written by ThePledge - 17.03.2010 - 08:10Team Stinson joines Vertex Vertex Stinson Edition
As you guys could read in D2M's latest newspost, Team Stinson has joined the Vertex community under the name Team Vertex - Stinson Edition. My name is 
ThePledge and as some of you might know me, I'd like to introduce me and my team and express our feelings this commitment we made.
8 months ago, in September 2009, I decided that, as a scout from mid+ and capable of playing division 1 at ETF2L, the TF2 community needs more top teams. My plan was to create a squad with 5-6 other players, and train them up from the mid- level they were, to a stable mid+ level. This basically means that I had to teach them about every class, communication, positioning and basic/advanced tactics. It also meant that we had to start in Division 4, as an outsider. Back then; 
Sigh , Comedian , 
Dusty and The7alfa were already playing under my lead. Not much later, 
Pena joined as well. Since that is still pretty much our lineup, it shows our stability and these players' dedication to improving and to TF2 in general.
After 3 months, we decided our medic's annoyances with Sigh were taking its toll, and we had to say goodbye to our first medic. As I needed a challenge myself, I changed from scout to medic, with the idea of my comms working better that way. Unfortunately, it left a huge gap in the scouts' departement, which still hasn't really been fixed. Ex-Vertex2 player 
Paging Dr Lupus is our latest addition, but he _might_ function as our general backup instead, as he is able to play all classes to a reasonable level.
We decided to join Vertex a couple of days ago, since we feel a connection with the Vertex1 team, and I've mixed around with Vertex2 and they are a bunch of friendly guys as well. We got to keep our tag and name, in some way, which was the most important thing for us. We feel delighted that we get to be a part of this community and we are confident that with our help, the Vertex community can even grow further and go up the ranks in the top divisions of TF2. Also, I might be of some use for the Vertex3 team to help them out at problems they might run into, since I've done that 7 months ago already 
So far, Team Stinson has played 3 games in ETF2L Division 3A, of which 2 losses and 1 win. The week 1 loss was somewhat expected, as we had loads of roster problems, but the week 3 loss last week was a very tough one. Losing two maps in the last seconds against YES! Team, while playing them later in a PCW and rolling them completely on the same maps. It feels like the thing that happened to the main Vertex team against Fragmative last week. Guess we both have a lot to learn!
We'd all like to thank Team Vertex for giving us this oppurtunity. You guys are great and we are very happy to be a part of the community!
ThePledge