Editing Ozfortress

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{{NewInfobox League
| image = Ozfortress_logo.png
| fullname = ozfortress
| founder = {{flag|au}} mercury <br> {{flag|au}} tempest
| admin = {{flag|aunz}} [https://ozfortress.com/users/491 core] <ref>[https://ozfortress.com/forums/threads/779 ozfortress Head Administrator Changes]</ref>
| formats = [[6v6]], [[Highlander]], [[Ultiduo]]
| area = {{flag|aunz}} Oceania
| current = [[ozfortress_Season_{{Current Seasons | ozf6s}}|Season {{Current Seasons | ozf6s}}]] ([[6v6]])
[[ozfortress_Highlander_Season_{{Current Seasons | ozhl}}|Season {{Current Seasons | ozhl}}]] ([[Highlander]])
| website = http://ozfortress.com/
| created = 2001
| twitter = ozfortress
| youtube = 
| facebook = ozfortress
| steam = ozfortress
}}
'''ozfortress''' is the longest running competitive ''Team Fortress 2'' league in the Oceanic region. ozfortress hosts [[Highlander]], [[6v6]] and [[Ultiduo]] seasonal competitions.

==History==
ozfortress was established in 2001 by TFC players {{flag|au}} ''mercury'' and {{flag|au}} ''tempest'' to cater for the competitive ''Team Fortress Classic'' community and hosted a variety of TFC tournaments up until the early 2010s before the game was phased out entirely.

The ozfortress website was hosted on a standalone website for the majority of its lifetime until October of 2018, when it was announced that ongoing news posts would be issued on the organisations' Warzone page. In early 2020, the ozfortress forums went offline indefinitely, along with all information pertaining to competitions played before OZF 16. Currently, what was previously the ozfortress Warzone page has taken the domain name of the original ozfortress.com site and is the current home of ozfortress. Large portions of the old ozfortress forums can be accessed through the [https://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/https://ozfortress.com Wayback Machine Archive].

==Current Leagues and Competitions==
===OZF: the ozfortress Seasonal League===
Announced on the 24th February, 2016, the ozfortress seasonal league is the successor to the organization's previous [[Ozfortress#OWL:_the_ozfortress_Winter_League|OWL tournaments]] that concluded with OWL 14 and were continued into OZF 15 and beyond. The tournament has been ran triannually since its inception and features five tiers: Premier, High, Intermediate, Main and Open. Main was introduced as a solution to [[Glossary#Sandbagging|sandbagging]] and to provide a middle ground between Open and Intermediate. The tier debuted for OZF 25.

