First of all.. What's up I'm back from the dead.
Second I had an idea in the shower (where the best ideas come from) about a newbie mix tourney. Currently in the newbie mix group there is 3695 dudes in the group. In a perfect world that is possibly 615 new teams (i know classes and mentors and w/e just a figure). Now one of the biggest problems besides getting coaches in the newbie mix is getting the guys to join or find a team.
SO LETS MAKE A TOURNAMENT!
Here's the idea.
1. Newbies only no seasons of esea and maybe even ugc (i donno where to make the cutoff point)
2. Make it a big event get a bunch of casters to do all the games get people watching. (everyone loves to be on tv)
3. Prizes! 1st place gets a server and at least league fee's for esea paid.
Now to do this will take a lot of work and maybe even charging each team like 6$ per team (1$ per person doesn't seem bad) this money will go towards the prizes and if enough teams join maybe 2nd can get some help also.)
Now this is all hypothetical but I'm spitballing here. Any ideas, concerns, or comments go right ahead and if you wanna help just message me and we'll talk.
First of all.. What's up I'm back from the dead.
Second I had an idea in the shower (where the best ideas come from) about a newbie mix tourney. Currently in the newbie mix group there is 3695 dudes in the group. In a perfect world that is possibly 615 new teams (i know classes and mentors and w/e just a figure). Now one of the biggest problems besides getting coaches in the newbie mix is getting the guys to join or find a team.
SO LETS MAKE A TOURNAMENT!
Here's the idea.
1. Newbies only no seasons of esea and maybe even ugc (i donno where to make the cutoff point)
2. Make it a big event get a bunch of casters to do all the games get people watching. (everyone loves to be on tv)
3. Prizes! 1st place gets a server and at least league fee's for esea paid.
Now to do this will take a lot of work and maybe even charging each team like 6$ per team (1$ per person doesn't seem bad) this money will go towards the prizes and if enough teams join maybe 2nd can get some help also.)
Now this is all hypothetical but I'm spitballing here. Any ideas, concerns, or comments go right ahead and if you wanna help just message me and we'll talk.
This sounds great, the only problem I see in this is that there may be those players who literally either main mge, or have just pugged 6s but still have multiple thousands of hours on tf2 that aren't in an esea team for various reasons, essentially rolling people who either don't have much experience with 6s outside of newbiemix or just don't have time to devote to 6s.
In a perfect world this would be great, but I'm a bit hesitant on the specifics.
After all, big booty jay z could always come back for the trophy.
This sounds great, the only problem I see in this is that there may be those players who literally either main mge, or have just pugged 6s but still have multiple thousands of hours on tf2 that aren't in an esea team for various reasons, essentially rolling people who either don't have much experience with 6s outside of newbiemix or just don't have time to devote to 6s.
In a perfect world this would be great, but I'm a bit hesitant on the specifics.
After all, [u]big booty jay z[/u] could always come back for the trophy.
3. Prizes! 1st place gets a server and at least league fee's for esea paid.
Sounds nice in theory, but the prize should be tangible. Paid ESEA fees for someone who's never even heard of ESEA doesn't sound like a great prize, and your average player doesn't really know much outside of commands put in by sourcemod if you want to gun for people who have no idea competitive exists. I've been gone for a while so I don't know if the community has grown or shrunk since I last saw it, but it would make sense to me to reach out to UGC teams with that kind of prize. I was always a big propagator for creating a system or event that met pub players halfway in terms of 6s play that built exposure to "for fun and sport" competitions, generally some sort of event that would hopefully be a gateway to low-level play.
All in all it reminds me of the 6v9 thing that AG used to do (was it AG?) for pub outreach. Do those still happen?
[quote]3. Prizes! 1st place gets a server and at least league fee's for esea paid.[/quote]
Sounds nice in theory, but the prize should be tangible. Paid ESEA fees for someone who's never even heard of ESEA doesn't sound like a great prize, and your average player doesn't really know much outside of commands put in by sourcemod if you want to gun for people who have no idea competitive exists. I've been gone for a while so I don't know if the community has grown or shrunk since I last saw it, but it would make sense to me to reach out to UGC teams with that kind of prize. I was always a big propagator for creating a system or event that met pub players halfway in terms of 6s play that built exposure to "for fun and sport" competitions, generally some sort of event that would hopefully be a gateway to low-level play.
All in all it reminds me of the 6v9 thing that AG used to do (was it AG?) for pub outreach. Do those still happen?
Heyo everyone~
In theory this sounds like a good idea;However, it does have its flaws.
Since I have been hosting the Newbie Mixes for a good amount of time now, my job truely is hard, because I always strive for perfection. When I draft, my goal is to make the teams as balanced as possible. This is often difficult with newer coaches and newbies not following directions properly.
If this sort of tourney were to happen, teams would be very unbalanced making it un-enjoyable for the majority of the participants.
There are bound to be coaches alt's, trolls, etc. In this format, there isn't way to prevent these type of people dropping by. Also, making Newbies pay to play doesn't seem fair, and there are only really myself and speedygeek that take Newbie Mixes full on, making it even more difficult to complete this task
In short, this will most likely won't happen in the near future. However, I have been pondering a bit lately of a Community vs Pros-esque type of format with newbie mixes. It would be a Highlander Team of Newbies vs a 6s team of coaches. How would you guys like that? There will be a thread about in maybe in the future including specifics.
TL;DR There are many flaws in this system, and it will not happen in the future. However, there may be a 9v6 Newbies vs Coaches event in the future.
Heyo everyone~
In theory this sounds like a good idea;However, it does have its flaws.
Since I have been hosting the Newbie Mixes for a good amount of time now, my job truely is hard, because I always strive for perfection. When I draft, my goal is to make the teams as balanced as possible. This is often difficult with newer coaches and newbies not following directions properly.
If this sort of tourney were to happen, teams would be very unbalanced making it un-enjoyable for the majority of the participants.
There are bound to be coaches alt's, trolls, etc. In this format, there isn't way to prevent these type of people dropping by. Also, making Newbies pay to play doesn't seem fair, and there are only really myself and speedygeek that take Newbie Mixes full on, making it even more difficult to complete this task
In short, this will most likely won't happen in the near future. However, I have been pondering a bit lately of a Community vs Pros-esque type of format with newbie mixes. It would be a Highlander Team of Newbies vs a 6s team of coaches. How would you guys like that? There will be a thread about in maybe in the future including specifics.
TL;DR There are many flaws in this system, and it will not happen in the future. However, there may be a 9v6 Newbies vs Coaches event in the future.