TF2 General Chat and Speculation Station: Whiteboard Blues - Games

When people say "The update will be a one-day release" or people assume the update releases on friday, people tend to laugh at them and tell them they are crazy. Why? Because the TF Team's routine showed that most updates happen on Thursday. [I]But can we really use routine as a basis for our expectations?[/I] Think about it, the TF Team has been acting out of line so many times this year, do you really think "Because they have acted so in the past" is still a good argument?

As a guy who defended Valve for this long wait, this is actually getting sad. They should atleast give us info on what's up, we are like fish without any water right now.

In theory, if they had planned a multi-day release but it got delayed, they [I]could[/I] change the day 1 / day 2 etc pages to just say page 1 / page 2 etc, for minimal work, and then release on the same day they put up the blog post.

The amount of people in the community going from optimistic to "dead inside" is crazy. This should be a pretty big red flag for the Team and they should really make a "What we are up to post".

Didnt they release tough break in one day ? instead of the planned 2 days ?

[QUOTE=RetroMike;52681132]The amount of people in the community going from optimistic to "dead inside" is crazy. This should be a pretty big red flag for the Team and they should really make a "What we are up to post".[/QUOTE] I'm amused by the constant circle of WeekBegins->HYPE->WednesdayPasses->DeadInside->Repeat. How much better would it be if I weren't in the [URL="https://youtu.be/Y2wcZw9Ujsc"]circle[/URL] too. [QUOTE=Doodle966;52681134]Didnt they release tough break in one day ? instead of the planned 2 days ?[/QUOTE] [I]-Meet your Match: Matchmaking, 3 new Maps, Pass Time out of Beta, PyroVsHeavy, New Cosmetics, Class and Weapon Changes. 2 Day Update. -Tough Break: New Campaign, 4 new Maps, a LOT of new Cosmetics, Class and Weapon Changes, also it's Smismass 2015. 1 Day Update. -Gun Mettle: Introduces Campaigns and Weapon Skins, 4 new Maps, New Cosmetics, New Cosmetic Type (WeaponSkins), Class and Weapon Changes. 2 Day Update. -Smismass 2015: Introduced MannPower in Beta, 3 new Weapons, New Cosmetics, Class and Weapon Changes. 1 Day Update and it's just a blog post. -Love and War: 5 new Weapons, New Cosmetics, Class and Weapon Changes. 2 Day Update. -Two Cities: 2 new MvM Maps, 1 new Map, Class and Weapon MvM Changes, Weapon Effects are introduced. 2 Day Update. -Mecha Update: 1 new MvM Map, introduces Mecha Engineers in MvM, 3 new Weapons, New Cosmetics, also it's Smismass 2012. 1 Day Update. -MannVsMachine: Introduces MvM, New Cosmetics. 3 Day Update.[/I] Repost from [URL="https://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1568215&p=52576075&viewfull=1#post52576075"]here[/URL] So yeah, I'd agree a 1-Day update is possible, even though I see it being a 2 day Update and find it extremely unlikely to be a 3day.

'member when they were building a moonbase? We haven't heard anything about that in a long, long time. Think it will actually be featured in 2017 Big Update? Plus Cactus Canyon.

[QUOTE=RetroMike;52681132]The amount of people in the community going from optimistic to "dead inside" is crazy. This should be a pretty big red flag for the Team and they should really make a "What we are up to post".[/QUOTE] It's pretty much the same like you delayed christmas for example. "Christmas gifts were suppose to given out at December, but now we're gonna give them out soon later this year but before Easter". It's not fun to wait for something we were promised.

[QUOTE=Acksor;52681165]'member when they were building a moonbase? We haven't heard anything about that in a long, long time. Think it will actually be featured in 2017 Big Update? Plus Cactus Canyon.[/QUOTE] They've specifically said they aren't finishing Asteroid in this next update. If there's enough clamor for it I suspect we might be able to make it a priority for the next major update after this one though.

[QUOTE=qubestf2;52681176]It's pretty much the same like you delayed christmas for example. "Christmas gifts were suppose to given out at December, but now we're gonna give them out soon later this year but before Easter". It's not fun to wait for something we were promised.[/QUOTE] Key difference is that a date was never mentioned. It's more like "We're going to give you a bunch of gifts sometime." Times like Christmas and Birthdays sound like appropriate times for gift giving, but that doesn't mean they're when we'll get the gifts. Any status updates would probably just boil down to "We're working on your gifts, but aren't quite ready to give them to you yet." We already can figure this is the case since the gifts were promised and we haven't received them yet.

That would be a huge shame if Tip of the Hats suffers from less viewership this year, I hope Valve can get the update out asap.

