Not in the uni itself but a building owned by the SU.

Won't be at the uni so hotels. I don't know whether people are expected to organise there own accommodation at lans or the hosts block book rooms, I'll look into it.

Well it defo won't be that much. I looked at Flan and the first one was $10 entry which I have no idea how miggy achieved. (sponsors hmu)

I currently have manchester academy in plans which should be appropriate.

Hands up for LANchester 2017 \_(ツ)_/

I'm at Manchester Uni this year and I've always wanted to host a public LAN, so here it is. When I say early workings, this is currently little more than an idea. I don't want to commit too much if no one's gonna give a fuck but I'm in contact with a potential venue at the moment that hopefully won't be too expensive.

This might not be a TF2 exclusive event, but it will be primarily. CS:GO, LoL/Dota and Rocket League are planned to be there but we'll see how it goes.

If you're interested in the idea of coming, let me know, but also if you're not it'd be good to know what kinda prices you would consider good value or too expensive for a multiday event. I'm going to run it non-profit but a vague idea of what would price put people off would be valuable info when looking at costs.

Use this instead http://www.teamfortress.tv/34834/yttriums-competitive-viewmodels

His video explains why it's better if you need convincing.

I don't think there is anything wrong with using the default HUD. I use it in minmode and I think it is fine, especially seeing as these guys don't need anything extra to install in order to complicate matters.

I will create a config file though with all the necessary cvars they're gonna need including the things you've mentioned.

Well that's my reasoning behind having a cash prize pool. So far there have been no tournaments for any of the other games so if I am the first then hopefully it will catch people's eye. Even if they just play in the tournament because of the cash incentive that's OK because hopefully they will enjoy the tourny and end up looking more into our comp scene.

Maybe you're right and I am overthinking how it would turn out, but in the past I have tried to get friends into it by playing lobbies etc. but they have never stuck to it because it was too overwhelming for them. That being said they certainly weren't eSports savvy players so perhaps this will be different. Also it will help that they will all be noobs :D

I'd love to stream it (shameless plug twitch.tv/barrryc) but it really depends on how my internet is doing that day :p

I see that as kind of an issue though. People won't understand why the game's in-house matchmaking isn't acceptable for mainstream use and question why they've got to login to an external site just to practice a little. This is my #1 reason why I think competitive TF2 has an entrance barrier and I'm trying for that not to be a problem here.

Well you make a good point, and you just made me realise that most people won't have many/any unlocks anyway. Maybe I should try and get a captain for each team to play as medic and that way at least they can be told where they should be going etc.

The other thing is class restrictions. iirc the main leagues still have 2 spys allowed. I'll probably change that to just 1 as 2 spys is likely because new players tend to like how he's different to the others.

Background: My uni has a fairly large eSports society of around 400 active members. Mostly they play LoL, CSGO and OW. I made a thread asking if people played TF2 competitively and the response was as expected fairly muted. A couple had played div 6/irc lobbies etc. a while back but nothing more recent.

Anyway, I want to host a TF2 night for the society to try and gather some interest for comp TF2. I should be able to pool a reasonable prize together and enough servers to host it etc. in order to draw people in, but I'm not sure on the best format to actually run it at.

Obviously I don't wanna go full on 6s with whitelist and the like as that will confuse new people. I could try to go highlander without the whitelist or something but these people are gonna be super nooby and again, I don't wanna scare them off. I also don't want it to become a huge cluster fuck with exactly 0 coordination whatsoever.

In CSGO, if you want to show 10 newbs the competitive game, just stick them all into a 5v5 and they're gonna at least get a small grasp on the rule set and what is a really stupid thing to do. Do you think this is even possible in TF2 or is it just too complex and I'm just thinking wishfully?

TL;DR How to make newbs not hate this game and want to play again?

Expected it to be wierd and just a joke but it's actually kinda nice. Very catchy beat :p

https://youtu.be/EE7XkaFFtGE

ETF2L was created in 2 weeks so Wordpress was the best option for them at the time. I think this guy is trying to go for a more bespoke feel, but is also aiming to make it generic so that other people use it and that is something I don't see working. Making the site from scratch would ultimately give the best experience for the user with the least added useless extras for the dev.

Worth pointing out I made this point on the reddit thread too here.

Just took a look round the map and spotted only 1 super-minor issue. The light in kitchen on the red side is not actually on the wall, and sort of floats in mid-air. Blu side is fine.

http://i.imgur.com/Zhre3c8.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/TzWWmST.jpg

I realise I'm being really picky here, but anyway, now you know. :P

"im sorry im not good i apologize for my ego please forgive me, im just american" - b4nny after i58

Creating alpha map designs to test general flow and layout?

Because hammer is a buggy pile of shit, especially for TF2. Props to all those people who actually make good maps with it.