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

[QUOTE=Metaru;52652171] what is your fondest memory of the game? asuming you've been here for a while, how has tf2 been part of your life?[/QUOTE] After playing MMO games for a while as a younger kid, I realized I wanted the skill-based equality of a shooter game, and TF2 was it. That was nearly six years ago, and for the first few although I had little time to play it between real life and homework, it was a golden age of community games, discussion, and events. Communites like lost and found, the lion's den, and especially Fast Company (thank you sleightsoda) have all been homes to me over the years, and I look back on those times as when the community was as it's best. I can't not mention the SPUF forums though, as over the years I had joined competitive thanks to my very first organized experience, a ready steady pan team that a few friends from SPUF and I made. I still have the medal from that. SPUF introduced me to a lot of good friends, like contra, exor and the members of my future competitive teams I've played on. Those were fascinating times. The game was developing into modern TF2, and I learned to care in life about causes greater than my own, [URL="https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/6be8mk/rip_spuf/"]eventually becoming that very Captain Blades on the aforementioned forum,[/URL] fighting my crusade in the name of balance and anti-corruption, only to have years worth of content and discussion wiped away when valve deactivated SPUF. So I decided to leave my mark on the game in other ways, and became a community admin and item contributor instead of just complaining about it. But I'm not upset about the removal of SPUF, though. The younger me was a zealous idiot at times, and even though it seems like I'm one of the anti-valve negativity lords here, i genuinely believe that TF2 at it's core is the best team shooter out there, which years of neglect hasn't managed to doom, and that it could be so much better with the properly applied efforts.

So wait people are deciding if it will come Sept 6th? we are doing this cycle again i see :v:

[QUOTE=NotTheBestGuy;52652416]So wait people are deciding if it will come Sept 6th? we are doing this cycle again i see :v:[/QUOTE] I'd say it has a straight 50/50 chance this time. The primary reason why 9/6 is being considered is because Dane recently was invited to Valve and he saw a whiteboard drawing of a jungle plus that date.

[QUOTE=Metaru;52652171]in a complete change of theme, given that in a month or so tf2 hits 10 years what is your fondest memory of the game? asuming you've been here for a while, how has tf2 been part of your life?[/QUOTE] Around 2 years ago holding the end bit on snowplow for 12 minutes on defense with two friends singing "I won't back down" by Tom Petty. That was a rather odd, but extremely fun night

Tobor update when

[QUOTE=tehMuffinMan;52652475]Tobor update when[/QUOTE] at 9:60 PM

Time to do something stupid. If you think the update will come out on Sept. 6th, rate this post "Optimistic". If you think it wont, rate "Disagree". One random winner will get a Mann Co. Crate Key.

[QUOTE=C. Blades;52652367]After playing MMO games for a while as a younger kid, I realized I wanted the skill-based equality of a shooter game, and TF2 was it. That was nearly six years ago, and for the first few although I had little time to play it between real life and homework, it was a golden age of community games, discussion, and events. Communites like lost and found, the lion's den, and especially Fast Company (thank you sleightsoda) have all been homes to me over the years, and I look back on those times as when the community was as it's best. I can't not mention the SPUF forums though, as over the years I had joined competitive thanks to my very first organized experience, a ready steady pan team that a few friends from SPUF and I made. I still have the medal from that. SPUF introduced me to a lot of good friends, like contra, exor and the members of my future competitive teams I've played on. Those were fascinating times. The game was developing into modern TF2, and I learned to care in life about causes greater than my own, [URL="https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/6be8mk/rip_spuf/"]eventually becoming that very Captain Blades on the aforementioned forum,[/URL] fighting my crusade in the name of balance and anti-corruption, only to have years worth of content and discussion wiped away when valve deactivated SPUF. So I decided to leave my mark on the game in other ways, and became a community admin and item contributor instead of just complaining about it. But I'm not upset about the removal of SPUF, though. The younger me was a zealous idiot at times, and even though it seems like I'm one of the anti-valve negativity lords here, i genuinely believe that TF2 at it's core is the best team shooter out there, which years of neglect hasn't managed to doom, and that it could be so much better with the properly applied efforts.[/QUOTE] You mean crusading against Heavy? I mean, that's what everyone on SPUF did since they were all Pyro mains.

What do you guys think will happen after the pyro update drops? I'm talking long term here.

[QUOTE=NotTheBestGuy;52652416]So wait people are deciding if it will come Sept 6th? we are doing this cycle again i see :v:[/QUOTE] If the raffle votes are an indicator at all: [t]https://i.imgur.com/7uSdWn1.png[/t] The community is pretty split, but it appears to lean more towards the non-optimistic side.

[QUOTE=Fraklin;52652581]What do you guys think will happen after the pyro update drops? I'm talking long term here.[/QUOTE] The Heavy update.

-snip I'm dumb-

[QUOTE=Metaru;52652171]in a complete change of theme, given that in a month or so tf2 hits 10 years what is your fondest memory of the game? asuming you've been here for a while, how has tf2 been part of your life?[/QUOTE] Started in October 2009, I have a few -the first and second Scream Fortress updates because I wasn't used to any game besides RuneScape having holiday events -WAR Update because it was the first class update I got to participate in -Engineer Update, though I was on vacation so I came back to all the excitement -getting my first unusual, a flaming Xmas tree, and losing it in less than a week

[QUOTE=Os-Prey;52652596]The Heavy update.[/QUOTE] Wrong answer. The right answer is Smissmas.

