Newcomer's Draft Tournament

Ready to crush the competition?

Calling all rookies and veterans! Further your knowledge of Natural Selection and gain a sense of accomplishment and camaraderie by joining the newcomer draft tournament! New to competitive? Play on a team, get coached, make risky plays! Veteran player? Profess your love for smashing in your opponent’s teeth by teaching players how to ‘git gud.’

For those who have never participated in a Newcomer’s tournament, the rules are simple: play the competitive standard of 6-versus-6 games and learn Natural Selection 2. Coaches will assist you. They’ll watch you play in real-time, dispensing advice on what can be improved such as positioning, team composition, and explain some of NS2’s more difficult mechanics. They may even get to play on your team, giving you valuable support in a fire-fight!

If you’re itching to play immediately, feel free to sign up for a website account and join the infamous Gather system! Don’t be daunted if it appears empty, players might be watching but not committing to playing just yet.

Rules are subject to change based on player signups. The Newcomer draft will be played with Natural Selection 2’s vanilla balance in an ENSL full team setting.

So come join us on June 18th, with overflow games on the 19th. Starting at 12PM (that’s noon) EST, the ENSL welcome all participants from all regions of the world. Sign up here!

Good hunting!

Tico on 03 June 16 02:07
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Blank openyafaceup | Sixth Sense

are we able to see the responses >?

3 June 2016, 09:34

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Blank Tico | BEAST INFECTION

For now, no

3 June 2016, 10:04

6763

Blank openyafaceup | Sixth Sense

Plz tell me you have a special suprise for me tico ... Perhaps a comp mod ? Xoxo

3 June 2016, 18:34

5888

Blank Tico | BEAST INFECTION

nope

3 June 2016, 21:08

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Blank Absurdon | placeholder

coaches may play? u srs bro or just mad? coaches should never play in nct. nct is 4 ppl new to comp. y would u allow someone 2 carry through? this totaly kills the experience and the purpose.
what is this madness? pls rethink that part

4 June 2016, 11:20

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Blank DCDarkling

I have to agree with absurdon. Its rather pointless then.
I can imagine if we lack enough newbies to join we may 'need' them to even have 6vs6.
But as soon as both teams have 6 newbies, its pointless to have vets play.

4 June 2016, 14:11

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Blank dePARA | Heidis Bergziegen

If coaches can play the team with highest skill coach will win.
Div1 coach marching alone to an hive and shreds everything on the way.
Sounds exciting.

5 June 2016, 15:11

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Blank Raydiana | Sixth Sense

You guys do realize that a lot of coaches don't want to just teach (although some don't mind not playing) but to actually play the game as well. If you want to keep high division players from coaching, then coach the new teams yourselves. Plus, Who knows if anyone from divisions 1 and 2 will even still play the game with all its changes. Everyone has been focusing on overwatch and probably will be all summer. If anyone in D1 or even D2 coaches let alone plays in the newcomer tournament I would be surprised.

5 June 2016, 15:47

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Blank Tico | BEAST INFECTION

coaches only play IF they absolutely need to. other wise they spectate and provide help for the players. but if the coaches do end up playing, it will be expected of them, to either command or go easy because they arent there to win they are there to help the newcomers get better.

However that is subject to change based on the amount of signups. But if all goes as expected, the coaches will not be playing a single round

5 June 2016, 16:07

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Blank WhySoSerious

Tico says
... otherwise they GHOST and provide info for the players ...


Sounds good.

5 June 2016, 16:39

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Blank Tico | BEAST INFECTION

its to teach them strategies, we dont want them telling things like " Dont go in that room there is 3 skulks waiting to ambush you" instead teaching them positioning, what lifeforms are good, what are good tech builds etc. BUT NOT GHOSTING, hopefully.

5 June 2016, 16:46

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Blank BauerJankins | nazi hunter izO

dePARA says
Div1 coach

NEW DIV1 COACHES?
What are they gonna teach? "TAW is a nice community but you're not allowed to swear at all"?

5 June 2016, 19:34

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Blank Malware

BauerJankins says
dePARA says
Div1 coach

NEW DIV1 COACHES?
What are they gonna teach? "TAW is a nice community but you're not allowed to swear at all"?

*insert burn.jpg*

6 June 2016, 03:10

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Blank Absurdon | placeholder

I'm still wondering y dePara still constantly shows up to post bs tbh.
U've not been playin comp in ages. pls gtfo and stop annoying us with ur random posts. thx
feel free to come back to comp though.

specing and giving live feedback is prone to ghosting even when not intended. as long as there is no onesided spec it should not be allowed for them to spec and talk to them during game.

