Community Fortress
While many TF2 fansites have been steadily declining (or dying, like Control Point 
), others have been on the uptick. Foremost among the latter is Community Fortress.
Community Fortress focuses more on the competitive scene of TF2, but fortunately, with far less xenophobia than GotFrag. Indeed, if you’re looking to get into the TF2 competitive scene, this might just be the place to start; they have a mentor-mentee system to help ease players in. They also host some pick-up games, and right now, they’re hosting a 4v4 KOTH tournament (a format which hasn’t caught on too much in the American competitive scene, but might soon enough).
Also, they’re building a wiki focused entirely on the competitive aspect of TF2, which is worth a read for its thoroughness. It’s far more specific than TF2wiki and way more in-depth than UC’s competitive TF2 guide.
Stumble it!
rXr||chipbuster responded on 17 Jan 2010 at 3:49 am #
no trolls plz
Corodan responded on 17 Jan 2010 at 6:21 am #
Great! A website actually dedicated for that stuff!
The UC Guide was still great, but this is exciting!
eXtine responded on 17 Jan 2010 at 7:06 am #
Thanks for the shoutout! Much luv to ubercharged.net from Comm ft <3
XDLMAO responded on 17 Jan 2010 at 8:10 am #
Just out of curiosity, is 4v4 actually fun? Seems slightly small to me.
What’s the setup in those games? Solly, Demo, Medic, Scout?
Himmelstoss responded on 17 Jan 2010 at 9:07 am #
@XDLMAO I think the restrictions are one of each class, except medic and engineer, which are banned completely. I’m not sure, though.
@eXtine No problem, keep the good stuff coming
rXr||chipbuster responded on 17 Jan 2010 at 10:02 am #
we need more mentors in the mentor program, btw :]
Helis responded on 17 Jan 2010 at 2:45 pm #
Medic is banned in 4v4?
I guess that makes sense, seeing how there’s only a total of 8 people.
The Black Watch responded on 17 Jan 2010 at 2:46 pm #
I did a 4v4 pickup league for KotH with Europeans last year. It was loads of fun, much more fast paced then a regular 6v6 map.
And yes, the medic and engy are completly banned, with a limit of 1 on any other class. This caused significant variation in the class line ups, which I found just added to the fun.
Soylent Robot responded on 18 Jan 2010 at 12:51 am #
they say spam a lot on that wiki when it comes to soldiers & demomen…
NotJim responded on 18 Jan 2010 at 2:39 pm #
@Soylent Robot: iirc, one important thing about pub and comp that still remains similar is the importance of spam/splash damage.
Didn’t UC’s guide mention it too?
ubercharged.net – eXtelevision responded on 24 Jan 2010 at 9:15 pm #
[...] Community Fortress has a pretty sweet video series going called eXtelevision (eXtv for short), where eXtine commentates pro-level competitive TF2 matches. If you’re interested in competitive TF2, it’s definitely worth a look for its excellent commentary (plus, the matches are pretty damn intense, if you ask me). [...]
Klelith responded on 27 Jan 2010 at 4:38 pm #
I’ve always wanted to see a 9v9 tournament where each team has one of each class.