Where not otherwise mentioned, noob pugs’ ruleset and ozfortress’ Global Ruleset apply.

Team Composition

Teams must contain exactly 4 players. If a player is unable to make a match time, a mercenary will be used.

• All players must be members of noob pugs with the pugger role
• Every team must contain at least one NEW player
• Every team may contain at most two players with a noob pugs class restriction on any class

Coaches are not allowed to play.

noob pugs class restrictions do not apply. However, Admins retain the right to impose additional class restrictions, and to modify or remove your roster.

Referees

Some Admins and Moderators voulenteer to be Referees. Referees are responsible for approving mercenaries, booking servers, executing commands, and overseeing fair play.

Matches cannot be played without a Referee present.

Each team will be assigned one Referee, who will stay with them for the entire season. Where possible, they will oversee your matches and be your primary point of contact.

Mercenaries

If a player on your roster is unavailable, it is your responsibility to find and request a mercenary.

• A pool of existing mercenaries exists within the noob pugs events server in #merc-sign-up, which you may find helpful for finding mercs.
• You are welcome to find your own mercenaries outside of this pool.
• All players are automatically enter the mercenary pool

You may use a maximum of 2 mercenaries at any time.

When requesting a mercenary, send a message in the match’s thread. Include their name, ozfortress profile, and be sure to ping @Referee.

Mercenaries must be approved by at least two Referees. The opposing team has no say in mercenaries.

Format

Each round lasts 4 days.

Match times are organised between teams using match threads in the noob pugs events Discord server. A referee must be available to oversee every match time. If necessary, the default match time is 8pm AEST on the final day of the round.

Group Stage (5 Rounds)

2 maps will be played per match, following a pre-existing schedule.

• Each map is a Best of 3 rounds
• Each round is a First to 5 points, or will end after 10 minutes if neither team reaches 5 points

In the group stage, there will be no elimination. Depending on team counts, the group stage will use either a Round Robin or Swiss system.

Playoffs (3 Rounds)

• Page Playoffs: Best of 3 maps, maps chosen by picks and bans
• Semi-Finals: Best of 3 maps, maps chosen by picks and bans
• Grand Finals: Best of 5 maps, maps chosen by picks and bans

Maps and Configs

Rounds

A round will end once one team scores 5 points or once 10 minutes have been elapsed.
Each map is a Best of 3 of rounds.

Class Limits

Class limits are the following:

• 3 Soldiers
• 1 Demoman
• 1 Medic
• 0 of every other class

Your team can be composed of any combination of these classes.

Maps

The map pool is the following:

• pass_arena2_b15
• pass_boutique_rc5
• pass_coastal_rc8
• pass_ruin_rc2
• pass_stonework_rc6
• pass_torii_a11

Config

We use the rgl_pt_push config. Your Referee is responsible for setting this up.

Whitelist

We use the rgl_passtime whitelist, which you can view on whitelist.tf.

Only the weapons listed below are allowed. Stickies are not allowed on Demoman and the Syringe Gun is not allowed on Medic. The only allowed secondary weapon for Demoman is the Splendid Screen, and the only allowed primary for Medic is the Crusader’s Crossbow, however whitelists are unable to ban stock weapons.

Soldier
* Primary: Rocket Launcher, Original, Black Box
* Secondary: Gunboats, Mantreads
* Melee: Equalizer, Escape Plan, Market Gardener, Pain Train, Shovel, default (+variants)
Demoman
* Primary: Grenade Launcher, Iron Bomber, Ali Baba’s Wee Booties, Bootlegger
* Secondary: Splendid Screen
* Claidheamh Mor, Scotsman’s Skullcutter, Ullapool Caber, Pain Train, default melee
Medic
* Primary: Crusader’s Crossbow
* Secondary: Medigun
* Melee: Amputator, Solem Vow, Vita-Saw, Übersaw, default melee

Scheduling

Matches must be played within the designated 4 day window. Teams are responsible for organising a time in which both teams can play, and at least one referee will supervise. Extensions are not possible. Being unable to field 4 players will result in a forfeit.

All communication with the other team must take place in the provided match thread channel in the noob pugs events Discord server.

Forfeits are issued on a per-round basis. There is no disqualification from the entire tournament for repeated truancy; a team will simply receive a loss for that specific round. If both teams are able only able to play at non-overlapping reasonable times, a mutual forfeit should be awarded. However, Referees can force one team to forfeit for making insufficient effort to organise a match at their discretion.

