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Anime Impulse Seattle was weird ngl

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PAX West 2024

The TF2 Cosplay Community returned to PAX West once again with another amazing meetup! While it may have been a little last minute, we are glad it turned out well.

Thank you to everyone who came to our official TF2 Cosplay Community Meetup at PAX West!

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hey i love seeing ur posts about comp tf2, do you have any advice for a wannabe sixes medic? ive been watching a lot of recorded games and demo reviews and stuff and it looks like a lot of fun but actually playing a match myself sounds so daunting and scary

hello anon! thanks for asking and im glad that youve thought about playing comp :)

this ended up really long so under the cut it goes

to start with some outside stuff youll need:

a discord account

a mic (or any other audio input device)

mumble (optional)

from what ive seen, the biggest leagues all have discord servers where players can find scrims or teams and teammates (in the case of rgl) but also teams use discord because its a quick, easy and cheep way to keep in touch

now, a league, there are 5 leagues but ive only played in 2 of them as they are region specific, there are:

rgl (NA/north american league)

etf2l (EU/european league)

ozfortress (oceania/australia league)

asiafortress (asian league, site is down rn?)

ugc (international, the old league where it all started)

now the best way to get into comp is probably through a newbie cup, a shorter season for new players with dedicated coaches provided, but the only one that regularly runs is by an NA pug group, speaking of, another good way to start is through pugs! (or mixes if youre in eu) pugs or pick up games or mixes are run either by the league or an independent person, in NA the biggest non-league pug group i know is tf2 coaching central or tf2cc for short, they also run the newbie cup and are based entirely on discord! in EU, mixes are run usually through sites and require mumble, the biggest being tf2center which id say is much more beginner friendly and hosts more formats than the other site, tf2pickup.eu where you can only play 6s and will usually find players that have been playing since season 2 (etf2l is on season 47)

also! every friday (if there are enough people) there are newbie mixes! basically a mix/pug with a coach, i havent personally played but ive heard its good

now if you find a league that works for you, heres some settings that youll need:

enable developer console

this will allow you to open the developer console, this is a nifty little thing because it allows you to do all kinds of crap, for example, connecting to a specific server if you have the connect info, which is very important in comp, you can change the button that opens the console at the very bottom of the settings

thats how the dev console looks like, heres how to find it:

change your fov to 90

this can be either done in the settings or by putting fov_desired 90 into the console, 90 is the max you can set it to in the settings but if you want more fov then feel free to change this to something else like 130 for example. this is done because the default tf2 fov doesnt let you see as much as 90 and having that information is crucial, especially for medic

now for the actually medic specific stuff

in the advanced settings there are two key things you need to turn on, 1) keep healing even when not pressing the fire key and 2) autocall for medic if below 99% health

the first one is a no brainer, youre gonna be healing constantly for 2 hours or more if you play a season as medic and your fingers will cramp up if you just keep holding down mouse1 so this ones for that

the second one is a bit odd, why autocall? well it might help you find spies or find your way back to your team if you get lost without having to comm it out, it also shows you if a teammate got damaged very recently because of the small cross above their head, this is important because then it will take more time to heal them up

uber masking

when you are about to hit 100% ubercharge, press E, and the "medic!" voiceline is gonna override the very loud and very obvious "I AM FULLY CHARGED" voiceline, tldr: you dont want the other team to know that you have uber

uber counting

the average stock uber can be built in 40-50 seconds, at the start of the round your ubers are the same but they will get offset as the game goes on, when the enemy medic spawns count in your head to 40 or watch the clock for 40 seconds and at the end of that 40 seconds they will have uber

uber related callouts:

"we have ad" (=we have more uber than them)

"we have disad" (=we have less uber than them)

"they have" (=they have uber, be cautious)

"we have" (=we have uber, yay!)

