Finding a Team
If you're new and not sure how to get started, don't fret! Check out the Recruitment category of the ozfortress Discord where you can express your interest in joining a team, or peruse potential players to form a team of your own (remember to get the recruiting roles in the "channels and roles" part of the discord, otherwise you will not be able to see these channels). Highlander teams are comprised of one of each class totalling nine players. If you're new to the competitive scene, click here for an introduction to ozfortress!
Once you've signed up your team or have joined one, your part is done. Don't worry if you didn't find or join a team in time, you can always be transferred onto a team in one of the Transfer Windows. See the Transfers information page for more info on Transfers, and the Transfers Window page for when these windows are.
Website Survey & Why
We won't bury the lead. We're looking to work heavily on bringing new features to the ozfortress website in the next year or two, along with a fresh new look for the website. We won't commit to having everything done this year, but we do plan to have something to show you.
We have a small list of goals, features and commitments we are aiming to bring to you regardless of the feedback you submit below. So what are we planning? Well:
- Improved mobile browser experience. This won't be limited to just ozfortress.com, but docs.ozfortress.com could see potential improvements and perhaps even integrations with our main website.
- Complete redesign of the website. There are a lot of problems that likely bug anyone from the year 2024, and that's ok - it's had its day, but it's time for a refresh.
- It won't just be us hosting competitions in the future. We haven't announced this publicly, so surprise? We want to enable those who organize and host great TF2 competitions within Oceania and Asia. We have no interest in competing with or replacing any existing services, but if you have ever tried to run a tournament in the past, you likely came across challenge after challenge. We already have a lot of users signed up to our website, so to us - it just makes sense.
We have ambitions to create new and engaging competitions, events and experiences in 2024 and beyond, but first, we need to lay the groundwork and figure out what to tackle. This survey will be invaluable for us, as your feedback will directly influence where we place our time and effort.
Complete the Survey
Help Wanted
A large focus for 2024 is our new player experience. Over this year, we intend to invest a lot of time and effort in overhauling anything and everything to do with players joining our wonderful community. As a result, we're looking for the following:
New Player Experience Team Members
This is an internal team focused on coordinating efforts towards improving the experience of new players as they attempt to get involved in competitive Team Fortress 2.
- Apply here.
Mentors
These are community members who want to help out new players. This could be in the capacity of offering demo reviews, team map reviews, or being involved in future events focused on new players.
- Apply here.
Art Team Members
We're looking to create high-quality resources as part of this overhaul, so if you have a knack for graphic design or video production experience/skills, we'd love to hear from you.
- Apply here.
In case you missed it
- The Fours Summer Cup ‘24 signups are currently open. Read more here.
2024 Highlander Staff
First of all, it's 2024! We hope you're excited about what we may have coming this year. Sadly with the new year, come some staff changes. Long-time Highlander Head Admin bird has chosen to step down from her role. bird has been with us for over three years, beginning as a league admin for RSL, and seeing our merge with Respawn League (RSL). We would like to wish bird the best for the future! Stepping up to fill bird's shoes is Sperkle, who everyone has come to know as one of the hardest-working volunteers ozfortress has seen in some time, and I have no doubt that he'll meet the challenge and excel.
So what does the Highlander staff team look like heading into our first season of 2024? Well, we are still talking to some of the applicants, but we are certainly looking for more, so don't hesitate to apply!
Highlander Head Admin
- Sperkle
Highlander League Admins
- Kai
- Oldcustard
- Rainy
We want you!
We are looking to expand the Highlander staff team. If you think you have what it takes, see our Join ozfortress page for more info on the role and how to apply.
We Need You!
Want to kick off 2024 with a bang? If you've ever wanted to contribute to our community then there is no time like the present. Below you can find all the positions available and a reminder of what they entail:
League Administrators
League Admins are responsible for the running of both the Sixes and Highlander seasonal leagues as well as off-season cups and events. From handling match disputes, to seasonal meetings, you will be integral in the successful continuation of ozfortress.
