We hope everyone had a relaxing holiday break! We're happy to announce the second cup in our event of the summer season - ozfortress Presents: A Midsummer Night's Cup 2019, where teams compete over two separate one-night cups in multiple brackets. Midsummer Night's Cup 2 will be held on the 20th of January.

The cups are designed to be a casual, laid-back event for over the summer, especially after three seasons of the flagship league run back to back. Focusing on a relaxed experience, there will be three brackets - Premier, Intermediate and Open. Premier and Intermediate will have 8 teams while Open will have 16, signups permitting. All brackets will be a single elimination bracket, over a single night.

Each match will be a best-of-one with maps being set, using a win-difference of 5 / 30 minutes format.

Ties are not allowed, and can be resolved by Golden Cap, which is first to 1 / 10 minutes. If no one caps last at the end of 10 minutes, the team that owns the middle point will be declared the winner.

For the second cup, we will be playing the new iterations of cp_prolands and cp_logjam (specifically cp_prolands_rc2p and cp_logjam_rc8) as well as a few of everybody's favourites!

Unfortunately, as this is a One Night Cup, there will be NO badges for this event.

As the schedule for this tournament is tight, teams must be ready with at least 5 rostered players in the server by the round start time. If a team is more than FIVE minutes late, your bracket's league administrator MUST be contacted and a forfeit win will be recorded. DO NOT DELAY YOUR MATCH AS A COURTESY TO A LATE TEAM. ONE DELAYED MATCH DELAYS THE WHOLE TOURNAMENT. Note that 5CP matches can go for 40 minutes with a Golden Cap, so this must be followed closely.

ozfortress servers will be used for this competition, but they will be distributed by ozfortress League Administrators through Warzone. Be sure to be in the ozfortress Discord for ease of communication.

Since there are multiple brackets, all administrators will be separated into respective brackets much like the seasonal league. League administrators and their respective brackets will be announced when signups have ended.

In Warzone, 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 are using an existing team, you do not have to recreate your team again! Simply sign up your A Midsummer Night's Cup 2019 roster using your existing team!

The ruleset for the Midsummer Night's Cups differ slightly from the ruleset used in the regular seasonal leagues. Be sure to have a read of the changes to make sure you are up to date. These have been outlined in the following posts and also in the FAQ.

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! Whether you're a veteran or new to the scene, get on a team and come play!

We are really keen to get this out for people to know about this - form your teams, and get ready to play some great TF2. Signups are open now, right up until Wednesday the 16th of January at 11:59 PM

[Signup here on Warzone!]

[Schedule] [Unlocks] [Rules]
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FAQ

What is the format of A Midsummer Night's Cup 2019?

Each Midsummer Night's Cup will have multple brackets - Premier, Intermediate and Open (pending signups). Premier and Intermediate will be a double elimination bracket while Open will be a single elimination bracket, both with Bronze matches.

What is the maximum amount of players per team?

In A Midsummer Night's Cup 2019, there will be a limit of 10 players per team.

How do I get the server?

Server strings will be distributed in the match details section of your match page. This will only be visible to the teams participating in the match.

How long is each round?

We allocate 45 minutes per round but we expect each round's game-time to be under 30 minutes.

The other team isn't showing up, what do I do?

If the team is more than 5 minutes late, contact your bracket's league administrator to claim a forfeit win.

How long can we pause for?

Pauses for this tournament must not last longer than 3 minutes. If there are any complications, contact your bracket's league administrator.

Will there be medals?

Unforunately, no.

View the whitelist at whitelist.tf

This global whitelist is part of an initiative to unify the international leagues. No changes have been made since the end of OZF 23.

New items added to the game during the cup 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.

PREMIER AND INTERMEDIATE SCHEDULE

The Premier and Intermediate Brackets will be played as a single elimination tournament on one night. The schedule is as follows.

