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Witness Gaming AU for Denver LAN 2025!
On the horizon of 2025 a new LAN has been announced in the City of Denver, Colorado. While you may think this American Lan is to be inconsequential for the likes of us Australian's (and New Zealanders) you couldn't be more wrong!
For the first time since 2017 (going on 8 years ago) our very own Australian squad Witness Gaming is looking to compete overseas against the likes of America's and Europe's best teams. The roster that will be representing our region in Denver from the 24th to the 26th of May 2025 will be as follows;
Witness Gaming AU:
Combo Scout: cooki
Flank Scout: silvo
Pocket Soldier: conor
Roamer Soldier: down
Demoman: enrith
Medic: lau
How you can help get the squad to Denver
To make this possible the team is asking the community to contribute an approximate amount of $6330 AUD. This will help cover numerous expenses and will make the overall trip easier for the players who will be representing our region. In return, the members of the Witness Gaming roster have set multiple fundraiser goals as well as numerous donation perks for contributors who chip in certain amounts. At the time of writing, the team has already raised 10% of their set goal in under 24 hours!
If you're looking to contribute to our Aussie boy's push to attend the Fireside LAN in 2025 you can find links to donate both money and in-game items below. You can also view more information about Witness Gaming's attendance and the Lan overall via the TeamFortressTV posts also linked below.
Best of luck to cooki, silvo, conor, down, enrith and lau! All of us from the ozfortress community will be cheering you on from home o7.
Donation Links (edit as of 04/01/25 - donation target REACHED):
• Witness Gaming Indiegogo Fundraiser
• Trade link to donate in-game items to enrith (Demoman of Witness Gaming)
TeamFortressTV Threads:
• Get Australia to Denver LAN 2025 by enrith
• Physgun Fireside Denver 2025 (24-26 May) by lacyavenue
Award Voting
That's a wrap on the final season of the 2024 Year. Thank you all for participating in the Spring '24 season and all our other competitions over the past 12 months. Rounding out the year we'll be conducting our seasonal voting for both Highlander and Sixes. Voting is open from now until the 31st of December 2024 at 11:59pm AEDT. Votes need to be submitted by Team Captain's who team's competed in the Spring '24 Highlander & Sixes seasons.
For those who are new or unfamiliar to voting any and all information regarding the process can be found in the links below but to summaries it for all who may be curious;
Team captains vote for players who competed in their teams division for certain categories in which players are nominated in. From left to right players voted will receive 3, 2 and 1 points with the player with the most points receiving the award. All categories require 3 votes with teams and team captains being prohibited from voting for players who were rostered on their team. Votes only need to be done for the division you and your team competed in.
Votes are to be submitted to myself via my discord linked in the threads below.
Sixes Voting
Premier Voting • High Voting • Intermediate Voting • Open Voting
Highlander Voting
How to Vote
We've reformatted our voting threads to better enable captains in correctly formatting and submitting their votes to us. Take a look, and let us know if you run into any issues.
1. Putting your votes together
Captains shall select three options from the Nominated Players heading and put them in order of highest vote to lowest vote using the following template. The first name will receive three votes, the second will receive two votes and the third will receive one vote. Voting for your own teammates is not allowed, regardless of the award (this includes Best Caster).
Important formatting - you must copy-paste your vote EXACTLY, and separate votes using commas. Again we are using an automated script to process these votes, and incorrectly imputed votes may not be counted!
