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.
Please Note
Ban reasoning is not always limited to just the aforementioned reasons, administration reserves the right to make decisions for any case they deem necessary, but this is typically left to cases which are outliers or uncommon.
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 ozfortress 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. 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 Infractions ruleset linked above.
Evidence Bans¶
Cheating related bans, issued typically for usage of third-party programs to gain an unfair advantage, exploit usage, or outlier cheating cases that do not uphold the spirit of competitive play and sportsmanship. Exploit bans are also covered under Evidence Bans, but are typically of a shorter duration.
Ban Penalty for Evidence Bans
24-Month/2-Year Ban for typical Evidence Bans, 3-Month/6-Month Ban for Evidence Bans pertaining to Exploits.
VAC Bans¶
No Conclusive Evidence of cheating in TF2. Entering a VAC Secured TF2 server with an administrator can revoke this ban. Players listed here are typically inactive and/or were unable to prove their VAC ban did not originate from TF2.
Ban Penalty for VAC Bans
24-Month/2-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 players account. These bans are typically two year bans.
Ban Penalty for Account Sharing
24-Month/2-Year Ban.
Evasion Assistance Ban¶
Bans awarded to those who thought it was a good idea to help a banned player evade their ban. These bans are typically two year bans.
Ban Penalty for Evasion Assistance
24-Month/2-Year Ban.