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Anyone else use their Steam ID to hook up with friends so you can shoot them in the face in TF2?
Feel free to add me if you do. I tend to suck but I have a lot of fun in the process.
ID=Jude30
Caowyth
02-11-08, 01:57 PM
caowyth
Steam says it's unable to find you.:(
Ridefort7th
02-11-08, 02:55 PM
Ezedriel - the one, the only.
Caowyth
02-11-08, 03:21 PM
Steam can't find me because I'm retarded.
caowyth is my nickname, but I use 'leonson' for my account name.
Lenilya
02-11-08, 04:13 PM
Steam can't find me because I'm retarded.
Quote rotation please.
I'm on as Lenilya, tho I have yet to play TF2 (still. Yes, I know, I fail.)
icewire
I mostly play on the weekends.
Got everyone added. I also created a group, The Safehouse, on Steam so we could try to plan a TF2 night or something. I think i got everyone with an invite, if not, let me know
I'm darkkin52.
I haven't played TF2 much due to Call of Duty 4, but I probably will somewhat soon as I still haven't beat/played all the Orange Box games.
Andurian
02-12-08, 03:26 PM
um. andurian
Kloaced
02-14-08, 06:00 AM
shellfishguy
Started playing TF2 a couple weeks ago and man what a blast! Never played any shooters online before so was a surprise just how fun it is.
<== [Jerein]
Add me and lets play some TF2! gogo
with those brackets it couldn't find you. without them, it did, under the name jaeger
Sollon Darkmoon
02-14-08, 05:36 PM
nagisan
needa dispensah hea
needa dispensah hea
needa dispensah hea
Lenilya
02-14-08, 09:37 PM
Played it for the first time just now.
To say I 'suck' is an insult to hookers.
Played it for the first time just now.
To say I 'suck' is an insult to hookers.
It has a pretty easy learning curve. After a few games you'll start to figure out what's going on.
Sollon Darkmoon
02-15-08, 10:11 AM
It has a pretty easy learning curve. After a few games you'll start to figure out what's going on.
I also find that the team also dictates how well you preform. You could be the best in the world but if you have shitty ppl vs. ppl whom know the drill your boned.
I also find that the team also dictates how well you preform. You could be the best in the world but if you have shitty ppl vs. ppl whom know the drill your boned.
I agree. Take Fort2 for instance. There is no way you can play a Sniper on that map if you don't have someone taking out the Demos that hang out on the ground launching grenade up at you.
Kloaced
02-16-08, 03:58 PM
Yeah your team make a huge difference in how fun it is. With a good team, even losing is fun, but a really bad team, ugh.
I think its also a matter of finding the class that really fits you best. So far I've played everything except spy at least once. I generally have the most fun with a Pyro or Soldier. Engineers can be frustrating when spy's keep sapping your sentry guns and dispensers. Heavies can be fun too, but moving so slow can be frustrating at times. Medics are good if you like support classes, the uber charge is one of the most powerful things in the game. Scouts are fast but drop really fast, good ones are really hard to hit though with their double jump. Demo men are fun too, getting someone with a sticky bomb makes me giggle lol. I blow at being a sniper, headshots are devastating but hard for me to pull off.
I've enjoyed all the maps, but vastly prefer control point games over CTF. Playing to the default 4 captures can lead to really long boring games. My favorite map so far is Hydro, the various zones and fast pace are really a blast.
The game needs better new maps.
Badlands feels too large.
Well CTF feels too large.
Granary spawn time needs to be fixed. Once the middle cp is locked down, it's extremely hard to contest it for the losing side due to the travel distance. Well CP is just right.
Spy is my most played class, naturally.
I like the Sniper. There is something about point and click death that appeals to me. The pyro appeals to the psychopath in me. It's fun setting people on fire. I like Heavies quite a bit too. Though I agree that their movement can be annoying at times.
My nick is traicer
I enjoy playing soldier and pyro and sometimes defense engineer.
Lenilya
02-16-08, 08:27 PM
Hrm, since CoH wont let me in, think I'll get my ass kicked in tf2!
DoonBackfighter
02-17-08, 10:48 AM
I agree. Take Fort2 for instance. There is no way you can play a Sniper on that map if you don't have someone taking out the Demos that hang out on the ground launching grenade up at you.
Pfft, everyone knows the proper way to play 2fort is for the entire team to be Engineers and to set up a sentry gun farm in the intel room! :)
Toprem is mine, dunno how I missed this thread...
DoonBackfighter
03-14-08, 04:52 PM
SteamID = Ninjapirate Assassin
Haven't played much lately though.
Lenilya
03-14-08, 10:41 PM
Finally got my Mic workin, been playin with Ponzi lately.
I play a lot on 66.151.138.60:27015. It usually has a good group of players on it.
Lenilya
03-21-08, 12:15 PM
Wnet thru and added everyone as a friend. A few of you came up as 'not found' so if you could check and make sure you didn't pull a Caowyth, that'd be super.
Meet the Scout http://www.gametrailers.com/player/33023.html
And http://kotaku.com/380496/medic-hands-on-with-the-new-tf2-map-plus-new-medic-achievements-and-weapons-revealed
Valve had a nice little gathering of souls last night at Blondie's Bar and No Grill here in SF to show of the new Team Fortress 2 map, Goldrush. If you are reading this, you are probably a big Team Fortress 2 fan, so I'll skip explanations of the game and dive right into the details.
First of all, I loved the look of it. The name certainly describes what the map was like, looking like something out of Disney's Big Thunder Mountain railroad ride. Lots of wooden structures, water towers and mine car tracks. But the map isn't just a new area, it also features a new gameplay type called Payload. Basically how it works is this: the map has three separate areas and players are split into offensive and defensive teams. The goal of the offensive team is to push a mine cart loaded with explosives through the map, capturing the defensive team's bases as they go. The cart moves faster depending on how many people are surrounding it and leaving it unattended will cause it to start rolling back towards the beginning again. The other team of course, tries to stop the payload from reaching it's goal.
The map wasn't the only thing going however. We were also privy to the new item system that will be instituted with the next update. This also ties in with the thirty six new achievements for the Medic class. By gathering some or all of the new achievements, you can gain three new unique items. One third of the achievements will net you The Blutauger, a new syringe gun. This weapon does not give critical damage, but instead sucks health from the enemy on impact. Earn two thirds of the achievements and you will get The Critzcrieg, a new medigun that will rapid fire critical rockets. Getting all the achievements will see you receiving The Ubersaw which takes melee combat damage and converts it into Ubercharge. Four direct hits with it will charge up whatever Medigun your Medic has currently equipped.
Team Fortress fans are going to have a field day with this new map and if you want to get all those new weapons (and I know you do) take a gander at all 36 achievements after the jump!
First Do No Harm: Play a full round without killing any enemies and score the highest on a team of 6 or more players.
Quadruple Bypass: Heal a teammate who's taking fire from 4 enemies at once.
Group Health: Work with 2 other medics to deploy 3 simultaneous uber-charges.
Surgical Prep: Have an uber-charge ready before the setup phase ends.
Trauma Queen: Deploy 3 uber-charges in less than 5 minutes, and assist in 5 kills during that time.
Double Blind Trial: Deploy an uber-charge within 8 seconds of a nearby enemy medic deploying his.
Play Doctor: In a team with no medics, be first to switch to medic after a teammate calls "Medic!" and then heal 500 health.
Triage: Deploy an uber-charge on a teammate less than a second before they're hit by a critical explosive.
Preventive Medicine: Block the enemy from capturing a control point with an uber-charged teammate.
Consultation: Assist a fellow medic in killing 5 enemies in a single life.
Does It Hurt When I Do This?: Kill 50 scouts with your syringe gun.
Peer Review: Kill 50 medics with your bone saw.
Big Pharma: Assist a heavy in killing 30 enemies where neither of you die.
You'll Feel A Little Prick: Assist in killing 4 enemies with single uber-charge on a scout.
Autoclave: Assist in burning 8 enemies with a single uber-charge on a pyro.
Blast Assist: Assist in exploding 5 enemies with a single uber-charge on a soldier.
Blunt Trauma: Assist in punching out 4 enemies with a single uber-charge on a heavy.
Medical Breakthrough: Assist in destroying 8 enemy engineer buildings with a single uber-charge on a Demoman.
Midwife Crisis: Heal an engineer as he repairs his sentry while it's under enemy fire.
Ubi Concordia, IBI Victoria: Assist in killing 5 enemies on an enemy control point, in a single life.
Grand Rounds: Heal 200 teammates after they've called for "Medic!"
Infernal Medicine: Extinguish 100 burning teammates.
Doctor Assisted Homicide: Assist in killing 20 nemesis.
Placebo Effect: Kill 5 enemies in a single life while having your uber-charge ready, but undeployed.
Sawbones: Hit enemies with your bonesaw 10 times in arrow without dying or missing.
Intern: Accumulate 7000 heal points in a single life.
Specialist: Accumulate 10000 heal points health in a single life.
Chief of Staff: Accumulate 10 million total heal points.
Hypocritical Oath: Kill an enemy spy that you have been healing.
Medical Prevention: Save a falling teammate from dying on impact.
Second Opinion: Uber-Charge 2 teammates at once.
Autopsy Report: Provide an enemy with a freezecam shot of you taunting above their ragdoll.
FYI I Am A Medic: Use your bonesaw to kill 5 enemy spies who have been calling for "Medic!"
Family Practice: Uber-charge ten of your steam community friends.
House Call: Join a game that one of your friends is in and then deploy and uber-charge on him.
Bedside Manner: Be healing a teammate as he achieves an achievement of his own.
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Some of these are going to be so ****ing difficult / next to impossible to do. There's gonna be a lot of private server crap going on so people can get these next to impossible ones completed.
haha I never get tired of Boink!
Lenilya
04-19-08, 11:52 AM
I do, when I'm playing engy. I can't ever seem to kill a scout.
Cantatus
04-19-08, 01:29 PM
I'm Tattis. (I decided to drop the "Can" after I realized it's extremely difficult to tell when people are addressing you over voice or just using the verb.)
http://steamcommunity.com/id/Cantatus
I do, when I'm playing engy. I can't ever seem to kill a scout.
Why not? Your sentry should be able to take them out with no trouble. It's what I hate about playing the scout, they have absolutely no defense against sentries. I hope to god they give some of the classes grenades as new weapons like the medic stuff or something, because scouts and pryos need them badly.
Why not? Your sentry should be able to take them out with no trouble. It's what I hate about playing the scout, they have absolutely no defense against sentries. I hope to god they give some of the classes grenades as new weapons like the medic stuff or something, because scouts and pryos need them badly.
If the engie doesn't put their gun in a corner or against the wall you can circle strafe it to death on a scout or pyro. Much easier on the pyro, but Ive seen scout take down guns with a baseball bat a couple times. Course its a perfect condition scenario for them, pyro has advantage of roasting the engie while doing it.
Lenilya
04-19-08, 09:49 PM
Why not? Your sentry should be able to take them out with no trouble. It's what I hate about playing the scout, they have absolutely no defense against sentries. I hope to god they give some of the classes grenades as new weapons like the medic stuff or something, because scouts and pryos need them badly.
Err, i meant 1v1 when I wander away from my sentry to go see what havoc I can raise.
A lone engy is no prob for a scout.
Sollon Darkmoon
04-20-08, 01:23 PM
I do, when I'm playing engy. I can't ever seem to kill a scout.
You and your west coast servers =/.
You and your west coast servers =/.
Whats wrong with them? ****, Ive played on a British server before just because of the maps its had up.
And Ponzi, you need to get Frogger_beta (this would be one of those maps) added to that server. Yes, Frogger as in that kind of Frogger, the map is set up and played like a game of Frogger.
Whats wrong with them? ****, Ive played on a British server before just because of the maps its had up.
And Ponzi, you need to get Frogger_beta (this would be one of those maps) added to that server. Yes, Frogger as in that kind of Frogger, the map is set up and played like a game of Frogger.
I'll recommend it to the server owner. It looks like it'll be good for a few laughs.
Kloaced
04-21-08, 05:36 AM
Hey Lenilya, what was the problem with your mic? I thought I had mine working but noone can hear me and I cant seem to get it to respond in the Steam mic test. Really driving me nuts.
I've been playing mostly on servers run by [TnA], mainly the east coast 24/7 2-fort server. My favorite map is Hydro but everyone else seems to hate the map, so its hard to find it up on a server.
I spend most of my time as either a Engi or a Soldier, depending on what the team needs. I loves me some crit rockets hehe. And one thing to know, as an engi, you can hit the other teams battlements with your shotgun. Its not accurate, but I've taken out enemy snipers that way when they werent paying attention. You can also take out scouts as they try to run the bridge roof. The shotgun is actually my favorite weapon. Good distance, nice spread and deadly at real close range.
Lenilya
04-21-08, 02:40 PM
Oh, my mic problem was actually my sound card/vista/steam/tf2 not playing well together. Running Vista (with sound controls) and steam in the background (with it's own set of sound controls) with TF2 in the foreground (with it's own set of controls) makes the drivers go crazy.
Had to dig into the sound controls and disable all but one output, make that the priority, sacrifice a chicken, do a little dance, ect. Even now, the controls in tf2/steam don't do anything, and my mic is superquiet- i literally have to hold it next to my lips to be heard. but hey- it works.
I actually got my most points ever over the weekend, and not as engy for once. Even tho i suck at sniper, this weekend was headshots-r-us. then i went back to engy on the next map, and was the bane of all the spies- it was like I'd turn a corner, and there'd be a spy trying to cloak. Shotgun to the FACE. Got the same spy 4 times in a row. Was awesome payback for all the sentries I've ever had sapped.
