You've probably already seen some of the changes we have made in our discord, but we want to talk about some of them with you:
- Streamlined support. Whilst we did love the
#league-supportchannels, often questions and support requests could just go unanswered. Yes - that one's on us, but we want to make it more convenient for staff and players alike to get help faster by having @Alfred create tickets depending on what support you need. From there, you are sent to the right people who can help you, and they'll be notified when you make a ticket. - Removed, moved or replaced some lesser used channels, or channels that could be improved a bit:
- The old
#pugschannel has been replaced with#pug-servers, containing a list of community-run pug servers and services. To have yours added, contact an admin! Please note, we won't add every single server that is made, you'll need to have some reputation. - As stated above,
#sixes-supportandhighlander-supporthave been removed, and we've added#help-and-feedback. We ask that players who need support that they'd typically take to one of our old league specific channels, use#admin-support. This channel will allow you to quickly create a ticket that is opened with the correct admins for that league or question, and it's all done via DM's between you and @Alfred.#help-and-feedbackis now a more general, open channel that anyone can ask and answer questions in. Got a question about a HUD, want to make us aware of something minor or have feedback for us? This is the place. Please be aware we will keep a close eye on this channel, excessive trolling, especially of newer players will land you timed out or worse.
- We also moved quite a few channels:
- All discussion channels are now all in the same Discussion category, including the voice channels. The Recruit & Organise category is still in the same place, and still functions the same way.
- The
#book-a-serverchannel has been moved to the ozfortress category with our support channels and whatnot.
- The old
- We have some exciting stuff coming up, so we figured we should get our discord ready. Whilst most of the changes are minor, we do expect there to be some learning curves when it comes to support, but please know it comes from us genuinely wanting to better handle, answer and resolve questions/concerns/issues/disputes you may have in the future.
- Whilst we are preparing for some upcoming announcements, we want to let you know about one in particular. We will be writing a short list of rules for our discord which will reside in
#readmeand on our Community Guidelines (which will be soon overhauled). Don't expect these rules to be anything crazy, but it will make it a little clearer what our punishment process will be.
There will be a not-so-small post coming very soon detailing Spring '23 season changes (which definitely should have been out before now, sorry 🙃), updates to our docs and rulesets, the usual. If you have any issues with anything we've detailed above, or know of any problems with our docs you think we should be aware of before publishing an update, please DM @core directly on discord, thanks!
Infraction Threshold reached
The following bans are all issued due to these players reaching the Infraction Threshold for a ban.
Newly issued bans
This player has accrued a total of 60 ozfortress infraction points. As such, the player has been banned from ozfortress.com, the community's competitions, and all other ozfortress properties for a period of 1 year, after which they will be serving a 12-month probation, in which any reoffence will double the severity of the penalty. If they are found ban evading during their ban, their ban duration will be extended.
This player has accrued a total of 60 ozfortress infraction points. As such, the player has been banned from ozfortress.com, the community's competitions, and all other ozfortress properties for a period of 1 year, after which they will be serving a 12-month probation, in which any reoffence will double the severity of the penalty. If they are found ban evading during their ban, their ban duration will be extended.
This player has accrued a total of 60 ozfortress infraction points. As such, the player has been banned from ozfortress.com, the community's competitions, and all other ozfortress properties for a period of 1 year, after which they will be serving a 12-month probation, in which any reoffence will double the severity of the penalty. If they are found ban evading during their ban, their ban duration will be extended.
This player has accrued a total of 60 ozfortress infraction points. As such, the player has been banned from ozfortress.com, the community's competitions, and all other ozfortress properties for a period of 1 year, after which they will be serving a 12-month probation, in which any reoffence will double the severity of the penalty. If they are found ban evading during their ban, their ban duration will be extended.
This player has accrued a total of 30 ozfortress infraction points whilst serving out their ban probation. As such, the player has been banned from ozfortress.com, the community's competitions, and all other ozfortress properties for a period of 1 year, after which they will be serving a 12-month probation, in which any reoffence will double the severity of the penalty, which has applied in this case. If they are found ban evading during their ban, their ban duration will be extended.
