As a general reminder to all players, please brush up on 12.1.1. Game Modification. If you have any questions regarding game modification and/or exploits, please feel free to DM me directly (@coreobs) on Discord.
Bans
Infraction Threshold Ban
twoism STEAM_0:1:97579735
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 1 year, after which they will serve a 12-month probation, in which any reoffence will double the severity of the penalty. Their ban duration will be extended if they are found ban-evading during their ban.
Evidence Ban
croppy STEAM_0:0:713881872
We have substantial proof to suggest that the above player has been using game modification exploits within ozfortress. 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, with 14 days already served. Their ban will expire on November 26th 2024. Their ban duration will be extended if they are found ban-evading during their ban.
Should any teams or groups within any ozfortress competitions be found housing the listed player, that team will be permanently banned from our competitions and all members involved will face hefty league bans.
Bans
The following ban/s are all Infraction Threshold bans, split between New Bans, and Ban Resets.
New Bans
The following player/s accrued enough points to reach an Infraction Threshold Ban.
Yric STEAM_0:1:45113870
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 1 year, after which they will serve a 12-month probation, in which any reoffence will double the severity of the penalty. Their ban duration will be extended if they are found ban-evading during their ban.
Ban Resets
A newly introduced alternative to our old Ban Extensions, see our news post discussing this change here. Ban Resets will reset a person's ban back to its original duration.
nurf STEAM_0:1:29562799
This player has accrued 30 ozfortress infraction points whilst serving their ban. As they accrued these infraction points during their ban, the player has had their ban reset back to a total duration of 1 year. After their ban, they will serve a 12-month probation, in which any reoffence will double the severity of the penalty. Their ban duration will be extended if they are found ban-evading during their ban.
Should any teams or groups within any ozfortress competitions be found housing the listed player, that team will be permanently banned from our competitions and all members involved will face hefty league bans.
The user below has received a Permanent Ban. This ban type will prevent them from using our services indefinitely. If you are found aiding this person in evading their ban, you will face hefty league bans.
Permanent Ban
Lain STEAM_0:1:94475789
This person has been permanently barred from all ozfortress properties due to severe breaches of our Community Guidelines.
Should any teams or groups within any ozfortress competitions be found housing the listed player, that team will be permanently banned from our competitions and all members involved will face hefty league bans.
The users below are banned from playing a certain amount of rounds in both Sixes and Highlander during Spring '24. Users can receive round bans when accruing Player Behaviour Infractions or League Penalties. See these pages for more information each.
Spring '24 Round Bans
Below you can find the transfer history for all divisions. Please note this history is directly copied from our internal transfer management panel, so the formatting is rather rough.
Premier History
Transfer Window #1
- Pride Transferred out of 50,000,000 Doctrine Fans Can't Be Wrong
- a festive fish Transferred into 50,000,000 Doctrine Fans Can't Be Wrong
- Bree Transferred into 50,000,000 Doctrine Fans Can't Be Wrong
- hive Transferred into 50,000,000 Doctrine Fans Can't Be Wrong
- Trash Transferred out of 50,000,000 Doctrine Fans Can't Be Wrong, and into crylander
- Striker Transferred into good pug
- AUZ Transferred into Atomic Deluxe
- Zach Transferred into Atomic Deluxe
- takeyon Transferred into BRIANLANDER
- wilsonoid Transferred into BRIANLANDER
- Cowche Transferred into BRIANLANDER