I fully expect to play tonight and suck horribly to make up for it. Maybe I'll be spy. I am the worst spy EVER! I just cant do the whole 'keyboard shortcuts to swap between all the **** before i get killed standing there scrolling thru wtf I'm trying to do'.
Enable quick weapon switching in the options menu. Also, select the sapper, then the knife, so that you can switch between the two with the Q key. If you're quick, you can stab then sap, using Q to switch to the sapper and get the sentry before it can turn around
Lenilya
04-21-08, 03:57 PM
I totally need to find a server with one other person on it, that just happens to be an engy, and practice.
Cause 'practicing' in the middle of getting pwned works not well.
Anyoo, off to being a spy!
oh, and with the above scenerio, what's the best way to then swap to an engy costume?
And what's the best way to uncloak? it seems that I allways either stay cloaked regardless of mouse2, or uncloak at random times
I totally need to find a server with one other person on it, that just happens to be an engy, and practice.
Cause 'practicing' in the middle of getting pwned works not well.
Anyoo, off to being a spy!
oh, and with the above scenerio, what's the best way to then swap to an engy costume?
And what's the best way to uncloak? it seems that I allways either stay cloaked regardless of mouse2, or uncloak at random times
I can help if you need some practice, just IM me through Steam.
Mouse2 toggles the cloak. Theres about a second delay before it engages/disengages. There's a little cloak meter in the bottom right corner that shows how long your cloak will last, it recharges over time.
You can hit the B key to immediately put on your last disguise. I know there are a few scripts that can make the numpad choose your disguise, although I've never used them; I just hit the 4 key then the number for the class I want to disguise as. I've played it enough that I remember which class is on each number.
Edit: this video is a pretty good tutorial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-qD30EOO-o
Lenilya
04-21-08, 09:30 PM
I think I just plain suck at spy.
Tho I'm increasingly becoming able to get to odd places with the engy 'porter/dispenser/porter' climb trick.
(place a porter entrance, then a dispenser in front of it. climb on the dispenser from the porter, and put an exit on the ledge you can now reach)
I think I just plain suck at spy.
Tho I'm increasingly becoming able to get to odd places with the engy 'porter/dispenser/porter' climb trick.
(place a porter entrance, then a dispenser in front of it. climb on the dispenser from the porter, and put an exit on the ledge you can now reach)
Yeah, Best In Class can help you learn stuff like that. Till I played that map, I never really noticed / paid attention engineers doing that.
Cantatus
04-22-08, 12:01 AM
I might not be the best spy player in the world, but I've found a lot of your success has to do with the competition (probably true in all cases, but far more so with the spy). There are some players that are on constant spy watch and others that are just completely oblivious.
I've also learned that a pyro is pretty much a spy's worst enemy. Someone can shoot at you and think they might've missed or that you're not a spy, but it's pretty obvious with a pyro hits you. I've just started doing my best to avoid them if possible.
I might not be the best spy player in the world, but I've found a lot of your success has to do with the competition (probably true in all cases, but far more so with the spy). There are some players that are on constant spy watch and others that are just completely oblivious.
I've also learned that a pyro is pretty much a spy's worst enemy. Someone can shoot at you and think they might've missed or that you're not a spy, but it's pretty obvious with a pyro hits you. I've just started doing my best to avoid them if possible.
Yep, I'm the paranoid pyro, everyone get a puff of flame, and groups get a nice gout. Hell last night I fired into a pack near a door and 2 of the 4 were spies.
Kloaced
04-22-08, 08:12 AM
Well apparently Nvidia had installed some sort of sound software which was borking my Audigy card, so now that its fixed my mic works. Now if I just wouldnt get those damn lock up/sound loop crashes. Went to the Valve help section and there are like 8 things that can cause it. I see much frustration and troubleshooting in my weekend.
I'm one of those folks who is always looking for spies. I shoot everyone. Coming up the sewers alone? I shoot you. Coming into the base? I shoot you. Go near my sentry? I shoot you. Standing in a corner not doing anything? I shoot you a few times to either kill you or wake you up. get moving!
Better safe than backstabbed.
The new patch is out. New game mode, new map, new weapons and achievements for the medic.
The new PL mode and maps are a lot of fun. Every class is utilized too. I pull off mad multiple backstabs when contesting the cart.
There are so many medics now too; 4-6 which actually hurts the team. I play mostly on a class restricted server so maxed at 3 medics it's not as bad when its a full 12 vs 12. The achievements are a blast too. More combat medics trying to bone everyone.
Most teams have 4-6 medics now, making it really really hard to actually play the game normally. What's really annoying is that none of them want to actually heal you. You'd think that nobody calling for a medic would go without one, but they're all too busy chasing after people with their bonesaws out. Hopefully in a few days things will start to settle down.
Valve should really release updated weapons and achievements for all classes in one bundle. It seems people are annoyed by too many bad medics. Although like I said, my fav server is still fun by restricting the classes.
Valve should really release updated weapons and achievements for all classes in one bundle. It seems people are annoyed by too many bad medics. Although like I said, my fav server is still fun by restricting the classes.
They did the medic first on purpose, since not enough people were playing it. Plus, knowing Valve's release schedule, if they had to do all of them at once it would only get released around 2010.
Cantatus
04-30-08, 01:05 AM
Most teams have 4-6 medics now, making it really really hard to actually play the game normally. What's really annoying is that none of them want to actually heal you. You'd think that nobody calling for a medic would go without one, but they're all too busy chasing after people with their bonesaws out. Hopefully in a few days things will start to settle down.
Yep. I thought with this update I wouldn't have to play Medic so much since there would be more. Well, now there are more Medics, but they're all doing stupid things to get achievements. We had one map where a couple of the Medics were just hanging back and using ubers on each other. (Then again, I did get 2 captures on 2Fort in a relatively short time due to the competition having no sentries up.)
I hope next time they do a weapon update, they include at least 1/3 of the remaining classes, just so you don't have so many people flocking to one particular class, making it hard to win anything. Of course, it also might not be as big of a deal if people are messing around on a class that isn't one of the biggest support roles in the game.
Valve should really release updated weapons and achievements for all classes in one bundle. It seems people are annoyed by too many bad medics. Although like I said, my fav server is still fun by restricting the classes.
Yeah, but if they did that we minus well just wait for TF3. Unless they've already been working on them, I expect it's gonna be a long ass time before we see more of the classes get new weapons.
As for the map, first two sections seemed easy, last one was the chokepoint. I think I enjoyed the seven point escort map (if anyone plays custom maps, there's already several escort maps out) that I played the other day, the map is huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge and had like a ~45 minute time limit and spawn points that creeped up as you capped points. Only thing Ive noticed that's different with these escort maps is that the escort item doesn't heal you if you are the attacker or move backwards if no attacker is up on the item.
Fairly big spoiler which truly does spoil some things.
Oh and "achievement_unlock_all" apparently still works and will unlock the medic stuff. I forsee a lot of people doing it since some of these are just ****ing insane. Some guy mentioned that he has a friend with 80 hours on medic and has still only healed ~3.2M.
Edit: http://forum.osnn.net/showthread.php?p=829511#post829511 for names of individual achievements, "reset" instead of "unlock" can be used to reset them if you want to test stuff.
April 30, 2008 - Team Fortress 2 Update Released
Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:
Team Fortress 2 Client
Removed TF2 achievement console commands
Team Fortress 2 Server
Fixed clients being able to trigger sv_soundscape_printdebuginfo on the server
Fixed potential "nuke" exploit in rcon subsystem
Hopefully they reset the achievements of any **** that did that.
Lenilya
04-30-08, 10:32 PM
I have no achievements with medic, period.
It remains my least-played class.
I have no achievements with medic, period.
It remains my least-played class.
I didn't have any, unless there were some old ones, but I've already got 10 of them done, including Triage which I figured would be a bitch to do without some sort of setup. Some guy already had 2/3s of them done when they went live since medic is pretty much the only thing he played and he had 80 hours on it and still wasn't close to the 10M heal one. **** that thing is gonna be a bitch to complete.
Kloaced
05-01-08, 04:58 AM
Valve has said a couple times that now the new weapon/achievement system is in place that they will be rolling out the rest of the classes "pretty quickly" so we'll see what that actually means in the coming months I guess.
I have no achievements with medic, period.
It remains my least-played class.
Dude, just cause the guy has different political beliefs than you, seeesh.
Imo, they should have released a 2nd set at the same time, and then release them in pairs. Medic and Heavy, Engineer (next I've heard) and Demo, either complimentary or balancing.
so many sucky medics out right now, the winning team is usually the one with fewer medics. I was trying out goldrush and was able to get behind the car and burned 7 medics in a row, all running around with bonesaws or trying to heal each other.
We had one guy on the server last night who is like 4 away from the 36. Not my style, I want to play my normal way and then let them unlock when they do, not grind them out and then be bummed there is nothing new to do.
Also, I really don't understand the scoring system sometimes. I've had a high of 34 points from engineer and hated that because it was so easy to do, just sit there and bang wrench. So last night I went the entire 3rd part of dustbowl without dying, killed 21 people and got...23 pts. My high on scout is 9 pts, you sneeze wrong and your head explodes.
Valve has said a couple times that now the new weapon/achievement system is in place that they will be rolling out the rest of the classes "pretty quickly" so we'll see what that actually means in the coming months I guess.
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time
They changed the 10 million to 1 million for that achievement. That one, and the two for healing a large amount in one life were both given to me the first time I played medic after the patch. I was the guy who would always switch to medic if the team needed one, and it's nice that all my work gave me a head start.
They changed the 10 million to 1 million for that achievement. That one, and the two for healing a large amount in one life were both given to me the first time I played medic after the patch. I was the guy who would always switch to medic if the team needed one, and it's nice that all my work gave me a head start.
They did? Thank ****, 10M would require sooooooo much time unless you really liked playing medic, which I don't unless we really need it.
Kloaced
05-02-08, 08:09 AM
so many medics, so little fun. Finally got to sit down and play for the first time in a couple days last night. Wow, so many not good medics ruining the game right now. I died at least 5 times with two medics standing behind me because they were shooting with their guns rather than healing. On the plus side the team I was on streamrolled three rounds of 2fort in a row with not a single cap from the other team.
Also tried out Goldrush. I think with two good teams it will be a ton of fun. But damn between the glut of medics and an unbalanced team, the side I was on just got crushed. I may spend some time on an empty map to try and learn the layout. There seem to be so many side passages and different ways around, its going to take some time to really learn it well. Also a ton of places for sentry guns, a real engi paradise.
Cantatus
05-02-08, 10:09 AM
so many medics, so little fun. Finally got to sit down and play for the first time in a couple days last night. Wow, so many not good medics ruining the game right now. I died at least 5 times with two medics standing behind me because they were shooting with their guns rather than healing. On the plus side the team I was on streamrolled three rounds of 2fort in a row with not a single cap from the other team.
The other night, I did two captures in 2fort within 10 minutes... with a pyro. They didn't have a single sentry up, and I didn't pass a single person going to the intel from the sewer, and this was on a server with a 32 person limit.
Also tried out Goldrush. I think with two good teams it will be a ton of fun. But damn between the glut of medics and an unbalanced team, the side I was on just got crushed. I may spend some time on an empty map to try and learn the layout. There seem to be so many side passages and different ways around, its going to take some time to really learn it well. Also a ton of places for sentry guns, a real engi paradise.
It's also great for snipers.
Kloaced
05-04-08, 07:25 AM
Goldrush is also great for heavies. With so many choke points, if you have a medic and a dispenser you can just rain death and hold back a slew of enemies.
Infinite uber is a riot. Too bad I'm not unscrupulous to abuse it.
Lenilya
05-04-08, 12:58 PM
There's a lovely 'instant healing' glitch with the medic's new needle gun. No idea how it works, but it may have something to do with weapon swapping at the correct time (most likely uber), and shooting anything with the leech needle gun. Every hit gives them 100% health, making them nigh-impossible to kill. Had one sit in front of my level 3 sentry and needle it to death.
I really wish they would have introduced a SINGLE new weapon, then rolled out the rest over time as other classes got thiers. A medic with everything unlocked simply unbalances the gameplay. (like infiniteuber)
Cantatus
05-04-08, 02:10 PM
Goldrush is also great for heavies. With so many choke points, if you have a medic and a dispenser you can just rain death and hold back a slew of enemies.
Best thing is the bomb acts like a dispenser. I take my heavy, park him right in front of the bomb, and get pushed along while I just fire endlessly. Won a map the other night with myself and another heavy doing that with 2 medics healing us. We beat it in like 5 minutes.
There's a lovely 'instant healing' glitch with the medic's new needle gun. No idea how it works, but it may have something to do with weapon swapping at the correct time (most likely uber), and shooting anything with the leech needle gun. Every hit gives them 100% health, making them nigh-impossible to kill. Had one sit in front of my level 3 sentry and needle it to death.
I really wish they would have introduced a SINGLE new weapon, then rolled out the rest over time as other classes got thiers. A medic with everything unlocked simply unbalances the gameplay. (like infiniteuber)
Yeah, medics that already unlocked ubersaw are bad enough, but when two of them are on the same team, they both can **** off. It was a really bad idea to have the Ubersaw charge up ubercharge.
Does the steam overlay work for every game once you add it to the list? The few i've tried have, if they could put some iming from different protocals in it, it would be love.
Kloaced
05-06-08, 08:41 AM
Best thing is the bomb acts like a dispenser. I take my heavy, park him right in front of the bomb, and get pushed along while I just fire endlessly. Won a map the other night with myself and another heavy doing that with 2 medics healing us. We beat it in like 5 minutes.
