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Division Admins

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All communication with Division Admins must occur within the Team Captain Discord. Team Captains will be invited after the conclusion of Signups. If you are not in this Discord, please reach out immediately.

HIGHLANDER HEAD ADMINISTRATOR

• Sperkle

PREMIER ADMINISTRATORS

• Sperkle
• Kai

MAIN ADMINISTRATORS

• redja
• woozy

To see our complete list including Discord handles, see our Staff page here.

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Map Schedule

Map Pool

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Highlander Spring '24 Map Pool

Upward
Vigil
Swiftwater
Summercoast
Steel
Product
Ashville
Proot

Changes to the Highlander Autumn '24 Map Pool

Please see the Poll Results linked on the league page as well as the Highlander Spring '24 Changes News post for specific percentages and details about the Map Pool changes.

• Removed Warmtic
• Added Summercoast and Proot

Please note: pl_upward_f12, pl_vigil_rc10, pl_summercoast_rc8e, cp_steel_f12, koth_product_final, koth_ashville_final and koth_proot_b6c-alt2 are custom maps. If you don't already have these installed, please click the links above to download them, and then move them to your ..\Team Fortress 2\tf\download\maps directory.

The following commands can be used to change maps to the correct version. Type or copy these commands into your console to change to that map, as long as you have the correct rcon password.

rcon changelevel pl_upward_f12
rcon changelevel koth_product_final
rcon changelevel pl_swiftwater_final1
rcon changelevel pl_summercoast_rc8e
rcon changelevel cp_steel_f12
rcon changelevel pl_vigil_rc10
rcon changelevel koth_ashville_final1
rcon changelevel koth_proot_b6c-alt2

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PLAYOFFS PROGRESSIONS

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After over 50 matches in the first weekend of Experimental Cup 3, it's time to cut back and refine our craft. This weekend, our Playoffs begin on Saturday night with Quarter and Semi-finals followed by Sunday's Grand and Bronze Finals. As stated in our previous post, all team's are participating in Playoffs, with all of Saturday's games being non-ABBA due to the time crunch between Quarter and Semi-Finals. However, Sunday night's Grand and Bronze Finals will be ABBA for all divisions, meaning, if either Summercoast or Problitz are selected to be played, then they will be played as a Best of 3.

Below you can view tables outlining the Playoffs path for all divisions.

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DIVISION 1 PLAYOFFS

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DIVISION 2 PLAYOFFS

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DIVISION 3 PLAYOFFS

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DIVISION 4 PLAYOFFS

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Best of luck during the second weekend of competition! Now the pressure is on, Every Second Counts!

(all graphics created by core)

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FINAL SEEDINGS & PLAYER RESTRICTIONS

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After player feedback and staff revisions we're made one change to our seedings list. We have made the decision to move item shop down into Division 3 and have moved Natascha Enjoyers up into Division 2 to replace them. With this in mind we have also modified both team's restriction making each team more inline with the competition in their divisions. Finally we've also added some additional restrictions to kimchi sensation who are participating in Division 2.

The Full list of Player Restrictions can be found here with all the changes made from the previous list being noted below Seedings.

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DIVISION 1

brodie's esco bar
crylander
evil rascals: reckoning
Significant Otter
PENAL COLONY
hey im still legally employed

DIVISION 2

CHINESE DRAGON POWER
Where no ability meets no effort
kimchi sensation
Natascha Enjoyers

DIVISION 3

item shop
Grainy Ridden
Unhinged
at least we all had fun :/

DIVISION 4

chess in the park
Burgr
Morb Fortress 2 - Morbheads
Furries Requiring Priority Seating

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AMMENDED PLAYER RESTRICTIONS

DIVISION 2

Natascha Enjoyers

• oLae!™ Lifted Heavy & Sniper Restrictions
• NEBU!A Lifted Heavy Restriction
• Laz. Lifted Scout & Sniper Restrictions
• Jdn Lifted Solider Restriction
• chonk Lifted Soldier Restriction

kimchi sensation

• Lovely Lifted Scout Restriction
• Vampyr Added Heavy Restriction
• Log Added Spy Restriction

DIVISION 3

item shop

• hive Added Pyro & Demoman Restrictions
• bree Added Pyro Restriction
• Cobra Added Scout & Sniper Restrictions

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Matches kick off at 7:00pm AEST tomorrow so don't be late! By this time Rounds will have been generated and captain's will have been invited and set up with in the ozfortress Captain's Discord.

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PRELIMINARY CUP SEEDINGS

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We're so back. With 18 teams signed up for Experimental Cup 3 we've done our best to take into account all players and skill divisions. Below you can find our Preliminary Seedings and Player Restrictions for the cup. If you have any concerns, please reach out to the Highlander Administrators via our support channel in Discord.