Apply for League Administrator here
League Advisors
Have you heard of the shadow government? Well we don't have that but this is probably the closest thing. Advisors assist League Admins in decision-making around seedings, mercenary requests, transfers and proposed changes for both Sixes and Highlander. We are also looking for out-of-region advisors that can assist our team in the decision making processes listed above for players outside of Australia / New Zealand.
Apply for League Advisor here
Anti-cheat
The Anti-cheat team is responsible for ensuring all players within ozfortress are playing fairly and without the assistance of a third-party client. Keen eyes and experienced players are wanted for accurate and fair judgements on all cases.
Apply for the Anti-cheat Team Here
Ruby on Rails & Sourcemod/Sourcepawn Developers
We're looking for developers for not only our site but also our servers. For the website, developers need to have a working knowledge of Ruby on Rails. As for Source Plugin Developer's, we'll be looking to possibly make modifications and additions to our servers to improve website-server integration.
Apply for Developer positions here
Media Team
The media team is slowly but surely coming to fruition. The goal is to use this team to create season trailers, announcements, frag movies - the possibilities are endless. We're mainly looking for editors, but will be looking to expand the teams' capabilities to produce and bring our ideas to reality!
Apply for the Media Team here
Art Team
Responsible for much of what you see artistically from us, the Art Team has been underutilized in the past, and we're looking to expand. With bigger events planned for 2024 and beyond, expanding our Art Team with talented artists and designers will be crucial.
Apply for the Art Team here
If any of the listed positions above interest you, feel free to submit one or multiple applications via the valid links above. Alternatively you can reach out to the relative league staff to inquire more about positions. You can find a full list of staff here.
Thanks for a great year everyone and here is to many more great experiences in 2024!
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: OpenBest 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 HereBest 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: bappo, a festive fish, maxy, Vincent Viniyur, Comedy Mode
Best Soldier: Gazza, annaandherbelles, relz, Kaoru, sup
Best Pyro: ziah, flechette, indyandherjones, SalmonOverlord, wampy
Best Demoman: Nah, hive, hekitty, Romlyn, nubs
Best Heavy: chill weed vibes only, mothhman, ash, Mr. Venom, yack v
Best Engineer: eden, Train Smash, Avo, Cymboll, mango
Best Medic: bobo, Miss Squidge, Miss Wizard, Saiiiiiiiissy, teeheekat
Best Sniper: tom., Zort, Kopz, Manglemonster, loathsome pilk drinker
Best Spy: Mups, Classy Doctor, hiccups, Nacht, Canny
Most Improved Player: Nah, Train Smash, indyandherjones, Kaoru, loathsome pilk drinker
Most Improved Team: goblin deez, worms on a string, shark attack, Norb Fortress 2 - Norbheads, grub lords
Friendliest Team: goblin deez, worms on a string, shark attack, Norb Fortress 2 - Norbheads, grub lords
Most Valuable Player: indyandherjones, nubs, loathsome pilk drinker, SalmonOverlord, wampy, teeheekat, tom., Zort, Nah, flechette, mango, sup, hekitty, Cymboll, Gazza, Comedy Mode, Mr. Venom, Kopz, Mups, hiccups, maxy, chill weed vibes only, hive, Saiiiiiiiissy, bappo, a festive fish, Canny, Nacht, Miss Squidge, ash, Manglemonster, loathsome pilk drinker, relz, yack v, Train Smash, Vincent Viniyur, ziah, annaandherbelles, bobo, mothhman, Avo, Romlyn, eden, Classy Doctor, Kaoru, Miss Wizard
Best Dressed Team: goblin deez, worms on a string, shark attack, Norb Fortress 2 - Norbheads, grub lords
Best Caster: Tal, freaky, Doctrine, Rainy, Turris, foodeater, Ghost, Golden Terrestrial, Sperkle, Strongman, Relz, theatreTECHIE, Capy, chocomilk
2. Submitting your votes
The votes must be sent through to your division administrator via Discord DMs:
- Premier: Sperkle (@sperkle)
- Intermediate: Rainy (@rainy26)
- Open: Oldcustard (@oldcustard)
Votes need to be submitted to one of the admins listed above by Saturday the 30th of December 2023 at 11:59pm AEDT. Failing to do this will prevent your votes from being counted.
