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  1. #A Guide To Competitive Insurgency
  2. **Competitive Insurgency has been going non-stop for over a year now, with leagues covering NA, EU, and OCE/ANZ.**
  3. The people in the comp community are welcoming of new players, and they would love to see more teams!
  4.  
  5. Here's some info to get you started.
  6.  
  7. ---
  8. #Competitive INS Formats - Quick Info!
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  10.  
  11. ##Firefight
  12. **Currently all competitive insurgency is focused around 5v5 firefight. Each league has its own little differences, but all play within the same general format**
  13. (Other modes may be played in the future if they are supported enough!)
  14.  
  15. ---
  16. #Types of Competitive Play
  17. ---
  18. **The gameplay categories are:**
  19.  
  20. - **Competitive Matches** - An official match between two teams in the DGL, ESL or PGL leagues. This may also include small special tournaments held by one of the leauges
  21. - **Scrims** - An unofficial match between two teams used for fun or for practice.
  22. - **PUGs** - PickUp Games, where a bunch of players get together, form temporary teams, and play against each other.
  23. - **Built-In** - The 5v5 mode NWI added and are working on, with a goal of ranked MM. Also known as PUBs. Not in the same category as League-related comp and PUGs. Should improve with time and testing/feedback.
  24.  
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  26. #Competitive Leagues
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  28. ##The Digital Gaming League (DGL) - North America
  29. The DGL is focused on bringing together teams that are based in North America. Most evenings from between 8PM and Midnight EST the DGL holds pugs using their teamspeak server. Also, most friday nights a more official PUG tournament called "PUG Nights" is held starting at 8pm EST. Join their steam group to see notifications of upcoming PUGs and Tournaments
  30.  
  31. **DGL Website | [TheDGL.org](http://thedgl.org/) |**
  32. **DGL Teamspeak 3 | ins-ts.thedgl.org |**
  33. **DGL Steam Group | [The DGL](https://steamcommunity.com/groups/TheDGL) |**
  34.  
  35. ---
  36. ##The Electronic Sports League (ESL) - Europe
  37. The ESL is the league prefered by most european teams. They will often host beginner only tournaments, as well as full competitive seasons. Find out more on their website, and join their discord server to chat with some of their players!
  38.  
  39. ESL also has a new matchmaking system called [*ESL Versus*](https://steamcommunity.com/groups/ESLInsurgency/discussions/5/492378806385332279/)
  40.  
  41. **ESL Website | [play.eslgaming.com](https://play.eslgaming.com) |**
  42. **ESL Discord | [Discord Link](https://discord.gg/0svMn629wytQgbA4) |** Discord is an alternative to teamspeak.
  43. **ESL Steam Group | [ESL Insurgency](https://steamcommunity.com/groups/ESLInsurgency) |**
  44.  
  45. ---
  46. ##The Pacific Gaming League (PGL) - Pacific/Oceania/NZ/AUZ
  47. The PGL is focused on providing tournaments and competition in the pacific region.
  48.  
  49. **PGL Website | [PacificGL.com](http://pacificgl.com) |**
  50. **PGL Teamspeak 3 | ts.insurgencyanz.com |**
  51. **PGL Steam Group | [Pacific GL](http://steamcommunity.com/groups/pacificgl) |**
  52.  
  53. ---
  54. #Other Places to Find PUGs
  55. ---
  56. ##Bromance PUGs - Europe
  57. Bromance is mainly a teamspeak server where many European players gather to have pugs. There are PUGs most evenings, and sometimes even throughout the day. Hop on any time to see if a PUG is gearing up!
  58.  
  59. **Teamspeak 3 | bromance.on.vg |**
  60. **Steam Group | [Insurgency Gathers](https://steamcommunity.com/groups/insurgencygather) |**
  61.  
  62. ---
  63. #The Basics of PUGing
  64. ---
  65. PUGing is pretty fun, and playing/watching PUGs is how almost everyone gets started, makes friends, and finds a more permanent team. PUGs are a great way to get familiar with comp and connected to the community.
  66.  
  67. **By joining one or more of the steam groups above, you can get announcements whenever pugs are happening and they are directly looking for more players.**
  68.  
  69. ###Some Things to know before joining your first PUG
  70.  
  71. - Everyone is very welcoming, don't be shy
  72. - Once you are placed on a team you are expected to play the entire match.
  73. - Please try not to go AFK during a PUG
  74. - Try to play your best, the other players take PUGs fairly seriously. This is not a place to just mess around
  75. - Listen to other players, they have a lot of experience and can help you do better
  76. - Don't get discouraged if you die often. Many of the players have 800+ hours in the game.
  77.  
