(Graphic by dezi)

The first Highlander Season of the 2025 year is now complete! Congratulations to the winners of each division Leap of Faith Deluxe, SYDNEY'S REALEST and lana del rey fan club! This season we'll be taking a leaf out of the Sixes book and doing some additional player awards in the form of Seasonal Trivia. With assistance from treemonkey we'll be using the information gathered on more.tf to add a list of additional awards for each class of all the divisions.

Below are the Final Rankings and Awards for the Autumn '25 season of Highlander. At the bottom of each Division's Awards is a link to an additional thread with additional information on classes and players (Trivia)! The Division based Trivia will only pertain to the regular season's results, playoffs and beyond has been excluded to ensure everyone has as similar amount of matches played as possible.

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Congratulations Premier winners Leap of Faith Deluxe!

Placements

- Leap of Faith Deluxe
- crunch cats
- oh crab !
- BRIANLANDER

Grand Final Map Scores

Match · VOD

• Ashville: 3 - 0
• Vigil: 2 - 0

Bronze Final Map Scores

Match

• Swiftwater: 1 - 2
• Product: 3 - 2

Awards

Best Scout: maz (10), HUNGRY.4.EGGS (9), strawbunny (6)
Best Soldier: mashiro (11), jd (9), takeyon (8)
Best Pyro: brodie escobar (15), styxs (11), matt (4)
Best Demoman: robor (11), doge.exe has stopped working (9), turris (6)
Best Heavy: typo.(11), JP + Trash (9), wils (4)
Best Engineer: silvo (9), mikcow (8), eden (7)
Best Medic: remorse (14), lau (10), song (5)
Best Sniper: Flow (10), skyhigh (8), spunchbob3 (6)
Best Spy: Andyroo (13), Speedy (11), henwe (5)

Most Improved Player: Glitchy (12), trash (7), wils (6)
Most Valuable Player: doge.exe has stopped working + skyhigh + robor (5), jd + maz + typo + lau (3), silvo + sarkreez + remorse (2)
Most Improved Team: crunch cats (12), Mates Rates (10), Leap of Faith Deluxe + BRIANLANDER (6)
Friendliest Team: BRIANLANDER (11), Mates Rates (9), crunch cats (8)
Best Dressed Team: BRAINLANDER (13), Mates Rates (8), crunch cats (6)

Best Caster: tal (10), turris + Sperkle (9), Freaky + Dave (3)

Premier Season Trivia

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Congratulations Intermediate winners SYDNEY'S REALEST!

Placements

- SYDNEY'S REALEST
- Metaphorical Idioms
- Rich and Grainous
- spentagon fever

Grand Final Map Scores

Match · VOD

• Steel: 0 - 2
• Vigil: 2 - 0
• Proot: 3 - 2

Bronze Final Map Scores

Match

• Ashville: 3 - 0
• Vigil: 2 - 0

Awards

Best Scout: seiran (9), rain (8), Evelynn+ monolith (7)
Best Soldier: Matty (11), indy and her jones (10), zando (9)
Best Pyro: ziah (11), Cryo + Bree (7), yons + goblxn (4)
Best Demoman: silent* (11), Rainy (9), mort (8)
Best Heavy: reeee.vol 2 (10), TUX (8), lillybit_0 (7)
Best Engineer: sulu + Content (8), Mirage + Verydarklord (7), brownie (6)
Best Medic: olivergeeoz (9), bobo + scarlllyyy + arbabf (7), april (6)
Best Sniper: Noemie (11), Dezi (9), Zort + Spoyo (6)
Best Spy: Classy Doctor (14), Wergy + Karly (7), chiddy (6)

Most Improved Player: Matty (16), Mort (10), Classy Doctor (5)
Most Valuable Player: Rainy (6), silent* (5), akari + Matty (4)
Most Improved Team: Paws of Steel (12), Rich and Grainous (8), MAINAZUMA (7)
Friendliest Team: Paws of Steel (10), Stimulated Elderly Reaction + Rich and Grainous (7), MAINAZUMA9 (6)
Best Dressed Team: Paws of Steel + Metaphorical Idioms (8), MAINAZUMA9 + Rich and Grainous (7), SYDNEY'S REALEST (5)

Best Caster: Freaky (17), Rainy (7), turris (6)

Intermediate Season Trivia

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Congratulations Open winners lana del rey fan club!

