TF2 General Chat and Speculation Station: Whiteboard Blues - Games

What keeps me on the fence about crits is new players. That random dice roll may be the only chance they have at getting those little victories. They're going to get their faces kicked in regardless, but how much of a difference do those little victories make? I'd be interested in an analysis of new player retention rates in environments with and without random crits.

[QUOTE=Blade Rx69;52674068]What keeps me on the fence about crits is new players. That random dice roll may be the only chance they have at getting those little victories. They're going to get their faces kicked in regardless, but how much of a difference do those little victories make? I'd be interested in an analysis of new player retention rates in environments with and without random crits.[/QUOTE] The solution would be to have better pairings to keep vets from fighting new players, but I'm not sure if that's possible in TF2's current state and playercount.

Today is a good day [t]http://i.imgur.com/kJCcYgr.jpg[/t]

What's the deal with the diamondback? If you're getting frequent stabs isn't it more or less a straight upgrade to stock?

[QUOTE=Magrathea;52674213]Today is a good day [t]http://i.imgur.com/kJCcYgr.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] Well that answers the question as to whether hats are still dropping [editline]12th September 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=Mort Stroodle;52674215]What's the deal with the diamondback? If you're getting frequent stabs isn't it more or less a straight upgrade to stock?[/QUOTE] It has a bit of base damage reduction IIRC

Black Box was even better back in the day. +20 health from any range that stacked based on how many people were in the AoE. I recall time when I would be low health and spam rockets across the map, only to heal to full because 2 rockets that did little to no damage struck a group of people.

[QUOTE=SirGentlemann;52674264]Black Box was even better back in the day. +20 health from any range that stacked based on how many people were in the AoE. I recall time when I would be low health and spam rockets across the map, only to heal to full because 2 rockets that did little to no damage struck a group of people.[/QUOTE] Which is exactly why they changed it. No weapon should make it that easy to get full health.

[QUOTE=Mort Stroodle;52674215]What's the deal with the diamondback? If you're getting frequent stabs isn't it more or less a straight upgrade to stock?[/QUOTE] It has the same damage reduction as the amby, so its basically the amby but for bad players

[QUOTE=SirGentlemann;52674264]Black Box was even better back in the day. +20 health from any range that stacked based on how many people were in the AoE. I recall time when I would be low health and spam rockets across the map, only to heal to full because 2 rockets that did little to no damage struck a group of people.[/QUOTE] it was +15 and it was balanced. The only thing it needed was the cap of 1 instance per rocket. the version right now is pretty inconsistent and a little frustrating to use but that's just me

had my second dream of the update launching. i sure hope for some good news this week :v:

Dude, Morasky's comments saddens me. "It could be out next week" could mean any point in time between three months to ten years in Valve's clock. Let's hope something happens this week, really been waiting to jump back on the game with more people playing any other thing besides Turbine (to clarify, South american players only thing they god damn do is playing Turbine and never caping the damn Intel in order to have infinite deathmatch time, so sick of it).

[QUOTE=Danzflor;52674344]ten years[/QUOTE] Okay I think this joke is going a bit far now.

remember the time they retired the 9 OG hats and added a "limited" tag to hats even though the people who'd care about limited hats already know if they're limited, all for no reason besides an economy experiment

[QUOTE=fendermcbender;52674389]remember the time they retired the 9 OG hats and added a "limited" tag to hats even though the people who'd care about limited hats already know if they're limited, all for no reason besides an economy experiment[/QUOTE] God damn I still want the Pyro's Fireman Hat.

I don't think that one's retired IIRC

Apparently when CSGO jumps ship to Source2, its servers will go from the current 64 tickrate of Source games to 128. EDIT: [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ns4tioTjyQ&feature=youtu.be&list=WL&t=25"]This is speculation based on the Chinese version of CS:GO[/URL]

[QUOTE=Serge Ivanov;52674442]I don't think that one's retired IIRC[/QUOTE] You are right, it was the Beanie, my bad. Still can't find that other one tho :(

[QUOTE=Petroklos;52674461]Apparently when CSGO jumps ship to Source2, its servers will go from the current 64 tickrate of Source games to 128.[/QUOTE] source

[QUOTE=Doodle966;52674483]source[/QUOTE] yeah dude source 2

[QUOTE=Petroklos;52674461]Apparently when CSGO jumps ship to Source2, its servers will go from the current 64 tickrate of Source games to 128.[/QUOTE] Wait what, since when is CS:GO going Source 2?

[QUOTE=Petroklos;52674461]Apparently when CSGO jumps ship to Source2, its servers will go from the current 64 tickrate of Source games to 128.[/QUOTE] Where have you heard/read this?

I still do not see the reason behind taking away the OG hats at all. Also I am dangerously close to the 6k hours mark, I feel disgusting.

[QUOTE=Magrathea;52674213]Today is a good day [t]http://i.imgur.com/kJCcYgr.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] Why, is there something I've missed, or just a hunch?

It's a good day because they found human remains in their computer

[QUOTE=DrCactus;52674607]It's a good day because they found human remains in their computer[/QUOTE] or the remains of the rest of the dev team.

[QUOTE=Doodle966;52674483]source[/QUOTE] Actually partial speculation from a YouTuber. I saw the title and that he had "Source" in his description so I though it was legit. [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ns4tioTjyQ&feature=youtu.be&list=WL&t=25"]Video in question[/URL] Second time this month I've done sloppy journalism, kinda surprised Polygon hasn't offered me a job yet. At some point he mentions how "TF2 is not in development #RIPTF2", so he's not the most credible of sources.

[QUOTE=Drury;52674566]Wait what, since when is CS:GO going Source 2?[/QUOTE] "source 2 is in the future for all our projects" surely this means valve's second (first?) most popular game is also getting Source 2. TF2 is the depressed third wheel tagging along, way behind, so who knows

[QUOTE=Drury;52674566]Wait what, since when is CS:GO going Source 2?[/QUOTE] [url]http://imgur.com/a/1qTmI[/url]

Pretty sure you can unbox retired hats. Just open one of those really old crates.

[QUOTE=Blackavar;52674664]"source 2 is in the future for all our projects" surely this means valve's second (first?) most popular game is also getting Source 2. TF2 is the depressed third wheel tagging along, way behind, so who knows[/QUOTE] I think it's plausible that one day we may see a source 2 port for TF2, just not anytime soon.