attend TUS events like leagues, cups, challenges to have a better vision of what makes WA better than other Worms games. Community made what current WA is today.
I play the Steam version of W:A at least every other day. I am unsure of how to get involved with TUS (What does this stand for?) and related events.
I feel like the only way one can get involved with these things is if someone already involved introduces someone to it. This is one of the things I wish to fix; making it easier for new players to get involved with the community.
TUS, The Ultimate Site, might seem complex but it's rather easy. If you're familiar with schemes for example, let's say you wanna play Classic League (includes Shopper, WxW, Roper, TTRR, Team17, Elite, Hysteria and BnG) go to #AnythingGoes and say "TUS anyone?" you'll find an opponent. You pick a scheme, he/she picks a scheme and you report the picks you won from report menu on TUS. You upload the replays as a proof of your victory in report page. Cups/Tournaments usually focused on a single scheme, rarely group of schemes. After you join one of cup or tournament, moderator of it makes parings and gives a deadline. You arrange your games before deadline ends, that's it. Challenges are unique competitions, like they host a rope race challenge and give one week deadline. You try to make your best play and upload it, moderator will approve if you didn't violate any rules. Usually instructions are given in challenge description. Also you can join challenges after their deadline (you won't get extra 5 points and challenge medals, but still can get map record medals.) Points you can get from a challenge (without extra 5 pts if you play it before deadline) 25, 20, 15, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 5, 5, 5...
Sorry for bad English.