- Mugen Transferred into Significant Otter
- 人 Transferred into Significant Otter
- ♪.Beats Transferred into Significant Otter
Transfer Window #2
- yuna Transferred into 50,000,000 Doctrine Fans Can't Be Wrong
- nightjar Transferred out of 50,000,000 Doctrine Fans Can't Be Wrong, and into crylander
- Lizrd-Wizrd Transferred into crylander
- bambi Transferred out of crylander
- Sperkle Transferred into Atomic Deluxe
- -atten Transferred out of BRIANLANDER
- lau Transferred into BRIANLANDER
Transfer Window #3
- Avo Transferred into 50,000,000 Doctrine Fans Can't Be Wrong
- BONKITUP456 Transferred into 50,000,000 Doctrine Fans Can't Be Wrong
- heyy Transferred into good pug
Main History
Transfer Window #1
- inStinct Transferred into Tuah
- Titan Transferred into Tuah
- gingacharma Transferred into Tuah
- kELlEr Transferred into Should Be Studying
- crypto Transferred into Should Be Studying
- Nah Transferred into goblin deez
Transfer Window #2
- Maestro[FmJ] Transferred out of rat gaming
- quay Transferred into rat gaming
- bambi Transferred into goblin deez
- Disturbed Transferred into Dispensers
- tucson Transferred into Dispensers
- meow Transferred into Tuah
- wang Transferred into Tuah
- Evelynn Transferred into Scurvy Ridden
- arbabf Transferred into Scurvy Ridden
- rosss3s Transferred into Tracy Waldron
- NEBU!A Transferred into Tracy Waldron
- aisha💕😘 Transferred into Tracy Waldron
- Susu Transferred out of CONNECTICUT KIA BOYZ
- bubsdoge Transferred into CONNECTICUT KIA BOYZ
Transfer Window #3
- Sully Transferred into Tracy Waldron
- infernoraz Transferred out of Tuah
- v4na Transferred into Tuah
- hunoke Transferred into rat gaming
- Train Smash Transferred out of Scurvy Ridden, and into Dispensers
- Funk Transferred out of Scurvy Ridden, and into goblin deez
- hiccups Transferred out of goblin deez
- jyydn Transferred into goblin deez
- Moma1000000 Transferred into Should Be Studying
Below you can find the transfer history for all divisions. Please note this history is directly copied from our internal transfer management panel, so the formatting is rather rough.
Premier History
Week 1
Thu Jun 27 22:04:02 2024 Hawk approved zias's transfer into this stuff is so good, out of skywalker in Premier (requested by Maximus)
Week 2
Wed Jul 3 17:34:36 2024 Hawk approved ayr's transfer into munchie paradox (requested by kbn)
Fri Jun 28 18:18:36 2024 Hawk approved bishaminty's transfer into skywalker (requested by Susu)
Wed Jun 26 23:18:48 2024 Hawk approved hif's transfer into this stuff is so good (requested by Maximus)
Week 3
Mon Jul 15 18:18:10 2024 Hawk approved Doge.exe has stopped working's transfer into ASIO (requested by wilsonoid)
Thu Jun 27 22:37:28 2024 Hawk approved lizzo's transfer into this stuff is so good (requested by Maximus)
Week 4
Thu Jul 25 16:53:37 2024 Hawk approved matttt's transfer into ASIO, out of 5EGGS in Premier (requested by wilsonoid)
Wed Jul 24 21:05:33 2024 Hawk approved exXxposed's transfer into this stuff is so good (requested by victor timothy)
Wed Jul 24 21:03:57 2024 Hawk approved Shark69's transfer into Teq (requested by Pride)
Tue Jul 16 18:25:24 2024 Hawk approved andrew's transfer into ASIO (requested by wilsonoid)
Week 5
Thu Aug 1 16:07:56 2024 Hawk approved Lizrd-Wizrd's transfer into skywalker (requested by Susu)
Wed Jul 31 17:11:45 2024 Hawk approved paray's transfer into this stuff is so good, out of Ascension in Premier (requested by victor timothy)
Wed Jul 31 17:11:41 2024 Hawk approved hif's transfer out of this stuff is so good (requested by victor timothy)
Mon Jul 29 22:41:37 2024 Hawk approved rohan's transfer into 5EGGS (requested by adolo)
High History
Week 1
Mon Jun 24 23:09:14 2024 HUNGRY.4.EGGS approved tetrx's transfer into Maxwell Verstappen (requested by Ghost)
Sat Jun 22 13:14:01 2024 HUNGRY.4.EGGS approved heavenslept's transfer into 100 (requested by sinsa)
Sat Jun 22 01:12:29 2024 HUNGRY.4.EGGS approved altfs's transfer into general-2 (requested by Tenous)
Week 2
Fri Jun 28 22:50:23 2024 HUNGRY.4.EGGS approved gaw$'s transfer into obese gaming (requested by 2345y.)