Placements

- lana del rey fan club
- Fat Fortress
- Rent's Due
- Nik-6 (Plus 3)

Grand Final Map Scores

Match · VOD

• Eruption: 0 -2
• Product: 3 - 0
• Vigil: 2 - 1

Bronze Final Map Scores

Match · VOD

• Steel: 2 - 0
• Ashville: 3 - 0

Awards

Best Scout: FIN (14), Sirgy (13), astral (7)
Best Soldier: archie (13), Gregory + Kou (12), Peepo (6)
Best Pyro: froglvvr (15), Cantrip (13), june (she/her) + mercicrux + ness™ (5)
Best Demoman: juliangonzales2009@yahoocom (16), ALittleSilly (7), SwaySway (6)
Best Heavy: Pablo 62 (13), Diavolo Diablo (12), Frosted (8)
Best Engineer: Sev (12), Raina (11), Allison (9)
Best Medic: bobb0 (13), 0nkee (10), good small horse (9)
Best Sniper: rice + Yeeting Baby, + Dight a blight (8), ÅɞîD + midside (7), Haste (4)
Best Spy: Captain Sigma (13), james16 (12), gamer juice + sully (6)

Most Improved Player: juliangonzales2009@yahoocom (12), randomcat (11), Frosted (8)
Most Valuable Player: SwaySway (7), astral (6), Sirgy (5)
Most Improved Team: funny people (10), Fatpoggers Highlander (7), FELLOWSHIP OF THE SANDVICH (6)
Friendliest Team: funny people (13), Nik-6 (Plus 3) + rat gaming (8), Fatpoggers Highlander + lana del rey fan club (5)
Best Dressed Team: lana del rey fan club (14), funny people (10), rat gaming (7)

Best Caster: Freaky (14), Sperkle (11), tal (7)

Open Season Trivia

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Highlander Autumn '25 Open Season Trivia

Note: This trivia is from weeks 1 - 7 of the regular season and excludes playoff data.

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Open Division Statistics

Scout

Highest Average Kills Per Minute: FIN (1.29)
Highest Average Assists Per Minute: FIN (0.66)
Highest Average Deaths Per Minute: Dede (1.13)
Highest Average Damage Per Minute: astral (388.5)
Highest Average Damage Taken Per Minute: Eagle (285.6)
Highest Average Bleed Damage Per Minute: Sirgy (55.3)

Soldier

Highest Average Kills Per Minute: pewdekz (1.08)
Highest Average Assists Per Minute: Kou (0.38)
Highest Average Deaths Per Minute: Sour Duh (0.96)
Highest Average Damage Per Minute: pewdekz (408.9)
Highest Average Damage Taken Per Minute: pewdekz (320.6)
Most Airshots: phee (4)

Pyro

Highest Average Kills Per Minute: Cantrip (0.81)
Highest Average Assists Per Minute: juna (0.63)
Highest Average Deaths Per Minute: ness™ (1)
Highest Average Damage Per Minute: juna (249.1)
Highest Average Damage Taken Per Minute: Maeveanic (316.7)
Highest Average of Spys Killed Per Minute Cantrip (0.32)

Demoman

Highest Average Kills Per Minute: proton (0.98)
Highest Average Assists Per Minute: SwaySway (0.45)
Highest Average Deaths Per Minute: robret (0.80)
Highest Average Damage Per Minute: SwaySway (499.9)
Highest Average Damage Taken Per Minute: SwaySway (404.2)
Most Airshots: Dupiter (5)

Heavy

Highest Average Kills Per Minute: capulo (1.14)
Highest Average Assists Per Minute: kenji. (0.52)
Highest Average Deaths Per Minute: Zoe (0.97)
Highest Average Damage Per Minute: Diavolo Diablo (343.5)
Highest Average Damage Taken Per Minute: Zoe (577.2)
Highest Average of Heals Received Per Minute: Zoe (271.1)