Player Restrictions can be found here.

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DIVISION 1

brodie's esco bar
crylander
evil rascals: reckoning
Significant Otter
PENAL COLONY
hey im still legally employed

DIVISION 2

CHINESE DRAGON POWER
Where no ability meets no effort
kimchi sensation
item shop

DIVISION 3

Natascha Enjoyers
Grainy Ridden
Unhinged
at least we all had fun :/

DIVISION 4

chess in the park
Burgr
Morb Fortress 2 - Morbheads
Furries Requiring Priority Seating

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4 Teams per Division = Round Repeats

With Divisions 2, 3 & 4 having 4 teams in them, all teams will play one another twice before the playoffs. Teams will verse all other teams competing in their division once on Saturday and once again on Sunday for a total of 6 matches across all maps featured in the cup. With this in mind, all teams will make playoffs (Weekend 2) and will have at minimum 1 playoff match on Saturday and 1 Sunday.

Playoffs

For playoffs, the following Pick/Ban method will be used:

• Home Team Bans | Away Team Bans | Home Team Picks | Away Team Picks | Home Team Picks

After talking it over with staff and advisors, we've also decided that for playoffs, only the Grand Finals and the Bronze Match will have ABBA on for the Stopwatch/Payload Maps. Meaning, any Playoff rounds prior to these matches will not be played as ABBA. Teams can not elect to turn ABBA on or off during the Experimental Cup. This is a non-negotiable as the cup is running on a tight schedule.

The Division 1 Difference

For teams competing in the 6-team Division 1, there will only be 5 matches played before playoffs with all teams playing each other once. With this in mind, the final round of Sunday the 15th (Day 2 of Weekend 1) will not be played. However, the map that was to be played in this spot (Proplant) will still be included in the playoffs the following weekend (Weekend 2).

Speaking of playoffs - for Division 1 all 6 teams competing in the division will progress to playoffs (Weekend 2). This means all teams will have at minimum 1 playoff match to play. We will outline the playoffs structure for Division 1 playoffs at a later date as to not overcomplicate/confuse your Experimental Cup experience.

No Forfeits

Just to make it clear to all teams and captains, you are not permitted to forfeit any match for any reason throughout the Experimental Cup. If teams forfeit a match at any time, their roster will be disbanded and removed from the competition immediately, meaning, no players from the roster will receive in-game medals or any monetary rewards.

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Season Award Voting

And that's a wrap on the Winter '24 Highlander Season. Thank you all for participating and competing in the seventh season of ozfortress Highlander, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. But now, on to voting. Voting for Highlander Winter '24 is open from now up to Sunday the 22nd of September 2024 at 11:59AEST. Ultimately Team Captain's of the teams who competed in Winter '24 Highlander are responsible for submitting their team's vote.

For anyone unfamiliar with the voting process you can find the full process in the aforementioned threads linked below but here is a brief summary;

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 the admins listed on the voting spaces below.

Award Voting Threads & Guide

Premier Voting • Main Voting

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Post Season Surveys

We will also be releasing our usual Post Season Survey today to accompany the conclusion of the Winter '24 competition. This survey will be slightly shorter than usual as we will also be releasing one after the conclusion of Experimental Cup 3 and combine the data to help us structure future seasons.

Highlander Surveys

Premier Survey • Main Survey

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How to Vote

We've reformatted our voting threads to better enable captains to correctly format and submit their final 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: Open

Best Combo Scout: first-place vote, second-place vote, third-place vote
Best Flank Scout:
Best Pocket:
Best Roamer:
Best Demoman:
Best Medic:
Best Utility:
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 Here

Best Scout: /dev/zero (3 points), wiggin (2 points), obla (1 point)
Best Scout: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
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: Jasmine Tea, Witness Gaming, soirée
Friendliest Team: Jasmine Tea, Witness Gaming, soirée
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 Combo Scout: a festive fish, Conner, ¿TheValeyard?, Krocz, MrCOCONUT, rai

Best Flank Scout: Evelynn, Wampy, The Bee, kratos, DON, fluffy

Best Pocket Soldier: TheWiggin, cam4wood, Hekittymeow, happygood, INFERN0O71, Peteydog

Best Roamer Soldier: Bree, smallrat, x32, bunstie, dndinsomniac, Whitefang2360

Best Demoman: reeee.vol 2, sev, Chilentoz, natures gift, LCJE, AuroraEchoes

Best Medic: eden, Cryo, olivergeeoz, mcdongle, Claire6K, jestie

Best Utility: Evelynn, Henry, The Bee, Krocz, INFERNO071, Peteydog

Friendliest Team: Team Yippie!, Decepticons, Gold Diggers Deluxe, positive vibes, Zest Fest,
6 Reasons Not To Play TF2

