...And he'll direct you to someone else!

But seriously I'll try to answer competitive-related questions with as much knowledge as I can for someone who only WATCHES competitive games!

Oh yeah! Too true. Well I bet that team will totally cream STAR's team. IN FACT I AM THROWING DOWN THE GAUNTLET RIGHT NOW.

why don't i get one of these ._.

While I doubt they'll take it seriously, it'd be great if they did reach out and contact us about the potential.

Nope. I don't have time or energy to moderate forums.

Yeah, keep the "new to" subforums more moderated than the others, perhaps?

This site caters well to the elite of TF2 competitive at the moment. If you want it to have more activity and promote more players getting into the scene, make some other subforums for highlander players, new competitive player discussion, etc. The mentoring forum will probably take off if more people feel free to contribute to some other part of the forum.

Maybe a specific "New to 6s" and "New to Highlander" discussion area would be good?

Since the NA Newbie Mix group seems inactive, I thought I'd offer a couple of ideas for future group organizers. Based on my own experience and in no particular order:

-Have a documented admin vetting process. Put down in writing, where all the group organizers can see it, your requirements of administrators and organizers. It shouldn't be too stringent, but should be a minimum set of hurdles someone must clear before being considered for an admin role.

-Document the role requirements. Want to be an admin of NA Newbie Mix? You are required to run at least one Mix per week, be fair, be courteous, and bring in pros and mentors when possible (for example). Having rules written down publicly makes it simple to remove admins from a role and replace them, since you can just point to the rules and say, "Look, you agreed to this and you're not fulfilling it."

-Have a succession plan. You're probably gung-ho about this group you've started and want it to be your baby forever. That's great, but if it's a true public service like the Mix group, it should be one that can run without you once you've set it in motion. Make sure you always have at least one admin or other person willing and ready to step up if you have other commitments and can't devote your time to the group. If you are funding servers and can no longer afford to do so, then that's a challenge for the successor as well.

Sorry for picking on NA 6v6 Newbie Mix so much in this thread - it's the one group I can think of at the moment that used to be big and now is inactive. The same points here should be applied to TF2.PUG and other groups in the TF2 community as well.

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Or it's because angry preachers like having "deviants" to rage out at.

DEVIANTS LIKE DUDER. More at 9:00 Central.

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A young cat stands in his bedroom. It just so happens that today, the 13th of April, is this young cat's birthday. Though it was thirteen years ago he was given life, it is only today he will be given a name!

What will the name of this young cat be?

Nice, I'll put my Enigma heavy on my scale mockup of Warmfront mid.

Are there Classic MixUp action figures yet? Can I have one?

I play pug.na medic. That's about it. Rate my shit.