===Previous OZF Premier Champions===
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding=2 style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"
|-
! Year
! Season
! Winner
|-
| 2016 ''(Mar-Jun)''
| [[OZF 15]]
| [[Jasmine Tea]]
|-
|-
| 2016 ''(Jul-Sep)''
| [[Ozfortress_Season_16|OZF 16]]
| [[Jasmine Tea]]
|-
|-
| 2016 ''(Sep-Nov)''
| [[Ozfortress_Season_17|OZF 17]]
| [[The Hardies]]
|-
|-
| 2017 ''(Feb-Apr)''
| [[Ozfortress_Season_18|OZF 18]]
| [[No Safeword]]
|-
|-
| 2017 ''(May-Jun)''
| [[Ozfortress_Season_19|OZF 19]]
| [[Jasmine Tea]]
|-
|-
| 2017 ''(Aug-Oct)''
| [[Ozfortress_Season_20|OZF 20]]
| [[The Sauce]]
|-
|-
| 2018 ''(Jan-Apr)''
| [[Ozfortress_Season_21|OZF 21]]
| [[Y U G I B O Y S]]
|-
|-
| 2018 ''(May-Jul)''
|[[Ozfortress_Season_22|OZF 22]]
|[[Pencil Case]]
|-
|-
| 2018 ''(Sep-Nov)''
|[[Ozfortress_Season_23|OZF 23]]
|[[Jasmine Tea]]
|-
|-
| 2019 ''(Jan-Apr)''
|[[Ozfortress_Season_24|OZF 24]]
|[[Coffee Clock]]
|-
|-
| 2019 ''(May-Aug)''
|[[Ozfortress_Season_25|OZF 25]]
|[[Coffee Clock]]
|-
|-
| 2019 ''(Sep-Dec)''
|[[Ozfortress_Season_26|OZF 26]]
|[[Coffee Clock]]
|-
|-
| 2020 ''(Jan-Apr)''
|[[Ozfortress_Season_27|OZF 27]]
|[[happy feet]]
|-
|-
| 2020 ''(May-Jul)''
|[[Ozfortress_Season_28|OZF 28]]
|[[happy feet]]
|-
|-
| 2020 ''(Aug-Nov)''
|[[Ozfortress_Season_29|OZF 29]]
|[[soirée]]
|-
|-
| 2021 ''(Jan-Apr)''
|[[Ozfortress_Season_30|OZF 30]]
|[[soirée]]
|-
|-
| 2021 ''(May-Jul)''
|[[Ozfortress_Season_31|OZF 31]]
|[[ALT]]
|-
|-
| 2021 ''(Sep-Dec)''
|[[Ozfortress_Season_32|OZF 32]]
|[[soirée]]
|-
|-
| 2022 ''(Jan-Apr)''
|[[Ozfortress_Season_33|OZF 33]]
|[[soirée]]
|-
|-
| 2022 ''(May-Jul)''
|[[Ozfortress_Season_34|OZF 34]]
|[[Witness Gaming AU|Witness Gaming]]
|-
|-
| 2022 ''(Sep-Dec)''
|[[Ozfortress_Season_35|OZF 35]]
|[[Witness Gaming AU|Witness Gaming]]
|-
|-
| 2023 ''(Jan-Apr)''
|[[Ozfortress_Season_36|OZF 36]]
|[[Witness Gaming AU|Witness Gaming]]
|}

===OZHL: the ozfortress Highlander Seasonal League===
The ozfortress highlander league is a newer seasonal league designed for [[Highlander]] competition. OZHL functions much in the same way as OZF, but with a map pool, ruleset and weapon banlist suited to the Highlander gamemode. The league made its debut in mid 2022, following on from ozfortress' previous and long-defunct ladder competition; the Ozfortress Highlander League (ozhl) which had its last title in 2014. This previous competition was run in much the same way as the late ozfl. In the intervening years, Oceanic Highlander tournaments were hosted by [[UGC]] and the [[Respawn League]].

===Previous OZHL Premier Champions===
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding=2 style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"
|-
! Year
! Season
! Winner
|-
| 2022 ''(May-Aug)''
| [[Ozfortress_Highlander_Season_1|OZHL 1]]
| [[red pandas]]
|-
| 2022 ''(Sep-Dec)''
| [[Ozfortress_Highlander_Season_2|OZHL 2]]
| [[red pandas]]
|}

===Ultiduo===
ozfortress [[Ultiduo]] is an annual single-elimination competition run during the offseason between ozfortress' seasonal premier competition. In the past, the OWL league and currently the OZF league. For the majority of its lifetime, Ultiduo has been an open tournament run over the period of several hours. Most recently however (Ultiduo 16) the tournament has been run over 3 days and 2 divisions.

The ozfortress Ultiduo competition is the oldest still-running ''Team Fortress 2'' competition in the Oceanic scene, having been played for nearly 16 years, with its origins lying as far back as the 27th of December, 2007. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071230221228/http://ozfortress.com/showthread.php?t=25002 Wayback Machine Archive: SINISTAR and BOWT are crowned the 1st ozf Ultimate Duo!]</ref>
===Previous Ultiduo Champions===
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding=2 style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"
|-
! Year
! Season
! Winner (Soldier/Medic)
|-
| 2007
| Ultiduo 1
| sinistar/bowt
|-
| 2008
| Ultiduo 2
| nesk/bowt
|-
| 2008
| Ultiduo 3
| komplex/tinfed
|-
| 2009
| Ultiduo 4
| lottic/aze
|-
| 2010
| Ultiduo 5
| lottic/yuri
|-
| 2011
| Ultiduo 6
| yuki/bonobo
|-
| 2012
| Ultiduo 7
| yuki/bonobo
|-
| 2013
| Ultiduo 8
| yuki/No Mercy
|-
| 2014
| Ultiduo 9
| yuki/bonobo
|-
| 2015
| Ultiduo 10
| Jersh/Sam.
|-
| 2017
| Ultiduo 11
| krollic/Sam.
|-
|-
| 2018
| Ultiduo 12
| krollic/Sam.
|-
|-
| 2019
| Ultiduo 13
| krollic/arnold
|-
|-
| 2020
| Ultiduo 14
| krollic/arnold
|-
|-
| 2021
| Ultiduo 15
| silvo/ceekay
|-
|-
| 2022
| Ultiduo 16
| krollic/jd
|}

===MSNC: A Midsummer Night's Cup===
A Midsummer Night's Cup are a series of single-night [[6v6]] competitions that were run twice a summer from 2017 through to 2019. From 2020 however, MSNC have been run at irregular intervals with the recent addition of a MSNC [[Highlander]] league. Teams are split into three divisions - either Premier, Intermediate and Open or Divisions 1 through 3. The focus for these cups is to provide ozfortress players with a more casual laid-back experience in between seasons. Hence, many MSNC tournaments have seen looser team compositions and more extensive offclassing than the seasonal leagues.
===Previous MSNC Premier Champions===
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding=2 style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"
|-
! Season
!  Winner
|-
| [[Ozfortress: A Midsummer Night's Cup 2017|MSNC 2017 #1]]
| mt
|-
| [[Ozfortress: A Midsummer Night's Cup 2017|MSNC 2017 #2]]
| nt
|-
| MSNC 2018 #1
| Jazz Men
|-
| MSNC 2018 #2
| Y U G I B O Y S
|-
| MSNC 2019 #1
| Mad Men
|-
| MSNC 2019 #2
| Lollipop
|-
| MSNC 2020
| :gorilla:
|-
| MSNC Sixes 2023
| [[Witness Gaming]]
|-
| MSNC Highlander 2023
| [[red pandas]]
|}


==Previous Leagues and Competitions==
This section covers currently inactive ozfortress leagues or competitions. This includes those that have been formally concluded and those that may return in future years.

===ozfl: the ozfortress league===
The ozfortress league was a continuous 6v6 ladder competition open to teams of all skill levels. Match scheduling was determined by a team's win/loss streak, which provided them with the opportunity to face opponents at other skill levels, or opponents they would otherwise never meet in regular scrimmage. This league was seen as a proving ground for new maps designed for the competitive community, and was paired with a less restrictive whitelist. ozfl was largely regarded as a pathway into ozfortress' previous premier competition, the ozfortress winter league (OWL) series.

The ozfortress league was the longest running Team Fortress competition in the Oceanic scene, with its origins lying as far back as November 2002 with ''Team Fortress Classic''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20021206100839/http://ozfl.ozfortress.com/ Wayback Machine Archive: OZFL - Season 1 commenced!]</ref> The first signups for the ''Team Fortress 2'' edition of the ozfortress league were announced on the 7th of May 2008 and began with an 8v8 format with random critical hits.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080621190542/http://ozfortress.com/showthread.php?t=26403 Wayback Machine Archive: ozfortress Team Fortress 2 League]</ref> The second round of matches saw a new 6v6 format being run alongside 8v8 and random crits disabled, before 8v8 was phased out entirely in March of the following year.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090316070728/http://ozfortress.com:80/ Wayback Machine Archive: ozfortress says good-bye to 8v8]</ref>

