That's what admins are for! Just let the admins know when this is occurring and they can get their steam IDs and ban them from the servers.

Oops, you're right.

Hmm, I guess I never tried to add captain until after 20 games then.

That's a good point about 20 games not being enough though, because thanks to notifications, players can totally ignore the picks above them, and basically do whatever they want on the computer until they get the notification that they will be playing in the next pug. I wonder if there is a way to restrict players from captaining until they have played in 20 captain games so they know who potential good teammates might be...

The reason that people often ignore good picks is that many of the players in #tf2mix don't play in the channel often and so they don't get picked. When they don't get picked, after a while, they add up as captain so they can actually play (and on the class they want). However, when it's their turn to pick, they have no idea who they can pick to make their team good because they haven't seen who gets picked first normally. The only solution to this is to add a captain restrict up to a certain game limit (ex. 15 games). However this would not be in the spirit of tf2mix (atleast the one that is evidenced by the existence of the normal gametype in the channel), which is allowing newer players play tf2 in a competitive format.

I remember when I first started pugging in tf2mix I would sit in the channel every time the game was set to picking mode. Fortunately, when I started captaining, (after around 10 games or so) I knew who the better players were and ended up with fair teams quite often. However, I've seen terrible captains (which lead to terrible pugs) many times.

TL;DR:

The only way to stop terrible captains is to captain restrict tf2mix players who have played in a small number of pugs, however this will never happen because it goes against the overall purpose of tf2mix, which is to provide pugs for players of a wide array of skill levels.

EDIT: This is completely wrong as pointed out by JDMYoshioka.

I'm glad that you've been helped already, but just remember to make sure that your mic is in working order before adding up again.

There is a very easy way to contact an admin already. Next time you need an admin in #tf2mix, just use the !admin command by typing !admin in the chat. An admin should contact you some time in the next few minutes. Here is an example of me using the command in chat:

00:59 *** Ramble_On joined #tf2mix mibbit@###.##.##.###
Bot[Active] - Instructions: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/tf2mix
Topic set by *.GameSurge.net on Wed Jul 17 2013 16:40:55 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
00:59 <Ramble_On> !admin
00:59 <TF2-MESSENGER1> You successfully reported to an admin, the next available one should contact you as soon as possible.

Ironic shitposting is just shitposting.

Also, happy birthday!

Hey cinq, if you're looking for more admins then I'd be happy to help out. I pug in tf2mix and tf2.pug.na fairly often, (I've played over 100 games in each.) and I really want to aid in improving the quality of the pugs. (As a sidenote, I probably won't be pugging again until August as I'm on vacation in California right now.)

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Oh i gotcha, so your argument is that people might fuck up. That makes sense. Next time I play tf2 i'll just hold down w, because the enemy team might miss all of they're shots.

Was going to tell you to get the Puretrak Talent, but it seems that you've already been set straight.

Noone knows when/if the medic will change mediguns.

Example:
It's after a midfight...

Both medics went down.

Their med changes mediguns when he dies and spawns quickfix, your med spawns medigun.

Their charge builds faster and they wipe your team with it.

11:42 PM - hooli: http://teamfortress.tv/forum/thread/10702-quickfix/2
11:42 PM - hooli: even tho  i agree with b4nny
11:42 PM - hooli: i was the first one who downfragged
11:42 PM - hooli: to see how powerful downfrags are
11:42 PM - hooli: and now he's at -4
11:42 PM - 22d.Vile: wOw
11:42 PM - hooli: sheep, man
11:42 PM - 22d.Vile: document this shit
11:42 PM - 22d.Vile: right now
11:42 PM - 22d.Vile: tf.tv
11:43 PM - hooli: b4nny is 100% right
11:49 PM - hooli: holy FUCK
11:49 PM - hooli: it's at -12 now
11:49 PM - hooli: GOD DAMN

ROFL

I never thought I would see the day when a b4nny post gets downfragged; I guess it just proves how much this community bandwagons.

Also, props to defy for being the master troll.

I think the joke is the idiots who take it seriously.

^

g400

stultus wtf