Casts of matches on Twitch and popular streamers are always plugging teamfortress.tv as the home of competitive NA TF2, and encourage players who are new or interested in competitive TF2 to go here. And there really are a lot of good resources here -- Sigma's Intro to Competitive TF2 and Momentum in TF2 guides, FT's ongoing Map of the Week series, etc. But a newbie told to visit here probably won't find these, because he or she won't even know what to be looking for, or what articles even matter.
Maybe after telling new players to go to teamfortress.tv to get started with competitive TF2, there should be a clear "call to action," or link on the page for them to follow next, that leads them to these resources.
I guess the first thing would be to identify all the new-to-competitive resources on the site, or which can be linked to. Then organize/ categorize them somehow (by difficulty, medium, class, or something). Finally, determine the call to action. Maybe a link or section on the homepage in a color that pops, or that's in a prominent position like somewhere to the top and left.
Casts of matches on Twitch and popular streamers are always plugging teamfortress.tv as the home of competitive NA TF2, and encourage players who are new or interested in competitive TF2 to go here. And there really are a lot of good resources here -- Sigma's Intro to Competitive TF2 and Momentum in TF2 guides, FT's ongoing Map of the Week series, etc. But a newbie told to visit here probably won't find these, because he or she won't even know what to be looking for, or what articles even matter.
Maybe after telling new players to go to teamfortress.tv to get started with competitive TF2, there should be a clear "call to action," or link on the page for them to follow next, that leads them to these resources.
I guess the first thing would be to identify all the new-to-competitive resources on the site, or which can be linked to. Then organize/ categorize them somehow (by difficulty, medium, class, or something). Finally, determine the call to action. Maybe a link or section on the homepage in a color that pops, or that's in a prominent position like somewhere to the top and left.
I scanned the first 30 pages of general discussion and the featured articles for things that are vaguely informative or at least say "guide" on them.
Introduction to Competitive TF2 (Part 1): http://teamfortress.tv/articles/view/52-introduction-to-competitive-tf2-part-1
Momentum in TF2: A Push Guide: http://teamfortress.tv/articles/view/33-momentum-in-tf2-a-push-guide
ESEA Map of the week preview: Week 5 cp_gravelpit: http://teamfortress.tv/forum/thread/4620-esea-map-of-the-week-preview-week-5-cp-gravelpit
The Complete Guide to Streaming TF2 with OBS: http://teamfortress.tv/forum/thread/1753-the-complete-guide-to-streaming-tf2-with-obs
A Beginners Guide to - The Vaccinator: http://teamfortress.tv/forum/thread/3609-a-beginners-guide-to-the-vaccinator
Lansky's Xsplit/Dxtory Streaming Guide: http://teamfortress.tv/articles/view/46-lanskys-xsplit-dxtory-streaming-guide
ESEA TF2 S13 Map Pack: http://teamfortress.tv/forum/thread/3525-esea-tf2-s13-map-pack
Mid-Fight Trainer - Practice your mid fights: http://teamfortress.tv/forum/thread/974-mid-fight-trainer-practice-your-mid-fights
A Top 5 Guide For New Roamers: http://teamfortress.tv/forum/thread/2831-a-top-5-guide-for-new-roamers
Prem / Invite mouse settings: http://teamfortress.tv/forum/thread/2480-prem-invite-mouse-settings
Roundtables: http://teamfortress.tv/articles/view/40-pocket-soldier-roundtable-tlr-and-tyrone
http://teamfortress.tv/articles/view/39-pocket-soldier-roundtable-seagull-and-tri
http://teamfortress.tv/articles/view/32-djs-roaming-soldier-roundtable
http://teamfortress.tv/articles/view/31-djs-demo-roundtable-euro-remix
http://teamfortress.tv/articles/view/30-djs-demo-roundtable
Wasn't there just another thread about what to replace those slider links with? I don't know about you, but until there's another event/article large/good enough to be worthy of a slider spot I would love one or maybe several of them to be links to guide newer players around the site.
Wasn't there just another thread about what to replace those slider links with? I don't know about you, but until there's another event/article large/good enough to be worthy of a slider spot I would love one or maybe several of them to be links to guide newer players around the site.
Now that I got my video capturing software up and satisfactorily running, I was thinking of making some lower-level entry level guides to get into competitive TF2. I know I'm not the best player but I'd like to give back to the community.
This community is, in my opinion, one of the better tuned and great competitive competitive communities out there right now, we should definitely expand the resources available to newer players to help the scene expand.
Now that I got my video capturing software up and satisfactorily running, I was thinking of making some lower-level entry level guides to get into competitive TF2. I know I'm not the best player but I'd like to give back to the community.
This community is, in my opinion, one of the better tuned and great competitive competitive communities out there right now, we should definitely expand the resources available to newer players to help the scene expand.
Perhaps putting these up on the front page? Make it incredibly noticeable?
Perhaps putting these up on the front page? Make it incredibly noticeable?