Seasonal Award Voting is Live for Autumn '26

Nominations have been made and now is the time to vote! Competitors of this year's Autumn seasons of Highlander and Sixes need to cast their votes for Seasonal Awards! Voting needs to be completed by the 7th of June at 11:59pm AEST with all votes being sent via discord DMs or @ing the respective admin in the captain's discord. (details linked below). Votes are only to be submitted by Team Captains of the aforementioned teams who competed in the Autumn '26 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.

Failing to complete this process will result in your team mates becoming ineligible for in-game medals.

Votes are to be submitted to admins via their discords linked in the threads below.

Sixes Voting

Premier Voting • Intermediate Voting • Main Voting • Open Voting

Highlander Voting

Premier Voting • Main Voting

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How to Vote

We’ve updated our voting threads this season to make it easier for captains to format and submit their votes correctly. Take a look and let us know if you run into any issues.

1. Putting your votes together

Captains shall select three options from the Nominated Players heading and put them in order of highest vote to lowest vote using the following template. The first name will receive three votes, the second will receive two votes and the third will receive one vote. Voting for your own teammates is not allowed, regardless of the award (this includes Best Caster).

Important formatting - you must copy-paste your vote EXACTLY, and separate votes using commas. Again we are using an automated script to process these votes, and incorrectly inputed votes may not be counted!

Your team name:
Your team division: Premier

Best Scout: first-place vote, second-place vote, third-place vote
Best Soldier:
Best Pyro:
Best Demoman:
Best Heavy:
Best Engineer:
Best Medic:
Best Sniper:
Best Spy:
Friendliest Team:
Most Improved Player:
Most Improved Team:
Most Valuable Player:
Best Dressed Team:
Best Caster:

Your completed template should look like this (with the correct players on their classes, the same players have been used for each award in this example for simplicity) without the point allocations after each player name:

Your team name: Your Team Here
Your team division: Your Division Here

Best Scout: /dev/zero (3 points), wiggin (2 points), obla (1 point)
Best Soldier: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Pyro: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Demoman: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Heavy: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Engineer: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Medic: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Sniper: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Spy: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Most Improved Player: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Most Improved Team: Atomic Affinity, Red Pandas, Musos Deluxe
Most Valuable Player: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Friendliest Team: Atomic Affinity, Red Pandas, Musos Deluxe
Best Caster: catfish, core, obla

Remember: Voting for your own teammates is not allowed.

Nominated Players

The following players and teams are nominated for awards:

Best Scout: Kiyoshi, Zando, JACKET, Eat Ham, Alice Hikari, y0shmy

Best Soldier: schnapps, fam, Dr Strangle, frosted, olivergeeoz, MACKY

Best Pyro: wampy, Lacirev, ¿Valeyard?, Whitefang2360, Mercicrux, AmethystDragon10

Best Demoman: onion, San, Olive Oil, newspice, JCED, oblivious

Best Heavy: snake eater, Dede, TELEPORTER BOMBER, yuzu, Alsander and Ciaran, Sly Samuel

Best Engineer: Wungus, juna, plasmatech8, AuroraEchoes, Dupiter, June (she/her)

Best Medic: ><>Maxy, Stag, SpicyHipJesus, Peteydog, Peepo, KateTheKatPlays

Best Sniper: yeetingbaby, 17ricegrains, Comedy Mode, rill, LuigisBigMac, Dight a blight

Best Spy: cow, bobman, mrmonk, Hobby_Sr, Sly Rocko, trippyCD

Most Improved Player: ><>Maxy, dododok, plasmatech8, newspice, olivergeeoz, KateTheKatPlays

Most Improved Team: awesome sauce, LBS, Highhander, 9 Reasons Not To Play TF2, Rat Gaming Reborn, Ocean Blues

Friendliest Team: awesome sauce, LBS, Highhander, 9 Reasons Not To Play TF2, Rat Gaming Reborn, Ocean Blues

Most Valuable Player: Kiyoshi, Zando, JACKET, Eat Ham, Alice Hikari, y0shmy, schnapps, fam, Dr Strangle, frosted, olivergeeoz, MACKY, wampy, Lacirev, ¿Valeyard?, Whitefang2360, Mercicrux, AmethystDragon10, onion, San, Olive Oil, newspice, JCED, oblivious, snake eater, Dede, TELEPORTER BOMBER, yuzu, Alsander and Ciaran, Sly Samuel, Wungus, juna, plasmatech8, AuroraEchoes, Dupiter, June (she/her), ><>Maxy, Stag, SpicyHipJesus, Peteydog, Peepo, KateTheKatPlays, yeetingbaby, 17ricegrains, Comedy Mode, rill, LuigisBigMac, Dight a blight, cow, bobman, mrmonk, Hobby_Sr, Sly Rocko, trippyCD

Best Dressed Team: awesome sauce, LBS, Highhander, 9 Reasons Not To Play TF2, Rat Gaming Reborn, Ocean Blues

Best Caster: Dave, jennierubyjane, tal, Sylvie

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2. Submitting your votes

The votes must be sent through to the following administrator via direct message or via pinging them within your team's channel in the ozfortress Captain's Discord;

• Sylvie (@evelynntf)
• indy and her jones (@indyandherjones)
• woozy (@moonkittyx.)

