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Ok, so last night I was thinking about how I got into competitive TF2 and thinking about how easy or hard it is to get to the standard required in ways of tactics and gameplay etc.

Thinking of the resources available to help you learn the various classes and the roles that they play.

Now I remember going around browsing loads of sites and youtube videos looking for tips on demoman etc.

However wouldn’t this be easier if it was in one place?

So I thought about trying to set up a YouTube channel where videos and guides are made for those that are new to 6v6 TF2.

With the community Highlander Cup fast approaching many people might like the idea of competitive TF2 and will be willing to give 6v6 ago, so this resource will help them refine their skills, help with tactics and general basic gameplay etc.

THE IDEA!

To have a video that is no longer than 3 minutes (to keep people interested and not being bored for a 7 minute video of someone talking) highlighting one or two things of a certain class, so at the start it introduces what the video is going over and then giving a brief demonstration and some information!
For example, medic switching ubers and start of round healing orders, you have a voice over giving you the basic jist of it telling how quickly the uber runs out, the advantages of switching ubers etc. And then the information of the best way to heal people at the start of rounds (scouts crouching etc.) and the preferred healing order!

Now, after this is done we then show a clip of a respectable player (i.e. not some div6 shit scout like me) executing this method to a good effect in a match, this way the viewer gets to see how the best players do it and can get a first person view of what’s going on, with of course voice over annotations pointing out key details.

This will then be applied to all other classes with a clip of a good player (so people will be more interested to watch…hopefully) showing how they done it in a match situation!

Hopefully there will be alot of things covered like:
-Faking ubers effectively
-Counter attacking
-Using kritz
-Back capping with scouts
-Scout flanking
-Roaming/Aggressive soldier

And the list goes on, you get the idea.

Now of course I cannot do it by myself so I would need some help, hopefully from those in the higher divs. willing to send demo’s to me and others and highlighting what they did and points to note in the video.

I would also need an intro to said video so if someone is snazzy with AE or Sony Vegas and can whip something up (something like Quick Action TF2)

I would like some insight from others into this idea, maybe we can get some more people interested in TF2 and gain from this community cup!

If you are seriously interested in helping out with the intro etc. and being involved in demostrations or even donating some demo’s (im looking at you div3+ people! it’s time to help the little people!) to help get this into motion, add me on steam or I will (might) be in IRC (#etf2l, #ElementalViolence, #tf2mentor)

tl;dr, basic idea to get peope into 6v6 TF2 by offering loads of tutorials after the community cup.

SUGGESTIONS! GO!

I know that I personally could not cover enough useful stuff about the medic class in 3 minutes, to be honest I don’t think anyone could.

3 minutes is too short.

Quoted from WARHURYEAH

These are here to give a brief introduction into the various aspects, not giving them the full 100% uses and tactics surrounding them.

Then that’s not helpful, because the amount that could be said in 3 minutes will only cause wrong assumptions about the rest. People coming from pubs need fuller advice than that that can be given in 3 minutes alone, not least because the playstyle is so different.

Yes but this is in one place and easy to access :(

There’s going to be alot (hopefully) of people who are knew to 6v6 TF2 that might try it after the highlander cup, this is just to give them a simple introduction into it, of course if needed there will be videos that are longer for things that require it.

If 3 minutes isn’t enough then it can just be made longer, its just there so there isn’t loads of stuffed crammed into one video and people can select what they want to watch.

I wrote a basic guide a few months back and haven’t bothered writing more, but if someone makes one of these it would be great if they’d let me post it here:

http://wowriot.gameriot.com/blogs/E-Fame-or-Bust/

Ask discovery channel to make a documentary , jeez.

I can see where you’re coming from, but I really don’t see this being very useful. 6v6 is so complicated you bassically need to just play it to learn it.

I’d like to see this community grow as much as anyone else, but honestly, spoon feeding them how to play 6v6 like the tutorials from the start of Tomb Raider is not the way to do it.

oops, double post