[QUOTE=Petroklos;52681157]I'm amused by the constant circle of WeekBegins->HYPE->WednesdayPasses->DeadInside->Repeat. [/QUOTE] This isn't really that cycle though. What I'm starting to see is people with genuine burn out and loss of interest.

[QUOTE=RetroMike;52681268]burn out[/QUOTE] heh

[QUOTE=Fluury;52681291]heh[/QUOTE] :godzing::dogcited::godzing::dogcited::godzing: :dogcited::godzing::dogcited::godzing::dogcited: :godzing::dogcited::godzing::dogcited::godzing: :dogcited::godzing::dogcited::godzing::dogcited: :godzing::dogcited::godzing::dogcited::godzing: [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Emote spam shitpost" - Reagy))[/highlight]

It's times like this where I don't understand why the TF Team makes these easily avoidable mistakes. - Competitive mode would of been in a finished state if the TF Team implemented highly requested features like Placements/ELO, Class Limits, etc. - Casual mode could of been fixed up or possibly wouldn't of been in MyM if the TF Team did a closed beta or communicated about the mode. - This intense 435 days of pure nothing except for some half-baked events (If Smissmas 2016 can even be considered a major update) could of been avoided if they separated the "Community Jungle" portion of the update and released it in Spring. Maybe even have slightly more communication here and there with little tidbits about the upcoming update. - They talk about "listening to the community every day", but Driller thinks that the main thing the community wants is "Uber-Update sized" updates. (Source: VNN Interview) - Might be wrong, but I remember someone on the previous thread said that EricS said something about the team biting off more then they could chew with the update. I'm just sort of rambling on at this point, but the update just needs to come out. Right now, they are probably trying to fix every single little bug with this update because they want to make sure it's not another MyM.

Since people are doing Toxxes, :toxx: The next major update will be released by Saturday 7th October 2017 00:00 PST (Sometime in the next 3 Weeks and 2 days) No Escape :toxx: [highlight](User was permabanned for this post ("TOXX: TF2 update will release by 7.10.2017 00:00 PST, otherwise perma" - Mezzokoko))[/highlight] [highlight](User was permabanned for this post ("Failed Toxx - No Escape" - Mezzokoko))[/highlight]

[QUOTE=Creeps;52680928]why was the thing 150 instead of 100 anyways?[/QUOTE] who the fuck knows tbh

[QUOTE=geel9;52679993][url=https://scrap.tf/raffles/QM8UF8]does anyone else think that the fp mods are big ol' pussies????[/url][/QUOTE] oh I missed it rip. Valve get your shit together k thx

[QUOTE=Creeps;52680928]why was the thing 150 instead of 100 anyways?[/QUOTE] i was one of the lucky boys to not win one even with the 66% winning chance

safe to say we're at a very peculiar form of the bargaining stage of grief

do you guys do this every thursday

I honestly think it's coming this month or sometime early next month, or if this goes past October, they'll probably skip Halloween again.

[QUOTE=Seaner23;52681487]if this goes past October, they'll probably skip Halloween again.[/QUOTE] I think they've been already past the point of no return for skipping halloween again.

[QUOTE=Acksor;52681165]'member when they were building a moonbase? We haven't heard anything about that in a long, long time. Think it will actually be featured in 2017 Big Update? Plus Cactus Canyon.[/QUOTE] an actual moon base would take less time to make :v:

Used Geel's blessed key for a series #1 crate unboxing. Got an equalizer :v:

You could have gotten 1700 equalizers for that key

[QUOTE=Mort Stroodle;52681691]You could have gotten 1700 equalizers for that key[/QUOTE] mistakes were made... although i still find unboxing from time to time to be a fun experience, regardless of what i actually get

[QUOTE=bobpineapple;52681733]although i still find unboxing from time to time to be a fun experience, regardless of what i actually get[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.kongregate.com/games/stripedypaper/tf2-crate-sim[/url] It's even free!

I hate having to go to FP everyday to see if the TF2 update gets released,when all I got is dissapointment. So I'm going to make shit simple. I think that the blog post will come out on the 15/9 or in the following days up until 23/9. If not,I get banned and I STAY banned until the blog post comes out. :toxx:

[QUOTE=weyu6572;52681742]I hate having to go to FP everyday to see if the TF2 update gets released,when all I got is dissapointment. So I'm going to make shit simple. I think that the blog post will come out on the 15/9 or in the following days up until 23/9. If not,I get banned and I STAY banned until the blog post comes out. :toxx:[/QUOTE] that's your clause? go big or go home, because right now it's "ban me when the thing doesn't happen and then unban me when it inevitably does."