I used to play a tiny RPG for many, many years with a small community of wonderful people that I stayed friends with for years. I started at 11/12 and stopped playing it/other games when I went to college.

Fast forward to my first real career post-school, I have a PC built for me and download Steam. I moved to a new state/city with no friends working 3-11P, so I googled what game has a strong community where you can make friends - and TF2 was one of the top recommendations. Cue my entry to being a Valve A/D backburning pyro main - and I have to say, I legit did make friends very quickly who ended up introducing me to comp TF2:) (also, reading about the b4nny/platinum and m4risa drama got me interested in competitive...amusingly enough)

ry4n was a chill person to play with last season & he was a super reliable teammate that always showed up on time & willing to scrim! try him out

great DM, great person to play with, solid pickup for any mid-high IM team!

bump for the week - -

As far as the noise goes, I recommend picking up a small, loud desk fan and aiming it away from your bed in the winter. It acts as white noise and really helps cancel all the agitating sounds from living in a dorm. Place it closer to your bed so it'll help block noises out better.

As far as your internet goes, I'm not sure how bad it is but if next semester is busy for you, it'd probably be best to just back up for a team anyway. Have time to study and socialize, and then definitely look for off-campus housing for next year. Just be sure to ask about the internet - I live in off campus housing now and the internet is provided by the complex with no upgrade option, so I can not use my own router and it's killed my ability to stream.

Good luck!

botdot

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clinical research at a university hospital

tryout bump for this week!

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The females were more difficult to decipher than the males...

percy & daf are both amazing human beings and gamers, would be a talented & fun team to play for!

bump for S24 (TENTATIVELY)

lft med (i might put together a team too)

Future Canadian roamer main?

The top of the scene isn't the strongest right now, but there still seems to be a ton of interest in competitive TF2. This past season was a huge surge of Open teams created from the newbie mixes posted above, and if we can cultivate that young blood the competitiveness of the higher divisions will increase as well!

It's still worth it to get into competitive TF2 for as long as ESEA keeps TF2 alive.

Newbie mixes gives you personalized instruction on how to play, but check out the http://playcomp.tf/ website for a bunch of different resources to help you get involved.

WELCOME!