FAQ
How is Voting calculated?
We will use instant runoff voting to calculate the results.
Will we not receive in-game medals if we fail to submit our votes?
We only penalize failure to submit nominations, 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.
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: IntermediateBest 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 HereBest 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: Lain, Jdn, eunsoo, bill, Time
Best Soldier: RRLucky, Wergy, Zepi, strawbunny, JV
Best Pyro: Styxs, said, shneersh, Bree, CH
Best Demoman: Multi, akari, silent*, max, Beats
Best Heavy: Olae, HASHFAN, Disturbed, Amatorii, Zinsh
Best Engineer: Trash, Gears, arbabf, peep, Square Bread
Best Medic: Hobo, scandalous!, Valeyard, miffy, Woozy
Best Sniper: Noemie, Aspect, Kitt, Tux, Reaps
Best Spy: finzz, Pancakelover, salad, chimes, Speedy
Most Improved Player: hobo, Wergy, Disturbed, Tux, Speedy
Most Improved Team: Team Wahoo!, Where no ability meets no effort, Silent Tennis, PEEPLINGS!, Significant Otters
Friendliest Team: Team Wahoo!, Where no ability meets no effort, Silent Tennis, PEEPLINGS!, Significant Otters
Most Valuable Player: arbabf, Lain, Trash, Wergy, Olae, scandalous!, Aspect, Zepi, miffy, Gears, salad, JV, HASHFAN, Styxs, finzz, RRLucky, Multi, Time, Amatorii, Pancakelover, Jdn, Disturbed, CH, chimes, Tux, max, Woozy, bill, Speedy, eunsoo, Kitt, Valeyard, Noemie, akari, Bree, Hobo, Reaps, said, silent*, strawbunny, hobo, Square Bread, peep, shneersh, Zinsh, Beats
Best Dressed Team: Team Wahoo!, Where no ability meets no effort, Silent Tennis, PEEPLINGS!, Significant Otters
Best Caster: Tal, freaky, Doctrine, Rainy, Turris, foodeater, Ghost, Golden Terrestrial, Sperkle, Strongman, Relz, theatreTECHIE, Capy, chocomilk
2. Submitting your votes
The votes must be sent through to your division administrator via Discord DMs:
- Premier: Sperkle (@sperkle)
- Intermediate: Rainy (@rainy26)
- Open: Oldcustard (@oldcustard)
Votes need to be submitted to one of the admins listed above by Saturday the 30th of December 2023 at 11:59pm AEDT. Failing to do this will prevent your votes from being counted.
FAQ
How is Voting calculated?
We will use instant runoff voting to calculate the results.
Will we not receive in-game medals if we fail to submit our votes?
We only penalize failure to submit nominations, 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.
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: PremierBest 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 HereBest 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: freaky, Krollic, turris
Best Soldier: Pride, Lizrd-Wizrd, moebloke
Best Pyro: Doctrine, Thyme, bird
Best Demoman: <user>, RAZE, BONKITUP456
Best Heavy: Exquizit, JP, Rainy
Best Engineer: strongman, Sexy Turtle, jupyter
Best Medic: wizward, Remorse, tee fwee
Best Sniper: Golden Terrestrial, calski, maz
Best Spy: Daggerman105, Andyroo, flow
Most Improved Player: Daggerman105, RAZE, moebloke
Most Improved Team: DANDENONG DINGERS ⚾🧢🔴, Musos Deluxe, rascals
Friendliest Team: DANDENONG DINGERS ⚾🧢🔴, Musos Deluxe, rascals
Most Valuable Player: freaky, Krollic, turris, Pride, Lizrd-Wizrd, moebloke, Doctrine, Thyme, bird, <user>, RAZE, BONKITUP456, Exquizit, JP, Rainy, strongman, Sexy Turtle, jupyter, wizward, Remorse, tee fwee, Golden Terrestrial, calski, maz, Daggerman105, Andyroo, flow
Best Dressed Team: DANDENONG DINGERS ⚾🧢🔴, Musos Deluxe, rascals
Best Caster: Tal, freaky, Doctrine, Rainy, Turris, foodeater, Ghost, Golden Terrestrial, Sperkle, Strongman, Relz, theatreTECHIE, Capy, chocomilk
2. Submitting your votes
The votes must be sent through to your division administrator via Discord DMs:
- Premier: Sperkle (@sperkle)
- Intermediate: Rainy (@rainy26)
- Open: Oldcustard (@oldcustard)
Votes need to be submitted to one of the admins listed above by Saturday the 30th of December 2023 at 11:59pm AEDT. Failing to do this will prevent your votes from being counted.
