i'm

so

excited

I've played with killem in power pugs some and he's a good guy with a good grasp of the game. Definitely worth a pickup.

very cute player

even better

I'll play soldier if I don't have to scrim (thanks esea scrim schedule). Vick, you're on my friends list, hmu

on the plus side i'm super cool and like to dm a lot

on the minus side my soldier is not a+

I actually had the exact same problem that you did (and I probably still do, if you ask my teammates).

When in game, do you use push to talk on mumble, or voice activation? I noticed that when I switch to voice activation my comms are much cleaner because I don't have to worry about hitting the wrong mouse button with all my other responsibilities. I can just talk.

Another thing I do to work on this is watch POV's of myself and other medics (both at my level and above) and practice calling things I see onscreen. That plus very thorough map review will make it so you're comfortable just using the game-specific vocabulary.

I also am in the habit of repeating all of my 'calls' (i.e. anything specific to the main caller role and not just regular comms). This has the dual function of allowing me to be much clearer the second time and also allowing teammates who may have been saying something to refocus on my call.

It is most definitely possible to main call as medic. Main-calling involves primarily calling pushes and holds, and you don't necessarily need to be able to see all the action to do that. The main skill involved is being able to immediately recognize picks, uber advantages, and positional advantages, and turn all of those into a call quickly.

You'll need to become highly addicted to your scoreboard and be able to sift through teammate comms to figure out positions. You should also be able to call uber advantage to within a few percent. This stuff is all a bit easier as medic, as you don't have to worry about hitting anything that comes close, but rather just dodging damage.

Unfortunately, you can't really practice these things on your own as easily as your soldiers can practice jumping or your scouts can practice DM. The best advice I've been given is to find a higher-level player who will let you spec their scrims and sit in their mumble just so you're exposed regularly to high-quality comms.

Real talk, if you back up for this team and can play a couple of different classes, you will be scrimming a bunch.

Plus our mumble is pretty fun (and you get to make fun of DeRobert because he can't surf)

If you're pretty sure you can play at an open level but maybe haven't been given the chance or you just haven't tried yet, hit brrton up. There is literally no downside.

I like gek.

<3 my steaming pickelhaube

we got one person in, i'm in paladin but can't ready up or anything, and nobody else can even load cevo

I love this.

this is starting swimmingly

molding young minds and rekking nerds every day

let me click on you, it'll be fun

heh