Major Update Speculation V35 - A Distinctive Lack of Communication - Games

i don't need to pick ikes to say something stupid he already has that covered on his own :v:

holy hell can you people not wait two fucking days? the fucking MOMENT it doesn't release on the EXACT SECOND you want it to you're so fucking ready to cock-slap the "LE UPDATE DELAYED LE UPDATE IS DEAD LE UPDATE NEVER EVER" button that the impact of your grimy unwashed balls hitting the button causes a torrential splash of sweat and balls-grease that then lands right on the rest of us fuck, be patient. we're IN the update window. we havent passed it, we're not ahead of it, it could happen ANY DAY now.

[QUOTE=Contra132;51558375]i don't need to pick ikes to say something stupid he already has that covered on his own :v:[/QUOTE] [T]http://68.media.tumblr.com/6c4b380c04866107583dc7486bdadce5/tumblr_nbfs6d7ZDO1raxeeio1_r3_1280.png[/T] [URL="http://sicorey.tumblr.com/post/96826539033/pssssyche"]via[/URL] [QUOTE=ikes;51558460]we're IN the update window. we havent passed it, we're not ahead of it, it could happen ANY DAY now.[/QUOTE] It could be tommorow. It could be [I]today[/I]! It could even b-

It scares me that they keep referring to it as a pyro [B]pack[/B]

[QUOTE=Ace_Rimmer;51558482]It scares me that they keep referring to it as a pyro [B]pack[/B][/QUOTE] The Pack is a part of the update (not the whole thing), and likely just Pyro's new weapons- remember, the War was over who got new weapons first. (also ikes ily ♥)

[url]https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Source-1-Games/issues/52#issuecomment-268307391[/url] [url]https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/5jfcn9/valve_actually_looks_at_their_bugtracker/[/url] Has this been posted yet? Can someone who is more informed please explain what is going on? "https://github.com/kisak-valve Joined on Dec 3, 2016" Replied to a 3 year old post??

[QUOTE=Contra132;51558375]i don't need to pick ikes to say something stupid he already has that covered on his own :v:[/QUOTE] man I've barely touched the MUS lately and y'all are still thinking about me? and yet y'all still wont take me out to dinner

[QUOTE=Koi_Pond;51558512][url]https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Source-1-Games/issues/52#issuecomment-268307391[/url] [url]https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/5jfcn9/valve_actually_looks_at_their_bugtracker/[/url] Has this been posted yet? Can someone who is more informed please explain what is going on? "https://github.com/kisak-valve Joined on Dec 3, 2016" Replied to a 3 year old post??[/QUOTE] Probably some dude at Valve who said "I should go clean up old issues"

[QUOTE=geel9;51558527]Probably some dude at Valve who said "I should go clean up old issues"[/QUOTE] Isn't this extremely important for TF2 if true?

I think the TF Team would want to release it today or tomorrow for 1 reason. MyM was released on a Thursday and SFVIII was released on a Friday. Both of these days were right before the weekend. These we're major updates that were mostly broken for alot of time after release. (With MyM taking longer than expected) If you remember, the merasmissions didn't work for the first 3 1/2 days of the event after it started because the TF Team didn't have enough time to fix it (as evident by their "fix" overnight). So, it would be smart for Valve to release it today or tomorrow so they could have time to iron out the bugs of the update, rather than taking another gamble with a broken mess.

now that i know they watch github, [URL="https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Source-1-Games/issues/2015"]i'm submitting an incredibly minor bug that's bothered me for ages[/URL] (though i also told sigsegv about it directly- don't know if he passed it along or what) wish me luck boys

I really expect the update tomorrow, there's like a curse on me to never enjoy TF2 updates on release, except for halloween, which was broken and no one enjoyed it at release, the streak cannot end now.

[QUOTE=Nebrassy;51558620]I really expect the update tomorrow, there's like a curse on me to never enjoy TF2 updates on release, except for halloween, which was broken and no one enjoyed it at release, the streak cannot end now.[/QUOTE] I'm just expecting something like being able to unbox the Universal Killstreak Kits from #83 and #91 again Or Valve adding in a new Weapon that can set off the final point on Upward if you drop it down the pit Or Snipers suddenly having Homing Arrows for some reason

Nobody could enjoy it because they released it on a Friday and nobody was around to fix it for 2 days.

[QUOTE=Serge Ivanov;51558685]Nobody could enjoy it because they released it on a Friday and nobody was around to fix it for 2 days.[/QUOTE] And this weekend would be even longer as its crimbus and I am sure they are going to take a longer break because of christmas/new years. Imagine a week where one couldn't complete missions.