Sat Jun 29 02:24:03 2024 HUNGRY.4.EGGS approved Delphinoid's transfer into First & Lost (requested by Ravu4)
Mon Jul 1 18:56:59 2024 HUNGRY.4.EGGS approved peep's transfer into general-2 (requested by Tenous)
Tue Jul 9 12:36:08 2024 HUNGRY.4.EGGS approved homeslice's transfer into altombo's kittens (requested by alt)
Tue Jul 16 00:01:23 2024 HUNGRY.4.EGGS approved L0RD 8071CU5 0F 80T5W4N4's transfer into Maxwell Verstappen (requested by Ghost)
Week 3
Wed Jul 17 23:26:09 2024 HUNGRY.4.EGGS approved core's transfer into Geezer Gamers (requested by Hawk)
Week 6
Fri Jul 26 07:35:53 2024 HUNGRY.4.EGGS approved DeDstar's transfer into obese gaming (requested by 2345y.)
Mon Aug 5 23:17:49 2024 HUNGRY.4.EGGS approved 95's transfer into altombo's kittens, out of general-2 in High (requested by alt)
Intermediate History
Week 1
Wed Jun 26 21:49:47 2024 emgee approved K13R7N's transfer into God-Fearing Nuns (requested by ♥ Emily the Goldfish ♥)
Wed Jun 26 20:25:08 2024 emgee approved michael soup's transfer into The Oxyconnoisseur's (requested by Lain)
Week 2
Fri Jun 28 12:58:12 2024 emgee approved vonixyy's transfer into The Oxyconnoisseur's (requested by Lain)
Mon Jul 1 18:40:35 2024 emgee approved dorkson's transfer into DLLM (requested by woozy)
Tue Jul 9 21:05:33 2024 emgee approved Disturbed's transfer into taking my gamer poison (studying) (requested by dezi)
Week 3
Tue Jul 9 21:05:37 2024 emgee approved crispin's transfer into taking my gamer poison (studying) (requested by dezi)
Sat Jul 13 22:12:51 2024 emgee approved ShuZ's transfer into The Oxyconnoisseur's (requested by night)
Mon Jul 1 11:39:46 2024 emgee approved Titan's transfer into DLLM (requested by woozy)
Week 5
Sat Jul 27 13:19:19 2024 emgee approved underpressure's transfer into The Oxyconnoisseur's (requested by quay)
Week 7
Tue Aug 6 15:46:08 2024 emgee approved Titan's transfer into God-Fearing Nuns, out of DLLM in Intermediate (requested by ♥ Emily the Goldfish ♥)
Sun Aug 4 22:07:55 2024 emgee approved zen's transfer into The Oxyconnoisseur's (requested by quay)
Main History
Week 1
Wed Jun 26 13:54:56 2024 inStinct approved silent* transfer into Shrimps (requested by ScEshay)
Sun Jun 23 23:19:45 2024 inStinct approved goblxn's transfer into Hexabromocyclododecane (requested by Maxyvee)
Week 2
Thu Jul 11 20:25:02 2024 inStinct approved Chungus McBungus's transfer into Level 1 Crooks (requested by ItzSak_47)
Week 3
Thu Jul 11 20:25:06 2024 inStinct approved sle_epy's transfer into Level 1 Crooks (requested by ItzSak_47)
Week 4
Sun Jul 28 22:11:51 2024 inStinct approved chonk's transfer out of Talking Tom and Friends (requested by inStinct)
Thu Jul 25 15:13:31 2024 inStinct approved Pigel's transfer into Man's Gos, out of The Last Kakapo Dreams Of Flying in Main (requested by indy and her jones)
Wed Jul 24 22:12:01 2024 inStinct approved Lost Inside Cambodia's transfer into The Last Kakapo Dreams Of Flying (requested by strongman)
Tue Jul 23 21:06:57 2024 inStinct approved spiderfast's transfer into Talking Tom and Friends (requested by Cymboll)
Mon Jul 22 20:59:22 2024 inStinct approved April's transfer into Talking Tom and Friends, out of Team Yippiee! in Open (requested by Cymboll)
Open History
Week 1
Sun Jun 23 00:57:04 2024 Celph approved Hose_'s transfer into Decepticons (requested by Conner)
Tue Jun 25 19:09:29 2024 Celph approved INFERN0O71's transfer into Zest Fest (requested by dndinsomniac)
WEEK 2