Your team name:
Your team division: PremierBest Scout: first-place vote, second-place vote, third-place vote
Best Soldier:
Best Pyro:
Best Demoman:
Best Heavy:
Best Engineer:
Best Medic:
Best Sniper:
Best Spy:
Friendliest Team:
Most Improved Player:
Most Improved Team:
Most Valuable Player:
Best Dressed Team:
Best Caster:
Your completed template should look like this (with the correct players on their classes, the same players have been used for each award in this example for simplicity) without the point allocations after each player name:
Your team name: Your Team Here
Your team division: Your Division HereBest Scout: /dev/zero (3 points), wiggin (2 points), obla (1 point)
Best Soldier: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Pyro: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Demoman: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Heavy: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Engineer: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Medic: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Sniper: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Spy: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Most Improved Player: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Most Improved Team: Atomic Affinity, Red Pandas, Musos Deluxe
Friendliest Team: Atomic Affinity, Red Pandas, Musos Deluxe
Best Caster: catfish, core, obla
Remember: Voting for your own teammates is not allowed.
Nominated Players
The following players and teams are nominated for awards:
Best Scout: eden, noemie, Zando, Florence, Jspr, LuigisBigMac, Ramsp, Slimboy17
Best Soldier: herba tranquilla vibeus, indy and her jones, APVC, Gears, zdav, #1 Morrissey Fan, Sly Samuel, MAST!
Best Pyro: ziah, Cantrip, Cryo, FriendlyPyromancer, ALittleSilly, Peepo, Gregory, Luma
Best Demoman: Gazza, Mirage, Pigel, klebs, Maeveanic, Glitchy, SwaySway, schmitie
Best Heavy: eunsoo, manglemonster, GUNWR0NG, SpicyHipJesus, x32, Mr. Venom, Pablo 62, THE WOODS
Best Engineer: angus, arbabf, 45, Verydarklord, Sev, Char Aznable, juliangonzales2009@yahoocom, Jarr
Best Medic: time, Miss Squidge, olivergeeoz, Sly Rocko, Hindenpeter, Nazareth <3, 0nkee, Amro
Best Sniper: WORLD's BLaNKIEsT BLaNK, Evelynn, J, Alsander and Ciaran, FIN, Suggie, 7ambo, minette
Best Spy: leo., Bree, MonsterGunner0v0, Karly, gamer juice, roastchicken12, Captain Sigma!, DD
Most Improved Player: WORLD's BLaNKIEsT BLaNK, Cantrip, Zando, brian, Peepo, SwaySway, Slimboy17
Most Improved Team: sejinming fever, Bisexual Lighting, Rich and Grainous, With Blackjack And Furries!, Burgr,
rat gaming, funny people, MouseWarriorsFriendliest Team: sejinming fever, Bisexual Lighting, Rich and Grainous, With Blackjack And Furries!, Burgr,
rat gaming, funny people, MouseWarriorsMost Valuable Player: eden, herba tranquilla vibeus, ziah, Gazza, eunsoo, angus, time, WORLD's BLaNKIEsT BLaNK,
leo., noemie, indy and her jones, Cantrip, Mirage, manglemonster, arbabf, Miss Squidge, Evelynn, Bree, Zando, APVC,
Cryo, Pigel, GUNWR0NG, 45, olivergeeoz, J, MonsterGunner0v0, Florence, Gears, FriendlyPyromancer, klebs,
SpicyHipJesus, Verydarklord, Sly Rocko, Alsander and Ciaran, Karly, Jspr, zdav, ALittleSilly, Maeveanic, x32, Sev,
Hindenpeter, FIN, gamer juice, brian, LuigisBigMac, #1 Morrissey Fan, Peepo, Glitchy, Mr. Venom, Char Aznable,
Nazareth <3, Suggie, roastchicken12, Ramsp, Sly Samuel, Gregory, SwaySway, Pablo 62,
juliangonzales2009@yahoocom, 0nkee, 7ambo, Captain Sigma!, Slimboy17, MAST!, Luma, schmitie, THE WOODS, Jarr,
Amro, minette, DDBest Dressed Team: sejinming fever, Bisexual Lighting, Rich and Grainous, With Blackjack And Furries!, Burgr,
rat gaming, funny people, MouseWarriors,Best Caster: Rainy, Freaky, nightjar, jennierubyjane
2. Submitting your votes
The votes must be sent through to the following administrator;
- Sperkle (@sperkle)
Votes need to be submitted to one of the admins listed above by the Tuesday the 31st of December at 11:59pm AEDT. Failing to do this will prevent your votes from being counted and will make your team in-eligible for in-game medals.