"its even/equal" (=the ubers are the same)

"med dropped!" (=the other medic dropped uber, you now have a lot of ad, you will hear this from your teammates)

"he got a saw on me" (=their medic is running ubersaw and just hit me, they have 25 more uber)

"use" (=pop it)

"use on me/use on [class]" (=use uber on a specific person or class, usually scout or demo)

"big ad/disad" (=the difference between our ubers is big, around 50% difference)

"small ad/disad" (=the difference between our ubers is small, anywhere from 20% to 5% difference)

thats a lot of callouts but dont fear, youll get a hang of it soon :)

the ideal loadout

crusaders crossbow

stock medigun

solemn vow

i did mention the ubersaw but its use is much more niche and works the best when the enemy team is shit, the solemn vow also lets you see the enemy medics uber if you see him but dont use this as a crutch and also call out enemy health ("demo is 50!" and then your flank scout game ends him), ill go over the weapons now

crusaders crossbow

the weapon with most skill, it allows you to heal your team at large distances, your teammates will usually say "arrow me" or "arrow me [location]" and then you shoot them and heal em up, the crusaders crossbow is also used in rollouts a lot, process and gullywash for example both require you to arrow someone mid rollout, i have a few aim training maps linked in my other medic tips post which also, funny enough, have a clip of how comms usually sound so thats cool

stock medigun

other than the kritzkrieg, the stock is the only medigun allowed in standard 6s, its the most consistent medigun and also makes you invincible for 8 seconds, you mentioned watching demos of other players and usually when they do a push into a point they uber the demo so that he can jump in unharmed, then the scout to go fast and the back on demo because hes the 2nd most important class here (the 1st is you!! so dont die!!)

honorary kritz mention

in lower divs, kritz isnt usually played, its an element of surprise weapon and it takes 32 seconds to get uber but 32 is an awkward number so we usually just count to 30 and use the 2 seconds to run :)

the kritz is much more widely used in highlander but ive seen some great playes with it in 6s too

some medigun strats before we move onto melee:

building uber with a boston basher scout

your scout is your escort now, random encounters lied to you, medics do, in fact, heal scouts

give your players a buff (overheal) when youre in spawn and waiting to move, its needed for rollouts in most cases, heal order is usually demo -> roamer -> demo again -> psolly

you need to heal as much as you can, this is a race to get uber

players will come up to you and ask for buffs, its usually soldiers and they will usually jump away shortly after

the ubersaw and the head

the solemn vow is a much better choice of melee then the ubersaw simply due to the fact that you can see enemy health and uber, but i cant deny that the ubersaw saved my ass a few times, still, use the head

now thats the weapons, lets get onto the more interpersonal relationships between teammates

the general playerbase of comp is sweaty gamer cishet guys but ive found that many of them are cool (despite the reputation of sweaty gamer cishet guys) and they are cool especially in rgl

heres some tips,

keep your tumblr private from your team

they dont know the lore of tf2 and 9 times out of 10 dont really care for it

just keep the discussion to comp

many of them are down to play casual or even valve comp if you ask

feel free to ask for tips! they love giving tips!

you will be judged for being a medic player but in a joking matter (they dont usually like playing medic so theyre glad that someone else is lol)

they will show you cool shit (usually clips of airshots)

tf2 comp players are a bit edgy at times, sometimes people just say slurs but not the n word with a hard R or anything (ps. you can report people if they say a slur mid game in chat)

a lot of the time they are gonna tell it to you straight, if youre bad then they will tell you youre bad at xy and z and if you dont improve then they will just call you open (<- lowest division in etf2l/derogatory term for anyone who isnt in open)

in a team you have the team leader who schedules everything and runs this team and talks to the admins, maybe a co-tl who helps with team leader stuff, the main roster which is just the players who play most often, the subs who substitute the main roster when someone cant make it but you still want to play and lastly the ringers(NA term)/mercs(EU term) who are outsiders you call in if your pscout just called in sick and the pscout sub is on vacation and you really need a player

classes

its at the bottom because i forgot about it lol?

6s has 2 soldiers, 2 scouts, a demo and a medic

they are split into the flank and the combo, the combo is with the medic and the flank is not

demo:

you will need to heal this guy a lot, he takes a lot of damage and gives out a lot of damage, he can trap down an area or spam down a choke, will be with you in most of your ubers, make sure this guy is buffed

pocket scout:

the scout in the combo, your escort and personal bodyguard (kinda), hes gonna build with you, pick you up from spawn when you die and is most likely gonna be the maincaller (=person who calls the shots in a comp match like when to retreat and what not)

pocket soldier:

in all honesty idfk what this guy does, he wants heals and watches chokes, spams rockets down chokes too, sacs for med (=jumps on the medic and kills them hopefully)

