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[Rivitur]

I have yet to get out of Luxemburg rank

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Spaceboy ruining the youths
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1196461&page=100000

 

[TheRedSnifit]

So Tough Break is over. Any predictions for next update? My guess is this:

Pyro:
- Running speed reduced by 50%
- Cannot jump
- Health reduced to 1HP
- All weapons have been removed

Soldier
- Now has 600 health
- All shots are crits

 

[Rivitur]

So Tough Break is over. Any predictions for next update? My guess is this:

Pyro:
- Running speed reduced by 50%
- Cannot jump
- Health reduced to 1HP
- All weapons have been removed

Soldier
- Now has 600 health
- All shots are crits

I thought buying the pass is no more but the tough break drops continue for a few more months?

 

[Oreoleo]

I thought buying the pass is no more but the tough break drops continue for a few more months?

All the contracts are available for completion now. Event ends at the end of the month.

 

[torre_avenue]

So Tough Break is over. Any predictions for next update? My guess is this:

Pyro:
- Running speed reduced by 50%
- Cannot jump
- Health reduced to 1HP
- All weapons have been removed

Soldier
- Now has 600 health
- All shots are crits

Spy
- Stats for Disguise Kit Changes: Spy can now fire the weapons of the people he's disguised as for that extra layer of realism
- All knives now have the fire vulnerability attribute of the Spycicle
- Knife stabs now instantly become backstabs.
- Backstab hitsound changed to "My favorite class is the Spy."

 

[ExMachina]

Update!

Valve
- This update will most likely cause issues with custom UIs and HUDs. We suggest disabling them if you experience any problems.
- Updated content and features for the TF2 Competitive Mode beta
- For more information on how you can participate in testing, please visit https://steamcommunity.com/groups/tfcompetitive
- Fixed the Demoknight contract counting suicides as contract progress
- Updated the Batman: Arkham Knight promo items so they can be traded
- Updated model/materials for the Escapist and the Cute Suit
- Last hit sounds no longer consider the time of the previous hit sound
- Fixes the sound not playing if you damaged an enemy too close to landing the last hit
- Updated ctf_thundermountain
- Fixed being able to build on rocks outside of the fence by the capture points

Check out these new HUD elements for MM:

 

[Blizzard]

Update!



Check out these new HUD elements for MM:

It's like a MOBA! We DOTA2 now.

 

[torre_avenue]

Great, first two matches joined and they immediately end because of quitters. Great. It's not like I wanted to play video games anyway.

 

[Blizzard]

Darn, I thought someone said the smartphone thing wasn't required. Looks like it still is, at least for tonight's beta.

 

[Rivitur]

Great, first two matches joined and they immediately end because of quitters. Great. It's not like I wanted to play video games anyway.

4 matches in a row!

 

[torre_avenue]

4 matches in a row!

Aww man. That's awful. I feel like this is going to be de facto method for griefers to just ruin people' days. Middle of an intense match, and boom someone drops, ruining the game. Let's hope Valve does something to combat people like this, blacklisting accounts or something else.

 

[Blizzard]

Aww man. That's awful. I feel like this is going to be de facto method for griefers to just ruin people' days. Middle of an intense match, and boom someone drops, ruining the game. Let's hope Valve does something to combat people like this, blacklisting accounts or something else.

At least they all have phone numbers tied to them, so Valve can blacklist them during the beta.

 

[Rivitur]

At least they all have phone numbers tied to them, so Valve can blacklist them during the beta.

You mean call them with their steam support a year later and tell them to fuck off.

 

[Bluth54]

Uncle Dane did a great video where he did experiments on when buildings can and can't be healed when redeployed. As far as I know this is basically something Valve has never talked about and has never been documented anywhere.

 

[Alienups]

SeemsGood

http://i.imgur.com/WAEaNGO.jpg

 

[TheRedSnifit]

So, uh:

 

[Sianos]

today i learned that

is a pretty cool weapon?!

 

[Yeef]

today i learned that

is a pretty cool weapon?!

Well, duh!

 

[AJ_Wings]

Shotgun is a pretty cool guy, kills pyros n shit. But seriously, its soldier's best friend for close range.

 

[torre_avenue]

I tend to switch between the Buff Banner and the shotgun depending on how rekt I'm getting. I like the Banner more than the Shotgun though, because it's a killer support item and rockets doing 120-150 damage is amazing; one shotting most classes, destroying heavies and other tank like classes.

 

[TheRedSnifit]

Gunboats or shotty for me. Haven't rocked a banner in years.

 

[Rivitur]

Got me one of them there comp passes

 

[TheRedSnifit]

You do? Are the GRU banned yet?

 

[Bluth54]

You do? Are the GRU banned yet?

Nothing is banned in comp matchmaking.

It's going to be interesting to see what Valve does. There are certain items, like the Quick Fix that are more then fine in a 24 player random crit server, but OP in 6v6 matchmaking with no crits.

Matchmaking and normal pub play are so different I honestly don't know what Valve is going to do. I don't think they can properly balance some weapons for both just because TF2 just wasn't designed for small competitive games, it was always designed for larger pub games, not just in development of the game but the last 7 years of updates.

Then you also run into the issue of 6s being pretty different from what people typically play in pubs. Highlander comes closer to the pub experience but it has its own set of challenges and issues.

 

[TheRedSnifit]

Team Fortress 2 Update Released
March 24, 2016 - TF2 Team

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

- Updated content and features for the TF2 Competitive Mode beta

- Added display of popular TF2 streams to the main menu

- Updated models/materials for the Heavy's Hockey Hair, The Gift Bringer, The Soviet Gentleman, and The All-Father

- Actually fixed the round timer not showing up in non-competitive games

Thank god they fixed the timer.

