im new to the game and want to play competitively. I have just been playing on random servers my main class is medic and i usually get mvp in most games. I have played a couple of games on tf2 lobby but really didnt do well lol i need help/mentoring my steam is thefrozenlobster plz add me if you want to help or just want to play some competitive games.

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Feel free to add me up and I can help you out with Basics..

Steam: darkjedihawkeye

If you're a medic, never, never, never lobby unless you bring your own pocket at least. Lobbying is the least productive thing you can do as a medic, worse than pubbing. You won't get anywhere until you have a stable team that you can improve with since a lot of medic is comms and positioning that is nearly impossible to build in a lobby and really hard to work on in a pug, but you probably won't get a team until you've been noticed a bit through pugs, ringing, or randomly trying out for teams.

But, post a looking thread in the recruitment section and you'll probably get some offers. Just make sure you pick a team that you like to hang out with because you'll probably spend a lot of time with them and assholes are no fun to hang out with, unless you're a masochist. Wait, that's a bad statement, you're probably a masochist since you play medic, I know it helps me play medic. The point is you'll never get paid enough in this game to put up with a dick on your team so stay away from them if you can.

If you have friends that want to start comp too, try to form a team with them and play a lower league to build experience and to get your names out there. Forming a team is probably the best way to go since you get the most control over who you play with.

Good luck. And remember, lobbies are fucking bad, use them to waste time as a combat class. Lobbies are barely 6v6 pubs, most of the time, you don't really get better at tf2 by playing them, you definitely don't get better as medic playing them.

You get better with your needles since you never ever have a pocket worth noticing. :p

You get better with your needles since you never ever have a pocket worth noticing. :p

This. Also you develop a tough skin when your team blames you for everything.

Medic is hard becuase what you do good on one team could be considered bad on another.

Highly aggressive with one team wont work with a passive team. You need to watch your demos and what I like to do is watch STV's and watch me from the enemy's perspective.

What am I doing well? What could I improve at?

DO I LOOK SCARY TO THEM? SURFIN USA?

Medic is hard becuase what you do good on one team could be considered bad on another.

Highly aggressive with one team wont work with a passive team. You need to watch your demos and what I like to do is watch STV's and watch me from the enemy's perspective.

What am I doing well? What could I improve at?

DO I LOOK SCARY TO THEM? SURFIN USA?

I like the surfin USA quote. haha. Good stuff.

But yeah medic is difficult. You have to learn how to heal your team the most effective way. What works for one team, may not work for the next. Since rebuilding my team, I've found that on certain maps cause for focusing healing on one/two primary players. Those classes tend to be the ones who do the most damage or the classes who do cleanup (like scouts). Just depends on your current team's playstyle. You just have to learn to plan and to play a way that fits your teams style.

Like Pyyour said when looking at demos you can spot who needs the heals and what you can do to improve. This can lead to your team effectively winning middles or being able to push back into middle and etc.

Although, I do have to try watching the enemy's perspective of my team. I'll get on that. Great idea. Props.

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