How to Play Competitive TF2 – TF2CSA – TF2 Community of South Africa

Let The PUG Begin!

Razerfox — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 19:39:57 +0000

The local TF2 competitive community is getting a new feature in the rsa.tf Discord Server, a bot has been created to run Pick-Up Games and is looking very good so far. Over the past few weeks Russ and skiba have been developing and testing a new Pick-up Game (pug) system which is now open for …

Another Newcomer Guide for 6v6 Part 1

Zoidberg — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 06:01:54 +0000

This is heavily based on the ETF2L Newcomer Guide, and all credit goes to them. Source: etf2l.org/new 6v6 Newcomer Guide Hey there! If you are new to competitive 6v6 you have come to the right place. This is just a friendly introduction for the essentials. This might look like a wall of text, but it contains …

Ask Fish – Calling Guide Part 2 (Advanced Calling)

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:59:18 +0000

After a great first part of Fish’s Calling Guide he has released the 2nd part of his calling guide and this one has a lot of great information with advanced techniques that you must definitely read. Get this stuff in your head mate! Check it out: By Fish Before I ramble into the wall of text that will …

Ask Fish – Calling Guide ( No Not our Fish)

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:01:48 +0000

Feeling a bit shaky or daunted by calling in game? Not sure when or how to push up, hold or even retreat? To help those teams and their leaders clarify this arcane art Fish, a British TF2 player with extensive compeitive knowledge and whom plays for VitalGaming ( yep not our own Fish aka Yaeger) has …

Admirable’s TF2 Competitive Guide

Razerfox — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:36:41 +0000

In line with my stated desire to improve the TF2 competitive landscape in South Africa, I started doing some research on the European TF2 scene. Here’s a great post by Admirable from Cadred.org. It begins with some stats from Steam detailing the number of regular TF2 players world wide now numbers over 100,000! It then …

MGE/ESEA Comp Guide: An Introduction to the Medic

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:16:58 +0000

by Torin “Sigma” Stepan The medic is the core of every 6v6 TF2 team. In the standard 6v6 format, each team is limited to one medic, and each team will use that medic constantly throughout the entire game on every map. Your team’s medic is the cornerstone of your ability to control the pace of …

eXtv: Intro to Competitive TF2

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:27:59 +0000

This is an informative video for players that want to get into the competitive scene and learn about the basics. This video was made by Extine who is the founder of eXtv which does a lot of shoutcasting for TF2 and other games. This video is not only for “new” players but also existing players …

Competitive TF2 training sessions for new players

Skillbill — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:37:25 +0000

So you set up yourself a Steam account a couple of days ago, downloaded Team Fortress 2 and got stuck into some public play. By now you should be familiar with the bare basics of the game, such as the different abilities and weapons that each class has. You enjoy the game immensely, but you …

How to be credit to team

Joint — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:43:03 +0000

YOU! Yes, you! You want to be credit to team? I don’t just mean build teleport for me and fellow comrade. I mean real credit to team. Yes? Then read. Being credit to team is not possible by just shooting bullet and standing on point, stupid. Is much more than that. I have list of …

In-game Sound and Listening Skills: How it can help you to be a better player.

Joint — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:59:30 +0000

In my previous article, I focused on explaining the basics of communication. Today, I want to focus on listening. Listening to your team-mates, which is obviously an important yet self-explanatory aspect of the game, is what I won’t be going to be looking at in detail. What I do want to talk about is actual …