Alright, so I've been posting about this in a couple threads now and thanks to some collaboration with Newbie Mixes and other community members (who will be credited further down this post, dw) I'm going to make it an official event.
Every season there are a number of new players who develop an interest in comp TF2 and want to play in ESEA but maybe don't have the experience or the connections necessary to get tryouts or build a team. When I was putting together the spreadsheet of Open players looking for a home I saw quite a few of those players so I wanted to do something for them. I know how scary and hard it is to break into the scene and try to build a team without really knowing the ropes or knowing enough people to keep to a stable scrim and tryout schedule.
So!
We are organizing a group tryout, tonight (Monday) starting some time around 9 EST (time still to be determined, waiting on Tino to come home). We may also be doing more of these throughout the week depending on demand.
This is open to anyone who was looking to play their first season of ESEA and/or competitive and was not able to find a team.
This is also an opportunity for more experienced players to get involved with getting some new players into the community so if you know anyone who would fit the criteria or you just want to come and help out (or come and talk about how to get new players in), you’re welcome to!
Join mumble.accelerateservers.com port 64806 if you want!
Alright, so I've been posting about this in a couple threads now and thanks to some collaboration with Newbie Mixes and other community members (who will be credited further down this post, dw) I'm going to make it an official event.
Every season there are a number of new players who develop an interest in comp TF2 and want to play in ESEA but maybe don't have the experience or the connections necessary to get tryouts or build a team. When I was putting together the spreadsheet of Open players looking for a home I saw quite a few of those players so I wanted to do something for them. I know how scary and hard it is to break into the scene and try to build a team without really knowing the ropes or knowing enough people to keep to a stable scrim and tryout schedule.
So!
[size=16]We are organizing a group tryout, tonight (Monday) starting some time around 9 EST (time still to be determined, waiting on Tino to come home). We may also be doing more of these throughout the week depending on demand.
This is open to anyone who was looking to play their first season of ESEA and/or competitive and was not able to find a team.[/size]
This is also an opportunity for more experienced players to get involved with getting some new players into the community so if you know anyone who would fit the criteria or you just want to come and help out (or come and talk about how to get new players in), you’re welcome to!
Join mumble.accelerateservers.com port 64806 if you want!
This event is going to be a little different from past team drives and newbie mixes.
The first little bit is going to be a bit of a meet and greet, where you'll get to hang out with the more experienced players who will be there to talk a bit about their competitive experience and what it's like to play on a team and in ESEA.
New players who step forward and volunteer to be potential team leaders will then (somewhat randomly I suppose, but that's not too different from new tryouts) draft from the players who are present to build temporary teams to do a scrim with on some standard maps. Once that is done everyone will be pooled again and team leaders can choose new teams again. There is no pressure or imperative that this event ends with a bunch of built teams by tonight; the idea is that the new team leaders might be able to construct a core of their new team and then finish up their tryouts over the course of this week and have a team ready to register before the extended deadline. No one is expected to commit to a team they don't like or to build one at all, this is solely an opportunity to try making one.
The senior players will not be there to coach or provide feedback to individual players. This isn't like newbie mixes where players come to learn how to play 6s and receive feedback from experienced coaches, this is for new players to play with their peers and build connections that they will be able to use to build/make it on to their first teams, while the more experienced players can provide encouragement, support and explanations about league play and team-building (that is not to say that you CAN'T provide feedback if you want to, but you are not expected to do so).
[b]This event is going to be a little different from past team drives and newbie mixes. [/b]
The first little bit is going to be a bit of a meet and greet, where you'll get to hang out with the more experienced players who will be there to talk a bit about their competitive experience and what it's like to play on a team and in ESEA.
New players who step forward and volunteer to be potential team leaders will then (somewhat randomly I suppose, but that's not too different from new tryouts) draft from the players who are present to build temporary teams to do a scrim with on some standard maps. Once that is done everyone will be pooled again and team leaders can choose new teams again. There is no pressure or imperative that this event ends with a bunch of built teams by tonight; the idea is that the new team leaders might be able to construct a core of their new team and then finish up their tryouts over the course of this week and have a team ready to register before the extended deadline. No one is expected to commit to a team they don't like or to build one at all, this is solely an opportunity to try making one.
The senior players will not be there to coach or provide feedback to individual players. This isn't like newbie mixes where players come to learn how to play 6s and receive feedback from experienced coaches, this is for new players to play with their peers and build connections that they will be able to use to build/make it on to their first teams, while the more experienced players can provide encouragement, support and explanations about league play and team-building (that is not to say that you CAN'T provide feedback if you want to, but you are not expected to do so).
I'm looking to run it roughly like this:
If we have one leader and at least five players or two leaders but fewer than 10 players, they will be able to play with one another against either a scrim they find on discord, or, if none are available, a pug scrim thrown together from senior players without scrims. Hopefully the one leader will be able to pick out enough players to complete their roster by the end of the week.