Honestly, I dont see the update coming out on the 6th. I see the blog coming tomorrow, and the update the day after. edit: also, if it does happen to come out tomorrow, what's the most likely time? I have classes from 11am-5pm :hammered:

Interesting how the Community seems to have steered towards [IMG]https://files.catbox.moe/owga39.png[/IMG] even though the main attraction begins today, the main thing we've been speculating about, that is. Seems kinda silly to abandon 9/6 after a tuesday. I'll make myself a good night and recommend you to do the same, get a good book, make yourself some tea, [URL="https://youtu.be/JmwGXIkBsLw"]get yourself some fitting music[/URL] and wait it out. The arguments why tonight could very well be the night and the importance of 9/6 have already been named, so I doubt I have to mention them again. However expecting the *Update* to *release* is kind of silly, given we need a Blog Post first, which is what I'm expecting in the first place. A day 1 page. I just realized, can't we just write them an email and ask about 9/6? Remember the SteamDB updates that got us excited and someone just emailed (I think) Jill and was instantly shut down? [QUOTE=Metaru;52652171] what is your fondest memory of the game? asuming you've been here for a while, how has tf2 been part of your life?[/QUOTE] Melee-only on koth_nucleus Corridors. No, not on a medival server, it was just the old Community Server I used to frequent, GHQ, where people would just make that an unnamed rule - Nucleus would equal melee only corridor battles at the stairs. I'll never get to experience that again. EDIT: If it wasn't already obvious enough that PC Gamer article saying an Update will drop on TF2's birthday is pure speculation. [t]https://files.catbox.moe/tjcfnc.png[/t]

I'm going to be more displeased at Valve for not publicly dismissing Dane's tweet as unimportant than the lack of an update release.

[QUOTE=Fluury;52652714]I just realized, can't we just write them an email and ask about 9/6? Remember the SteamDB updates that got us excited and someone just emailed (I think) Jill and was instantly shut down?[/QUOTE] We probably could have done that, but I'm afraid it's too late now. We may just have to wait and see if fate leans toward our side.

[QUOTE=Lord Exor;52652579]You mean crusading against Heavy? I mean, that's what everyone on SPUF did since they were all Pyro mains.[/QUOTE] That stopped being a thing a long time ago. There were regularly a dime a dozen threads about buffing Heavy on the main forum.

[QUOTE=eugensiman;52652776]That stopped being a thing a long time ago. There were regularly a dime a dozen threads about buffing Heavy on the main forum.[/QUOTE] Yes, in the forum's waning years.

I am both hyped and very worried about the update breaking things. So very torn.

[QUOTE=FUTURE10S;52652693]Wrong answer. The right answer is Smissmas.[/QUOTE] Wrong answer. The right answer is Scream Fortress.

Why do I feel like they're going to release the update on the 10th anniversary so they'll have an excuse for not coming up with anything? I know they never actually cared to make anniversary updates but I'd still expect this for some reason.

the devs didn't write excuses, they did the frosh in college with a big project due today routine. It's coming soon, we don't have a set due date, we're finishing up the last prices of it. It's gonna be really neat I swear.

Am i the only one excited for the manntreads changes?

Reminder that according to the valve booklet:Nobody has ever been fired at Valve for making a mistake. Which means that the employees cant really be pressured by the company if they botch something up.

[QUOTE=Metaru;52652171]in a complete change of theme, given that in a month or so tf2 hits 10 years what is your fondest memory of the game? asuming you've been here for a while, how has tf2 been part of your life?[/QUOTE] After 700 hours of playing on a decade old office computer at <20fps, building a new computer and hopping onto UKCS 2fort and the UKCS 24/7 pl server, and it was like going from the 360 version of tf2 to my initial crappy performance tf2. That, or being able to melt away from the world in jump servers on a hot summer school night. A youtube music playlist in the background and it was perfect for managing myself during the exam period.

My fondest memory of the game, tough one. I guess the days when i played with friends were awesome and when the crates were added into the game, i opened unusual from the 2nd one. I was immediately offered 5 hats for it. But i guess i have to say the scream fortress 2015 when i woke up middle of the night and had a look on my cellphone that had mail from valve and getting map to the game for the first time. I was able to renew heating to my house because of that after having as low as 11C inside the house at coldest mornings in winter before that. Without it, i still would have had to do it, but im now debt free because of it. So thats why i never will forget how greatly this game is affected my life. Ingame bringing fun and joy and outside of it too.

Fondest memory for me personally has to be either playing Saxton Hale mode with friends for the first time or all the hype before and after Mann vs Machine. Oh and also figuring out how rocket jumping works and how fun it is.

My fondest memories of TF2 were back when the "4CHAN PARTY VAN" server was still populated, cancerous as it may be. There was a group of regular players who I could count on being there almost all the time. The server had a HUGE pool of custom maps. Some were awful, but so many of them gave players a fresh perspective on the game. Plus we had a saysounds mod with at least 150 sounds (which ranged from fucking miserable to gut-wrenchingly hilarious depending on who and how they were used). I never left that server disappointed or frustrated like I seem to so often as of late.