Mon Jul 1 21:52:40 2024 Hawk approved reeee.vol 2's transfer into Team Yippiee! (requested by Evelynn)
WEEK3
Thu Jul 18 23:07:06 2024 Celph approved meow's transfer into Team Yippiee!(requested by a festive fish)
WEEK4
Tue Jul 23 13:35:43 2024 Celph approved TheWiggin's transfer into Team Yippiee! (requested by a festive fish)
FINALS
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Tue Aug 6 16:27:38 2024 Celph approved Hekittymeow's transfer into Gold Diggers Deluxe (requested by olivergeeoz)
POV Demo Rule Changes
POV Demos can now be requested from any match played on an ozfortress server
To better our league's Anti-Cheat, we will now be able to request POV demos from ANY match played on an ozfortress server - official, scrim, pug game or otherwise. Whilst we understand there will be some apprehension to this change, it is only happening because we feel it will contribute to improving the league. Scrim POV demo requests will be worked into the existing failure penalties. Unlike official match POV demo requests, the first penalty for failing to provide a scrim POV demo is a warning. After this, the next second penalty follows the same guidelines as the official match POV requests, meaning that if you fail two scrim POV demo requests you will receive a six-month ban. It is important to note that we will not conduct random demo checks for any match that isn't an official match. This means that if you receive a request for a POV demo from a scrim or pug, it is related to an active Anti-Cheat report.
Please see the ruleset for more information on failure penalties.
Docs Updates
Global Ruleset Changes (or otherwise Global changes)
- Soon: Name Change Policy.
- We are working to create an exhaustive Name Change Policy for our website. We have no details to release now, only that we will be releasing a post dedicated to this sometime during the season. Please be reasonable with your expectations as to what this policy will entail, but keep in mind we are not trying to work entirely against the wishes of our players, we just want to see some sensibility come to name changes in ozfortress.
- Removed: Secondary Match Days.
- If teams are unable to play their match within the Playable Match Days for their format, they will need to be granted an extension via their division admin to play on days not within the Playable Match Days. Extensions will be more lenient than they were before Primary/Secondary Match Days were added.
- Changed: Mercenary Requests & Usage Policy.
- When admin intervention is required for mediating denied mercenary usage, the proposed mercenary will be valued against the player they are replacing. It is not just a blanket check of the division they are playing in. This is staying in line with restricting mid-season transfer requests to avoid teams upgrading their roster mid-season.
- Changed/Added: More severe Disband Penalties for Captains.
- For incidents where it is clear the captains of a roster do not care for their roster or the penalties that come from a disband, or in cases where a captain is purposefully destructive to their roster - captains could see harsher penalties at the discretion of the league administration.
- Added: Purposeful Sniper scoped-in crouch exploitation is prohibited.
- When a sniper scopes in whilst crouched, it is possible to obscure up to or above 50% of that sniper's character model whilst still maintaining vision around the objects obscuring their model.
