TF2 General Chat and Speculation Station: Whiteboard Blues

[CommodoreKong]

There was a video interview published a couple of days ago with Mike Morasky, who works at Valve as a composer:
[video=youtube;z37kBD0DYqg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z37kBD0DYqg&feature=youtu.be&t=2m1s[/video]
He says he just worked on a project that could come out as early next week. I'm guessing the project is the TF2 Pyro/Jungle update since it will almost certainly get new music.

[Sntr]

[QUOTE='[ToRn];52660155']I just wanna finish my latest tour. I started it like 2 years ago and just wanna finish it out of boredom.[/QUOTE]

are you doing a 2cities tour? because that thing tends to get the fair majority of people grinding their golden guns so you're more likely to get a half-decent team to beat it with (you still have ample room for the dreaded 300+ tour shithead and the now classic give-up-after-one-loss guy, because mvm is all about those bragging rights of beating Empire Escalation without failing a wave /s

[Fluury]

[QUOTE=ComodoreBluth;52660375]There was a video interview published a couple of days ago with Mike Morasky, who works at Valve as a composer:
[video=youtube;z37kBD0DYqg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z37kBD0DYqg&feature=youtu.be&t=2m1s[/video]
He says he just worked on a project that could come out as early next week. I'm guessing the project is the TF2 Pyro/Jungle update since it will almost certainly get new music.[/QUOTE]

And the cycle begins anew

[prizepool]

[QUOTE=Fluury;52660511]And the cycle begins anew[/QUOTE]

Let's hope it's a quick cycle

[Drury]

[QUOTE=ComodoreBluth;52660375]There was a video interview published a couple of days ago with Mike Morasky, who works at Valve as a composer:
[video=youtube;z37kBD0DYqg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z37kBD0DYqg&feature=youtu.be&t=2m1s[/video]
He says he just worked on a project that could come out as early next week. I'm guessing the project is the TF2 Pyro/Jungle update since it will almost certainly get new music.[/QUOTE]

He also said this:

[media]https://twitter.com/ValveTime/status/905605724155326464[/media]

[editline]8th September 2017[/editline]

imagine half-life 3 actually comes out before the update

[Harry]

[QUOTE=Drury;52660537]

imagine half-life 3 actually comes out before the update[/QUOTE]

imagine of the tf team are saving the update because of the half life 3 promotional™ workshop™ event™ they're gonna launch along side it

[CommodoreKong]

[QUOTE=Serious_Greg;52660550]sounds more like something related to another dota update or artifact imo, i wouldn't get my hopes up[/QUOTE]

I don't think it's that crazy to think that the SFM will have new music.

[Weyu]

[QUOTE=Ghostlier;52660232]I first kept harassing Snipers because apparently the [url=https://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/9/9c/Taunt_wormsHHG.wav?t=20100826173810]really loud sound that plays[/url] doesn't make it immediately obvious that they should unscope.[/QUOTE]
Don't Skial servers use bots? That could be the reason why they don't unscope.

[Kegan]

[QUOTE=weyu6572;52660696]Don't Skial servers use bots? That could be the reason why they don't unscope.[/QUOTE]

You underestimate how clueless a 24/7 2Fort sniper is, if they had tunnel vision any harder [URL="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/7e/7e/8e/7e7e8e7e45d958b1748de1310cf16bf4--unusual-animals-strange-animals.jpg"]they'd look like this [/URL]

[Enclave]

I fucking did it, fellas. All the time, pain, sweat and tears finally pays off.

[t]http://i.imgur.com/OTJ6b5Y.jpg[/t]

[CommodoreKong]

[QUOTE=Serious_Greg;52660717]it definitely will, but i just doubt they'd dive into working on this kind of stuff for an entire month just to do couple of short tracks for like a two minute video, to me, it sounds like an entirely new game thats not out yet or another grand, insanely enormous dota thing, then again, i don't know how these things are at valve, maybe they're working on music for one trailer for months.[/QUOTE]

Well he says in the interview that he composes the music, does the audio mixing, directs the orchestra and does other things as well.

[ics]

Its pretty clear Mike Morasky did the new TF2 SFM short music with the orchestra. Anyone who doesn't see that, isnt following closely enough.

[Atoc]

[QUOTE=ComodoreBluth;52660375]There was a video interview published a couple of days ago with Mike Morasky, who works at Valve as a composer:
[video=youtube;z37kBD0DYqg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z37kBD0DYqg&feature=youtu.be&t=2m1s[/video]
He says he just worked on a project that could come out as early next week. I'm guessing the project is the TF2 Pyro/Jungle update since it will almost certainly get new music.[/QUOTE]

I bet 19 cents and a bagel that the music is for artifact

[Fluury]

[QUOTE=ComodoreBluth;52660375]There was a video interview published a couple of days ago with Mike Morasky, who works at Valve as a composer:
[video=youtube;z37kBD0DYqg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z37kBD0DYqg&feature=youtu.be&t=2m1s[/video]
He says he just worked on a project that could come out as early next week. I'm guessing the project is the TF2 Pyro/Jungle update since it will almost certainly get new music.[/QUOTE]

Also for the unknowing:
[IMG]https://files.catbox.moe/urvozx.png[/IMG]
You can be VERY certain that it's music for the short.

This is essentially official, valve dev conformation that something [B]might[/B] come out next week.

No vague Whiteboard messages that could mean anything. No awkward emails that aren't confirmed.

