Critsandvich TF2Lobby Team?

[Vivi Hill]

Is anyone else interested in organizing a TF2Lobby team? Since Plasma mentioned starting a scrim team I figured it might be interesting to at least start with TF2Lobby. Of course we could do other scrims too if we discover that we're really good. TF2Lobby.com is a website that lets you organize competitive matches with other people easily. The skill level is not very high but sometimes you can get good players in it.)

So who's all interested in this? Post here with your favorite scrimming class.

Personally, I'd be interested in Soldier or Medic. I'm not a really good soldier but I'd really like to learn and improve.

Also, with tf2lobby we can be more casual about class selection. So basically we'd only need a group of people who can play together.

The Ranks so far:

1. Benny Hill - Any class
2. VoltySquirrel - Pyro, scout
3. Admiral Ackbar - Scout, Medic
4. Plasma Waffle - Soldier
5. dieinafire - Any class
6. Argent - Scout, Medic
7. Big Bear - Demo, Soldier
8. Gho$t - Any class
9. GoDM1N - Soldier
10. NuclearWatermelon (Maybe, internet)
11. theeHankDough - Medic
12. Enigma - Demo, Soldier
13. CARNAGE_MK2 - Engineer, Medic

[VoltySquirrel]

Why not? It's a cool way to sort of spreat our influence in the game.
I'm not the best player, but I don't mind playing. I'm not a bad pyro or scout. So yeah. Just throwing my name in another hat.

[Ackybur]

I wouldn't mind doing this, and may go a further than a lobby team if it holds up. I'd gladly medic, and I do have a few other people in mind that I wouldn't mind talking to about this. But, honestly a lobby team should be a temporary idea.

[Plasma Waffle]

Count me in =D I can play any competitive class, favorite is Soldier as you know =D

[Vivi Hill]

Yes ackbar, I agree it should be just a starting point. I figure it's a good way for us to try it out without much effort.

[dieinafire]

I'd play, but it'd have to be as Medic or Soldier, as those are the only two classes I am decent with thus far.

[Ackybur]

I'd do scout or medic.

[Vivi Hill]

You know, I'm going to extend my classes to anything really. I'm not a super scout but I can learn, and I tend to think of myself as a decent demoman in pubs. I know I'm horrible at low-damage, accurate demojumps, but again, I can learn. I'm hoping this team can be more laid back and more geared towards not-so-pro scrimmers who want to learn.

In tf2lobby we can also rotate classes and see what works best, as I mentioned.

[dieinafire]

You know, I'm going to extend my classes to anything really. I'm not a super scout but I can learn, and I tend to think of myself as a decent demoman in pubs. I know I'm horrible at low-damage, accurate demojumps, but again, I can learn. I'm hoping this team can be more laid back and more geared towards not-so-pro scrimmers who want to learn.

In tf2lobby we can also rotate classes and see what works best, as I mentioned.

Good point. If this is to be laid back, then screw it, sign me up for any class, I'll learn, as long as y'all are willing to throw me some pointers

[Vivi Hill]

Good point. If this is to be laid back, then screw it, sign me up for any class, I'll learn, as long as y'all are willing to throw me some pointers

I know you're new to TF2, but you're amazingly good considering. Great medic teamwork, and you can hold your own as a heavy too. Of course competitive tf2 is completely different. It's fun to learn.

But we should all expect to lose a couple matches. Can't let that get us down. We'll improve.



In other news, should we make a subforum in TF2 about this? Seems we have a decent amount of interest to make this work nicely.

[Argent]

I've always wanted to try being on a solid team. I dunno what TF2 lobby is, but I'll look at it later when I have time. I could go scout or medic, not that great at demo though. I'd totally give it a shot at any rate.

[VoltySquirrel]

Good point. If this is to be laid back, then screw it, sign me up for any class, I'll learn, as long as y'all are willing to throw me some pointers

I know you're new to TF2, but you're amazingly good considering. Great medic teamwork, and you can hold your own as a heavy too. Of course competitive tf2 is completely different. It's fun to learn.

