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Infractions system changes

With 2024 now here, we have the first round of changes to our Infractions system ready to be pushed live. There are a plethora of changes and additions, so we will only be outlining the crucial ones here. Any that aren't outlined here are likely just rewritten to be clearer than they were previously.

Before we get to the changes and additions, we first need to say goodbye to a team of ants in their prime, who has stepped down from the Behaviour Panel Lead role and also his League Administrator role due to real-life commitments. Ants has been with us for some time now, and we wish him the best of luck for the future and thank him for all of his time and dedication to both the league staff and the behaviour panel.

In the meantime, I (core) will be stepping into the Behaviour Panel Lead role. Whether or not I continue in the role will depend on time & workload, but we are looking for new Behaviour Panel members. If you think you have what it takes, see our Join ozfortress page for more information.

Changes/Additions

• Infractions Ruleset renamed to Player Behaviour Infractions everywhere. This change was made to make a clearer distinction between Player Behaviour Infractions and the upcoming League Penalties.
• League Infractions retired in favour of League Penalties, a new system separate from Player Behaviour Infractions designed to better support League Administration in penalising competition-related offences such as poor organisation with appropriate and more effective consequences. This system will be detailed further prior to the start of the Autumn '24 seasons.
  • Two planned Tier 2 League Infraction additions will be moved to this new system, these additions are:
    • Breach of Player Restrictions.
    • Any attempt to deceive or mislead players or captains (moved from Player Behaviour Infractions).
  • League Infractions will remain on the Player Behaviour Infractions page until after the League Penalties system is released to allow you to see what made the cut and what didn't.
• Ban Resets added as a replacement for Ban Extensions. Traditionally, when a banned player accrues 30 or more points, their ban would be extended by 1 year for every 30 points. This was a very heavy-handed system as we also allowed our Probations to apply to these extensions, meaning a person getting two Tier 3 infractions would previously see a Ban Extension of 4 years. With Ban Resets, once a banned player reaches a threshold of 60 points, their ban will be reset back to its original duration. This system is new, and as such please expect changes and revisions to it as the system matures. Please also note that Ban Extensions, whilst no longer documented, will still be used in more severe cases at the discretion of the Behaviour Panel. Ban Resets will also be applied at the discretion of the Behaviour Panel, so if we feel a person's offences are of a higher severity, we can and will use Ban Extensions.
  • We hope this change will allow offenders some chance of returning, and overall should be a much healthier alternative than Ban Extensions.
• Combined all three Tier 3 infractions for attempting to impersonate, apply affiliation with members of ozfortress staff, or deceive community members by impersonating members of ozfortress staff into one Tier 3 infraction.
• Expanded on Tier 1 infraction "Excessive trash talk" to now include "flaming, or repeated abuse/harassment" to better handle less severe repeated abuse/harassment cases.
• Rewritten and reformatted the Player Behaviour Infractions ruleset to better split up different clauses and make them clearer.
• Added Report Requirements, detailing what we expect in Player Behaviour Reports from now on. You can read more here, but the TL;DR is:
  • If you have evidence that may require verification (eg. a person's voice, the authenticity of a person's account or messages, etc), we expect that such proof is also submitted. A lack of this will not null-and-void a report on its own, but there is only so much we can do to verify these types of reports, so it is much easier if the person submitting the report provides this proof as they should have access and ability to do so.
  • Evidence should be uploaded to file-sharing services that don't expire. If you need to clear space on said service, contact the Behaviour Panel before removing it to ensure copies have been made.

The effects of these changes will be monitored closely over the coming months. These changes are considered a step one for now, as we will continue to review and discuss the current system and where some improvements could potentially be made. If you have any problems with the changes above, please contact core directly on Discord.

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Bans

The following bans are all Infraction Threshold bans, which are split between New Bans, and Ban Resets.

Infraction Threshold reached

The following bans have been issued to these players because they have reached the Infraction Threshold for a ban.

New Bans

The following players have accrued enough points to reach an Infraction Threshold Ban.

doc STEAM_0:0:47524010

This player has accrued a total of 70 ozfortress infraction points. As such, the player has been banned from ozfortress.com, the community's competitions, and all other ozfortress properties for 1 year, after which they will serve a 12-month probation, in which any reoffence will double the severity of the penalty. Their ban duration will be extended if they are found ban evading during their ban.

drw STEAM_0:1:101551798

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 1 year, after which they will serve a 12-month probation, in which any reoffence will double the severity of the penalty. Their ban duration will be extended if they are found ban evading during their ban.

nurf STEAM_0:1:29562799

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 1 year, after which they will serve a 12-month probation, in which any reoffence will double the severity of the penalty. Their ban duration will be extended if they are found ban evading during their ban.

Really(DelDavis) STEAM_0:1:96565724

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 1 year, after which they will serve a 12-month probation, in which any reoffence will double the severity of the penalty. Their ban duration will be extended if they are found ban evading during their ban.

Ban Resets

A newly introduced alternative to our old Ban Extensions, read the Infractions changes above for more information.

nexus/nxs STEAM_0:0:48363852

This player has accrued 120 ozfortress infraction points whilst serving their ban. As they accrued these infraction points during their ban, the player has had their ban reset back to a total duration of 2 years. After their ban, they will serve a 12-month probation, in which any reoffence will double the severity of the penalty. Their ban duration will be extended if they are found ban evading during their ban.

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Should any teams or groups within any ozfortress competitions be found housing the listed players, that team will be permanently removed from our competitions and all members involved will face severe penalties.

problematic members of the community

touching grass = no pixels in the inventory sadly

free yop au, free my slime dylrob, free kindred spirit nurfburger

didn't get into tha club ☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️

wait guys im still scrimming with nurf

thank god that "doc" player is banned, he was an absolute cunt and unbearable person! ozfortress still doing the right things and banning all the bad people for a better community!