NZFortress - New Zealand's Team Fortress Community

NZFL:2012 - Round 1 Matches Posted
Misc News	Posted by Greaver, 14th May 2012
Map of the Round: cp_granary \|S\| versus Passable Armed Assassins versus Jet sS versus Next Generation GBH versus oSs #Frig Yeah versus nS ministry versus GTSOM c2 versus bS! Match's must be organised by: Monday 14th May, 11:59PM Match's must be played between: Sunday 13th May and Thursday 17th May, 11:00PM ---

BOOST - A TF2 Rocket Jump Movie
Misc News	Posted by jandals, 14th May 2012
Here is (finally) my first collection of TF2 rocket jumps. I wanted to showcase what could be done on the standard maps you find on any usual pub server. The jumps were performed with the default rocket launcher (and include reloading), but some of the more excessive jumps would require gunboats and overhealing. I hope you enjoy it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAEOiIF8Piw

NZFL:2012 - Signups open
TF2 Update	Posted by Greaver, 8th May 2012
What's this crazy stuff? A new Competition at nzfortress? Damn right it is! NZFL:2012 is a weekly ladder that runs eight weeks followed by a best of three between the teams with the highest win/losses, we then reset the ladder with the final placings from the previous rounds and do it all again. The league is open to both New Zealand and Australian based teams and it is designed to give teams league matches every week across all the popular competitive maps in Australiasia. Unlocks: To keep things uniform across the various Australasian leagues we are sticking with the excellent OWL7 unlocks list. Maps: All of the popular competitive maps in our region are included in the 8 week league and near the end of each league we will ask clan leaders to cast their vote on map choices for the next one so we can keep the league fresh and up to date. Ruleset: Before you sign up make yourself familiar with the NZFL:2012 Ruleset. Australian? We don't discriminate! The only caveats we are imposing on Australian teams is that they need to registered on nzfortress with their ozfortress steamid in their profile, to ensure they can meet the designated start times as per section 2B in the ruleset and that their team can play on a New Zealand based Gamers United server should their opposition not want to play on an Australian Infinite or Gamers United server as per 5B in the ruleset. Sign up here! Signups close midnight Friday 11th, the first round will be posted within the hour and we already have ten teams locked in and ready to go so get your team together and get into it! Got questions? Come hit us up in #nzfortress on gamesurge

NZFL:2012 Format
Misc News	Posted by Greaver, 25th April 2012
The admin team and League Administrator team are still talking through a couple of format points as some have suggested some changes to the currently planned competition. The two options we are debating are: Direct ozfl clone - ladder running year round, with OWL or ESEA style competitions running simultaneously starting in a month or two Hybrid ladder - Twin division setup with Bo3 Finals akin to NZFL2 but with drop in/outs The admin and League Admin teams are meeting Thursday 26th to discuss this and a decision will be made during this meeting If your team will be entering regardless of which style is chosen feel free to sign up and get your roster sorted now - and remember to head on over to the recruitment section if you are looking for a team or want some muscle for your existing clan! Please note that the nzfortress email system is under repair so noone can sign up on nzfortress currently, if this is sorted by the end of this week signups will close May 5th at midnight for a May 7th Kick off, if not we will probably add another week to the sign up period so everyone has a fair chance to sign up for the first round. Thanks again for your patience people - we are working hard to bring you the best stuff we can so hold tight : D

