hey man, I just graduated HS (class of '15). I graduated having taken 7 AP courses senior year and 9 AP exams total. it's EXTREMELY worth it. I'm coming into college starting with Calc 2 and Comp Sci 2, and completely skipping all natural science/ social sciences/ English req's (physics, economics, psych, lang). I'm also partially skipping the history req's (government). after I clear my remaining history requirement, I'm essentially free to take whatever classes interest me. I want to major in Computer Science, and I'm considering a minor in Math. I'm also in my school's honor college, and have to take some required course to graduate with an honor's degree.

the amount of AP credit I'm coming in with will make all of this so so so much easier. I'm able to focus pretty solely on Math & CS courses and ignore all the stupid requirements I didn't want to take anyways (more gov, more english). I'm able to freely pick my humanities and general honor's requirements, and that's dope. currently I'm enrolled in honor's philosophy.

on a 5.0 scale, my freshman GPA was 3.2 (lol)
same 5.0 scale, my senior GPA was 4.9 (LOL)

I moved into harder classes and did better because I cared a lot more and there was a lot more on the line.

you can do it man, and it's so ridiculously worth it.

some words of advice:
prepare to have a possible nightmare enrolling in some college courses. I'm technically enrolled in Calc 1 rn because my Calc AB scores haven't come in yet. as soon as it shows I passed the test I gotta call and have them put me in Calc 2.
go to barnes and noble to study for your AP tests if you haven't been doing this already. you can sit at barnes' starbucks and use the AP books they have on the shelves without buying them.
look ahead at the college of your choice's AP credits. sometimes you can skip some AP exams as you already got credit for it in a previous exam. for example, I didn't have to take the Lit exam because it cleared the exact same classes that the Lang exam got me credit for. don't take exams blindly!!

good luck mate, and again, it's worth it.

does it feel a little CEVO in here or is it just me?

do multiplication

not even gonna lie, i think it's fun. pick two random two digit numbers and just multiply them together

eg 57 x 42

and just go through the problem

i'm a cool person i swear

This sounds insanely useful. Accept my add plz

It's an imperfect system but we do our best. The blame isn't on the drafters, it's on the drafting system. I'll talk to Kevin and the other admins about what can be done to help gamers who have been waiting a while.

All good, I'm sure Kevin was busy talking to himself on his recording BotIsPwn.

Awesome! You guys were great when you came. Don't worry about making it out each week - it's crazy to think someone will want to coach each and every weekend!

Thanks for reminding me of this idea - this was thrown around a lot as a solution back when pie_hero and the others took over mixes months ago. We couldn't figure out a solid way to make it work though, if you've got an idea on the specifics of this add me and we can brainstorm it up.

Yep. I talked to KevinIsPwn about being there, so I thought I was good. Other admins are usually super beast about being there too. Not even the "head" admin is free from the bystander effect :(

Damn, and I felt alright not being around this week because of our strong coach showing the previous week. Since this post has got some good attention, I'll drop some knowledge here instead of bumping my previous thread.

To coaches: we pretty much always need coaches. Like all the time. Always. After a night of having a lot of coaches, the bystander effect sets in. People show up on a populated night like two Fridays ago and see a million coaches and are like, "cool, other nerds got this". Then each coach that helped out that week, or anyone who didn't help or maybe didn't get to help cuz we had so many coaches don't show up the next week cuz they think "ahh, others will cover". And no one shows up lol. It's a serious help to even have one coach come and coach one game.

Again, if you're interested in this but dunno where to start, add me on steam, it's linked to my TFTV account. If you're a team leader who's interested in the sponsor thing I'll be working out over the next couple weeks, also hit me up. I NEED interested teams to help get the ball rolling.

To players: If you're in open, do not play in newbie mixes. This goes for all gamers - regardless of your possible previous play in newbie mixes. You guys who have played mixes for months and are now playing in open, you ballers have graduated, you're good, haha. You've got your team to scrim with and newbie PUGs to play, you for sure no longer need exposure to the game type through newbie mixes. Spread your wings and pwn noobs yourself.

I and other admins will be making personal checks on any regular newbies to make sure y'all aren't overstaying your welcome and playing newbie mixes like PUGs. Newbie PUGs exist for a reason. We aren't here to be a place to veg out and play some dope comp TF2; we're a place to help young comp TF2 babies learn how to walk.

meh whoever it is seems pretty dumb

I came here to defend my boys z fighters after reading dflame's remark but all I see is proto being an even bigger idiot.

proto, if I were you I'd keep my mouth shut down tight. You've got no position to shit talk dflame when you're getting carried hard by your team just like you did in the finals last season.

kanon: wtf are you doing

proto: sorry bro

how was ur scrim

absolutely agreed. message us any players with extreme DM or any straight up sandbaggers and we'll get them squared away.

thanks for coming out to coach man. it was much appreciated

Hey guys! Mixes starting in ~1 hour, looking forward to having as many players and coaches as possible. Please come if you can coach. Thank you and god bless.

EDIT: A bunch of us are just hanging out in mumble before games start tonight. Come on in if you'd like to chill before coaching some games.

EDIT2: If you wanna coach plz come in right now to talk a bit about what you'll be doing!! TY!!

KevinIsPwn
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198027325929

flame: we could totally look into coaches picking newbie warriors because that idea sounds dope

We need some serious help tonight with a possibly extreme influx of players!!! Please come coach if you have a free hour or two :D