This player has accrued a total of 30 ozfortress infraction points whilst serving out their ban probation. As such, the player has been banned from ozfortress.com, the community's competitions, and all other ozfortress properties for a period of 1 year, after which they will be serving a 12-month probation, in which any reoffence will double the severity of the penalty, which has applied in this case. If they are found ban evading during their ban, their ban duration will be extended.
Ban extensions
This player has accrued an extra 30 ozfortress infraction points whilst serving their ban. As such, the player has had their ban extended by a period of 1 year, after which they will be serving a 12-month probation, in which any reoffence will double the severity of the penalty. If they are found ban evading during their ban, their ban duration will be extended.
This player has accrued an extra 30 ozfortress infraction points whilst serving their ban. As such, the player has had their ban extended by a period of 1 year, after which they will be serving a 12-month probation, in which any reoffence will double the severity of the penalty. If they are found ban evading during their ban, their ban duration will be extended.
This player has accrued an extra 30 ozfortress infraction points whilst serving their ban. As such, the player has had their ban extended by a period of 1 year, after which they will be serving a 12-month probation, in which any reoffence will double the severity of the penalty. If they are found ban evading during their ban, their ban duration will be extended.
The above ban extension has been reversed.
This player has accrued an extra 150 ozfortress infraction points whilst serving their ban. As such, the player has had their ban extended by a period of 5 years, after which they will be serving a 12-month probation, in which any reoffence will double the severity of the penalty. If they are found ban evading during their ban, their ban duration will be extended.
Should any teams or groups within 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.
Sixes signups open now!
We're back, with a new season naming scheme! There's a bit that we've changed based off of your feedback of Sixes Season 37, and we hope you are excited for Sixes Spring '23 (S38)! In the off-season, we ran our second iteration of the Experimental Cup series, namely Experimental Cup 2. The feedback of the Progressive Ruleset / Pro Ruleset Timer plugin we tested in that tournament will directly impact Sixes Spring '23 (S38).
Signups
You can sign up for Sixes Spring '23 (S38) from Sunday the 24th of September, up until Wednesday the 4th of October 2023. We aim to have seeding out by Friday the 6th of October, if not Saturday the 7th of October at the latest, before the season starts. The season starts Sunday the 8th of October 2023.
Sixes S37 Poll Results
Sixes S37 poll results are now live, you can find them here or linked on the league page. Some of the results were fairly close, so we'll be adding some followup questions in the Experimental Cup 2 poll, which should be out prior to Grand Finals matches, and will close shortly after Grand Finals.
Global, Sixes & Highlander changes will come later!
With our Experimental Cup 2 tournament running just over the signups period, there will be some changes from the cup that will come later, however most ruleset updates will be coming in the next couple of days, we're just holding off to ensure we haven't missed anything!
Highlander signups open now!
It is an action-packed off-season for Sixes, but no so much for Highlander, however that changes now! Welcome back, Highlander Spring '23 is just around the corner and we hope you are as ready for it as we are.
You can sign up for Highlander Spring '23 from Saturday the 23rd of September, up until Saturday the 7th of October 2023. We aim to have seeding out by Monday the 9th of October at the latest, before the season starts. The season starts Wednesday the 11th of October 2023.
Sixes signups open tomorrow (Sunday 24th September)!
We're back, with a new season naming scheme! There's a bit that we've changed based off of your feedback of Sixes Season 37, and we hope you are excited for Sixes Spring '23 (S38)! In this off-season, we're running our second iteration of the Experimental Cup series, namely Experimental Cup 2. The feedback of the changes being tested in Experimental Cup 2 will directly impact Sixes Spring '23 (S38).
You can sign up for Sixes Spring '23 (S38) from Sunday the 24th of September, up until Wednesday the 4th of October 2023. We aim to have seeding out by Friday the 6th of October, if not Saturday the 7th of October at the latest, before the season starts. The season starts Sunday the 8th of October 2023.
