I wasn't new to fps as a competitive genre but was completely unaware of tf2 comp.
I started off pubbing eventually pub stomping in the NO HEROES warpath server, then some drama and shit went down and me along with a lot of people got banned (l0l). Some of the good guys who dailyed on NO HEROES formed their own community DP aka double penetration. I pubbed solely on these servers and at its prime it was huge, they also hosted do pugs, low level pugs on Thursday and Friday nights. You would sign up for what class to play on the forums LOL but it was great. this is wrre i met a bunch of people who were good at tf2, and it was great. I met anonemouse in dp pugs, Dp community had a twl div 4 team and cevo-free season4. I was backup demo/Solly until I managed to get myself a starting spot, great group of guys and an awesome community. I really hope communities like this still exist and host there own in house pugs, because its a great system that gets people into the game.
Back in the day we would scrim RP aka reality project a fellow cevo free team with some familiar names, it was Zakirll blind talent binary star Technosex riverdragon and defy would play for them too.. Good times
O yea we would also scrim the ]TPG[ community team with Silentbob boomer and bunch of other randoms.. Shit was classic bro
I hope stuff like this still exists. Rival pug communities scrimming and stuff
Shout out to athletes foot, lonewolf, preacher, br4dz, o ya and that idiot defy.. He reppd dp too lol