Greetings.

After [s]a long, arduous, painful journey[/s] some time of development, the Newbie Mix team is pleased to announce the first release of the #tf2newbiemix IRC Channel and the newbiemix bot!

ykpegedese (solve the anagram) wrote the bot as a fork to the #tf2mix bot written by cinq. Cinq has also kindly been host the #tf2newbiemix bot with the #tf2mix bot on atf2.org server. Please shower Cinq with your thanks, newbies!

The plan is to use the IRC bot for newbie PUGs and newbie mixes with the more experienced newbies. Since all the upper level pug systems use IRC, the idea is that we introduce the newbies to the system and make it as painless as possible!

Wezlyyy.com has kindly provided THREE servers for newbie PUGs during the weekday's. The Please pepper him with your thanks, newbies!

This channel is NOT intended for ESEA players. Instead, this bot is targeted to be used by players NEW to competitive play with some newbie mix experience. Please let one of the newbie mix admins/moderators know if there are issues with [s]players like bape[/s] trolling in the channel.



HOW TO CONNECT:

Set up your own IRC client http://teamfortress.tv/forum/thread/1291

OR

1) Browse to www.mibbit.com, click [url=chat.mibbit.com/]Launch App[/url]
2) click [u]server[/u], fill the Server section with irc.gamesurge.net
3) fill Nick with your alias, channel with #tf2newbiemix
4) press connect!

OR

1) Browse to atf2.org
2) Fill in with your alias
3) Connect
4) type in /j #tf2newbiemix in the bottom chat box

Type !man for help.



DETAILS TO NOTE:

Newbiemix bot is very similar to the bot in #tf2mix. Commands used are mostly the same. However, the newbie mix bot does not have a captain mode, but instead a coach mode. During the weekdays, the bot will automatically run under non-coach PUG mode. Please ask the moderator/admin in the chat to switch the modes if needed (for example, two coaches are present).

The SOLDIER class is divided to two sub-classes, pocket and roamer. Add up as pocket or roamer instead of as soldier. (!add pocket)

To coach, you must have one or more seasons of ESEA Open or higher, and you MUST be authorized by an admin or a moderator to coach. If you have 1+ season(s) of ESEA open, please ask one of the moderators/admins to authorize you to coach in IRC, Steam, or Mumble. Use the syntax !add coach class to add as coach. The coach mode the game is on will determine the class that the coaches play.



MISC:
Newbie Mixes Steam group page is found [url=bit.ly/Quevpf]here[/url].
The bot was developed in Python using gedit and vim in Linux Mint 14. [s]BOO Emacs[/s]
If you'd like to be a moderator or an admin of the newbie mixes channel, please help out with the newbie mixes and ask one of the admins for approval.




If there are any questions, concerns, bug reports with the bot, etc, please do not hesitate to contact one of the following newbie mix admins!

Karova, lamefx, loserd, MrPerfect, Noona, Scoots, shredder


-ykpegedese