FAQ
How is Voting calculated?
We will use instant runoff voting to calculate the results.
Will we receive in-game medals if we fail to submit our votes?
No, as we believe that every player should have the chance to be voted for.
How long will it take for Awards to be released?
The release of Awards often varies, but you can expect it usually within a week or two of Voting closing.
Thank you based Valen for their work to improve our scripts used for nominations and voting!
How to Vote
We've reformatted our voting threads to better enable captains in correctly formatting and submitting their votes to us. Take a look, and let us know if you run into any issues.
1. Putting your votes together
Captains shall select three options from the Nominated Players heading and put them in order of highest vote to lowest vote using the following template. The first name will receive three votes, the second will receive two votes and the third will receive one vote. Voting for your own teammates is not allowed, regardless of the award (this includes Best Caster).
Important formatting - you must copy-paste your vote EXACTLY, and separate votes using commas. Again we are using an automated script to process these votes, and incorrectly imputed votes may not be counted!
Your team name:
Your team division: PremierBest Scout: first-place vote, second-place vote, third-place vote
Best Soldier:
Best Pyro:
Best Demoman:
Best Heavy:
Best Engineer:
Best Medic:
Best Sniper:
Best Spy:
Friendliest Team:
Most Improved Player:
Most Improved Team:
Most Valuable Player:
Best Dressed Team:
Best Caster:
Your completed template should look like this (with the correct players on their classes, the same players have been used for each award in this example for simplicity) without the point allocations after each player name:
Your team name: Your Team Here
Your team division: Your Division HereBest Scout: /dev/zero (3 points), wiggin (2 points), obla (1 point)
Best Soldier: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Pyro: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Demoman: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Heavy: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Engineer: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Medic: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Sniper: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Spy: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Most Improved Player: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Most Improved Team: Atomic Affinity, Red Pandas, Musos Deluxe
Friendliest Team: Atomic Affinity, Red Pandas, Musos Deluxe
Best Caster: catfish, core, obla
Remember: Voting for your own teammates is not allowed.
Nominated Players
The following players and teams are nominated for awards:
Best Scout: krollic, Miffy, HUNGRY.4.EGGS, Time, var, Lillia, Striker
Best Soldier: Lizrd-Wizrd, mashiro, norbit the plug, jv, Adrian, psyco, Jdn
Best Pyro: bird, peep, Styxs, CH, Relz, Bluemmy, Rainy
Best Demoman: maz, <user>, turris, omni, Doctrine, akari, Amatorii
Best Heavy: typo., john the asian, HASHFAN, Flow, reeee.vol 2, skai, Nebu!a
Best Engineer: Sexy Turtle, Mikcow, redja, surge, strongman, Train Smash, jupyter
Best Medic: remorse, jd, tal, woozy, wizward, wang, Pulse
Best Sniper: calski, bill, strawbunny, aigis, myyyst, MEMORIES, seiran
Best Spy: Andyroo, henwe, chimes, Speedy, Daggerman105, Lev, WinterPizza850
Most Improved Player: maz, Mikcow, norbit the plug, jv, myyyst, inStinct, Striker
Most Improved Team: S.M., crylander, rascals, Significant Otter, Youth for Christ, Where no ability meets no effort,
Guzman y GibusFriendliest Team: S.M., crylander, rascals, Significant Otter, Youth for Christ, Where no ability meets no effort,
Guzman y GibusMost Valuable Player: krollic, Lizrd-Wizrd, bird, maz, typo., Sexy Turtle, remorse, calski, Andyroo, Miffy, mashiro,
peep, <user>, john the asian, Mikcow, jd, bill, henwe, HUNGRY.4.EGGS, norbit the plug, Styxs, turris, HASHFAN, redja,
tal, strawbunny, chimes, Time, jv, CH, omni, Flow, surge, woozy, aigis, Speedy, var, Adrian, Relz, Doctrine, reeee.vol 2,
strongman, wizward, myyyst, Daggerman105, Lillia, psyco, Bluemmy, akari, skai, Train Smash, wang, MEMORIES, Lev,
Striker, Jdn, Rainy, Amatorii, Nebu!a, jupyter, Pulse, seiran, WinterPizza850Best Dressed Team: S.M., crylander, rascals, Significant Otter, Youth for Christ, Where no ability meets no effort,
Guzman y GibusBest Caster: Rainy, Freaky, nightjar, jennierubyjane
2. Submitting your votes
The votes must be sent through to the following administrator;
- Sperkle (@sperkle)
Votes need to be submitted to one of the admins listed above by the Tuesday the 31st of December at 11:59pm AEDT. Failing to do this will prevent your votes from being counted and will make your team in-eligible for in-game medals.
