Key Dates & Transfer Windows
Key Dates
Signups & Seedings Dates
Thursday 16th of January 2025: Signups Open
Thursday 6th of February 2025: Signups Close, Rosters Locked for Seedings
Sunday 9th of February 2025: Seedings Released
Wednesday 12th of February 2025: Season starts
Regular Season Dates
Wednesday 12th February - Sunday 16th February 2025: Round 1
Wednesday 19th February - Sunday 23rd February 2025: Season Break - LDU Qualifiers
Wednesday 26th February - Sunday 2nd March 2025: Round 2
Wednesday 5th March - Sunday 9rd March 2025: Round 3
Roster Lock applied on Wednesday 12th March 2025 For Premier
Wednesday 12th March - Sunday 16th March 2025: Round 4
Wednesday 19th March - Sunday 23rd March 2025: Round 5
Roster Lock applied on Wednesday 26th March 2025 For Intermediate & Open
Wednesday 26th March - Sunday 30th March 2025: Round 6 (Intermediate & Open Only)
Wednesday 2nd April - Sunday 6th April 2025: Round 7 (Intermediate & Open Only)
Playoffs Dates for Premier
Wednesday 26th March - Sunday 30th March 2025: Playoffs Round 1 / Page Playoffs
Wednesday 2nd April - Sunday 6th April 2025: Playoffs Round 2 / Semi-Finals
Wednesday 9th April - Sunday 13th April 2025: Playoffs Round 3 / Grand & Bronze Finals
Playoffs Dates for Intermediate & Open
Wednesday 9th April - Sunday 13th April 2025: Playoffs Round 1 / Page Playoffs
Wednesday 16th April - Sunday 20th April 2025: Playoffs Round 2 / Semi-Finals
Wednesday 23rd April - Sunday 27th April 2025: Playoffs Round 3 / Grand & Bronze Finals
Transfer Windows
Wednesday 12th February - Tuesday 18th February 2025: Transfer Window 1
Wednesday 19th February - Tuesday 4th March 2025: Transfer Window 2
Wednesday 5th March - Tuesday 11th March 2025: Transfer Window 3
Wednesday 12th March 2025: Premier Roster Lock
Wednesday 12th March 2025 - Tuesday 18th March 2025: Transfer Window 4
Wednesday 19th March 2025 - Tuesday 25th March 2025: Transfer Window 5
Wednesday 26th March 2025: Intermediate & Open Roster Lock
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 Tuesday of the round before the transfer window.
Teams are permitted to a total of 6 player transfers into their roster this season. Only 2 Player Transfers are processed in each window.
(Graphic by dezi)
That's a wrap on 2024 Highlander. Congratulations to the winner of the Premier division S.M. and the winners of the Main division sejinming fever. 2025 Highlander is almost here, so don't bask in these team's glory for too long, a new champion(s) may be around the corner.
Below are the Final Rankings and Awards for the Spring '24 season of Highlander.
Congratulations Premier winners S.M.!
Placements
- S.M.
- crylander
- Significant Otter
- rascals
Grand Final Map Scores
- Ashville: 3 - 2
- Swiftwater: 2 - 0
Bronze Final Map Scores
- Swiftwater: 1 - 2
- Vigil: 2 - 1
- Upward: 2 - 1
Awards
Best Scout: krollic (15), HUNGRY.4.EGGS (11), Miffy (6)
Best Soldier: Lizrd-Wizrd (15), norbit the plug (10), mashiro (9)
Best Pyro: bird (16), Styx + peep (8), CH (4)
Best Demoman: maz (13), <user> (12), turris (8)
Best Heavy: typo. (15), HASHFAN (9), Flow (8)
Best Engineer: Sexy Turtle (15), Mikcow (9), redja (5)
Best Medic: remorse (15), jd (12), tal (6)
Best Sniper: calski (14), strawbunny (7), bill + myyyst (5)
Best Spy: Andyroo (15), henwe (12), chimes (4)
Most Improved Player: Mikcow (14), norbit the plug (10), jv (8)
Most Valuable Player: Lizrd-Wizrd (7), Andyroo (5), maz + calski + HUNGRY.4.EGGS (4)
Most Improved Team: crylander (10), rascals (7), Where no ability meets no effort + S.M. + Youth for Christ (6)
Friendliest Team: S.M. + Significant Otter (9), rascals (7), Youth for Christ (6)
Best Dressed Team: S.M. (13), Youth for Christ + Significant Otter + crylander (7), rascals (6)
Best Caster: Rainy (14), jennierubyjane (11), Freaky (10)
Congratulations Main winners sejinming fever!
Placements
- sejinming fever
- Bisexual Lighting
- Rich and Grainous
- With Blackjack and Furries!