[QUOTE=A_Guardian;51558733]Imagine a week where one couldn't complete missions.[/QUOTE] DON'T TEMPT FATE, SHE IS A CRUEL MISTRESS i mean worse comes to worst, someone can just lock jill inside the office again

That's the entire Reason why I hope the Update will launch outside of Thursday, I do not have any confidence whatsoever that Valve will be able to release the Update and then leave it as it is for a week or so...

[QUOTE=Koi_Pond;51558512][URL]https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Source-1-Games/issues/52#issuecomment-268307391[/URL] [URL]https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/5jfcn9/valve_actually_looks_at_their_bugtracker/[/URL] Has this been posted yet? Can someone who is more informed please explain what is going on? "https://github.com/kisak-valve Joined on Dec 3, 2016" Replied to a 3 year old post??[/QUOTE] Either it's pure coincidence or valve has a new'ish employee digging into stuff that he can fix and learn engine related stuff while doing so. TF2 has been a "toybox" for the new people untill they move on to some other projects. To mention few, Fletcher, who worked on TF2 now works with Dota2 and with CSGO. Jon, who created replay for TF2 moved on few years ago and now works something else. The upcoming jungle map from valve is also a sign that they have a new level designer in the house working out with hammer untill moving on to something else. We haven't seen new map from valve since powerhouse, so propably something like this is happening at Valve. Hopefully we see plenty of old issues fixed while new things are coming and we finally see awesome levels made by Valve too. Those 2 beta maps really put me into thinking do they have any level designers left in the team since they have been dragging on for ~2 years. PS: TF2 update will hit thursday.

[QUOTE=ics;51558780]PS: TF2 update will hit thursday.[/QUOTE] you're probably right but what's ur source for statin' that as fact? oh god is another ICS map official

considering how frequently people go out of town or are too busy to spend their money within 5 days of christmas you'd think they would grind to get it out as early as possible yet every year we see them drop the update under 100 hours before christmas. It's an interesting system and i'd like to know how much it actually affects sales/player numbers

[QUOTE=Contra132;51558790]you're probably right but what's ur source for statin' that as fact? oh god is another ICS map official[/QUOTE] Am i not entitled to have an opinion on the update release date?

[QUOTE=ics;51558798]Am i not entitled to have an opinion on the update release date?[/QUOTE] you flatly stated the update was coming on Thursday, as if you knew for certain

I hope for a new valve payload map sometime soon, there's just something special about them. Aside from cactus canyon, what is the last payload map valve made?, was it upward?, wasn't playing back then so I can't tell [editline]21st December 2016[/editline] Millstone/fifthcurve official hype

It's not really hard to guess the date since most TF2 updates have arrived on thursdays. The small ones, which i need up update servers for. Not the majors. Every other xmas related update has arrived on thursday too, with exception of 2014 since eve was 24th thursday, it arrived on tuesday and tough break was exception. There isn't much days left for it to arrive. If it would be today, there would have been blog post already. Also i haven't spoken anyone with Valve since halloween so this is all pure speculation. [editline]21st December 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=Nebrassy;51558806] Millstone/fifthcurve official hype[/QUOTE] Nope.avi.

But the Steam Sale is starting on Thursday. Surely they wouldn't want to release the update on the same day?

[QUOTE=TomatoGuy;51558834]But the Steam Sale is starting on Thursday. Surely they wouldn't want to release the update on the same day?[/QUOTE] oh my god we go through this 50 times every year

[QUOTE=Nebrassy;51558806]I hope for a new valve payload map sometime soon, there's just something special about them. Aside from cactus canyon, what is the last payload map valve made?, was it upward?, wasn't playing back then so I can't tell [editline]21st December 2016[/editline] Millstone/fifthcurve official hype[/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.teamfortress.com/uberupdate/day_01.html"]Barnblitz[/URL]

I think we've actually been had and the update will be next Thursday.

[QUOTE=Godzillan;51558882]I think we've actually been had and the update will be next Thursday.[/QUOTE] A, I'm pretty sure they'll be out of the office that week B, we've never, ever had an update that late, and with no precedent or evidence to build on this is just blind cynicism

[QUOTE=Contra132;51558928]A, I'm pretty sure they'll be out of the office that week B, we've never, ever had an update that late, and with no precedent or evidence to build on this is just blind cynicism[/QUOTE] Or, secret option C, it was a joke.