Leading into Season 32, there are some changes and additions we felt were needed for the infractions team to effectively deal with cases, particularly for repeat offenders. Along with this, we've also added a Tier 1 for Public allegations of cheating with the same public purview as the rest of the infractions. There are appropriate avenues of reporting suspect players, and public allegations do nothing but harm that players reputation. Below you can see the additions/changes:

• "Adminstrators reserve the right to infract or ban the player based on the offence." changed to "The Infraction team reserves the right to infract or ban players based on the offence, including offences committed whilst that player is already serving an infraction and/or ban."
• "Public allegations of cheating - see here on how to report someone" added to Tier 1.

The aim of the additions made that further outline the ability and purview of the infraction team is to better allow them to deal with outlier cases (typically more egregious cases or repeat offences), whilst making it immediately clear that repeat offences, whether or not they are during an active ban, can and will be punished accordingly.

We have also updated the public points of contact for the infraction team, which can be seen on the Staff page. Please note, not all of the changes listed above have been propagated live on ozfortress.com as of yet, but will be prior to the commencement of Season 32.

We would like to thank all players for their submissions and continued feedback and support for the infraction system.

Thank you,
The ozfortress administration team

EDIT:
Removed vague clause at the end of the "The Infraction team reserves the right to infract or ban players based on the offence" sentence. The goal of that was not to be vague nor a blanket approach.

The ozfortress seasonal league returns! Returning from a very busy offseason we're ready to get back into the action!

The map pool for OZF 32 will again be comprised of nine maps and certain maps will be played once during the regular season with other maps being played twice. This season the map pool is remaining the same as the map pool from OZF 31, with some slight adjustments, namely in updates to Refresh versions of maps. Clearcut will be returning, but with only one week of play, with Product now being played in two weeks. We've decided to make this change as Clearcut and Product both received very similar approval, with Product edging out the ratings in the poll. We're also seeing the return of Refresh Gullywash as the poll rating between the two versions placed Refresh at a 75% lead. Going into future seasons we will be putting much more focus on providing better ways of collecting map feedback on the polls for map authors, and ensure those results are forwarded to authors.

There will be four or five skill divisions in OZF 32. The brackets we will feature are: Premier, High (pending signups), Intermediate, Main and Open! Both Premier and High (or Intermediate in the event of a four-division season) will have a round-robin group stage while the bottom divisions will consist of a Swiss group stage. All brackets will continue using the Page Playoffs format. Grand Finals for Premier shall be played as a no-advantage best of five, while all other division's Grand Finals will be a best of three. Premier and High (or Intermediate in the event of a four-division season) will have eight teams while the other division's sizes are pending signups. Depending on the number of signups we receive for OZF 32, we may adjust the number of skill divisions after signups have closed.

During OZF 32 we plan on conducting random demo checks to ensure players are recording demos. Please ensure that you are recording match demos in order to avoid punishment.

Transfers will continue to be completed on a bi-weekly basis referred to as "Transfer Windows". The system will allow admins more time to review and accept transfers.

We will also be featuring no new plugins on ozfortress servers for OZF 32. All plugins used for OZF 31 will remain in place, but we will not be introducing more at this stage.

This season we will also be experimenting again with the forfeit all matches on disband setting. Previously, if a team disbanded during the season then all matches that they had already played would turn into forfeit wins for the other team. This season all match results from a disbanded team will stand, and no matches will be retroactively forfeited. This was also in place for OZF 31 and OZF 30 but we were unable to thoroughly test it during those seasons.

All server booking will continue to be done through ozfortress discord. Simply join the #bookings channel in the ozfortress Discord and type /book and details of your server booking will be PM'd to you. To view more commands, type /help in the #bookings channel.

On the ozfortress website, 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 active roster for any given tournament. Captains may sign up a roster for tournaments under the league page.

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 one Medic, one Demoman, two Soldiers and two Scouts. If you're new to the competitive scene, click here for an introduction to ozfortress!

Please ensure you have enough backups to last the season; teams are allowed a maximum of ten players rostered on for any single tournament.

You can sign up for ozfortress season 32 from Sunday the 26th of September, up until Wednesday the 6th of October. We aim to have seeding out by the 9th of October with the season starting on the 10th of October, however, this is subject to change. This gap between the closing of signups and the start of the season is to give the administration team more time to seed. ozfortress season 32 will begin on Sunday the 10th of October.

[Map Pool] [Key Dates] [Unlocks] [Administrators] [Class Restrictions]
[Transfers] [Transfer Windows][Server Configuration] [Rules] [Patreon]

Coming along with the Head Administration changes, we will also be seeing some staff team changes. First of all, from all of us in administration, we would like to say farewell and thank you to Thermite. Over his time with us, he has administrated ten seasons of ozfortress, and dozens of off-season competitions. We wish him the best of luck in the future!

