Major Update Speculation V15: Apocalypse Now! (In a few weeks) - Games

About speculation. I think next "classy" update will be about Heavy. Original history: Goldrush Update (Medic), Pyro Update, Heavy, Scout, Sniper vs Spy, WAR! Update, Engineer Update. Now we got: Über Update (Medic), Pyromania Update (Pyro, duh)... Both updates were giving a Meet the video, yes, but there is a chance of getting new Valve-made Heavy set. And that 15 minutes video (which is a bit longer than that), it may be dedicated to Heavy's story. Just think about it: from comics we know a lot of stuff (character, hobbies, past) about Scout, Soldier, Demoman, Engineer, Sniper and even Spy! Pyro is a mystery and MtP just confirmed that Valve aint going to say us anything about its identity or past. Comics do lack presence of Medic, but MtM was really informative about his character, past and emotions. Meanwhile the only appearance of Heavy was in Meet the Director comics which stated only one thing — the entire Meet the Heavy movie was a perfectly acted lie. We may get a full movie about Heavy. Update with map featuring Gulag escape. And set of a prisoner. And sets for BLU guards. And SteamPipe update will be pretty [I]heavy[/I]. We need some very Russian name. The Revolution Update. Or we get Rusvision Goggles which turn everything into snow. Or change game's palette into a achievement style. Everything is grey, blue and orange...

So unlike when XCom had the preorder rewards thing, once Bioshock Infinite reaches reward 2, will Steam immediately give out the hats or does Valve have to manually distribute them again? Also im still amazed Tomb Raider reached reward 3 even before the promos came out.

[QUOTE=Drury;39910000]I don't think Valve is in mood for another ARG. Remember MvM ARG? "Oh wow guys, you solved it so fast! We are so proud of you! DO YOU EVEN REALIZE HOW LONG IT TAKES TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER? GO FUCK YOUR RESPECTIVE SELVES." But really, we're too good[/QUOTE] You mean crafting stuff written in the list with word "craft it" and recieving a global alert "LOOK HERE IS A VERY SECRET COMICS FOR YOU"? Yeah, Golden Potato sack may rest in peace.

[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;39905960]I think we've still got a bit of ARG fatigue still left in our systems. Working through the fatigue with the MvM ARG was tough.[/QUOTE] And also, it will prevent Ned from sleeping because he gonna need to create a new MUS every 15 minutes ( and accessorily kill facepunch servers if someone post a link of here on reddit/spuf, like last year, due to 700 guests spamming F5, hoping to see something ) [URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1187592&page=180"]Remember[/URL]

[QUOTE=Limie Pie;39910206]You mean crafting stuff written in the list with word "craft it" and recieving a global alert "LOOK HERE IS A VERY SECRET COMICS FOR YOU"? Yeah, Golden Potato sack may rest in peace.[/QUOTE] You're over simplifying it. Maybe you should refresh yourself on how it [url=http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/ARG#Mann_vs._Machine]went down. [/url]

[QUOTE=Limie Pie;39910206]You mean crafting stuff written in the list with word "craft it" and recieving a global alert "LOOK HERE IS A VERY SECRET COMICS FOR YOU"? Yeah, Golden Potato sack may rest in peace.[/QUOTE] but that list didn't have craft it in it, and that was just the climax of the whole thing, the rest was more cryptic by far

I really enjoyed the last ARG. Someone on SPUF with a capacitor started a private server and just hi-fived people for eight hours straight. I really felt like it brought us all closer as a community.

[QUOTE=Damoman;39910246]You're over simplifying it. Maybe you should refresh yourself on how it [url=http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/ARG#Mann_vs._Machine]went down. [/url][/QUOTE] I was there, but I also took part in the Golden Potato event. I mean that Valve have to come up with something new. It's pretty hard due to open schema and files, but still, people already know what to do with these codes and secrets. Yes, high-fiving capacitor-equipped people was kind of tricky, but it was leading to another grid of codes to decode. It would be great to have clues in something less open. Golden Potato ARG was hard because you couldn't open game's files like Source ones.

[IMG]http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/3834/22130991.png[/IMG] Welp, here it is.

[QUOTE=Mario Bellic;39910555][IMG]http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/3834/22130991.png[/IMG] Welp, here it is.[/QUOTE] Sad day to be giant baby man.

[QUOTE=Mario Bellic;39910555][IMG]http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/3834/22130991.png[/IMG] Welp, here it is.[/QUOTE] [video=youtube;-N0yXGVWS1Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N0yXGVWS1Y[/video]

Look on the bright side, now that the TF2 hats are guaranteed, chances are it'll skyrocket towards tier 3. If this new XCOM is as incredible as they say it is, I'd call that a win. (Ignoring the fact that I assume many people who buy games for the hats would already have it, but still!)

