Bans
Bans¶
Bans within ozfortress typically come as a result of poor player conduct, use of third-party cheat clients, use of exploits or breaches of clauses in our Competitive Rulesets or Community Guidelines.
Please Note
Ban reasoning is not always limited to just the aforementioned reasons, administration reserves the right to make decisions counter to the bans listed below for any case we deem necessary, but this is typically left to difficult or uncommon cases which are rare.
Game Server Bans¶
All ozfortress bans excluding Permanent Bans are subject to the following:
- All users receiving any ban below will be banned from ozfortress bookable servers for most of their ban. However, in the last three months of their ban, they will be able to join au.serveme.tf and Matcha Bookable servers again, but will be unable to use the in-game chat or voice chat. This has been done in an attempt to allow banned players to begin to reintegrate into the community.
League Bans¶
League Bans are issued as a result of serious breaches in our Competitive Rulesets (Global Ruleset, Sixes Ruleset, Highlander Ruleset and LAN Ruleset). These may be Round Bans, or 6-Month/1-Year/2-Year League Bans.
Infraction Threshold Bans¶
Poor player conduct and/or team conduct. You can find more information on these bans here.
Ban Penalty for Infraction Threshold Bans
These will vary depending on the offense, please see the Player Behaviour Infractions ruleset linked above.
Unfair Play Bans (Anti-Cheat Bans)¶
Unfair Play Bans are typically issued for usage of third-party programs to gain an unfair advantage, usage of banned Game Modifications, Map Exploits or Game Mechanic Exploits, or outlier cheating cases that do not uphold the spirit of competitive play and sportsmanship within ozfortress.
Ban Penalty for "Exploit" Usage" (now known as Banned Game Modifications, Map or Game Mechanic Exploits)
Previously, we have had lower ban durations for those using Banned Game Modifications, Map or Game Mechanic Exploits, however we have changed our policy on this. From Season 42 of Sixes/Season 9 of Highlander onward, these breaches will be treated as Unfair Play Bans, and will incur the full penalty listed below.
Ban Penalty for Unfair Play Bans
24-Month/2-Year Ban.
VAC Bans¶
Valve Anti-Cheat bans. These ban types in ozfortress typically mean we have no conclusive evidence of cheating in TF2 or our league, but they were banned by Valve Anti-Cheat for one reason or another. Entering a VAC Secured TF2 server with an administrator can revoke this ban. Contact us via direct messaging @Alfred in our discord, or using #admin-support to open a ticket via Alfred, so we can schedule a time for you to join a server with a staff member to prove your VAC ban is not for TF2.
Players with these bans are typically inactive and/or were unable to prove their VAC ban did not originate from TF2.
Ban Penalty for VAC Bans
12-Month/1-Year Ban, entering a VAC Secured TF2 server with an administrator can revoke this ban.
Alternate Account Ban¶
Bans awarded to those who use an account not approved as their main ozfortress.com account.
Ban Penalty for Alternate Account Usage
24-Month/2-Year Ban.
Account Sharing Ban¶
Bans awarded to those who share a single account/one individual's account. These bans are typically 24 month bans.
Ban Penalty for Account Sharing
24-Month/2-Year Ban.
Evasion Assistance Ban¶
Evasion Assistance Bans are awarded to those who thought it was a good idea to help a banned individual evade their ban. These bans are typically 12 month bans, but can be multplied 2x if a player is found to be helping a permanently banned individual evade their ban in any way.
Ban Penalty for Evasion Assistance
12-Month/1-Year Ban. 24-Month/2-Year Ban if found housing or providing evasion assistance to permanently banned individuals.