i'm glad you decided to end up making the comp video after all! i have faith you'll do it justice given your passion for the game and your storytelling prowess ^^

this is unfortunately accurate. I had a lot of people approach me asking about how they can try out comp tf2 and both newbie mixes/pugs are pretty daunting unless you are really invested in learning the game.

i was the guy who made the last "best competitive game that no one plays competitively" vid btw! if you want someone to bounce ideas off of, feel free to hmu.

set up a community server with swifty, which was not really what the system was built for and quite a lot of issues arose as a result.

but tragic gave me personal support every step of the way, and went the extra mile to try and find solutions for me. he's committed to the user experience and will no doubt become the most convenient option to set up a tf2 server in time. I was a little bit annoyed that so many issues arose in the early stages of the setup, but he put in so much effort to improve the service for me and others, and the final result is perfect. pricing is great too.

highly rec, especially if you need tf2 specific support!

scout 1 was a friend of mine who had like 600 hrs in tf2, scout 2 was cin

yeah i regret not talking more about how airstrafing works, i feel like that would've been an important foundation for ppl to work with.

i struggled a lot in the movement and strategy sections with how to demonstrate depth without it getting boring or overly explanatory for non-tf2 players, and settled on ideas that were more "show don't tell." but ur right, a section dissecting a speedshot or some other tech would've been so good and i wish i thought of it :((

but aside from that, i've been a spectator of the scene for so long and have been familiar with all these people/names in a sorta parasocial way, and it's so surreal to receive such heartfelt responses from you all. every comment i get from comp players puts a smile on my face

thank u for all the kind words, i'm glad i did a good enough job highlighting what makes this game so special

sry, you were in the original version but i had to cut out so much :(

right? i was blown away listening to that the first time, he really put it all on the table

thank you <3

tyvm, I really had no clue where to direct people for NC/AM pugs haha.

yo it's done

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHtmqtsRi3I

thank you to everyone who submitted content for the outro! Sadly my first outro draft came out to be 15 minutes so I had to cut out a ton of good stuff to make it not drag on too long :c

if you have any suggestions for other things to put in the description (resources for new players) lmk

sry for the cringe clickbait, that's just how yt works haha

goes live in 2 hrs!!

heya, this project is almost complete! everything aside from the outro is content complete, most of what remains is just touch-up work and revision. it's clocking in at around 30 minutes.

here are some previews as to what the video will be like
introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP5PZcj6AGg
section introducing tf2's skill ceiling/movement (audio WIP): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI5djPRJwSY

i would still love some more responses for the outro. there have been a few amazing ones so far, and my favorites have been the ones where people go into it without a plan, just rambling about whatever comes to mind in relation to the game or its community. If you're interested in being in the video or talking about the game, please record something for me ^^

if you are interested but don't really know what to talk about, hmu on discord at pinguefy#2481 and we can do an interview sorta style instead.

maybe but it needs to be in an audio format to go in the video

yeah definitely, still plenty of time. thanks and nice to see u again c:

can't provide any video teasers yet (maybe soon), but most of the video will be talking about the depth of mechanics the game has, dipping into some competitive fundamentals, and a small section about b4nny and mix^ later. the target audience is ppl who don't even know that tf2 is played competitively, what makes it worth playing, or how high the skill ceiling is.

it'll be presented with my voiceover and visual aids, with this community section being a sort of emotional sendoff. i usually do shorter projects that are more likely to ride the algorithm, so it'll be pretty condensed compared to something like the Smash Brothers. maybe 20-30 minutes!

my two main inspirations for this video were the Smash Brothers documentary (showcased the depth and rich history of melee) and a more recent video called "This could have been the greatest eSport ever." the latter is about an obscure game called GunZ, and the video mostly talks about what makes the techskill difficult/interesting. makes me think I could use a similar format and title to trick people into watching a tf2 fragmovie lol

as long as you want. i'll listen to them all and take out any parts i think flow well in the video!

ty <3 i hope so, i'd love to get more ppl interested in this side of tf2.

it's rly good tysm. i'd like to get this video out asap so hopefully it shouldn't be more than a week or two before you do c:

I did ask b4nny, but I'm looking for a volume of responses too. The goal is to string a variety of testimonies together to showcase the passion for the game, which pretty much can only work if I get a dozen or so genuine responses.

edit: Video is out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHtmqtsRi3I

yo, I’m working on a video essay about competitive TF2 since it's in the public consciousness atm! I’m not rly a comp tf2 player but I’ve been hanging around the scene and its playerbase for a hot minute, and I think now is the perfect time to try and expose the game to a wider audience ^^

For the end of the video, I’d like to emulate this section from the Smash Brothers documentary: https://youtu.be/nKzYWqkga74?list=PLoUHkRwnRH-IXbZfwlgiEN8eXmoj6DtKM&t=773

Players answer these questions:
- What does the game mean to you?
- What makes this game special in your eyes?
- What impact did the game have on your life?
- What makes you keep playing this game? (if you do)

It’d be cool if you could start your clip with your alias and how many hours you’ve played TF2 for (ie. “hi, I go by pingu and I’ve played TF2 for 2,750 hours.”). I’d like to edit a handful of these lines together at the start of the section.

anything else you feel is relevant would be awesome! As of rn, the plan is to use some footage from LANs, frag clips from whoever is talking, or other random footage of tf2 players I’ll steal from youtube and put the voiceovers on top of it.

Please submit your responses to this google form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfuPpv3zNFdlKPTecbkI15o5mIt8tfRoLVNGA_Zkrq9U4ZyaQ/viewform
You can attach audio only or use video if you feel like it.

spread the word if you can, it'd help a ton!

oh hey that's my video. obviously this game isn't going to be the AFPS savior, but it's satisfying to play and allows for a lot of creativity with movement

i'd love to run pugs with you guys tbh! if anyone's keen on playing some 3v3/4v4/whatever, here's a discord for it. hopefully we can get enough ppl to do some inhouse stuff c: