TF2 Newbs (Team Fortress 2)

On Monday morning the Newbs community suffered a great loss.  Servers that were important to the community were removed (they were originally scheduled for removal in late September 2008).  These servers were:

• #1 (24/7 Dustbowl)
• #2 (Jump Maps)
• #2.5 (Jump Maps)
• #3 (24/7 Badwater)

The other thing that went away was our old hosting for the website/database :(  It was a very sad day in Octoland…

The website and the forums were down for a day or two, but they were the easiest things to move since I had prepared for this day (poorly, but thats besides the point).  We only ended up losing about 1.5 days worth of forums posts and a few bans. 

The game servers on the other hand are a lot trickier to handle without the involvement of a lot more money. Luckily these machines had only lost their internet home, and a new internet home was found for them.   And there was much rejoicing in the land!  But then oh no..  Hardware failure struck down the machine that runs the Jump servers and the Badwater server.  I spent Saturday evening working on getting this machine back onto the internet so that the games could resume.  So around midmight PST all 4 of the machines that went bye-bye were back. 

•  #1   24/7 Dustbowl        113.212.76.18:27015
• #2   Jump Maps            113.212.76.6:27075
• #2.5 Jump Maps            113.212.76.6:27135
• #3   24/7 Bad Water       113.212.76.6:27015

Originally I was planning on _NOT_ bringing #3 (24/7 Badwater) back since I did not want to hurt the efforts to establish the Payload Rotation server.  After some short negotiations I was assured that there are PLENTY of people to play both.   To prove this point to me, Taraph75 also know as ‘Tara of Payload’ created a new steam group which she is actively trying to fill with payload enthusiasts Tara’s Payload Pimps This group will be used by her to coordinate all the payload love, so that next time a server has to move, all of her payload lovers can easily find it. :)

Okay, this actually happened on the first day of beta, and I’m just real late at actually blogging about it.  We have a few servers up -

7 public tied to the tf2 newbs community group

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/newbstf

2 less public ones tied to the l4d newbs community group 

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/l4dnewbs

Also, if you’re a regular newb, and you’re serious business about l4d a few regulars have started up a group to make expert runs through the game.  Ask octo or spies about it if you’re interested.

We also have a new website, which doesnt have much on it other than a great walkthrough for the demo wrote by LeeTagger (http://l4dnewbs.com).  This websites main logo was made by headshot.

I’m sure I’ll follow up later with something more detailed, but those be the basics.

I’m pleased to announce that the new ‘Hunts’ section of our website has launched.  You can reach it by going to Newbs TF2 Server Hunts.The way they work is simple.  You read the hunt list, find an active hunt, follow the instructions, take a screenshot of the kill/event and then submit the screenshot to the proper forum thread.  You’re reward?  A handful of ‘Noiices’ (karma), A listing on the Hunts ‘Leader Board’, and if you rank high enough a reserve slot on the servers.  In order to participate in the hunts you must be a member of our forums, in order to be a member on the forums your have to have played on the servers before.

• TF2 Newbs Server 24/7 2fort #2
• TF2 Newbs Server 24/7 2fort #3
• TF2 Newbs Server 24/7 Goldrush / Bad Water Basin

 
For more information on previous/current hunts see the following two threads:
http://www.tf2newbs.com/forum/index.php/topic,623.0.html
http://www.tf2newbs.com/forum/index.php/topic,699.0.html