Can't remember how but I saw the Fresh Meat tournament advertised.
I was aimlessly spamming chat in a process pub asking if anyone wanted to play. As it happened, Jimb0t was in that pub. He pretty much laughed in my face when I asked him if he fancied being on my team (i think he was in high or some shit which apparently is a bit better than fresh meat), but kindly offered to coach us, as did Cider.
Shortly after, a few of us went to whatever I series was the one where B4nny came and played soldier for an EU team. We got absolutely diddled by pretty much every team and got like 2 rounds total. Our first game in the open bracket was against Zen and Dr Phil for some reason. Overall it was good shit and people we met were cool so I kept on playing.