new players into MLG TF2

(steam message)

6:14 PM - Defuse: want a 1v1?
6:15 PM - Defuse: on tf2
6:15 PM - Defuse: dude
6:16 PM - Defuse is now playing Garry's Mod. Click here to join.
6:21 PM - bowswer5 'lft: sure
6:22 PM - Defuse: can you host it?
6:22 PM - Defuse: im not sure how to host one
6:23 PM - bowswer5 'lft: oh ok :D did you just find me randomly and wanted to do a friendly duel or is this for something else
6:23 PM - Defuse: oh i saw you on mlg
6:24 PM - Defuse: but this can just be a friendly
6:24 PM - bowswer5 'lft: oh okay sure
6:24 PM - bowswer5 'lft: have you heard of MGE? it's a 1v1 TF2 mod. first to 20 in a specific arena wins
6:25 PM - Defuse: oh ok
6:25 PM - Defuse: so are you using that?
6:25 PM - bowswer5 'lft: yeah that's how we do 1v1s
6:26 PM - Defuse: ok can you show me how to install it :) im not good with this stuff
6:26 PM - bowswer5 'lft: its fine
6:26 PM - bowswer5 'lft: join my game and it should download the mod for you in the loading screen
6:27 PM - Defuse: ok 2 secs
6:27 PM - Defuse: can my friend spectate?
6:27 PM - bowswer5 'lft: sure
6:27 PM - bowswer5 'lft: um, if it's okay for me to ask
6:27 PM - bowswer5 'lft: what do you usually play on mlg
6:27 PM - Defuse: like what game?
6:27 PM - bowswer5 'lft: or gb or whatever
6:27 PM - bowswer5 'lft: yeah like what is your main game
6:28 PM - Defuse: usually cod, but thats with my team.
6:28 PM - bowswer5 'lft: oh ok
6:28 PM - Defuse: oh my friend isnt spectating but im joing now
6:28 PM - Defuse: *joining
6:29 PM - Defuse: invite me
6:30 PM - Defuse is now playing Team Fortress 2. Click here to join.
6:30 PM - Defuse: ok the mod is downloading
6:30 PM - bowswer5 'lft: that's good
6:31 PM - Defuse: hopefully it wont take long
6:31 PM - bowswer5 'lft: yeah
6:31 PM - Defuse: my internets quite bad
6:31 PM - bowswer5 'lft: you are from the UK and im from US so the ping difference too unfortunately
6:31 PM - Defuse: ah that explains it
6:31 PM - bowswer5 'lft: i can find euro mge servers if you would like
6:31 PM - Defuse: sure
6:32 PM - bowswer5 'lft: alright, ill move to a diff server you can hit cancel on the load
6:32 PM - Defuse: kk
6:32 PM - Defuse is now playing Team Fortress 2. Click here to join.
6:32 PM - Defuse: inv me when you change
6:33 PM - bowswer5 'lft: is the ping to the new server better for you?
6:34 PM - Defuse is now playing Team Fortress 2. Click here to join.
6:34 PM - Defuse: hold on joing now
6:34 PM - Defuse: joining
6:34 PM - bowswer5 'lft: alright
6:35 PM - Defuse: cant tell, ill let you know when its finished
6:35 PM - Defuse: actually yes that is faster
6:35 PM - bowswer5 'lft: good
6:36 PM - Defuse: how old are you btw?
6:37 PM - Defuse: just wondering
6:37 PM - bowswer5 'lft: i'm 17
6:37 PM - Defuse: kk im 15
6:37 PM - Defuse: about a quarter of it downloaded :D
6:38 PM - bowswer5 'lft: alright
6:38 PM - bowswer5 'lft: sorry for it taking it so long
6:38 PM - Defuse: im used to it :) my connections always bad
6:38 PM - bowswer5 'lft: did you know that TF2 has a competitive community
6:39 PM - Defuse: yeah
6:39 PM - bowswer5 'lft: cool
6:39 PM - Defuse: i mean ive been playing for a while and i consider myself an alright player
6:39 PM - Defuse: so i figured i should try competitive
6:40 PM - bowswer5 'lft: it's not a bad idea. it just takes a lot of time and practice to master the game
6:40 PM - bowswer5 'lft: it's like Quake if you've heard of that
6:40 PM - Defuse: i play competitve cod on xbox. But comp tf2 seems much harder
6:42 PM - Defuse: im in
6:42 PM - bowswer5 'lft: okay
6:42 PM - bowswer5 'lft: type in !add in the chat
6:42 PM - bowswer5 'lft: and it will bring in a list of arenas
6:42 PM - Defuse: lets do badlands middle
6:42 PM - bowswer5 'lft: okay
6:42 PM - bowswer5 'lft: any class you have in mind or just all classes
6:42 PM - Defuse: all
6:42 PM - Defuse: if you want
6:43 PM - bowswer5 'lft: i dont mind
6:43 PM - Defuse: ok so we starting?
6:43 PM - Defuse: lets just do all classes
6:43 PM - bowswer5 'lft: well, we can start, but
6:44 PM - bowswer5 'lft: if you're interested in getting into tf2 more after this, we can talk. the game's really fun competitively, lots of skill involved, we have our own community run leagues. we're not mainstream but it's not a bad experience
6:45 PM - Defuse: i would love to do that
6:45 PM - bowswer5 'lft: ive been playing this game competitively for 2 years so i dont really want to discourage you with this 1v1
6:45 PM - bowswer5 'lft: but alright, lets go
6:45 PM - Defuse: kk wish me luck :D
6:45 PM - Defuse: holy fuck
6:46 PM - bowswer5 'lft: yeah XD
6:46 PM - Defuse: lol?
6:46 PM - Defuse: how?
6:46 PM - bowswer5 'lft: yeah :P exactly
6:47 PM - bowswer5 'lft: you should check my tf2 hours
6:47 PM - bowswer5 'lft: we stick with tf2 a lot
6:50 PM - Defuse: YES!
6:50 PM - bowswer5 'lft: XD
6:50 PM - bowswer5 'lft: good job
6:51 PM - bowswer5 'lft: ah
6:51 PM - bowswer5 'lft: the mod has a thing where more than 2 people can add to an arena
6:52 PM - bowswer5 'lft: so the winner plays the next person in line
6:52 PM - Defuse: ahh
6:52 PM - Defuse: kk

(in the MGE server)

Defuse :  so do you play like arena matches often?

bowswer5 'lft :  well, in reality 1v1 isnt as much of a serious gamemode in tf2, MGE is actually a training mod for practice
bowswer5 'lft :  6v6 and 9v9 gamemodes are where we play the game competitively
Defuse :  yeah, i'd love to join a 6v6 team
bowswer5 'lft :  that's not a bad idea
bowswer5 'lft :  the european tf2 league is called ETF2L
bowswer5 'lft :  look it up if you're interested
Defuse :  do you want to get a team started then?
bowswer5 'lft :  well i can help you out with finding a team and practicing and teach you some of the class mechanics
bowswer5 'lft :  im not european and i already play in higher divisions so i dont know if i could make a team with you
Defuse :  ah ok
bowswer5 'lft :  but keep me added man. we can talk about this more
Defuse :  sure
bowswer5 'lft :  msg me on steam if you have any questions. ill cya later
Defuse :  thanks man
Defuse :  see ya