Only problem I've run into with this is if the other team is sniper heavy. Was against a team last night with three good snipers and they kept us locked down into this one tight section. Of course it would have helped if the medics actually kept me healed rather than running off after everyone with their bone saws.
http://kotaku.com/387438/flash-portal-turned-into-real-portal
Remember that 2D, Flash-based version of Portal from last year? Was pretty neat. Well, it's even neater in 3D. The same guys responsible for the original have translated all 40 levels into real Portal maps, which apparently add up to around 3.5 hours of Portal gameplay. And who are you to say no to 3.5 hours of new Portal gameplay?
http://portalmaps.wecreatestuff.com/
Cantatus
05-06-08, 12:48 PM
Only problem I've run into with this is if the other team is sniper heavy. Was against a team last night with three good snipers and they kept us locked down into this one tight section. Of course it would have helped if the medics actually kept me healed rather than running off after everyone with their bone saws.
Yeah, that makes it a little harder. Although, if you can spot the snipers and just fire in their direction, I've found they're more concerned with avoiding being shot than doing the shooting (in some cases).
Yeah, that makes it a little harder. Although, if you can spot the snipers and just fire in their direction, I've found they're more concerned with avoiding being shot than doing the shooting (in some cases).
It's a rare heavy that can spray me to death before I can put a bullet in his brain pan from a distance.
Cantatus
05-06-08, 09:34 PM
It's a rare heavy that can spray me to death before I can put a bullet in his brain pan from a distance.
I agree, but a lot of snipers are squeamish.
I agree, but a lot of snipers are squeamish.
Thats because a lot of them are TDM playstyle point whores. They don' care if the team wins or loses as long as they are #1 on the board. They fact that they get 2pts per headshot kill doesn't help this.
Cantatus
05-07-08, 02:39 PM
Thats because a lot of them are TDM playstyle point whores. They don' care if the team wins or loses as long as they are #1 on the board. They fact that they get 2pts per headshot kill doesn't help this.
TDM?
Point whores are funny to me. One of the best strategies I've found with my pyro is going kamikaze. Just run in, set everyone on fire, and die. I guess that's why my pyro's top score is like 8 or 9, but damn, that's fun.
TDM?
Point whores are funny to me. One of the best strategies I've found with my pyro is going kamikaze. Just run in, set everyone on fire, and die. I guess that's why my pyro's top score is like 8 or 9, but damn, that's fun.
TDM=Team Death Match. They go in and see who can rack up the top score. They will play sniper on a ctf map and stay up in their perch instead of protecting or stealing the flag. I love them on 2fort, I will burn them again and again until they respond in one of a couple ways: 1)Switch class to kill me, in which case I win 2) Get a friend to bodyguard them-again I win, they have dragged even more people away from the map focus or 3)they get mad, yell a few profanities and leave-again a win. Best time was when 4 of them were up there with a soldier and engie bodyguarding them. We left 2 on defense, took the other 10 into their base and cleaned the floor with the 3 poor bastards trying to defend while their other 3 got chewed up by our defenders.
DoonBackfighter
05-07-08, 11:32 PM
TDM?
Point whores are funny to me. One of the best strategies I've found with my pyro is going kamikaze. Just run in, set everyone on fire, and die. I guess that's why my pyro's top score is like 8 or 9, but damn, that's fun.
Pyros really should get assist points for this stuff. Softening up a push by the opposing team to be more easily mopped up by others should be worth something.
Then again, I've always like pyros. I used to make it my personal goal in QWTF to set the entire level on fire. :)
Cantatus
05-08-08, 01:35 AM
Pyros really should get assist points for this stuff. Softening up a push by the opposing team to be more easily mopped up by others should be worth something.
Then again, I've always like pyros. I used to make it my personal goal in QWTF to set the entire level on fire. :)
Well, you do get asisst points if you light someone on fire and a teammate finishes them off. (I don't know how it works if you die before they do.) But yeah, I know a lot of people complain about pyros being weak. I guess part of it is having to be close in range to attack, but having so little defense. I'll be curious to see what kind of weapon upgrades they get.
Speaking of pyros, have you guys seen this (http://youtube.com/watch?v=pC_aGQyFETU)?
Kloaced
05-08-08, 05:07 AM
I believe the pyro will still get the assist if they die before the person they set on fire. At least thats how it seems to work with HLstats.
The snipers I was up against the other night didnt care if I shot at them hehe. Besides if one moved there were the other two to pop me in the noggin.
Had an awesome set of matches on goldrush last night. The other team stopped us at the very last control point twice, real intense finishes. But on the good side when they were on offense, they only made it out of the first section once. And we even managed to keep them from getting the very first CP once. That should be an achievement, they didnt even get the cart half way. Its such a defense stacked map, you really have to be on the ball or the defense has to royally suck to make good headway.
At least the medic achievement whorage seems to be letting up some. I really wish they had released the upgrades in batches of three though. Ideally it should have been one offensive, one defensive and one support class. At least spread it out so a team could have functioned a bit better.
The medidemic has certainly died down. Although its annoying that some people who cheated for the unlocks still have their weapons. I've gotten 27 of the medic achievements but I don't foresee myself unlocking the ubersaw. The nice thing about the medic achievements is that rarely will there be 0 medics on the team now.
Once you get the critzkrieg some of the weird ones become more possible like the scout 3 kills etc. The only one i think has to be artificially done is the 20 kills on a heavy with neither dying. Should have been 10, 20 is just too outlandish for most servers. If I see someone doing that well, I'm gonna damn well make sure one of them dies.
Finally got Chief of Staff last night which netted me Milestone 3, and even with using Achievement severs for a handful of the really hard/ridiculous ones, Medic has finally become my most played class from being my third least played class.
Pyro Achievements and Meet The Sniper are up next: http://kotaku.com/5012514/team-fortress-2-to-add-achievements-weapons-to-pyro-next // http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=189981
Please for the love of god be a fireball shooting flamethrower or something, ANYTHING to be able to take down ****ing sentries at range.
Lenilya
06-03-08, 05:25 PM
Yeah, incendiary rocket or something like the original TF.
Tho I wonder wtf engy's are gonna get to counter everyone being able to take out the sentries so much easier as more classes get achievements.
Kloaced
06-04-08, 04:19 AM
I'm sure Engi's will get some kind of sentry boost. Longer range, more hitpoints or multi-directional fire, who knows, the possibilities are endless.
A mobile pet level 1 sentry would be awesome.
Meet the Sniper is up http://www.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=app&AppId=5051 and Pyro achievements go in on thursday.
Edit: Sniper is DEFINITELY the best one so far.
Lenilya
06-17-08, 09:30 PM
Scout is still my favorite, followed by soldier. Sniper would be third.
Kloaced
06-18-08, 04:51 AM
Ok, that was just awesome. The folks they have putting these together should get raises, and medals.
http://www.steampowered.com/pyro/?pw=presspreview
In addition to the three unlockable Pyro weapons, we've made a significant addition to the base Pyro flamethrower. By hitting the alt-fire key, the Pyro is able to produce a blast of compressed air that knocks enemies away, and redirects enemy projectiles. It’s a highly versatile tool, allowing Pyros to get away from nearby enemies after igniting them, to kill enemy soldiers with their own rockets, or to separate enemy Medics from their healing targets. In particular, it allows a skilled Pyro to contain an enemy invulnerability push, and even to separate the Medic completely if the surrounding terrain supports it.
http://www.steampowered.com/pyro/images/pic_flaregun.jpg
The first Pyro unlockable is The Flare Gun, which replaces the shotgun. It allows the Pyro to ignite an enemy at long range, but does require careful aim on their part. It’s particularly useful for causing havoc on Snipers and Engineers who want to keep their distance.
http://www.steampowered.com/pyro/images/pic_backburner.jpg
The second Pyro unlockable is The Backburner. This flamethrower is built for the Pyro who likes to ambush their opponents. It removes the compression blast capability, instead guaranteeing critical hits whenever it’s used on an opponent from behind. To aid in survivability, it grants the Pyro an extra fifty health.
http://www.steampowered.com/pyro/images/pic_ax.jpg
The third Pyro unlockable is The Axtinguisher. This mighty axe guarantees critical hits on any enemy that’s currently on fire, although it’s significantly weaker against enemies who aren’t. A great combination with the The Flare Gun, or with another Pyro buddy riding alongside doing the igniting.
Combined Fire: Use your shotgun to finish off 20 players you've ignited.
Firewall: Ignite 5 Spies who have a sapper on a friendly building.
Cooking the Books: Ignite 5 enemies carrying your intelligence.
Spontaneous Combustion: Ignite 10 cloaked Spies.
Trailblazer: Ignite 10 enemies that have recently used a teleporter
Camp Fire: Kill 3 enemies in a row, all within the same area.
Lumberjack: Kill 3 people with your axe in one life.
Clearcutter: Kill 6 people with your axe in one life.
Firewatch: Ignite 10 snipers while they are zoomed in.
Burn Ward: Ignite 3 medics that are ready to deploy an Uber-charge.
Makin' Bacon: Kill 50 Heavies with your flamethrower.
Plan B: Kill 10 enemies while you're both underwater.
Pyrotechnics: Kill 3 enemies in a single uber-charge.
Arsonist: Destroy 50 Engineer buildings.
Controlled Burn: Ignite 50 enemies capturing one of your control points.
Dead Heat: Kill an enemy in the same second that he kills you.
Pilot Light: Ignite a rocket-jumping Soldier while he's in midair.
Freezer Burn: Provide enemies with freezecam shots of each of your taunts.
Hot on Your Heels: Kill 50 enemies with your flamethrower, from behind.
Next of Kindling: Ignite an enemy, and the Medic healing him.
Second Degree Burn: Kill a burning enemy who was ignited by another Pyro.
Weenie Roast: Have 2 enemy Scouts on fire at the same time.
Baptism by Fire: Force 10 burning enemies to jump into water.
Fire and Forget: Kill 15 players while you're dead.
I Fry: Ignite 10 disguised Spies.
OMGWTFBBQ: Kill an enemy with a taunt.
Got A Light?: Ignite an enemy Spy while he's flicking a cigarette.
BarbeQueQ: Cause a dominated player to leave the server.
Dance Dance Immolation: Kill 3 enemies while they're taunting.
Hotshot: Kill a Soldier with a reflected critical rocket.
Firefighter: Kill 500 enemies.
Fire Chief: Kill 1000 enemies
Attention Getter: Ignite 100 enemies with the flare gun.
Pyromancer: Do 1 million points of total fire damage
Hot Potato: Reflect 100 projectiles with your compressed air blast.
http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowrofl.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowrofl.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowrofl.gif OMGWTFBBQ are you ****ing kidding me? I totally didn't know the Hadouken taunt actually did damage http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowrofl.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowrofl.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowrofl.gif
Edit: Page 2 owned.
I'm going to need a little time alone after this patch.
I don't see any that are way way hard to do eather (like the 5 exploded enemies in a single uber one that continues to mock me on the medic).
when medic game out I got a couple right away because it tracked prior actions. If this is true for pyro, I will get like 15-20 of them right away lol, so they probably wont do it. I love pyro, 100+hours of play, my 2nd closest is scout with...30ish.
Cantatus
06-18-08, 02:24 PM
I'm going to need a little time alone after this patch.
I don't see any that are way way hard to do eather (like the 5 exploded enemies in a single uber one that continues to mock me on the medic).
when medic game out I got a couple right away because it tracked prior actions. If this is true for pyro, I will get like 15-20 of them right away lol, so they probably wont do it. I love pyro, 100+hours of play, my 2nd closest is scout with...30ish.
Yeah, I was pretty happy looking at the pyro list. Nothing looks too out of the ordinary and most of the achievements could be unlocked just playing normally. It's also nice to not have to rely on other people for them. (I just can't seem to get a demo to blow up 5 buildings for me. Closest I've gotten is four. :( )
I also like how some of the new achievements require the new weapons. I was really surprised that there weren't any like that with the medic achievements. The Kritzkreig really added a lot of possibilities and might've encouraged its use more.
Lenilya
06-18-08, 03:20 PM
Okay, killing with a taunt sounds fun.
Like, "screw the achievement, I'm gonna go try to do it RIGHT NOW" fun.
Wow those weapon upgrades seem good.
(I just can't seem to get a demo to blow up 5 buildings for me. Closest I've gotten is four. :( )
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This one was easy for us, we run into so many engineer campfests that went sticky crazy and got the achievement for 3 different friends in the same match.
Cantatus
06-18-08, 06:21 PM
This one was easy for us, we run into so many engineer campfests that went sticky crazy and got the achievement for 3 different friends in the same match.
I wouldn't think it's overly hard, but I notice a lot of demos are mainly concerned with getting the sentry and then going after players. It's sort of strange considering leaving the dispensor and teleporters up just means it's all that much faster that the engineer will have a fully functioning sentry back up. Unfortunately, I don't have a mic so I can tell them what to do yet.
The Demoman one is one of the few I did on an achievement server, I never found an opportunity to uber a demoman with that much engineer crap up in one area.
