Newbie mixes are only on fridays so I heavily encourage the creation of lower level pug groups for people to play outside of what we do. Coaches are the limiting factor in operations like these, though, which is why we only really operate on one day. I can only wish other groups the best of luck gathering quality coaches for every game on a consistent basis (you can usually only have 2 of those 3, not all of them).

its always been bannable its just really hard to monitor/enforce like you said

if someones being a little shit and making the site spam notifications at people to ready up non stop just let an admin know in case they don't catch it themselves

Signups close in less than a week. If you know any Low Open level players that need a team constructed for them, or would like to back up for an ESEA team, tell them to sign up before its too late! (especially demomen holy shit I have like 4 demos for 10 teams)

Also, if you're interested in sponsoring some of these newbies and helping them pay for their season, you can still find the donation link in the main post of this thread, or you can add me to pay up a newbie directly.

the invite codes only last 1 week unfortunately and all codes have a couple-month cooldown so you cant spam use them through a season

should still give them out, since that's what they're for, but just be aware

Yep, saves us 10 bucks per newbie, which is gonna end up being a lot.

cu@

S27 dates haven't been officially announced yet, but I'm predicting about a 2 week gap between teams being officially formed and registration closing.

-frames
-sightlines (sniper)
-highground issues (too much highground for the team with the objective, so the pushing team is constantly in a severe uphill battle)
-too wide to help flank (or at least walls making the traveling time too long)

(thats not in order of the maps you listed btw these are just general things that lead to a new koth maps downfall)

Honestly it needs to be easier to get your feet wet. Some people don't want to pay to find out if they /want/ to make a 2-3 month commitment, play in a team environment, play competitive tf2, or all of the above. Some people can't even pay, and can't get the overwhelming desire to save what little money they have to put it towards ESEA, especially with free alternatives like UGC or just being a pug player.

Please tell them to give Tri as many promotional season-long premium codes as possible. ESEA can't lose money from people that would never pay for their first season in the first place. They will gain new members once some get a taste of what it's like, and many of these players will stay around for the future seasons (when I look in the archived spreadsheets from previous newbie mix drives, I see A LOT of familiar names).

edit: also make sure invite round robin actually gets used next season if we have 9 teams.

Now that we're approaching the halfway mark, and have an idea of around how many newbies will need help getting paid up, I'm going to open donations early. Keep in mind, if you want to pay up an entire $31 fee, it is much easier for us if you sign up as a Newbie Sponsor and let us give you a newbie to pay up in January.

Click here to donate to the Newbie Mix Team Drive.

Click here to check our progress.

As more newbies sign up, I can alter the goal. Thank you for helping new players get their jump start in ESEA and competitive TF2.

nah this one comes down to who wants to pay out of pocket for Rewind 2 less

this thread is for S25 all of these linked matches are from s26

nvm didn't see spacecadets post

The first week of January

Mixes happen every friday and are still going on tonight.

The winter has thrown in wrench in a lot of peoples schedules, which means Newbie Mixes are having a difficult time making sure everything is running smoothly. We're looking for:

- Coaches, as always, will be needed to teach newbies how to play on fridays. Each mix will last 30-60 minutes, depending on how much the newbies need to be taught before the game starts, and how balanced the teams are. You can coach as much or as little as you want, and we'll call for help via discord/steam when we need people to coach more games. Ideally, all coaches will have gone at least positive in Open.

-Drafting Admins are starting to be needed this year, with our current pool of them being more unavailable as schedules shift around. Drafting Admins are in charge of moderating the channel, constructing the teams for the mixes, and answering questions in between games. While Drafting Admins sometimes have a larger time commitment into Newbie Mixes than coaches, it mainly requires you to just be in mumble, and not necessarily TF2. Ideally, Drafting Admins would have some form of community reputation, and be able to answer any question the newbies have about competitive TF2.

It's predominantly volunteer work, but Newbie Mixes has played it's part in stabilizing the lower level of the competitive community for years by constantly facilitating the influx of newer players into the scene. Even though for some it's difficult to help out on a consistent basis, assisting even once a month can be the difference maker in our ability to run at the capacity we strive to achieve.

If you fit the criteria and would like to help out, or have any questions, add me or pm me on discord Jarrett#1250 and I can give you the information you need. Thank you.