But we should all expect to lose a couple matches. Can't let that get us down. We'll improve.



In other news, should we make a subforum in TF2 about this? Seems we have a decent amount of interest to make this work nicely.

Sure, why not? Organization never hurt anyone. Until interest grows though, just sticky this thread.

[Plasma Waffle]

I can help train you guys in the competitive aspect (still laid back, of course)
I used to play a lot of competitive =)

[Echoplex]

I've never played a comp match but I would be interested in playing demo or soldier in a lobby...the only major problem is that my internet is absolute trash sometimes between 9pm-12am

[Gho$T]

Sign me up, this sounds like tons of fun, I have been in UGC and I would love to play with some friendlys. I can do any class that is needed.

[likeaboss47]

i would play soilder

[GoDM1N]

<---- Soldier

[GoDM1N]

was unable to send you a PM for some reason BH. Question, do you have a vent server for this?

[Plasma Waffle]

Yea vent would be good for this. I like the idea of the competitive sub-forum as well

[NuclearWatermelon]

I wouldn't mind doing this, but my connection is likely too bad and my skills too far into the negative.

[theeHankDough]

Groovy idea, Benny. I am quite lackluster at every class but medic. I would be down to play the doctor, but it seems I no longer heal hard enough these days. Comp sub-forum ftw!

[GoDM1N]

I wouldn't mind doing this, but my connection is likely too bad and my skills too far into the negative.

*dials 1-800-not-1337*

*Ring*

*Ring*

Me: Hi is this Billy Mays?!?

Billy: Billy Mays here!

Me: I need 100 NuclearWatermelons ASAP! We're starting a competitive team!

Billy: Sir, the use of NuclearWatermelons is illegal in online sports.

Me:

[NuclearWatermelon]

*dials 1-800-not-1337*

*Ring*

*Ring*

Me: Hi is this Billy Mays?!?

Billy: Billy Mays here!

Me: I need 100 NuclearWatermelons ASAP! We're starting a competitive team!

Billy: Sir, the use of NuclearWatermelons is illegal in online sports.

Me:

<demo>And that's what you get for touchin' that.</demo>

That said, you are quite right. We shall wait until times are bleak, and things cannot get any worse, to stoop so low as to use a NuclearWatermelon in an online sport against regulations!

[Divide by NaN]

What is a "lobby"?

[Smeemo]

[[ edit: NaN, "lobby" refers to TF2 Lobby, a 6v6 matchmaking service. http://tf2lobby.com -- register, and put the code they give you in your body of your steam profile (ex. tf2lobby:38538903) ]]
Just wanted to note that I'm always available for Scout mentoring specifically or if you want to go through the basics of 6v6 TF2. Just send me a message on Steam! My profile is steamcommunityblahblah/smeemo if I'm not on your Friends list. [[ edit for NaN: I'm available whenever my status is "Online." Typically afternoons and most evenings. ]]
I'm sure we'll find a nice permanent spot for these vids on the site once it's up and running, but for now this space will do. Forsaken, captain of Crit Sandvich-sponsored eC., made these:

Competitive Scout Guide 1/2

Competitive Scout Guide 2/2

Competitive Soldier Guide

[Smeemo]

I agree with Mangachu. There's a pug channel on IRC where you'd be able to find low teams to play against. Skill levels on Lobby vary wiiiiiiidely.

[GoDM1N]

This is also a very good read about TF2 competitive play

http://www.ubercharged.net/how-to-play- ... tf2-guide/

[Enigma]

Oh sweet, you know I'm in! Just depends on time
Put me down as Demo/Solly

[Vivi Hill]

I know some players are certainly ready for something above scrims but I think TF2Lobby's a good place to start for those people who've never played comp before (since it's completely different).

[Ackybur]

Hey Benny, the next time you are online maybe we could talk about how to go about getting a community comp team started. It would totally be a good idea not only to get CsN out there, but to let off that steam we all have.