Update is Live
June 19, 2008 - Team Fortress 2 Update Released
Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:
Added 2 community maps: cp_fastlane and ctf_turbine
Pyro
Added alt-fire compression blast to the basic flamethrower
Added The Axtinguisher, The Backburner, and The Flare Gun
Hadouken taunt now kills people it hits
Tuned the flamethrower hit detection to improve detection versus retreating opponents
Removed Flamethrower's damage falloff (was falling off to 25% by the end)
cp_well
Added a route from the forward central foyer up to the battlements
Redistributed health and ammunition throughout the bases
ctf_well
Added a route from the forward central foyer up to the battlements
Removed central building, reduced overall map length
Redistributed health and ammunition throughout the bases
Other Notes
Removed Soldier's 40% damage reduction from his own rockets. Does not affect rocket jumps
In-game avatar images will now have a badge around them if the player is your friend
Fixed bug that allowed players to move around in a reference pose
Added custom death icons for unlockable weapons
The player join team message now specifies whether the player used the auto team option
Payload maps now support four control points per stage
Achievement dialog will stay open when you're moving in & out of the game and the main menu
Added full Russian localization, with both fonts & speech
Returned the "Report a Bug" option to the main menu
Errr payload maps already supported more than four, Mine has seven points. Soldier change is pretty weak. Evidently the Hadouken taunt didn't do damage before, but does this mean ONE HIT kill or just damages them now?
Hot ****, the achievement window stays open now and on the same page you left it on. However, the achievements AREN'T like the Medic ones, none of your previous stuff counts for this stuff http://smiliesftw.com/x/riaa.gif
hahaha
I got the OMGWTFBBQ on Gravelpit as blue by sneaking up on a heavy and haaadooken!
Okay, i'm an idiot. Is the haduken fireball done just by pressing taunt, is it random, or is it a special button other than taunt?
Lenilya
06-19-08, 10:04 PM
Equip the shotgun, and taunt.
Managed to get an honest kill with it, was hilarious.
Its megalame that you can get Hadouken kills in Stalemate time, but it doesnt count for it.
Edit: hahaha just got a sniper with a legit Hadouken on badlands.
Kloaced
06-20-08, 04:22 AM
I havent played in a month or so, but I'm really itching to get back in. Thank god the family is going off to visit relatives for a few weeks without me!
So are the servers one big flame fest now? I really cant wait till all the new sets are out so things can get back to normal.
And what are the two new fan made maps like? Did they put them into the regular roation on servers?
*edit teh grammars*
Well stayed up later than I should but down to needing 9 of the achievements. Cooked Books seems bugged since I know I've burned a ton of intel runners and am stuck on 3/5. Combine Fire is going to be hard until the pyro pop drops off (its just swarms of bad pyros dying 2-3 at a time).
Rest to go are Pyrotechnics, Firefighter/Chief (for 375 kills into them last night), Attention Getter (need to work on my flare gun aim a lot), Controlled Burn (enemies pushing their cart count, so this should go fast), Pyromancer (80k in, 920k damage to go), and Hot Potato (81 of 100 reflect including 4 soldiers killed by rocket, 2 mass kills by reflected crit rocket, and 1 demo I bounced a crit sticky back and who kindly detonated himself for unknown reasons)
Opinions of the weapons so far:
Flare gun has amazing range, and if you figure aiming it fast it makes engies and snipers have to move around a lot more. Also since it sets people on fire, 2 man pyro teams of flare and axestinguisher work great.
Backburner is AMAZING when you have a map that is conducing to back attacks. We were playing Warpath, I jumped below the middle bridge, run thrugh the tunnels and came back up and behind blue team at they were capping. Roasted like 7 peeps including 2 medics and 2 heavies before they even knew I was there. The extra life is also nice, but the lack of the compresses air hurts as I get used to using it.
Axestinguisher is also pretty cool, but with so many pyros playing right now, its hard to light someone on fire and use it.
The new compressed air gun alt fire is my favorite part of the patch though. Its amazing. Someone up on your grill? Light and send them 10ft away. Soldier shooting rockets downa long hall? Reflect them back or even more fun, attack from side and make him fire into a wall. Great for antipyro (used this to keep the 3 man idiot packs off me), and especially fun to use to make feet leave ground so that sentry guns roofbox people.
Great, great patch, only thing missing is fixing it so that soldier and demo suicides still count as kills when on fire.
Lenilya
06-20-08, 11:46 AM
CP Fastlane is a great map, imho. I played it quite a bit before the patch, good to see it getting some love.
I can't really recall CTF Turbine ATM. I'll need to go hop on it and see if I've played it before.
Had a really funny moment last night. I was a pyro, and I was able to sneak up on an enemy sniper at the same time as a spy. The spy graciously backed off and allowed me to hadoken the sniper.
The new well_ctf is a lot better now.
I totally didnt see that you didnt need ALL of the achievements for the Pyro, unlike the Medic. I still want to try and finish them off just so I am only left with "Friends Like These" again since I can never find seven friends on all at the same time, let alone playing on remotely the same severs.
Edit: Im really kicking myself for using an Achievement server this time around, 53 destructions in one life just screams taint :O/, much more than my kills / points in a single life does. At least ~20 kills is believable, for decent players at least, not me since I suck and don't expect to stay alive as I goes balls out to win, not camp / get points.
Friends Like These was my last general achievement to reach. If you are a regular on a server, just invite everyone who plays frequently.
Woooo I got Clearcutter on Gravelpit with 1 second left. Adrenaline rush!
Some soldier wtf moments too when I got Hotshot.
And you can airblast stickies on the ground to speed up Hot Potato.
Cantatus
06-24-08, 01:06 AM
Woo, they changed the requirements for the medic achievements! I got my ubersaw tonight!
Lenilya
06-24-08, 11:57 AM
Grats!
I'm liking the Pyroclasm far better than the Medicocalypse. Even with the initial 80% pyros, at least action was still happening on the map. Also, it seems to have died down a LOT faster.
Since the new pyros can actually hurt people now, having half a team of them leaves the maps still playable, unlike the swarm of medics who would refuse to heal anyone and chase after scouts with the needle gun.
ragweed
06-24-08, 04:36 PM
Grats!
I'm liking the Pyroclasm far better than the Medicocalypse. Even with the initial 80% pyros, at least action was still happening on the map. Also, it seems to have died down a LOT faster.
It died down faster because people found a program that you double click and it instantly gives you all available achievements. General, Medic, and Pyro. Had a guy talking about it the other night on Gravelpit I think it was. 30 seconds and you have all unlocks apprently. Hopefully Valve fixes it soon. First they left a cheat code in to get em all for Medic, now this.
Cantatus
06-25-08, 01:07 AM
It died down faster because people found a program that you double click and it instantly gives you all available achievements. General, Medic, and Pyro. Had a guy talking about it the other night on Gravelpit I think it was. 30 seconds and you have all unlocks apprently. Hopefully Valve fixes it soon. First they left a cheat code in to get em all for Medic, now this.
As far as I know, that's been around since the Medic achievements. Someone was talking about it on another forum during that. No clue if Valve just isn't aware of it, just doesn't care, or can't fix it.
Kloaced
06-25-08, 04:36 AM
I got in for a couple rounds of 2-fort last night. Was nice to see that while there were many pyros that it wasnt overwhelmingly so. Seeing some of the new gear in action was interesting, though I never saw a bounced back rocket while I was playing soldier.
Worst moment was being down 2-0 and seeing three pyro-medic teams run into the courtyard and uber up. Think they cleared out our fort and waltzed back with the intel in record time.
Cantatus
06-25-08, 08:03 AM
I got in for a couple rounds of 2-fort last night. Was nice to see that while there were many pyros that it wasnt overwhelmingly so. Seeing some of the new gear in action was interesting, though I never saw a bounced back rocket while I was playing soldier.
I was playing a soldier on Turbine yesterday. At first I was really hesitant to use my rockets against pyros, but then I realized they were all using backburner instead. Considering the extra 50hp and the ability to pretty much decimate anyone you come up on from behind, it does seem to be the obvious choice for most pyros.
Kloaced
06-25-08, 09:15 AM
I was playing a soldier on Turbine yesterday. At first I was really hesitant to use my rockets against pyros, but then I realized they were all using backburner instead. Considering the extra 50hp and the ability to pretty much decimate anyone you come up on from behind, it does seem to be the obvious choice for most pyros.
I cant blame them, I so love the sound of crits ticking off. I believe I only saw one pyro using the flare gun, but more with the backburner. Any reason that they wouldnt be using the flare gun? That one in particular sounds like a no-brainer to me.
I cant blame them, I so love the sound of crits ticking off. I believe I only saw one pyro using the flare gun, but more with the backburner. Any reason that they wouldnt be using the flare gun? That one in particular sounds like a no-brainer to me.
The shotgun is a lot more useful for killing other pyros, finishing off burning opponents who make it out of flamethrower range instead of having to chase them down, and general close to midrange combat. If you get into the habit of switching between the flamethrower and shotgun depending on the opponent's position, you'll start missing the shotgun's extra damage when you have the flaregun equipped.
The flaregun is rather pointless up close, since it only does a small amount of initial damage, and you'll be setting them on fire with the flamethrower anyway. It's useful in some places, like lighting up defenders on point C of gravelpit, and harassing people at range or on sniper balconies. In most situations though, the shotgun is more useful.
Yup, shotgun is generally better than flaregun.
Achievement unlocks are stored client side and the character loadouts server side. So Valve could monitor and reset people's achievements that are suspicious but its a pointless endeavor.
Btw, just started up a server for me and a few friends. If you're interested (it will usually have people on it 6-10pm PST) its *COG* Crank Old Gamers server. It shows in the server listings. Pretty much standard valve maps while we work on learning how to run a server. If you notice anything weird let me know.
Marbh,
Sounds awesome, I'll definitely pop in. adding it to my favorites as I write this.
Edit: well, didn't see it in there. guess it's not up yet
Lenilya
06-29-08, 09:41 PM
Found it! It's under the 'Custom' server tab.
Kloaced
06-30-08, 04:38 AM
Cranky old gamer? yeah thats me, I'll check it out!
So what do you guys think of Fastlane and Turbine?
Found it! It's under the 'Custom' server tab.
Hmm, it was under the normal internet tab before...I'll have to check and see if I messed something up.
Ok, I think I was experimenting with class limits and that would put it in the custom tab. I'll probably disable that and only use when needed though. Heres a link to the free web page they give you with your rental. Gives info on the IP and eventually will show players and scores.
http://www.gametracker.com/server_info/8.12.19.46:27015/
http://steamgames.com/tf2/heavy/
This is going to be the biggest TF2 patch yet, going to add a new gameplay mode, dunno which I would assume Hunted, and several new maps, don't know if they are going to be several community ones or not, the community one this time is Steel. The Heavy's fist replacement sucks, five seconds of crits is terrible, which they should have learned from the Kritzkrieg since it is utterly worthless. The achievement names are hilarious plays on communist and socialist names/terms, you can decipher what they are by looking at their file name. Seems like they are going to make his Fist taunt a one hit kill like they did for the Pyro's shotgun.
According to the internets, the shotgun replacement is a sandwhich that acts as a 100pt medkit, the minigun is one that does 25% less damage while it slows down people it hits by 50%.
ragweed
08-14-08, 08:28 AM
Currently the only known weapon is the K.G.B (fitting for a Russian lol)
The Killing Gloves of Boxing. Slower than fists, but a kill gives you 5 seconds of critical hits.
Currently the only known weapon is the K.G.B (fitting for a Russian lol)
The Killing Gloves of Boxing. Slower than fists, but a kill gives you 5 seconds of critical hits.
That info comes from people on SA that were beta testers, and Konspicuous Konsumption's filename is h ttp://steamgames.com/tf2/heavy/images/AchievementIcons/tf_heavy_eat_sandwiches.png, so Im thinking the info is pretty real.
Lenilya
08-15-08, 12:28 AM
Nothing fun or goofy enough for Heavy Weapons Guy!
A boxing glove on a spring type 'joker' gun would have been perfect.
Lenilya
08-19-08, 07:03 PM
A new 'meet the ____' video is up, and you may be suprised who it is...
NOMNOMNOMNOM
Kloaced
08-20-08, 04:52 AM
A new 'meet the ____' video is up, and you may be suprised who it is...
NOMNOMNOMNOM
NOMNOMNOM! friggin awesome!
Arena mode sounds fun, though I'd have to think that spies are going to rule that mode. I really like the look of the new alpine maps. I just wish my video card wasnt on the blink =/
http://www.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=sub&SubId=440
special 50% off on all id games this weekend, including the super pack which includes all of those games http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowdown.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowdown.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowdown.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowdown.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowdown.gif
Pyrocat Moonstalker
11-18-08, 03:48 PM
bump for Left 4 Dead
Mine is Pyrocat or TWO! Pyrocat, not sure which.
Half-Life is ten years old today, on sale on Steam for a buck till the 21st.
Pyrocat Moonstalker
11-20-08, 10:23 AM
Totally bought half life for $0.98
It's also Penny Arcade's 10th birthday.
Can someone toss me an invite to the SH group?
DoonBackfighter
11-23-08, 08:13 AM
Can I get an invite please? ID is Ninjapirate Assassin. :)
Drake09
11-23-08, 10:25 AM
0:1:150808
So apparenly Black Mesa [Source] is going to actually come out in this decade. They finally put up a trailer for it showing actual gameplay http://www.blackmesasource.com/ **** looks pretty good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGlhgVz5r6E
It had been so long since I actually looked at their site that I practically forgot about it.
Also, new widescreen youtube is sorta ftw. Still doesn't beat out that other site that shut down that had good quality videos on it, god I wish google had bought that too.
Drake09
12-05-08, 12:00 PM
Ya I'm pretty excited about it. Hl1 worth a real sprucing up.
also for real, STEAM_0:1:150808 is my id haha, dunno why it didnt work for you Top.
Ya I'm pretty excited about it. Hl1 worth a real sprucing up.
also for real, STEAM_0:1:150808 is my id haha, dunno why it didnt work for you Top.
because it needs your account name / email address, not ID #.