Engineer

Highest Average Kills Per Minute: ashoo & Raina (0.7)
Highest Average Assists Per Minute: ashoo (0.57)
Highest Average Deaths Per Minute: Bjam (0.71)
Highest Average Damage Per Minute: Raina (249.0)
Highest Average Damage Taken Per Minute: Bjam (226.0)
Highest Average Sentry Damage Per Minute: Luciferin (92.3)

Medic

Highest Average Kills Per Minute: good small horse (0.18)
Highest Average Assists Per Minute: bobb0 (0.86)
Highest Average Deaths Per Minute: 0nkee (0.53)
Highest Average Damage Per Minute: good small horse (62.8)
Highest Average Damage Taken Per Minute: good small horse (216.3)
Highest Average Heals Per Minute: Hindenpeter (1225)

Sniper

Highest Average Kills Per Minute: ÅɞîD (1.28)
Highest Average Assists Per Minute: Aristotel (0.25)
Highest Average Deaths Per Minute: Midside (0.87)
Highest Average Damage Per Minute: Dight a blight (401.9)
Highest Average Damage Taken Per Minute: Jameshasconnected (259.2)
Highest Headshot Average Per Minute: ÅɞîD (1.4)

Spy

Highest Average Kills Per Minute: james16 (1.09)
Highest Average Assists Per Minute: FMOSZ (0.09)
Highest Average Deaths Per Minute: TTV TheFizzOCE (1.08)
Highest Average Damage Per Minute: james16 (442.8)
Highest Average Damage Taken Per Minute: james16 (207.5)
Highest Average Backstabs Per Minute james16 (0.9)

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Highlander Autumn '25 Intermediate Season Trivia

Note: This trivia is from weeks 1 - 7 of the regular season and excludes playoff data.

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Intermediate Division Statistics

Scout

Highest Average Kills Per Minute: baks (0.99)
Highest Average Assists Per Minute: monolith (0.60)
Highest Average Deaths Per Minute: sterzun (0.79)
Highest Average Damage Per Minute: monolith (297.6)
Highest Average Damage Taken Per Minute: klebs (243.0)
Highest Average Bleed Damage Per Minute: Evelynn (32.0)

Soldier

Highest Average Kills Per Minute: Zando (0.96)
Highest Average Assists Per Minute: Matty (0.40)
Highest Average Deaths Per Minute: art 1992 (0.98)
Highest Average Damage Per Minute: Matty (396.3)
Highest Average Damage Taken Per Minute: broccoli (279.9)
Most Airshots: Zando (8)

Pyro

Highest Average Kills Per Minute: ziah (0.93)
Highest Average Assists Per Minute: ziah (0.68)
Highest Average Deaths Per Minute: Exquizit (0.90)
Highest Average Damage Per Minute: ziah (318.9)
Highest Average Damage Taken Per Minute: Exquizit (324.1)
Highest Average of Spys Killed Per Minute ¿Valeyard? (0.3)

Demoman

Highest Average Kills Per Minute: akim (1.19)
Highest Average Assists Per Minute: silent* (0.45)
Highest Average Deaths Per Minute: MonsterGunner0v0 (0.94)
Highest Average Damage Per Minute: akim (515.7)
Highest Average Damage Taken Per Minute: yflow (371.8)
Most Airshots: MonsterGunner0v0, mort & yflow (2)

Heavy

Highest Average Kills Per Minute: akari (0.95)
Highest Average Assists Per Minute: reeee.vol 2 (0.43)
Highest Average Deaths Per Minute: SpicyHipJesus (0.90)
Highest Average Damage Per Minute: reeee.vol 2 (327.2)
Highest Average Damage Taken Per Minute: lillybit_0 (483.3)
Highest Average of Heals Received Per Minute: reeee.vol 2 (227.8)