Votes need to be submitted to one of the admins listed above by the 7th of June at 11:59pm AEST. Failing to do this will prevent your votes from being counted and will make your team in-eligible for in-game medals. Votes can be submitted via dm's or via the Captain's Discord.

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FAQ

How is Voting calculated?

We will use instant runoff voting to calculate the results.

Will we receive in-game medals if we fail to submit our votes?

No, as we believe that every player should have the chance to be voted for.

How long will it take for Awards to be released?

The release of Awards often varies, but you can expect it usually within a week or two of Voting closing.

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Thank you based Valen for their work to improve our scripts used for nominations and voting!

How to Vote

We’ve updated our voting threads this season to make it easier for captains to format and submit their votes correctly. Take a look and let us know if you run into any issues.

1. Putting your votes together

Captains shall select three options from the Nominated Players heading and put them in order of highest vote to lowest vote using the following template. The first name will receive three votes, the second will receive two votes and the third will receive one vote. Voting for your own teammates is not allowed, regardless of the award (this includes Best Caster).

Important formatting - you must copy-paste your vote EXACTLY, and separate votes using commas. Again we are using an automated script to process these votes, and incorrectly inputed votes may not be counted!

Your team name:
Your team division: Premier

Best Scout: first-place vote, second-place vote, third-place vote
Best Soldier:
Best Pyro:
Best Demoman:
Best Heavy:
Best Engineer:
Best Medic:
Best Sniper:
Best Spy:
Friendliest Team:
Most Improved Player:
Most Improved Team:
Most Valuable Player:
Best Dressed Team:
Best Caster:

Your completed template should look like this (with the correct players on their classes, the same players have been used for each award in this example for simplicity) without the point allocations after each player name:

Your team name: Your Team Here
Your team division: Your Division Here

Best Scout: /dev/zero (3 points), wiggin (2 points), obla (1 point)
Best Soldier: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Pyro: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Demoman: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Heavy: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Engineer: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Medic: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Sniper: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Best Spy: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Most Improved Player: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Most Improved Team: Atomic Affinity, Red Pandas, Musos Deluxe
Most Valuable Player: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
Friendliest Team: Atomic Affinity, Red Pandas, Musos Deluxe
Best Caster: catfish, core, obla

Remember: Voting for your own teammates is not allowed.

Nominated Players

The following players and teams are nominated for awards:

Best Scout: HUNGRY.4.EGGS, Miffy, Time, Pipelin12, freaky, synthelin., thethingy, mean bug

Best Soldier: Raelen, norbit the plug, muufz, batman vs t-rex, apvc, aboOod ♥, Lev, klebs

Best Pyro: doc, peep, Styxs, brodie escobar, bird 🐤, froglvvr, Bree, hive

Best Demoman: matttt, BONKITUP456, Doge.exe has stopped working, Cobra, <user>, juliangonzales2009@yahoo.com, reign, silent*

Best Heavy: takeyon, strawbunny, Zinsh, Trash, Doctrine, ARISSS, Exquisit, reeee.vol 2

Best Engineer: silvo, golden, Square Bread, shy, strongman, zawg, Sexy Turtle, xiuh

Best Medic: spunchbob3, jennierubyjane, woozy, remorse, wizward, Effixion, Pulse, ♥ Emily the Goldfish ♥

Best Sniper: nurf, Flow, ♪.Beats, maz, seiran, ÅɞîD, Titan, noemie

Best Spy: robor, chimes, Speedy, Andrew, Daggerman105, C. Taunts, Karly, Classy Doctor

Most Improved Player: zerk, strawbunny, Styxs, skal, seiran, juliangonzales2009@yahoo.com, thethingy, mean bug

Most Improved Team: BRIANLANDER, crylander, Significant Otter, batsoup paraphernalia deluxe, Death by a Thousand Kurts, funny people, unusual pomegranates, Greetings American!

Friendliest Team: BRIANLANDER, crylander, Significant Otter, batsoup paraphernalia deluxe, Death by a Thousand Kurts, funny people, unusual pomegranates, Greetings American!

