Major Update Speculation Thread v12: Layoffs Edition

[PuduEbooks]

[QUOTE=Jetamo;39691171]Oh my god are people this dumb.

The Companion Cube Pin was originally only given out to people who play tested Portal 2 at PAX 2010. Source: [url]http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Companion_Cube_Pin[/url]

Why the fuck do people think those guys will be the only people who will ever get it?![/QUOTE]

It's been a long time, and you don't have to be that rude, sure they had that planned

[spd12]

[QUOTE=MissingGlitch;39691263]SMNC was terrible when I played it, the player base is ten times worse then any other player base, not worth playing even for the hats.[/QUOTE]

I can back this. The TF2 hat barons were not terribly good to others, but the actual SMNC playerbase was vile, elitist, and selfish and that's what eventually got me to stop playing. I gave the devs my sympathies when they got really petty over some other promotion and was given their thanks in turn. I really want to see Uber succeed, they just didn't plan for the human element very well.

But yeah, if Dota 2 got a similar thing for their hats (play up to a certain battle level and/or number of wins) I could see, as someone else posted, the exact same issue of TF2 players just plain misbehaving and dragging things down. The same as almost any other free-to-play game crossover, sadly, I kind of wish there was a better way for players of one playerbase to experience other games, however brief, in a way that doesn't promote misbehavior towards a given goal.

[Tooie]

Speaking of vpks, If anyone hasn't read this, it explains a lot.

This folder is automatically scanned when the game boots for VPK files or
subfolders.  Each subfolder or VPK is added as a search path, so the files
inside those VPK's or subfolders will overide the default game files.

See gameinfo.txt for more details.

For example, you might have the following file structure:

	tf/custom/my_custom_stuff/   <<< This subfolder will be added as a search path
	tf/custom/my_custom_stuff/models/custom_model.mdl
	tf/custom/my_custom_stuff/materials/custom_material.vmt
	tf/custom/my_custom_stuff/materials/vgui/custom_ui_thing.res
	tf/custom/some_mod.vpk       <<< This VPK will be added as a search path
	tf/custom/another_mod.vpk    <<< This VPK will be added as a search path


Mounting a VPK to the filesystem is more efficient that adding a subfolder,
because each time the engine neds to open a file, it will need to make a call to the
operating system call to search the folder.  VPKs can be searched by the engine much
more efficiently.  Each subfolder is a new search path that must be checked each
time the engine tries to open a file.  So for optimal load times, always use VPK files
and don't make any subfolders in this folder!


Note that the following directory structure is NOT correct:

	tf/custom/models/my_model.mdl

That will add the directory "tf/custom/models" as a search path, in which case the
file my_model.mdl actually exists at the root of the game's virtual filesystem.

I WAS able to install a hud as well

[cnnoi33]

[QUOTE=MissingGlitch;39691263]SMNC was terrible when I played it, the player base is ten times worse then any other player base, not worth playing even for the hats.[/QUOTE] it's a fun game :(

[Danzflor]

[QUOTE=cnnoi33;39692056]it's a fun game :([/QUOTE]

It is a fun game, I play it, I have bought shit in it, but sadly Uber abandoned the tiny playerbase that it has left. The TF2 promo was really badly donde, I admit that, and repeating that experience in DOTA 2 will do no good whatsoever.

I'm really sad because I love Uber people, Ekanaut and the other folks are really lovely and approachable, sadly, budget and social interactions were not well handled and now SMNC it's a graveyard of what could have been an awesome shooting moba.

[RevengeDeath]

IMHO SMNC just made what was once a really fun, solid 3rd person shooter less approachable. It just felt like a husk of it's former glory that was MNC. Combat was slowed down and the game flow just didn't feel right I think free to play MNC could have worked but I do not agree with the decision to make it a moba and that's what really killed it for me. That's not to say I didn't enjoy my time with it though it had it's good points and I think there is a lesson to be learned for all F2P games in it somewhere...

[Lazlo]

[QUOTE=Constructor;39691160]making them achievement items would just shit over the already bad player base by bringing people in only for the hats
also, could you seriously not pick anything else for the quality name? like, heroic or something[/QUOTE]
Heroic would sound weird if they chose to apply this quality on medals.
"Competitive" would seems like it would fit both shoes.

[hamar]

[QUOTE=Damoman;39690230][img]http://i.imgur.com/a4aQVk7.png[/img]

Imagine if the bioshock cosmetics were never unlocked and just sat in tf2s files like the dota2 hats.
Just imagine.[/QUOTE]

Come to think of it, has any of these pre-purchase to unlock things ever fail I mean without them reaching 1.2 or 3?

I've read someone saying that they increase automatically and I'm inclined to agree.

[ArchimedesAgain]

I would venture a guess that most companies putting out a AAA game would have a rough estimate of how many games they were likely to sell/have people interested in pre-ordering.

The unlocking point is probably based somewhere around that number, but lowered to a more reasonable and reachable goal.

[PSI Guy]

To be honest, having a game with pre-order bonuses that only activate if enough people buy the game makes me not want to pre-order it.

Look at it this way.

Option A: Pre-order a game, get free TF2 items. I was going to get the game anyways, so the items are a bonus.

Option B: Pre-order a game, possibly get TF2 items. I'll just wait until the items are guaranteed, otherwise I can wait until it goes on sale.