TF2 update
http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=2096
Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:
Team Fortress 2
The Engineer's teleporters can now be upgraded to level three. It will recharge faster the higher level it is
The Engineer's dispensers can now be upgraded to level three. It will give out metal and heal faster as it is upgraded
Spies will be able to recharge their cloaking ability by picking up ammo off of the ground or from health cabinets
Some changes to the second part of the first stage of Goldrush to give the attackers more of an advantage
Any weapons that fire bullets (shotguns, sniper's machine gun, heavy's minigun, etc.) can now break apart the Demoman's stickybombs
The icon on the HUD for a person calling for Medic will now give more information to the medic (if the target is low on health, on fire, etc.)
Added an achievement tracker that will allow people to choose specific achievements that they are trying to get
There is now a custom icon for death messages when the player was killed from a critical hit
Added a new particle effect for when a player enters the water
Added smoke to the feet of a rocket jumping soldier
Players will now have some particles swirling around them so other players can see when they are overhealed
About time for the Spy's Cloak to work like that, Ive wondered why it didnt do that ever since the game came out.
Actually BREAK sticky bombs? Or just move them around easier? Thats dumb if it outright breaks them, why the **** dont rockets and fire do the same?
I dont get why they changed the dispensers, like it already wasn't hard enough to try and kill a ****ing engineer/sentry with one right behind them.
#The next class pack will be the Scout. One of the main goals we're focusing on for him has been to provide tools that make him useful in maps like Dustbowl & Goldrush. If you have any ideas for what you think would work well, post them over on the Team Fortress 2 Forum and we'll take a look.
# We are actively working on a massive XBox 360 update, which will include pretty much everything we've shipped on the PC in the last year. We'll provide you with a rough date when we have one.
# We're also working on bringing over a variety of engine improvements from Left 4 Dead into the TF2 engine, but it won't be a wholesale replacement of the engine. This means we'll get some of L4D's performance improvements, like the better multicore support, but not all of them. For example, we can't bring over some improvements without dropping support for DX8, which we're not prepared to do.
So I guess they are just going to end up leaving the poor PS3 schmucks in the cold...
Drake09
12-12-08, 03:42 PM
Spy: As a spy myself, I think the change is going to be overpowered. In maps like well I was able to run around cloaked for over a minute easy, more if I dropped to stab 1 and rehid. Its disgusting frankly. I am already devastating enough without having perm-cloak capabilities. Obviously it's worse on maps with more ammo pickups.
Engineer: Dispenser health increases but it doesnt create ammunition quicker... instead it just gives you more ammunition/metal at an individual time. Teleporters take 3-4 seconds fully upgraded... if that.
Demo: You inferred that one right... gunfire will break a sticky. As for being outright dumb, well I think I will play it more to fully determine. However my gameplay as a demo strat wise didn't change much, normally when I place pipes I tend to place them in difficult positions... preferably in an area they won't see as they run in.
The next class update is scout, a large part of their focus is to improve usefulness of scout in maps like dustbowl and goldrush.
They finally got around to giving us a goddamn update on the scout update today http://www.teamfortress.com/scoutupdate/
In for Bonk Mix of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odcJ-vS22rI I can hear it in my head now.
Update is out and TF2 is 50% off till Friday for those that dont have it for some reason.
Edit: Lol, bandwidth usage http://store.steampowered.com/stats/content/
Kloaced
02-26-09, 04:00 AM
I've been playing some the past couple weeks. Logged in last night and it was pretty much like every other class update. 8 million scouts all trying to do stupid things to get the achievements. But damn the unlocks seem powerful. Getting one shot by the shotty, seeing a full health heavy stunned by the ball and killed in less than a few seconds and then caffine injected scouts that you cant hit, youch.
Drake09
04-16-09, 07:38 PM
Ok; resurrected for anyone who clicks on stuff they arent sure of
IF YOU GET A MESSAGE FROM THE FRIEND WITH THE FOLLOWING "
i need 30members in my comunity... enter please?
link is this : http://www. steamcomunitty.hd1.com.br /
"
DO NOT CLICK IT; your account will be jacked. Your friend has already been ****ed.
2 of my friends got phished tonight; tards.
The new Meet the Cast video is out, this time featuring the spy.
I gotta say, out of all of them, this one is probably my favorite as it really shows the relationship between all the characters. Hilarious, as usual.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTj6tauY1JU
Also, the new sniper update is coming out pretty soon. So far I've heard of a gun replacement in the form of a Bow and Arrow (your arrows stick people to walls!) and a one time use anti-spy shield that zaps the spy. Pretty cool, if you ask me.
The new Meet the Cast video is out, this time featuring the spy.
I gotta say, out of all of them, this one is probably my favorite as it really shows the relationship between all the characters. Hilarious, as usual.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTj6tauY1JU
Also, the new sniper update is coming out pretty soon. So far I've heard of a gun replacement in the form of a Bow and Arrow (your arrows stick people to walls!) and a one time use anti-spy shield that zaps the spy. Pretty cool, if you ask me.
Eh? wtf? Where'd you see the video posted? It's not on the TF2 blog or in their movies section yet. The spy's new watches (Spy and sniper are being done at the same time) are interesting. Cloak and Dagger watch is good, works like how people have been throwing ideas around for his upgrades, as long as you stand still it doesn't drain and starts to regain cloak time, but metal doesn't restore it. Dead Ringer however seems less useful, the idea is kinda good but you will still get killed by anyone with half a brain. After it makes the dead body clone, it needs to let you be able to run through enemy team members or make you invulnerable, otherwise you will still end up getting shot. Im wondering how they are going to work, as in what they are going to replace and if you can use both of them at the same time.
HOLY **** http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowroflarms.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowroflarms.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowroflarms.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowroflarms.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowroflarms.gif that video is by far the best of them all, it's also the longest one isn't it? By far the highest quality of any of them. Also, a female finally makes an appearance http://smiliesftw.com/x/eek5.gif well, kinda.
also the video finally confirms that the spy is French http://smiliesftw.com/x/redface.gif
I wonder if the sliding sapper will be part of his upgrade or is just there for the hell of it and to make it look awesome http://smiliesftw.com/x/eek3.gif? They showed off the Flare Gun in the Sniper video before it was revealed too.
Sliding sapper would be pretty badass. I can't count how many time's I've sapped a sentry only to get blown to smithereens by the engineer blasting shotgun shells everywhere.
Also, did anyone else see that they confirmed the Pyro is a female? I can't remember exactly where, but they said something to the effect of "When the pyro hears about this, she's gonna be furious."
Awesome video. My most played class gets an update, wooo!
Sliding sapper would be pretty badass. I can't count how many time's I've sapped a sentry only to get blown to smithereens by the engineer blasting shotgun shells everywhere.
Also, did anyone else see that they confirmed the Pyro is a female? I can't remember exactly where, but they said something to the effect of "When the pyro hears about this, she's gonna be furious."
Yeah, but that was just them slipping something up and never any hard confirmation.
I found this to be crazy and funny (from the TF2 wiki page):
Notes
* "Meet the Spy" was unintentionally leaked on the 17th May 2009.
* It is the longest meet the team video yet at 3:20.
* The alarm bell at the beginning is an "Alarm-O-Tron 5000"
* At 0:08, the Soldier's Shotgun is situated between a Sniper rifle and a Flamethrower.
* The video appears to take place in the 2fort sub-level.
* There is no locked door in the 2fort basement; this was likely added for comedic effect.
* There are normally two entrances to the 2fort intelligence room; in the video there is only the locked entrance.
* The Scout is wielding The Sandman at 0:18, even though Spies cannot disguise using unlocked weapons, although, as in other movies, this could be a hint toward something in the spy update, or a future patch by Valve.
* While the Soldier, Scout and Heavy are in the hall about to enter the intel, they are then seen entering from the other hallway.
* The 1 on the keypad to the door appears dirtier then the others, suggesting it has been used more often.
* While the Heavy crashes into the Intel room he spins his minigun up while running, and also clocks the Soldier in the face with the barrel.
* Several items have been added to the Intelligence room, including: a Cigarette Vending machine, a decorative potted plant, files, folders, and cabinets.
* At 0:39, the Heavy sets his Minigun ('Sasha') down on the desk, and forgets it for the rest of the video. Given his murderously-emotional attachment to said weapon, this is unusually careless of him.
* On the corkboard next to the filing cabinets, a photo of Saxton Hale (CEO of Mann Co.) can be seen.
* At 0:53, in the scene where the BLU Scout is spinning the Knife, in the background on a filing cabinet, the Heavy's Football helmet can be seen. Still Frame
* In several of the pornographic photos with the Scout's mother, the Spy isn't wearing any clothes but still wears his balaclava.
* The file containing the photos of the Red Spy and the Scout's mother is labelled "Top Secret".
* This video is the first time a class has been seen naked (if you don't count the balaclava).
* At 1:26, the BLU Spy takes out a regular white cigarette from his Disguise kit, but at 1:32 you can see that his cigarette is now brown, as it is in-game for BLU Spies.
* On the map display, the word 'lolz' can be made out near one of the markers, which happens to be just above France, the Spy's country of origin.
* At 1:40, the Spy approaches a sentry gun without setting off its sensors, and slides a sapper towards it.
* The RED Spy is seen using the sapper against the BLU Engineer's sentry gun, destroying it almost instantly while the sapper takes a much longer time to destroy a level 3 sentry gun in-game. Also instead of exploding into smithereens, the sentry gun simply falls on its side.
* When the Red Spy is sneaking up to the Blu Sentry and its Engineer, a large open door showing the bright outdoors is in the background. Assuming it takes place in 2Fort, this is normally where the Blu Team resupply room would be.
* Amusing Sign(s): On the door at 0:44, it reads 'Keep Out: Authorized Personnel Beyond This Point'. On the other side however, it reads 'Keep This Door Closed At All Times' (right before the dead Engineer crashes through it.)
* During the fight between the Sniper and the Spy, one of the new hats is revealed: The Crocodile-Toothbelt Hat for the Sniper. Still Frame
* The Sniper's hat also appears to be the same as Saxton Hale's.
* At 1:55 when the Spy cuts the Sniper's face, blood is seen but there appear to be no marks on the Sniper's face. Upon closer inspection, one can see that there is a pink gash.
* In the same scene, the Kukri is lying on top of a crate containing the Sniper's new Razorback unlockable shield. Still Frame The Razorback also appears to be a Mann Co. product.
* Again, in the Sniper Fight-Scene, several jars of... 'Jarate' can be seen sitting on a cabinet.
* During the scene where the Sniper suddenly turns behind to attack the spy, the image of what appears to be a samurai is seen at the most left of the window pane.
* In the video, the Spy disguises without use of his Disguise kit, and is missing the Medic's spectacles.
* During the Medic Fight-Scene, the BLU Medic is not wearing the Medigun pack on his back. When the BLU Medic's spectacles fly up in the air the Spy's disguise does not have one either, but when the perspective changes and he puts on the spectacles the Medigun pack can be seen.
* The medic holds the bone saw in his left hand instead in his right. The way he holds the bonesaw is also reversed, with the back of it showing his opponent. The Sniper is also shown as left-handed in this video.
* The Blu Medic's bonesaw can be seen lying on the ground after the Red Spy's fight with him.
* The Spy disguises as a BLU Medic. In-game, this is one of the least convincing disguises, as the Medic class has an Ubercharge counter, which is absent when it is a Spy in disguise. However, the Medic who the Spy assumes the shape of is missing the Medigun backpack.
* At 2:23, the Soldier shoots the head off of the BLU Spy. This is, arguably, the most violent scene depicted in a Meet the Team video to date. A freeze frame briefly shows two suspended eyeballs, skull fragments and the Spy's brain. Still Frame
* This is the first time where a class is openly acknowledged on both teams in a Meet The Team video. Previous appearances, such as in Meet the Soldier, appear to be unintentional.
* The sound made by the Shotgun when the Soldier blows the BLU Spy's head off is actually that of the Revolver. Listen for the distinctive 'echo' effect at the end, not present in the shotgun in-game, but present when the RED spy fires his Revolver. Compare with the sound of the RED Soldier's shotgun in Meet The Soldier.
* All the sounds made by the Medic, the Engineer, the Sniper, and the Scout and Heavy just before entering the intelligence room are all in-game vocalizations and were not recorded for the video.
* The Soldier claims that enemy Spies will reveal their "true colors" a few seconds upon death. In-game, this is instantaneous.
* At the end of the video, the phrase the Spy mutters is French, and translates to: 'my little cauliflower'. This is apparently not an uncommon 'pet-name' in France.
* Dennis Bateman uses a deeper, more raspy voice for the RED Spy upon dropping his disguise, but uses the regular Spy voice for the BLU one.
* This video implies the Spy is in a relationship, adding another example to the few instances where characters interace with people outside the game's character range.
* The scout's mom has been the only official female model yet seen.
* The video also contains the most instances of the various classes actually interacting meaningfully with each other outside of Meet the Sandvich.
* Neither the Pyro nor the Demoman appear in this short. (Though either of them may have been the offscreen victim who was shot by the RED Spy).
* This is the only Meet the Team video where a class harms a member of their own team.
* Ironically, considering how often the Heavy, a large target in the game, is subject to backstabbing, this is the first video where he is not singled out for that nor any other particular abuse, unlike almost all previous Meet The Team videos.
* Neither the RED nor the BLU Spy use their invisibility cloak in the video.
* Body count: 7 (and 1 sentry).
* When the RED Spy knocks the BLU Medic's glasses into the air, a wooden crate from Half-Life 2 can be seen despite the game being Team Fortress 2.