[QUOTE=spencecool;39910588][video=youtube;-N0yXGVWS1Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N0yXGVWS1Y[/video][/QUOTE] [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvWGeVz7L4Q&feature=player_detailpage#t=126s"]Someone make video with this sound and BioShock promos[/URL]

[QUOTE=Limie Pie;39910702][URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvWGeVz7L4Q&feature=player_detailpage#t=126s"]Someone make video with this sound and BioShock promos[/URL][/QUOTE] someone should make the "you gave me the ugly!" clip with bioshock promos

[video=youtube;w_naGYiSJ6k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_naGYiSJ6k[/video]

[QUOTE=Limie Pie;39910116]About speculation. I think next "classy" update will be about Heavy. Original history: Goldrush Update (Medic), Pyro Update, Heavy, Scout, Sniper vs Spy, WAR! Update, Engineer Update. Now we got: Über Update (Medic), Pyromania Update (Pyro, duh)... Both updates were giving a Meet the video, yes, but there is a chance of getting new Valve-made Heavy set. And that 15 minutes video (which is a bit longer than that), it may be dedicated to Heavy's story. Just think about it: from comics we know a lot of stuff (character, hobbies, past) about Scout, Soldier, Demoman, Engineer, Sniper and even Spy! Pyro is a mystery and MtP just confirmed that Valve aint going to say us anything about its identity or past. Comics do lack presence of Medic, but MtM was really informative about his character, past and emotions. Meanwhile the only appearance of Heavy was in Meet the Director comics which stated only one thing — the entire Meet the Heavy movie was a perfectly acted lie. We may get a full movie about Heavy. Update with map featuring Gulag escape. And set of a prisoner. And sets for BLU guards. And SteamPipe update will be pretty [I]heavy[/I]. We need some very Russian name. The Revolution Update. Or we get Rusvision Goggles which turn everything into snow. Or change game's palette into a achievement style. Everything is grey, blue and orange...[/QUOTE] God, I wish...

They aren't too too bad. My Favorites are the Pounding Father and the Pyro head. The mechanized patriot and the heavy are a really cool combination and the Fireman's helmet is really just odd and eerie capturing the essence of Infinite while not out of place for Pyro. I can't say much for the others though. The Vox mask isn't poorly done but it just looks ugly yet unmemorable, while the others just seem badly done. It would probably been much better received if they just used the Father of a Nation set or maybe some reskins but in the end they were just an afterthought which is incredibly unfortunate and missed opprotunity.

Also a thread ago someone have said, that new craft recipes are stupid, because no one gets all of the same items. [URL="http://backpack.tf/profiles/76561198008117679"]Can anyone say why is this happening to me?[/URL] These are about 2-3 weeks old.

[QUOTE=RevengeDeath;39911037]It would probably been much better received if they just used the Father of a Nation set[/QUOTE] Like Psyke or someone said before, that wasn't possible.

[QUOTE=Kapellmeister;39911258]Like Psyke or someone said before, that wasn't possible.[/QUOTE] I thought the deal was that it was acceptable as long as it wasn't specific assets from the game (Like the songbird mask/wings or porcelain fists). Otherwise my misunderstanding.

[QUOTE=RevengeDeath;39911297]I thought the deal was that it was acceptable as long as it wasn't specific assets from the game (Like the songbird mask/wings or porcelain fists). Otherwise my misunderstanding.[/QUOTE] Maybe. I don't really remember the details.

yea, it has to not be overtly themed to the game. It's how the Menpo and Triad Trinket got in

They could have used the Father of a Nation set, but they probably didn't think to do so. Sega's really the only major company that outsources promos to community members.

So long as it doesn't utilize IP from the franchise the promo is for, previously-made items are fair game if everyone involved is on board with that.

[QUOTE=Psychopath12;39911367]So long as it doesn't utilize IP from the franchise the promo is for, previously-made items are fair game if everyone involved is on board with that.[/QUOTE] Yeah. Let's say they're looking for items to be a promo for a new S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game. A set of Bloodsucker face-tentacles or a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. arm tattoo made outside of a contract would be a no-go. A gas mask made outside of a contract would be fine.

Tier two has been unlocked: [t]http://puu.sh/2hB9p[/t] [t]http://puu.sh/2hB9t[/t] And then Puush didn't capture the rest of the stuff.

hey im famous

I still say half of those are ugly as sin. In the past week alone they've made about ten promos that look miles better. Who was in charge of that game's items?

[QUOTE=Everything;39912148] Who was in charge of that game's items?[/QUOTE] A cat that walked into Valve's office because it was too cold outside.

[QUOTE=Everything;39912148]I still say half of those are ugly as sin. In the past week alone they've made about ten promos that look miles better. Who was in charge of that game's items?[/QUOTE] Can't wait to get them accessible via crates. Unusual Sidney Straw Boat with Orbiting Planets "Hey, that's Sonics!" Unusual Steel Songbird with Nuts'N'Bolts "You're too scary" Unusual Vox Diabolus with Searing Plasma "Vox Nucleus" Themed hats, 20 HOUWAR Also, [URL="http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198071434676/myworkshopfiles/?appid=440"]Square Enix has a Steam profile for self-made items, including Tomb Rider.[/URL] I wonder why Valve ask companies to do this? WETA, Klei Entertainment, Square Enix, Robot Entertainment, SEGA... I would understand it if uploading companies would make a nice image, bunch of sketches and screenshots, full description so newbies could use them as an example of approved item. But no, they have only "Valve made us to do it, here is a low-res picture of item we made." This is definitely not the best example for beginners.