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[QUOTE=The Calzone;40258577]I seem to have missed the part where I was talking to you. But okay, I want you to have a look at my backpack. I have both the Carl set and all of the Venture Brothers items and I wear them both. I like TF2's current art direction, I like the individuality that cosmetics and different play styles bring. I like all of that stuff. So... yes. Yes I can actually think that the above is better looking. I don't care what sort of colorful accusatory language or condescending attitude you strum up. And besides, literally nobody was talking about the art style right now. We were talking about how Valve's done jack of all shits other than outsourced promo items since January and how that kinda sucks. see what you're doing right here friend this is called "being a gigantic douchebag" do you know why "douchebag" has a negative connotation because people don't like douchebags and decided to dub them something disgusting to sum up their feelings towards them tl;dr get the bee outta your bonnet sister[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=The Calzone;40258577]I seem to have missed the part where I was talking to you. But okay, I want you to have a look at my backpack. I have both the Carl set and all of the Venture Brothers items and I wear them both. I like TF2's current art direction, I like the individuality that cosmetics and different play styles bring. I like all of that stuff. So... yes. Yes I can actually think that the above is better looking. I don't care what sort of colorful accusatory language or condescending attitude you strum up. And besides, literally nobody was talking about the art style right now. We were talking about how Valve's done jack of all shits other than outsourced promo items since January and how that kinda sucks.[/QUOTE] Wow you literally did exactly what I said you would. Why even contribute to a discussion of you're gonna be so blatantly bad at it like this? You're honestly trying to say "I think his disgruntled take on Valve's practices is kinda refreshing, actually. It's nice to see someone that's willing to complain when things aren't satisfactory, especially in an environment full of people that would dumb you to kingdom come if you dare speak against gaben's hallowed name." wasn't a passive aggressive attack on my post directly above yours? You're really gonna say you weren't aware that the post you quoted of Ned's was a post in response to what I said about Exor, which I said because of his directly insults to the vanilla game. This all happened on the same page. Are you just, can't you read?

Hey guys what did I miss- Oh. Another one of these fights. Well, see you all later.

[QUOTE=alsoodani;40258641]I also think it's either a joke with no release (but then, why did they update on April 2nd instead of the 1st?) or there is some "conspiracy clues" on the hats or descriptions that would lead to an unlock code to the most silliest hat in existence.[/QUOTE] Because April 2nd was the regular weekly "update day", and it gave us time to cool down after the blog post. Like, the blog post was the build up, and then when nothing happened after that, we all had time to breath and realize "oh, haha, that's funny i guess.......". Then bam, they hit us when our guard's down. [QUOTE=Zadrave;40258655]Hey guys what did I miss- Oh. Another one of these fights. Well, see you all later.[/QUOTE] Solid thread contribution, your avatar precedes you. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Flaming / trolling / needs to cool down" - MaxOfS2D))[/highlight]

[QUOTE=HerSilverHammer;40258646]Wow you literally did exactly what I said you would. Why even contribute to a discussion of you're gonna be so blatantly bad at it like this? You're honestly trying to say "I think his disgruntled take on Valve's practices is kinda refreshing, actually. It's nice to see someone that's willing to complain when things aren't satisfactory, especially in an environment full of people that would dumb you to kingdom come if you dare speak against gaben's hallowed name." wasn't a passive aggressive attack on my post directly above yours? You're really gonna say you weren't aware that the post you quoted of Ned's was a post in response to what I said about Exor, which I said because of his directly insults to the vanilla game. This all happened on the same page. Are you just, can't you read?[/QUOTE] yep I was speaking generally and passive-agressively against the thread as a whole and not you in particular hell I didn't even read your posts before then for the most part I was just dumbin' you up because you were being incredibly rude to my home-slice exor

[QUOTE=The Calzone;40258680]yep I was speaking generally and passive-agressively against the thread as a whole and not you in particular hell I didn't even read your posts before then for the most part I was just dumbin' you up because you were being incredibly rude to my home-slice exor[/QUOTE] Well then allow me to apologize for incorrectly assuming that of you.

[QUOTE=HerSilverHammer;40258658]Solid thread contribution, your avatar precedes you.[/QUOTE] You should take a break from posting. Get up, stretch, maybe take a few deep breaths or put on a hot drink. Perpetuating this argument is only eating up more thread space, something which you yourself showed disdain for.

[QUOTE=HerSilverHammer;40258692]Well then allow me to apologize for incorrectly assuming that of you.[/QUOTE] I don't think it's me you need to apologize to I think you and my aforementioned home-slice need to have a moment right now

[QUOTE=HerSilverHammer;40258554]The Reddit hats were a joke. I'm sorry you didn't get it. Here, let me explain it for you. They wrote on the blog that they would add Reddit items, right? See, then they mentioned the Jarate fiasco. That upset some people at first, it was called "too childish" and an "obvious joke". This was back when the game still somewhat resembled the original art direction, you see. Still with me? Then they followed through and added it a couple months later as an official weapon. That was the joke. They posted in on April 1st so people would think it was fake. See, I don't know how good you are with the concept of "references", but they "referenced" this event to mess with the community. That was the part that was the joke. When they actually did put the hats in the files, the community's reaction was the part of the joke that is referred to sometimes as the "punch-line". The "punch-line" is the funny part of the joke. Read over that a few times and I'm sure you'll be able to piece it together. :)[/QUOTE] I'm sorry, are you making such an effort to attack me because I dumbed a couple of your posts or are you just this much of patronising arsehole without provocation? Yes, it was a joke. It wasn't all that amusing in my personal opinion, but it can be classified as 'a joke'. But the fact is I couldn't care less why they make promos, I don't see how it holds any relevance. All I really care about is the quality of the items themselves and the quality of these ones were pretty piss-poor if you ask me.

