freemax2022
Before we get too sappy, you should head over and read the first half of the posts found on ozfortress, we'll summarize some of what is written over there.
Respawn League, founded in mid-late 2018 by core & Brady, was founded in youthful eagerness to improve and expand upon Highlander not just as a format, but as a community within our region. Over the years we have seen many staff members, even more contributors, and hundreds of players. Having just recently reached over two thousand accounts, nearly three hundred teams, and twelve hundred matches over thirty-three competitions! We owe that growth, this opportunity, and much more to you, the community. We are hoping that this move is one that does not alienate either league and gives you the player the best possible experience we can provide.
We would like to thank each and every player who has played in a season of Respawn since September 2018. We hope this next step provides an even better experience going forward.
RSL HIGHLANDER MERGING INTO OZFORTRESS
The heading sells itself. RSL Highlander, and Respawn League itself, will be dissolved into ozfortress for future competitions. There are some factors behind this decision, but we hope many of the benefits will help us improve Highlander within our region going forward.
RSL ASIA WILL NOT BE MAKING THE MOVE
Whilst we did want to continue RSL Asia, there will be no Asia specific division within ozfortress Highlander Season 1. Any and all out-of-region players are welcome to join in-region rosters, but there will be a cap on the amount of out-of-region players on a roster.
Finding staff from the region has been a consistent issue, and regardless of staffing problems, there hasn't been as much interest for Highlander in the region compared to AU/NZ, thus we will be focusing our time purely on one region for now. We would like to thank everyone who has participated in RSL Asia over the years.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE RSL WEBSITE?
The RSL website will become functionally static, meaning the leagues, posts, users and teams will remain, but you will not be able to create new ones. There will be a pinned post on the front page of the website directing to ozfortress. This will be done to still allow people to see their past Highlander accolades, roster history and more.
SLOW RESPONSE TIME / NO RESPONSE ON TICKETS
It simply isn't acceptable. Every ticket or report submitted should see even a standardized response as soon as possible. The fact that this hasn't happened is simply not good enough, and we're sorry. Going forward, it is something that will be improved on within the different teams within ozfortress.
INFRACTION BANS WILL BE REVIEWED
Infraction threshold bans will be reviewed by the ozfortress Behaviour Panel and a decision will be rendered on whether or they will be continued at their current punishment length or removed. Any other ban can be reviewed upon request by that person who is banned.
OK, BUT WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?
Whilst there are factors internally that the merge would help us resolve, the benefits of this merge are the driving force. By merging Highlander under the ozfortress banner, we will be able to better market Australian Team Fortress to potential sponsors, and work closely with other organisations to plan tournaments and events at a larger scale than before, not to mention more off-season tournaments and a wider range of tournament formats. We hope you are just as excited about these changes as we are.
thank god we can comment on posts now
We've had a few reports come in over the past two weeks regarding player profile content, mainly player items and their usage, steam groups those players are in, and other profile content.
After lots of back and forth discussion between the admin team, we've collectively come to the following conclusion going forward to hopefully clear up these issues people have.
In-game Items
In-game items used by players in a Respawn League (or match where our config is being used) official, scrim or pug are considered within our reach and infractable, with items used outside of these scenarios considered out of our reach. In-game items which target and harrass particular players will be treated separately under our current harassment and threat policies, as we've deemed these circumstances to be within our reach regardless of where they are used.
Steam Groups
Steam groups are not considered within our reach unless the group contains content which would be considered targeted harassment. This includes the name, description or tag of the group.
Regards,
The Respawn League team.
bird becomes admin, bans max because of his religious belief on participating in the act of "birds server". #freemax2022
Hi everyone!
Congratulations to all the teams that made it to playoffs for Season 11 of AU/NZ and Season 10 of ASIA!
Your winners for both regions are listed below:
AU/NZ:
1st Place: VIP club
2nd Place: rascals
3rd Place: Fellowship of the Ping 🧝💊😎
ASIA:
1st Place: Specimens
2nd Place: indonesia haters
3rd Place: Kingsmen Taxi
Thank-you to everyone who continues to play and support the league. If you are interested in providing feedback for the seasons that have just commenced, or potentially suggesting changes for the coming seasons, please fill out our end of season survey:
RSL End of Season Survey April '22
Remember to keep an eye out for the announcement post of our next season, it's coming soon!
-b
Hi everyone,
It has come to my attention that players are continuously failing to follow the rule regarding the use of correct aliases for matches that are being casted:
Any match coverage from an Approved Casting Organisation requires all players present to be using either their recognizable alias or the alias on their RSL account. Players found not using their correct alias will be subject to punishment after an initial warning.
https://docs.rsl.tf/league/rules/miscellaneous.html#player-aliases
We have been somewhat lenient regarding this rule in the past, however moving forward, we will no longer be issuing a warning. Any player that fails to use their correct alias at the time of match ready-up will be issued a T1 infraction.
"Correct alias" refers to your current RSL alias, or a recognisable alias that you have used in the past.
We will be adjusting the above rule to mirror these changes, which will come into effect effective immediately.
Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions.
That title looks nothing but foreboding, but at the conclusion of 2022, the new RSL (Respawn League for short) administration brought some concerns about the future and continuation of RSL to me, and in wanting to keep Highlander alive in the region (a project I set out on in mid-late 2018), I jumped at the chance. I know the stigma around Highlander in Australia but rest assured, with both administrations working together, full-steam ahead, we’ll be ready to bring a true revival to the classic Community Highlander some of our older players may remember.