flank scout:

watches flanks, wants heals, can replace your pscout if he dies, will offclass if need be (offclassing is the act of switching your class to a different one that isnt standard in 6s like sniper or heavy)

roamer (flank soldier):

i also dont know what the fuck the roamer does, its basically the same as psolly but he watches flanks and offlcasses and has a different rollout

post game

so after you play your first game of comp, write ".ss" into the chat, this will open a window with your logs for that match and you can see how you did that game! if you want you can also download the demo from demos.tf if you look up your steam name it should show up, there are other sites where you can see how you did like more.tf which is a nicer looking site and also you can compare specific players and see more stuff so thats cool! theres also trends.tf where you can see how you did over time and basically every stat you can think of even down to the time youve spent playing a class in comp, heres my overview on trends.tf if you wanna see all that it shows (ps. most of my recent games are 4v4 because of a cup lol)

last thing before the end, i did make a post about medic tips a while ago and those apply here as well

tf2 competitive wiki if you want to learn callouts and other stuff

so! thats the basics of 6s med :) gl hf and feel free to dm me if you have any more questions

edit: i forgot to mention b4nny, the lord and savior of competitive tf2 and while he doesnt play med much he has a lot of experience and knows a lot about comp and just has a lot of resources for comp

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Yippee

read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/52515793

by WalkingWeirdmageddon

The power couple goes home to Russia. Medic gets grabbed by the collar. Shenanigans ensue.

Words: 3340, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Team Fortress 2

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Heavy (Team Fortress 2), Medic (Team Fortress 2), Heavy's Mother (Team Fortress 2), Heavy's Family (Team Fortress 2), Zhanna (Team Fortress 2), Yana (Team Fortress 2), Bronislava (Team Fortress 2)

Relationships: Heavy/Medic (Team Fortress 2), Medic & Heavy's Family

Additional Tags: Christmas Fluff, Family Fluff, oh no i forgot archimedes, Poems, Sibling Fluff, Mama is not dead in this ur welcome, holiday fluff, TF2CC Secret Santa, Large Woman Looks At Man With Very Murderous Gaze And Threaten Man With Severe Harm To Genitals

read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/52515793

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Not anymore

Dear Journal,

When i was a child i would have never imagined my life playing out as it did now. Back in my innocents I thought I would live as an actress, move to America and become a part of the brilliant motion pictures that I had seen or on the stage. Instead at a young age I was hired for French government work as a spy. Even thought I cannot risk detailing the exact work I once did in this journal in fear that someone would discover it I must say that then was suppose to be the most grim moments of my life. But it was not.

The Industry is demented, foul and twisted beyond words. The laws of the countries do not apply within the bases and buildings only the rules of RED anf BLU because of the power of money. and it was because of this that I had suffered. How stupid I was, seeing that their was something off about Helen's work and to find out about the horrors that happen behind the RED and BLU's back- the twisted experimenting and overall inhuman abuse that the witch of a woman had organized for the benefit of science and war. A man had been taken from his family and the family killed, swiped his memory and turned him into a lab-vampire simply because they could. They had captured the original Christian Brutal Sniper and made clones of him for war, and even thought the plan had not been fully seen through the brutals are still out their as well as other classes that make it worse.

   Laura had to take a moment to shudder at the memory of a few she had met. Xavier, the emotionless spy Levy and then... their was Dan.

People have suffered from those labs including I myself. and even after when i had been promoted simply so Helen could keep a close eye on me, I was abused, beaten and taken by men that could because the could and I could not report it because my boss owned me.

Not anymore.

It is time i get control of my life. The old me would have taken any abuse and spat it back in my oppressors face, and then later sneak out to kill him in his sleep. That's what I intend to do. That bastard of a man Dan will regret raping me, beating me and hurting me. He will feel every inch of my sorrow that he had been the cause of. Then that Damned CC, I will hunt him down and repeat every last bit of pain onto him as he had done onto me. How DARE he take Gray's appearance and kidnap me. And then their is Gray himself. he abandoned me, the first man I had ever loved simply disappeared and walked away when I needed him most.

I have a new acquaintance, Luc, who might be able to assist me, once I help him get back on his own revenge. Until then, I have to keep my eye on a certain Brutal Medic. He is up to something and his last visit with me was suspicious enough for me to look into his base and see what he's planning. Perhaps Luc can assist me with that as well.

