Why was The Escapist Team Fortress 2 Group – PC user group founded?
Danny: It was founded by SpinWhiz on my behalf during the first wave of usergroups, when only staff could create them. I think he did it so that I’d have a tool with which to organize additional extravaganzas (for those who can remember them.), but it’s certainly outgrown its original intention. Root: Hugely. Back in the beginning, there was just a few of us that joined the server on Tuesdays. Now we’re playing to a full server most nights. It’s mostly just Europe based at the moment, but we’re trying to get a reliable American admin to run some American nights as well. Wordy: After Groups got introduced, it was pretty much the next logical step from the PC Gaming Group thread, created way back. From the PC group it became pretty clear that the game that most people had in common was TF2, and a group just made it easier to organize games. • What activities have you done that came from the user group? Danny: Well we’ve had hundreds of one-off games, melee nights, themed nights, special