NZFL - Input Needed
TF2 Update	Posted by Greaver, 17th April 2012
Hey people - we need some input on our upcoming NZFL competition but first up an announcement.... As most of you are aware Combust has stepped up to act as League Coordinator and Moderator on our forums, but three well known faces will also join him as League Administrators thinking up and implementing fun stuff to keep everyone occupied and more importantly challenged. I welcome to the League Admin team: Avril, Taffy and Black Ice! Both Taffy and Avril are long standing members of the community who have proven time and again that they can produce fresh ideas and implement them accordingly, mix that with the focused mind of Black Ice and we have three awesome additions to our staff. note: they won't screw up, else they must wear 'Greavers bitch' tags for all eternity Now that's out of the way - on to what we've cooked up! We are planning to launch a round robin format point table based competition in the next few weeks that will run year round in a similar fashion to the Australian Fortress League to give our teams something interesting to focus on. Its been evident for some time that most teams are only scrimming badlands and granary mainly and playing the same old teams due to the somewhat stagnant nature of the competitive game here, this means interest has waned and while NZFL will not be a direct fix for that (nor is it intended to be), giving teams maps and different opponents to focus on and possibly some other competition it should make things far more interesting in the interim while we create fun and exciting competitions in the background. As above it will be not dissimilar to the OZFL league that ozfortress runs, but here are NZ centric specifics that we plan to employ, and would like feedback on Schedule: At this stage rounds every two weeks, would like input on whether we should stick with this or make it one week or ten days. Unlocks: It seems easiest to stick with the OWL7 ruleset as it currently stands 1) because its a very fairly and well reasoned ruleset for competitive 6v6 and 2) because it will mean there are no issues with configs and whitelists across all New Zealand and Australian based servers Maps: I propose the following as they are the most played currently, please suggest a map for the eighth round out of those proposed in that slot, or suggest another. Round 1: cp_granary Round 2: koth_pro_viaduct_r3 (or newest version) Round 3: cp_gravelpit Round 4: cp_snakewater Round 5: koth_ashville_rc1 (or newest version) Round 6: cp_badlands Round 7: cp_gullywash_final1 Round 8: cp_well, cp_freight_final or cp_pro_dustbowl We will create threads asking for input near the end of each set of rounds with a stock set of maps and a 'you choose from the following' for clan leaders to decide the custom and lesser played maps for the next 8 rounds - this allows us to stay up to date with the most popular maps and try new maps too. Australians: I believe due to our lack of teams we need to allow Australian teams to compete too provided they can meet the somewhat strict time constraints - our teams flourish when they play Australian teams due to the level of compeititon and if we can use that to our advantage to create a competitive catalyst I think we should embrace it. If we are perfectly honest division 1 teams have no reason to come scrim our teams at their current level so I imagine the level of competition will be around or slightly above ours, and that can only be a good thing for us. Caveats would include: The applicable playable match times, and teams from Australia must apply to join the competition at which stage their application will be considered, but clans older than 3 months are guaranteed a position in the league. If you are a clan leader we want to hear your interest below, and if you are not currently in a clan post too, because we currently have a large number of players without clans and I am sure we can come up with something So NZFortress members, get excited and give us some feedback! PS. A7 is coming up 3-5th August, and thanks to the success of the last one I am currently working with detonate and the team to bring you guys an even better LAN competition so go check out the site! www.auckmageddon.com -----

ON3 Network Community Game Night - TF2
TF2 Update	Posted by osiRiS, 25th March 2012
Welcome to ON3 Network Game Night So you like 'pwning n00bs' I hear? Game Night is a gaming activity to determine who has the twitchiest trigger finger, the most effective strategy, or the fastest speed on the racetrack. Not only could you walk away with bragging rights, but you might even earn a fancy title to show for it. During game nights, the ON3 Network admins get together with ON3 Network members and play multiplayer matches. The games will change, but one thing will be constant: the camaraderie that comes with playing games with great people who love games as much as you do. Game Night will take place on Thursday evenings from 8-10pm each week and an announcement will be made about what game will be played. This weeks game is - Team Fortress 2 - 203.97.27.202:27035 So it's time to hope out of the tank, land that plane and pick up your rocket launchers and mediguns for an action packed TF2 battle as we play through a few Payload and Control Point maps. This week there is no excuse not to join us as TF2 is FREE to play - just make sure you have a STEAM account and follow this link to install. --> Team Fortress 2 Download Join us on our public TeamSpeak channel - ts.on3network.co.nz:9987 This week I will have a Dota2 Beta Key to give away for the person with the most dominations come 9pm in the server.

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