The ozfortress August 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 25 and future maps and map pools.

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 Intermediate winners DrugLab

Logs

Gullywash - 4 - 0
Product - 4 - 1
Match

Congratulations to DrugLab on winning the OZF 25 Intermediate Grand Final against BOT Inc..

The series began on DrugLab's pick of Gullywash. The opening round was a back-and-forth affair, with both teams trading frags and points. DrugLab ultimately came out on top after over 10 minutes. It looked like DrugLab had toggled, as they took the next three rounds in another 10 minute period. BOT Inc. were looking under pressure as they had only eight minutes to claim four rounds. They were able to put up more of a fight but were unable to claim a round, with the map ending at 4 - 0. Strong performances from ozfortress skaz and sao were heavy deciding facotrs for DrugLab, as they were now one map up in the best-of-three heading into the second map.

The map pick of BOT Inc. was Product. Roster shuffles on the side of BOT Inc saw AuZ switch to Demoman and pick up his trademark LAN-proven Quickiebomb Launcher and Kirtzkrieg combo, along with morphe switching to Scout. Things were looking promising for BOT Inc as they took the first round on Product, with many believing this roster shuffle to be the solution to the problems they were facing on Gullywash. However despite the previous success of this combo, the game then took a turn for the worse for BOT Inc. DrugLab appeared to have found some form and began to bring the game back. They preceded to not drop a round and finish the map with a 4 - 1 victory. BOT Inc had major trouble shutting down key players on the side of DrugLab, most notable sao who finished the map with a whopping 490 DPM. This map win put DrugLab at 2 - 0 in the series and crowned them your ozfortress Season 25 Intermediate champions!

Thank you to all the players, support staff and patrons that helped make this season possible!

Placements

1st - DrugLab
2nd - BOT Inc.
3rd - the coconut nut

Awards

Champions: DrugLab
Best Demoman: sao
Best Medic: emgee
Best Pocket: Kimber and tesla
Best Roamer: king carl
Best Pocket Scout: skaz
Best Flank Scout: beni
Best Utility: inc

Most Improved Player: crybaby
Most Valuable Player: sao

Friendliest Team: Kevin
Most Improved Team: Kevin
Best Dressed Team: Kevin
Best Caster: xander

Congratulations Open winners Cool Team Name Pending

Logs

Product - 3 - 1
Process - 2 - 3
Logjam - 3 - 1
Match

Congratulations to Cool Team Name Pending on winning the OZF 25 Open Grand Final against the players that were left behind.

The first map of the series was Product, the pick of Cool Team Name Pending. Every round in the first map was a contested affair, with no rounds falling in under six minutes. Both teams traded opening rounds however after the scores were tied at 1 - 1 Cool Team Name Pending were able to pull away and take the next two rounds and the map 3 - 1. A huge performance from the duo of Greek and sloth proved to be the deciding factor as the pair were able to secure a total of 80 frags between them over the course of the first map!

The next map was Process, and the players that were left behind were looking to put up a stronger performance on their map pick. Things were looking good as they took the first round in dominating fashion, however the second round was a 12-minute barnburner. Ultimately Cool Team Name Pending were able to take the second round to tie us up at 1 - 1. Another brutally efficient round from the players that were left behind put them in the lead once more, however Cool Team Name Pending were able to answer back with another closer fought round. With the scores tied at 2 - 2 and only 2 minutes left on the clock, it was do or die for the players that were left behind. However some extrodinary teamplay and fragging allowed them to capture another round with just seconds to spare! They were able to take their map pick 3 - 2 and send us to a deciding map. The Scout combo of RRLUCKY and Exquizit were a force to be reckoned with on Process and were a huge driving force for their team's map win.

The last map was Logjam, and both teams were playing for the championship. Both teams were playing a slow-paced game in the early round of the map with scores being tied 1 - 1 after almost 20 minutes of gameplay. The third round proved to be crucial however as Cool Team Name Pending were able to take it in just under six minutes, putting the pressure on the players that were left behind to put more rounds on the board. the players that were left behind began to play a more aggressive style of TF2 in an attempt to catch the opposition off-guard, however Cool Team Name Pending were ready for this and were able to capitalise off of the players that were left behind's aggression and put two more quick round on the board. With no time remaining the map finished 3 - 1 and the series 2 - 1, crowning Cool Team Name Pending your ozfortress Season 25 Open Champions!

Thank you to all the players, support staff and patrons that helped make this season possible!

Placements

1st - Cool Team Name Pending
2nd - the players that were left behind
3rd - heykimber waiting room

Awards

Champions: Cool Team Name Pending
Best Demoman: Shlanky and <user>
Best Medic: Rockeyroad1415
Best Pocket: DAGREEKHUNTER™
Best Roamer: THE SPANISH INQUISITION and Diesel
Best Pocket Scout: Exquizit
Best Flank Scout: RRLUCKY
Best Utility: Exquizit and dillwax

Most Improved Player: Shlanky
Most Valuable Player: RRLUCKY

Friendliest Team: 8D Gang
Most Improved Team: bruh moment
Best Dressed Team: Dino Squad
Best Caster: xander

Congratulations Main winners Panda Bears

Logs

Product - 3 - 1
Reckoner - 5 - 1
Match

Congratulations to Panda Bears on winning the OZF 25 Main Grand Final against ?Questionable.