Engineer

Highest Average Kills Per Minute: brownie (0.95)
Highest Average Assists Per Minute: eden (0.67)
Highest Average Deaths Per Minute: brownie (0.75)
Highest Average Damage Per Minute: brownie (268.3)
Highest Average Damage Taken Per Minute: brownie (207.1)
Highest Average Sentry Damage Per Minute: Sulu (77.3)

Medic

Highest Average Kills Per Minute: Kai & Scarlllyyy. (0.06)
Highest Average Assists Per Minute: Tenous (0.92)
Highest Average Deaths Per Minute: peer (0.55)
Highest Average Damage Per Minute: Kai (25.7)
Highest Average Damage Taken Per Minute: Kai (196.4)
Highest Average Heals Per Minute: arbabf (1228)

Sniper

Highest Average Kills Per Minute: noemie (1.13)
Highest Average Assists Per Minute: fraggerung (0.25)
Highest Average Deaths Per Minute: dezi (0.88)
Highest Average Damage Per Minute: noemie (374.7)
Highest Average Damage Taken Per Minute: dezi (303.8)
Highest Headshot Average Per Minute: noemie & spoyo (1.1)

Spy

Highest Average Kills Per Minute: Classy Doctor (0.96)
Highest Average Assists Per Minute: Wergy (0.09)
Highest Average Deaths Per Minute: chiddy (1.05)
Highest Average Damage Per Minute: Classy Doctor (382.2)
Highest Average Damage Taken Per Minute: AJ (185.0)
Highest Average Backstabs Per Minute Classy Doctor (0.9)

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Highlander Autumn '25 Premier Season Trivia

Note: This trivia is from weeks 1 - 5 of the regular season and excludes playoff data.

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Premier Division Statistics

Scout

Highest Average Kills Per Minute: maz (1.25)
Highest Average Assists Per Minute: maz (0.65)
Highest Average Deaths Per Minute: DANTE (1.01)
Highest Average Damage Per Minute: maz (386.8)
Highest Average Damage Taken Per Minute: maz (299.4)
Highest Average Bleed Damage Per Minute: Miffy (33.9)

Soldier

Highest Average Kills Per Minute: takeyon (1.04)
Highest Average Assists Per Minute: mashiro (0.37)
Highest Average Deaths Per Minute: robor (1,20)
Highest Average Damage Per Minute: mashiro (405.8)
Highest Average Damage Taken Per Minute: robor (319.2)
Most Airshots: jd & mashiro (4)

Pyro

Highest Average Kills Per Minute: HUNGRY.4.EGGS (0.88)
Highest Average Assists Per Minute: HUNGRY.4.EGGS (0.56)
Highest Average Deaths Per Minute: HUNGRY.4.EGGS (0.99)
Highest Average Damage Per Minute: HUNGRY.4.EGGS (325.8)
Highest Average Damage Taken Per Minute: HUNGRY.4.EGGS (490.4)
Highest Average of Spys Killed Per Minute HUNGRY.4.EGGS (0.27)

Demoman

Highest Average Kills Per Minute: robor (1.14)
Highest Average Assists Per Minute: omni (0.47)
Highest Average Deaths Per Minute: Glitchy (0.87)
Highest Average Damage Per Minute: Doctrine (491.6)
Highest Average Damage Taken Per Minute: Glitchy (422.1)
Most Airshots: turris (6)

Heavy

Highest Average Kills Per Minute: Trash (1.04)
Highest Average Assists Per Minute: typo. (0.57)
Highest Average Deaths Per Minute: mean bug (0.84)
Highest Average Damage Per Minute: typo. (308.1)
Highest Average Damage Taken Per Minute:mean bug (507.0)
Highest Average of Heals Received Per Minute: typo. (199.5)

Engineer

Highest Average Kills Per Minute: silvo (0.76)
Highest Average Assists Per Minute: silvo (0.66)
Highest Average Deaths Per Minute: Train Smash (0.82)
Highest Average Damage Per Minute: silvo (259.6)
Highest Average Damage Taken Per Minute: silvo (250.1)
Highest Average Sentry Damage Per Minute: Mikcow (85.1)

