Recruitment
Div 2/Div 3 Skill, Highlander
oxocuboid
Posted: | Last Online:
–This is basically copied from my UGC recruitment post (http://www.ugcleague.com/forum/showthread.php?14485-Oxo-Cuboid-Pyro) because I'm mainly looking for a UGC team, but ETF2L is cool too :) —
Hello.
You guys probably don't know me but I played for the team The Phlog Noobs. We had a promising start but due to a lot of people falling by the wayside, we split up by the end of the latest season with a fairly bad record.
You might look at my team's win/loss and instantly write me off, but I have proven to be a consistently strong independent and team player – I consistently have a good ka/d or whatever if you actually care about my ratios.
First and foremost you want a pyro that will help you win games. I think on my feet, I am calm and I am consistent.
You want a teamplayer that will contribute not just to officials, but help out with a lot of the team's needs. I'm at uni studying CS so I will struggle with organisational duties but I can help with maptalks, strategy etc.
You also want a guy you can hang around with and have a good time with. Personally, I think one of the strengths of TPN, my former team, was the spirit and bond we shared – the youtube channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/ThePhlogNoobs) maintained mostly by myself and a couple of others is a good indication of some of the fun we had :P
Finally, for the haterz: I genuinely think I am capable of Platinum and would really like to be able to show my skilz.
Here's the lowdown:
Name: Oxo Cuboid
Location: UK (Euro West)
Age: 18
Languages Spoken: English
Availability: Pretty much all evenings (unless otherwise engaged), a fair amount during the day
Steam Profile: http://steamcommunity.com/id/OxoCuboid/
EDIT: Figured you guys might actually want some stats, so here goes. I currently have 2.2k hours playing TF2 and 450+ on Pyro. I consistently die the least in officials while my contribution is still high. I'd offer logs but they don't really do much in addressing a Pyro's contribution to the game, so a video, for this willing to watch it, may be more informative: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gofTRlunP5c.
Thanks for reading my wall of text, out.
User Profile | SteamID: U:1:47981013
Team History
Previous Recruitment Posts
| View | Skill | Classes |  |
Views | Added |
| View | Prem/High |  |
1 | 253 | |
| View | Prem/High | |
2 | 506 | |
| View | High/Prem | |
11 | 854 | |
| View | High/Prem | |
2 | 718 | |
| View | High/Prem | |
8 | 812 | |
| View | High/Prem | |
24 | 1046 | |
| View | High/Prem | |
3 | 503 | |
| View | High/Prem | |
4 | 684 | |
| View | Prem/Div 1 | |
4 | 618 | |
| View | Prem/Div 1 | |
0 | 279 | |
| View | Div 1/Div 2 | |
13 | 731 | |
| View | Div 3/Div 4 | |
14 | 850 | |
| View | Div 1/Div 2 | |
4 | 567 | |
| View | Div 2 | |
8 | 589 | |
| View | Div 3/Div 4 | |
4 | 521 | |
| View | Div 3/Div 4 | |
19 | 819 | |
| View | Div 2/Div 3 | |
14 | 848 | |
| View | Div 2/Div 3 | |
0 | 280 | |
| View | Div 2/Div 3 | |
7 | 623 | |
| View | Div 4/Div 5 | |
4 | 681 |
content rss
Really nice dude and has the potential to become even better pyro with the right team. Definitely give this guy a trial!
Better than b33p. But that doesn’t say much. But still.
I’d say he wasn’t even fit for div3, but then b33p is in div1 somehow. So I guess this guy should be prem.
Oh these are sad times for Highlander.
What div was tpn and did you carry them?
Oh also I noticed on your stream that you play on 75 FOV. Kill yourself, or switch to 90. Either works.
I most definitely play on 90 FOV, but have a 16:10 resolution, so it might look weird for those who don’t use that res. Also, telling someone to kill themselves is a little harsh, don’t you think?
No, playing with 75 should be a crime
Regardless, I -don’t- play with 75 fov.
not div 2
“My team folded, and even though I wasn’t better than the other players, I must search for a higher div regardless” -everybody
Why don’t you go and sub for UEC again? They don’t need me after all!