FAQ
How is Voting calculated?
We will use instant runoff voting to calculate the results.
Will we not receive in-game medals if we fail to submit our votes?
We only penalize failure to submit nominations, 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.
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: OpenBest Combo Scout: first-place vote, second-place vote, third-place vote
Best Flank Scout:
Best Pocket:
Best Roamer:
Best Demoman:
Best Medic:
Best Utility:
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 HereBest Scout: /dev/zero (3 points), wiggin (2 points), obla (1 point)
Best Scout: /dev/zero, wiggin, obla
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: Jasmine Tea, Witness Gaming, soirée
Friendliest Team: Jasmine Tea, Witness Gaming, soirée
Remember: Voting for your own teammates is not allowed.
Nominated Players
The following players and teams are nominated for awards:
Best Combo Scout: Eagle, Really(DelDavis), alsmacko, arbabf, crispin, hive
Best Flank Scout: Shigbeard, Uncle Vinnie, Zoe, amelia, manglemonster, seiran
Best Pocket: 45✔, Cymboll, Pewdekz, funGus, kritzmas, pastamania
Best Roamer: Gazza, Midside, fuck it we ball, glimbus, spacetime, strongman
Best Demoman: Amatorii, Midside, Relz, chonk, dezi, sceshay
Best Medic: Ness, a festive fish, ash, aslex, damascus12, moma1000000
Best Utility: Gazza, Midside, Shigbeard, amelia, funGus, seiran
Friendliest Team: Absolute rouge last minute golden boys, Fatpoggers, Gura's Gawrdians, No goal is too high if we climb with care and confidence. ❤🐹✨, Talking Tom and Friends, taking my gamer medicine (games)
Most Improved Player: Eagle, Relz, arbabf, fuck it we ball, seiran
Most Improved Team: Absolute rouge last minute golden boys, Fatpoggers, Gura's Gawrdians, No goal is too high if we climb with care and confidence. ❤🐹✨, Talking Tom and Friends, taking my gamer medicine (games)
Most Valuable Player: 45✔, Amatorii, Cymboll, Eagle, Gazza, Midside, Ness, Pewdekz, Really(DelDavis), Relz, Shigbeard, Uncle Vinnie, Zoe, a festive fish, alsmacko, amelia, arbabf, ash, aslex, chonk, crispin, damascus12, dezi, fuck it we ball, funGus, glimbus, hive, kritzmas, manglemonster, moma1000000, pastamania, sceshay, seiran, spacetime, strongman
Best Dressed Team: Absolute rouge last minute golden boys, Fatpoggers, Gura's Gawrdians, No goal is too high if we climb with care and confidence. ❤🐹✨, Talking Tom and Friends, taking my gamer medicine (games)
Best Caster: Freaky, Mikcow, wils, Elmo, turris, Ghost, Liam, foodeater, yachty, Train, Grey
2. Submitting your votes
The votes must be sent through to one of the admins below via Discord DMs:
- core (@coreobs)
- multi (@canyouprovethatimdriving)
Votes need to be submitted to one of the admins listed above by Saturday the 30th of December 2023 at 11:59pm AEDT. Failing to do this will prevent your votes from being counted.
FAQ
How is Voting calculated?
We will use instant runoff voting to calculate the results.
Will we not receive in-game medals if we fail to submit our votes?
We only penalize failure to submit nominations, 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.
Thank you based Valen for their work to improve our scripts used for nominations and voting!
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