  78. ---
  79. #A Guide to Your First PUG
  80. ---
  81. ###Sign Up To Steam Groups
  82. To start, you should join the steam group of the league associated with your location. So DGL for NA players and the ESL/Bromance groups for European players. You can also join outside of your region, but they are more likely to play on servers that will give you fairly bad ping. But everyone likes having new players, and the EU/NA get along very well.
  83.  
  84. ###Join A Teamspeak Server
  85. Almost all pugs are done via teamspeak 3. To get started, join one of the teamspeak servers listed above and look for the insurgency PUG channel on that server and join that channel. Then you will normally have to wait. All pugs are 5v5 firefight games so there needs to be a minimum of 10 people in the PUG channel to get started. Once there are 5 or 6 players, they will often start messaging their friends to get a full 10 people in the server to play.
  86.  
  87. ###Introduce Yourself
  88. When you join the PUG channel in a teamspeak server, introduce yourself. Let everyone know you are new and that this is your first pug. Players love seeing new people, and will make sure you get picked for the next PUG. In general, all of this community is very welcoming of new players and are not hard on new players for not being as good as many of the other PUG players. Its a very nice group of people.
  89.  
  90. ###The Draft
  91. Once a full 10 players are in the PUG Channel and ready to get started, two players will be chosen as team captains. Each team captain then goes back and forth drafting players to their team. When you are picked, your team captain will move you to a channel that is for your team to use during the game. Once the teams are set up, your team captain will join your channel and let everyone know what server you are playing on. If you need further instruction on how to join the server, just ask. They will make sure you are all set up.
  92.  
  93. ###Callouts
  94. In competitive play, players will want to know where the enemy is and tell their team where they see the enemy. Thus there are specific names for many of the places where the enemy likes to play. Every map has a set of these callouts. Ask your team captain to go over the callouts for the map you are playing, and he will give you a basic run down. Many are not hard to remember since they are just descriptions of the physical location, but its nice to get on the same page as everyone on the team.
  95.  
  96. ###The Pistol round
  97. Before the match officially starts there is a pistol round. This determines what side of the map the teams start on. There are very strict rules on what equipment you can use on a pistol round.
  98.  
  99. **You may NOT equip:**
  100.  
  101. - Any primary weapons
  102. - Any Explosives
  103. - Any Nades of any kind
  104.  
  105. **You MAY equip:**
  106.  
  107. - Any of the available pistols
  108. - Any available pistol attachments (eg suppressor/AP ammo/flashlight etc)
  109. - Any Armor
  110.  
  111. Whichever team wins the pistol round can choose to stay on the side they were for the pistol round, or swap sides.
  112.  
  113. ###The Match
  114. The match is set up as a standard Firefight match. The DGL and ESL both play with a max of 16 rounds where the first team to win 9 rounds wins the match. This means that the teams may tie if both teams get 8 wins. The teams swap sides after 8 rounds.
  115.  
  116. ###After The Match
  117. Once the match is over, people will chat for a bit, but then you are expected to leave the game server quickly so that another match can be played on that server. Often you will then move back to the general PUG channel in teamspeak, and sometimes another PUG will end up happening a few minutes later.
  118.  
  119. ###Some Common Terms to Know
  120. **live** *| Match is Live|* - This means that the game is live as soon as the timer ticks down
  121.  
  122. **lor** *| Live on reload |* - This means the game is about to start. Once the timer ticks down the match will start
  123.  
  124. **Plor** *| Pistol Live on Reload |* - This means that the pistols round will start as soon as the round reloads
  125.  
  126. **Plive** *| Pistols is now live |* - This means that the pistols round is live as soon as the timer ticks down.
  127.  
  128. **Paws** *| Pause |* - This means that something happened on one of the teams where they need to pause the game. While the game is paused, no one is to kill another player or capture a point. Once the issue is resolved, you will see someone call "lor" and "live" and the game will continue.
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  131.  
  132. NOTE: When connecting to a competitive server, if you are initially rejected for a file mismatch, simply reconnect!
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  135. ^^^Want ^^^updated ^^^info ^^^added ^^^to ^^^this ^^^sticky? ^^^Please ^^^message ^^^me ^^^via ^^^/u/kate_utl ^^^or ^^^[steamcommunity.com/id/kate_utl](https://steamcommunity.com/id/kate_utl) ^^^and ^^^I ^^^will ^^^update ^^^it ^^^when ^^^I ^^^can!
  136.  
  137. ^^^This ^^^is ^^^a ^^^revised, ^^^new ^^^version ^^^of ^^^the ^^^original ^^^thread ^^^[here](https://www.reddit.com/r/insurgency/comments/34s49h/looking_to_play_insurgency_competitively_read_me/).
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