Most Improved Player: reeee.vol 2, smallrat, Chilentoz, julunggul, sumdweb, AuroraEchoes

Most Improved Team: Team Yippie!, Decepticons, Gold Diggers Deluxe, positive vibes, Zest Fest,
6 Reasons Not To Play TF2

Most Valuable Player: a festive fish, Evelynn, TheWiggin, Bree, reeee.vol 2, eden, Conner, Wampy, cam4wood,
smallrat, sev, Cryo, ¿TheValeyard?, The Bee, Hekittymeow, x32, olivergeeoz, Chilentoz, Krocz, kratos, happygood,
bunstie, natures gift, mcdongle, MrCOCONUT, DON, INFERN0O71, dndinsomniac, LCJE, Claire6K, rai, fluffy,
Peteydog, Whitefang2360, AuroraEchoes, jestie

Best Dressed Team: Team Yippie!, Decepticons, Gold Diggers Deluxe, positive vibes, Zest Fest,
6 Reasons Not To Play TF2

Best Caster: DuMmTm, Shakey, Harry, Avo, turris, freaky, xobile, Domaytoe, Rainy, GUNWR0NG, batman vs t-rex,
Cobra, chimes, Ghost, Liam, snazzy, TUX

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2. Submitting your votes

The votes must be sent through to your division administrator via Discord DMs:

• Celph (@celph)

Votes need to be submitted to one of the admins listed above by the Wednesday the 2nd of October at 11:59pm AEST. Failing to do this will prevent your votes from being counted and will make your team in-eligible for in-game medals.

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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.

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Thank you based Shigbeard for their work to improve our scripts used for voting this season!

How to Vote

We've reformatted our voting threads to better enable captains to correctly format and submit their final 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: Main

Best Combo Scout: first-place vote, second-place vote, third-place vote
Best Flank Scout:
Best Pocket:
Best Roamer:
Best Demoman:
Best Medic:
Best Utility:
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 Here

Best Scout: /dev/zero (3 points), wiggin (2 points), obla (1 point)
Best Scout: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
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: Jasmine Tea, Witness Gaming, soirée
Friendliest Team: Jasmine Tea, Witness Gaming, soirée
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 Combo Scout: J, Avo, arbabf, wizward, Chungus McBungus, Gazza,

Best Flank Scout: AJ, Mango, manglemonster, Frawg, Flat White, Mups

Best Pocket Soldier: Alpine, indy and her jones, Cymboll, strongman, ozone, Maxyvee

Best Roamer Soldier: Zando, Brixton, Zepi, Lost Inside Cambodia, ItzSak_47, San

Best Demoman: ScEshay, hive, Amatorii, Relz, jkc_S, chill weed vibes only

Best Medic: silent*, GUNWR0NG, April, [Untitled], mitchy90, goblxn

Best Utility: AJ, Mango, manglemonster, Frawg, Flat White, San

Friendliest Team: Shrimps, Man's Gos, Talking Tom and Friends, The Last Kakapo Dreams Of Flying, Level 1 Crooks,
Hexabromocyclododecane

Most Improved Player: zando, indy and her jones, arbabf, strongman, jkc_S, ziah

Most Improved Team: Shrimps, Man's Gos, Talking Tom and Friends, The Last Kakapo Dreams Of Flying,
Level 1 Crooks, Hexabromocyclododecane

Most Valuable Player: J, AJ, Apline, Zando, ScEshay, silent*, Avo, Mango, indy and her jones, Brixton, hive,
GUNWR0NG, arbabf, manglemonster, Cymboll, Zepi, Amatorii, April, wizward, Frawg, strongman, Lost Inside Cambodia,
Relz, [Untitled], Chungus McBungus, Flat White, ozone, ItzSak_47, jkc_S, mitchy90, Gazza, Mups, Maxyvee, San,
chill weed vibes only, goblxn

Best Dressed Team: Shrimps, Man's Gos, Talking Tom and Friends, The Last Kakapo Dreams Of Flying,
Level 1 Crooks, Hexabromocyclododecane

Best Caster: DuMmTm, Shakey, Harry, Avo, turris, freaky, xobile, Domaytoe, Rainy, GUNWR0NG, batman vs t-rex,
Cobra, chimes, Ghost, Liam, snazzy, TUX

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2. Submitting your votes

The votes must be sent through to your division administrator via Discord DMs:

• inStinct (@in5tinct_)
• catfish (@catfishau)

Votes need to be submitted to one of the admins listed above by the Wednesday the 2nd of October at 11:59pm AEST. Failing to do this will prevent your votes from being counted and will make your team in-eligible for in-game medals.

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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.

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Thank you based Shigbeard for their work to improve our scripts used for voting this season!