Editing Talk:Getting Started

==Content to be summarised ==
Getting started
* [http://atf2l.org/getting_started/ http://atf2l.org/getting_started/]
* [http://www.cadred.org/News/Article/157101/ http://www.cadred.org/News/Article/157101/]
* [http://etf2l.org/help/new/ 6v6 Newcomer Guide ETF2L]
* [http://asiafortress.com/index.php/index.html/_/guides/getting-started-in-competitive-tf2-a-complete-r40 AsiaFortress Getting Started]
Game customisation
* [http://asiafortress.com/index.php/index.html/_/guides/setting-up-and-customisation-r38 AsiaFortress]
* [http://atf2l.org/articles/tutorials/setting-up-your-game-r17/ atf2l]
Other
* [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2610054 n00b's guide to finding competitive teams]

==Getting Practice==
[http://tf2center.com tf2center]
[https://steamcommunity.com/groups/na6v6newbiemix NA 6s newbie mixes]
[http://steamcommunity.com/groups/highlandermix UGC Highlander newbie mixes]
[https://tf2pickup.net Tf2pickup]

== How this page should look ==

''this is a wiki, so feel free to improve it if you wish. [[User:Maxim|Maxim]] ([[User talk:Maxim|talk]]) 12:24, 14 December 2013 (WET)''


<insert highlight reel/inspirational video>
===What is competitive TF2===
* 6v6 is 2 scouts, 2 soldiers, 1 demoman, 1 medic
** <imagery/videos of each?>
** why this combination of classes in 6v6?
** roles of each class, briefly -> direct to class pages
* 9v9 is one of every class
** roles of each class -> direct to class pages

===How a competitive game is played===
<video here pls> (maybe this one [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hts1uTjd6mc eXtv: Intro to Competitive TF2])
* logistics
** map types
***(the Push/KOTH/AD pages better explain what the common strategies for each mode are)
** types of scoring
* how to play the game
** rollouts
** midfights

<pre>I can already see the above area becoming too involved
 for a getting started guide, we'd need to move this to the 
[[6v6]] page? though it also applies to 9v9... HELP -maxim</pre>

* how to think about the game
** advantages/disadvantages
** decision making
** <insert framed quotes from the many forum posts that have been written on this topic>
*** perhaps see [http://ozfortress.com/showthread.php?t=37375 bowt] or [http://ozfortress.com/showthread.php?t=50876 yuki]

<pre>maybe thinking about the game can be moved to under a 
[[metagame]] page, so we can keep this section brief? -maxim</pre>

===Game optimisation===
* performance
** see [http://asiafortress.com/index.php/index.html/_/guides/setting-up-and-customisation-r38 asia fortress guide] & [http://atf2l.org/articles/tutorials/setting-up-your-game-r17/ atf2l guide]
* custom huds (a cursory mention)
* prec

===Where to?===
* pugs
** describe them as your entry point, and delegate to PUGs page?
* newbie mixes
** an NA thing i think...
* leagues
** list them
** what is a whitelist/why?
* finding a team
** tips/don't be an idiot/expectations
* media
** where to find more content about comp tf2
*** casting/forums/fragvids/essays

'''some kind words here'''

=== Common questions ===
*FAQ here



==Preliminary thoughts==
This page should eventually become a getting started guide for competitive tf2.
Not sure if we need original content, as there are a few getting started guides already out there.

Best to continue to collate them here, before an Editor summarises it all.
* [http://atf2l.org/getting_started/ http://atf2l.org/getting_started/]
* [http://www.cadred.org/News/Article/157101/ http://www.cadred.org/News/Article/157101/]
* [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2610054 http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2610054]
* [http://etf2l.org/help/new/ http://etf2l.org/help/new/]

Not sure whether the scope of this page should be
* Intro. to the gamemodes
* your future tf2 career, from team to team, pugging, mixes. pubs -> lobby -> pugs? -> team
* technical requirements
theres a lot of content to be covered...

-[[User:Maxim|Maxim]] ([[User talk:Maxim|talk]]) 15:58, 3 July 2013 (WEST)
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