ozfortress Highlander Autumn '25 (S9)

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Highlander Dreamin'

While the Australian leaves aren't quite brown, and the sky is not so grey, we're still excited to bring you the first Highlander Season of 2025! The Autumn '25 Season will continue to build upon the foundations of its predecessor seasons with maps rotating in and out and unyielding competition between talented teams.

Signups

You can sign up for Highlander Autumn '25 from Thursday the 16th of January 2025, up until Wednesday the 5th of February 2025. We aim to have the seedings out by Sunday the 9th of February 2025, before the season starts. The season starts Wednesday the 12th of February 2025.

Please fill out the Signup Agreement template found in the dropdown below and put it in your Signup Application when signing up your team.

Signup Agreement

By signing up, you acknowledge that you may be placed in any division the administrators deem fit for your roster, and thus your entire team should be reasonable in their expectations on division placement. We will endeavour to let teams know of changes in initial seedings before the final release. Please ensure you specify the division you truly believe your team should be in, this will make it easier for administrators to consult with you on your seeding. Along with selecting your desired division, please also list who you expect to play, and what class/role. We have a template below, please include your completed template in your signup application.


Scout: 
Soldier: 
Pyro: 
Demoman: 
Heavy: 
Engineer: 
Medic: 
Sniper: 
Spy: 
Captain Discord Handles:

Highlander Admin Changes

You'll still get the classic 4 Highlander Administrators you ended 2024 with in Kai, woozy, redja and Sperkle. However, we also intend to add some new Admins to our ranks within the coming weeks prior to the season's start. They will be announced in a future post going over all changes for Autumn '25 Highlander.

Highlander Spring '24 changes

Changes affecting the Autumn '25 Highlander season can be found here once they are live.

Reminders

During Highlander Autumn '25, we plan to conduct random demo checks to ensure players are recording POV demos. Please ensure that you are recording all scrims and officials to avoid punishment. You can do this via the in-game demo system following our guide which you can find here.
- The punishments for not recording demos have been changed - the first offence will now incur a warning, but a repeat offence at any time in the future will incur severe penalties. This is not a 'blank slate' - all previous offenders who have been caught not recording will not get another warning.
If you are unsure if something is considered a game exploit, contact a League Administrator for clarification. Ignorance is not an excuse.