You should watch some YouTube competitive introductions and learn the role of the class you want to play, play some more mge and jump maps until you can consistently top score in a pub, then play some pugs (I don't know the status of competitive in the Philippines area) and once you understand competitive join a team

Yeah man I'd say you're absolutely ready. There isn't a set "hour requirement" for playing competitive tf2; technically you could play with 20 hours. (You just probably wouldn't have the best experience) If you feel like you have a basic grasp of the fundamentals of the game and you want to improve then go for it. I'm not too familiar with the scene over in Asia but I think asiafortress.com is sorta the main hub for comp tf2 over there. You can join a team that's looking for players for the start of the next season or find some like-minded individuals and build a team yourself. Also if you're in the Philippines you may be able to play ozfortress (the australian league) but I'm not sure how your ping would be.

As for servers that you should spend your time on, MGE servers are great for improving DM and jump servers will help your movement out a lot. DM servers are useful too (not sure how wide of a selection there is for asian players)

Good luck and have fun!

hmu and we can practice together! I have about 1k hours and just like you, I still have a lot to improve on, so we're on the same page here. Plus, it'd be great to have a practice buddy! :)

I forgot to add some info, sorry.

I have been watching a lot of competitive videos, it's actually the one thing I use YouTube for. I have at least a basic understanding of everything, my only problem is my experience.

I main Scout, 95 hours on him, my highest recorded kill number is 60 something. Also Medic and Soldier, recently I've been dropping the classes I used to main like Sniper that aren't really necessary in competitive.

Valve comp is pretty much dead here. Technically I can't top score pubs because other people were there first and have gotten about 200 points by the time I arrive. But in general in 1 hour I can bag at least 70 points. Is that okay?

Ohoho, no, I can't rocket or sticky jump off walls for the life of me, only launch myself forward without walls.

i really doubt I'm ready for pubs or anything of the sort, since 400 hours is still 400 hours. Even if I am decent, I probably won't get to join a team due to my hour count.

All I ask for is a way to play games for around my level or just slightly higher that are actually serious and are not casual.

Hour count in general mean nothing, if you look at etf2l there have been people in open with 7k hours and prem with under 2k, it's more how you use your hours. 400 hours might be low, but it doesn't mean you can't be good.

You could always make your own team with players like you, make sure you understand strafing which is very important for scout, sniper is used frequently in competitive and you should keep on practiticing him, play some pugs or lobbies so you can see how you do in a competitive setting

Hm, maybe we can!!

I have considered asiafortress, but I'm still skeptical about how friendly they are to noobs. Professional Asian gamers can be pretty aggressive in terms of attitude.

Aussie servers may also work out, but like I said before, I don't know what their community will think of people like me. I'm also not sure if I can even connect to it but I'll try!

What sucks is that I can't find any pugs or lobbies in the first place for my skill level. I'm pretty sure the second they realize I'm a 400 hour scrub they'll kick me or treat me as the drag that keeps dying.

All my friends either don't want any involvement in comp or are even worse than I am. I'll look into making my own team with online players though!

I gotta give it to ya, when I had 400 hours I had multiple clan tags and played on trade servers

Haha, well today I played a couple of casual and one or two pubs, one of them was a trade server but they had an option for deathmatches. So that was neat. Real bad players though.

Mostly I just spend time trying to improve by going on MGE or just regular games, but there's one trade server I like where I can just go against moderately formidable people while talking.

Okay guys, now I'm asking: Is it possible to join a NA/EU team even thought I'm from Asia, provided I can show up at the right time?

You could definitely join an NA EU team but you would have bad ping. I would still recommend learning how to rocket jump well because it helps with movement on every class, not just soldier. Also it looks pretty pathetic in MGE when you make a parabola through the sky

http://asiafortress.com/

the next step from pubs is pugs, here are some groups that host pugs in SEA
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/shanapugs
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=479320503
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/govtpug
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/ChillyPunch

makes more sense for you to play comp in your own region, keep an open mind to improve and you'll do fine
gl

edit: regarding your concerns, asiafortress doesnt really host pugs anymore, and the skill level of the average pugger from the other groups is really bad, as long as you bother to put in the time to learn basic things like rocket-jumping and rollouts, theres not really a reason to be afraid, you only get better by playing against better players

hi brother i am filipino 2

how do other Filipinos play competitive

I know that I will face players probably higher than me, but that's not my worry. What I'm really afraid of is that due to my lack of hours, I will immediately be kicked or thought of as the useless one that keeps dying.

welcome to gnomercy

I'm so sorry.

http://steamcommunity.com/id/LERLPA/

you can start by talking to the best demoman in the Philippines

What you need, my friend, is EXP MENTORSHIP brought to you by the community's very own IFUN(yes he is filipino)

hf

Got into comp not too long ago and wish I had sooner. Spent way too.many hours wasting time on pubs not improving.
You ll suck at first. Pretty much everyone does. But that's part of the fun - improving and noticing your improvement

Definitely get into it

wowie

In my opinion, just play more DM servers (mge, pugs and more). Mostly afc div 3 players have more than 1000 hours in TF2 and they have extraordinary DM and gamesense (mechanics?). My friends who are interested in competitive and has more than 1000 hours in TF2 (my friend who is a scout main has almost 6000 hours in TF2). Even though they have good DM, but they don’t have good positioning and gamesense.

I have 300 hours in TF2 and some players in afc div 3 knows me already even though I'm not good at any class except medic (I’m not really good at medic, but I know how medic works in lower plays and pubs). I highly suggest that to practice your DM more and your mechanics. Play more 1000 hours in TF2 and we have also competitive 6s for fun in our Facebook group, where I find some div 3 Philippine players and other div 3 personalities and of course my current fake team and competitive/casual friends. And also, master all the classes especially your main.

EDITED: Stay determined and motivate and find some good individuals to work with.

Play more pugs (especially Shanapugs). It will help you to practice. :)

Practice jump and surfing servers.

Idk if my friends still accept new person in our cult, but I'll be glad if you may allow me to help you on finding competitive/serious/tryhard people.

Do it

Tf2center never has any Asian servers.

I was just kicked from the GOVT PUG server because they said the minimum hour count is 500. Is this true?

govt has a rather low skill floor so once you hit 500 as long as you dont run into some div2s who want to go to govt and stomp youll have a grand time learning 6s and making friends

i dont see any 500 hr minimum on the page, or rules, so i'm guessing they kicked you out for no reason other than to improve their own pug experience.

you can try shana pugs, but there can be a few toxic players there, just ignore them if they're constantly shittalking and flaming you.

make sure you have mumble/discord for GOVT and mumble for shana! best of luck!

GOVT's own leader kicked me. Will try shana soon, thanks.