The NA Newbie Mixes are back, with the goal of being bigger and better than ever! We need help on all levels to make this transition. We are opening up some new positions as well.

This is all volunteer work, but Newbie Mix is the single biggest feeder into competitive TF2. Investing in the scene for the game you love will better ensure there are others to play with for a long time.

https://goo.gl/forms/yjBTIQy1EWumfIwy1

Here is a list positions and responsibilities:

• Head Operations Admin (NOT head admin, expected to be available almost every Friday, leads general operations of mixes)
  
• Team Drive Admin: Runs newbie team drive, must also be a drafting admin, broad community trust REQUIRED.
  
• Drafting Admin: Drafts mixes, moderates drafting zone, answers newbie questions while waiting for next game.
  
• Head Coach: Leads curriculum building and helps other coaches with general tasks. Invite experience appreciated.
  
• Weekly or bi-weekly coach for newbies. Formal position, unlike the "who can the admins grab" coach.
  
• Social Media Coordinator: Keeps twitter feed active and managed, broad community trust REQUIRED.
  
• Other: A position that you feel we need but is not listed. We're happy to incorporate other ideas!

if anyone has had any semblance of a hope that tf2 would become an esport more than a month after valve released matchmaking, they're delusional

people play because tf2 is the most fun game there is, not because we want to be esports stars

Sorry for the pretty aggressive bump. I just want everyone to remember that this is tonight! Please come if you can!!

Yes, I agree 100% we should still use mumble, as do most people. That's why it was an example of things-we-won't-talk-about-until-later. Sorry for any confusion!

Hey guys!

I'm really looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow night in the newbie mix mumble (chi4.tragicservers.com 64737)! We will be having a basic community-building meeting to brainstorm changes and improvements to make for the next generation of mixes. These improvements will be focused much more on getting more players and coaches involved, rather than operational matters like “how we draft”, “should we still use mumble”, etc. That said, we can talk about those things afterwards.

I will be posting this meeting on my YouTube channel for people that miss it. I only say this so that everyone knows ahead of time that it is expected of people to behave themselves throughout the meeting. Uncivilized discourse and personal attacks will lead to a mute for the rest of the meeting, given out by admin discretion.

Current agenda (prone to updates):
- Introduction
- Format of meeting
- New organizational structure explanation
- Discussion of new structure
- Open recommendations for next generation recruitment
- Open questions about next generation recruitment
- Open recommendations for all other topics
- Open questions about all other topics
- Closing

This meeting is not for us to announce things to you, like many community “meetings” have been in the past. We sincerely want to make newbie mixes as great as we can, and we know we can’t do that by delegating mixes in a purely top-down fashion. PLEASE come prepared to provide feedback, ask constructive questions, and generally help out. We'd really appreciate it. The meeting is expected to start promptly at 9:30PM ET.

Everyone is welcome, and if you want to be an admin in the next iteration of mixes, I would HIGHLY recommend that you either come to this or alert us ahead of time that you won't be able to make it.

Feel free to discuss this announcement here on tftv or in our new newbie mix discord! https://discord.gg/u9VmVxk

scout will get a buff

soldier unlocks will get nerfed

reserve shooter will remain untouched

people still wont play matchmaking

kurt is reddit famous

https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/6fd5d7/two_body_bags_argue_h1z1/

congrats!!!

https://i.giphy.com/12XMGIWtrHBl5e.gif

I'll be around for the transition. Looking forward to mixes being back!

i thought we agreed not to post this one or mine would have been up that night rofl

esa lan was so fun

definitely cbear for tf2. i don't keep up with other scenes well enough to speak outside of tf2 tho

If you guys are willing to venture out of the competitive sphere a bit, jerma and star had some next level comedic timing as a pair. I had non-tf2 playing friends of mine in tears watching "The Sound it Makes" late one night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtHhpZOlY1c

commented my shock on the youtube video before finding this thread, lol

Good job, lansky! I've recently started getting into shape (which is a bit cliche to do after quitting tf2), in part thinking about the impressive progress you've made since when I saw you at s15 lan talking to cs players about getting started lifting.

It's good to see you excelling in other things, even though we all miss in-game lansky.

ps am i going crazy or was there a vlog of olden-days tf2 nerds walking around a powerlifting competition just down the hall from lan? i have no idea which lan/year/players/anything.

https://clips.twitch.tv/DarlingDifficultTigerPhilosoraptor

wish that money was going towards highlander.