We've just finished Round 7 of ozfortress season 24. Congratulations to the teams who have made playoffs! Your top 4 teams of each bracket are:

PREMIER

big chungus
Coffee Clock
pineapple towers
Unanimous Confusion

INTERMEDIATE

Sergeant ( essence! )
ad hominem attack
Panda Bears
+ripe

OPEN

Gnome Zone
chop shop
twitch.tv/sskaz
Big Lez and The Boys

Please see the nominations thread for OZF 24, to be completed by Thursday the 28th of March! Nominations for this season will be submitted on Warzone.

Failure to submit nominations will result in you and your team being unable to receive any awards.

This thread is for nominating your players for the best-in-class awards for ozfortress season 24.This thread will be used by admins to collects the options for voting, which will happen at a later date.

Captains are asked to please respond to this thread with the completed template below by the Thursday the 28th of March! Please save replies for nominations only and not discussion. Only 1 reply per team.

Failure to submit nominations will result in you and your team being unable to receive any awards.

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

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

Due to the changes made to the map pool in OZF 24, we are adjusting how the pick-ban system works for playoff matches. The new pick-ban systems can be found below:

BO5s (Premier Grand Final only)

1. The higher seeded or home team will either choose to ban first or defer.
2. The first team (determined by the result of step one) will ban a map.
3. The second team will ban a map.
4. The first team will select the first map from the remaining pool.
5. The second team will select the second map from the remaining pool.
6. The first team will select the third map from the remaining pool.
7. The second team will select the fourth map from the remaining pool.
8. The first team will select the tiebreaker map from the remaining maps.

BO3

1. The higher seeded or home team will either choose to ban first or defer.
2. The first team (determined by the result of step one) will ban a map.
3. The second team will ban a map.
4. The first team will select the first map from the remaining pool.
5. The second team will select the second map from the remaining pool.
6. The first team will ban a map.
7. The second team will ban a map.
8. The first team will select the tiebreaker map from the remaining maps.

REMINDER: WE ARE CONDUCTING POV DEMO CHECK DURING OZF 24. MAKE SURE YOU ARE RECORDING DEMOS. IGNORANCE IS NOT AN EXCUSE.

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TF2 content creator extraordinaire Beater will be creating a video for OZF 24! If you have any frags from official matches you'd like to submit, you can post them in the thread found below. Thank you to Beater for his hard work, we hope everyone submits their frag clips!

Submit your frags here!

Beater will be making a highlight video for OZF 24, if you have any frag clips from official matches be sure to submit them here! Submissions will close nearer to the end of the season. Please follow the following template when submitting in the comments below:

Player Alias: [Your Alias Here]
Teams: [Your Team] vs [Enemy Team]
Bracket: [OZF24 Bracket (Premier/Intermediate/Open)]
Round: [OZF24 Round]
Tick: [Tick Number just before occurrence of play]
What to look for: [Short description of play]
Demo: [Link to demo (mediafire, dropbox, mega, etc)]

DIstribution of third-party programs

Michael_.__ STEAM_0:0:130210098

The named player has been found distributing third-party programs to players in the ozfortress league. As such, this 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 the persons will be on permanent probation. If they are found aliasing during their competition bans, their ban duration will be extended.

Should ANY teams 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.

PREMIER

Coffee Clock
big chungus
pineapple towers
Unanimous Confusion
BUTTERFLY EFFECT
construction worker emoji
Intoxicated
cringe

INTERMEDIATE

+ripe
ad hominem attack
airbnb
HentaiHaven Hunters
Panda Bears
Perfect storm
Plunder Posse
quackboys
Salt Free Gaming.
Sergeant ( essence! )
wet rocks
what the fuck am i doing

decap restricted from Demoman.

OPEN

!add 6
Big Lez and The Boys
chiken
chop shop
Fellowship of the Ping
Furry Fury
Gnome Zone
Is This 4's?
Keep It Fresh Bangladesh
Menacing Menaces
MGE Airlines
Mother May I
Nandohs
Open Brainlets
Oxygen Thieves
rinsed
Shake it off
Six Frags
twitch.tv/sskaz
W4Y B1G
Xx NetfliXXX and KILL xX

Johnny restricted from Demoman.
Mio restricted from Scout & Sniper.

REMINDER: WE ARE CONDUCTING POV DEMO CHECK DURING OZF 24. MAKE SURE YOU ARE RECORDING DEMOS. IGNORANCE IS NOT AN EXCUSE.

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RULE CHANGES, CLARIFICATIONS AND IMPORTANT NOTES

DEMO RECORDING

• This season admins will be conducting random demo checks. ALL PLAYERS MUST MAKE SURE THEY ARE RECORDING DEMOS, IGNORANCE IS NOT AN EXCUSE.

RULE CHANGES

• Added: The Pyro class limit has been changed to one.
• Added: The punishment for disbanding a team is now a tier two infraction. This has been adjusted from the previous punishment which was a captaincy ban (Note: captaincy bans will still be used at admin discretion).
• Added: Mercenary blackmailing in now an infractable offense. For more information on what this entails, visit the Rules page.
• Added: Along with official match days, there are now official match times. These times are 8 & 9 PM Sydney/Melbourne time (AEST/AEDT). Teams that can make these times will be looked upon more favourably than teams who can not.

INFRACTION CHANGES

• The warning for tier one infractions has been removed.
• The punishment for accumulating 40 infraction points is now a three-week match ban. This ban carries over until the start of the next event if received during the offseason. This is replacing the previous six-month community ban.

IMPORTANT NOTES TO REMEMBER (THESE ALREADY EXISTED)

• Transfers are a three part process! It is not as simple as just inviting a player. You must APPLY for the transfer. For information on how to do that, click here.
• Deadline for match time to be organised is Sunday 7PM.
• Use the proper map version and remember to exec config! As simple as 'rcon ozf' or 'rcon ozfkoth'.
• No draws on maps (i.e. 3-3 on Process) - Golden Cap must be played in this situation. However, match draws are accepted (1 map win for each team). The config for Golden Cap is 'rcon golden'.
• If your game is casted by an approved casting organisation, proper aliases are required. There are now infractions for disobeying this rule.
• Post logs and submit/verify scores after each match. This applies to both the home and away team.
• Two forfeits and your team will be removed from the league. The season is a short seven weeks and two forfeits is more than reasonable.

Full ruleset here: http://warzone.ozfortress.com/rules