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Team Fortress 2 |OT4| Official Halo Thread of Polearms and High Fashion
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Wait, we were getting a Pyro/Jungle update? I'd love a good reason to get back into TF2! That said, I have little faith in Valve these days; I'm willing to join you all in your pessimism about not even getting Scream Fortress.
Yeah one of the head TF2 developers Dave Riller confirmed in an interview this past February that we're getting an update with pyro rebalances and a new class pack of weapons, a Valve made Jungle themed map, community made Jungle themed cosmetics, taunts and maps, an improved competitive matchmaking system with placement matches and an ELO system, a new "choose your own adventure" style campaign system where you get to work towards the rewards you want (which will include non stock reskins) and a new 4-5 minute SFM video.
It's going to be a big update but it's hard to say why exactly it's taking so long, we're around 450 days since Meet Your Match launched and still nothing. We're getting so close to Scream Fortress that it's hard to say what exactly will happen, usually Scream Fortress gets either the highest or closed to the highest concurrent player count of the year and I know Valve is fixing issues for map makers working on Halloween maps but who knows at this point.
Turns out the Pyro/Jungle update is actually a SteamVR Home update with a bunch of TF2 assets.
Hey at least it's nice to see the Asteroid robots getting some work in another Valve game since the TF2 team doesn't seem to be interested in finishing Asteroid.
Hey at least it's nice to see the Asteroid robots getting some work in another Valve game since the TF2 team doesn't seem to be interested in finishing Asteroid.
https://tipofthehats.org/ starting in 15mins, and running over the next few days
https://www.twitch.tv/tipofthehats
https://www.twitch.tv/tipofthehats
Cactus Canyon just always felt like an okay payload map to me. The final stage did some intersting things though, like the lack of starting time, the train going through the level and having to hold the payload on the train tracks to win.
I was never a fan of Asteroid, visually it looks very nice but it's just another CTF style game mode in a game that has too many CTF style game modes already.
Nathan Vetterlein (Scout VA) is now on stream - it's gonna be a super fun segment, he's always great.
Thanks, the scout is hilarious.
The really great thing about Nathan Vetterlein is that he plays TF2 unlike the other TF2 voice actors (most of the other actors are older and don't seem to play many videogames). Because Nathan actually plays the game he seems to know his character and the rest of the TF2 lore quite a bit better than the other actors and is able to improv new Scout lines and play entire games as Scout if he wants to.
Former Valve artist Drew Wolf posted some concept art of an internal pitch to the TF2 team for female character models
I doubt the pitch got very far for a lot of reasons needing to double up on voice lines, issues with different hit boxes and cosmetic item compatibility.
I doubt the pitch got very far for a lot of reasons needing to double up on voice lines, issues with different hit boxes and cosmetic item compatibility.
I didn't know that, but I find it super charming that the Scout's VA actually plays, & that he sometimes does so in character.
He's done streams of TF2 games as the Scout. He has some highlights of the streams on his Youtube channel along with tons of other Scout voice lines.
We have our first picture of TF2 Monopoly:
More info here: http://comicbook.com/gaming/2017/09/27/team-fortress-2-monopoly/
More info here: http://comicbook.com/gaming/2017/09/27/team-fortress-2-monopoly/
They should have replaced Jail with High Tower.We have our first picture of TF2 Monopoly:
More info here: http://comicbook.com/gaming/2017/09/27/team-fortress-2-monopoly/
fallengorn
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torre_avenue
Banned
A prison sentence ends.
Valve News Network has done a shocking expose on what the TF2 team is currently working on.
I personally hope we at least get
I personally hope we at least get
a 10% off coupon for the Applebee's run by the TF2 team.
Like they could run an Applebees.
They wouldn't take a customers order
They would insist the customer make the meal
They would cook one order for 7 hours before delivering it only to notice the dining room is empty again.
TheRedSnifit
Member
r/tf2 has finished their 10th anniversary mosaic:
It really is something how enthusiastic and optimistic the community is for this ancient clunker and its uncaring devs. Here's to another ten years y'all.
It really is something how enthusiastic and optimistic the community is for this ancient clunker and its uncaring devs. Here's to another ten years y'all.
I was gonna say this seemed a little harsh, but because the crafting system is so terrible I was able to unknowingly craft a gifted weapon into scrap today.
Great job team.
I drew some quick art for this! It's easiest to spot in the bottom row, where it pops up a couple times hehe.
TotH was amazing as well... the TF2 community is pretty damn special and I always wanna come back to it. Valve, please give us more reason to... ._.
TheRedSnifit
Member
That's some pretty cool Soldier art, there.
torre_avenue
Banned
I can't believe I honestly thought Valve would do right by the TF2 community and celebrate 10 years of this wonderful game in a grand style.
And instead we just have meaningless Pyro hype and no announcement of Scream Fortress.
Just watch, Pyro Update is going to be Scream Fortress IX.
And instead we just have meaningless Pyro hype and no announcement of Scream Fortress.
Just watch, Pyro Update is going to be Scream Fortress IX.
Hopefully we at least get a blog post from Valve tonight, it will be pretty disapointing if we get or hear nothing from them.
That would require people at valve to care.
_Aaron_
Member
Robin Walker did an interview with PC Gamer on celebrating 10 years of The Orange Box:
On TF2:
PC Gamer also wrote another article TF2's legacy: http://www.pcgamer.com/how-team-fortress-2-changed-fpses-forever/
On TF2:
PC Gamer also wrote another article TF2's legacy: http://www.pcgamer.com/how-team-fortress-2-changed-fpses-forever/
Lots of creative stuff coming out today. The editing on this one is amazing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1AuBSoncgQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1AuBSoncgQ
BlackDoomShadow
Member
Just wanted to say happy tenth birthday to this insane, amazing game. I've never played a video game for as many years or for so many hours or had so much fun. It's been about a year since I last played but I'm going to boot it up tonight and jump right back for old times' sake.
You know the update is coming soon since they put the word very in bold.
Anyway it's a nice little blog post for the anniversary. Hopefully next week is the week for the update.
TheRedSnifit
Member
After being "soon" for months, the status has been upgraded to "Very soon."
torre_avenue
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torre_avenue
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...Yeti?
HAARP confirmed????
HAARP confirmed????
I'm thinking Saxton Hale will have a pretty major part of the update, he was Yeti hunting in the MVM Comic A Fate Worse Than Chess:
It's so hard to know what their plan is this year. None of the taunts are really Halloween related unless maybe the Yeti is going to be a boss monster.
torre_avenue
Banned
A NEW PLR MAP???
What the what.
Next thing, the Jungle map will just be a new territorial control map.
What the what.
Next thing, the Jungle map will just be a new territorial control map.
shira
Member
ayyy
Rickenslacker
Banned
They actually done did it, they gave Hale a model and voice.
I'm more excited that they finally gave Pyro a decent rocket jump, it would appear. I wonder how the class will turn out.
That video felt really bad and un-valve-like for the first couple of minutes, but it picked up after that.
torre_avenue
Banned
Giving Pyro a boosted jump also changes the dynamic for a bunch of old maps. In Gravelpit, does the boost mean you can then jump into the spawn-hallways for A? What about Steel's E? How does this change the Detonator since Detonator Jumping has been made redundant?