post em so we can laugh/cringe/vomit unless you can actually edit in which case IM players will add you to make their 1 frag/clip movies -Alto

Thread Titles

The title/subject of an Mentoring post should be marked with the class you wish to mentor/be mentored on. It is important to ensure you have a properly formatted title so your post is more likely to be found by potential players.

[Username] - [Class] - Mentee/Mentor

Mentee - Looking to learn
Mentor - Looking to teach

Here are a few examples:

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Mothership - Engineer - Mentoring You Today!
Aad - Spy - Looking for Mentor

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Posts

In your posts, you should also try to include all the following:

• State whether you are a mentor or a mentee
• Availability for mentoring
• What would you like help with
• Any competitive experience
• Link to your Steam profile

Here is an example post:

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exa_ - Engineer - Mentor

I am looking to mentor engineers for this upcoming season. I am free anytime during the weekends.

I can go over demo reviews and help you with general map knowledge, positioning, and DM.

Competitive Experience

Season 1 - Invite - Fast Forward ~ 4th Place

Steam Profile: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/11111111111111

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What’s new with koth_ashville_rc2c?

• Teleporter jumping onto roof is now impossible
• Blockbullets is now completely covering the stairs, as you could glitch them through the edging
• The grates on batts to see under no longer allow stickies to awkwardly roll
• Stickies no longer bounce off of the fence on batts

Links:

Map Download - Google Drive

Reposted from the old HL Forums:

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Features:

• Fixed prop on ruins (both sides have the same hitbox now)
• Fixed multiple hitboxes (Pillars on bath house, stairs to point)
• Removed the sun that was giving 1 team a clear advantage
• Merged all the small ammo packs into a medium pack instead
• Better respawn cabinets (Closer to the door, for those without resup binds)

Before anyone asks, I don’t have the VMF anymore so I can’t actually edit anything, I just forgot I had this, so I might as well post it if anyone is interested. IMO this is basically just lakeside but without all the annoying shit.

“If you are having lighting problems, put the following command into console
mat_hdr_level 0”

Download Link - Google Drive

RGL Forum Events

On the RGL forums, Events can be created and added to our calendar by creating forum threads with the event embed. This allows us to have different ways for events to be organized and sorted while also allowing users to be able to comment on the events themselves through normal forum discussion.

Our events Also have built in sorting features that allow you to see the events organized by days, weeks, or months, and even look forward or backward in time to future or previous events.

Our events also include a confirmation system, which allows users to say if they are going to participate or not in a cast, and will even display the list of confirmed users. Users that confirm that they will be participating in an event will also receive an notification when an event begins.

Event Format guidelines

This section is under construction

All Events will be color coded to match the forum category they originate from. The “RGl Casts & Streams” is orange and the events from this forum will always appear orange to match it.

Events will also be named in a way so its easy to tell what it is. All events should start with the name of the organization casting it, the season number, the region, the format, followed by the match that is being casted.
Here are a few examples below:

• RGL - s7 NA Highlander- Kids Next Door vs Man Crush Monday
• RGL - s2 NA Trad. Sixes - Froyotech vs MyAnimelist
• TeamfortressTV - s4 NA NR Sixes - Baconators vs Impossible Burgers
• EssentialsTF - s9 NA Prolander - Froyotech vs The Mayo Band

The names of the format and teams should directly reflect how it appears on the RGL website. Here is a list of current RGL formats.

• NA Highlander
• NA Trad. Sixes
• NA Prolander

The name of the forum posts should also reflect this, except the name of the organization is not needed due to it being already sorted.

How to create an Event

The creation of Events are restricted to RGL and other casting organizations that are recognized and approved via the RGL global rulebook.

To create an event, you just need to create a new thread in your respective forum and click on the calendar icon. This will open a popup form that you will fill out which will create the event embed.

For the title of the event, please be sure to follow our event Guidelines as mentioned earlier.

Next you can set the dates and times for your events. Try to be as accurate as you can when determining the timeframe of your event, so it can appear properly on the calendar.

For the location, you can put the link to the cast.

For Information, you should describe your event. You should include any relevant information such as a the production staff, the casters themselves, or writeups as you feel necessary. This is the section you should use the most to your advantage. I would also encourage you to directly link to the casters forum profile using the ‘@’.

Example: @Aad

Do not mark your event as mandatory!

Next you can set additional reminders for important events such as grand finals.

