Major Update Speculation Thread v12: Layoffs Edition - Games

Demoman hasn't gotten a melee weapon in over 1 and 1/2 years? And the last one was a reskin of stock? I guess it's not that Demoknight gets more love than Demoman, it's just that neither of them get much love at all.

If we are getting more Adult Swim stuff we will probably be getting a hat like this or a squidbillies shotgun reskin [t]http://puu.sh/285Lj[/t] And of course, the hat and glasses and tie/shirt from the Warden of Superjail. [img]http://www.hauntedstudio.net/images/2/WardenSuperjail2.jpg[/img] I would love some Dr. Orpheus hair for medic [IMG]http://img.getglue.com/topics/p/doctor_byron_orpheus/normal.jpg[/IMG]

Well, would the Rainblower count as a reskin or not? It does have a kill taunt. Frankly, this is more for something interesting, because, well, I'm bored, and I had the info already so it wasn't too much time lost. Personally, I don't believe that the Rainblower, Amputator, Solemn Vow or Original count as reskins. EDIT - Just to the post above, the last two melees for Demo have been reskins. Before the Handshake, there was the Nine Iron.

[QUOTE=Danzflor;39709028]Apparently New Adult Swim Gear is coming, a friend noticed that Google Reader was acting weird and it catched up [URL="http://swishiee.tumblr.com/image/43973182803"]this from the TF2 Blog[/URL], being posted 24th on the evening and later hidden. If Reader Derping was right, maybe this week we'll be in a treat for new [as] cosmetics.[/QUOTE]Occasionally the RSS feed barfs and posts blank entries with old headlines. It's the same headline as the Brock/Carl/Rockso/Henchman post. Sorry to disappoint!

The modeler of the Skullgirls hat is Nix, and he's [I]amazing[/I] with Skullgirls renders. If they make a sequel, 3D wouldn't be so bad if they can get him on board: [URL]http://shoryuken.com/2012/01/02/amazing-fanmade-skullgirls-3d-renders/[/URL] [URL="http://shoryuken.com/2013/02/22/big-band-announced-as-first-possible-male-dlc-character-in-skullgirls-fundraising-drive-further-details-discussed-at-salty-cupcakes/"]Where it tells he is the modeler.[/URL] [img]http://shoryuken.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/skullgirls_3D_600.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Behemothbear;39710030]The modeler of the Skullgirls hat is Nix, and he's [I]amazing[/I] with Skullgirls renders. If they make a sequel, 3D wouldn't be so bad if they can get him on board: [URL]http://shoryuken.com/2012/01/02/amazing-fanmade-skullgirls-3d-renders/[/URL] [URL="http://shoryuken.com/2013/02/22/big-band-announced-as-first-possible-male-dlc-character-in-skullgirls-fundraising-drive-further-details-discussed-at-salty-cupcakes/"]Where it tells he is the modeler.[/URL] [img]http://shoryuken.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/skullgirls_3D_600.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] His work is very high quality [img]http://nix.moderatelyimpressive.com/dscontest/submission.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Behemothbear;39710030]The modeler of the Skullgirls hat is Nix, and he's [I]amazing[/I] with Skullgirls renders. If they make a sequel, 3D wouldn't be so bad if they can get him on board: [URL]http://shoryuken.com/2012/01/02/amazing-fanmade-skullgirls-3d-renders/[/URL] [URL="http://shoryuken.com/2013/02/22/big-band-announced-as-first-possible-male-dlc-character-in-skullgirls-fundraising-drive-further-details-discussed-at-salty-cupcakes/"]Where it tells he is the modeler.[/URL] [img]http://shoryuken.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/skullgirls_3D_600.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] I honestly thought the image to the right was 2D as well, at first glance...

[QUOTE=ComodoreBluth;39708348] To this day I'm still convinced that the only reason they made it official was so map makers had access to the the Egyptian themed textures.[/QUOTE] Speaking off, does anyone think that MVM could have been hinted at as early as the adding of Egypt? One of the hiroglyphs is a walking bomb :v:

Speaking of walking bombs, I wonder what we're going to get this Halloween. Last year was so good that I don't think they can top it.

[QUOTE=Kapellmeister;39710219]Speaking of walking bombs, I wonder what we're going to get this Halloween. Last year was so good that I don't think they can top it.[/QUOTE] All three bosses at the same time

Last Halloween on TBTOT server (former facepunch UK), Oceansbloo spawned all three servers on Ghost Fort He also used a server script to turn himself into HHH It was fun.

MVM is fun and all, but I really hope that they don't fill every major update from now on with MVM stuff. Give some love to other game modes, add some community maps, add weapons without MVM on the mind.

More Medieval/Special Delivery maps would be dandy

Did anyone else notice that Respawn theory site found a while back is down? I thought it was a pretty good theory. Is it backed-up anywhere?

Arena should get some love too. At the very least they could convert maps like Lakeside, Harvest and Viaduct into Arena maps.

[QUOTE=PimpinDemopan;39710175]Speaking off, does anyone think that MVM could have been hinted at as early as the adding of Egypt? One of the hiroglyphs is a walking bomb :v:[/QUOTE] The hieroglyphs have predicted things before. [IMG]http://puu.sh/2895L[/IMG] This made me realize that TF2 has more shoes than most women.