Team Name: 9 Reasons Not To Play TF2
Division (Premier/Intermediate/Open): Open
Best Scout: lillybit_0
Best Soldier: Eat Ham
Best Pyro: whitefang2360
Best Demoman: FleepFloopBippleBop
Best Heavy: azzy
Best Engineer: AuroraEchoes
Best Medic: Peteydog
Best Sniper: Rill
Best Spy: newspice
Most Improved Player: azzy

Team Name: 9 Reasons Not To Play TF2
Division (Premier/Main): Main
Best Scout: Eat_Ham
Best Soldier: frosted
Best Pyro: whitefang2360
Best Demoman: newspice
Best Heavy: yuzu
Best Engineer: AuroraEchoes
Best Medic: Peteydog
Best Sniper: Rill
Best Spy: Hobby_Sr
Most Improved Player: newspice

Overview

Teams of three will compete in a series of minigames listed below:

• BBall
• Dodgeball
• Ultitrio
• Jump Map Race
• MGE

Winning one of these minigames wins your team a gold medal, the team with the most gold medals at the end wins!

Format

No Elimination: Even if you lose a round, you aren't out. You play every single game type once.

• Every match victory will award 1 Gold Medal
  • Goal: The team with the most Gold Medals after 5 rounds wins.
  • Tie-Breakers: If there’s a tie for 1st place at the end, we enter a sudden death bracket (Stage 2) to crown the winner.
• Events: You will play these 5 minigames in this
  • BBall: Best of 5 (Must rotate players each
  • Dodgeball: Best of 3 (Full 3v3).
  • Ultitrio: Best of 3 (Full 3v3).
  • jump_beef: 3v3 Race (First team to have 2 players finish wins).
  • 2v2 MGE: Best of 5 (Must rotate players each round).

Scheduling and Attendance

• Match Window: Matches must be played within the designated three day window (e.g., Monday to Wednesday).
• Scheduling: Teams are responsible for finding a mutual time to play within the window. This follows the standard Ozfortress scheduling convention.
• Referees: A moderator acting as a Referee must be present for every match. They are required to generate the server string and watch the game to ensure rules are upheld. The referee will be assigned to the match.
• Forfeits: Forfeits are issued on a per-round basis. There is no disqualification from the entire tournament for repeated truancy; a team will simply receive a loss for that specific round to ensure the Swiss system calculations remain intact.

Team Composition and Mercenaries

• Size: Teams of 3.
• New players: You must have at least 1 new player on your team.
• Balance: Admins generally won’t touch your roster unless you are clearly too strong.
• Restrictions: Your noob pugs restrictions DO apply for this tournament.
• Class Restrictions: Standard noob pugs class restrictions are in effect for all game modes.
• Mercenaries (Substitutes):
  • Mercenaries are allowed but must be approved by two moderators/referees prior to the match.
  • The opposing team does not have the right to veto a mercenary if they have been approved by the moderators.

Game Mode Specific Rules

2v2 MGE and BBall

• Mandatory Rotation: Teams cannot keep their strongest player in for every round. Rotation is mandatory.
• Rotation Pattern: In the B05 format, every combination of the 3-player team must play. (e.g., Round 1: Players A+B, Round 2: Players B+C, Round 3: Players A+C).

MGE

• MGE Settings:
  • Matches will be hosted on serveme or the Melbourne MGE server.
  • Players may choose their own classes as long as it's within their restrictions (can play MGE AC).

BBall

• BBall Matchups: If a team has a player with a Soldier class restriction, administrators will manually route the bracket to ensure they play against another team with a similar restriction.
• Gunboats Mandatory: Players may not use the shotgun. They must use the Gunboats.

Schedule

Round 1 (Fri, 12 Dec – Mon, 15 Dec): BBall (bball_ozone_ozf)
Round 2 (Tue, 16 Dec – Fri, 19 Dec): Dodgeball (tfdb_box_space_udl_a6)
Round 3 (Sat, 20 Dec – Tue, 23 Dec): Ultitrio (ultitrio_dockport_final6)

🎄 Christmas Break 🎄 (Wed, 24 Dec – Fri, 26 Dec)

Round 4 (Sat, 27 Dec – Tue, 30 Dec): Jump (jump_beef)

🎆 New Year Break 🎆 (Wed, 31 Dec – Thu, 1 Jan)

Round 5 (Fri, 2 Jan – Mon, 5 Jan): MGE (mge_triumph_beta7_rc1)
Tie-Breaker (Tue, 6 Jan – Fri, 9 Jan)

Team Name: 9 Reasons Not To Play TF2
Division (Premier/Main): Main
Best Scout: lillybit_0
Best Soldier: Whitefang2360
Best Pyro: frosted
Best Demoman: newspice
Best Heavy: Eat Ham
Best Engineer: AuroraEchoes
Best Medic: Peteydog
Best Sniper: rill
Best Spy: Hobby_Sr
Most Improved Player: newspice