Soldier:
Best Medic:
Best Demoman:
Best Utility:
Most Improved Player:

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League Ban/Infraction Threshold reached

pistol STEAM_0:0:547583172

This player has accrued a total of 90 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 2 years. If they are found ban evading during their competition bans, their ban duration will be extended.

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Should ANY teams or groups 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.

Hey everyone,

Sorry for the late notice regarding playable match days surrounding LAN Downunder 2022. We had initially planned a week break prior to the conception of ozfortress Highlander, however, with Highlander's introduction, we worried about the feasibility of extending the overall season length as it would eat even further into the off-season. We have since decided that we will be extending the current Round 7 Sixes (6v6) and Round 3 Highlander (HL) matches by a week, allowing teams to play and schedule their matches for either week. Please do not hesitate to contact an administrator via #sixes-support or #highlander-support. You can also make use of our Competition Support ticket via #ticket-support if you want more direct support from multiple members of the staff team.

The amended playable match days for the current league rounds can be seen below:
- Sunday 26/06/2022 to Thursday 07/07/2022 for Sixes
- Monday 27/06/2022 to Friday 08/07/2022 for Highlander

Safe travels to those attending the LAN at GIC Esports Arena in Melbourne, and if you want to catch the action from the comfort of your gaming chair or lounge, be sure to tune into CappingTV's coverage of the event! You can find some useful viewing information below.

• Schedule
• Stream
• Bracket

Thanks,
The ozfortress staff team.

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League Ban/Infraction Threshold reached

vivi STEAM_0:1:76681608

This player has accrued a total of 90 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 2 years, 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.

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League Ban/Infraction Threshold reached

andrew STEAM_0:1:49321319

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.

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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.

Exploit Ban

adolo STEAM_0:1:32472307

We have substantial proof that the above player has been using game modification exploits within ozfortress to gain an unfair advantage. As such, the player has been banned from ozfortress.com, the community's competitions, and all other ozfortress properties for a period of 3 months. If they are found making use of an alternate account during their competition 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.

With a recent occurrence of exploit use, we felt we needed to not only clarify our stance on the usage of exploits within ozfortress competitions but also expand upon the existing exploits clauses in our rulesets to provide a rough idea to players of what is and isn’t allowed. The existing clauses did not actively reflect where we have stood since our previous post regarding exploits, nor the more modern Team Fortress 2 we all keep coming back for.

The focus of the update to the exploits category within our rulesets was to significantly expand on the list of more common exploits and provide players with further understanding of the types of exploitation that may be prohibited. Anyone unsure of where a potential exploit falls still needs to reach out to an administrator for a ruling prior to making use of it. With these updates to the exploit section, we have categorized exploitation under two names, Game Modification & Game Mechanic exploitation. We feel these two categories cover the bulk of exploitation and provide a clear understanding and separation of exploits.

We have chosen to adopt a 3 - 24 month punishment length and will be reviewing future cases on a case-by-case basis. Punishment length will be determined by multiple factors, including but not limited to severity, intent, maliciousness, and the exploit itself.

To reiterate our stance on exploits; it is the sole responsibility of the individual player to be totally and unequivocally aware of what game-modifying custom files they are using within the ozfortress community, and it is critical that anyone who is unsure whether or not something is considered an exploit, that they seek out administrators for a ruling to be made.

You can find the updated exploits section in our ruleset under 6.1 Exploits.

Thanks,
The ozfortress staff team.

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A BRIEF EXPLANATION

If you haven't seen our previous post, or even Respawn League's own post, you might be living under a bit of a rock. Good morning starshine, the earth says hello, and so does Highlander! ozfortress will be carrying the torch for Respawn League's main format going forward, and we hope that we will be able to deliver you even more exciting formats, tournaments and events going into the future.

RSL ASIA WILL NOT BE MAKING THE MOVE

Whilst we did want to continue RSL Asia, there will be no Asia specific division within ozfortress Highlander Season 1. Any and all out-of-region players are welcome to join in-region rosters, but there will be a cap on the amount of out-of-region players on a roster.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE RSL WEBSITE?

The RSL website will become functionally static, meaning the leagues, posts, users and teams will remain, but you will not be able to create new ones. There will be a pinned post on the front page of the website directing to ozfortress. This will be done to still allow people to see their past Highlander accolades, roster history and more.

RSL INFRACTIONS & BANS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED

For any of those affected by this, we will be reaching out to you within the next 48 hours to let you know what is happening.

A BIT ABOUT RESPAWN

Respawn League, founded in mid-late 2018 by core & Brady, was founded in youthful eagerness to improve and expand upon Highlander not just as a format, but as a community within our region. Over the years we have seen many staff members, even more contributors, and hundreds of players. Having just recently reached over two thousand accounts, nearly three hundred teams, and twelve hundred matches over thirty-three competitions! We owe that growth, this opportunity, and much more to you, the community. We are hoping that this move is one that does not alienate either league and gives you the player the best possible experience we can provide.

SO, OZFORTRESS HIGHLANDER SEASON 1?

Since this is it's first season, we have been sure that not too many changes have been made to the ruleset, and while the wording of a clause (or where that clause might actually be listed) is different, we have aimed to keep the spirit and intention behind each clause intact. Please feel free to bring up any potential issues you see to us, we are happy to work with the community on addressing issues.

Since this is also a continuation of sorts, we have kept the map pool fairly similar, just with updates to map versions. During the signups period, we will continue to work on Highlander documentation, be it rulesets, guides or other docs.

NEW STAFF

We previously announced the Highlander staff you would be expecting to see with the commencement of this season - but we had a secret under wraps. Please give a warm welcome to Sperkle, who will be our newest league administrator for OZF HL 1.

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Thanks, and have fun!
The ozfortress staff team.