Medic

Highest Average Kills Per Minute: remorse (0.09)
Highest Average Assists Per Minute: lau (0.85)
Highest Average Deaths Per Minute: Pulse (0.55)
Highest Average Damage Per Minute: gogen (18.9)
Highest Average Damage Taken Per Minute: lau (205.5)
Highest Average Heals Per Minute: remorse (1311)

Sniper

Highest Average Kills Per Minute: Flow (1.26)
Highest Average Assists Per Minute: Flow (0.23)
Highest Average Deaths Per Minute: sphilliz (1.10)
Highest Average Damage Per Minute: spunchbob3 (414.2)
Highest Average Damage Taken Per Minute: skyhigh (312.0)
Highest Headshot Average Per Minute: Flow (1.3)

Spy

Highest Average Kills Per Minute: Elmo. (0.97)
Highest Average Assists Per Minute: Elmo. (0.12)
Highest Average Deaths Per Minute: WinterPizza850 (1.18)
Highest Average Damage Per Minute: ❤henwe❤ (346.2)
Highest Average Damage Taken Per Minute: Cowche (211.9)
Highest Average Backstabs Per Minute ❤henwe❤ (0.7)

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Highlander Autumn '25 Award Voting is now open!

With the majority of finals now complete it's time to open the flood gates and begin voting for the concluded Autumn '25 Highlander season. Voting will be open from now up until Thursday the 1st of May at 11:59pm AEST with teams expected to submit all votes by this deadline. However, if you participated in the Intermediate and Open Divisions which finals have not been completed you're more than welcome to wait before submitting your team's votes until they have been played out. Support is available for both first time vote submitters as well as individuals who may not be familiar with the process. However, the general rundown of the procedure is below and is also expanded upon within the individual voting threads.

• Team captains vote on behalf of their team 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 and are to be sent to the allocated administrator(s) listed in the individual threads linked below.

Highlander Voting

• Premier Voting
• Intermediate Voting
• Open Voting

Post Season Feedback

There is no better time than now to submit any feedback you have for our Autumn '25 Highlander competition. We'll be meeting over the next few weeks to review any issues that arose during the season so if you have anything you'd like us to look into or discuss please leave us a message in the General Feedback Form which is linked below. Further polling will be done prior to the beginning of our decennium season of Highlander within the ozfortress discord.

The feedback we receive from these forms help us make the leagues not only more enjoyable for you, but for the community as a whole that may share your opinions. Your feedback is important! If you have any issues please share them with us, great or small. Otherwise, the changes you want to see may never be implemented and competitions will stay the same for better or worse!

Highlander General Feedback Form

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How to Vote

We've reformatted our voting threads to better enable captains in correctly formatting and submitting their votes to us. 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 imputed votes may not be counted!

Your team name:
Your team division: Open

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
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: Ramsp, Dede, FIN, LuigisBigMac, Sirgy, gluglug, Eagle, astral

Best Soldier: Sly Samuel, phee, Kou, Peepo, Gregory, Sour Duh, Pewdekz, archie

Best Pyro: June (she/her), aibee, froglvvr, Mercicrux, StarGazer, Cantrip, Ness, Maeveanic

Best Demoman: juliangonzales2009@yahoocom, ara, ALittleSilly, Dupiter, SwaySway, Doc, Don, proton

Best Heavy: Pablo 62, c r a k i d, x32, Mr. Venom, Frosted, Johnston Fiddlestick, Zoe, Diavolo Diablo

Best Engineer: Azure, punda, Sev, ItKickedMeOutOfMyLast[JOLLY], Allison, Raina, Bjam, kafka1920

Best Medic: 0nkee, juna, Hindenpeter, MR_MEOWY, Plumsy, bambina, good small horce, bobb0

Best Sniper: Dight a blight, rice, Aristotel, ÅɞîD, Yeeting Baby, hugh cumber, midside, Haste

Best Spy: theatreTECHIE, TTV TheFizzOCE, gamer juice, Char Aznable, Captain Sigma, sully, Harrison, james16

