After just under four months of development, we’ve finished enough to where we need to push into a closed alpha phase. If you’re curious as to the features we’ve accumulated over the course of the past four months, we’ve been chugging away at developing the site, organizing administrative stuff, and running various community projects (some which will be announced soon). Right now, our feature set includes themes, map/class/format filters, settings saved across computers, and a unique lobby creation wizard, on top of the obvious features like joining a lobby.

Also to celebrate, we thought it’d be a good idea to post an image of some of our progress along the way:

http://i.imgur.com/5yokZwI.jpg

These initial alpha tests aren’t intended to be particularly fun, and the group of testers is very small. When we reach closed beta, we’ll have info available on how to sign up and play in actual lobbies. Thanks again to the entire community for all the support you’ve given us over the past few months, and we look forward to giving you guys an awesome final product.

http://i.imgur.com/PMri1b8.png

pls give pocket the shield icon ;_;

Queue system for slots isn't a good idea because it slows down the start of lobbies since people would rather elect to queue for a scout spot rather than add up as medic or demo. TF2Pickup used to have a similar system and there were like 10+ people queuing for a scout spot or something ridiculous like that.

This is not a final feature, but just an idea proposed by the devs a while ago (shown in the progression of the site).

To add to this, that image isn't even a screenshot but a mockup. There was literally 0 code behind the picture.

I wish that you guys had opted for mumble to be used at all times because playing competitively without comms is aids.

Either way, I'm so excited for this shit dude like damn.

Love the Polymer design, good luck!

We're approaching our next step in closed alpha planning. Many of the "everything is on fire" glitches have been fixed, and we're approaching a point where more testers are needed to evaluate the site. Keep in mind that the site won't be full of lobbies 24/7, and that being in the alpha means you will be submitting bug reports and helping us out with suggestions and feedback. Signups are open for NA and EU gamers.

Participants will be selected on general community trust in individuals. There will also be a certain number of random people added as well, so sign up for your chance here.

I hate to double post, but signups end soon-ish (probably a few days), and I don't want anyone to miss this if they were hoping to get in. I know a lot of people were hyped for this project.

If you want to get into the alpha, please feel free to sign up here.

i have done this sir! #hype

Oops, I only just now saw this. Went ahead and applied! Better late than never? :D

Memes ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

How will I know if I'm in the closed alpha?

you get invited to the alpha group and then you will be able to sign in at alpha.tf2stadium.com

thats how i understood

are the alpha signups closed? i didnt see any of this :/

edit: nvm alpha only for na/eu

We're reviewing the applications, you can still sign up. You can enter the alpha even if you're not from EU/NA, so don't worry about that. Techno is correct, the whitelist for the alpha site is generated via the steam group.

We're just waiting for our site to be more stable before handing out the invites. Depending on how fast we can fix some of the issues, this could happen very soon!

I can't wait for better players to get alpha so I can stop winning test lobbies lmao

http://i.imgur.com/JdtBUWN.jpg

did invites already go out?

Nope. We have a few more things to do before we expand into the next stage of alpha. Should be coming very soon, though.

http://i.imgur.com/o9ckB78.jpg

:D

Well, we sorta shifted what this expansion is going to do. We have enough people right now to test what we need to test (getting basic stuff working consistently), and we're going to get more people in when the site stabilizes (which it has been doing a lot of recently). The holiday season was a sort of dead time in terms of consistent progress, but we're right back into working super hard on the site.

Hope that makes sense.

So when do i get invite?

So I know this is in closed alpha, but there hasn't even been a tweet since December of last year. How is this going?

We're getting there. Not much to talk about, just adding the last few outstanding features, fixing bugs, and polishing things up for the public beta. We've been adding people to the alpha that signed up in the steam group. Sign up there if you want a chance of getting in early.

I'm just curious as I know its getting closer to release, but do you have a set of rules in place for players on the site? Also how will these rules be enforced? Will people be free to spam chat or play troll classes in game, or is there an action plan to mitigate these things? Do you embrace the "it's just a lobby" mentality or do you want this to be more serious?

I think people with the "it's just a lobby" mentality will play retarded in matchmaking with unlocks then go to stadium to play seriously. Or at least I hope.

its really well put together, cant wait until its released

When is this going public?