If we have at least two leaders and at least ten people, we will have two team drafts and fill in the missing players from the present senior players. Then hopefully the two team leaders will be able to start building their teams from the newer players.
If we get more than 12 players who show up to this we'll figure it out on the spot, but it will follow a similar pattern to this.
The pug scrims, or the senior players filling in, are only fulfilling a function of supporting the new players in finding teams. You are not there to farm the other team or micro players or do anything else really interfering unless you want the team leaders to pick you up for your amazing skill. So be warned.
Players who are currently involved:
Bleh
Jojo
Tino
ander
Mallory
FFyg
Laxson
Please feel free to message me if you are an experienced player and want socialize with some new players and help them get on some teams. Especially you FFyg, I sent you a message but you didn't reply.
If you are a new to comp or new to ESEA player looking to play in this, post here, message me or anyone else involved, or just join mumble.accelerateservers.com port 64806
[b]I'm looking to run it roughly like this:[/b]
If we have one leader and at least five players or two leaders but fewer than 10 players, they will be able to play with one another against either a scrim they find on discord, or, if none are available, a pug scrim thrown together from senior players without scrims. Hopefully the one leader will be able to pick out enough players to complete their roster by the end of the week.
If we have at least two leaders and at least ten people, we will have two team drafts and fill in the missing players from the present senior players. Then hopefully the two team leaders will be able to start building their teams from the newer players.
If we get more than 12 players who show up to this we'll figure it out on the spot, but it will follow a similar pattern to this.
The pug scrims, or the senior players filling in, are only fulfilling a function of supporting the new players in finding teams. You are not there to farm the other team or micro players or do anything else really interfering unless you want the team leaders to pick you up for your amazing skill. So be warned.
Players who are currently involved:
Bleh
Jojo
Tino
ander
Mallory
FFyg
Laxson
Please feel free to message me if you are an experienced player and want socialize with some new players and help them get on some teams. [s]Especially you FFyg, I sent you a message but you didn't reply.[/s]
If you are a new to comp or new to ESEA player looking to play in this, post here, message me or anyone else involved, or just join mumble.accelerateservers.com port 64806
Newbie drives are a phenomenal way to get involved in comp TF2. You'll get to meet and play other people in your skill level, and you'll get to learn who they are so you can scrim them, AND there will be more people your level when playing matches. This cuts out a lot of the difficulty when trying to start playing in open!
I was dreading that there wouldn't be something like this after kevinispwn retired. Shoutout to Mallory + co for organizing this!
If you are thinking about playing open this season, I highly recommend that you go try out tonight!
Newbie drives are a phenomenal way to get involved in comp TF2. You'll get to meet and play other people in your skill level, and you'll get to learn who they are so you can scrim them, AND there will be more people your level when playing matches. This cuts out a lot of the difficulty when trying to start playing in open!
I was dreading that there wouldn't be something like this after kevinispwn retired. Shoutout to Mallory + co for organizing this!
If you are thinking about playing open this season, I highly recommend that you go try out tonight!
I posted in another thread about this but if a team is created out of this little event, i'm willing to lend my server and mumble to that team at no charge. I still use my server for personal stuff sometimes but during scrim times its generally empty.
Something that isn't really mentioned here is that playing on a new esea team is not easy. You will take several losses your first season but it is good to start somewhere with people you enjoy playing with. Through this, we hopefully will provide you guys with the skills to make your own teams in the coming seasons and to improve with the right mindset.
I hope to see at least a decent amount of players here and am looking forward to helping out and chatting with all of you.
I posted in another thread about this but if a team is created out of this little event, i'm willing to lend my server and mumble to that team at no charge. I still use my server for personal stuff sometimes but during scrim times its generally empty.
Something that isn't really mentioned here is that playing on a new esea team is not easy. You will take several losses your first season but it is good to start somewhere with people you enjoy playing with. Through this, we hopefully will provide you guys with the skills to make your own teams in the coming seasons and to improve with the right mindset.
I hope to see at least a decent amount of players here and am looking forward to helping out and chatting with all of you.
Thanks bleh. We are going to be talking pretty realistically about what this entails, but at this point we just need people to show up and see for themselves.
Thanks bleh. We are going to be talking pretty realistically about what this entails, but at this point we just need people to show up and see for themselves.
im still willing to sponsor a team of newbies. i guess i wouldnt be opposed to getting in game and chilling with them for a bit if it would help
edit: oh wait lol its tonight i dont even have the game installed. either way if you have people that need help with money send them to me
im still willing to sponsor a team of newbies. i guess i wouldnt be opposed to getting in game and chilling with them for a bit if it would help
edit: oh wait lol its tonight i dont even have the game installed. either way if you have people that need help with money send them to me
So, I'm just wrapping it up right now but so far this mixer has been a pretty big success for something so late-notice!