Read his psot not the div hes looking for guys. You’re so mean. He wants to test his skill(z) in platinum and as we saw this season the entry level is division 4.
I guess if you want a guy who is incapeable of understanding how numbers work, this is the guy. Division 2 and 3 are higher than 4, not lower. :)
@Tomu: To be fair I’m already in a div 3 team, I am also aware of how numbers work, thanks. I figured most of the above posts were mindless trollery and blind hatred. I am in a div 3 team, I am looking for a UGC Plat team.
I created this recruitment post because people seem to read the ETF2L recruit pages more than the UGC ones.
Tomu and Scissors prem pyros xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Oxo div 3 pyro ez
Great pyro who deserves a main spot. Been playing with him for quite some time and he’s very solid. :)
Never seen you play, but you sound like a mature guy for your age, which is a rare trait coming from a higher level TF2 player. I hope you find a good team :)
Regarding the FoV thing: I played with 70 for a long time as well, since I play in a high 16:10 Widescreen resolution. But I had to switch to 90, since there was too many kids complaining about it.
aren’t you this guy who banned me from a TPN server for saying that TPN is bad?
http://tf2lobby.com/profile?id=74510 watch out div 2
I don’t know this guy, but I found this thread quite amusing :)
What the fuck is the difference between a div 4 and a div 3 pyro lol, it’s like saying there’s a difference between an Engineer. The higher the div, the better he can build sentries?
And considering the new divisions, anyone with a half functioning brain can play div 3
Also, lobbystats. Tihi. GJ scissors.
Lobby stats don’t show how good you are, they show how bad you are
Holy shit this is hilarious :)
Also, sorry I don’t tryhard in lobbies. I guess that’s the difference between div 2 and div 3.
I dunno m8, if you lose 2/3 encounters with publevel pyros while having played pyro in lobby for over 2 days time, I will weep for div 2 if you get in. Just saying.
It’s also not my business if people care about lobbystats, just felt like posting it for those who do.
If I die to a pyro (or anything?) in a pub because I’m not really paying much attention, that doesn’t make me any less div 3 level.
If I do the same in a lobby, that’s somehow different? Pubs = Lobbies, I don’t focus in either, because non-competitive TF2 is fun, rather than something I think about.
@Cobz
Second season in Div 1 and I don’t even play the class anymore, how many seasons in div 1 do you have?
Also Tutorial raises a good point with the new divisions, the fact that hl has gone downhill in terms of skill level in divisons you could probably get into div 3 as a main.
But anyways this time I’ve actually bothered to watch your POV instead of judging you on the past so here is an actual informed opinion based on the evidence you gave.
I couldn’t get a good grasp on your dm skills but things you do need to work on for any attempt for Div 2 and if it was last season, div 3.
Timings + positioning was probably the main one. Especially on that first point defense. You knew they were coming etc but you moved back to dispenser for not much reason and didn’t bother to go into them until after they ubered. One M2 easy defense. I can go into more detail why it is easy defense but cba. Blocking ubers and being aware of uber percentage so you’re in the right place was a problem at every point.
You don’t move around too much and spycheck the areas and then one time you airblasted an uber once at last and then ran off after a spy which your team was dealing with rather than disrupting the enemies uber. This leads onto another point. Do you even tab to look for when the spy is alive? Or have an idea of how long it takes the spy to be in your area, or should be. This is when you alert your team and you start checking. Unless you play pyro like an autist like me and try to just dm stuff this is something you need to have as main priority.
Ammo management ????
On attack, again, spy checking?
Your medic mistimed you attacking top but then you said “Don’t pop on me”. SORRY WHAT. Pyros ubers absolutely destroy 1st point defense holds if the enemy pyro is retarded and not waiting for you. I hope you said it because he mistimed it and not because its a bad thing to do.
You like the homewrecker but why do you melee with it? You also melee’d a spy with it and that’s never a good idea, don’t take the risk when you had a shotgun with plenty of bullets.
You played pyro really safe and didn’t die too much which I guess is good but on the other hand you didn’t accomplish much. From what I saw your team handled a good deal and the enemy team wasn’t exactly good and played really messily. But Silver, what ya gonna do.