Grand Final Map Scores
- Ashville: 3 - 0
- Upward: 2 - 1
Bronze Final Map Scores
- Ashville: 3 - 0
- Vigil: 2 - 0
Awards
Best Scout: noemie (16), eden (10), Zando (7)
Best Soldier: indy and her jones (13), Gears + APVC (9), zdav (6)
Best Pyro: ziah + FriendlyPyromancer (11), Cryo (10), Cantrip (8)
Best Demoman: Glitchy (12), Pigel + klebs (10), Mirage (8)
Best Heavy: SpicyHipJesus (17), manglemonster (12), GUNWR0NG (7)
Best Engineer: angus (11), Sev + Verydarklord (10), arbabf (9)
Best Medic: olivergeeoz (16), Miss Squidge (10), Sly Rocko (9)
Best Sniper: FIN + Evelynn (13), J (7), WORLD's BLaNKIEsT BLaNK (6)
Best Spy: Bree (13), MonsterGunner0v0 (10), Karly (9)
Most Improved Player: SwaySway (12), Cantrip (10), Zando (9)
Most Valuable Player: SpicyHipJesus (6), klebs + Pigel + olivergeeoz + Mirage + angus + eunsoo + WORLD's BLaNKIEsT BLaNK + Bree (3)
Most Improved Team: With Blackjack and Furries! (13), rat gaming (8), funny people (7)
Friendliest Team: With Blackjack and Furries! (14), Bisexual Lighting (10), funny people (8)
Best Dressed Team: Bisexual Lighting (19), With Blackjack and Furries! (7), funny people (6)
Best Caster: Freaky (20), nightjar (15), Rainy (13)
Post Spring '24 Surveys
To ensure our Autumn '25 Highlander competition runs as smoothly and fluidly as possible we're wanting to hear from all players who competed in the Spring '24 Season. Below you will find two Post-season Surveys for players who competed in the respective Premier and Main divisions. The surveys are identical and separated for our convenience. Any and all feedback about the running of our regular seasons is always greatly appreciated.
Surveys
• Premier Survey
• Main Survey
Player Restrictions
The number of restricted players allowed on one roster this season is 5
Intermediate:
Metaphorical Idioms
chonk Restricted off Soldier
SYDNEY'S REALEST
Akari Restricted off Demoman.
Brownie Restricted off Scout & Soldier.
Pride Restricted off Scout, Soldier, Demoman & Heavy.
cooleverest Restricted off Scout, Soldier, Demoman, Heavy, Engineer & Sniper.
Spentagon Fever
thethingy Restricted off Scout & Heavy.
Time Restricted off Scout.
monkeyspanner43 Restricted off Scout, Soldier & Spy.
skai Restricted off Scout.
MAINAZUMA9
yflow Restricted off Scout.
Rich and Grainous
Striker Restricted off Scout, Soldier, Demo, Heavy & Sniper.
Paws of Steel
Rainy Restricted off Heavy.
Exquizit Restricted off Heavy.
Previously Rostered Players
gotaki Restricted off Scout, Soldier, Demoman, Heavy, Engineer & Sniper.
Open:
Fat Fortress
FIN Restricted off Sniper.
xobile Restricted TO Medic.
airstotel Restricted off Scout.
Hekitty Restricted off Soldier, Demoman & Sniper.
Lana Del Ray Fan Club
bobb0 Restricted off Soldier & Demoman.
Diavolo Diablo Restricted off Sniper
berko Restricted TO Medic.
Wampy Restricted off Spy.
Funny People
theatreTECHIE Restricted off Pyro.
Nik-6 (Plus3)
Oscar The Grouch Restricted off Pyro.
dile Restricted off Engineer.
raina Restricted off Scout, Soldier, Pyro, Demo & Heavy.
Fatpoggers Highlander
good small horce Restricted TO Medic.
Previously Rostered Players
Exquizit Restricted TO Medic.
Division Admins
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
DIVISION ADMINISTRATORS
PREMIER ADMINISTRATOR
- Kai
INTERMEDIATE ADMINISTRATOR
- redja
OPEN ADMINISTRATORS
- woozy
- Pulse
To see our complete list including Discord handles, see our Staff page here.
Map Schedule
Map Pool
Highlander Autumn '25 Map Pool
Upward
Swiftwater
Vigil
Eruption
Steel
Product
Ashville
Proot
Changes to the Highlander Autumn '25 Map Pool
- Summercoast Removed
- Eruption Added
Please note: pl_upward_f12, pl_vigil_rc10, pl_eruption_b14, 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_eruption_b14
rcon changelevel cp_steel_f12
rcon changelevel pl_vigil_rc10
rcon changelevel koth_ashville_final1
rcon changelevel koth_proot_b6c-alt2
Woofer
It brings us great sadness to share that on Monday the 23rd of December 2024, ozfortress player and community member Woofer sadly passed away. Woofer has been an active participant in ozfortress competitions for over four years and will be missed by many members of the community. In the future, we will be sharing links to charitable causes if anybody would like to make a donation in his name. Our thoughts are with woofer's friends and family in this difficult time.
The ozfortress admin team
(Posted on the 7th of January 2025)
Cat Haven
As we mentioned in the initial post above, Woofer's family has elected a charity for donations to be made to in Woofer's name. Cat Haven is based in Western Australia and is responsible for taking care of homeless cats until they can be rehomed in safe and loving environments. Woofer had a great affinity for cats and his family and friends felt this was a very fitting charity to give to in his memory. If you would like to donate to Cat Haven and find out more about their work you can find the donation link below.
🐈 Cat Haven
(Posted on the 11th of January 2025)
(Poster & Artwork by requim)
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
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