TF2 General Chat and Update Speculation Station - One of Several Edition

[knifekeeper]

[QUOTE=bobpineapple;52609261]that's cool and all, but I really wish they could at least say a little something extra :s:[/QUOTE]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/YQ99LDT.png[/IMG]

[Fluury]

[QUOTE=bobpineapple;52609261]that's cool and all, but I really wish they could at least say a little something extra :s:[/QUOTE]

Totally, but in all honesty.
I was kinda worried that after the bunch of very serious blog posts and writers leaving, that TF2 would take a hit from it.

This blog post kind of assured me that they still got it.

EDIT: I just realized that we can call the tf team a bunch of dads now and be correct

[VirtualSoda]

Babies are taking over the gaming industry :/

[Lord Exor]

Keep calm guys, there's no need to panic, I wished Steve a happy birthday in lieu of the TF2 team.

[agrastiOs]

I would imagine one of the reasons the Jungle Update is taking so long because of all the bugs to fix. Remember that previous year in December Valve revived the Source Games issue tracker, which is [I]still[/I] actively maintained. This year they also added labels to existing issues like "Art", "Animation", to "help developers find the specific issues they specialize in".

I would imagine they used the tracker to catch a lot of bugs, and now are fixing most of them.

Also, the Pyro Update was delayed from December too.

[Dumpus]

Yeah, they still should have released SOMETHING over the summer though.
New weapons, new cosmetics, balance changes, anything.

The problem isn't really that the pyro update or the jungle update isn't out yet. It's that nothing substantial has come out in over a year.

[Kaiga]

[QUOTE=Fluury;52609236][url]http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=31954[/url]

babi

the tf team has found a loophole in the "Valve doesnt wanna hire more people" problem[/QUOTE]

[URL="https://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/7/7a/Heavy_taunts13.wav?t=20110320102347"]The valve office right now.[/URL]

[TectonicImprov]

Oh no wonder the update hasn't come out yet, they're busy taking care of a baby!

[Ace of Butts]

10th class is a baby confirmed

[Kegan]

Entire team, is [B]BABIES.[/B]

[Vincentor]

feels like they're really taking the piss with that new blog post

[CommodoreKong]

Is the baby going to be our new highlander heavy blogpost picture?

[rolf]

Well of course they're going to adopt a baby, how else are they going to get a pyro main to help with balancing the pyro?

[Angemon300]

It's funny, just the other day I was reading about how there was a TF2 fanfiction about the mercs taking care of a baby and I said to myself "that's stupid". And here we are now.

[myxo]

[QUOTE=rolfum;52609662]Well of course they're going to adopt a baby, how else are they going to get a pyro main to help with balancing the pyro?[/QUOTE]
"Wahh! The class I main is broken on a technical level!! WAH!! I wish valve would do basic bug fixes to improve playing as and against this class!"
Fucking children

[QUOTE=Mockingbird;52609716]Why would anyone "main" a class that they know is broken on a technical level? I'm not saying don't fix pyro, but there's plenty of greener pasture in the meantime.[/QUOTE]
A character can be one of the worst in the game and still be fun to play as. Look at spy, being sneaky and pulling off wild trickstabs is a blast when you're not busy feigning or dying after every pick.

[Mockingbird]

Why would anyone "main" a class that they know is broken on a technical level? I'm not saying don't fix pyro, but there's plenty of greener pasture in the meantime.

[Lord Exor]

[QUOTE=Mockingbird;52609716]Why would anyone "main" a class that they know is broken on a technical level? I'm not saying don't fix pyro, but there's plenty of greener pasture in the meantime.[/QUOTE]
Because it's fun?

[chandlerj333]

New hit flick "Three Programmers and a Baby"

Starring the tf2 team

[Contra]

[QUOTE=Lord Exor;52609726]Because it's fun?[/QUOTE]

you mean video games can be fun and not an elaborate method of self-harm?

man I should play other classes sometime, this sounds great

[Drag0600]

While we're at it. Let's discuss, what is the worst possible way for this update to launch?

Let's get our hopes down.

[Fraklin]

[QUOTE=Drag0600;52609873]While we're at it. Let's discuss, what is the worst possible way for this update to launch?

Let's get our hopes down.[/QUOTE]

They give pyro an ice flamethrower

[CoolJosh3k]

Whose cute baby girl is that?

[Angemon300]

[QUOTE=Drag0600;52609873]While we're at it. Let's discuss, what is the worst possible way for this update to launch?

Let's get our hopes down.[/QUOTE]

Worst possible way? If they just put it in an undocumented update without telling anyone then, three weeks later, say that they meant to put in a different patch.

[Dumpus]

[QUOTE=Fraklin;52609890]They give pyro an ice flamethrower[/QUOTE]

Then make a flare gun that shoots icicles.

[Angemon300]

[QUOTE=Dumpus;52609903]Then make a flare gun that shoots [B]Spycicles.[/B][/QUOTE]

[CyclonatorZ]

[QUOTE=Drag0600;52609873]While we're at it. Let's discuss, what is the worst possible way for this update to launch?

Let's get our hopes down.[/QUOTE]

All of the planned balancing changes to the Ambassador and overpowered Scout weapons have been scrapped, in order to appease the scout and sniperspy mains that have flooded the valve inbox with complaint emails ever since the blog post was originally made.

[TcChallenger]

[QUOTE=Drag0600;52609873]While we're at it. Let's discuss, what is the worst possible way for this update to launch?

Let's get our hopes down.[/QUOTE]

> Long queue times for Casual / GC Down for hours.
> Placement matches/ELO don't function properly and still causes the clusterfuck of current comp.
> New contracts don't work for a few days.
> Item servers are down so no-one can get the new weapons.
> Random balance changes no-one asked for / proposed changes are scrapped for completely broken/terrible ones
> When you get into a server, everyone is a fucking Pyro (guaranteed to happen)

Did I leave anything out?

[Different2000]

[QUOTE=TcChallenger;52609945]> Long queue times for Casual / GC Down for hours.
> Placement matches/ELO don't function properly and still causes the clusterfuck of current comp.
> New contracts don't work for a few days.
> Item servers are down so no-one can get the new weapons.
> Random balance changes no-one asked for / proposed changes are scrapped for completely broken/terrible ones
> When you get into a server, everyone is a fucking Pyro (guaranteed to happen)

Did I leave anything out?[/QUOTE]

>More cringy and overpriced taunts.

[LuxZ]

[QUOTE=TcChallenger;52609945]> Long queue times for Casual / GC Down for hours.
> Placement matches/ELO don't function properly and still causes the clusterfuck of current comp.
> New contracts don't work for a few days.
> Item servers are down so no-one can get the new weapons.
> Random balance changes no-one asked for / proposed changes are scrapped for completely broken/terrible ones
> When you get into a server, everyone is a fucking Pyro (guaranteed to happen)

Did I leave anything out?[/QUOTE]

Taking the past updates as a basis, there is a really high chance all of these will happen combined, even if the update is considered to be great overall.

[Hell-met]

[QUOTE=TcChallenger;52609945]> Long queue times for Casual / GC Down for hours.
> Placement matches/ELO don't function properly and still causes the clusterfuck of current comp.
> New contracts don't work for a few days.
> Item servers are down so no-one can get the new weapons.
> Random balance changes no-one asked for / proposed changes are scrapped for completely broken/terrible ones
> When you get into a server, everyone is a fucking Pyro (guaranteed to happen)

Did I leave anything out?[/QUOTE]

no mvm