Ozfortress

2013-07-17T02:10:59Z

150.101.218.8: OWL Only ran 2 times per year

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{{League infobox
| shortname = ozfortress
| image = Ozfortress_logo.png
| imagesize = 250px
| fullname = ozfortress
| formats = [[6v6]], [[Highlander]], [[Ultiduo]]
| area = Australia
| current = OZFC3 ([[6v6]])<br/>OZFL, ladder ([[6v6]])<br/>OZHL, ladder ([[HL]])
| website = http://ozfortress.com/
}}
'''ozfortress''' is an Australian community website, with the largest population of competitive ''Team Fortress 2'' and ''Team Fortress Classic'' gamers in the Oceanic region.

==Current Leagues and Competitions==
===owl: the ozfortress winter league===
The ozfortress winter league, the premier competition series run by ozfortress, is a seasonal, round-robin [[6v6]] invitational. It is run approximately two times a year. Teams are split into a number of divisions, arranged by skill. A typical competition runs over 10 weeks of matches and teams are invited to apply for selection before the competition begins.

===ozfl: the ozfortress league===
The ozfortress league is the longest running competition in Australia/New Zealand. The ozfortress league is a ladder competition, open to teams of all skill levels. Match scheduling is determined by a team's win/loss streak, which provides them the opportunity to face opponents at other skill levels, or opponents they would otherwise never meet in regular scrimmage. This league is seen as a proving ground for new maps designed for the competitive community, and is paired with a less restrictive weapon banlist. ozfl is largely regarded as a pathway into ozfortress' premier competition, the ozfortress winter league series.

===ozhl: the ozfortress highlander league===
The ozfortress highlander league is a newer ladder, for [[Highlander]] competition. It functions much in the same way as ozfl, but with a map pool, ruleset and weapon banlist suited to the Highlander gamemode.

===ozfc: the ozfortress cup===
The ozfortress cup is a double elimination exhibition competition. The cup has 16 slots, 12 of which are occupied by the top 12 teams of the year. The remaining 4 slots are claimed as eight 'wildcards' compete eachother in a qualifier format.

===ultiduo===
ultiduo is a seasonal competition, run during the offseason between owls, which is an open single-elimination tournament in the [[Ultiduo]] format. The competition takes place over a single afternoon/evening, and allows an uncapped number of participants.
===Capping for a Cause===
Capping for a Cause (stylised as '''Capping 4 a Cause''', or '''C4C''') is a 16 team, open double-elimination competition aimed at raising funds for a named charity. Teams are asked to 'buy' their seeding by donating to the charity, where the highest seeds are given to the highest donating teams, providing them with a scheduling advantage throughout the tournament. Over the first three iterations of C4C, over $7000 has been raised for charities, including; Australian Cancer Research Foundation, beyondblue and the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia.

[[Category:Team Fortress 2 organizations]]
[[Category:6v6 leagues]]
[[Category:Highlander leagues]]
[[Category:Australian TF2 leagues]]

6v6

2013-07-17T02:05:57Z

150.101.218.8: changed ozfortress to the top, as it is the primary, and only active leuge

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'''''The contents of [[Standard 6v6]] should be merged with the information here.'''''

== 6v6 Competitive Format ==
6v6 is a competitive format commonly called '6s' by the community.

In 6v6, the classes are limited in order to create a balanced game environment and to promote exciting gameplay by reducing stalemates. Each class is limited to a maximum of two, except the [[Demoman]], [[Heavy]], [[Medic]] and [[Engineer]] (do note, the Engineer has a limit of two in [[ETF2L]]), which are all limited to a maximum of one. The standard line-up for 6v6 teams (referred to as cookie-cutter) is:

- 2x [[Soldier]] ([[Pocket|Pocket Soldier]], [[Roaming Soldier]])

- 2x [[Scout]]

- 1x [[Demoman]]

- 1x [[Medic]]

In some cases, a utility class is needed in order to create an advantage for your team or help defend a control point. A scout or roaming soldier generally switches, which allows classes such as [[Sniper]], [[Spy]], [[Engineer]], [[Heavy]], or [[Pyro]] to be utilized.

The most competitive 6v6 leagues are ESEA and ETF2L. ESEA is a paid league and features three separate divisions of play.

[[Open]]

[[Intermediate]]

[[Invite]]

ETF2L is free and has seven: Divisions 6-1 and the Premiership Division.

The Invite division is considered the highest level of North American 6v6 gameplay and features a championship event at the end of every season, called the ESEA LAN Finals. The top four teams in Invite fly out to Dallas, TX to compete every season. ETF2L's Premiership Division is considered the highest level of European 6v6 gameplay and has an online playoff event at the end of each season which four teams take part in, it does not have an official LAN event. Videos of past championships and playoffs can be found at the ''TeamfortressTV youtube channel''. [http://youtube.com/teamfortresstv]

== Game Modes ==
In 6v6, there are three different map types currently being played.

The most common is [[5CP]], or "5 Control Point", which requires a team to control all five control points in a map in order to win the round.

[[KOTH]], or "King of the Hill", is a game mode where teams fight for control of one central control point in a race against the clock.

[[A/D]], or "Attack/Defense", uses a stopwatch to time the attacking team in trying to capture all of the defending team's control points. The defending team then switches to the attacking team and tries to beat the opposing team's time.

== Organizations ==
===North American===
* [http://play.esea.net/ ESEA]
* [http://www.playigl.com IGL]
* [http://www.ugcleague.com/ UGC]
* [http://www.cevo.com/ CEVO]

===European===
* [http://etf2l.org/ ETF2L]
* [http://tf2.wireplay.co.uk/ Wireplay]
* [https://esagamer.com/ ESA Gamer]
* [http://www.tf2connexion.fr/ Tf2connexion]

===Asian===
* [http://asiafortress.com/ AsiaFortress]

===Oceanian===
* [http://www.ozfortress.com/ ozfortress]
* [http://www.atf2l.org/ ATF2L]
* [http://www.nzfortress.co.nz/ NZFortress]

===Country specific===
* [http://www.teamfortress.com.br/ FBTF (Brazilian)]
* [http://www.tf2connexion.fr/ TF2Connexion (French)]
* [http://rtf2l.tf2world.ru/ RTF2L (Russian)]

===Other===
* [http://s13.zetaboards.com/TF2_360_Community/index/ Tf2Ladder (Xbox 360)]

== 6v6 Pugs ==

There are different places where you can play pick up games in the 6v6 format, all adapted to different skill level.

- [http://www.tf2lobby.com TF2 Lobby] - For the most inexperienced players. While lobby is good at introducing newcomers to the competitive environment and meta, most of the time the teams are stacked or someone isn't playing seriously.

- [http://atf2.org ATF2.ORG] - A way to access to different IRC channels on the Gamesurge network, like #tf2mix (for beginners), and #tf2.pug.na (for higher level players)

- ESEA Open Pugs (reserved to people that are in the ESEA-Open league)

- Power Pugs (an in-house pug group for low-mid ESEA-Open players)

- ESEA Invite Pugs (reserved to people that are in the ESEA-Invite league)

- [http://www.tf2pickup.net TF2 Pickup] (European TF2 pug system)

- [http://pickup.con-gaming.net Continuity Gaming Pickup] (a web-based pickup for 6v6, 9v9, Ultiduo and bball - currently down)

- #mpuktf2.pickup2 (a invitation-only pickup for european players above division 2)

== See Also ==
*[[Highlander]]

comp.tf - User contributions [en]

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