Effective immediately, catfish will be taking over as the Head of Anti-Cheat, and again we would like to thank obla for all of his work in the role over the years. With the loss of both catfish and Thermite from league administration, we would like to welcome aboard three new staff members to the administration team. Give your warm welcomes to fez, Chimes & a team of ants in their prime! Being announced following the departure of two titans of administration is hard, but we are sure they are more than capable and ready for the next season and beyond.

Thank you for the warm reception,
core.

CLASS RESTRICTIONS

This page will show all class restrictions for players in OZF 32. It will be updated throughout the season with each transfer window.

HIGH

• ozy restricted from Demoman
• ether restricted from Sniper
• Daz restricted from Soldier & Demoman
• rohan restricted from Soldier
• sphilliz restricted from Scout
• zias restricted from Scout

INTERMEDIATE

• flow restricted from Sniper
• maz restricted from Sniper
• darbs restricted from Scout, Soldier & Demoman
• conflux restricted from Soldier
• Rei restricted from Scout, Soldier & Demoman
• weaponfire restricted from Scout
• lunar restricted from Scout, Soldier & Demoman
• Wirthy restricted from Demoman
• 2345y. restricted from Soldier & Demoman

MAIN

• emgee restricted from Soldier
• kory restricted from Scout

OPEN

None.

TRANSFER WINDOWS

Our transfers system sees transfers approved every two weeks. Transfers will still be approved on Friday and Saturday between rounds, however, teams should take note of the transfer windows in order to prevent issues with their rosters during the season. Transfers can be requested at any point during the season, however, the players in question will only be reviewed during the transfer window. This means that an approved transfer will only be eligible for use after the next transfer window. The listed transfer windows can be found below.

For applicants to be eligible to play in a particular round, the transfer application must be submitted by 11:59 PM AEST/AEDT time the Thursday of the round before the transfer window.

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Transfer Windows for Premier

Sunday 10th October – Thursday 14th October 2021: Round 1
Sunday 17th October – Thursday 21st October 2021: Round 2

Friday 22nd October – Saturday 23rd October 2021: Transfer Window 1

Sunday 24th October – Thursday 28th October 2021: Round 3
Sunday 31st October – Thursday 4th November 2021: Round 4

Friday 5th November – Saturday 6th November 2021: Transfer Window 2 (final transfer window)

Please note: Roster Lock will occur directly after Transfers from the second window are approved, only for Premier.

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Transfer Windows for High, Intermediate, Main & Open

Sunday 10th October – Thursday 14th October 2021: Round 1
Sunday 17th October – Thursday 21st October 2021: Round 2

Friday 22nd October – Saturday 23rd October 2021: Transfer Window 1

Sunday 24th October – Thursday 28th October 2021: Round 3
Sunday 31st October – Thursday 4th November 2021: Round 4

Friday 5th November – Saturday 6th November 2021: Transfer Window 2

Sunday 7th November – Thursday 11th November 2021: Round 5
Sunday 14th November – Thursday 18th November 2021: Round 6

Friday 19th November – Saturday 20th November 2021: Transfer Window 3 (final transfer window)

Sunday 21st November – Thursday 25th November 2021: Round 7

KEY DATES

Shared Key Dates

Sunday 26th September 2021: Signups Open
Wednesday 6th October 2021: Signups Close, Rosters Locked
Saturday 9th October 2021: Teams Announced

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Key Dates for Premier

Sunday 10th October – Thursday 14th October 2021: Round 1
Sunday 17th October – Thursday 21st October 2021: Round 2
Sunday 24th October – Thursday 28th October 2021: Round 3
Sunday 31st October – Thursday 4th November 2021: Round 4
Sunday 7th November – Thursday 11th November 2021: Round 5

Sunday 14th November – Thursday 18th November 2021: Page Playoffs
Sunday 21st November – Thursday 25th November 2021: Semi Finals
Sunday 28th November – Thursday 2nd December 2021: Grand Finals

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Key Dates for High, Intermediate, Main & Open

Sunday 10th October – Thursday 14th October 2021: Round 1
Sunday 17th October – Thursday 21st October 2021: Round 2
Sunday 24th October – Thursday 28th October 2021: Round 3
Sunday 31st October – Thursday 4th November 2021: Round 4
Sunday 7th November – Thursday 11th November 2021: Round 5
Sunday 14th November – Thursday 18th November 2021: Round 6
Sunday 21st November – Thursday 25th November 2021: Round 7

Sunday 28th November – Thursday 2nd December 2021: Page Playoffs
Sunday 5th December – Thursday 9th December 2021: Semi Finals
Sunday 12th December – Thursday 16th December 2021: Grand Finals

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Grand Finals for Premier will be played as a best of five. All other divisions will be a best of three.

PAGE PLAYOFFS

All brackets will be using the page playoff system for their finals. Matches with a single listed date will be locked to that date, those with a range will be negotiated within that range similar to regular-season matches.

View the whitelist at whitelist.tf

This global whitelist is part of an initiative to unify the international leagues. We will be using the September 2020 edition of the global whitelist.

New items added to the game during the season will be banned until the next season. Modification of weapons will be evaluated by the administrative team. Taunts that 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.