TF2 General Chat and Speculation Station: Whiteboard Blues

[Danzflor]

[QUOTE=Nebrassy;52764405]
tomorrow is the Orange box's 10 year anniversary, you'd want the news to be "TF2 becomes 10 years old with an active community, receives the biggest update ever" not "TF2 is now 10 years old, in a broken state, hasn't received in update in over a year and slowly dying"
[/QUOTE]

Believe me, I would love to agree with this, but sadly Valve does not give a fuck about PR. Any other company would absolutely do what you are saying, but look at the company we are talking about. Besides TF2 10th anniversary, it also marks 10 freaking years since the last Half-Life installment.

[chandlerj333]

Coincidentally, I have a cellular biology test tomorrow and there will probably be one or more questions about Transcription Factor for RNA Polymerase II, which is abbreviated as TF II.

Imagine how crazy it would be if the 10th question of this test (taken on 10/10, the 10th anniversary of TF2's release) is about the protein complex TFII and the update is released like right after the test.

[Serge Ivanov]

[QUOTE=RetroMike;52764065]Blog post.

-In honor of the 10th anniversary we are enabling 2007 mode on all severs. Experience the game how it was at launch.
-Added birthday cake cosmetic case.
-Added Tip of the Hats 2017 medals.
-Updated localization files[/QUOTE]

I honestly would be okay with this for the moment if the hats were decent.

Also happy birthday you glorious son-of-a-bitch of a game. I joined in 2011 and it's been a fun 10 years. Here's to a few more years of kicking ass.

Also I'm not sure if this would be more appropriate for the Emporium but look who's back with another wasteland set! [IMG]https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/866239336658993136/61F69F1291E2F340A173775FEEDF140429FE668B/[/IMG]
[url]https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=1163877106[/url]

[Fluury]

[QUOTE=Danzflor;52764632]Believe me, I would love to agree with this, but sadly Valve does not give a fuck about PR. Any other company would absolutely do what you are saying, but look at the company we are talking about. Besides TF2 10th anniversary, it also marks 10 freaking years since the last Half-Life installment.[/QUOTE]

I'd say this is a tad different.

People try to compare this with 9/6 - but we are talking in different universes. 9/6 was an arbitrary date find on a whiteboard.
Reddit, SPUF, facepunch, everyone is looking at this date with anxiety - including god damn gaming journalists.

The TF Team never had to face a situation like this in the past before - whatever will happen after tonight(7AM for me) will either be extremely pleasant or a nuclear fallout.

[Drury]

[QUOTE=Fluury;52764676]whatever will happen after tonight(7AM for me) will either be extremely pleasant or [del]a nuclear fallout[/del] nothing.[/QUOTE]

I mean it's not like we're not used to nothing happening, I don't get the melodrama.

[Serge Ivanov]

[QUOTE=Drury;52764714]I mean it's not like we're not used to nothing happening, I don't get the melodrama.[/QUOTE]

Because this is a """""set date""""" it's gotta happen.

[Ultravod]

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/M2x6bgW.png[/IMG]

My Facebook status from 10 years ago, the day of TF2's public release.

(My [URL="http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198025034874/"]Steam profile[/URL] in case anyone missed the connection.)

[Nebrassy]

anyone knows how much a decent TF2 server costs monthly?

[Contra]

[QUOTE=Nebrassy;52764731]anyone knows how much a decent TF2 server costs monthly?[/QUOTE]

NFOServers is the best US provider, in my experience. They're about $22/mo, iirc.

[Lord Exor]

[QUOTE=Serge Ivanov;52764674]I honestly would be okay with this for the moment if the hats were decent.

Also happy birthday you glorious son-of-a-bitch of a game. I joined in 2011 and it's been a fun 10 years. Here's to a few more years of kicking ass.

Also I'm not sure if this would be more appropriate for the Emporium but look who's back with another wasteland set! [IMG]https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/866239336658993136/61F69F1291E2F340A173775FEEDF140429FE668B/[/IMG]
[url]https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=1163877106[/url][/QUOTE]
That's a nice set, too bad I hate Scout.

[testinglol]

happy birthday everyone i love you

[Nebrassy]

and we're finally applying on community fund to get a server

[url]https://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1581581[/url]

[Ace of Butts]

Happy Anniversary TF2...

[Dr. Ocsid]

And as of two minutes ago, in Valve's own timezone, TF2 is now 10 years old.

