TF2 Newbs (Team Fortress 2)

Edit: If you are interested in promoting this contest, please link to and check out http://www.tf2newbs.com/contests/2008-Team-Fortress-2-Pumpkin-Carving/ which will have up to the minute information on whats going on….

Its not very often that you can kill two birds with one stone, and be eligible to get the chance to also kill a bunch of zombies too.  If you’ve been waiting for this kind of opportunity, today is the day for you.

The premise is simple, the results will be amazing, and there will be much rejoicing.
Lets cover this in a what you do, what you get format.

Stuff you do:

1) Acquire Pumpkin, Gourd, or Suitable Squash.
2) Come up with a really cool TF2 related design
3) Carve, Cut, Etch, Scratch, Skin, and maybe even paint this design on your vegetable
4) Take picture of your masterpiece.
5) Send picture to Jib or Octo.  Upload to forums, upload to the newbs_upload section, etc.
6) Sit back and wait

What you get:

1) Fame
2) Glory
3) Sense of accomplishment
4) Badass Pumpkin (or gourd/squash)
5) Chance at winning Left 4 Dead.

As you can see, this is a complete no brainer.  Many will enter, many will be marvelled at, kudos and happy warm fuzzy thoughts will rain down upon all that enter.
Unlike our usual contests, you do not need to be present to win.  Enter as many times as you’d like.

The grand prize winner will win Left 4 Dead - Courtesy of TheJib.  There will be additional prizes given out.  The categories have not been finalized but even if yours sucks, its worth sending in.  =)  

We will be running this contest (accepting submissions) until at least Nov 2nd.
If there is enough interest, then prizes will likely be added.  Lets make this our biggest contest yet.

-octo

Update:

You need not be an active player on the TF2 Newbs Server, just be sure to send in your submission with enough information so I can track you down.  Prizes will be awarded as ‘Gifts’ on Steam.

Entries can be submitted the following ways:

Posted to Forum (Requires registration, registration limited to Players from #4/#5): http://www.tf2newbs.com/forum/index.php/topic,1102.0.html

Email: pumpkin_contest@tf2newbs.com

Website Upload (like photobucket) - http://www.tf2newbs.com/newbs_upload  (please name the file in a way that we can contact you back, putting your steam community id would be great (its a number that starts 765…..)

What it is?! its time for some well deserved bloggage.

-We’re currently looking for more people to start the servers in the early AM. Doing so not only makes you a badass.. It could earn you a reserved slot. : )

-Octos working on a ton of new stuff for the site. Any user generated content would be much appreciated. If you don’t have some.. nows a good time to make some right?

-And last but not least, just wanted to let you guys know lions are going to the playoffs this year and I might even say the divisional championships. NFL opening day w00t.

ah.. i feel better
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SCREENSHOTS

Nothing a few stickies can’t fix (smettbo)

wait a minute.. where’s gggly at again? (grey dev)

HALLO (steven)

nomnomnom

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h0norz!

Ahh yes.. Feels like we’ve visited this topic before but this ones a little different. We did Honorz Octo and Golden Marmoset for their ability to be a teamplayer.. Sacrificing and such. This Honorz vote is in honor of the players who Organize, Verbalize, and Materialize.. offensive strategies (it rhymed.. okay?) So yea. the guy yelling SPY BEHIND YOU SPY BEHIN… damn. he’s team’n it up alright? This guy (or girl.. ) Is known for keeping things in order, letting teh team know they are sucking the big one because they are composed of 5 spies and 4 snipers. This guy may be on the mic, sayin ‘hey. it’s about time we stopped turtling.. and smashed these pansies’…
Well.. they don’t HAVE to say that.. that actually sounds like something I’d say so.. you get the drift. And by the new style of honorz votes (since we have so many badass people to consider) we went off the nomination system. So all of these people were nominated by someone else (or themselves??)

OctoDhd	10 (10.9%)
Kain Phalanx	11 (12%)
Scott Eats Bullets	7 (7.6%)
Koansrus	6 (6.5%)
DOA b0n3s	4 (4.3%)
Grey Devil	4 (4.3%)
Dingo	10 (10.9%)
Chodesweat	1 (1.1%)
Zapfacid	5 (5.4%)
Hal Jordan	9 (9.8%)
Mr Hanky	3 (3.3%)
Dondi	3 (3.3%)
Major Dewar	1 (1.1%)
Aristotle	5 (5.4%)
Orsa	0 (0%)
Jackapples	1 (1.1%)
Bulldog	4 (4.3%)
YOU’RE ALL SPIES	4 (4.3%)
CroutonMagilicutty	1 (1.1%)
TracerHawk	2 (2.2%)
(D.O.A.) Sodapopinski	1 (1.1%)
LeeTagger	0 (0%)
iMouse	0 (0%)

Congrats to Kain Phalanx, Octo, and Dingo for recieving the honorz of Teamwork!11

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Whats h0t

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RPOTD

fail

BE FAMOUS

-JiBlet

whoaaa. Took a couple days off of blogging out of respect for NFreak’s Crab Spy Calendar. Thought it would be noble to keep it at the top of the blog list for a few days, and if you havn’t checked it out.. do so.

Now on with your regularly scheduled bloggage.

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Screendiddles

TF2 Party !

haha the soldiers face is classic

The start of the tower… party hats required

Courtyard towerage

Boxer Koans

And now comes the time in which we break dance..

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The Word On Teh Street

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RPOTD

and i leave you with none other than.. the random.. picture of the day

JIB

SCREENSHOTS

I get a lot of these gib screenies.. But there’s just so damn many good ones.. : D The sign in the background is epic.

Look at the image for 10 seconds.. then scroll to the bottom of this post for a badass trivia question

sigh. gabe flying with a machette out. it’s just hard not to post something this epic.

3 death images ftw. tf2 rules

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RANDOM PICTURE OF THE DAY

if you know what this is from. you’re a badass.

//oldschool.

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feelin. HOT

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TRIVIA

if you read this far and missed the beginning, thats not all bad. In the first screenshot.. super gibbage.
What two class related objects are in that image?
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well folks thats the skinny..

JIB.

So let’s switch it up a bit. screenshots first.. uhm.. hotness second and honorz last. yeap.

gibs. ftw.

sizzlin and looking good doing it.

SEND MORE.
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what the hell is hot? i’ll tell ya.

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and now for our newest addition to the newbs blog..

RANDOM PIC OF THE DAY.  

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honorz. whats it all about? mad skills. that’s what.

Jaxass 10 (27.8%)
Bob Dole’s Woodlen Critters 15 (41.7%)
[BS] Afro D 4 (11.1%)
-Rush- 0 (0%)
[HN]Carribian [nes] 7 (19.4%)
Total Voters: 36

Congrats Bob Dole on honorz of Best Spy. If you see bobby, or any of the other nominees give them some credit for being what is known as - badass.

WHOA. lotta stuff to cover here.. so i’ll get right to it
FIRST OFF. scrimmy last night. lotta fun. I unfortunately forgot to take a screenshot of our first round which was 8v8 on granary. Had a blast with this one. 8v8 all regs.. that’s what its all about people. Wasn’t just clan guys either we even had bob dole in there : P. Ended up 1-1.. heated battles. Then we went to well. Much fun to be had there as well

Teams were fair, someone left and i thought. Shiz.. why didnt i take a screeny of the teams.

The final result.

Then we went on to play badlands i believe? correct me if i’m wrong. We didnt stay there nearly as long as the others. We were on about hr 3 of our scrim and people started having to go so what do you do with uneven teams?

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Respekt OcTo. Btw octo apparently added a badass feature to the upload area that posts a link for you to easily copy and paste to the files you upload.. noiice.

this leads into.

WhATsHOT?

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HA screenshots last. i’m crazy like that.

the crab spy is a rare species.. strong enough to lift medics.

How this medic is ubered with a bone saw out.. Fate.

upload that stuff. i’m not messin.

Jibrooski…

ITs REAL.

The Holy Octo

Whats HOT?

thats whats hot. so check it.

-TheJibr0ni…

I feel like switching things up a bit today. How about some screenshots.. then the daily news.

Blown Away.

H4X.. is that the govenator.

Quoted For TruthStupidity

THATS RIGHT.. i mean.. congrats to dewar on Jr Admin Status.

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HOT STUFF.

The forums are hot. So get in there.

Fun times playing bball last night with the ice and nes guys on the rotation server : )
Feel free to leave comments.. suggestions.. hate mail.. on the bl0g.

TheJib…

We had a great turn out for Koan’s triumphant return to the Newbs server! 20 people competed in the contest of wits and agility. I’d like to give a shout out to all the admins (Octo, Headshot, Grey Devil, and of course Koansy) for their hard work on making this go smoothly. Unfortunately I had to work a 13 hr shift yesterday, but I was there in spirit : ). Anyways, now for the resultz:

Gabe: 10.5
Jack: 11.5
Mario N’ Yoshi: 7
Andy: 7.5
Steven: 12.5
Carotid Artery: 10
Zeilo: 12
Lee tagger: 13.5
Dingo: 12.5
Scott Eats Bullets: A whopping 17.5
Atue: 13.5
Smettbo: 11.5
Sacreblue/Amvalvo: 9.5 points
Golden Marmoset: 5 points
Aurora: 14
Ggglygy: 19 D: points
Carribian: 11 points
Ryu: 12.5
Strongbad: 16
Chode: 11
(Tabulated by Headshot and Koans)

What does it all mean? Well it mean’s ggly’s crazy self WON AGAIN. shit! Since the “ggly can’t win first place twice in a row’ clause is in effect he takes second : P

1st Place: 30 steam dollars - [ICE] Scott Eats Bullets (17.5 Points)
2nd Place: 20 steam dollars - Ggglygy [NES] (19 Points)
3rd place: 10 steam dollars - StrongBad36 (16 Points)

Congrats to the winners. Big Ups to Scott Eats Bullets, narrowly winning this one by a 1.5 margin. Gggly for top points : ) and a big welcome to StrongBad36, a new member of our TF2 Community.

I havn’t been posting screenies or anything lately mostly because I wanted the competition to be the top post. Keep those screenshots coming. Either email to thejib@tf2newbs.com or use our uploader at http://www.tf2newbs.com/newbs_upload/

“Private Twinkle Toes” ([ICE]Scott Eats Bullets)

TheJIB~!

We’re constantly updating the website, adding options on the servers and working with the forums. Some of the regs have stepped up and are helping us in this process - If you know of a way you can help, stop into our forums and let us know : ) In the meantime keep the screenshots coming!

Nice little post mortem screenshot here (Courtesy of [ICE]Scott Eats Bullets)

TheJib…