Next you can set the event to repeat, however we do not suggest you do this unless the event is exactly the same. This will also tie those future events discussion to this thread.

Here is what our event looks like after it is created:

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

October 1, 2020 - TF2 Team

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

Scream Fortress XII has arrived!

• Featuring 4 new community maps: Megalo, Bloodwater, Hassle Castle, and Moldergrove
• Added the Wicked Windfall Case
  • Contains 22 new community-created cosmetic items that make up the Wicked Windfall Collection
  • Has a chance to give one of 6 new community-created Halloween-restricted items as a bonus item
  • Has a chance to give a taunt Unusualifier as a bonus item
• Added 19 new community-created Unusual effects
  • 8 new effects for Unusual hats
  • 11 new effects for Unusual taunts
• Added the Scream Fortress XII War Paint Case
  • Contains 15 new community-created War Paints that make-up the Scream Fortress XII War Paint Collection
  • Has a chance to give a taunt Unusualifier as a bonus item
• All players who launch the game will receive a Soul Gargoyle if they don’t already have one
  • Grants access to Merasmissions and Halloween item transmutations
  • Tracks Merasmissions completed and souls collected
• All Halloween Contracts have been reset, allowing them to be completed again
• Added new Contracts for this year’s featured community maps
• Completing a Halloween Contract will give players a classic Halloween item and the - chance for a Wicked Windfall Case or Scream Fortress XII War Paint Case
• Continue last year’s event by collecting the souls of dead players for your Soul Gargoyle by killing enemies, doing map objectives, or collecting the Soul Gargoyles that spawn in the maps
• All cosmetic and taunt Cases will grant Halloween 2020 Unusual effects instead of their normal Unusual effects during the event. This does not include Crates.
• Join Halloween matches by using the Special Events category in Casual
• Scream Fortress XII runs through November 7th, 2020

General

• Added support for Steam Text Filtering for persona names and chat. This is enabled by default.
  • You can update your settings in the Adv. Options dialog
  • You can also update your settings by opting into the Steam Lab
• Updated The Cuban Bristle Crisis to add the smoke effect
• Updated/Added some tournament medals
• Updated the localization files

Mannpower Update

• Map Changes
  • ctf_hellfire and ctf_gorge
    • Flag return time increased from 15 to 30 seconds
  • ctf_thundermountain
    • Flag return time increased from 15 to 30 seconds
    • Removed a fence top ledge that snipers could exploit
• Gameplay Changes
  • Flag carrier grapple movement speed reduced
    • Scout with no powerup or with Agility powerup – reduced to 0.8x regular grapple movement speed (down from regular grapple movement speed in previous version)
    • Scout with any other powerup - 0.65x normal grapple movement speed (no change from previous version)
    • Any other class without a powerup or with Agility powerup - reduced to 0.65x normal grapple movement speed (down from 0.8x in previous version)
    • Any other class with a powerup - reduced to 0.5x normal grapple movement speed (down from 0.65x in previous version)
  • Critical hit damage rules changed
    • Weapons that score critical hit boosts on airborne targets will no longer do so in Mannpower since being airborne is a far more important and commonly utilized movement style than in the base game
    • Melee weapons that score mini-crit damage no longer have their base Mannpower 1.3x damage boost
  • Medic
    • Free ride removed. Previously when healing a target, you’d be pulled along with them when they moved by grappling hook.
    • Reduced heal rate and ubercharge build rate when carrying a powerup or healing someone with a powerup
      • Medics carrying Haste or Agility are exempt from medic powerup checks
      • If medic has no powerup and target has no powerup – regular heal and uber build rate
      • If only one of the medic and the target has a powerup - half heal and uber build rate
      • If both medic and target have powerups - quarter heal and uber build rate
    • Removed overheal from targets carrying powerups
  • Heavy
    • Removed the jump up boost when grappling. You can still jump to disconnect the hook, but the Heavy no longer gets the height boost when doing so.
  • Soldier
    • Battalion’s Backup rage build rate reduced by 2.5x to counter the additional benefits of an extra 20hp and critical hit immunity when compared to the Buff Banner
  • Engineer
    • Carried buildings will now deploy instantly
  • Scout
    • Removed falling damage
  • Spy
    • Backstabs disallowed if you’re connected to an enemy by the grappling hook. This applies if you’re hooked into someone or if they’re hooked into you.
    • Knife deploy time is no longer instant when switching between weapons, even when carrying Agility
    • Conniver’s Kunai no longer considers the victim’s powerup boosted health when taking damage dealt as health
  • Haste buffs
    • Reload speed increased from 2x normal to 4x normal
    • Pyro flare gun re-fire rate increased from 2x normal to 5x normal
  • Vampire changes
    • Fixed a bug where the Vampire carrier wouldn’t receive health from damage dealt by an explosion that also caused self-damage
    • Increased blast weapon clip size 1.5x
  • Resistance changes
    • Vampire no longer gets a 25% boost to their health received on melee attacks against a player carrying resistance
  • Fixed bug where grapple would auto disconnect after a couple of seconds if the hook embedded in geometry behind clip volumes
• Game Balance Changes
  • When the game detects a skill imbalance between teams, select players will be moved between teams to address the imbalance
  • If a player is dominating the game for long enough (kills count is very high relative to the rest of the players in the game), they’ll enter a dominant state for a period of time. This state has these effects:
    • Marked for Death
    • Powerup modifications
      • Reflect – maximum health reduced 400 to 320. Reflect damage reduced from 80% to 50%
      • Vampire – damage resistance removed. No blast weapon clip size increase
      • Strength – game multiplier reduced from 2x to 1.4x
      • Regeneration – health regenerates at 70% of the regular rate
      • Haste – weapon firing rate increase reduced from 2x to 1.5x.Weapon reload speed increase reduced from 4x to 2x
      • Knockout – melee damage increase reduced from 1.9x to 1.4x
      • King – max health increase reduced from 100 to 20
      • Plague – damage resistance to infected players reduced from 50% to 20%
      • Precision
        • Sniper rifle - Scope speed increase reduced from 2x from 1.5x. Shot charge speed increase reduced from 3x to 2x. Damage bonus reduced from 2x to1.5x
        • Blast weapons - Regular blast radius falloff. No clip size increase
      • Resistance – damage resistance reduced from 50% to 35%
    • Server variables associated with this feature:
      • tf_powerup_mode_dominant_multiplier – the multiple over the server median that a player’s kill count needs to be in order to be determined dominant
      • tf_powerup_mode_killcount_timer_length – the time interval to wait between tests for dominant players

Original Post on teamfortress.com: https://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=76112

For Immediate Support Please Use the Discord #Support Channel

If you require immediate assistance, please head over to the Official RGL Discord and visit the #support Channel. There you can use the emote system to create a support ticket that will ping the relevant staff related to whomever you need to contact. Forum Threads are meant for general support that do not require quick responses.

Support Thread Formatting

Thread Titles

To make a support thread, please be sure to include the relevant RGL format or platform in your title. Also be sure to include a quick and short description describing your issue or need for support.

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[Format/Platform] - [Short Description of issue]

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For example, if you need support for approving a player for your sixes team. your title should look like this:

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RGL Sixes - Player Approval

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Here is a list of different RGL formats/platforms to include in your title:

• RGL Sixes
• RGL Prolander
• RGL Highlander
• RGL Website
• RGL Discord
• RGL Forums
• RGL PUGs

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Posts

In your post, be sure to include a link to your RGL profile and a link to your team profile if necessary. Then be sure to fully describe your issue. Here is an example post:

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RGL Profile: https://rgl.gg/Public/PlayerProfile.aspx?r=24&p=76561198044029501
Team Page: https://rgl.gg/Public/PlayerProfile.aspx?r=24&p=76561198044029501

Hello, I need to approve this player for my team in main for season 11: https://rgl.gg/Public/PlayerProfile.aspx?r=24&p=76561198044029501

He is going to be playing roamer for us.

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Username Change Requests

We do not allow username changes on the forums. Your forum username is pulled directly from the RGL website. To change your username, you need to create a site support ticket via the #support channel in the Official RGL discord

Regarding Medals

Please refrain from making threads about medals. Due to the number of formats, cups, and seasons that RGL has run in the past, it takes time for everyone’s medals to be successfully delivered. Should you be missing a medal (this includes incorrect medals) for a season after medals have been distributed to everyone, please contact your division admin so they can confirm and send you the correct medal.

Verification Requests

What does being verified mean?

Being verified means you are a known player in our community and locked into your alias that is authentic. Most verified players are a long time or top-level player, community contributors, and/or RGL staff.

How can I be verified?

Currently, users can only be verified by admins and we are only verifying players that meet the following criteria:

• Participate In Invite for 3-seasons or more as a starting player, as well as in casted matches
• Helped RGL in Administrative or Community Areas

If you wish to send in a request to get verified, please send in a site support ticket in the RGL Discord.

Forum Group Requests

RGL Forum Groups

The RGL forum allows community organizations and groups to be able to have their own groups. This allows these organizations to better represent themselves in a more official capacity. RGL Forum groups are heavily restricted and reviewed, so not every community organization may be allowed one. Here is a short list of benefits from having an RGL Forum group for your organization:

• Dedicated group page URL (i.e.: https://forums.rgl.gg/groups/essentialstf)

• Forum group page banner

• Organized list of group members

• Group Forum Badge

• Ability to post threads in the Community Projects Forum

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RGL Forum Group Guidelines

To receive a forum group, you must meet our Forum Group guidelines. If your organization fails to meet any of these guidelines, your application will be denied. All organizations are responsible for their own members and actions, and must continue to meet all of these guidelines even after the application is accepted.

• The organization must be established and active.

• The organization must provide some form of service for the community.

• Organizations and their members must have a positive community standing.

• The organization’s members cannot have any active RGL bans and/or probations.

RGL Reserves the right to deny an application or withdraw privileges at any time and for any reason.

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RGL Forum Group Applications

To apply for a forum group, Organizations must submit an application via a Forum Support ticket via the official RGL discord. Applications through any other medium will not be accepted. In your application, please be sure to include any and all information about your organization (the more information the better). Here is a list of a few things you should include:

• Organization Name
• Organization URLS and Links (Discord, youtube, twitter, website, etc.)
• Organization Leaders & Members (Please mark who is who, and what they do for your organization)
• Information describing your organization and what it is that you do for the community.
• Any current, previous, and future projects you may be working on.

After an application is received, we will then take the time to review your application and organization. This process may take a substantial amount of time varying from application to application.

post em so we can laugh/cringe/vomit unless you can actually edit in which case IM players will add you to make their 1 frag/clip movies -Alto

Thread Titles

The title/subject of an Mentoring post should be marked with the class you wish to mentor/be mentored on. It is important to ensure you have a properly formatted title so your post is more likely to be found by potential players.

[Username] - [Class] - Mentee/Mentor

Mentee - Looking to learn
Mentor - Looking to teach

Here are a few examples:

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Mothership - Engineer - Mentoring You Today!
Aad - Spy - Looking for Mentor

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Posts

In your posts, you should also try to include all the following:

• State whether you are a mentor or a mentee
• Availability for mentoring
• What would you like help with
• Any competitive experience
• Link to your Steam profile

Here is an example post:

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exa_ - Engineer - Mentor

I am looking to mentor engineers for this upcoming season. I am free anytime during the weekends.

I can go over demo reviews and help you with general map knowledge, positioning, and DM.

Competitive Experience

Season 1 - Invite - Fast Forward ~ 4th Place

Steam Profile: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/11111111111111

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Thread Titles

The title/subject of an LFS post should be marked with the division you wish to scrim. It is important to ensure you have a properly formatted title so your post is more likely to be found by potential scrim partners.

LFS [Division] - [Team Name] - [Scrim Time]

Here are a few examples:

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LFS Advanced - saving lieutenant lemons - Saturday 9:30/10:30
LFS Open - Show 'em the Pine - Thursday, 8:30

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All times for scrims are usually setup as times in eastern timezone.

Posts

In your posts, you should also try to include all the following:

• Date/time(s) you are looking for
• Any specifications like “High IM” or “Playoffs IM”
• Any maps you wish to scrim (remember to scrim the other teams map too!)
• If you can host the scrim on your server or not
• RGL Team Profile Link (if possible)
• Steam profile contact link

Here is an example post:

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LFS Invite - Fast Forward - Saturday 8:30 + Sunday 8:30/9:30

Fast Forward is looking for playoff invite scrims this weekend.
Saturday 8:30
Sunday 8:30/9:30
We will host with our server and can scrim either upward or product + your map.

RGL Team Profile: http://hl.rgl.gg/Public/Team.aspx?t=2648
Steam Profile: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/11111111111111

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What Division should I play?

Below are the list of divisions and the general skill level you should have when trying to scrim said division.

Invite:
You should have Platinum level experience to join this division. Players here are considered to be the best that Highlander has to offer. The Invite Division is limited to 8 teams.

Advanced:
Advanced is recommended for players who have a lot of experience. Skill range of UGC High-Silver. Advanced is limited to 8 teams.

Main:
Main is recommended for players who the following experience levels. Skill range of UGC Mid-Silver. Players here are moderately experienced and are on the road of being able to play in Advanced and Invite.

Intermediate:
Intermediate is recommended for players who are decently experienced with a couple of seasons of competitive played and the basics down. Skill range of UGC Low-Silver.

Amateur
The open division is open to players with experience levels from Steel to people who have some competitive experience.

Newcomer
Newcomer is for players who are completely new with no experience in the competitive scene.

Tagging your post

When you are finally ready to create your LFS Post, you also need to make sure you have the relevant tags. You can pick what Tags you want to apply to your post in the bottom left corner.

Just click on the tag icon and it will give you a list of relevant tags that you can choose from.

From there you can pick as many tags that are relevant to your post.

Once you have finished tagging you can submit your post. Here is how it will look:

Searching through Tags

To find new players, you can head to the Tags tab on the nav bar. This will list out all the the different tags on the forums. To search for posts with a specific tag, all you need to do is click on the tag name. This will show every single post with that tag, starting with the most recent ones.

Looking for Player posts are recommended for returning teams or people looking to start a new team with a few other players.

Thread Titles

The title/subject of an LFP post should be marked with the division you wish to play and the specific classes you are looking for. It is important to ensure you have a properly formatted title so your post is more likely to be found by potential players.

LFP [Division] - [Team Name] - [Classes Needed]

Here are a few examples:

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LFP Advanced - saving lieutenant lemons - Scout/Heavy/Sniper
LFP Open - Show 'em the Pine - Flank Classes

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Posts

In your posts, you should also try to include all the following:

• Any confirmed player on the team on their stated class
• What days you plan to scrim
• Voice service (Mumble/Discord)
• Team link/past team experience (returning teams only)
• What you are aiming for this season (playoffs, going even [4-4], etc)
• Steam profile link for contacting

Here is an example post:

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LFP Open - Show 'em the Pine - Soldier + Combo Classes

Hello, I am creating a new Highlander team to compete in RGL Open this upcoming season. The current players on our team have played at least one season of Highlander in the past. We plan to scrim Saturday/Sunday 8:30 & 9:30pm eastern with our pregame @ 8:30pm eastern on Mondays. We will be using Mumble for comms. For this season, we aim to make playoffs and then continue in main the following season.

Our current roster is:
Scout: exa
Soldier: LFP
Pyro: LFP
Demo: LFP
Heavy: LFP
Engi: mothership
Medic: LFP
Sniper: Saxton Hale
Spy: rain

If you are interested, contact me here for tryouts: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/11111111111111

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What Division should I play?

Below are the list of divisions and the general skill level you should have when trying to join said division.

Invite:
You should have Platinum level experience to join this division. Players here are considered to be the best that Highlander has to offer. The Invite Division is limited to 8 teams.

Advanced:
Advanced is recommended for players who have a lot of experience. Skill range of UGC High-Silver. Advanced is limited to 8 teams.

Main:
Main is recommended for players who the following experience levels. Skill range of UGC Mid-Silver. Players here are moderately experienced and are on the road of being able to play in Advanced and Invite.

Intermediate:
Intermediate is recommended for players who are decently experienced with a couple of seasons of competitive played and the basics down. Skill range of UGC Low-Silver.

Amateur
The open division is open to players with experience levels from Steel to people who have some competitive experience.

Newcomer
Newcomer is for players who are completely new with no experience in the competitive scene.

Tagging your post

When you are finally ready to create your LFP Post, you also need to make sure you have the relevant tags. You can pick what Tags you want to apply to your post in the bottom left corner.

Just click on the tag icon and it will give you a list of relevant tags that you can choose from.

From there you can pick as many tags that are relevant to your post.

Once you have finished tagging you can submit your post. Here is how it will look:

Searching through Tags

To find new players, you can head to the Tags tab on the nav bar. This will list out all the the different tags on the forums. To search for posts with a specific tag, all you need to do is click on the tag name. This will show every single post with that tag, starting with the most recent ones.