So what are we calling this then? Well, I am glad you asked! Say hello to the ozfortress Highlander Revival. Whilst it is a very simple name, we feel it sells our goals and ambitions for Highlander. Working together with RSL’s administration team, we have managed to set up and secure prizes, including a monetary prize pool and some other rewards. Along with these, we have managed to prepare the season info in just under two weeks, and have a season ready for you to be playing, with signups open now and the season starting Monday 11th of April.
While it’s not quite the direction we were aiming to take 2022, we are thrilled to be working with a larger team towards delivering the best Australian Team Fortress 2 experience possible. Stay keen-eyed for more details regarding this and off-season tournaments post Season 33 of our 6v6 format.
Kind Regards,
The ozfortress and Respawn League administration teams.
SIGNUP NOW
League Ban
Hana has accrued a total of 120 Infraction Points within Respawn League. As such, the player has been banned from Respawn League and its competitions for a period of 2 years, after which time the person will be on permanent probation. If they are found aliasing during their competition bans, their ban will be extended.
Should ANY teams in Respawn be found housing this player, the team will be permanently removed from our competitions and all players involved will face severe penalties.
Hi all!
Due to a scheduling issue within the Asia region, we will be delaying the Round 3 Match Generation for ASIA ONLY until next week.
Matches will resume as normal from Wednesday the 2nd of March, continuing with the Week 3 Maps of pl_vigil and koth_cascade.
Thanks for your understanding, and please reach out to an admin if you have any questions.
And with that, Season 10 for Asia, and 11 for AU/NZ is a go!
The map schedule and seedings can all be viewed on the relevant season pages:
AU/NZ: https://rsl.tf/leagues/32
ASIA: https://rsl.tf/leagues/33
Please remember you need to be recording your POV demos for each match. Failure to supply POVs when requested will result in match bans.
Also, the lovely people over at Qixalite have offered to supply Tier 2 Qix Premium prizes to the captain of the winning team from each region! 1st place will get 3 months of Qix Premium, which will come into effect at the start of next season.
AU/NZ Highlander
Saturday 15th January - Signups open
Saturday 29th January - Signups close
Monday 7th February - Regular Season start
Friday 18th March - Roster Lock
Friday 25th March - Regular Season ends
Monday 28th March - Playoffs starts
Friday 15th April - Playoffs ends
Asia Highlander
Saturday 15th January - Signups open
Saturday 29th January - Signups close
Monday 7th February - Regular Season start
Friday 4th March - Roster Lock
Friday 11th March - Regular Season ends
Monday 14th March - Playoffs starts
Friday 1st April - Playoffs ends
Signups for both regions have been slightly extended and will close 31/01/22 at 12AM AEDT (tonight).
AU/NZ: https://rsl.tf/leagues/32
ASIA: https://rsl.tf/leagues/33
Please message me asap if you need any assistance
-bird
Signups for AU/NZ Season 11 and ASIA Season 10 Highlander
are now open!
AU/NZ: https://rsl.tf/leagues/32
ASIA: https://rsl.tf/leagues/33
Signups close on the 29th of January for both regions.
humongous L
Hi Everyone!
With all seasons now concluded, I want to give A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to all our winners and runners up of Season 10 of AU/NZ Highlander, Season 9 of ASIA Highlander, and Season 1 of both AU/NZ and ASIA BBall.
Final placements for each region and mode are as follows:
Highlander:
AU/NZ Premier
1st - Immaculate Dub
2nd - Musos
3rd - rascals
AU/NZ Main
1st - in memoriam fatpizza
2nd - Kodyn-19
3rd - CURSED
ASIA
1st - gamblers from MACAU
2nd - Master Yoga
3rd - Elysium
BBall:
AU/NZ Premier
1st - lowkey feeling steezy rn
2nd - SubwaySurfers
3rd - fish from fortnite
AU/NZ Intermediate
1st - YFYZA BPM FIST GANG 886
2nd - ok
3rd - average top enthusiasts
AU/NZ Main
1st - flower bridge but in canto
2nd - LeBron Hairline
3rd -https://www.poptropica.com
ASIA Premier
1st - Buzz Dripyear
2nd - Gaijins
3rd - 台灣第一名<3
ASIA Main
1st - Gum Slot
2nd -Teh Tarik
3rd - Party Hats
With that done and dusted, we will be taking a break over the coming weeks and announcing the next seasons after the New Year, along with an end of season survey for feedback, so keep an eye on this space.
Thank-you so much to everyone for the warm welcomes to my new position as Head Admin, I also wanted to extend a thank-you to everyone who continues to play and breathe life into our league. I am excited and looking forward to the New Year!
Happy Holidays!!
Hey everyone,
As some of you have likely noticed, I have been absent as of late due to other commitments, and have left the later half of the season in a state of neglect. With my own time waning, I have opted to step down from my role as Head Administrator and administration as a whole.
With the end of the year approaching, bird will be stepping up to take over my role as Head Administrator for 2022. I have full confidence and belief in the fact that they will take Respawn League further into the future I had hoped to bring for the league, and fulfil the expectations of our community.
Thanks to everyone within this community for allowing me to try to lead this league and I hope this league will continue to grow and become the best it can be.
Thanks again,
omni.
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