[Harry]

[QUOTE=Fluury;52660793]
This is essentially official, valve dev conformation that something [B]might[/B] come out next week.

[/quote]

isn't this kinda redundant

[Atoc]

[QUOTE=DatHarry;52660811]isn't this kinda redundant[/QUOTE]

It'll come out soon(tm)

[TcChallenger]

[QUOTE=ComodoreBluth;52660375]There was a video interview published a couple of days ago with Mike Morasky, who works at Valve as a composer:
[video=youtube;z37kBD0DYqg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z37kBD0DYqg&feature=youtu.be&t=2m1s[/video]
He says he just worked on a project that could come out as early next week. I'm guessing the project is the TF2 Pyro/Jungle update since it will almost certainly get new music.[/QUOTE]

If this is the case and the update finally releases next week, I think that 9/6 really was just an internal date for their final playtest of their Jungle Map / Bug fixes before it goes live.

[[ToRn]]

[QUOTE=Fillmore;52660405]are you doing a 2cities tour? because that thing tends to get the fair majority of people grinding their golden guns so you're more likely to get a half-decent team to beat it with [B][U](you still have ample room for the dreaded 300+ tour shithead[/U][/B] and the now classic give-up-after-one-loss guy, because mvm is all about those bragging rights of beating Empire Escalation without failing a wave /s[/QUOTE]

Try the 19 tour shithead. The guy had 19 tours and thought [I]that[/I] was a lot and thought he had the right to command everyone to do every single thing he said. He even went as far as to say "I got more tours than you" to me ... I had 13 at the time.

I said "wow 6 more tours, so experienced, well done mate". He then proceeded to rage quit after a loss.

[Fluury]

[QUOTE=DatHarry;52660811]isn't this kinda redundant[/QUOTE]

making it like im talking to a 5 year old is the closest thing to "dabbing on haters" via an internet forum

[kerpkek]

I think Valve would announce an official release date for Artifact themselves with well over a weeks notice, so I don't think it'll end up being that. If it is Artifact then I fucking give up lmao

[fodderstompf]

[QUOTE=Cupkek;52660847]I think Valve would announce an official release date for Artifact themselves with well over a weeks notice, so I don't think it'll end up being that. If it is Artifact then I fucking give up lmao[/QUOTE]

>we end up getting the update next week, as well as Artifact
> "In order to update TF2 to the latest version, you have to buy Artifact, now on steam for 60$"

I feel as if it wouldn't be that far-fetched of an idea to Valve.

[rolf]

I actually hope it's not next week because I'm going to get fucked by hurricane Irma then hurricane Jose is coming for sloppy seconds, and if I die before the jungle update comes to me I swear to god

[fodderstompf]

[QUOTE=rolfum;52660901]I actually hope it's not next week because I'm going to get fucked by hurricane Irma then hurricane Jose is coming for sloppy seconds, and if I die before the jungle update comes to me I swear to god[/QUOTE]

I'm so glad my city only got rain from Hurricane Harvey, I'm like, 4 hours away from Port Aransas.
If you don't see the Jungle Update within your lifetime, you have to put "I hate the TF2 Devs" on your epitaph.

[gjw22]

If artifact is out before the TF2 update I'll give away an unusual (a rando one i buy off of marketplace.tf) to a random zing react on this post.

[Hidden Titan]

So I've been thinking about the whiteboard 6/9 and I've come to this:

First was it TF2 related in the first place?
TF2 has a confirmed jungle update in the future.
Nothing else does unless it's behind closed doors.

so lets take the obvious route and say yes the jungle 9/6 was TF2 now what? nothing happened on said day right? wrong.

But first lets look at the original jungle blog post:

[QUOTE=TF2 blog] consider this a call to action for all things tropical over the next few months: particles, maps, items and anything else.[/QUOTE]

So the jungle update boils down to two main parts:
Maps and cosmetics.

Now we know that cosmetic creators find out only hours before that there items are accepted (normally) so we can rule that out easily so we are left with one thing

Maps which can be broken down into two parts:
Valve and community

so from best case to worst 6/9 could of been:

A-Community maps have been selected meaning the updates next week (keep an eye on Crash and Blade x64)

B-The day Mike and team did the music.

C- Large internal play test for Valves new map (unknown state of map)

D- Something related to props, textures or soundscapes ect (i doubt it's this because it feels very late in development to work on props also why would you put a date on props also the soundscapes done)

And now with the recent interview hey maybe it could be next week, maybe not either way don't fret it will be here eventually.

Of course this is'nt taking into count the rest of the update.

[Der_dasMann]

I forgot that PassTime had secret catch animations

[Zadrave]

[QUOTE=Der dasMann;52660919]I forgot that PassTime had secret catch animations[/QUOTE]

I forgot that Passtime exists

[Retinazer]

[QUOTE=gjw22;52660915]If artifact is out before the TF2 update I'll give away an unusual (a rando one i buy off of marketplace.tf) to a random zing react on this post.[/QUOTE]

Doubful as Artifact is slated to release sometime in 2018

[Hell-met]

[QUOTE=Retinazer;52661039]Doubful as Artifact is slated to release sometime in 2018[/QUOTE]

that's the joke

[FUTURE10S]

[QUOTE=Drury;52660537]He also said this:

[media]https://twitter.com/ValveTime/status/905605724155326464[/media]

[editline]8th September 2017[/editline]

imagine half-life 3 actually comes out before the update[/QUOTE]

I was legit expecting him to count 1, 2, episode 1, episode 2... *coughs*