So instead of wasting posts, does anyone else think we could be getting some big stuff once the steampipe is done? Im expecting quite a few workshop items since for the #1 hat simulator online we have not had too many this year outside of a few promos.

[QUOTE=The Calzone;40258712]I don't think it's me you need to apologize to I think you and my aforementioned home-slice need to have a moment right now[/QUOTE] I'm afraid that seeing as I am still not a fan of your dear home-slice's general attitude, my opinions regarding his account ownership stand.

Hey guy. We're not discussing art style this part of town. If you disagree, the door's that a way.

PLEASE STOP

[QUOTE=Drury;40258784]Hey guy. We're not discussing art style this part of town. If you disagree, the door's that a way.[/QUOTE] Exor insulted vanilla and I felt the need to defend it because I love it so much I want to marry it thanks for reading :)

If you were valve and you had an ARG going on, what name and password would you use to unlock it? I'm still submitting data occasionally to the lecturevalley page to try to make it react. It's an oddball of a page, a PHP file extension means it's made to change if certain conditions are met.

I wonder if the Reddit hats are part of the ARG.

HerSilverHammer for new Lord Exor. Correction, HerSilverHammer for new passive aggressive version of Lord Exor :)

[QUOTE=Steel & Iron;40258918]I wonder if the Reddit hats are part of the ARG.[/QUOTE] They were most likely a ruse to distract the majority from the Lecture Valley stuff. Smashing job, too. I feel like hidden pages marketed specifically as "upcoming products" didn't get nearly the attention it should have. I think everyone's just kind of done, and just wants to see some content. Its been like 4-5 months, huh. [editline]12th April 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=TectoImprov;40258980]HerSilverHammer for new Lord Exor.[/QUOTE] oh i thought we were done and having actual discussions again............... guess not since tectoimprov doesn't seem to want to....... :(

[QUOTE=01271;40258869]If you were valve and you had an ARG going on, what name and password would you use to unlock it? [/QUOTE] [URL="http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/e/e0/Wheatley_sapper_hacking22.wav"]Gotta be this.[/URL]

Let's actually contribute to the thread without getting into petty arguments, okay?

[QUOTE=ThatSwordGuy;40259077]Let's actually contribute to the thread without getting into petty arguments, okay?[/QUOTE] holy crap i thought this was over like 6 times why do you people that weren't even involved keep trying to make the point of "i'm the one that's saying that's enough, i'm ending this"

I call dibs on the Engi dying in the upcoming SFM short. On a TF2 update related note, apparently Evil Ash ISN'T a complete stranger to the video game world; there's apparently been several Evil Dead games, and a model of Ash appeared on the Workshop for Gmod today...box and clock me people. I wish Poker Night was out already....

BUTTS

[QUOTE=ned_ballad;40254953][url]http://www.computerandvideogames.com/400629/free-to-play-schemes-could-be-unlawful-warns-office-of-fair-trading/[/url] This might effect keys and crates[/QUOTE] Valve is in the US' jurisdiction, so impact would be limited to the UK (and [I]maybe[/I] the rest of the EU, maybe not). [QUOTE=Mario6493;40257610]A guy just posted these on [sp]/v/[/sp] [T]http://i.imgur.com/tWWrx0p.jpg[/T] [T]http://i.imgur.com/IPSwEwQ.jpg[/T] (Dunno why they're still upside down, I even rotated them in paint) They look like pieces of storyboard from the 15 minute movie. Anyway, given the source, I think you shouldn't take these for real. EDIT: fixed[/QUOTE] I would have to suspect forgery until my source can confirm. [editline]12th April 2013[/editline] <month> 7, 2012 Yeah, that's got to be a forgery.

[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;40259199]Valve is in the US' jurisdiction, so impact would be limited to the UK (and [I]maybe[/I] the rest of the EU, maybe not). I would have to suspect forgery until my source can confirm. [editline]12th April 2013[/editline] <month> 7, 2012 Yeah, that's got to be a forgery.[/QUOTE] Valve does plan things for [I]months [/I]in advance sometimes.

SPUF is already predicting the end of TF2 from that supposed storyboard which may or may not actually exist. Kill me.

[QUOTE=jimbobjoe1234;40259286]Valve does plan things for [I]months [/I]in advance sometimes.[/QUOTE] True...but if it was any earlier than April of 2012, then that would be insane.

[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;40259360]True...but if it was any earlier than April of 2012, then that would be insane.[/QUOTE] The tiny bit of a number that I can see pointed towards a month looks like either a 6 or an 8. Not sure though, the quality on those pictures are really bad.

[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;40259360]True...but if it was any earlier than April of 2012, then that would be insane.[/QUOTE] Top of the second image looks like it might say Nov 7, 2012. Wasn't that around when we heard a new animator was hired for Valve?

[QUOTE=GreatFreshLOL;40259316]SPUF is already predicting the end of TF2 from that supposed storyboard which may or may not actually exist. Kill me.[/QUOTE] It does exist, but anyone could print that and drew some bullcrap over it :v:

Maybe it's just the storyboard for the beginning and the end of the 15 minute short :downs: