Major Update Speculation Thread V4: Tonight's the Night For QR Codes - Games

wowe, vaelv is putin robit fites in tf2?? tey shud stop ripin of final combat [img_thumb]http://img.fc.xunlei.com/fck/image/7(17).jpg[/img_thumb]

[QUOTE=TheFishyG;36481121]Guys, I had a completely terrible idea! What if, as a teaser for an update, Valve secret-patched in something like a double-drop week, except instead of double drops, during that period of time, hats dropped with the same rarity as weapons. I know it's awful, but I think it'd be a very interesting experiment, just to see how traders and the community would react. Bonus mode: Valve doesn't tell when the period ends. We could watch the economy burn.[/QUOTE] The economy is already held together with duct tape and twigs, I don't think the community could handle that. It wouldn't have much of an impact on expensive hats like Bills or Buds either, they would just go up in price. Maybe everything would just go up in price and it would be fairly the same. Actually now that I think about it, I wan't to see this happen.

[QUOTE=TheFishyG;36481121]Guys, I had a completely terrible idea! What if, as a teaser for an update, Valve secret-patched in something like a double-drop week, except instead of double drops, during that period of time, hats dropped with the same rarity as weapons. I know it's awful, but I think it'd be a very interesting experiment, just to see how traders and the community would react. Bonus mode: Valve doesn't tell when the period ends. We could watch the economy burn.[/QUOTE] That would be genius. Especially after they whole economy blog post.

[QUOTE=ned_ballad;36481090]I actually have an idea for this, since I look a lot like Gabe, just without a beard.[/QUOTE] Impersonate Gabe, sneak into Valve offices, check the status of EP3.

There's talk that the Summer Seal will happen start this Wednesday

[QUOTE=ned_ballad;36481176]There's talk that the Summer Seal will happen start this Wednesday[/QUOTE] You been hittin' the sauce again ned?

I've been away for 4 days and, holy macaroni... 80 new pages? A quick summary on what happened, maybe?

[QUOTE=thingshappen;36480721][img]http://www.adamncasey.co.uk/upload/image/4129/d/o/[/img] Doing this makes things much easier.[/QUOTE] I did exactly the same

[QUOTE=Demon!;36481178]You been hittin' the sauce again ned?[/QUOTE] It's always happened the week before the 4th, it always starts on a Wednesday. This Wednesday is the last one before the fourth [img]http://i.imgur.com/mOzeU.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=ned_ballad;36481197]It's always happened the week before the 4th, it always starts on a Wednesday. This Wednesday is the last one before the fourth [img]http://i.imgur.com/mOzeU.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Look at the sentence you typed out again, it's horribly mangled. :v:

So, uh, why are people getting up early? Or expecting it this morning or in just a few hours. Every. Single. Major.Update. Bar maybe one or two update pages, has come at a period between 6:30 and 11:30 PM EST. For the past four years.

[QUOTE=Simski;36481141]They tried it with the camera beard for a while[/QUOTE] We didn't have an economy back then, did we?

[QUOTE=ned_ballad;36481176]There's talk that the Summer Seal will happen start this Wednesday[/QUOTE] cmon water warrior papa needs a new pair of shoes

[QUOTE=Demon!;36481203]Look at the sentence you typed out again, it's horribly mangled. :v:[/QUOTE] oh, I just woke up 20 minutes ago

9 HOURS

I know it'd be stupid to put in an update, but... Does anyone else think it would be awesome to play as the Stryker from Final Combat? It's basically a counter-strike CT implanted into TF2. I wish there was a server mod for that.

Okay, just checking if I set my clock right, what time is it in Valve HQ right now?

[QUOTE=Netsc;36481258]9 HOURS[/QUOTE] why 9? 4 hours is when we hit 1 pm Eastern [editline]25th June 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Marden;36481281]Okay, just checking if I set my clock right, what time is it in Valve HQ right now?[/QUOTE] [url]http://Whattimeisit.com[/url] UTC -7, Pacific

[QUOTE=VenomousBeetle;36481282]why 9? 4 hours is when we hit 1 pm Eastern[/QUOTE] Why is 1PM EST even relevant?

4 hours ... 9 hours i don't know anymore.. i'll just check back tomorrow that'll sort it out

[QUOTE=Marden;36481281]Okay, just checking if I set my clock right, what time is it in Valve HQ right now?[/QUOTE] I believe it's 6:09am.

[QUOTE=Zeos;36481290]Why is 1PM EST even relevant?[/QUOTE] When everything with Steam usually happens. Summer/Winter sales don't end at Midnight, it's always been 1 PM eastern even though it's not midnight at valve at that time. So basically, 10 AM VALVe's clock I think. Edit: Basically, we shouldn't expect anything before 1 pm est

[QUOTE=TheFishyG;36481121]Guys, I had a completely terrible idea! What if, as a teaser for an update, Valve secret-patched in something like a double-drop week, except instead of double drops, during that period of time, hats dropped with the same rarity as weapons. I know it's awful, but I think it'd be a very interesting experiment, just to see how traders and the community would react. Bonus mode: Valve doesn't tell when the period ends. We could watch the economy burn.[/QUOTE] Actually...I was thinking more about this, and, while I may be wrong with this as I'm not big on economics, it seems like the longer it would go on, weapons would become more expensive than hats. I mean, you can't craft hats for metal, so it would possibly probably drive the price of metal really high, but at the same time reducing hat prices. I also think it would shoot the prices of buds, bills, and Max Heads through the goddamned roof for a while, before it all comes crashing down. Mannconomy Depression.

[QUOTE=VenomousBeetle;36481306]When everything with Steam usually happens. Summer/Winter sales don't end at Midnight, it's always been 1 PM eastern even though it's not midnight at valve at that time. So basically, 10 AM VALVe's clock I think. Edit: Basically, we shouldn't expect anything before 1 pm est[/QUOTE] Uh. Not for TF2 updates. Never for Tf2 updates, people are just pulling times out of their asses now. 9 hours is the correct time until the usual update period. This schedule has been in place for years for TF2 updates. Years.

I had a dream that the 300th patch was just a fix for a demoman weapon [editline]25th June 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Zeos;36481328]Uh. Not for TF2 updates. Never for Tf2 updates, people are just pulling times out of their asses now. 9 hours is the correct time until the usual update period. This schedule has been in place for years for TF2 updates. Years.[/QUOTE] I'm saying no one expect anything before 1 PM est, not that it IS 1pm EST

[QUOTE=VenomousBeetle;36481331]I had a dream that the 300th patch was just a fix for a demoman weapon [/QUOTE] If it's giving the Sticky Jumper a recipe and making it drop, I consider it tolerable.

[QUOTE=VenomousBeetle;36481331]I had a dream that the 300th patch was just a fix for a demoman weapon[/QUOTE] I could see Valve doing something like that. I wouldn't know to laugh or cry.

[QUOTE=ned_ballad;36481345]If it's giving the Sticky Jumper a recipe and making it drop, I consider it tolerable.[/QUOTE] Trading for uncraftable would likely be cheaper anyways.

It still blows me away that the Loch and Load has no animations. And shipped that way. And has stayed like that for a year and a half.

[QUOTE=wunderufl;36481024]Valve realized they'd broken the Replay Editor so severely that they had to team up with Adult Swim in order to run the 2012 Saxxies as a Youtube contest. People have to actually dress up as the TF2 characters and make real-life home videos in order to win this year.[/QUOTE] that would be awesome , i got all classes costumes and i got almost 3 weapons per classes :>