* This is the first video starring the characters from BLU, while all the others star the RED team characters.
* This video marks the return of the censor bleep, which can be heard in Meet the Demoman, Meet the Scout & the Spanish version of Meet the Sniper.
* The code to the BLU intelligence room is 111, followed by a 1.
* Events foreshadowing the Scout as the Red Spy are:
o The Scout not knowing the combination to the secured door. (He may have been foiled by it's sheer simplicity)
o The Scout keeping the knife when it was handed back to him. He may have planned for this as part of his elaborate gambit.
o Arguably every interaction between the Scout and the BLU Spy. The RED Spy let the Spy carry those interactions in order to hide himself better.
o The Scout checking for his knife when the BLU spy brings in the dead sniper.
o After the Soldier shoots the BLU Spy, the Scout very briefly smirks after coming out of his faked reaction.
* When the Spy is carrying the Sniper, the Sniper doesn't have his glasses on, but when he is set down, he does.
* This is the first time the Announcer has been heard in any Meet The Team video.
* The music at the end effectively confirms the Spy is French, although he does speak some phrases in other European languages.
* The BLU Spy's death demonstrates that either the Meet The Team videos exist according to more "real-life" rules, or that friendly fire is off. If the latter, this is the first depiction of friendly fire by Valve.
* The Spy is able to disguise as a Medic and a Scout without smoking a cigarette. This implies that the kit itself allows the Spy to disguise himself and it merely doubles as a cigarette case.
* When the Spy fights the Sniper, he uses two backhand slashes with the knife and finishes him off with a backstab. However in the game itself, he doesn't use such a style with his knife (save for the backstab).
I didn't notice the football helmet till it was pointed out to me.
---Original Message-----
From: XXXX@XXXX.com [mailto:XXXX@XXXX.com]
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 6:03 PM
To: Robin Walker
Subject: Spy Update Inquiry
Greetings,
As you may know, a great deal of speculation is taking place on the Team Fortress 2 forums regarding the recently announced "Spy Update." I was wondering if you could offer some clarification regarding the watch sidegrades. In all of the previous class updates, each weapon only received one sidegrade. Is this now no longer the case or will the Spy's original watch be replaced with a new one instead? The latter possibility is quite similar to how the Pyro's original flamethrower was upgraded with a compressed air blast. Regardless, it is merely a question.
Thanks and keep up the good work,
- Shane (DrBobcat)
-----His Reply--------
Hi Shane.
The Spy has 3 watches to choose from now. Players will need to choose the one that fits their playstyle the most.
Robin.
I really don't see that much use for the Dead Ringer in that case. I'd much rather use the one that lets me stay cloaked and recharge as long as I don't move.
Also, the description for Meet the Spy (which officially came out today, along with his Achievement names and icons): http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=2512 Valve Corporate Achievement for the lulz.
You've met the Scout, the Soldier, the Demoman, the Heavy, the Engineer, and the Sniper. Then, for some reason, a sandwich. But now it's time to meet the stealthiest, shiftiest, most secretive, suit-wearing TF team member of all...
...again...
That's right, it's finally time to Meet the Suit-Wearing Secret Sandwich!
No, it's Meet the Spy.
And on the video page itself it says (Act surprised) under Meet The Spy.
Edit: I think the video was leaked intentionally now http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowrofl.gif
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y157/Toprem/warningboard.png
Second column, second one from the bottom. http://smiliesftw.com/x/wtf.gif "Is a woman" and "Is a man" and "Found Dracula" and "Lost Dracula"ones. http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowrofl.gif @ Defenestrated and Jarate. The man/woman ones could be a continuation of the joke/speculation on the Pyro's gender given it's location, but Im at a loss as for Dracula.
Also, this **** got around to people that don't play the game http://smiliesftw.com/x/eek3dance.gif Guy at work today was dicking around on his phone and started watching Meet the Spy, I heard the sounds and thought, "http://smiliesftw.com/x/wtf.gif That sounds like Meet the Spy." Turns out it was, it came up as a most viewed/rated video for him, dunno what he was watching it on though.
If you watch the quicktime video posted a few pages back, it doesn't look like 'Leaked Video'.. Can't be certain though, it's still kinda blurry.
Also Red Spy is on there twice
Yeah you are right, but its still too blurry to actually read. That's faster work than Valve usually does if they changed it http://smiliesftw.com/x/redface.gif
Getting to the bottom of things
May 18, 2009 - Robin Walker
As many of you know, the Meet the Spy video was leaked this weekend. Some of you on the forum have wondered if Valve leaked it on purpose. And until we find the clown who did leak it, the answer to that is yes.
Others of you have started a petition to stop Valve from firing anyone over the leak. Once again, this just goes to show you how valuable customer feedback is to us—we hadn't even thought of doing that, but once you see it there in print, it's a fantastic idea. I've been asking people all morning who was responsible and come up empty. But now that I've started firing people, they can't name names fast enough. So far I've got sixty-seven names in the "suspicious" category, fifteen in "very suspicious", and another forty-three I'd been wanting to fire anyway.
I'll keep you posted as I track down the culprit. Rest assured, though: Until I find the person responsible, I vow that Valve will stop work on all projects.
Drake09
05-19-09, 05:35 AM
on the last 'spy update' page was this
http://www.teamfortress.com/spyupdate/images/AchievementIcons/youtube_fail.png UNLOCKED - Welcome to the internets: Fail to understand what 'Private' means on YouTube.
edit: lot more comments about the firing stuff on tf2 main[age today.
Day 6 Spy Update Hooray!
May 19, 2009 - Stavros Xanthis
Hello to you! My name is Stavros. I am now Vice President of Valve game company! Is very exciting! But much work. I am now head programmer, animator and game designer, plus I am washing Robin's clothes. (So many beef stains!)
But Robin is busy man, so I not mind. He is Big Valve President now and decide not to fire me. He sit on Valve President Yoga Ball and say "I am need someone to shoot at with BB gun, Stavros." Then he does! Ow! But is all in good funs. (Except when I am trying to return the funs, then Robin say he kill me.)
Today is Day 6 of Spy Update. Please to pursue this link to Ambassador, a new revolver for Spy. Hooray!
Now to shoe Robin's horse. Robin enjoy riding through office some times to chase Stavros.
+ the stuff from the past couple days = http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowrofl.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowrofl.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowrofl.gif
His revolver upgrade looks pimp as **** http://www.teamfortress.com/spyupdate/ I wonder if you can use iron sights on it or something, given that it says it is as accurate as a sniper rifle and all.
Gonna suck getting some of the achievements I think, by the sounds of names alone I should have You Only Shiv Thrice. One time, in Sudden Death on Hydro, I backstabbed six people all in a row because they were on one of the stairs all clumped together.
I wonder how many people will be like me, and play nothing but pyro when the spy update comes out?
I wonder how many people will be like me, and play nothing but pyro when the spy update comes out?
Just keep your flare gun handy for the sniper squads. The classes that will go to ground imo are heavy and medic.
Pyrocat Moonstalker
05-20-09, 01:19 PM
God I can't believe Valve puts so much work into these free updates. What a great company.
Drake09
05-20-09, 01:28 PM
Gonna suck getting some of the achievements I think, by the sounds of names alone I should have You Only Shiv Thrice. One time, in Sudden Death on Hydro, I backstabbed six people all in a row because they were on one of the stairs all clumped together.
The good news is that it looks like they won't be relying on get X achievements to earn Y formula anymore.
God I can't believe Valve puts so much work into these free updates. What a great company.
Mother****ing http://smiliesftw.com/x/werd2.gif, except for the part where they pretty much abandoned the PS3 and told it to go **** itself. Its nice to see they at least know where their real player base is and how they don't want to **** them over for every red cent like Microsoft wants Xbox 2 developers to do.
Mother****ing http://smiliesftw.com/x/werd2.gif, except for the part where they pretty much abandoned the PS3 and told it to go **** itself. Its nice to see they at least know where their real player base is and how they don't want to **** them over for every red cent like Microsoft wants Xbox 2 developers to do.
Um... that is decided by the developer, not Microsoft. Microsoft doesn't force developers to charge money for their content.
EA decided to release free Burnout Paradise content packs months ago, for example.
They did the same for Battlefield: Bad Company as well.
EA decided to release free Burnout Paradise content packs months ago, for example.
They did the same for Battlefield: Bad Company as well.
They most certainly HAVE forced devs to charge for content. Has it happened everytime? No, and I don't know the deals revolving around the free BP and Bad Company packs, but several times developers have wanted to release something free, and they have been told NO by Microsoft.
They most certainly HAVE forced devs to charge for content. Has it happened everytime? No, and I don't know the deals revolving around the free BP and Bad Company packs, but several times developers have wanted to release something free, and they have been told NO by Microsoft.
And it's one of the problems Valve ran into when wanting to release TF2 updates for it too, at least thats what Ive always understood. Now that they are running into the issue of a console not having enough memory for PC gaming, I don't know wtf they are gonna do to try and get it on there.
Sooo..... Jarate is the 3rd sniper unlock. http://www.teamfortress.com/sniper_vs_spy/
Sooo..... Jarate is the 3rd sniper unlock. http://www.teamfortress.com/sniper_vs_spy/
So ****ing awesome, I about spit my drink out upon seeing it (was about to post it) twice. Once upon just seeing that they actually went through with it (I wonder if they had it planned due to the success of the jar in his video or because of the response from their April Fools "joke"), and then a second time when I read that it also puts out team mates that are on fire http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowroflarms.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowroflarms.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowroflarms.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowroflarms.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowroflarms.gif . Also the blog update that gives the link for the page helped in the hilariousness of it.
I still think the shield is ass though. Also havent updated what the spies achievement requirements are yet :sad2:
Christ how many sniper achievements involve the ****ing Jarate http://smiliesftw.com/x/ugh.gif Like 1/3 of them are based on the thing. I see a taunt related one, I always taunt when I kill people as a sniper if Im not at risk of getting blasted http://smiliesftw.com/x/redface.gif. Also, the sniper's achievements dont have very good names, they distinctly lack a lot of movie based references like the previous ones have had.
In fact, the sniper's unlockables pretty much all suck. Shield is only good vs. one class, and only if its not visible to them. Bow and arrow seems to just be HL2 physics ****. And if the jar takes the place of the knife, that's just useless. I use the knife a hell of a lot more than the SMG if someone gets the drop on me.
They most certainly HAVE forced devs to charge for content. Has it happened everytime? No, and I don't know the deals revolving around the free BP and Bad Company packs, but several times developers have wanted to release something free, and they have been told NO by Microsoft.
Why did they let Valve release free content pack(s) for L4D? I don't get it...
My Google searches didn't help me out, but Wikipedia did... apparently Epic games' (with Gears of War) is a good example of a developer that was forced to charge for content when they didn't want to.
That's lame... I wonder why some packs are free and MS forces a price on others... I don't think it has a direct tie in to popularity of downloads as Battlefield BC was one of the most popular Live games when its free content was released. Maybe that's because the content was supposed to come with the game in the first place.
Back on Topic! I haven't played much TF2 as I tend to suck at it (not sure why, I'm alright at Counter Strike and other source engine FPS's)... is it hard to unlock some of these extras? Does it require a ton of hours of gameplay?
Drake09
05-20-09, 07:29 PM
no; there are even servers designated to earning the achievements. Hell; the giveall command may still work and give you everything.
Pyrocat Moonstalker
05-20-09, 08:35 PM
Also, the sniper's achievements dont have very good names, they distinctly lack a lot of movie based references like the previous ones have had.
Needs more Leon references.
**** in a hat, if the update were live I think I would have just netted three spy achievements in one life during legit play. I backstabbed two snipers and a medic who had uber ready and I taunted after killing the medic http://smiliesftw.com/x/redface.gif
I just killed the same three snipers, two at a time (one of them I killed twice) back to back and taunted them both times http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowrofl.gif
Second time got me killedhttp://smiliesftw.com/x/redface.gif
update is live http://smiliesftw.com/x/hyper.gif updating at lole 500-900 kB/s, better than last update where I was getting like 30 http://smiliesftw.com/x/ugh.gif
[-]May 21, 2009 - Team Fortress 2 Update Released
Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:
Maps
Added new map, Pipeline. Pipeline is the first map in a new game mode named payload race, which uses two carts in each map instead of only one like traditional payload maps
Added new arena map Sawmill
Added new arena map Nucleus
Added new community payload map Hoodoo
Sniper Changes
Added new sniper rifle replacement, The Huntsman. Instead of a sniper rifle, you have a bow that allows you to move around faster while firing, and fire more quickly than the sniper rifle. Works better at medium range than the standard rifle
Added new SMG replacement, Jarate. If thrown on an enemy they will take more damage for short period of time. Also extinguishes flames on yourself or allies
Added new SMG replacement, The Razorback. Will protect you against a single spy backstab, and stun the spy for a short period of time. Comes with a 15% move speed penalty for the wearer
Standard sniper rifle now shoots through friendly players
Added 54 new Sniper voice lines
Added 35 new Sniper achievements
Spy
Added new revolver replacement, The Ambassador. First shot is very accurate and will cause a critical hit if it hits an enemy's head. Accuracy is poor for a period after that
Added new watch replacement, the Dead Ringer. When armed, you will appear in all ways to die to the first damage you take from an enemy. You'll be cloaked for 8 second after taking this damage. Upon de-cloaking you'll make a loud, distinct sound
Added new watch replacement, the Cloak and Dagger. Your cloak meter is only depleted when you move, so you can stay invisible indefinitely if you're standing still
Spy name tags now show up properly when disguised as their own team
Fixed a bug that would cause spectators to see disguise weapons incorrectly
Fixed a bug where enemy spies disguised as friendly spies would have cigarettes that didn't burn
Fixed a bug where overhealing disguised spies would show the wrong overhealing amount to the medic
Made it more obvious on first person view model when your motion cloak is out of juice and you are partially visible
Also made it more obvious on first person view model when you're bumped while cloaked
Improved the way your disguise weapon is determined to make it clearer and fix a couple of rare issues
Spies disguised as enemy spies now get a random mask to help complete the disguise, and their target id will be set appropriately
Spies disguised as medics now have an Ubercharge: line in their disguise target info
Spies outward facing "disguise health" now matches their disguise target when they first apply the disguise
Spies can now pick up health kits for their "disguise health", even when uninjured
Disguise UI doesn't show up in minimum UI mode (hud_minmode)
Spies that disguise as a player using an unlockable now show that unlockable in hand
Spies can now use enemy teleporters
Added 70 new Spy voice lines
Added 34 new Spy achievements
Scoreboard changes
Dominations no longer get wiped when teams switch sides
Dead players draw slightly darker in scoreboard
Converted class labels to class icons
All players now display the total number of people they are dominating
General
Fixed a bug that would cause the scout's ball to regenerate at inappropriate times
Demomen can now detonate their stickies while taunting
Flamethrower's air burst now extinguishes fire on friendly targets
Grenades and rockets deflected by a pyro under the effects of Kritzkrieg will now be criticals
The Heavy and Sniper now have new custom death animations
Fixed payload HUD not updating properly if you join in the middle of a match and the cart isn't moving
Engineer's dispensers now give 20%, 30%, or 40% of player's max_ammo (for each ammo type) on each use, based on the level of the dispenser
Added -sillygibs commandline parameter which will allow the non-violent gibs to be enabled
Added a new taunt for the Kritzkrieg, which also heals for 10 points
Improved the deathcam camera handling used when a player plays a custom death animation
Uhhhh Jarate and Razorback are listed as SMG replacements
Spies can take enemy teleporters like they always should have been able to.