[QUOTE=Sliferjam Jones;39710383]The hieroglyphs have predicted things before. [IMG]http://puu.sh/2895L[/IMG] This made me realize that TF2 has more[B] cosmetics[/B] than most women.[/QUOTE] fixed

[QUOTE=Sliferjam Jones;39710383]The hieroglyphs have predicted things before. [IMG]http://puu.sh/2895L[/IMG] This made me realize that TF2 has more shoes than most women.[/QUOTE] So when will we get a snake?

[QUOTE=Danzflor;39709028]Apparently New Adult Swim Gear is coming, a friend noticed that Google Reader was acting weird and it catched up [URL="http://swishiee.tumblr.com/image/43973182803"]this from the TF2 Blog[/URL], being posted 24th on the evening and later hidden. If Reader Derping was right, maybe this week we'll be in a treat for new [as] cosmetics.[/QUOTE] Is that not the exact same title as the one announcing the crap we've got that's already released though? [QUOTE=Kapellmeister;39710379]Arena should get some love too. At the very least they could convert maps like Lakeside, Harvest and Viaduct into Arena maps.[/QUOTE] Only for them to be RTVed on servers with that plugin?

[QUOTE=Kapellmeister;39710459]So when will we get a snake?[/QUOTE] Umm... [img]http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/scale_small/16/164924/2426326-squigs.jpg[/img] Leviathan [I]is[/I] a snake.

[QUOTE=Sliferjam Jones;39709275]If we are getting more Adult Swim stuff we will probably be getting a hat like this or a squidbillies shotgun reskin [t]http://puu.sh/285Lj[/t] And of course, the hat and glasses and tie/shirt from the Warden of Superjail. [img]http://www.hauntedstudio.net/images/2/WardenSuperjail2.jpg[/img] I would love some Dr. Orpheus hair for medic [IMG]http://img.getglue.com/topics/p/doctor_byron_orpheus/normal.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] frank smith beard and hair pls [img]http://www.adultswim.com/presents/china-il/i/faculty/frank.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=MissingGlitch;39710300]MVM is fun and all, but I really hope that they don't fill every major update from now on with MVM stuff. Give some love to other game modes, add some community maps, add weapons without MVM on the mind.[/QUOTE] Anyone remembers when, for a while, every new map would be an arena remake?

[QUOTE=|eXtv| El Pacho;39702123][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/RBv9PTo.jpg[/IMG] Rawr.[/QUOTE] That really erects my Dispencer :quagmire:

[QUOTE=MaxOfS2D;39710617]Anyone remembers when, for a while, every new map would be an arena remake?[/QUOTE] Arena is a curious game mode it has a billion official maps, but it's not in quickplay and there's no official Valve arena servers. Just weird. Like it's totally forgotten, but at the same time it has a ton of maps.

Man, it's like Valve loves to abandon game modes. Arena, Territorial Control, Special Delivery. I know there are plenty of Arena and SD maps (official and fanmade ones), but Idk if there are any fanmade TC maps. Are KOTH, CP, CTF and MVM the only gamemodes they really care about.

SD just kinda pisses me off, there was a huge buildup for that ARG, and then... nothing. It was a really cool map, but that's it, gone, not mentioned again.

I'd say KOTH, CP, CTF and PL are the core game modes of TF2 and the rest are just mini-modes that are kind of "just for fun" type things. However, Valve seems to want to make MvM a core TF2 game mode, more power to them. I don't really see it being anything more than a fun little side mode for TF2, versus being a bigger full second half of the game that I think it's supposed to be. [QUOTE=Zeos;39710735]SD just kinda pisses me off, there was a huge buildup for that ARG, and then... nothing. It was a really cool map, but that's it, gone, not mentioned again.[/QUOTE] SD is played on the CTF rotations on Valve's servers. It's basically just a side shoot of CTF think of it as the Payload Race of CTF. It's the same game mode, just slightly different map specific rules. I don't consider SD to be a "proper" game mode, just a variant of CTF. They could have called it NCTF (Neutral Capture the Flag) and nobody would consider it any different than an offshoot of CTF.

I had a werid dream. It was Team Fortress being Advertised in Toyko. All I remember is an anime Miss Pauling, Engineer climbing a building to stop a ginat Mechagineer with the Golden Wrench.

[QUOTE=Kapellmeister;39710219]Speaking of walking bombs, I wonder what we're going to get this Halloween. Last year was so good that I don't think they can top it.[/QUOTE] Redmond and Blutarch back As brains in robot-bodies [img]http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091228131902/metalslug/images/f/f5/SewerRobot.gif[/img] Or better two brains in one robot Conflicting personality traits/rambling/angry with self lines would be fantastic while fighting this hackled together robot i reckon' Not quite Halloweeny but valve's got a thing for brains and machinery.

[QUOTE=psyke;39710797] Not quite Halloweeny but valve's got a thing for brains and machinery.[/QUOTE] by a "thing" you mean grossly restricting the use of any item that uses both?