I think we will get three teams out of this once they finish their tryouts and grab some of the people who told me they were interested but couldn't make it today. One has a complete roster, and two other ones I am hoping will be able to pick some rosters together from the players we got.
Billdozer, tony or I will get in touch with you about sponsorships.
Thank you very much to ander, bleh, Jojo, ThorEatsWorms, Laxson, GrumpyGrampaKoala, vhnjhjh and all of Jojo's friends who came to help us out and fill in the player slots that we were missing at various times, as well as to ander, bleh, and Jojo for helping me organize the thing tonight!
Thanks to all of our players for showing up and for putting up with how disorganized and last-minute it was.
So, I'm just wrapping it up right now but so far this mixer has been a pretty big success for something so late-notice!
I think we will get three teams out of this once they finish their tryouts and grab some of the people who told me they were interested but couldn't make it today. One has a complete roster, and two other ones I am hoping will be able to pick some rosters together from the players we got.
Billdozer, tony or I will get in touch with you about sponsorships.
Thank you very much to ander, bleh, Jojo, ThorEatsWorms, Laxson, GrumpyGrampaKoala, vhnjhjh and all of Jojo's friends who came to help us out and fill in the player slots that we were missing at various times, as well as to ander, bleh, and Jojo for helping me organize the thing tonight!
Thanks to all of our players for showing up and for putting up with how disorganized and last-minute it was.
you guys are real troopers
cheers
you guys are real troopers
cheers
MallorySo, I'm just wrapping it up right now but so far this mixer has been a pretty big success for something so late-notice!
I think we will get three teams out of this once they finish their tryouts and grab some of the people who told me they were interested but couldn't make it today. One has a complete roster, and two other ones I am hoping will be able to pick some rosters together from the players we got.
Billdozer, tony or I will get in touch with you about sponsorships.
Thank you very much to ander, bleh, Jojo, ThorEatsWorms, Laxson, GrumpyGrampaKoala, vhnjhjh and all of Jojo's friends who came to help us out and fill in the player slots that we were missing at various times, as well as to ander, bleh, and Jojo for helping me organize the thing tonight!
Thanks to all of our players for showing up and for putting up with how disorganized and last-minute it was.
if my esea check from s21 comes in before the season starts i'll pay fees for a team
[quote=Mallory]So, I'm just wrapping it up right now but so far this mixer has been a pretty big success for something so late-notice!
I think we will get three teams out of this once they finish their tryouts and grab some of the people who told me they were interested but couldn't make it today. One has a complete roster, and two other ones I am hoping will be able to pick some rosters together from the players we got.
Billdozer, tony or I will get in touch with you about sponsorships.
Thank you very much to ander, bleh, Jojo, ThorEatsWorms, Laxson, GrumpyGrampaKoala, vhnjhjh and all of Jojo's friends who came to help us out and fill in the player slots that we were missing at various times, as well as to ander, bleh, and Jojo for helping me organize the thing tonight!
Thanks to all of our players for showing up and for putting up with how disorganized and last-minute it was.[/quote]
if my esea check from s21 comes in before the season starts i'll pay fees for a team
I really enjoyed helping in these mixes and I think we made great progress as Mallory said. Despite being on short notice, they went reasonably smoothly and we are hoping to maybe get another one set up within the week.
If you are a new player who wants to lead/play this season, we encourage you to contact either of us or check back on this post for further info on the next meeting so you can get in on it.
We also would appreciate any higher level players who are willing to come in and talk to the new players and hopefully introduce themselves. We had Jojo and I as the sort of higher level players but we are open to players even higher than us.
Feel free to contact either me or Mallory if you would like to help out, participate, or just know more about what we're doing.
I really enjoyed helping in these mixes and I think we made great progress as Mallory said. Despite being on short notice, they went reasonably smoothly and we are hoping to maybe get another one set up within the week.
If you are a new player who wants to lead/play this season, we encourage you to contact either of us or check back on this post for further info on the next meeting so you can get in on it.
We also would appreciate any higher level players who are willing to come in and talk to the new players and hopefully introduce themselves. We had Jojo and I as the sort of higher level players but we are open to players even higher than us.
Feel free to contact either me or Mallory if you would like to help out, participate, or just know more about what we're doing.
saamif my esea check from s21 comes in before the season starts i'll pay fees for a team
on a side note it's pretty sad that an esea check from s21 still hasn't arrived by s24
[quote=saam]if my esea check from s21 comes in before the season starts i'll pay fees for a team[/quote]
on a side note it's pretty sad that an esea check from s21 still hasn't arrived by s24
Had lots fun, and lots of positive energy in the mumble, if any teams are in need of help or lost about what to do feel free to add me to talk bout anything .
Had lots fun, and lots of positive energy in the mumble, if any teams are in need of help or lost about what to do feel free to add me to talk bout anything .