Most Improved Player: juliangonzales2009@yahoocom, ara, randomcat, Dupiter, Frosted, bambina, Harrison,
proton

Most Improved Team: Fat Fortress, lana del rey fan club, Rent's Due, Nik-6 (Plus 3), rat gaming, funny people,
Fatpoggers Highlander, FELLOWSHIP OF THE SANDVICH

Friendliest Team: Fat Fortress, lana del rey fan club, Rent's Due, Nik-6 (Plus 3), rat gaming, funny people,
Fatpoggers Highlander, FELLOWSHIP OF THE SANDVICH

Most Valuable Player: Ramsp, Dede, FIN, LuigisBigMac, Sirgy, gluglug, Eagle, astral, Sly Samuel, phee, Kou, Peepo,
Gregory, Sour Duh, Pewdekz, archie, June (she/her), aibee, froglvvr, Mercicrux, StarGazer, Cantrip, Ness, Maeveanic,
juliangonzales2009@yahoocom, ara, ALittleSilly, Dupiter, SwaySway, Doc, Don, proton, Pablo 62, c r a k i d, x32,
Mr. Venom, Frosted, Johnston Fiddlestick, Zoe, Diavolo Diablo, Azure, punda, Sev, ItKickedMeOutOfMyLast[JOLLY],
Allison, Raina, Bjam, kafka1920, 0nkee, juna, Hindenpeter, MR_MEOWY, Plumsy, bambina, good small horce, bobb0,
Dight a blight, rice, Aristotel, ÅɞîD, Yeeting Baby, hugh cumber, midside, Haste, theatreTECHIE, TTV TheFizzOCE,
gamer juice, Char Aznable, Captain Sigma, sully, Harrison, james16

Best Dressed Team: Fat Fortress, lana del rey fan club, Rent's Due, Nik-6 (Plus 3), rat gaming, funny people,
Fatpoggers Highlander, FELLOWSHIP OF THE SANDVICH

Best Caster: turris, tal, Dave, Harry, Rainy, Freaky, Sperkle

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2. Submitting your votes

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

• pulse (@bigpulsey)
• woozy (@w.oozy)

Votes need to be submitted to one of the admins listed above by the Thursday the 1st of May 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.

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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 reformatted our voting threads to better enable captains in correctly formatting and submitting their votes to us. 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 imputed votes may not be counted!

Your team name:
Your team division: Intermediate

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
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: monolith, sterzun, Corn, seiran, Klebs, Evelynn, Rain

Best Soldier: Zando, sarc, shadi, shneersh, Matty, indy and her jones, Psyco

Best Pyro: Cryo, ziah, yons, ¿Valeyard?, Kha, Bree, goblxn

Best Demoman: mort, wolfy, akim, MonsterGunner0v0, Rainy, silent, thethingy

Best Heavy: Amatorii, stubby, akari, lillybit_0, SpicyHipJesus, reeee.vol 2, TUX

Best Engineer: Sulu, melvin, brownie, Content, Verydarklord, Mirage, art 1992

Best Medic: olivergeeoz, scarlllyyy, Tenous, april, Peer, arbabf, bobo

Best Sniper: J, spoyo, fraggerung, dezi, Zort, noemie, skai

Best Spy: AJ, Cha1r, Wergy, chiddy, Karly, Classy Doctor, hiccups

Most Improved Player: mort, sarc, fraggerung, ¿Valeyard?, Matty, Classy Doctor, goblxn

Most Improved Team: Metaphorical Idioms, SYDNEY'S REALEST, Rich and Grainous, spentagon fever,
MAINAZUMA9, Paws of Steel, Stimulate Elderly Reaction

Friendliest Team: Metaphorical Idioms, SYDNEY'S REALEST, Rich and Grainous, spentagon fever, MAINAZUMA9,
Paws of Steel, Stimulate Elderly Reaction

