More people need to check this out.
tamalon
Join Date: 2012-11-08 Member: 168470Members
Join Date: 2012-11-08 Member: 168470Members
<div class="IPBDescription">ENSL Gathers</div>just thought more people needed to see this :).
''These are pick-up games where a dozen players decide to play a competitive NS2 game together. Anyone who understands basic english and is willing to listen is welcome to join. These games are much more demanding, organized and arguably more fun than the public servers- You can get a taste of the competitive NS2 scene in a more casual and friendly atmosphere. Nearly all players who play gathers regularly prefer them over public. Gather games tend to be more balanced as captains pick the teams, and admins might intervene to avoid boring walkovers.''-Dark Queen
<a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/forums/index.php?showtopic=119466" target="_blank">ENSL Gathers</a>
''These are pick-up games where a dozen players decide to play a competitive NS2 game together. Anyone who understands basic english and is willing to listen is welcome to join. These games are much more demanding, organized and arguably more fun than the public servers- You can get a taste of the competitive NS2 scene in a more casual and friendly atmosphere. Nearly all players who play gathers regularly prefer them over public. Gather games tend to be more balanced as captains pick the teams, and admins might intervene to avoid boring walkovers.''-Dark Queen
<a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/forums/index.php?showtopic=119466" target="_blank">ENSL Gathers</a>
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Most of the hardcore players have stayed away from the gathers because the overall skill level has dipped quite a bit. You'll be fine, if you're interested.
This seems to be right down my alley, but allas! I'm sometimes randomly forced to go afk for a few mins while playing. I suspect such behaviour is not tolerated in a semi-competitive match?
This seems to be right down my alley, but allas! I'm sometimes randomly forced to go afk for a few mins while playing. I suspect such behaviour is not tolerated in a semi-competitive match?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
No. 6v6 format is much more time crucial. It's very noticeable and inappropriate.
Guess I picked a bad time to try it out!
Guess I picked a bad time to try it out!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
If you're in Canada my friend you should check out the reddit.com/r/ns2/ gathers. I just started going a few weeks ago and we've even played with people who had JUST gotten the game. Everyone is awesomely friendly, and for someone who's been a part of the community so long I'm sure you'd enjoy it as the skill level is all over the place.
Not to steal the thunder from ENSL, but IF you're not in the EU area you'll probably get a better ping at these gathers. They put on gathers every Wednesday night around 8pm central (I believe) and I've definitely played until 3am with these guys/gals on more than one occasion. You'll get notices about it, and can always join the chat to ask about it, if you join the steam group: /r/NS2.
Gathers and PUGs are where it's at.
Usually it can take a while for a gather to start, unless another one is being played at the time you're joining.
It can take quite a lot of patience if you're new to the gathers and don't have any friends playing ns2 that you can invite.
Also, gathers usually happen most often in the evenings, as that's where most players are online.
I recommend adding people from the gathers to your friends list, so you can advertise the gather link to them when you feel like gathering. =)
I don't think there's any minimum requirement to play competitive in general, it's just a way of approaching and playing the game, not any particular level of skill. Two worst teams in the world practising once in two weeks can still be competitive just fine.
However, I wouldn't even go calling gathers comptetitive. They are <b>organized</b> play and obviously you're trying to win the rounds, but it's not really comptetitive all the way. The aim is to build up somewhat evenly matched team from whoever is participating, not to build up top tier teams out from nowhere. Good attitude and willingness to cooperate and communicate are much more important than any particular skill level.
As for any lack of skills, gathers will probably help you improve much quicker than any public game will and you might also find useful contacts in case you want to try joining an actual competitive team at some point.
I was a student then, but that was years ago.