Airblast now extinguishes people like it should have
Jesus, 70 spy and 54 sniper dialogue lines?
Random masks while disguised as enemy spies, disguising as a spy actually makes some sense now.
edit: Steam's ****ed up right now for a lot of people, no surprise really. Im getting some consistency error with some water file.
EDIT 2: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=869119 Hats
Scout: http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/692...elmetlarge.png
Soldier: http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/839...erhatlarge.png
Pyro: http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/1387/pyrohatlarge.png
Demoman (FRO): http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/8757/demoafrolarge.png
Heavy: http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/483...elmetlarge.png
Engineer: http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/778...nghatlarge.png
Medic: http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/614...elmetlarge.png
Sniper: http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/2224/toothhatlarge.png
Spy: http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/5484/spyhatlarge.png
That's lame... I wonder why some packs are free and MS forces a price on others... I don't think it has a direct tie in to popularity of downloads as Battlefield BC was one of the most popular Live games when its free content was released.
Yeah, I know, I would like some kind of reasoning behind it as well. It's just one of those things that I've come to accept about the whole thing. I don't particularly care for the whole concept of DLC expansions anyway, but that's sorta the era that we're livin' in now innit?
Apparently the weapons are random drops now for everyone, at least thats what Im reading. Kinda feel like a tard for farming some spy achievements http://smiliesftw.com/x/redface.gif
Omfg ahahahahahaha http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowroflarms.gifhttp://smiliesftw.com/x/bowroflarms.gifhttp://smiliesftw.com/x/bowroflarms.gifhttp://smiliesftw.com/x/bowroflarms.gifhttp://smiliesftw.com/x/bowroflarms.gif new medic kritzkrieg taunt is ****ing awesome
Wow, pipeline is like a payload map, except twice as ****ty since its choke points are twice as ****ing bad. This map is just one gigantic ****ing choke point, and neither cart moves backwards. I thought both teams would spawn on the same side and race ****, not be "racing" by running at one another
Booo I want the gadgets without this randomness. Its silly how items are appearing twice too.
So far I've gotten from one evening of play:
Natasha
Sandvich
FaN
Jarate
Drake09
05-22-09, 08:07 AM
Apparently the weapons are random drops now for everyone, at least thats what Im reading. Kinda feel like a tard for farming some spy achievements http://smiliesftw.com/x/redface.gif
Omfg ahahahahahaha http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowroflarms.gifhttp://smiliesftw.com/x/bowroflarms.gifhttp://smiliesftw.com/x/bowroflarms.gifhttp://smiliesftw.com/x/bowroflarms.gifhttp://smiliesftw.com/x/bowroflarms.gif new medic kritzkrieg taunt is ****ing awesome
Wow, pipeline is like a payload map, except twice as ****ty since its choke points are twice as ****ing bad. This map is just one gigantic ****ing choke point, and neither cart moves backwards. I thought both teams would spawn on the same side and race ****, not be "racing" by running at one another
Coouple things; the medic kritz taunt you are referring to.. is that where it looks like he is hitting a bong? If so, that was actual a part of the game a long time ago just not implemented by valve out of fear... we had it custom implemented on our server though. I haven't played yet but I am pretty dismayed by the random drop crap, I hated the portion of farm x achievements to get Y but now we really are playing TF2quest
Coouple things; the medic kritz taunt you are referring to.. is that where it looks like he is hitting a bong? If so, that was actual a part of the game a long time ago just not implemented by valve out of fear... we had it custom implemented on our server though. I haven't played yet but I am pretty dismayed by the random drop crap, I hated the portion of farm x achievements to get Y but now we really are playing TF2quest
Huh, odd, I never heard about it or saw anything done with it / referring to it. With the scrutiny that people go over TF2 updates anymore, I would have thought something like that would have been caught / a big deal made out of it.
As for how to get ****, apparently its not even drops, you just randomly get ****. Hell, you can be a spectator and manage to get random stuff...
Seems like The Ambassador = pure rape in the hands of a good Spyniper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX1H1ykm2oU
And was the uber shader changed? I noticed last night that a couple of spies got bugged out with what kinda looked like the uber shader, but it looked wrong like in this video.
Pyrocat Moonstalker
05-23-09, 03:46 PM
so it looks like they 'balanced' the ambassador, any details on this?
They fixed some bugs with the Ambassador. I like the gun and it's not overpowered like that video. The video showed a spy medic combo on a team stacked game as red on dustbowl 3, big deal.
# Fixed Ambassador not using hitboxes to trace against players. It now works like all other bullet-firing weapons in the game
# Fixed Ambassador shooting through gates
# Fixed Ambassador not critting during the round win period
Added the following:
Ambassador - wooooo
Huntsman - it's a good mid range weapon although needs more ammo
Screw the trading system and just give items players don't have if trading hasn't been implemented yet. Or use a point system so players can purchase items they want.
Scout is now the official spokesman for the Slap Chop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7QIcxoJU4g
I love my dead ringer, I love it, I love it so much.
That is all.
I just got the Cloak and Dagger. It's great how the gameplay style can vary so much with a few simple item changes.
Up to 4 FaN's now...booooo.
Awesome. Got on 2Fort2Furious for the first time since the update, they have a mod installed that plays the item pick up sound effect from Zelda each time someone unlocks something.
Lenilya
05-24-09, 11:19 PM
Scout is now the official spokesman for the Slap Chop.
rofl, that was pure win
I must be pretty lucky. Got the Dead Ringer now which completes all the Spy items sans hat. The dead ringer causes lots of chaos and paranoia and it was great hearing the enemy team on an all talk server.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y157/Toprem/pl_goldrush0011.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y157/Toprem/pl_goldrush0012.jpg
I don't even have the ****ing thing unlocked either http://smiliesftw.com/x/mad.gif
Rilasis
05-26-09, 09:53 PM
This update...is SO MORONIC. Valve really f'ed up here. Just give me my friggin weapons.
Find an idle server, let it run, alt tab, and come back tomorrow.
Got all my spy unlocks that way.
GG Valve, getting people to play the game without playing the game.
Also, ambassador gives full crits on headshots now, as well as the dead ringer depleting the entire charge on each decloak (****).
Why'd they have to go and mess with my only way to survive a pyro? heh
Rilasis
05-27-09, 05:48 AM
Sounds good, I'm on an idle server now. We'll see what happens...haven't seen anyone get an unlock yet though. You stayed in spectator right?
And WHAT? Full crits? Where did you see this? It didn't download any updates when I started up tf2.
Sounds good, I'm on an idle server now. We'll see what happens...haven't seen anyone get an unlock yet though. You stayed in spectator right?
And WHAT? Full crits? Where did you see this? It didn't download any updates when I started up tf2.
It takes a while, I had to let it run for 24-30 hours before I got all the spy unlocks.
Also, right click the TF2 program on the steam list and look at update info. it's all there.
Team Fortress 2
The Ambassador now does full critical hits on headshots, instead of mini crits
The Dead Ringer now fully drains the cloak meter, even if the Spy leaves cloak early
Fixed Spy disguise menu not being visible in HUD minimal mode
Server log improvements:
Added "player_extinguish" event for servers to log when a Pyro extinguishes flame with the airburst
Fixed kill descriptions for Force-A-Nature & Sandman, so server logs can distinguish them
Identified feign deaths in the events sent to server logs
Fixed server crash related to the Jarate
In a totally unrelated note, I'm pretty sure I discovered the inspiration for the spy.
On the way home my regular station was talking to a French band called Phoenix, talking about their inspiration. They were talking a lot about Jacques Dutronc, and I looked him up when I got home.
GENTLEMEN:
http://www.earfuzz.com/uploaded_images/dutronc-759849.jpg
I found it quite amusing. French lounge singer, in a suit, with a cigar/cigarette.
I got all the unlocks legit by playing normally. It doesn't take too long if you don't think about it. Just play.
Ambassador mini-crit was so weak and I'm glad they fixed it. Too bad about Dead Ringer. It allowed spies to tank the front lines it was so fun. All 3 watches present new play styles which is good.
Standard Cloak - all around positioning
CnD - relay information and territorial harassment
DR - front line chaos
Honestly, I haven't seen, or more appropriately noticed, spies using the other watches yet. Albeit C&D would be hard to notice, the other one should be fairly obvious if someone is using it.
DarthEnder
05-28-09, 11:27 PM
Crazy man. I tried logging into my steam account after not doing so for months because I heard HE2e3 might be announced at E3 and found my account was hacked.
After getting it back, it's just some guy playing TF2 with my account apparently. My friends list was full of his clanmates and he was apparently a death note fan cause his icon and name were all L related.
On the plus side though, I got a bunch of free achievments out of it. :p
Although I am pretty pissed that they used my HL2/HL2e1 gift that I got with Orange Box.
lol, playing on a normal server and just unlocked three things in one respawn, two of which I already had one was an Ambassador which I needed.
Also another update came out, they added back in Achievement based unlocks while leaving in the new method.
And god the Cloak and Dagger is such a good ****ing upgrade, it owns being able to sit still and not be seen. I just wish it regened a bit faster. You can crouch and crawl forward slowly and just barely overtake its regen rate, also I like how it doesn't just fade once you hit ~0%, it kind of flickers like you bumped into someone, but you can keep moving and just stop and let it regen. ****, Ive made these posts and several others just standing out of the way while cloaked http://smiliesftw.com/x/redface.gif
Rilasis
05-30-09, 10:51 AM
My favorite part of this patch is the ambassador for sure. I was a good shot with the revolver, so now when pyros w+m1 me, I just shoot em in the head a couple times. I don't care much for the cloak and dagger, but the dead ringer is fun sometimes.
My favorite part of this patch is the ambassador for sure. I was a good shot with the revolver, so now when pyros w+m1 me, I just shoot em in the head a couple times. I don't care much for the cloak and dagger, but the dead ringer is fun sometimes.
I like it too, and I never used the revolver much since Im not that great of a shot and I mainly play spy to sap **** anyway. Im loving the C&D, its soooooo awesome to sit there while it regens and not be spotted / run till my cloak starts flickering and have no one notice it / stop if they do. Makes sneaking a whole hell of a lot easier imo. I havent tried using the Dead Ringer too much, the one time I tried I didn't like it much, let alone nearly as much as I do C&D.
So... what's the current logic behind unlocks?
I was playing today as an Engineer for an hour or two, and ended up with a Medic unlock.
Are they just random, or does accumulating points in general unlock them in a random order?
So... what's the current logic behind unlocks?
I was playing today as an Engineer for an hour or two, and ended up with a Medic unlock.
Are they just random, or does accumulating points in general unlock them in a random order?
Completely random, but you can still unlock them via achievements.
Rilasis
05-31-09, 12:18 AM
Ok I take it back. C&D is pretty awesome. I played with it earlier on granary and it was ungodly useful. I like how it's not really BETTER than the original watch, but just different. Very cool valve.
Ahahaha http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowrofl.gif, I love C&D so much. I just killed the same sniper on dustbowl next to red's left (facing it) spawn exit four times in one life with it and the ambassador (they had a razorback on) and got two achievements, Deep Undercover and Melbourne Supremacy, out of it. All talk was on and I didn't know it and I mentioned thinking that I pissed one of their snipers off, they said they were http://smiliesftw.com/x/redface.gif
I have major unlock envy.
I played again today and did way worse than yesterday. On 3 different servers, I would do die several times in a row without getting any kills.
Especially by spies with the Ambassador, or snipers with the bow.
I somehow doubt I'll be getting another unlock anytime soon :(
Kloaced
06-01-09, 04:13 AM
I picked it up again, and in maybe 6 hours of play over three nights I've unlocked the Huntsman and the Backburner. I've been playing Medic more often than not lately and managed to unlock the Blutsauger and Kritskreig via achievements during normal play.