[Trogarr]

Saddest birthday ever.

[Whomobile]

:toot:

[ChickenMan99]

I'm not expecting the update today, but surely Valve are going to do [I]something[/I].
An update tease, the final comic issue, a blog post; at this point, I'll take anything.

[BuffaloHops]

[QUOTE=ChickenMan99;52764987]I'm not expecting the update today, but surely Valve are going to do [I]something[/I].
An update tease, the final comic issue, a blog post; at this point, I'll take anything.[/QUOTE]

I would not expect the final comic issue this soon, but I hope we at least get a blog post/update tease combo. If we were getting the update today, we'd have probably had the teaser page yesterday. And, with how long we've waited, I would not want a teaser page to lead into an update the next day. I would just straight up want the update to launch on the same day.

[Kaiga]

[QUOTE=Trogarr;52764924]Saddest birthday ever.[/QUOTE]

I woke up at 3am on my birthday too, disappointed that the cake and candles weren't out.

Then I learned to wait.

[Der_dasMann]

[QUOTE=usaokay;52765019]Here's my prediction for the birthday blog post:

[10th birthday post title]

{Comedic reference made in comparison to how old the game is.}

{Announcing that the birthday hats, confetti, and other wacky stuff are now turned on.}

{Thank you for supporting TF2! Here's to another ten years!}[/QUOTE]

You forgot the part where they use some hip word like neato,boyos or cool beans

[TomatoGuy]

I will be totally amazed if Valve even acknowledges tf2's birthday

[DrVincentWolf]

[QUOTE=BlindSniper17;52764998]I would not expect the final comic issue this soon.[/QUOTE]

I would honestly not be surprised if the final issue turned into a episode 3 situation. I mean, normally I would not be that pessimistic but experience this year has taught me differently.

On a more positive note and to have something to discuss, have anyone rediscovered a hidden gem among levels you haven´t played that much? I only really played koth_king when it was first released but recently found it to be a really great map with a lot of flanking routes and vertical spaces. The middle point is easily protected by sentries build beneath the central stairs yet it has enough open space for the opposing team to get them.

[Creeps]

Happy birthday TF2. I only knew you for 6 years, but you certainly helped me gain more confidence in making friends!

To another ten years and whatever else!

[kerpkek]

Godspeed TF2. I love you with all my heart. I don't know where the hell I'd be without you. Probably doing something more productive with my life than I am now tbh but I have no regrets. I've met so many countless amazing friends that I hold dear all because of this game, and as of a few days ago, I was even able to meet one of them in person and it was fantastic. 5 years and 7445 hours later, and I have no plans to quit or slow down. TF2 will always be my #1 favourite game and I will remember it for the rest of my life. Whatever happens today, be it the update we've been waiting for, or just another blogpost, I'm still going to wake up and enjoy the same good old hat-based war simulator I've enjoyed non-stop since I first got sucked into it. Thanks for existing, TF2. Happy 10th birthday. Here's to 10 more :toot:

[CommodoreKong]

Happy birthday TF2 and congrats to everyone who's worked on TF2, both at Valve and community contributors, for helping this game hit this amazing milestone.

[Petroklos]

I'd really like a new ARG. I don't believe anything in the works deserves it, as we know(?) what we'll be getting for the next update and have a vague idea for the update after that, but we'll executed ARGs are fun.

[nonhuman]

well damn this game is now 10 yo, gotta post something.
I've been playing TF2 since 2011 and been following it even way before that year, it has been a big part of my pc gaming experience and it made me not see every fps as cod, made me get involved with the more technical side of source engine and even other games in general due to starting modding and I've became friends with many people through the years I've played this game even though majority of those people quit or stop caring about tf2 years ago.
there is just so much shit that would be typed here but I can't even remember everything I lived through this game.

even though I still love this game deep down, the wait for this damn update makes me not want to play it much anymore because nothing feels fresh.
I just hope when the update hits it fucking HITS BIG, making this game actually cared about again by people.

[donutbigpoland]

I hope that TF2 will last another 10 years, and hopefully in that time Valve will see that TF2 is still worth the work on it, we all wish for that. Happy 10th birthday TF2! :toot:

[RoboHobo]

I wonder what we are gonna get for our birthday

[EmilyVasquez]

[QUOTE=RoboHobo;52765209]I wonder what we are gonna get for our birthday[/QUOTE]

Probably nothing.