See?

[RevengeDeath]

[QUOTE=hamar;39692900]Come to think of it, has any of these pre-purchase to unlock things ever fail I mean without them reaching 1.2 or 3?

I've read someone saying that they increase automatically and I'm inclined to agree.[/QUOTE]

It's just there to encourage more sales so it would make sense to let all the rewards unlock if not meeting expectations. This way the people who were waiting for a tier to be unlocked will be persuaded into buying it and no one will bitch about not getting what was promised. If the game and promotion is good it's pretty much a win-win. My theory is that they reduce the number required overtime so it seems like more people are pre-ordering.

[BuffaloHops]

SMNC was a good game in my eyes, but abandoning MNC to force everyone to move to a vastly different game was a bad move. The game was a spin-off, but they treated it like a sequel and screwed over people who liked MNC's gameplay. This is coming from someone who loved SMNC way more than MNC.

[CommodoreKong]

[QUOTE=hamar;39692900]Come to think of it, has any of these pre-purchase to unlock things ever fail I mean without them reaching 1.2 or 3?

I've read someone saying that they increase automatically and I'm inclined to agree.[/QUOTE]

Only a few games have had preorder reward tiers so far but I believe all of them have gotten to reward 3 before release.

[Mitchell]

[QUOTE=The Calzone;39689084]can we all stop arguing about women's empowerment for two fucking seconds and look at this

[img]http://i.imgur.com/6PF2IK.jpg[/img]

that motherfucker is a detective wearing a saxophone-shaped iron lung that is supposed to play like Q

excuse me but Q is the best street fighter character and this guy is Q wearing a saxophone and a gas mask

god bless these people, they are fucking visionaries alright[/QUOTE]

[img]http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/2860/6pf2eik.jpg[/img]

INCLUDING: Hidden Easter Egg

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[Batmans]

Brazzers

Wait what?

[Mitchell]

[QUOTE=Batmans;39694244]Brazzers

Wait what?[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.brazzers.com/[/url]

Your new world :v:

[RevengeDeath]

Ridiculous controversies aside I am mad stoked for SkullGirls. I think there is some neat potential for some promos and it's always great that the PC has more fighting games available the current lack is deplorable and I was elated to hear that KOF might be coming as well.

[Batmans]

As I said it , a Tekken x street fighter promo could be REALLY cool.

[goldenbuttocks]

if we're getting skullgirl promos i hope we get the black egret uniforms/helmets for the pyro

[img]http://images.wikia.com/skullgirls/images/a/a2/2181820-genericsoldier.png[/img]

[Batmans]

The promo will be a leviathan hat :|...

[PimpinDemopan]

[QUOTE=goldenbuttocks;39694467]if we're getting skullgirl promos i hope we get the black egret uniforms/helmets for the pyro

[img]http://images.wikia.com/skullgirls/images/a/a2/2181820-genericsoldier.png[/img][/QUOTE]

Meet the Civilian Robot Pyro.

[Guntherr]

the word of skullgirls promos has excited me into looking into it and after making a mental note to pleasure myself to the gelbooru tag later i discovered these dudes

[T]http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/11/110502/2181820-genericsoldier.png[/T]

i love everything about this design and pyro needs basically all of this i think

EDIT: oh wow whoops

[goldenbuttocks]

^

seriously they should do it, i mean the suspenders are in the same position. just replace the pouch with those grenades, and replace the bandolier strap with the button up coat and tie. the helmet and mask are self-explanatory.

pls do this valve i want more military items for pyro, don't waste this opprotunity for a good promo

ill throw you all my dosh if you do

[LightFlock]

[QUOTE=Guntherr;39694516]the word of skullgirls promos has excited me into looking into it and after making a mental note to pleasure myself to the gelbooru tag later i discovered these dudes

[T]http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/11/110502/2181820-genericsoldier.png[/T]

i love everything about this design and pyro needs basically all of this i think

EDIT: oh wow whoops[/QUOTE]

Only one change I'd make is turning the umbrella into the Grammar Nazi symbol.

[Guntherr]

[QUOTE=LightFlock;39694535]Only one change I'd make is turning the umbrella into the Grammar Nazi symbol.[/QUOTE]

i'd say pyro's class emblem would do the trick

[TheCalzone]

[QUOTE=Mitchel.;39694218][img]http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/2860/6pf2eik.jpg[/img]

INCLUDING: Hidden Easter Egg[/QUOTE]

just slapping a brazzers logo on things isn't inherently funny alright

[mphayes97]

I got my UGC medal :D
My friend got 2 for season 8.
Distribution dun goof

[Onyxical]

[QUOTE=Damoman;39690230][img]http://i.imgur.com/a4aQVk7.png[/img]

Imagine if the bioshock cosmetics were never unlocked and just sat in tf2s files like the dota2 hats.
Just imagine.[/QUOTE]

Except that wouldnt be a bad thing.

[Tooie]

[QUOTE=Onyxical;39694949]Except that wouldnt be a bad thing.[/QUOTE]

Ehhh....

[mixshifter]

[QUOTE=Onyxical;39694949]Except that wouldnt be a bad thing.[/QUOTE]
Tf2 already has enough useless shit sitting in the files. I rather the items be used by people who actually like them then to just sit there.