6 June 2016, 09:39

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Blank dePARA | Heidis Bergziegen

So you say you posting bullshit Absurdon? Cause my post was basicly the same like yours.
But anyway.
I always thought everyone can post here especial in times whitout any comp games going on.

Looks like TAW is really open for everyone, even for some wannabe tryhards.

7 June 2016, 05:11

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Blank Absurdon | placeholder

not representing TAW here dude. don't get that wrong. and i did not mean that post in particular. just find it funny that u always pop out of nowhere posting stuff. are u still banned on UWE forums or is that just not nuff 4 you anymore?

7 June 2016, 09:42

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Blank Kash | For The Lolz

TAW is open to everyone, and noone on these forums speaks directly for TAW unless they specifically state that they are doing it, everyone has their own mind and their own opinions.

I'm still surprised at how much hate TAW gets on these forums, we play NS2 for the fun side, if we win or lose it doesn't matter, but for some reason people insist on "insulting" us with the term tryhard or similar... it would be laughable if it weren't pathetic.

7 June 2016, 09:43

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Blank dePARA | Heidis Bergziegen

@Kash, looks like you misunderstood my post.
"we play NS2 for the fun side"
Most of you, yes.

And @Absurdon:
Next time before i plan to post here i send you a permission request, ok.

7 June 2016, 10:28

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Blank Absurdon | placeholder

thank u. can't ask 4 more ;)

7 June 2016, 15:00

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Blank skyice | Div2orDisband

Bauer is a sweaty cunt

7 June 2016, 16:01

5841

Blank BauerJankins | nazi hunter izO

Bauer is better than skyice

7 June 2016, 16:23

5841

Blank BauerJankins | nazi hunter izO

sorry, Bauer is cheating*

7 June 2016, 16:25

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Blank Dixit

Get over it, nobody wants to join your inbred toxic community for good reasons.

7 June 2016, 23:47

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Blank Malware

Dixit says
Get over it, nobody wants to join your inbred toxic community for good reasons.

*TOXICITY LEVELS HAVE REACHED LETHAL LEVELS*

8 June 2016, 04:38

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Blank skyice | Div2orDisband

8 June 2016, 12:21

6797

Blank Starcetereus | S11 Forfeit Champs

dixit called me the N-word

8 June 2016, 14:03

5841

Blank BauerJankins | nazi hunter izO

i miss ns2

8 June 2016, 14:54

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Blank Cr4zy | SpookerZ

I don't I only ended up here by mistake

8 June 2016, 15:32

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Blank openyafaceup | Sixth Sense

I also miss ns2 cant play in this as 48 something rookies signed up even thou it was stipulated in the blurb

9 June 2016, 22:38

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Blank Tico | BEAST INFECTION

Youre not a rookie!!

10 June 2016, 10:36

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Blank Starcetereus | S11 Forfeit Champs

this newcomer tournament is racist against australians

10 June 2016, 12:47

5888

Blank Tico | BEAST INFECTION

No if youre an aussie newcomer youre welcome to play

10 June 2016, 15:34

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Blank Alite

join the infamous Gather system! Don’t be daunted if it appears empty, players might be watching but not committing to playing just yet.

I am having commitment issues, send help

10 June 2016, 22:56

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Blank Lordjamex

On the 18th how do we find out what games and what times we are playing/coaching? We doing it through the discord or this site?

11 June 2016, 10:04

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Blank ryssk | Ram Ranch

Alite says
join the infamous Gather system! Don’t be daunted if it appears empty, players might be watching but not committing to playing just yet.

I am having commitment issues, send help


I'm running out of meds, so send help over here!

11 June 2016, 13:22

5875

Blank Malware

ryssk says
Alite says
join the infamous Gather system! Don’t be daunted if it appears empty, players might be watching but not committing to playing just yet.

I am having commitment issues, send help


I'm running out of meds, so send help over here!

Meds? i ran out of ammo yesterday...

11 June 2016, 15:57

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Blank Tico | BEAST INFECTION

Lordjamex says
On the 18th how do we find out what games and what times we are playing/coaching? We doing it through the discord or this site?


Ill be posting an announcement a couple days before the 18th giving information on all of that. But we will most likely be using the teamspeak for NSL

11 June 2016, 16:53

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Blank Lordjamex

Tico says
Ill be posting an announcement a couple days before the 18th giving information on all of that. But we will most likely be using the teamspeak for NSL


Ah nice one. Thanks for the response too. I look forward to the event.

11 June 2016, 17:13

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