Most Valuable Player: monolith, sterzun, Corn, seiran, Klebs, Evelynn, Rain, Zando, sarc, shadi, shneersh, Matty,
indy and her jones, Psyco, Cryo, ziah, yons, ¿Valeyard?, Kha, Bree, goblxn, mort, wolfy, akim, MonsterGunner0v0, Rainy,
silent, thethingy, Amatorii, stubby, akari, lillybit_0, SpicyHipJesus, reeee.vol 2, TUX, Sulu, melvin, brownie, Content,
Verydarklord, Mirage, art 1992, olivergeeoz, scarlllyyy, Tenous, april, Peer, arbabf, bobo, J, spoyo, fraggerung, dezi, Zort,
noemie, skai, AJ, Cha1r, Wergy, chiddy, Karly, Classy Doctor, hiccups

Best Dressed Team: Metaphorical Idioms, SYDNEY'S REALEST, Rich and Grainous, spentagon fever, MAINAZUMA9,
Paws of Steel, Stimulate Elderly Reaction

Best Caster: turris, tal, Dave, Harry, Rainy, Freaky, Sperkle

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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;

• redja (@redja)

Votes need to be submitted to one of the admins listed above by the Thursday the 1st of May 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.

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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 reformatted our voting threads to better enable captains in correctly formatting and submitting their votes to us. 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 imputed 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
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, maz, Susu, strawbunny, Miffy, dante

Best Soldier: takeyon, mashiro, sarkreez, jdn, jd, Sephyr

Best Pyro: matt, brodie escobar, Styxs, bluemmy, peep, vanabanana

Best Demoman: robor, turris, doge.exe has stopped working, Glitchy, doctrine, durp

Best Heavy: wils, typo., JP, mean bug, trash, vonixyy

Best Engineer: silvo, redja, Square Bread, Train Smash, Mikcow, eden

Best Medic: lau, remorse, song, Pulse, gogen, Emily The Goldfish

Best Sniper: daz, Flow, Time, Titan, skyhigh, sphilliz

Best Spy: cowche, Andyroo, Speedy, Winterpizza850, henwe, lillia

Most Improved Player: wils, mashiro, Susu, Glitchy, trash, DANTE

Most Improved Team: Leap of Faith Deluxe, crunch cats, oh crab !, BRIANLANDER, Mates Rates,
Where no ability meets no effort

Friendliest Team: Leap of Faith Deluxe, crunch cats, oh crab !, BRIANLANDER, Mates Rates,
Where no ability meets no effort

Most Valuable Player: HUNGRY.4.EGGS, maz, Susu, strawbunny, Miffy, dante, takeyon, mashiro, sarkreez, jdn,
jd, Sephyr, matt, brodie escobar, Styxs, bluemmy, peep, vanabanana, robor, turris, doge.exe has stopped working,
Glitchy, doctrine, durp, wils, typo., JP, mean bug, trash, vonixyy, silvo, redja, Square Bread, Train Smash, Mikcow, eden,
lau, remorse, song, Pulse, gogen, Emily The Goldfish, daz, Flow, Time, Titan, skyhigh, sphilliz, cowche, Andyroo, Speedy,
Winterpizza850, henwe, lillia

Best Dressed Team: Leap of Faith Deluxe, crunch cats, oh crab !, BRIANLANDER, Mates Rates,
Where no ability meets no effort

Best Caster: turris, tal, Dave, Harry, Rainy, Freaky, Sperkle

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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;

• Sperkle (@sperkle)

Votes need to be submitted to one of the admins listed above by the Thursday the 1st of May 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.

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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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Long time no chat! We hope everyone's Autumn '25 seasons are progressing nicely. With Autumn '25 now being half way through we'd just like to take the time to remind you all about General Feedback Forms and their importance. On top of these forms, we'd also like to make another call to arms for community members to apply for a position within one of our ozfortress staff teams.

ozfortress General Feedback Forms

General Feedback Forms are our way of collecting feedback from our seasonal competitions instead of waiting until the end of the season when the feedback may have been forgotten. Ideally, these forms will also help us shape future map pool, whitelist alteration and rule change polls via our discord server for a more streamlined way of voting for changes.