I tried the huntsman out last night and Im not all that impressed with it, what I am impressed with is that people still manage to nail kills with it at a fairly distant range considering it doesn't zoom at all.
Drole Defiantdagger
06-01-09, 09:38 AM
Got the Huntsman on 2fort today, it's not hard to be accurate at range with it... just a longer flight time. (Although my first kill was a pure luck headshot on a demoman in mid-air)
Glad they brought back milestone rewards, because I hadn't gotten anything but KGB since the update.
As much as I like the Huntsman, I don't want 7 of them. Let me trade in items for points to buy hats.
Got 12 sniper items so far... a bit absurd. Almost out of space now as well, seriously?
Kloaced
06-02-09, 03:56 AM
Jumped in again last night and nabbed a second Blutsauger and the Boxing Gloves. Will be nice when they get the item trading system in place. But since my main classes are engineer, soldier and medic, I need some more updates to really be overjoyed.
Saw some of the hats last night too. Saw a scout with a baseball batting helmet and a heavy running around with a football helmet.
Played last night on a Turbo TF2 server....
Would recommend trying it at least once. Faster gameplay, heavily modified gametype, "vehicles", ability to deploy multiple sentries, etc.
I unlocked "Cloak and Dagger" as well as the Ambassador :)
C&D is pretty drat awesome compared to default watch.
Went on a good killing streak with it.
Played last night on a Turbo TF2 server....
Would recommend trying it at least once. Faster gameplay, heavily modified gametype, "vehicles", ability to deploy multiple sentries, etc.
I unlocked "Cloak and Dagger" as well as the Ambassador :)
C&D is pretty drat awesome compared to default watch.
Went on a good killing streak with it.
details on this server? Specifically the IP address
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFAnrdZvUtU&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fkotaku.com%2F&feature=player_embedded
Also, I'm having a blast using Dead Ringer in arena servers, it's total havoc. I highly suggest it.
http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowroflarms.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowroflarms.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowroflarms.gif
I was hoping it was going to be a song or something (possibly set to Every Sperm is Sacred), but that still delivered the laughs. Medic and Spy ftw.
details on this server? Specifically the IP address
8.2.120.212:27015
It's pretty crazy. You're playing on a gigantic Mario Kart level with warps, ground and air "vehicles" (I think most of them aren't player-steerable, but you can get in and shoot out the windows), "cannons" (which shoot you to the other side of the map), and a ton of game variables are modified.
Heavies seem a little OP, though - I can take out a sniper on the other side of the map :b
Spies are the only class that aren't really modified that much. Everyone else has tons of ammo and clip size (so reloading isn't necessary very often), some guns are a lot different, etc.
It's completely different than vanilla TF2, but it's fun :) And somehow you can still get achievements, too.
Holy ****, just got on 2Fort2Furious and saw a new map, Rats Tequilla. Much like the map Rats and Bedroom (I think thats the name of it), you are essentially the size of a rat in the real world compared to everything around, this one is in like a Tiki Bar with a bunch of alcohol bottles with old timey labels on them and other stuff related to making drinks. Map looks ****ing awesome, love the colours of it.
Well I just bit the bullet and reset my stats http://smiliesftw.com/x/tear.gif In a way I wish I could reset my achievements since weapons aren't linked to them anymore since most of my were gotten illicitly, although I did do a lot of the scout and spy ones legit.
I just took out like six sentries in one life, a couple of them fully built and others as they were being built in one life on Steel, two different times. Jesus I wish all these **** head snipers could manage to not suck so damn much and try and do useful **** like that. Took out I don't know how many of the engineers and other people too. I think I managed to get five achievements in those two lives.
Randomizer server is the **** 63.211.111.213:27015, it rolls you out as a random class with random weapons. Its buggy, but funny as ****.
I just got spy with Heavy fists, I can right punch people while disguised and it doesn't break disguise http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowrofl.gif
Anyone checking out NEOTOKYO? http://www.neotokyohq.com/ Just came out, Ive seen some blurbs on steam from some of my groups about it and noticed people playing it and I decided to check it out. Its like someone took Counter-Strike and GITS and put them in a blender. I suck at CS:S so I naturally suck at this too.
btw the sale this week is a package of 10 games for $30 (thats 75% off), included in this are Braid and World of Goo (which those two combined are > $30 if you bought them outside of this pack), Audiosurf, and some other stuff. There's also one with only five games in it, but I forget which were in it and its price.
btw the sale this week is a package of 10 games for $30 (thats 75% off), included in this are Braid and World of Goo (which those two combined are > $30 if you bought them outside of this pack), Audiosurf, and some other stuff. There's also one with only five games in it, but I forget which were in it and its price.
Thanks for the heads-up! I already have World of Goo on the Wii, but the 10 pack also includes these:
Audiosurf - Demo was kinda fun, but I wouldn't play this much
Blueberry Garden - trippy/strange little indie platformer
Braid - been meaning to play this (90 metacritic score)
Crayon Physics Deluxe - Played demo of this, it's neat - you draw shapes to solve physics puzzles (79 metacritic)
Darwinia - always wanted to pick this up (84 metacritic)
Everyday Shooter - 77 metacritic
Gish - hadn't heard of this one before, but looks like an awesome platformer/physics puzzler (80 metacritic)
Mr. Robot - platformer/adventure/rpg? 83 metacritic
The Path - dark, mature adventure game based on Grimm story Little Red Riding Hood
- 80 metacritic
Kloaced
08-10-09, 03:39 AM
I picked up The Witcher:Directors Cut this weekend. Late to the party as usual, but damn this is a fun game.
btw, new update for TF2 on the way. First Classless one http://www.teamfortress.com/classless/day01_english.htm
Adding more hats and I still haven't unlocked a single ****ing one yet. Good to see KotH getting added as a game type, I've played Garbage Day some and I liked the idea. I hope to see some of the swamp maps that were mentioned on the TF2 blog page being worked on by the people at TF2maps, Im really getting tired of the same old looking maps and desperately want to see some new themes. I really wish they'd add Meridian as a community map, that map is friggen gorgeous.
Some people on the steam forums are finding 'hidden' pages under that url..
http://www.teamfortress.com/classless/hidden/barbary/
http://www.teamfortress.com/classless/hidden/hats/
http://www.teamfortress.com/classless/hidden/enigmatical
Another, http://www.teamfortress.com/classless/hidden/advertisement/
The page will be blank if you use adblock
http://www.teamfortress.com/classless/hidden/geographic_lumps/
http://www.teamfortress.com/classless/hidden/war/
http://www.teamfortress.com/classless/hidden/coward_mound/
http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowrofl.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowrofl.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowrofl.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowrofl.gif
...you are as PRESUMPTUOUS as you are POOR and IRISH...
And I swear, people over there on their forums are the must have OCD when it comes to combing over every single update to find stuff like this.
http://kotaku.com/5335384/valve-gets-classically-cryptic-in-hidden-tf2-update-clues
http://smiliesftw.com/x/bowrofl.gif @ the 4chanesque picture fight in the comments
BUNCH of ****ing changes with this update too, just a few of them:
-Added custom animations played by the losing team during the post-win state. They are moved into third person camera to enjoy them.
Booooooo, I run during humiliation
-Capturing the flag in a CTF game mode gives the entire capturing team 10 seconds of critboost.
Are you shitting me?
-Sappers attached to a teleporter automatically place another Sapper on the other end of the teleporter, if it exists.
-Engineers wrenching a teleporter will repair the other end as well, and remove Sappers from both if they exist.
-Disguised Spies no longer trigger On-Hit effects (like the Blutsauger's heal).
-Cloaked Spies standing in valid backstab positions no longer raise their knife.
http://smiliesftw.com/x/huge_ugh.gif
FaN and Sandman got **** on too.
http://www.teamfortress.com/classless/hidden/today_is_a_good_day/
get it while its hot folks.
Damn, all out of medals already.
http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=2787
Incoming!
September 2, 2009 - Erik Johnson
Over the next few days we'll be removing all TF2 items that were earned using external idling applications. We're going to adopt a zero tolerance policy for external applications used to manipulate the persistent item system. Due to us not having a policy in place prior to today, this time we're only removing the items earned through cheating the system. Going forward, if we find users using external applications, we'll remove all of their items. If you're interested, only about 4.5% of the players in TF2's community will be affected by this cleansing process.
Meanwhile, everyone who took the moral high road will soon be finding a new hat in their inventory. We've also significantly increased the chance of finding any of the existing hats.
We realize there is a high level of demand for items, and we're still working on systems to allow you to find them in new ways (via Trading, and crafting duplicates into desired items). However, we need to draw the line at running external applications.
Those mother****ers http://smiliesftw.com/x/madfawk.gif **** you Valve, seriously. I deleted duplicate **** and it seems I lost my Backburner and Flare gun http://www.tf2items.com/profiles/76561197970507652 I dont care about the flare gun, but I only use the backburner http://smiliesftw.com/x/madfawk.gif At least the only hat I had was a ****ty one I didn't care too much about. They better have upped the drop rate SIGNIFICANTLY, ****'s sake, the rate that you got them at was roughly one per FIFTEEN STRAIGHT, CONTINUOUS DAYS of play time. Christ, I hope new idle servers pop up, gonna be a pain though since they only fit 32 people instead of eleventy. Hurry the hell up with Random Stats, crafting, and trading damn it.
OH **** THAT, the hat they gave non"cheaters" is a unique Halo. ****ing ********.
The halo is sweet, but the tears of the cheaters are much much sweeter.
The halo is sweet, but the tears of the cheaters are much much sweeter.
true that. Had a guy telling us off because he wasn't a cheater, he was just more of a fan of valve than us, because he idled to get all of their work......
I am tempted to use this:
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/9/2009/09/7cc85780c882bc13bc454b4a8e692f62/original.jpg
http://www.filefront.com/14454371/thecoolkidzhalo.rar/
found it on Kotaku.
I am tempted to use this:
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/9/2009/09/7cc85780c882bc13bc454b4a8e692f62/original.jpg
http://www.filefront.com/14454371/thecoolkidzhalo.rar/
found it on Kotaku.
I'm sure the cheater brigade is churning this out nonstop. They already did a denial of service attack. Pretty much the virtual equivalent of kicking and screaming and holding their breath.
yay, just got my backburner and flare gun back, returning people's stuff from achievements must have kicked in.
Also just beat my kill record as medic, got five kills that weren't the result of humiliation or intel caps http://smiliesftw.com/x/dancingcool.gif (http://smiliesftw.com)
Rilasis
09-03-09, 04:30 PM
Valve is stupid. Hats ruin this dumb game.
New leaked beta pics :o
The items were already posted about way back, looks like they've been implemented.
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/6244/havyglovw3.jpg
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/3056/pdqr.jpg
Wrench is so terrible.
the ****? My backburner and flare gun are gone again http://smiliesftw.com/x/ugh.gif (http://smiliesftw.com)
edit: wtf, back again now.
Braid is on sale this weekend for $5, Im gonna pick it up since I didn't get that package deal a few weeks ago and I was SOL at trying to get free XBL points from Axe/Target.
Lenilya
09-13-09, 01:44 PM
I keep forgetting to reinstall steam.
Oh well!
Kloaced
10-01-09, 03:50 AM
Left 4 Dead is only $15 this weekend on Steam for those who haven't picked it up yet. I just picked it up and am loving it so far. Played through the No Mercy set on single player to try and get the feel for how it all works, what a blast. Sucks to have waited so long to do it, but for $15 so so worth it.
Buy TF2 right *NOW* for $2.49 if you don't have it, deal ends at 2pm PDT http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=3014
also there's a halloween update:
Drop And Give Me Terror!
October 29, 2009 - The Soldier
At ease, you wastes of skin. The Powers That Be have commanded me to write another short missive—I'm told it will be broadcast on some manner of punch-card tube machine and read by the thin, stupid youth of today, who evidently ignored my past instructions to stop wasting their lives and do more push-ups.
When I inquired what this missive should contain, I was instructed only that it had something to do with an upcoming pagan moon worship festival, and that it should be "terrifying". Evidently, the youth of today enjoy being scared. Why? Because you don't know what real fear is. Get out a pen and write this in your poem books: I have personally killed 6,078 men in cold blood while looking them in the eye; jumped on 1,455 live grenades; and stuffed fourteen feet of my own intestine back into my stomach. If that doesn't scare you out of your frilly pink leotards, guess what: You are an idiot and you hate America. The next time you visit your grandfather, take out your ipoot headbuds, pull up your goddamn pants, and ask him what a war is. If you're not standing in a puddle of your own Jarate by the time he's finished talking, you should ask him to start over, because you weren't paying attention.
So listen up! An update will arrive later today. There will be ghosts! There will be exploding pumpkins! You will receive achievements and candy prizes! And by God you will be frightened by it or I will give you something to be frightened about!
Click this link to read more about The Terrifying Team Fortress Haunted Hallowe'en Special!
The Soldier
http://www.teamfortress.com/pumpkinpatch/
PsiKoTicK
10-29-09, 01:47 PM
I finally got tired of screwing with Steam to get my old account back - and the only thing hooked to it was my free copy of HL2 I got with an ATI card 6+ years ago...
so I made a new account: xPsiKoTicKx
I don't have anything but HalfLife2 (a friend had a spare copy so he let me have it) at the moment - I got the other games I've been talking about not through Steam - I think I can add them to steam but I dunno if they will let you join me if you got them through steam. gotta figure that out, as I'd love to play Torchlight with some folks