[Vivi Hill]

It would be like the old Lotus Recruit Scrim Team! YAY!

Ah, those were the days...

[CARNAGE_MK2]

I'm totally down! Let me know when this is going down. I'm a decent engineer and I've been working on medic. I'm pretty average otherwise.

[Divide by NaN]

how are comp games "totally different" from public games (aside from being super sewious).

[GoDM1N]

how are comp games "totally different" from public games (aside from being super sewious).

sounds like hes saying silly ass after about 10secs.


Anyway I've never done a lot of comp TF2 tbh, but the few scrims I did I really didn't see much of a difference, depends on how and who you play with/against I guess.

[Take That!!]

I could play pocket soldier and rape face, or scout and do mediocre. As most of you know, I was on the eC. team that went undefeated in TWL (not a big deal honestly) but I have more experience than most. Comp is completely different than regular matches, it is more conservative, whereas you don't run in and try to get as many kills until you die, you reserve yourself and push and fall back as a team, it is heavily based on team work, whereas a PUB is rarely based on team work.

[Vivi Hill]

Take That says it well. If your medic dies, for example, there's a good chance you'll lose the round because the other team will have uber and you won't.

[Plasma Waffle]

I know we're not taking it seriously, but would just like to point out for the people with classes listed like engineer, medic, it's pretty much always a scout that does the class changing, definitely not the medic =)

[Divide by NaN]

Take That says it well. If your medic dies, for example, there's a good chance you'll lose the round because the other team will have uber and you won't.

So there's no respawn I take it?

[Plasma Waffle]

Take That says it well. If your medic dies, for example, there's a good chance you'll lose the round because the other team will have uber and you won't.

So there's no respawn I take it?

There's a respawn but you get pushed pretty hard when your medic dies

[Vivi Hill]

Yeah, if a team is good enough it's possible to take out the entire team with a single uber. Entire team dead is almost an instant win. With pubs there will almost certainly be someone around but 6vs6 makes it much more exciting.

[Argent]

So, talkin' aboot it's all well and good, how should we go about settin' this shit up?

[Dr_Dragon]

Don't forget me! I like playing scout and soldier.

[Plasma Waffle]

So, talkin' aboot it's all well and good, how should we go about settin' this shit up?

- Set up a sub-forum
- Set up a steam group
- ??????
- Profit

[Gho$T]

So, talkin' aboot it's all well and good, how should we go about settin' this shit up?

- Set up a sub-forum
- Set up a steam group
- Win
- Profit

FTFY

[Enigma]

So, talkin' aboot it's all well and good, how should we go about settin' this shit up?

- Set up a sub-forum
- Set up a steam group
- ??????
- Profit

Agreed, but we probably need someone who is willing to manage the group. Like you Plasma

[rawkies]

Medic, pyro, spy for me. I'm so down for this

[Echoplex]

viewforum.php?f=36

[Pvt.Cookie]

I'd maybe try it out. It'd be my first competitive TF2 game.
I'm good at any class except sniper and demo.

~Cheers!~
Pvt.Cookie

[rawkies]

I'll play pyro on low-ping servers, otherwise spy/medic for me.

[Patrid]

I doubt you'll need my services of sniper and spy since it's a compet setting, but i'll just throw my name in there for heavy/medic/ dh soldier (only against scouts)

[Echoplex]

Looking for a group to lobby with. I don't have any comp experience but I'd want to play soldier/demo.
I go by Honest Bender's Orphanarium or Echoplex on the servers, steamID is envyzero

[Failhorse]

I don't know this guy. But his ass should be declared a national treasure.

[wall-e]

hey i would love to try out soldier for this. im new to this group but i have almost 500 hours logged in the only thing is tf2 lobby is stuck on the connecting! notification and i was wondering how to fix this. (im on mozilla)

[Vivi Hill]

You might have steam urls disabled. Make sure you allow Firefox to open another program (steam) with a link. If that doesn't work, you can always get the info from the left hand side of the page that opens after that. It shows the IP and password for the match. So you can paste into console in TF2

Code: Select all

connect IP;password pass

to get in.