The ozfortress league ran a total of 127 rounds of ''Team Fortress 2'' matches spanning nearly 7 years, with the final game being played on the 20th of March, 2015. [[Team Immunity]] accounted for 55 of the titles won, thus winning over 40% of ozfortress league titles.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190109053433/http://www.ozfortress.com/showthread.php?t=28089 Wayback Machine Archive: ozfortress league title history]</ref>

===ozfc: the ozfortress cup===
The ozfortress cup was a double elimination exhibition competition. The cup had 16 slots, 12 of which were occupied by the top 12 teams of the year. The remaining 4 slots were claimed as eight 'wildcards' who competed with each other in a qualifier format.

The ozfortress cup was the first non-Ultiduo Oceanic ''Team Fortress 2'' competition to be run. The first OZFC began on the 10th of January, 2008 in an 8v8 format.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080118012240/http://ozfortress.com/showthread.php?t=25201 Wayback Machine Archive: ozfc1 - draw and points]</ref>

===Previous ozfc Champions===
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding=2 style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"
|-
! Season
!  Winner
|-
| OZFC 1
| [[MAD DOGZ]]
|-
| OZFC 2
| [[Team Immunity]]
|-
| [[OZFC 3]]
| [[Team Immunity]]
|-
|}

===OWL: the ozfortress Winter League===
The ozfortress winter league was the initial premier competition series run by ozfortress. It was a seasonal, round-robin [[6v6]] invitational that ran approximately twice a year. Teams were split into skill based divisions, from Division 1 or Premier down to Division 6. However, the number of divisions often varied between seasons depending on the number of teams registered. A typical competition ran over 10 weeks of matches and teams were invited to apply for selection before the competition began. OWL was later phased out in favour of the ozfortress seasonal league following OWL 14 in early 2016. Recently however, the ozfortress winter league has made a comeback in the form of OWL 2021, running alongside the existing OZF seasonal league.
===Previous OWL Champions===
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding=2 style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"
|-
! Season
! Winner
|-
| OWL 1
| [[pretty good]]
|-
| OWL 2
| [[Team Immunity]]
|-
| OWL 3
| [[Team Immunity]]
|-
| OWL 4
| [[Team Immunity]]
|-
| OWL 5
| [[Team Immunity]]
|-
| OWL 6
| [[Team Immunity]]
|-
| OWL 7
| [[Team Immunity]]
|-
| OWL 8
| [[Team Immunity]]
|-
| OWL 9
| [[Team Immunity]]
|-
| [[OWL 10]]
| [[Team Immunity]]
|-
| [[OWL 11]]
| [[Team Immunity]]
|-
| [[OWL 12]]
| [[Jasmine]]
|-
| [[OWL 13]]
| [[Cash Money]]
|-
| [[OWL 14]]
| [[Team Impunity]]
|-
| [[OWL 2021]]
| [[Vanquish's Aiming Academy]]
|}


===C4C: Capping for a Cause===
Capping for a Cause (stylised as '''Capping 4 a Cause''', or '''C4C''') was a 16 team open double-elimination competition run three times from 2010 to 2012. C4C aimed to raise funds for a named charity. Teams were asked to 'buy' their seeding by donating to the charity, where the highest seeds were given to the highest donating teams, providing them with a scheduling advantage throughout the tournament. Over the three iterations of C4C, over $22,000 AUD was raised for charities. These included the Australian Cancer Research Foundation, BeyondBlue and the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia.

===Previous C4C Champions===
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding=2 style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"
|-
! Season
! Winner
|-
| C4C
| [[Team Immunity]]
|-
| C4C2
| [[Team Immunity]]
|-
| C4C3
| [[Team Immunity]]
|}

== Streams ==
* {{flag|au}} [http://twitch.tv/tflivetv TFLIVE]
* {{flag|au}} [http://twitch.tv/CappingTV CappingTV]

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