Most Valuable Player: HUNGRY.4.EGGS, Miffy, Time, Pipelin12, freaky, synthelin., thethingy, mean bug, Raelen, norbit the plug, muufz, batman vs t-rex, apvc, aboOod ♥, Lev, klebs, doc, peep, Styxs, brodie escobar, bird 🐤, froglvvr, Bree, hive, matttt, BONKITUP456, Doge.exe has stopped working, Cobra, <user>, juliangonzales2009@yahoo.com, reign, silent*, takeyon, strawbunny, Zinsh, Trash, Doctrine, ARISSS, Exquizit, reeee.vol 2, silvo, golden, Square Bread, shy, strongman, zawg, Sexy Turtle, xiuh, spunchbob3, jennierubyjane, woozy, remorse, wizward, Effixion, Pulse, ♥ Emily the Goldfish ♥, nurf, Flow, ♪.Beats, maz, seiran, ÅɞîD, Titan, noemie, robor, chimes, Speedy, Andrew, Daggerman105, C. Taunts, Karly, Classy Doctor

Best Dressed Team: BRIANLANDER, crylander, Significant Otter, batsoup paraphernalia deluxe, Death by a Thousand Kurts, funny people, unusual pomegranates, Greetings American!

Best Caster: Dave, jennierubyjane, tal, Sylvie

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2. Submitting your votes

The votes must be sent through to the following administrator via direct message or via pinging them within your team's channel in the ozfortress Captain's Discord;

• Sylvie (@evelynntf)
• Pulse (@bigpulsey)

Votes need to be submitted to one of the admins listed above by the 7th of June at 11:59pm AEST. Failing to do this will prevent your votes from being counted and will make your team in-eligible for in-game medals. Votes can be submitted via DMs or via the Captain's Discord.

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FAQ

How is Voting calculated?

We will use instant runoff voting to calculate the results.

Will we receive in-game medals if we fail to submit our votes?

No, as we believe that every player should have the chance to be voted for.

How long will it take for Awards to be released?

The release of Awards often varies, but you can expect it usually within a week or two of Voting closing.

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Thank you based Valen for their work to improve our scripts used for nominations and voting!

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Award Nominations for Autumn '26 Teams

We soon bring another Highlander season to a close, so now it's time to nominate your team and it's players for awards! Team Captains have from today through to Sunday the 24th of May at 11:59pm AEST to have their team's nominations handed in. Captains are expected to put their nominations in the respective Highlander thread below.

You can find the relevant information for putting team nominations together in the threads below. For those who are new or unfamiliar with this process here's the run down:

Team captains nominate players who were rostered on their teams during the season with future voting division taking place after all nominations are complete. A template is provide for captain's in the threads below. It's that simple! However, if team captain's fail to send in votes by the stated deadline, themselves and their team will not be permitted to vote nor will they receive any in-game medals.

Highlander Voting

Highlander Autumn '26 (S12): Award Nominations!

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This thread is for nominating your team's players for the best-in-class awards for Highlander Autumn '26 (S12). This thread will be used by us to collect the rosters of each team for voting purposes, which go live once all nominations have been submitted.

Captains are asked to respond to this thread with the completed template below by Sunday the 24th of May at 11:59pm AEST Please save replies for nominations only, and not discussion. Only one reply per team.

Failure to submit nominations and subsequent votes will result in you and your team being unable to receive any awards or in-game medals. While this may seem harsh, we do this so every player has a chance to be voted for. If you wish to be excluded for a specific reason, please reach out to your division administrator.

Strictly follow the format below, as we will be using an automated script to process this data.

Team Name:
Division (Premier/Main):
Best Scout:
Best Soldier:
Best Pyro:
Best Demoman:
Best Heavy:
Best Engineer:
Best Medic:
Best Sniper:
Best Spy:
Most Improved Player:

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PRELIMINARY AUTUMN '26 SEEDINGS

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Welcome all to the new season! Quite the wait with the Summer Cup, but we are back and ready for you all to enjoy the cooler game mode (don't tell Instinct). Here are the preliminary seedings for this season! You can also have a look at the Player Restrictions at the link below. If you have any queries or questions, feel free to reach out to the Highlander Admins in the support channel on Discord

Player Restrictions

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Premier

batsoup paraphernalia deluxe
crylander
Significant Otter
BRIANLANDER
unusual pomegranates
Death by a Thousand Kurts
Greetings American!
funny people

Main

awesome sauce
9 Reasons Not To Play TF2
LBS
Highhander
Rat Gaming Reborn
Ocean Blues

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2 Divisions!

For this season, we have decided on 2 divisions. As much as people like having Intermediate to split the teams up more, we found that this season forcing a 5 team Premier, with 2 double round robin divisions with Intermediate and Open, would not work. We found a clear divide in skill between Awesome Sauce and Funny People which made both divisions competitive at the top and bottom of the division, still giving teams chances to fight and learn without worrying about being stomped every week.