These General Feedback Forms are for bringing up anything you're unhappy with; whether it pertains to Sixes, Highlander or the league as a whole, if you have complaints we want to hear them. Simply moaning about something out of our site won't create the change you want to see. However, bringing whatever issue you have to our attention will at the bare minimum force us (league staff) to look at what your issue(s) is.

You can find the links to both the Sixes and Highlander General Feedback Forms below so please don't shy away from telling us what you think.

• Highlander General Feedback Form
• Sixes General Feedback Form

Staff Wanted:

At the tail end of the Autumn '25 season, we'll be looking to bring on some new staff to fill in roles across all groups of the ozfortress staff team. League Admins, Advisors, Developers, the works - we want you! All we ask is that you're considerate, and motivated to put in the work to help ozfortress thrive in future seasons.

The applications matters people. We don't just go off of what we know about you, or a vibe, so please put some effort into your application, it is very telling how committed someone will be by just glancing at their application.

League Administrators

League Administrators (or Admins) are responsible for the running of seasonal leagues as well as many of the off-season events within ozfortress. Seeding teams and applying player restrictions, generating rounds on the ozfortress website and in the captain's discord, handing out league penalties and leasing between players when issues arise are core responsibilities of Admins.

While it may sound like a lot of work the responsibilities are even distributed amongst admins with additional leeway being given to first-season admins who have the title of 'Trial Admin' before progressing to a 'League Admin' once they pass probation.

Advisors

Advisors are broken up into different categories depending on their overall knowledge and assist the Admin teams in seeding teams and restricting players before the start of each season, as well as providing thoughts on future transfers and assisting in making other decisions made during the season. We have three advisor teams for; Sixes, Highlander and out-of-region players.

Behaviour Panel

The Behaviour Panel is a mostly anonymous panel of individuals who review community behaviour reports to determine if our behavioural rules have been breached. The Behaviour Panel is always accepting applications!

Anti-Cheat Team

The Anti-Cheat Team is responsible for upholding competitive integrity through reviewing community Anti-Cheat reports. The team is always looking for anyone with significant game experience, knowledge of third-party cheating clients, game modification exploits, cheat development, etc. Similar to the Behavior Panel, this team is anonymous.

Development Team

The Development Team is currently on the hunt for Ruby on Rails and Python developers but those of any other development backgrounds are welcome to apply. The team primarily works on streamlining ozfortress operations like the Captain's Discord as well as making improvements to the website.

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If any of these positions have piqued your interest, apply via the links below. Please don't shy away we're always looking for new staff!

• Apply for League Administrator, Advisor or Developer teams here
• Apply for the Behavior Panel here
• Apply for the Anti-Cheat Team here

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Final Seedings, Player Restrictions & Match Generation

We haven't made any changes to the initial Seedings listed in our first Seedings Post on Sunday. However, we have made some minor changes to our Player Restrictions. We believe that the divisional spilt we crafted in the previous post as well as our approach for Player Restrictions is fair and within reason. Below you can view our modifications that have been made to player restrictions:

FIN Scout Restriction lifted.
Wergy Scout Restriction lifted.

We intend to generate Round 1 of Autumn '25 Highlander tonight so please ensure that if you're a Captain of any participating teams that you have joined our ozfortress Team Captain's Discord.

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Map Pool Modification

We have reverted the Map Pool to it's first iteration, returning Product and Swiftwater to Round 5, with Eruption and Proot returning to Round 6. This makes it so that Premier will play all the maps in their 5-week Regular Season where as prior to this change they would of missed out on playing Swiftwater. You can find the full Map Pool schedule here.

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LDU Qualifiers, Season Break & Playoffs Dates

After Round 1 of Highlander and Round 2 of Sixes there will be on a one week hiatus to ensure teams and players have ample time to prepare for the Lan Down Under Qualifiers set to occur from the 21st - 23rd of February! If you need are confused at all you can still find the full season's set of dates including the break for LDU Qualifiers on the respective Highlander '25 and Sixes '25 Key Dates.

Please also keep in mind that this season's Grand & Bronze Final dates fall on the Easter long weekend. So please plan accordingly.