FAQ
How is Voting calculated?
We will use instant runoff voting to calculate the results.
Will we receive in-game medals if we fail to submit our votes?
No, as we believe that every player should have the chance to be voted for.
How long will it take for Awards to be released?
The release of Awards often varies, but you can expect it usually within a week or two of Voting closing.
Thank you based Valen for their work to improve our scripts used for nominations and voting!
Casters:
Rainy, freaky, capy, shakey
Award Nominations for Spring '24 are Live!
As Summer begins our Spring '24 season draws to a close and both Sixes and Highlander Award Nominations are now open. Threads for team captains to submit their roster's Award Nominations are linked below. If you need any assistance in this process please reach out to your Division Administrators for help. Award Nominations will close on Sunday the 8th of December at 11:59pm AEDT 2024.
If this is your first time submitting Award Nominations there are some guidelines and information below to keep in mind:
- Only one of the captains on your roster needs to submit your team's nominations. We expect most teams usually discuss who they want to nominate for what award. Please note, you can only nominate your teammates for an award, voting will come after all nominations are submitted.
- Failure to submit both nominations and votes for your team this season will result in players not being eligible for in-game medals.
Award Nomination threads
PRELIMINARY SEEDINGS
Welcome to Highlander Spring '24!
Below you can find our initial Seedings for the season to come. If you have any issues with our listings or with any of the accompanying player restrictions, please reach out to any of our Highlander Administrators or via our help and feedback channel in our discord.
PREMIER
S.M.
crylander
Significant Otter
rascals
Youth for Christ
Guzman y Gibus
Where no ability meets no effort
MAIN
sejinming fever
Bisexual Lighting
Rich and Grainous
Bürgr
rat gaming
With Blackjack and Furries!
MouseWarriors
funny people
Premier & Main
We're running it back with a two division season once more! With 15 teams signing up this season and with a large number of newer players jumping into the competition we did look into crafting a competition with smaller division sizes but unfortunately we came across obstacles preventing us from doing so. Firstly the number of newer or "Open" level teams in comparison to the number of other teams and signups as a whole; Bürgr, rat gaming, With Blackjack and Furries!, MouseWarriors and funny people we felt all fit the criteria of "Open level teams". However, a division of 5 teams isn't feasible for fair competition with bye weeks and skipped maps each round. This would mean, that for an open division to work, 4 of the aforementioned teams would compete within an Open division whilst one team would be bumped up into a division were they would likely be outclassed by their competition. With this in mind we opted to include the 5 teams listed above along side sejinming fever, Bisexual Lighting and Rich and Grainous to create the Main division you see before you.
As for Premier, we believe that with the rostered players, there remains plenty of good competition throughout the season. An Intermediate Division was considered between the admin and advisor teams to combine some of the lower seeded Premier and upper seeded Main teams; However we felt the skill gap between both sets of teams was too vast to justify.
Playoffs
It has been decided that this season both divisions will be making use of the Expanded Page Playoffs. 6 teams from both divisions will progress into playoffs for this season of Highlander with the larger division sizes of 7 and 8 for Premier and Main respectfully supporting this decision. Both divisions will also feature a Bronze Final mentioned in our previous News Post.
Season Progression
Season will begin this coming Wednesday the 9th of October with team captains being invited to the Team Captain's Discord with in the coming days once we have completed setting up the season.
The regular season will be 7 weeks long for both divisions with only the Premier division featuring bye rounds (1 for each team). Following regular season will be 3 rounds of playoffs wrapping up our final Highlander Season no later than the 15th of December. You can find all the Key Dates including Transfer Windows here.
Congratulations to all Winners and Runners Up!
Congratulations to our Division Winners brodie's esco bar, Natascha Enjoyers, at least we all had fun :/ and chess in the park. Thankyou all for participating in Experimental Cup 3 we hoped you enjoyed participating in it as much as we enjoyed bringing it too you. We definitely aren't done with Highlander Cups in this region and it's been great to see everyone's enthusiasm around the subject.
Congratulations Division 1 Winners brodies esco bar!
Placements
- brodies esco bar - $300
- crylander - $200
- Significant Otter - $100
Grand Final Map Scores
Croissant: 1 - 0
Summercoast: 1 - 2
Daenam: 3 - 2
Match
Division 1 MVP
Remorse - $25
Congratulations Division 2 Winners Natascha Enjoyers!
Placements
- Natascha Enjoyers
- Where no ability meets no effort
- CHINESE DRAGON POWER
Grand Final Map Scores
Sultry: 2 - 1
Proplant: 3 - 1
Match
Division 2 MVP
Laz - $25
Congratulations Division 3 at least we all had fun!
Placements
- at least we all had fun :/
- item shop
- Grainy Ridden
Grand Final Map Scores
Daenam: 3 - 1
Proplant: 3 - 0
Match
Division 3 MVP
eunsoo - $25
Congratulations Division 4 chess in the park!
Placements
- chess in the park
- Burgr
- Morb Fortress 2 - Morbheads
Grand Final Map Scores
Summercoast: 2 - 0
Problitz: 2 - 0
Match
Division 4 MVP
indy and her jones - $25
Clip Contest Winners
Best Overall Clip
NEBU!A - $30
turris - $20
kimjo - $10
Best Gas Passer and Neon Annihilator Clip
bird - $25
To all prize winners, either myself or core will reach out to you individually over the coming days to discuss payment.
Thanks & Recognition
I just want to extend my thanks and appreciation to particular individuals that this Cup wouldn't have been possible without.
Kai
Kai gave up playing in the cup to help teams and players throughout Experimental Cup 3, ensuring it could run as smoothly as possible. Without her there is no way this event would have been as successful as it was. From internal discussion to moderating matches and ensuring everyone was staying on track she was the backbone of this event and for that we're all extremely grateful.
core
This poor old man was responsible for fixing the, at the time, mess that was cp_croissant. He has put in countless hours of work modifying the map, fixing visual and game play issues to ensure we could have the best version possible for this cup. And while it would be enough to thank him for his work on the Croissant alone, core was responsible for ensuring the whitelists were up to date as well as fixing up and testing the 5cp config to confirm it was all working correctly. Thanks for your service old boy; now back to bed.
Rainy
Rainy covered the majority of Weekend 1's action from his own Twitch Channel giving players who weren't participating insight on the event and entertainment from a spectators point of view. He also covered the Division 1 Grand Finals on the final day of event highlighting the action to those beyond our region. His coverage throughout provided hours of entertainment for all watchers on and we all appreciated the coverage and effort that went into the broadcasts.
And thankyou, the community for participating in this event. We hope to see you all in this season of Spring '24 Highlander and beyond!
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