I would hesitate to ask you to join primarily to make ESEA thrive. That's one of the goals of the team drive as a whole, but that shouldn't be the goal of any one participant. That said, players of all skill levels are welcome in the team drive. If you want to play, sign up!

The Newbie Mix Team Drive needs YOUR help*
*maybe, depending on who you are. but probably.

The NA 6v6 Newbie Mix is putting on a team drive for this upcoming season, and we want it to be as large as possible. I will be personally disappointed if any less than 10 teams get put together for this drive, and I have a personal goal of getting 16 teams full of new players into open. This would create a thriving lower end of open and make the barrier of entry much lower for people on the fence about joining ESEA.

I have faith that in this crossroads of TF2 that our tight-knit community can come together and show ESEA (and other leagues) that TF2 is alive as ever and ready to boom. Looking at the number of solid UGC teams, new Newbie Mix players, and the impressive amount of new players in mixchamp/FACEIT/matchmaking/pug groups, I have complete confidence that we can pull together a really strong team drive this season.

However, the Newbie Admins can't do this alone. We need the help of as many people as possible. Here are some volunteer positions that we need:

• Mentors
  Will be put in charge of a single team. Team mentors will help their team get their roster sorted properly, guide the newbies through the ropes of paying/playing in ESEA properly, and do demo/map reviews with their team. Every team that signs up will be getting a mentor, and we would absolutely love to have a large pool of people to choose the best-of-the-best from, so please sign up! It shouldn't take more than a couple hours a week, and a team will love you for it.
  
• Data Entry Staff
  This one is simple, and anyone with a bit of rep in the community can help (regardless of their in-game skill). All the signup forms need to be entered into a google doc that we have set up, and it's a very easy job if we have a handful of people on top of it.
  
• Misc Staff
  It would be nice to have a small group of people available in the Newbie Mix mumble at normal times for newbies to ask quick questions to. Staff will also help out with events and anything the admins can't do by themselves. This position requires a decent bit of in-game experience and community rep.
  
• Ground Staff
  These people will spread the word in various sub-communities. You will communicate with people directly. From pugs to Matchmaking to UGC circlejerks and everything in between, you will be recruiting as many players as you possibly can to sign up for the team drive.

To volunteer in any of these positions message Translucent Feces on tftv with a link to your ESEA page, your email (for google docs), and the thing(s) you'd like to help out with.

In order to reach my comically optimistic goal of 16 teams (about 100 new players in open), we need all the help we can get. Even if you don't want to help out in any official capacity, spread the word as much as you can! Let's do something spectacular for this game we all enjoy so much.

Watch me.

Everyone in the beta with a code has 5 beta invites. If you want to play, go ask in the discord, and I'm sure someone can hook you up.

Coming from the perspective of a moderate independent, I instantly assume that anyone saying "but the democrats supported slavery" (or any variant) hasn't consumed unbiased news/media in years. It's straight out of "Hillary's America" or some shit. The parties swapped many positions through LBJ's leadership while passing the civil/voting rights acts. The southern dixiecrats bailed on the democratic party, and fled to the republicans. Read a book Jesus Christ

And to the people that responded to my post talking about how much better Trump will be for the working class, saying "BAD TRADE DEALS AHH!" won't change the fact that we import a ton of of stuff from countries that we don't even have trade deals with. It's just not possible for a developed, regulated country like the US to manufacture as cheaply as a developing nation. The reason we don't manufacture in America anymore isn't because of trade deals, it's because adults (and children) aren't working for pennies an hour in shithole death-machine factories all day and night.

As comforting as it may be to people when Trump says "ooooh we're gonna bring those jobs back so fast, believe me" it's not rooted in reality. To support the working class, you need to invest in infrastructure to deal with the short term and education to allow for long term growth. That is Clinton's basic plan, and it's way more sustainable than getting rid of mutually beneficial trade deals and partnerships with our allies.

WHY DO YOU NEED TO CHEAT IN OVERWATCH

AIMING IS THE EASIEST PART WTF

Hillary Clinton is far from a perfect politician, but the fact that people put her and Donald Trump on even footing speaks volumes for how normalized we as a country have made Trump's (frankly) insane rhetoric.

This is a man that wants to build a multibillion dollar/ "50 foot" tall wall and somehow make Mexico pay for it despite immigration trends that show illegal immigration slowing down significantly. He wants to potentially leave NATO, has talked in the past about how "laziness is a trait in blacks", wants the military to commit war crimes, has proposed a Muslim database, wants to ignore the 14th amendment, has advocated for the closing of mosques, and has praised Kim Jong-un, Vladamir Putin, and fucking SADDAM HUSSEIN.

He thinks global warming is a Chinese conspiracy, names himself as his primary foreign policy consultant, says that Cruz's dad was involved in the JFK assassination, insinuates that the Clintons murdered Vince Foster, said that Obama wasn't born in America/ was a Muslim, and said Mexico was "bringing their rapists".

There are some people who think that Trump is still playing some kind of 3D chess that no one else is capable of understanding, but I would assert that Trump is a shitty, bitter old man that started rich and has been surrounded by yes-men his entire life. The phrase "temperamentally unfit" has been thrown around a bunch, but I think it is a really good descriptor for him.

I'm a pretty moderate guy. Both sides have good ideas, and both sides have bad ideas. I've never had an election (local, state, or national) where I had an "us vs them" mentality when voting. Call me overly optimistic, but I have always assumed that the "other side" is in it for the right reasons and just has different political opinions than me. I sadly cannot do that this election cycle. Trump is legitimately a bad person that would hurt the middle/ working class, damage our international relationships, and embarrass us continually for the duration of his term. Imagine the Brexit shitfest but for four straight years.

That's what we're up against, and if you think that these things happening over the past year aren't worse than what Hillary has done over her decades in politics (some of which is admittedly not fantastic), I don't even know how to respond.

/rant

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We need 3 more people to start the test. You can get a beta key in the discord if you need one.

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this update did nothing to lower fps, and if you can't find a server in the server browser with less than 300 ping, you have something wrong with your internet.

I do agree with many of muselk's points. The lack of communication between valve and the community can be very frustrating.

I play the trumpet and always wanted to do DCI, but was held down by stupid health issues. Too busy with school and life stuff now :(

Will probably be at the Little Rock show next week. If not that, something. idk

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Hey, guys.

The NA 6v6 Newbie Mix admins are excited about the potential of many new players joining mixes over the coming weeks. We'd really appreciate the help of the TF2 community in keeping the learning process for new players as streamlined and easy as possible. Because of this, we need coaches. For the past couple months, coaches have been harder to come by than normal, and that really makes it hard on the admins to keep things running smoothly.

Basically, if you have ~2 hours that you aren't planning on doing anything with tonight, come coach. Coaching is easy, and the requirements are pretty low. If you have 8 non-forfeit wins in a single season of ESEA-Open, you can coach. You can also coach if you've ever played a season of IM/Invite.

Newbie mixes happen every Friday night and are where a large number of our community members, myself included, got started in competitive TF2. Additionally, there will be raffle prizes for coaches. So come on out!

Tonight's mixes are live. Come join in mumble at chi4.tragicservers.com 64737. This weeks raffle prize is a steam game of your choosing.

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