I think anyone on these forums that still recognizes my name knows that I'm not the greatest TF2 player to ever grace the scene. For a whole host of IRL reasons I stopped playing competitively after playing in IM back in S23. I never thought the best thing I did for the scene was playing in it, though. The work I did with the rest of the newbie mix admins is a much bigger deal to me, and the 1k+ players we brought into the scene over my tenure actively working with newbie mixes is what I look back on most fondly.

For anyone who doesn't know, I'm a school teacher that has been working on applying educational best practices to TF2 (because honestly I'm so freaking bored and really missed teaching). This effort has culminated in the (admittedly, slightly stacked) Newbie Mix team drive team Tino and I are coaching placing 3rd seed in the Amateur (not newcomer) division this season.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOTOAZA18kw

that is the coolest tf2 jump/frag/anything video intro i have ever seen

I think another big thing to note is how it may not always affect high level play quite as much, but it can make lower level play much faster and focused.

The medic on the newbie team I'm coaching runs it almost always but sometimes switches to ubersaw on desperation holds (or if ppl dont have the right whitelist).

I'm glad you felt the need to get this off your chest and that you felt safe to do so :)

It's not a big deal if the last time you cheated was a decade ago. And honestly it wasn't a huuuge deal then, either. Cheating is super wrong, but it's just a game. It's not like you robbed a pharmacy. Don't be too hard on yourself

Should there be a second set of matches scheduled yet? Wanna make sure i'm not fing up

how could dis happen

Reminder that if your team needs a mumble channel for this event, I will happily make you a private channel in voice.tf. Message me or just join the mumble and ask for one in the coming hour or so

in fairness we pay into it and (i think) that is the full year worth of prizes across all divs. i was much more pointing out the whole "na plays hat game this fall" than anything else.

shit is wild with the grappling hooks feature

https://youtu.be/X1F-opvz7gs

i think they've been working on fixing some stuff today, so i assume this is related to that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

connect balloon.tf

IP: balloon.tf (207.148.4.110)
port: 27015
type: pub
location: dallas

balloon.tf is a new (nocrit, nospread, class-restricted) pub server which is trying to build up a player base of competent gamers on an aim-intensive map that has aaaaaaa bit of an unfortunate reputation for memes. i will be making adjustments to the map as time goes on to promote the highest possible skill ceiling on this server.

map sucks

edit: but is better than gully so there's that

https://i.imgur.com/wXfR16k.png

lft

We about to respect

edit: found one. also anyone that needs a mumble for this can get one for free through this weekend on na.voice.tf. just msg me here or discord KevinIsPwn#9461

psssst this thread is for in jokes and memes and if you post logs of someone that you arent good buddies with here you fucking suck thats all