Progression of the Season

Premier will be having a 7 week season, with each team facing each other once with Main having a 5 week season facing each other once as well. In both divisions, the top 4 teams will move onto the Page Playoffs, with any teams falling outside of the top 4 will not progress into Playoffs.

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Transfer History

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This page will be populated with Transfer History listings as the season progresses. For more information on Transfers, click here.

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Premier

Transfer Window #1

• wilsonoid Transferred out of BRIANLANDER
• lx Transferred into BRIANLANDER
• chad Transferred into BRIANLANDER

Transfer Window #2

• zennydog Transferred into funny people

Transfer Window #3

• Sexy Turtle Transferred into unusual pomegranates
• xobile Transferred out of unusual pomegranates

Transfer Window #4

• Bree Transferred out of Greetings American! into unusual pomegranates
• APVC Transferred into Death by a Thousand Kurts

Transfer Window #5

• postmeridie Transferred out of funny people
• rePause Transferred into funny people
• synthelin. Transferred into funny people

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Main

Transfer Window #1

• bobb0 Transferred into Rat Gaming Reborn

Transfer Window #2

• PD0RA Transferred out of Highhander

Transfer Window #3

• rastaFROG730 Transferred into Highhander
• JACKET Transferred into Highhander
• Char Aznable Transferred out of Highhander
• oblivious Transferred out of Ocean Blues

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Emergency Transfers

• none nada nope nahhhhhh

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Key Dates & Transfer Windows

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Key Dates

Signups & Seedings Dates

Saturday 14th of February 2026: Signups Open
Friday 27th of February 2026: Signups Close, Rosters Locked for Seedings
Sunday 1st of March 2026: Seedings Released
Wednesday 4th of March 2026: Season starts

Regular Season Dates

Wednesday 4th March - Sunday 8th March 2026: Round 1
Wednesday 11th March - Sunday 15th March 2026: Round 2
Wednesday 18th March - Sunday 22nd March 2026: Round 3
Roster Lock applied Tuesday the 24th April 2026 (Main Only)
Wednesday 25th March - Sunday 29th March 2026: Round 4
Wednesday 1st April - Sunday 5th April 2026: Round 5
Roster Lock applied Tuesday the 7th of April 2026 (Premier Only)
Wednesday 8th April - Sunday 12th April 2026: Round 6
Wednesday 15th April - Sunday 19th April 2026: Round 7

Playoffs Dates (Main)

Wednesday 8th April - Sunday 12th April 2026: Playoffs Round 1 / Page Playoffs
Wednesday 15th April - Sunday 19th April 2026: Playoffs Round 2 / Semi-Finals
Wednesday 22nd April - Sunday 26th April 2026 Playoffs Round 3 / Grand & Bronze Finals

Playoffs Dates (Premier)

Wednesday 22nd April - Sunday 26th April 2026: Playoffs Round 1 / Page Playoffs
Wednesday 29th April - Sunday 3rd May 2026: Playoffs Round 2 / Semi-Finals
Wednesday 6th May - Sunday 10th May 2026: Playoffs Round 3 / Grand & Bronze Finals

Transfer Windows

Wednesday 4th March - Tuesday 10th March 2026: Transfer Window 1
Wednesday 11th March - Tuesday 17th March 2026: Transfer Window 2
Wednesday 18th March - Monday 23rd March 2026: Transfer Window 3
Tuesday the 24th of March 2025 - Roster Lock for Main
Wednesday 25th March - Tuesday 31st March 2026 Transfer Window 4
Wednesday 1st April - Monday 6th April 2026: Transfer Window 5
Tuesday the 7th of April 2026: Roster Lock for Premier

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.

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The number of restricted players allowed on one roster this season is 4.

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Player Restrictions

MAIN

awesome sauce

><>Maxy Restricted off Soldier.
Onion Restricted off Scout.
snake eater Restricted off Scout, Soldier & Demoman.
modernhoomer/FleepFloopBippleBop Restricted off Scout.

9 Reasons Not To Play TF2

Yuzu Restricted off Scout.

Ling Bong Shing

Zando Restricted off Soldier.
juna Restricted off Scout.
aldeixisto Restricted off Sniper.

Highhander

PD0RA Restricted off Pyro.

Rat Gaming Reborn

bobb0 Restricted off Soldier and Demoman.

Ocean Blues

oblivious Restricted off Soldier.

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Division Admins

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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

• Sylvie

PREMIER DIVISION ADMINISTRATOR

• Pulse
• Sylvie

MAIN DIVISION ADMINISTRATORS

• woozy
• indy and her jones

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT

• Sperkle

To see our complete list including Discord handles, see our Staff page here.

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