cool guy to be around. very cool to see him trying to play again. drove me home which was like an hour and a half drive so hes got bro points

i love this man very much. very good and very kind. he deserves nothing less than high IM

visits my stream chat every now and then. very nice which i hopes translates to in game.

The Newbie Mix Team Drive is back for S31 of ESEA

At this point, it's become customary that Newbie Mixes will provide a drive for the coming season and we're here to continue that with our 5th season in a row conducting the drive. The drive is built to provide interested and ambitious players an opportunity to join a team with like-minded players who want to improve and gain experience with help from an assigned coach. If you are a newer player and are interested, click the link at the top or bottom of the page to see the details and application process. The drive works hard to ensure these opportunities are available to all who are interested, but in order to do so, we need help from the community. Below are some of the ways you can help. Open the spoilers for instructions on how to do each.

MENTOR A NEWBIE TEAM
Easily among the most important parts of the team building process is setting up a team with their appropriate mentor. We want our teams to feel confident in their goals to improve and building experience in team management/participation, which is why coaches are necessary for our drive. If you are reasonably experienced in either team management or gamesense (or both!), please consider signing up to coach for the season!

DONATE TO THE DRIVE
Although league fees have been removed from Open, ESEA premium will likely always be around, which means we will always have players who feel they are unable to play because they don't have the funds to cover the cost of premium for a full season. Part of our job is making sure that anyone who is interested has the opportunity to play and we achieve this by crowdsourcing the payment of their premium fees. Any amount is appreciated and wil go towards funding players' fees, paying for servers, and saving for later seasons.

DONATE YOUR PREMIUM CODES
Premium codes are an essential part of preparing for the season. Week long codes provided to invite players are incredibly helpful in buying time for a team to find someone to fill in where it's needed. This ranges from finding a new team member to getting a ringer for a single match. Month long codes, if anyone gets a hold of any they don't need, are equally helpful since we are limited only to 3-month long codes which are definitely overkill in many situations.

SPREAD THE WORD
Newbie mixes has certainly seen more active days and with the uncharacteristically short time period between seasons, it is crucial that word gets out about our existance in order to create solid teams. Anybody curious about the competitive scene should be encouraged to check us out!

SIGN UP YOUR TEAM FOR NEWBIE MIXES
This allows teams interested in playing in open to be assisted by Newbie Mixes. We would provide the same benefits and, if needed, fill in roles on the team where needed from the applicants we receive. For those of you interested in playing with a buddy or more, we can work to put you on the same team. If you have a portion of a team or a full one, consider signing yourselves up to be a drive team!

Check out the steam group and the discussions tab for more information. Join our discord for extra resources and a questions channel for any questions you have!

We look forward to the next batch of competitive tf2 players!

Links:
Tony's TFTV & Steam
Mallory's TFTV & Steam
Steam Group
Discord

NEWBIE MIX DRIVE APPLICATION DISCUSSION THREAD

my fellow mexican brother

i like both teams but i wanna see stock own. gl to both!

Since playing with dev's team for the short time that I did, I got an itch to play more so I'm throwing this thread out there. I'd really like to play low invite/top IM next season as either combo or flank scout (preferably combo). I'd like to really work hard to achieve a good season. I'm not really interested in much else but I'm open to all offers and will take anything into consideration.

Here is my ESEA: https://play.esea.net/users/797422
Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/id/bolognaboy/

never really interacted with him much in the past but played an rgl match with him and god was it epic. good sniper and friendly and fun guy

pls give my dad a home

lizar is easily one of the most solid demos i've played with and was a pleasure to be around. he sometimes trolls which did suck but he did realize the effects of it and I think he matured about it, seeking to do as well as he can. he's a good guy and definitely a contender for one of the top demos in IM. incredibly solid pickup

mechanically a very impressive medic player. has a nice personality. our team didn't fit well around her playstyle which caused her to sometimes become frustrated but it was more our fault in the majority of cases. that said, a team that would fit her playstyle would have a very strong combo and I believe she's skilled enough to start breaking into invite. highly recommended player

sometimes gets a bad rep but from my experience, he's a kind and hard working player who did a lot for the team in the limited time I was on it. I can only expect that he did the same while i wasn't there as well. will work hard to make a team and himself better and provide relevant discussion for such a goal. incredible pickup but its worth noting he refers to dealing high damage to the enemy as "having sex with their team"

if it's saying something like mid open, it means that they have a goal of or are already an open team with a record that would put them in the middle as far as ranking is concerned by the end of the season and are looking to keep it up and potentially do better.

i love him so much. hes an incredible guy and was dang good back when he played more consistently. would be very cool to see him back on a team