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

[QUOTE=Oizen;51454445]MyM removed more features than it added. It was a downdate. RIP Ad-hoc connections RIP Cactus Canyon/ Asteroid RIP Any semblance of Team Balance[/QUOTE]This is all the unfortunate result of removing Quickplay in Meet your Match. Removing Quickplay broke a lot of in game features. (To add to your list; many achievements are unobtainable, the coaching system is completely broken, eternaweens are unusable, etc.) Had the TF team kept Quickplay in game I don't think the game would be in this awful state it is in currently. This Casual system is far from an improvement to Quickplay for legitimate casual playing.

There's probably going to be an update soonish, because they added some new Yogscast medals to another charity Humble Bundle.

[QUOTE=ned_ballad;51457433]There's probably going to be an update soonish, because they added some new Yogscast medals to another charity Humble Bundle.[/QUOTE] They've already been in the game since about last week. I know Psyke already has his Self-Made ones.

Really? Oh, didn't know that. Okay

[QUOTE=Oizen;51454445]MyM removed more features than it added. It was a downdate. RIP Ad-hoc connections RIP Cactus Canyon/ Asteroid RIP Any semblance of Team Balance[/QUOTE] I would be so much more satisfied with the MyM update if they hadn't scrapped Quickplay. for me it seems like Valve is giving community servers less and less love. I know they want the game to stay relevant with matchmaking and comp mode, but [I]come on.[/I]

Australian Christmas- December 17, 2010 Australian Christmas 2011- December 15, 2011 Mecha Update- December 20, 2012 Smissmas 2013- December 20, 2013 Smissmas 2014- December 22, 2014 Tough Break Update- December 17, 2015 I personally wouldn't expect anything until after next week

[QUOTE=Cupkek;51457890]Australian Christmas- December 17, 2010 Australian Christmas 2011- December 15, 2011 Mecha Update- December 20, 2012 Smissmas 2013- December 20, 2013 Smissmas 2014- December 22, 2014 Tough Break Update- December 17, 2015 I personally wouldn't expect anything until after next week[/QUOTE] I would think the most likely days for the update to push would be the 20th to the 22nd. But Valve has surprised us before, so I'm not counting on anything.

[QUOTE=Cupkek;51457890]Australian Christmas- December 17, 2010 Australian Christmas 2011- December 15, 2011 Mecha Update- December 20, 2012 Smissmas 2013- December 20, 2013 Smissmas 2014- December 22, 2014 Tough Break Update- December 17, 2015 I personally wouldn't expect anything until after next week[/QUOTE] End Of The Line was released on December 8, 2014.

[QUOTE=Snowshoe;51458277]End Of The Line was released on December 8, 2014.[/QUOTE] End of the Line wasn't a Christmas update. My guess is the earliest we'll get the Christmas update is the week of the 12th, but the week of the 19th is much more likely.

It'll be the 22nd. Like last year. And the year before that. And the year before that. And we'll be shocked and flip out :v: EDIT: I'm referring to the Smissmiss Gift and Festivizer, by the way. (Man I hope we get some more legitimate festives this time around)

It wasn't on the 22nd last year.

[QUOTE=GuntMyFries;51459240]It'll be the 22nd. Like last year. And the year before that. And the year before that. And we'll be shocked and flip out :v:[/QUOTE] It was on the 17th, someone literally made a list! That said - I think we have met the "Silence before the Update" Phase where we wont get updates for three weeks and then the Major one.

[QUOTE=Lord Exor;51459405]It wasn't on the 22nd last year.[/QUOTE] Technically the Festivizer didn't come out until the 22nd last year, but year the bulk of the update came out on the 17th.

Hey, I know this is mostly not relevant, but Unusual Miscs + other unusuals are still in the no unbox list in unusual quality. Whether all the miscs are about to be retired or not is unknown.

[QUOTE=Eon Destroyer;51465715]Hey, I know this is mostly not relevant, but Unusual Miscs + other unusuals are still in the no unbox list in unusual quality. Whether all the miscs are about to be retired or not is unknown.[/QUOTE] im sorry, what

[QUOTE=AD/HD;51465772]im sorry, what[/QUOTE] Short version: misc hats and some other crap can't be unboxed in unusual quality

[QUOTE=Oizen;51454445]MyM removed more features than it added. It was a downdate. RIP Ad-hoc connections RIP Cactus Canyon/ Asteroid RIP Any semblance of Team Balance[/QUOTE] i miss that cactus getting more and more pimped out with every update, I wonder what it would look like if valve actually worked on cactus canyon

[QUOTE=Cornish;51466069]i miss that cactus getting more and more pimped out with every update, I wonder what it would look like if valve actually worked on cactus canyon[/QUOTE] I just have a feeling that valve doesn't even remember cactus canyon exists anymore.

Nah, i think they feel an awkward feeling when they talk internally about cactus, so they just dont talk about it to avoid uncomfortable moments Also can you imagine how many things died like that without valve saying they were working in? I feel like 3 or 5 from releaae

The fact that you cannot unbox Unusual mics anymore makes me curious. It's probably a bug, but last time such a strange change was made it all became clear when the Major Update dropped.

[QUOTE=gonzalolog;51467405]Nah, i think they feel an awkward feeling when they talk internally about cactus, so they just dont talk about it to avoid uncomfortable moments Also can you imagine how many things died like that without valve saying they were working in? I feel like 3 or 5 from releaae[/QUOTE] That number is so so very far from the possible answer. I believe over the years there's actively been like, twenty things actually found out/leaked through the STS that never came to fruition? And [b]that[/b] number is even too low.

I don't want to live in the timeline where moonbase was scrapped in its entirety in favor of weapon skins and mannpower.

[QUOTE=Fouytan222;51467737]I don't want to live in the timeline where moonbase was scrapped in its entirety in favor of weapon skins and mannpower.[/QUOTE] i'd be ok with it if they actually explained why in a blogpost instead of the [I]fucking[/I] dead silence

We simply don't know if it is scrapped, or being put off until the comic ends (as I still believe this to be the case).

Oh yeah The comic... Right...

[QUOTE=Flubbman;51467978]Oh yeah The comic... Right...[/QUOTE] I can't believe the last issue was last September. I'm at the point where I wonder if we even get it this year - and to think they promised quicker releases. :v:

I'm tired of having to re-read the damn comic so I can remind myself what was going on in it

The idea that Moonbase is done and ready, and that Valve have delayed it by [I]years[/I] just to coincide with their abhorrent comic release schedule, is perhaps more painful to think about than the update just being scrapped.

[QUOTE=BlindSniper17;51468196]I can't believe the last issue was last September. I'm at the point where I wonder if we even get it this year - and to think they promised quicker releases. :v:[/QUOTE] Quicker release? Yeah they're still faster. Last time it was about 11 months (October 2nd, 2014 to August 31st, 2015) and this time it's just the 2nd year. 2 < 11 so valve has like 9 more years before it's going to be a longer release

What do you think this year's festives will be? I'm guessing that there will be decorated versions of some unlocks, and you will also receive festivizer tools for those unlocks. I think repeating stock festive weapons again would not be very popular...