Featured User Group The Escapist Team Fortress 2 Group Pc

I asked their owner (Danny Ocean) and their admins (Wordsmith and The Root Of All Evil) several questions about the group: Thanks Danny, Root, and Wordsmith! Root: Hugely. Back in the beginning, there was just a few of us that joined the server on Tuesdays. Now we’re playing to a full server most nights. It’s mostly just Europe based at the moment, but we’re trying to get a reliable American admin to run some American nights as well. Wordy: After Groups got introduced, it was pretty much the next logical step from the PC Gaming Group thread, created way back. From the PC group it became pretty clear that the game that most people had in common was TF2, and a group just made it easier to organize games. Root: That’s apart from delving into other games like Killing Floor and Left 4 Dead – even some Saints Row 2, Bad Company 2 and the like. Wordy: Usually someone sees a youtube video of a custom mode, shares it with the group, then I scurry off to find a server with an owner who’s willing to let it be overtaken for a night. Our next takeover is a Zombie Fortress server, then after that we’ve got the ETF2L Highlander contest (apologies, the team has already been filled), so there’s always something or another being planned. Root: There’s also a wide range of skilled players that can give you tips on how to get the best out of your games, be that skill or hardware. Wordy: A big aspect of online gaming is the community, so having a group of players who are willing to take the time to share whatever experience they have in game is helpful. This really helps people who are just getting into a game not get discouraged by heavy losses against more experienced players. We’ve got two brilliant servers, admin who are online regularly and a great group of players. All of this basically makes the Escapist servers a friendly and laid back place to be. Root: And sometimes not focused at all. Like the rest of the forums, we have our off-topic rants and raves. Wordy: It’s more about creating a group of people who are fun to play with than anything else, and I’d like to think we achieve that. You can see that in our approach to the “clan” archetype. It’s a bit of an inside joke that there’s so many of us, when we clan stack we overflow and fill both teams. Root: Definitely. Perhaps even a notification of the Steam/Twitter accounts of people in the groups for easier communication. Wordy: I think I’d add an Events tab. Having something that lets us tell people that there’s a game going on (and not having to translate the start time to a different time zone would be useful too). Root: If you’re good, join us. If you’re not very good, join us. If you’re ambivalent, join us. If you’re that guy who kicked the football into my garden, I’m keeping it. Bloody kids. Wordy: From all of us, I’d like to thank the people who have helped get the group into games. Kross, for actually running the Escapist servers, the guys at Voogru (Dodgeball), DarkImmortal and Geit at GameMasters (Prop Hunt), StrontiumDog (Companion Cube Soccer), the GFL clan (Zombie Fortress) and everyone over at 22g for general brilliance. Also, massive kudos to Boylee from Playstuff, he designed a map especially for us for our recent 3v3 tournament. Also, to the people reading this, come and join us on the servers, the more the merrier! Click here for an example of one of their videos. You can find more of them on YouTube!PHA+PGRpdiBzdHlsZT0idGV4dC1hbGlnbjogY2VudGVyOyI+PG9iamVjdCB3aWR0aD0iNDMyIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjI2OCI+PHBhcmFtIG5hbWU9Im1vdmllIiB2YWx1ZT0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy55b3V0dWJlLmNvbS92L1VlcHY0RDE2SWx3JmFwPSUyNTI2Zm10JTNEMTgiPjwvcGFyYW0+PHBhcmFtIG5hbWU9Indtb2RlIiB2YWx1ZT0ib3BhcXVlIj48L3BhcmFtPjxlbWJlZCBzcmM9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20vdi9VZXB2NEQxNklsdyZhcD0lMjUyNmZtdCUzRDE4IiB0eXBlPSJhcHBsaWNhdGlvbi94LXNob2Nrd2F2ZS1mbGFzaCIgd21vZGU9Im9wYXF1ZSIgd2lkdGg9IjQzMiIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNjgiPjwvZW1iZWQ+PC9vYmplY3Q+PC9kaXY+PC9wPg==