ETF2L Recruiting

Date March 3, 2015

Regardless of the exact line of voluntary work you’re interested in, you should take a look at this site, listing some general information regarding working with us.

League Admins

After the recent departures, the Highlander staff is now down to two admins, the same goes for the current 6s staff.

As a result we are once again looking for volunteers to help run and maintain the league.

Among other things league admins take admin requests on IRC, deal with match conflicts, handle the setting of Default Dates and the verification of played matches. They also create and oversee cups.

With the change to the swiss system setting Default Dates does not create as much of a task as it used to do, since a notable portion of it is now automated. On the other hand dealing with match conflicts has become a task that has to be adressed in a more timely fashion. Additionally providing support during match times has grown in importance, therefore we cannot really employ admins who have team commitments every four to five times per week (especially but not limited to Thursdays). Same goes for creating and overseeing cups. It is always easier said than done, having the idea and setting up a cup is only a small part of actually running a cup. Being there when the cup is under way, providing match support, adressing conflicts, lending out servers, seeding further rounds, verifying finished matches and many more tasks have to be handled, while possibly over 100 matches are going on simultaneously, you may not be alone, but you will be part of it.

Also something we want to adress is our interest in self-managed admins, we will not take you by the hand and lead you through everything there is to do. YOU have to show interest, YOU have to ask what you can do, YOU have to prove you really want to be an admin. There are plenty of admins around almost all the time, who are happy to help you and show you the ropes, but at some point routines will have to be dealt with without someone telling you that they need to be done. At the same time, communicating with other admins is very imporant, to avoid certain tasks being done twice, conflicting results in decisions or even decisions overwriting previous ones.

If you are interested in supporting the administrative backbone for the league, you should also check out the details on the respective application page, this will tell you which information we need from you at the very least.

Newswriter/Coverage Writer

We are also looking for at least one new Newswriter/Coverage Writer. Your job is to write coverage posts for Premiership Division matches. Therefore it is required you know enough about the teams, their performances so far, their performances in the past, etc. to be able to write coverage posts that inform the community on the one hand and make them want to watch the cast on the other hand. Once again we do not want to have to remind you 2-3 hours before the match that there is a coverage post to be written. Ideally by that time the post is already published without anyone reminding you about it.

To apply please provide, besides the general information we are asking from league admins as well (which can be found here application page), a sample coverage post for any more or less recent Season 20 Premiership Division match.

Edit: We are not really looking for Anti Cheat Staff, you can apply, but your application will be put on hold, since for now the Anti Cheat team is pretty much at its maximum capacity.

14 Comments

  1. kKaltUu: UbeR | - -chess- said:

    The lot of the stuff a league admin does really depend on which week it is. For instance today it’s pretty easy and most “work” comes from people on IRC wanting their names changed.

    A few days ago I spent 2 full days setting up the one night cup (can be done by 1 admin, 2 is already enough).

    In a few weeks time we have to set up Season 8, so seeding the teams and creating the backend stuff takes a bit of effort.

    During the season we’ll have match complaints and people asking stuff in IRC (mostly about rules, or servers).

    ergo; it really depends on what’s going on and where you want to help with. Apply and make sure you try out all aspects of being admin!

  2. Reservoir Dog: TC.Express said:

    For anyone that is thinking of joining:

    I got my current job due to me being an admin here for half a year. A very good job mind you.

    The experience you get her can be very valuable, so use this opportunity.

  3. Sideshow: (ETF2L Donator) - ft. - WiK? said:

    Did you write this as previous experience or something Reservoir Dog?

    How did you do that without sounding like a nutter or someone with no life?

  4. Coleman: TEZC - TEZC said:

    A bit of insight from someone who has been through the ETF2L admin system. If you want to remain on the staff, do not accuse a head admin of being responsible for terrorist attacks and never take default wins against German teams. Helps to be German too.

  5. ducky said:

    yeah, we forgot to mention that being german is an essential requirement.

    although we might make an exception if your origin is aryan enough, it’s worth a try!

  6. Admirable: (Toucan Ambassador) said:

    I’ll make all the decisions if you guys do all the work.

  7. Reservoir Dog: TC.Express said:

    @ Sideshow

    Everything is up to how you write it down in your resume, and how you make it sound. A company was looking for members for their Support department, so I wrote I was a support admin in the biggest TF2 league in the world, responsible for talking with players, doing tournaments and leagues. They asked me about it in the interview, so I explained and I don’t think anyone should be scared when explaining their gaming preferences to the IT companies, I mean it’s part of their work, and many people in them play games themselves. Just don’t mention MOBA’s, you don’t want a boss who hates the one you play. :D

    They also asked me what was the most stressful situation in that period, and I told them it was a one night cup, when we had 30+ requests from players in like 20 mins or smt, cup going insane and how I got a Russian player who wrote in Russian. I literally took what he said and pasted it to Emb (or someone else who talked Russian) who translated it and I solved the ticket in a few mins. They were impressed at my idea and said that’s exactly what I’ll do, and that asking for help is crucial.

    So my point is – although I wasn’t the most active admin, nor the best, I still got valuable experience and I used it to fill my wallet. ETF2L does offer you a lot of work, but you are helping the community whilst actually gaining something. From newswriting, being a general admin to design – all that deserves to be in your CV if you put some actual energy in your volunteering.

  8. Henghast: open - bobs said:

    I’ve had job offers assisted on previous experience running things nerdy like this before. But I’m amazing so it doesn’t really matter.

  9. irfx: EPA said:

    > I literally took what he said and pasted it to Emb (or someone else who talked Russian)

    Never mess with those goddamn russians unless you have a cyka blyat admin))))))

  10. Dak1ne said:

    Gl finding the good persons :)

  11. byte said:

    Hildreth gone again? ;( best of luck ETF2L <3 you have sonny in control so… you should be fine <3

    Cheers

    Byte

  12. kKaltUu: UbeR | - -chess- said:

    ??? you think having sonny is a good thing?!

  13. Sonny Black: (Legend) - SUAVE said:

    Are those your last words kkaltuu? :>

  14. bardoga said:

    can i obtain free medals for every season if im admin??