Finding a team to play with is a million times more "real" than TF2C

We're in between seasons right now, so it's the perfect time to look for one to join or make your own!

People still use TF2C?

mge is the real tf2 experience

Slight update: I don't really have the time to play with a team on a scheduled basis (my life is pretty spuratic and shit happens all the time that takes up time for me) so finding a team and playing in a season is kinda not what I'm looking for (also I have like 60 hours and I'm sure no team would want that lol). Either way, thanks for the responses so far!!

The newbie mix team drive will probably be happening soon. People from the newbie mixes can form teams together easily and get into comp that way. Not sure who's doing the NA team drives (tino?) but you'll probably hear about it in the next couple of weeks
edit: my bad. got ninjad

I would recommend faceit since as far as I'm aware, they don't have an hour requirement.
You could also pubstomp with a medic gf

Faceit is not yet at the point where it's a good first time comp environment.

Faceit is anything but real experience. The matches there are horrible, especially if you're somewhat new. Even TF2C games are far, far more enjoyable and closer to actual 6v6 gameplay tbh. Sure, it might be better than nothing but right now faceit is definitely not a good place to improve.
Like the others already said, the best way to improve at real comp tf2 is obviously playing real comp tf2. Newbie mixes are definitely a good start, forming or joining an actual team would be the next step. The first experiences might be a bit disappointing when it comes to results since TF2 is a game with a huge skill cap but it's worth it. All you need is some sort of endurance and dedication to make it work. :)

Fair points. I wasn't aware of this, and haven't played in awhile. Sorry for making assumptions

U could let it run over night until u clock in enough hrs for tf2c or u could try mixchamp (idk how alive NA mixchamp is tho)

the people shitting on tf2center probably didn't see that you said you have 60 hours. i think tf2center is pretty much the right place to be for someone with 60 hours who wants comp experience*. (someone actually recommended low open? really?) the next step after that is to join a ugc steel 6s/hl or rgl rec team, most likely.

*unless you've got a lot of hours on another fps i suppose

most of the newbies who are signing up for the newbie drive have little to no experience. low open is perfectly fine place to go. honestly i wish id started with open because i wouldn't have wasted 4 seasons not improving in ugc

i am absolutely positive none of them have only 60 hours in the game. probably very few have less than 500.

As someone who only recently (3 months) got into playing organised/competitive matches I hope you start being able to find ways to play soon & enjoy it as much as I do ^_^

It's quite unusual for someone with 60hrs of playtime to end up here, or in the scene at all really.
The 500hr requirement is there for a reason, but if you're as keen as you're coming across then I'd recommend you just keep the game running as much as possible to meet the requirement sooner.
I've heard you can use SAM to have tf2 'running' without having to launch the game

A good thing to do during the time between now & hitting 500 hrs is to make sure you're comfortable with rocket jumping. Check out jump.tf & jumpacademy.tf & play jump_beef , jump_academy & jump_4starters
If you find your pinky is hurting, try binding crouch to Shift instead of Ctrl
Even if you don't plan on playing soldier, being familiar with how they can & can't move is important.

If you don't have any of the following weapons ("unlocks"), add me & I'll give you them
Boston Basher (scout melee)
Cow Mangler 5000 (soldier primary)
Original (soldier primary)
Gunboats (soldier secondary)
Escape Plan (soldier melee)
Iron Bomber (demoman primary)
Crusader's Crossbow (medic primary)
Kritzkrieg (medic secondary)
Ubersaw (medic melee)

Sorry if all of this is unnecessary info, just there are many people hitting 60hrs every two weeks so I'm a bit lost as to what you do or don't know. If any of this is new, you're going to want to go to options & enable developer console.
Try not to change too much without getting some solid advice first, but you're going to want to try these;
fov_desired 90
cl_showfps 1
cl_autoreload 1
tf_contract_progress_show 0

binge a bunch of MR SLIN's videos, TF2C in particular is thirsty for medics & it's easy to find slots as medic & get a game to play straight away.

If you prioritize learning your medic positioning, rollouts & heal orders, people will be practically begging you to play medic for them on there :p

YouTube is going to be your go-to resource for everything for a while, here's
b4nny's Death Merchant University (well presented, but unfinished)
& adamskyride's MGE Video Archive (messy & dated, but it's great information)
to get you started, but honestly watching anything that isn't in a pub/'casual game mode' context is probably going to be a big help. Don't be too focused on finding the right resources in the right order & just try to drown yourself in whatever you can find.

Play as much as you can & don't restrict yourself to playing one class until you're well versed in all of them

comp.tf is your friend, and maybe try a custom hud to make things easier to read, I use FlawHud

If you're EU you're welcome to add me & I'll sneak you into /something/ when I can.
Don't be too discouraged if you're not doing well in games, it'll take time but just try your best & focus on improving~
I'm still one of the worst players I've ever seen >_>

Sorry for the wall of text, hopefully something there was new, good luck finding games & have fun playing!