As for a server to play on, it's too bad the "CSn Match" server is so horrible (because it hosts this website and tf2ware and trading at once). Perhaps we can get another server from discount gameservers for tf2lobby matches at some point (assuming we have the cash of course).

[NuclearWatermelon]

My server ain't too grand, but maybe it can do this? I am not sure.

Also, moved thread to TF2Lobby

[Vivi Hill]

My server ain't too grand, but maybe it can do this? I am not sure.

Also, moved thread to TF2Lobby

Is your server a self-hosted thing, or paid? Really anything would probably be better than the one we have now (it's just bogged down from crunching hlstatsx, tf2ware, trading, left4dead etc). We can give it a shot. Would need only 12 slots, but 18 would be ideal. We could also contact the tf2lobby people and get it listed in the pool so that it's automatically selected, though if we did that we wouldn't guarantee its use by critsandvich people (but we could get the word out with the MOTD).

In any case that sounds like it could work out nicely.

[NuclearWatermelon]

Is your server a self-hosted thing, or paid? Really anything would probably be better than the one we have now (it's just bogged down from crunching hlstatsx, tf2ware, trading, left4dead etc). We can give it a shot. Would need only 12 slots, but 18 would be ideal. We could also contact the tf2lobby people and get it listed in the pool so that it's automatically selected, though if we did that we wouldn't guarantee its use by critsandvich people (but we could get the word out with the MOTD).

In any case that sounds like it could work out nicely.

Self-hosted. That said, does it need to be added to the pool, or can we set it for use whenever we want?

I say this because of a few things:
I use it every now and again for playing CS:S (as a noob) with a friend and bots, however I know that it can run multiple instances of srcds on one machine, so that isn't that large of an issue
It does not have a static IP. It does not change much, but it does change on occasion and I tend to use its dynamic DNS setup anyway.

At any rate, I'll see about installing it on a separate user account for you Benny so you can SSH into it.

[Vivi Hill]

Self-hosted. That said, does it need to be added to the pool, or can we set it for use whenever we want?

Ah, in that case, no need to add it to the pool. You can put the IP in right before using it.

[duck]

i see that we dont have a sniper. tho im just a trade admin i am pretty good at sniper, also skilled at engy and spy if we need those.

[Amplify]

tl;tr

Still planning on a scrim team?

Can play

Medic/scout/soldier

[captainmoop]

can i play tooo?!

[Fiend]

Sounds like fun. If it's the super serious 2scout 2solly med/demo setup then count me in for a soldier sometime.

If it's highlander, I play a mean heavy and pyro. Anything but sniper and scout!

Edit: After exploring the website, I really wish I was at home and playing. The tracking and team making looks like it could be really fun.

[Phobia]

I would love to join in, I go Medic (5/5) Scout (3/5) Soldier (2/5) I can off class a little bit.

[Vetos]

Sounds like a good idea. I'd love to play Pyro or Medic with you guys. That is, if you'll have me

[Jake]

Sounds like a good idea. I'd love to play Pyro or Medic with you guys. That is, if you'll have me

jkjk ; )

[mrpikmin2]

Sounds like a good idea. I'd love to play Pyro or Medic with you guys. That is, if you'll have me

jkjk ; )

FLAWLESS VICTORY

[Vetos]

Sounds like a good idea. I'd love to play Pyro or Medic with you guys. That is, if you'll have me

jkjk ; )

It was at the top of the thread list, I just assumed... 8(

[CR33D]

Cool! I have about 30 or so lobbies, so I'd love to be spy. I have a tight schedule but I'll be there as often as possible.

[Saber]

Deadthread.exe

[Ichise]

I'd actually love to see this. Personally, I could do Soldier, Medic, Demo, or...... bah, put me down for anything. I suck equally at all classes, so this would be really good practice.

[Mike808]

[Failhorse]

5 days and 1 year. Ok let's resurrect this then. lol.

[Saber]

I THOUGHT YOU DIED