But I hope you read all this and don’t disregard it just because it isn’t what you want to hear. I was optimistic watching it and wanted to be proved wrong but the entire pov didn’t impress me too much to say you’re worth putting into division 2. I think it’s probably better off to stay where you are as a backup in div 3 and learn from there.
I didn’t see if there was any dm as I said, your team did a lot for you but if this was 5CP and there was that chance you found a soldier or a scout or a engy in a 1v1 would you cope? All 3 should kill you if they’re any good but you know, people aren’t.
Again TL;DR
Positioning, Ammo management, Timing and I’ll just throw in calls/gamesense.
Also for all the people, being a nice guy doesn’t make him a certain skill level.
Forgot to mention in the wall, the players generally get better and more co-ordinated, thats how going up in divisions work and your play in that silver agme which is what div4/5? You’d probably get overwhelmed by the higher divisions.
“Lobby stats don’t show how good you are, they show how bad you are”
Scissorspyro: python has more lobbies than me
» hahaha he is even more autistic than I am
it also shows how autistic you are hehe
All I am saying is, that if you are getting rekd by lobbynoobs consistently, chances are you suck. Haven’t played with this guy since steel, but as far as I remembered, he was terrible, so looked him up on lobby, and *kinda* got that confirmed. But yeah, not my choice if he get’s a team, just saying this is another sad day for hl
Hi.
Tomu mentor me as pyro pls.
And lobbies are serious business.
Judging from the video you linked, I think you should try cutting down on the unnecessary comms. Repeating stuff like “you saved my life” three or however many times, “I got a point, yay”, and other things like just repeating what others have said many times before only contributes to clogging up the comms and harming the team you would play with. I might be wrong on how bad it sounds since your mic is quite loud due to it being recorded from your computer or something along those lines, but it definitely sounds like your comms need to be worked on.
Just my 2 cents, at least.
@Tomu: Thanks for taking the time to look over at least 1 of my demos. Now that I have way more time for myself, I’ve also been looking over my recent scrims and games.
One of the points I also instantly noticed was my ammo/hp management, and have been working on that in recent games.
Another thing I’d like to note is that dm is the main reason I’m where I am, and strategy wasn’t really my former team’s strong points. I am capable of a high div team in terms of skill, I would need a team with pre-existing strategies to really glean that knowledge. The div 3 team I am currently scrimming with is helping to improve my overall gamesense, but obviously a team that is willing to point me in the right directions for strategy is definitely what I need.
@Freakie: Thanks for the comm feedback – first things first, yes, the program I use to record does indeed raise my mic volume: I am actually quite quiet in most games (as, if you watch any other video, I am nowhere near as involved.)
I would say I’ve played with TPN for over a year, and those sort of “fluff” comms were really there to raise morale – we’d had a rough first round and some of the players in the team tended to get a little “ragey” if things weren’t going their way.
Aside from that, having been able to (as I said earlier in this post) look over my previous games more, obviously I can hear myself when normally I wouldn’t be able to, and have been working objectively on improving my team communication skills.
I think this covers most of the relevant (non-troll) points but I am definitely open for criticism.
@Tomu
That could have been my first if i didn’t say “No” to Flood.
Oxo go watch some POVs on youtube from Huey Lewis + Fathom if you want to get an idea of strategy. It gives you an idea of both perspectives of the way Pyro can be played and the best positioning and gives you an idea of what you need to comm. I’ve even got some povs on my channel from last season but they won’t be as good as the ones from Huey + Fathom.
I’d recommend carpet’s videos if you wanna see how a true pyro plays
and Candle if you wanna see sexy fragz #fanboi
“another sad day for hl”
Oh stop it Scissors. Stop taking this gamemode even remotely seriously. Anyone who says “the skill level in hl has gone down this season” etc etc, is just wrong. Nothing has changed.
“And considering the new divisions, anyone with a half functioning brain can play div 3”
That’s true, but honestly this has always been the case. This game is actually really easy as long as you have a brain. It’s nice to also be mechanically good at the game, but like I said; the “skill level” hasn’t dropped at all in Highlander. Maybe there’s some teams or players playing in divisions above where you think they should be, but that doesn’t mean the general “skill level” has dropped.