Sunday 20th January
7pm - Round 1 (cp_prolands_rc2p)
7:45pm - Semi-Finals (cp_logjam_rc8)
8:30pm - Grand Finals - BO3 (cp_snakewater_final1, cp_gullywash_final1, cp_process_final) and Bronze Match (cp_snakewater_final1)

Grand Finals of Premier and Intermediate will be played as a best of three. The map picks only decide what order the maps are played in, the three maps listed about for the grand final are the three maps that will be in the best of three. The pick system (higher seeded team picks the first map) is conducted on the match page by the team captains, or in-game before the match start.

See the brackets here on Warzone.

Please note: cp_prolands_rc2p and cp_logjam_rc8 are custom maps. If you don't already have these maps installed, please click the links above to download them, and then move them to your ..\Team Fortress 2\tf\download\maps directory.

PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE MAPS THROUGH THE LINKS ABOVE BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT.

OPEN SCHEDULE

The Open Bracket will be played as a single elimination tournament on one night. The schedule is as follows.

Sunday 20th January
7pm - Round 1 of 16 teams or fewer (cp_prolands_rc2p)
7:45pm - Round 2 of 8 teams (cp_logjam_rc8)
8:30pm - Semi-Finals (cp_process_final)
9:15pm - Open Grand Finals and Bronze Match (cp_snakewater_final1)

Unlike the other brackets, the Grand Final of Open will be a best of one.

See the bracket here on Warzone.

Please note: cp_prolands_rc2p and cp_logjam_rc8 are custom maps. If you don't already have these maps installed, please click the links above to download them, and then move them to your ..\Team Fortress 2\tf\download\maps directory.

PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE MAPS THROUGH THE LINKS ABOVE BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT.

ADDITIONAL RULES

As the schedule for this tournament is tight, teams must be ready with at least 5 rostered players in the server by the round start time. If a team is more than FIVE minutes late, your bracket's league administrator MUST be contacted and a forfeit win will be recorded. DO NOT DELAY YOUR MATCH AS A COURTESY TO A LATE TEAM. ONE DELAYED MATCH DELAYS THE WHOLE TOURNAMENT. Note that 5CP matches can go for 40 minutes with a Golden Cap, so this must be followed closely.

Pauses are allowed for player issues but must be short. Pauses lasting for more than 3 minutes are not allowed under any circumstances, and any team may not pause more than twice. If a sub is not able to be found, you must continue playing with 5 players. If you drop below 5 players for more than three minutes, the match will be recorded as a forfeit loss. If everyone on the team is dead, only then can Steam messages be used. Breaking pause rules will result in disqualification.

Happy New Year ozfortress!

On behalf of the ozfortress administration team, we'd like to wish everyone a happy new year and a happy holidays! Thank you everyone for an action-packed 2018 and we're excited to see you all again for an even better 2019!

Credit to u/Iqnua for the image

The ozfortress December poll is here. Like always, we run a poll in between tournaments to see what the community wants. We've put in some key questions that we would like you to answer regarding whitelists, administration, OZF 23, important rule changes and maps.

It would be greatly appreciated if you take the time to express your views so we can make ozfortress better!

View the poll here!

Thank you to all teams who played in A Midsummer Night's Cup 2019 #1! We hope you all enjoyed playing the new maps and we'll see everyone soon for A Midsummer Night's Cup 2019 #2!
Placements are listed below. Congratulations to all winners!

PREMIER

1st - Mad Men
2nd - Unanimous confusion
3rd - muslim anime fans

INTERMEDIATE

1st - Chess Club Rejects
2nd - the purple people eaters
3rd - Ben Millens boys

OPEN

1st - Undrex-chan and the Bongo Boys
2nd - sled gang
3rd - chiken

RULE DIFFERENCES

DIFFERENCES IN RULES BETWEEN THIS EVENT AND OZF LEAGUE

• Pauses must not last longer than three minutes.
• Mercenaries are NOT allowed under any circumstances.

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

SCHEDULE CHANGES

• Open will now use the same schedule as Intermediate and Premier.