Staff Updates
You may have seen our most recent update post bid farewell to three of our league admins; Bakes, frydog and snazzy. While we wish them the best, we have two new league admin pickups. Please welcome wils to the Sixes team, and Kai to the Highlander team! We're excited to see both of them in their respective roles, and hope you are too!
In the coming weeks and months, we'll be simplifying the names of roles throughout the league to be a bit more intuitive, and more in-line with what most of you would expect. We'll let you know when this happens, don't worry.
Season Branding changes
We outlined it in our previous update post that we were making some changes to the season branding, part cosmetic and part utilitarian for players. The focus of the change is to make it easier for players to recognize or recall a season by the time of the year, rather than a season number. We won't be ditching the season number entirely, but just limiting it to headings and whatnot.
We're also moving away from separate season art for both seasonal leagues, allowing a bit more time for our artists to make one design, or perhaps (small spoiler) for us to work on new teaser content outside of the usual promo images.
Global, Sixes & Highlander changes will come later!
With our Experimental Cup 2 tournament running just over the signups period, there will be some changes from the cup that will come later, however most ruleset updates will be coming in the next couple of days, we're just holding off to ensure we haven't missed anything!
Thank you all
Seasons 37 & 4 for the most part went smoothly, but we want to make sure everyone is aware that we are working on gradual changes to both seasonal leagues to address commonly raised issues, be it; division sizes, bye matches, format changes or something else. Over the coming couple of weeks, there will be a few announcements not related to our seasonal leagues or competitions that we feel players will (hopefully) like, and we are excited for Spring '23 and 2024!
View the whitelist at whitelist.tf
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.
TRANSFER WINDOWS
Our transfers system sees transfers approved in weekly Transfer Windows for Highlander. Transfers will be approved between rounds, as such teams should take note of the Transfer Windows in order to prevent player 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 current or next Transfer Window, depending on when that player was requested. 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 Sunday of the round before the transfer window.
Transfer Window #1
Wednesday 11th October - Sunday 15th October 2023: Round 1
Transfer Window #1 starts after Final Placements have been released, and close Sunday 15th October 2023Transfer Window #2
Wednesday 18th October - Sunday 22nd October 2023: Round 2
Transfer Window #3
Wednesday 25th October - Sunday 29th October 2023: Round 3
Transfer Window #4
Wednesday 1st November - Sunday 5th November 2023: Round 4
Transfer Window #5
Wednesday 8th November - Sunday 12th November 2023: Round 5
Roster Lock applied Sunday 12th November 2023
KEY DATES
Signups & Seedings Period
Saturday 23rd September 2023: Signups Open
Saturday 7th October 2023: Signups Close, Rosters Locked for Seedings
Monday 9th October 2023: Seedings Released, Rosters Unlocked for Transfer Windows
Wednesday 11th October 2023: Season starts, date dependant upon results of the proposed Match Days changes in the post-season poll.
Season Key Dates
Wednesday 11th October - Sunday 15th October 2023: Round 1
Wednesday 18th October - Sunday 22nd October 2023: Round 2
Wednesday 25th October - Sunday 29th October 2023: Round 3
Wednesday 1st November - Sunday 5th November 2023: Round 4
Wednesday 8th November - Sunday 12th November 2023: Round 5
Roster Lock applied Sunday 12th November 2023
Wednesday 15th November - Sunday 19th November 2023: Round 6 (Premier only)
For more information on Transfer Windows, please see our Transfer Windows page.
Playoffs Key Dates
Premier
Wednesday 22nd November - Sunday 26th November 2023: Page Playoff round
Wednesday 29th November - Sunday 3rd December 2023: Semi-Finals round
Wednesday 6th November - Sunday 10th December 2023: Grand Finals round
Intermediate & Open
Wednesday 15th November - Sunday 19th November 2023: Page Playoff round
Wednesday 22nd November - Sunday 26th November 2023: Semi-Finals round
Wednesday 29th November - Sunday 3rd December 2023: Grand Finals round
Note on Highlander Dates
Please note that in the event a division sees more than four teams, the dates above need to be pushed back one week to allow for seven rounds in the regular season.
Page Playoffs
All divisions will be using the Page Playoff system for their finals.
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