I’m genuinely interested in arguing this with someone, because I’d like to know why people seem to believe this. To me it seems like all the highly ego-driven players in the community share this opinion. They seem to think that because players from lower divisions are approaching their own division, that the general “skill level” is decreasing.
It just baffles me. Pls explain.
Thanks Tomu for the feedback, it’s genuinely refreshing to have someone actually offer something to the table than just mindlessly bash someone they’ve never met. I’ve seen some of Huey’s stuff but not recently – I’ll check them out and have a look around.
As for the rest of this thread: ??? Not really sure what the hell this shit turned into.
welcome to etf2l hl rec posts, have fun
hallo ihr süßen wollt ihr einen kuchen während ihr hier weiter diskutiert?
ich könnte euch auch noch, da ich ja so viel höflich bin, nen paar kippen spendieren dann läuft das alles ein wenig ruhiger ab.
calm down guys!
@SmitZ
I have a suspicion that I may think the level has dropped, because the “good” teams seemed so much better, back when I was in the lower ones. That being said, I still think oxo is terrible and nowhere near div 2, regardless of whether the level has changed or not.
No problem oxo. My initial post/opinion hasn’t changed though and I do advise you looking for Division 3 and to say something like “I’m keen and want to learn” or something along those lines.
I just thought I’d offer my opinion with actual evidence so people don’t think I’m a prick that doesn’t have any idea and just likes to talk shit on rec posts. I do put some thought into my posts and feel my opinion is still valid even if I don’t play.
@SmitZ
Send me an add if you genuinely want to discuss. It’s only the middle of ETF2L skill that has changed though, I think (most) of the top is ok.
@Tomu
I figured “I’m keen and want to learn” was implied at the higher divs. Sorry to sound like an arsehole but anyone who thinks they’re “the best” and have nothing to learn should really take a step back, think about their personalities and maybe take a season out or something.
@Scissors
Regardless, I’m looking for a UGC Platinum team. I have no interest in div 2 ETF2L, especially as I’m already in a div 3 team and have no plans to leave them any time soon. Also, thanks for the sentiments :)
“and have no plans to leave them any time soon.”
Then why the hell do you have this post?! :D
Andweuh… please…
What? Can’t I also share my opinions? :x
I was just watching this guy merc for UEC when their main couldn’t play… Right I was their sub, I’m sorry.
And from what I can tell, he’s just as skilled as I am. Div 4.
There’s also a lot of good arguments, though there’s also some I’ll disagree with, but this is not my post.
I guess I can say good luck though, if you find a team, when you don’t have any plans to leave TPN. :3
He aint looking for etf2l… he is looking for ugc… that was my point nothing else…
Leave TPN? TPN doesn’t exist in ETF2L HL. My current ETF2L HL team is the 50 Shades of Nipps, currently in div 3 (which incidentally is not the same Div as you) and at the top of this post, I said I’m mainly looking for a UGC team. Is said UGC team would also like to invite me to their ETF2L team, I may proceed.
Regardless, hating on me for being asked to merc is unreasonable. If you think I played when you should have played, take that up with the people who made that decision.
All the pyro rec threads just seem to hot up, we had that one by klaudia now this.
The flaming in this is just incredible, I guess people are just getting hot under the collar.
Yes, I can keep going
highlander!
Pyro is serious business, surprisingly.
52 posts! wow dude, and you arent even a girl :)
I can’t really comment on this dude’s ability, having not played with him a massive amount, but I do recall him having pretty decent DM. All I can really say on that.
But in terms of personality, this dude is a class act. A really down to earth, dedicated player with a lot of commitment and friendliness. He may not be the best player, but he is definitely one that holds the team together.
A good addition to any team and I think could handle Div 3 if he shows the dedication and commitment that he has before.
Great Pyro can hold 2/3.
Played with him alot.
good luck with the post dude, see if you can fend the flames :>
@yak
i kno rite?
wish my rec post was as hot as this, I’d actually get some bloody attention for a chance
Can’t even join a simple game of MvM, jesus christ.
-Rep
Hahaha how did I miss this rec post..? ^.- It’s gold!