Until then, farewell.

-Laura

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The TF2 Cosplay Community at the Gaming Cosplay Meetup at Fan Expo Portland!

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When Sol moved to Washington State in July 2022, there were two conventions coming up that he decided to attend. Although, neither of them had meetups or big events, they were still enjoyable!

Emerald City Comic Con 2022 was an interesting experience, since it was scheduled for August that year and was not long before the next major convention..

PAX West 2022 was an odd experience as well, since the TF2 voice actors were guests that year with a panel and autograph session. This was the first time Sol got to meet the voice actors!

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TF2CC Live!

On February 10th, we'll be doing a fundraiser livestream on YouTube to raise money for our future events and conventions! Every donation is read live on stream, so everyone is mentioned! We'll be playing Team Fortress 2, hosting a virtual cosplay contest, answering questions with Sol, and so much more!

You can donate here!

All donations will go towards funding the travel costs, hotel expenses, and convention tickets for our crew members! Every penny counts, and every donation matters!

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The TF2CC Cover Competition has started!

We're looking for an awesome cover design for the limited edition Autograph Book. A small book that could get signed by friends, fellow fans, cosplayers, and even actors! Perfect for conventions, group meetups, and events!

Submission Requirements:

Design must feature the Team Fortress 2 characters, logos/emblems, or items.

Must be appropriate for all ages. (No NSFW or extreme gore!)

Keep it in the design measurements! (25cm to 14.2cm) (250mm - 142mm) (945 x 537 pixels)

Submit your designs here or on our Discord!

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I think TF2CC has run it's course.

Today I received the fourth rejection letter from one of the major conventions we've been attending for the past two years. First it was PAX West, then it was Rose City Comic Con, followed by the Seattle Parks thing, and now finally we were rejected by Salt Lake City FanX.

There's just not enough interest in Team Fortress 2 at conventions. Regardless of what we promote or show to investors and convention managers, they simply don't care for a video game from 2007.

Perhaps the future of TF2CC will just be an online community to allow people to share their ideas, their cosplays, prop making skills, and more. Maybe one day I'll release a guide on how to organize cosplay meetups like I used to do.

But for now? I think I'm done. I'm going to be focusing my efforts on my small business Beebo's. The convention scene just isn't really welcoming me back anymore. Maybe I'll come back to ECCC and the Washington State Cons. I'll probably go back to Phoenix for Fan Fusion again. But for now.. I think the TF2CC has reached the end of it's time in the spotlight.

Thank you guys for the fun we've had.

Goodnight.

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Welcome to the official TF2 Cosplay Community Tumblr blog!

For more information and links:

Join our Discord:

Check out our website:

If you have any questions, suggestions, or ideas, feel free to send in an ask or message us here!

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Y'all, go vote for the new TF2CC 2024 logo!

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ugh

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So my boyfriend made a Sniper Bot Head prop for the TF2CC Booth at WA Summer Con, and then we put it on the Twitter.. holy shit that thing took off xD

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Our final two official meetups for the 2024 season!

We have two more official meetups scheduled for this year. Our first stop is going to be at PAX West on Saturday, August 31st, from 4:30pm to 6:00pm, in Room 447 on Lvl 4. We will have lots of fun photo opportunities and awesome things to participate in.

Our next and final official meetup for the 2024 convention season will be at Rose City Comic Con on Friday, September 6th, from 5:45pm to 6:30pm, near Booth 1230. This is our first TF2CC Meetup at Rose City Comic Con. Be sure to show up and show them how lively this community really is!

While these may be our final official meetups for the year, there are still plenty of unofficial meetups to see! We always encourage people to organize their own TF2 Cosplay Community Meetups at their own local conventions. That's how it all started for us!

Thank you, and we hope to see you there!

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The TF2 Cosplay Community is looking for more crew members!

Our requirements:

Must be 16 or older

Must have reliable transportation to conventions and events

Be active online on discord and social media

Have at least one TF2 cosplay

We are mainly looking for TF2 cosplayers in Utah, Oregon, and Washington State who can help with meetups and potential booths.

If you're interested in becoming a crew member for the TF2CC, please check out our form here.