- We understand that this is potentially difficult to police, however, it will often be very clear when someone is intentionally abusing this mechanical oversight. We will be reviewing each reported case of this behaviour individually, and not blanket banning any instance that could be purposeful exploitation.
- When a sniper scopes in whilst crouched, it is possible to obscure up to or above 50% of that sniper's character model whilst still maintaining vision around the objects obscuring their model.
- Added: Any form of complete animation break or exploitation.
- Some examples are T-Posing or "Civilian mode", Contracker exploits, or ragdoll "mods" that break the intended effect of a Spy's Dead Ringer item. This does not include disabling ragdolls or their physics via a config file, but specifically targets modifications that break animations or ragdolls.
- Updated: Best of three (BO3) Picks and Bans order has been unified between Sixes and Highlander.
- The process is now Team A Ban, Team B Ban, Team A Pick, Team B Pick, Team B Ban, Team A Pick. This Pick/Ban process has seen more extensive use in Highlander and other regions/leagues.
- Updated: Ping Limit and Ping Exception rules to allow for neighbouring regions (Asia) to play within ozfortress.
- Added: Non-official matches are now required to be recorded by players.
- See 8.9. Demo Recording for more information, or the quoted message at the top of this post.
- Moved: 2.4. Playable Match Days moved to 7.3. Match Organisation & Playable Match Days.
- Updated: User Policy Conditions now prohibit permanently banned Steam accounts and known sold Steam accounts.
Sixes Ruleset Changes
- Upper and Lower division terminology removed. This often proved confusing for many, and with us returning to one single 5CP config, there is no longer a need to distinguish beyond just the division names.
Highlander Ruleset Changes
- Updated: ABBA explainers throughout the Highlander Ruleset, and added 1.3.4. ABBA in preparation for ABBA in the Regular Season.
- Added: Roster size reduced during signups.
- Rosters may only sign up for the season with a maximum of 12 players. During the first transfer window, the roster size will be increased back up to 15 and will then remain at that number for the rest of the season. We will be seeking feedback on this post-season.
- Updated: KOTH map scores should be submitted as 1-0 to the victor.
- This change works in tandem with the Tiebreakers we have added to the ruleset.
- Updated/Added: League tiebreakers have been changed to de-emphasize round score as heavily. We have also added additional manual tiebreaking measures.
Clarifications & Addressing Issues
- Late Roster Signups will not be allowed past the seedings, period. The conditions where late signups can be safely entered into an active season are so unlikely that we will just be ruling it out entirely.
- Rosters who wish to disband, disband. We will no longer be restoring rosters, even within the same round. The process of disbanding will now be irreversible.
- ozfortress is now trialling "Trial Admins". Trial Admins within ozfortress will act with the full capacity and ability of League Admins. The new role is merely to indicate newer staff members.
- Round bans from Infractions and/or League Penalties will now be recorded in the Team Captain Discord.
- Transfers will now be manually listed publicly within the Team Captain Discord and that season's league page. This process will be entirely manual for now, so we ask for some lenience whilst we get in the swing of doing this consistently.
- If a division is using Round Robin, all matches will be generated at the beginning of the season.
- Mercenary approval or denial by league administrators in the case of a dispute will be purely based comparatively on the player that the mercenary is replacing.
- This is not a requirement for teams when negotiating mercenaries with each other, but will be the primary consideration for us when resolving disputes.
- End-of-season awards requirements are being changed. Teams may no longer be required to nominate their players but are required to submit votes. Please note however, we do expect a reason from team captains as to why they do not wish to nominate their players, and it is up to our discretion as to whether or not you will be required to submit nominations for your roster.
Infraction Ruleset Changes
Infraction Threshold Ban Levels Changed
- Changed: 20 points = 3-Round Match Ban:
- This ban level was previously set at 30 points, however with fewer Tier 1 and Tier 2 infractions than we had in the past - we feel three Tier 1's before any action is taken is too lenient. Additionally, the Tier 2 infraction for impersonating ozfortress players is still yet to be applied in any case - but we will continue monitoring cases leading to this ban level and make changes if this change appears to be too heavy-handed.
