Autumn '25 Docs Updates & ozfortress x Matcha Bookable

Here it is, our near-seasonal changes post. Nothing here should be too shocking to anyone in our community given recent events.

ozfortress x Matcha Bookable

Something that might be bigger news however - we are working with Matcha Bookable to enforce ozfortress bans on their servers from Season 42 of Sixes/Season 9 of Highlander onward. Whilst au.serveme.tf will still be the primary server provider supporting ozfortress, it's good to have another provider just as dedicated! We would like to thank them for working closely with us and we hope to keep working with them going into ozfortress' future.

Global Ruleset Changes

Added 12.4. Disbanding of Teams with "Cheaters": Teams who are found to be playing with someone cheating in season competitions will have all their matches overturned and will be disbanded. If we determine the rest of the roster was unaware of their teammate's unfair play, they will not be barred from joining other existing rosters for the remainder of the season, and will remain eligible to receive medals at the conclusion of that season.
Existing 12.4. ozfortress Bans is now 13. ozfortress Bans in the Global Ruleset.
"Evidence Bans" ban-type has been renamed to "Unfair Play Bans (Ban Sub-Type)".
- This ban-type name change was made to make it a little clearer what these bans are for, and will include the ban sub-type next to it.
Unfair Play Bans like the departing Evidence Bans still include Game Modification Bans and Map/Game Mechanic Exploit Bans, but instead of the shorter ban durations these ban sub-types had previously, both now mirror the parent Unfair Play Ban duration of 24 months/2 years.
- "If we are willing to ban a player for the usage of banned game modifications or map/game mechanic exploits because they provide an unfair advantage akin to cheating, why should we treat them any differently to the usage of third-party programs" has been a point raised within our team numerous times in the last year, so we have opted to have these ban sub-types mirror the parent's ban duration.
Community members found to be housing permanently banned individuals or assisting in evading their permanent ban will receive 2x the existing Evasion Assistance Ban. Previously, this ban's duration was two years, but we have lowered it to one year. However, as mentioned above, if you are found housing or aiding in ban evasion for permanently banned players, you will receive two years.
Maps must be played in top-to-bottom order as seen on that match's match page, for both regular season and playoff matches (including playoff matches without pick/bans). Teams are not permitted to change this order, even if both rosters agree.
10.2. Server Providers, 10.2.1. Third-Party Servers and 10.3. Server Locations have all been updated to reflect the current server ecosystem. Matcha Bookable servers can be used as long as their servers meet our requirements at the time of use.
Updated 4.6.1. Player Restriction Limit to reflect Sixes not currently enforcing a Player Restriction Limit on rosters.

ozfortress Team Captain Discord Changes

Unapproved Casting Organizations will no longer be able to see all match channels, and will need to request to cast a match by directly pinging those team's captains, and the division administrator in #captains-corner.

Additional Docs Changes

Bans page has received more updates outside of just Unfair Play Bans as noted above. Most ban types have had their descriptions expanded or reworded to make more sense, and the previously mentioned 2x punishment for players found housing permanently banned individuals has been added to the Evasion Assistance Bans category.
All previously missing bans are now listed in the relevant Bans docs pages.
We are looking to replace these pages with an automated page in the future.
Self-managed Servers guide page updated to include current server plugin requirements.
- SrcTV+, Demo Checker plugin and Enhanced Match Timer have been added. Improved Match Timer (by b4nnybot) has been removed in favour of Enhanced Match Timer by Shigbeard.
Updated Highlander Ruleset with Highlander changes, see the Highlander changes post here.