This is a big scary list, but once it's finished loading, look for one that has a number less than 100 in the Latency tab. It's Team Fortress 2 in its absolute simplest form, so it's a great place to learn how all the classes work.If Start Playing fails to find you a game, go back to the main menu and click Browse Servers. It's a mode where there's only one control point to fight over, and whoever holds it longest wins. Click the arrow on the right and pick King of the Hill.
The default is Payload, but it's a little complex. When you're ready to go online, click Start Playing - you'll have to choose a game mode. We'll add to this over the weekend, but here's how the game modes work, and which classes you should play first.Update:, covering how you get new items.Which mode should I play?First of all, have a play around with the offline training mode - it's good for the very, very basics. But we thought that at 5pm on a Friday, so we've only got the very basics ready so far. We thought it'd be useful for us to tell you what you need to know to start having fun. If you haven't played before, it can be an intimidating, hat-riddled game. Team Fortress 2 is now free, so everyone with a Steam account owns it.