https://i.imgur.com/t6rWm6p.jpg

I made a map that no one needs. Well that's not exactly true. No one that's been around here for a while will find anything challenging about this but for people who are new and perhaps transitioning from pubs this is pretty useful and indeed will be quite hard. As with any movement map the process of grinding it and overcoming the difficulty is what unlocks the required skills and sets them into muscle memory. I was helping a newer player on a beginner jump map and they got quite far in--farther than expected--but then got stuck in a rut of trying to do the perfect rocket jump to get to the next platform. They were trying to do tough jumps while missing what I would consider pre-requisite skills. I realized that their air control was still very poor and not naturally reflexive and so I was inspired to make a sort of jump map where the jumps are given to you for free and you can focus on the in-air movement. The orange arrows are trigger_catapults that assign fixed direction and speed once touched (not additive!). Then it's mostly a matter of turning in the air. It's most like a jump map but I can't really call it that. There's some elements of surf, bhop, a hint of kz but none of these describe it so I stuck with a tr_ prefix. Also I'm not a fan of surf and bhop in principle because of the modified physics they introduce. Here you are playing with real, normal TF2 physics.

The map can be completed as any class. Yes, all aspects can be done as any class. (Just that with some classes and some items it's unreasonably hard. For instance, the medic's crossbow, for no good reason, is unable to hit buttons or physics objects and his needlegun is very difficult to use for things as well.) The most vanilla way to play through it is probably on sniper and since most of the other classes have extra movement abilities they can do some unintended actions and shortcuts and in some instances "cheat" a bit. I didn't go out of my way to 100% cheat-proof the map and I'm OK with that. By doing weird stuff you're either A) only cheating yourself, or, more likely B) are good enough that you can easily do the map normally and it doesn't matter how you play it.

I enjoyed making this and hope that it's useful and/or fun for someone out there. Btw if you pursue the bonus objectives some extra stuff happens. I know most people here have the 3d skybox off due to fps configs but it's better if you have it on. In console it's "r_3dsky 1".

Version B3
dropbox download

playthrough video with buttons and tips
Too lazy to remake the entire video so here's a more in-depth guide for the surf section:
surf section guide

I don't want to find any more problems because I don't want to work on this anymore!

Big thanks to EU folks (domo!) for getting my map on servme servers and FakkelBrigade

He's very good and he deserves good people to play with (who aren't assholes and emotional crybaby weenies).

Minnie

https://youtu.be/Hanxp94R0wo

Very powerful gamer with big fragging power. Massive potential.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW1Nff6jgjo

### - EDIT 2: Our search is done for now! Thanks to everyone who tried out! - ###

### - EDIT 1: We are primarily looking for scouts! - ###

Very sadly ry4n has to step away from the game for personal reasons. This leaves the team in need of one player. Golden can either roam or he can play combo scout (technically he can do anything--what a gamer). We need the other spot filled. We're closer to mid than high currently but if things go well, and with the right pickup, we'll be movin' on up. For scouts we're primarily looking for combo though in the right circumstances we could accomodate.

Scout(C): YOU / golden?
Scout(F): Owen
Roamer: YOU / golden ?
Pocket: Fleskore
Demo: Jaguar
Medic: Bedeviere

This is half of Ratz from IM last season, 3rd placing team, and half (-ry4n ._.) of Dragons are Pretty Cool from Main, 5th place.

We have a nice full schedule where we play Sun-Thur, 930-1130ish EST. You have to be able to be there for these days most of the time. Also I don't mess around with HL players or any other leagues/formats. The only way it's fine is if it doesn't interfere with the team's 6s schedule. Then it's your business, only.

please add me here to inquire:
https://steamcommunity.com/id/jaguarfiend/

Nice dude. Well rounded, motivated. Has a lot more time playing the game than those two seasons of experience indicate.

Weregrape (grape) is a nice dude who needs a lower level team to start raking in some experience. He's been slowly building up his mechanics when he's had time between being busy irl. He's a friend and I'd be offering him mentoring help and I could extend some of that to the rest of his team. Try him out :D

Great guy who has superb mechanics. His dm power is really strong. Seriously. Overall he's doing better than what his somewhat limited experience may suggest he would. With some more experience to round him out his potential is freakin enormous. Can definitely be playing in Main.

It should never build any uber whatsoever and if it stayed in its current form it should not auto-reload off screen.

But really imo the way it should work is that when you get hit you instantly receive a small healthpack (20% hp) worth of health and the rest of the hp should be applied slowly, like having a level 2 (or w/e) dispenser stuck to you until all the healing has been applied. The total amount of health given would be the same as it is now... dependent on range. I think this would still give the valuable and clutch burst heal but also not just instant damage-undoing.

http://logs.tf/2414256

check the times. total time and the 'ghost' players who played seemingly no class and for negative amounts of time. it was just a normal 30 minute newbie mix with some pauses (and at least 2 people lagging out to never return).... never seen this before.

It's griff! So I played in a bunch of pugs/pugscrims with him and he was consistently playing demo. Considering how much of a shitshow the teams were and how much of a hot mess the games were griff actually consistently did pretty damn well. I guess I was a little surprised but I shouldn't be. He always carries this hidden potential inside him to unlock his inner quake demon and do really well as any class. It all comes down to whether he cares and is motivated.

Good player with tons of prior experience on many classes. He can maincall like a motherfucker. Like seriously if you want it he could just never stop talking ever. Even if it's not always the best call it really helps get a team on the same page and has huge impact. Good luck dude!

A cool guy who showed a lot of dedication and improved lots over this last season. His aim is really on point lately and his offclassing is quite versatile too.