The first map of the series was Product, the pick of favourite Panda Bears. Panda Bears went down to a heavy time deficit in the first round and were able to claw their was back and hold the point for over two minutes to claim the first round! Despite this tough round loss, ?Questionable did not look rattled as they took the second round in a convincing fashion. Despite this new form being shown by ?Questionable, Panda Bears were able to assert their dominance on their map pick and take the map 3 - 1. Impressive performances from Bitler and smazza were able to keep ?Questionable in the game, however the strength of inStinct and Pengstah could not be matched.

The second map was Reckoner, and ?Questionable were looking to answer back with a map win of their own. It was looking promising for ?Questionable and they took the first round, however Panda Bears were then able to find their footing. A string of rounds from Panda Bears put them 4 - 1 up with only four minutes left and ?Questionable were unable to beat the clock and pump out the rounds they needed to stay in the game. Ultimately Panda Bears were able to claim another round and the map 5 - 1 thanks in part to another dominating performance from inStinct and huge fragging from fez. This gave them the series 2 - 0 and crowned them your ozfortress Season 25 main champions!

Thank you to all the players, support staff and patrons that helped make this season possible!

Placements

1st - Panda Bears
2nd - ?Questionable
3rd - johnny dogged the boys

Awards

Champions: Panda Bears
Best Demoman: Pengstah
Best Medic: Mikcow
Best Pocket: inStinct
Best Roamer: Andyroo
Best Pocket Scout: stigma and fez
Best Flank Scout: kl
Best Utility: Mio

Most Improved Player: Andyroo
Most Valuable Player: Andyroo and Pengstah and stigma

Friendliest Team: chiken
Most Improved Team: ?Questionable
Best Dressed Team: ?Questionable
Best Caster: xander

League Ban

mute-god/atreyu STEAM_0:0:169741528

We have substantial proof to believe that the above player has been using game altering third-party programs. Cheating provides an unfair advantage for competitors. 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 the persons will be on permanent probation. If they are found aliasing 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.

We are excited to announce that the prize pool of OZF 25's Premier division is now $1500 AUD! This donation comes from Maid/tommunist and we'd like to thank him for the very generous $500 donation. The prize-pool breakdown for OZF 25's Premier division is now as follows:
1st: $900 AUD
2nd: $450 AUD
3rd: $150 AUD

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 Friday the 9th of August 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: Open

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 any administrator in a PM on Discord by Sunday the 14th of April.

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: <user>, Derrymilk, King Jubalungi, Levi, Luke, Shlanky, Skunde, Snowy, minji

Best Medic: FapNap, Just Jazz, Mexi, Personal Joke, Pique, Rockeyroad1415, SINGA, Sentar, mayo, vapingdad69

Best Pocket: Beatle, DAGREEKHUNTER, Glossy, Kev, SmokeyZeus, SpiderFast, Tank Drop, cool dad, fae, tal

Best Roamer: Corrupt, Diesel, Donkey, RRLUCKY, Sassy, The Spanish Inquisition, Ufd, newjuls, oblivious, porkii

Best Pocket Scout: Exquizit, Lantern, Solres, Who?, ella, fences, muudbone, shikhar, xtra

Best Flank Scout: Apteryx, Dillwax, Lukatha, Mitch, Nebb, RRLUCKY, Skinny, Sloth, trev, yaboydollarz

Best Utility: Dillwax, Exquizit, Glossy, Kattex, Mitch, Sassy, Skinny, Sloth, Who?, trev

Most Improved Player: Beatle, Derrymilk, Donkey, Exquizit, Shlanky, The Spanish Inquisition, ella, mayo, newjuls, shikhar

Most Valuable Player: <user>, Apteryx, Beatle, Corrupt, DAGREEKHUNTER, Derrymilk, Diesel, Dillwax, Donkey, Exquizit, FapNap, Glossy, Just Jazz, Kattex, Kev, King Jubalungi, Lantern, Levi, Lukatha, Luke, Mexi, Mitch, Nebb, Personal Joke, Pique, RRLUCKY, Rockeyroad1415, SINGA, Sassy, Sentar, Shlanky, Skinny, Skunde, Sloth, SmokeyZeus, Snowy, Solres, SpiderFast, Tank Drop, The Spanish Inquisition, Ufd, Who?, cool dad, ella, fae, fences, mayo, minji, muudbone, newjuls, oblivious, porkii, shikhar, tal, trev, vapingdad69, xtra, yaboydollarz

Most Improved Team: 8D Gang, Cool Team Name Pending, Dino Squad, Jump in Greek, SMT Squad, Team, WHEELCHAIR WARRIORS, bruh moment, heykimber waiting room, the players that were left behind

Friendliest Team: 8D Gang, Cool Team Name Pending, Dino Squad, Jump in Greek, SMT Squad, Team, WHEELCHAIR WARRIORS, bruh moment, heykimber waiting room, the players that were left behind

Best Dressed Team: 8D Gang, Cool Team Name Pending, Dino Squad, Jump in Greek, SMT Squad, Team, WHEELCHAIR WARRIORS, bruh moment, heykimber waiting room, the players that were left behind

Best Caster: Abender, ALT, Beater, Elmo, Ghost, Graham, Paulsen, alibastor, concorde, dubious, iven, liz, max, redcoatzygote, rky, snazzy, xander