 

[Rivitur]

3 games ended right as the time went to 0 to start because of people leaving. Why even queueueue

 

[Yeef]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LdHy095Bvk

 

[Rivitur]

Not so Christian anymore once that spy gets it going with someone's mother.

 

[Russ T]

i wanna be gold

 

[Bluth54]

So Valve put out an update today:

We're working on a mandatory update for TF2. The update notes are below. We should have it ready soon.

-Eric

---------------------------------------

- Updated content and features for the TF2 Competitive Mode Beta
- For more information on how you can participate in testing, please visit https://steamcommunity.com/groups/tfcompetitive
- Added a ten second countdown to the beginning of each round after the first
- Added cp_gorge to the map rotation to test attack/defense format (using stopwatch mode)
- Fixed a potential security issue (thanks to Justin G., aka sigsegv, for this report)
- Fixed ragdolls not drawing the head properly when a Spy feigns death
- Fixed the Festive Backburner missing the pilot light
- Fixed The Classic leaving laser particles in the world
- Fixed a problem with the Mann Co. Catalog images being drawn off-screen
- Updated models/materials for The Hot Dogger, Brim-Full Of Bullets, The One-Man Army, Your Worst Nightmare, The Patriot Peak, The Diplomat, The Bruiser's Bandanna, The Eliminators Safeguard, and Storm Stompers
- Added tournament medals for AsiaFortress Cup Season 9, ozfortress Season 15, and ozfortress Summer Cup 2016, ETF2L 6v6 Season 22 and Season 23, and ETF2L Highlander Season 9 and Season 10
- Added the class viewmodel animation files to the list of files allowed on servers using sv_pure 1
- Updated the equip_region settings for The Tools of the Trade and Captain Space Mann
- Updated the localization files
- Added a new Quickplay category for Alternative game modes
- Moved Territorial Control, Special Delivery, and Player Destruction maps to this new category

I never though I would see Territory Control added to quick play. I see a lot of newer TF2 players on Reddit whine about not ever getting to play Hydro, now they can experience how awful it is for themselves.

Also it's hard to believe they finally fixed DR spy bodies not looking normal.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

nice

 

[Russ T]

Nice! Hydro is awesome. Shame everyone has terrible taste and ruined that game mode's potential.

 

[ZekeThePlumber]

Nice! Hydro is awesome. Shame everyone has terrible taste and ruined that game mode's potential.

I'll give it a week for everyone to realize why Hydro had stopped being played to begin with and all those servers can go back to being empty.

On a side note, WHERE ARE MUH WEAPON BALANCES?

 

[Russ T]

Silence, Zeke!

 

[Bluth54]

Yeah Hydro is terrible. Having the stage reset after ever single capture is awful. I've been stuck in what I call "Hydro Hell" before where one team caps and point, then the other team caps the next stage so you go back to the last one, and you just get stuck in this horrible loop.

 

[Bluth54]

They just released a second update that added Medieval to the Alternative quick play list.

Fixed client crash related to custom HUDs
Fixed the Powdered Practitioner not using the correct Blue team material
Fixed seeing the Competitive Mode doors at the beginning of the round for Mann vs. Machine
Updated the Patriot Peak with a second style that will hide the Scout's headphones
Updated the Quickplay category for Alternative game modes to include Medieval maps

 

[torre_avenue]

They just released a second update that added Medieval to the Alternative quick play list.

YES.

FINALLY I CAN GRIND ALL THE SHITTY MELEE ACHIEVEMENTS.

 

[Yeef]

Hydro Arena is actually a lot of fun, which is odd, because neither Hydro nor Arena on their own are fun.

 

[Russ T]

hydro's great y'all be h8in cause salty cause i stomped you too many tiems on the old gaf server get on my levelllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll nerds

 

[ZekeThePlumber]

hydro's great y'all be h8in cause salty cause i stomped you too many tiems on the old gaf server get on my levelllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll nerds

Calm down, it's just your Stockholm syndrome from being stuck in a Hydro stalemate for years at a time kicking in.

 

[Russ T]

AHHHHHH

 

[Bluth54]

So it looks like VAC is finally able to detect LMAOBOX premium and a bunch of people with Premium got VAC banned. There is a lot of salty people on their forum right now

I have to say I'm glad VAC is finally able to detect premium, though they'll probably update/change it again. Still I hope a lot of Premium users lost their inventories.

 

[ExMachina]

Nice, good on Valve.

Also it's hilarious that the snipers on the winning Silver, Gold, and Plat HL teams were all VAC banned... UGC anticheat team, what're you doing lol.

 

[Bluth54]

The creator of LMAOBOX has abandoned it:

Edit: It looks like someone was able to find a github link to the Source code and sent it to Valve.

 

[TheRedSnifit]

http://steamcommunity.com/id/_LKB/

WHAT ROXANNE WAS HACKING I WOULDVE NEVER GUESSED

I guess this proves that the difference between Snipers in different divisions comes down to which is willing to put the aimbot slider the highest.

 

[Cloudius12]

oh hi guys! While I have not played in a while. It's always nice to see people getting banned over hacking.

 

[Turok_TTZ]

Jesus christ was in a hell of a saxton hale match. First time I seen someone beat hale by rps 5 times in a row. Luck of the devil that stuff.

 

[Hazaro]

I thought this was bumped so people could share overwatch names.

 

[Sciz]

I thought this was bumped so people could share overwatch names.

I'd love to catch up with some of the old TF2GAF crew.

Spoiler

Sciz#1213, hit me up