- Added: 40 points = 6-Round Match Ban:
- New: For some time, we have been looking to add a less severe, middle-of-the-road ban level that could act as a deterrent without letting behaviour and punishment graduate to a 1-Year Ban. With only one Tier 1 and one Tier 2 infraction, both of which are used far less than the current Tier 3 infractions - we feel this ban level is a second deterrent that has been needed for some time.
- Unchanged: 60 points = 1-Year League Ban:
- This ban level is identical to what it was previously.
- Unchanged: Every +30 points above 60 points is another year:
- Ban lengths above one year are far rarer these days, and only reserved for large/multiple breaches.
- Previously, there was a two-year ban level set at a 90-point threshold, however, it operated identically to this, and every 30 points above this threshold was still an extra year in ban length.
Probation Multipliers Updated
The Probation period multipliers have been updated to be 2x across the board, rather than Tier 2's previous multiplier of 1.5x.
Ban Reset Maximum Threshold Lowered
The Ban Resets maximum threshold has been lowered from 90 points to 60 points. This means any offender who receives more than 60 points during their ban will likely have their ban extended at the discretion of the Behaviour Panel. We've made this change to ensure we can effectively remove bad seeds from our community.
Infraction Offences Updated/Reworded
Going forward, we're working to ensure every part of our ruleset has a purpose, minimizing any confusing overlap.
- The previous "General bigotry/use of derogatory slurs" infraction, along with the "Discrimination of any kind" infraction, have been combined into one infraction. This is in a general effort to simplify the ruleset, but to also ensure every offence encompasses its own potential behaviour breaches.
- "Bigoted, derogatory or discriminatory remarks of any kind. Some examples are:
- Racism
- Sexism
- Homophobia
- Transphobia"
- "Bigoted, derogatory or discriminatory remarks of any kind. Some examples are:
- "Impersonation/implied affiliation of ozfortress staff" infraction has been reworded to emphasize maliciousness.
- "Malicious impersonation or implied affiliation with ozfortress staff."
- "Impersonating an ozfortress player" Tier 2 infraction has been reworded.
- "Malicious impersonation of ozfortress players."
- Witch-hunting example removed from "Repeated serious abuse/harassment" infraction. Please note that witch-hunting is still considered harassment, but it alone as the only example often overshadows what this infraction is meant to encompass.
Behaviour Reporting
We want to remind everyone to report poor behaviour that they see. We aren't omniscient, so even if you think we may have seen it, please still report it. Additionally, we do not go out of our way to hunt for infractable behaviour. If it's not reported to us, we won't know. The only exception to this logic is those who are dumb enough to drop it in our laps on our website or in our discord.
Behaviour Panel Lead Role Dissolved
The Behaviour Panel Lead role will be dissolved, in favour of allowing myself, Head Admins and Public Behaviour Panel Members to process and issue infractions.
We're looking for Behaviour Panel Members
If you think you may be a good fit for the Behaviour Panel, please apply!
Game Server Bans Becoming Automated
A pain point for some is how inconsistent game server bans are for those who are banned. This process has always been entirely manual, meaning it was often reliant on me (core) to set reminders to ban/unban players. So, starting soon we'll be significantly improving this process, so all that will need to happen is for either myself or someone with permission to add a ban, and it will start/end by itself. Additionally, we're changing the length of game server bans to allow banned players to begin reintegrating into the community. We feel it's important for us to recognize that we are in a position unique to our league, as we are the only server provider - so we're making the following changes:
- Regardless of the ban length (excluding 3-Round Match Bans and 6-Round Match Bans), in the last three months of the league ban, banned players will be able to join servers once again, but will be muted on the server. We're open to feedback on this, so if you want to chat, contact core directly.
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