#pray2gaben4brimstone

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Pssst the tiebreaker map is gullywash, not granary.

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But seriously, we've been looking forward to playing you again all season. Mad respect for you guys, whatever the outcome. :D

Erynn is super dedicated to the community and has become one of my favorite people with whom to schedule scrims and to have chill pugs. She deserves a team on her level of chill and maturity. B)

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Me too, man.

yuice ringer yowza

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I do genuinely like medic, even though I kind of wish sometimes that I would have gotten started on a combat class instead.

However, always hearing shit about how med is a class for bad players or how it's the only class girls can play decently is really annoying. It makes me feel like even if I get good, no one will really respect me for it. :/

Oh shit, I had no idea arekk lived in the greater Portland area. Dude, you should come to one of the LANs or Ground Kontrol meetups some time. :3

what the huck?

No Johns is forfeiting to Bearly Alive, tho.

Guys, hang on. If Neo's team doesn't make playoffs cause it's dead, would that mean 17th seed would make it in? (ಠ_ಠ)

This is true, but not everyone agrees it's always a good plan to jump into open asap. Mid-open was roughly at the skill level of playoffs silver last time I checked. The most important thing is that you find a team you work well with that will live long enough for you to develop with them. Before you're at a level where you can be competitive in open, I think you can still find that in UGC, so no need to rush the transition, especially if cost is a concern.

Sure, lobbies will give you bad habits if you spend too long trying to learn stuff there, but for the basics, they're a great place to start. I kind of had to grin and bear some of the personalities there and just resign myself to getting flack while I was new, but it was still a good way to be pretty well prepared to jump straight into steel.

One alternative to tf2c is na.mix.champ.gg. As soon as 12 people add up and ready, it auto-picks teams it thinks will be balanced, based off hidden elo.

There's also Newbie Mixes, a group where newer players get together to play 6s, guided by more experienced players as coaches. That's a very good place to nail down some of the fundamentals in a somewhat less competitive, more learning-oriented environment than lobbies. Mixes happen every Friday. http://steamcommunity.com/groups/na6v6newbiemix

One key thing with these places is it's not just about learning the game individually. If you can find people you do well with and like who are close to your level, that can be the start of a team right there. Good luck with everything! :)

This is the second time Neo has cut everyone from a roster, that I know of.

I've never felt worse for another leader than for arcadia during our match today:
7:48 PM - arcadia: jokes aside
7:48 PM - arcadia: our soldiers are brothers
7:48 PM - arcadia: and our roamers mumble isnt working
7:48 PM - arcadia: and our pocket refuses to go and help him

[*] rip brotherly love and gl with rest of season