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- United Gaming Clans Start Up 2014 Season
United Gaming Clans are starting up their Highlander, 6v6, and new 4v4 league for the 2014 season. The first week of matches starts January 20th for Highlander, January 22nd for 6's and January 24th for 4v4. UGC has divisions in North America, South Ameri...
United Gaming Clans are starting up their Highlander, 6v6, and new 4v4 league for the 2014 season. The first week of matches starts January 20th for Highlander, January 22nd for 6's and January 24th for 4v4. UGC has divisions in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia/New Zealand. Players from any of these regions are encouraged to sign up and join the fun! Remember, February 2nd is the last day that teams can sign up. Visit the UGC website for more information.
Additionally, the UGC folks are trying a new experiment this season: Over the next several months they'll be organizing a community donation drive for competitive TF2 prize pools. If you're interested in contributing, visit their fundraiser page for more information.
- Team Fortress 2 Update Released
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:Added the ability to change an item's style in the class loadout menu Fixed not being able to apply Killst...
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:
- Added the ability to change an item's style in the class loadout menu
- Fixed not being able to apply Killstreak Kits to the Sleeping Dogs promo items
- Fixed Killstreak sheens for the Gunslinger and the Heavy's Fists
- Fixed Killstreak counts being limited to 128 kills
- Fixed projectiles not drawing correctly in old .dem files
- Fixed not being able to gift wrap the Festive Sapper
- Fixed the Mann vs. Machine scoreboard not always displaying values correctly
- Fixed an exploit in Mann vs. Machine related to purchasing upgrades
- Fixed not being able to use the Festive Crusader's Crossbow in Medieval mode
- Fixed Medics seeing the incorrect string when trying to heal a target with the Escape Plan equipped
- Fixed Medigun healing beams staying on when the Medic dies while healing someone
- Fixed a problem that caused the Steam Holiday Sale 2013 promo items to be untradeable for some accounts
- Updated Strange Wranglers to track wrangled sentry kills
- Updated the Heart of Gold so name tags and description tags can be applied to it
- Updated the localization files
- Updated the Short Circuit
- Damage lowered
- Consumes 15 metal per projectile destroyed
- Can no longer fire underwater
- Fixed a bug with orphaned particles
- Team Fortress 2 Update Released
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:Added the ability to change an item's style in the class loadout menuFixed not being able to apply ...
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:
- Added the ability to change an item's style in the class loadout menu
- Fixed not being able to apply Killstreak Kits to the Sleeping Dogs promo items
- Fixed Killstreak sheens for the Gunslinger and the Heavy's Fists
- Fixed Killstreak counts being limited to 128 kills
- Fixed projectiles not drawing correctly in old .dem files
- Fixed not being able to gift wrap the Festive Sapper
- Fixed the Mann vs. Machine scoreboard not always displaying values correctly
- Fixed an exploit in Mann vs. Machine related to purchasing upgrades
- Fixed not being able to use the Festive Crusader's Crossbow in Medieval mode
- Fixed Medics seeing the incorrect string when trying to heal a target with the Escape Plan equipped
- Fixed Medigun healing beams staying on when the Medic dies while healing someone
- Fixed a problem that caused the Steam Holiday Sale 2013 promo items to be untradeable for some accounts
- Updated Strange Wranglers to track wrangled sentry kills
- Updated the Heart of Gold so name tags and description tags can be applied to it
- Updated the localization files
- Updated the Short Circuit
- Damage lowered
- Consumes 15 metal per projectile destroyed
- Can no longer fire underwater
- Fixed a bug with orphaned particles
- Damage lowered
- Valve: Trust in employees is key to good game development
If you treat your workers with kindness and compassion, they'll reward your support with better work - at least, that's the stance Valve Software takes. In an interview with the Washington Post, Valve CEO and co-founder Gabe Newell explains this philosop...
If you treat your workers with kindness and compassion, they'll reward your support with better work - at least, that's the stance Valve Software takes.
In an interview with the Washington Post, Valve CEO and co-founder Gabe Newell explains this philosophy by examining how the company handles employee sick days. Specifically, Valve doesn't handle them, and employees are trusted to be responsible with their time.
"[W]e don't track vacation time or sick time - we just tell people we trust you to make all of these other decisions, of course we are going to trust you to manage your own time," Newell said. "It's actually a pretty minor issue in terms of how much time people actually spend on vacation or sick leave."
"But it's a really important issue for someone who is say, coming out of Hollywood," he added. "When you tell them that - and it's really true - it seems to be useful in getting them to start to realize that there is a rationale behind how the company works. There's sort of the flashy public things like desks on wheels, but it really is intended to create a better environment for a highly technical set of tasks that vary fairly quickly over time."
While other companies have different tactics in dealing with the inevitability of employee illness, it's hard to argue against the games Valve has produced. Half-Life and Half-Life 2 regularly feature on "best games of all time" lists, and Team Fortress 2 is heading into its seventh year of operation with no indication that it will lose popularity any time soon.
In an interview with the Washington Post, Valve CEO and co-founder Gabe Newell explains this philosophy by examining how the company handles employee sick days. Specifically, Valve doesn't handle them, and employees are trusted to be responsible with their time.
"[W]e don't track vacation time or sick time - we just tell people we trust you to make all of these other decisions, of course we are going to trust you to manage your own time," Newell said. "It's actually a pretty minor issue in terms of how much time people actually spend on vacation or sick leave."
"But it's a really important issue for someone who is say, coming out of Hollywood," he added. "When you tell them that - and it's really true - it seems to be useful in getting them to start to realize that there is a rationale behind how the company works. There's sort of the flashy public things like desks on wheels, but it really is intended to create a better environment for a highly technical set of tasks that vary fairly quickly over time."
While other companies have different tactics in dealing with the inevitability of employee illness, it's hard to argue against the games Valve has produced. Half-Life and Half-Life 2 regularly feature on "best games of all time" lists, and Team Fortress 2 is heading into its seventh year of operation with no indication that it will lose popularity any time soon.
- It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Something
Well, it's December again, assuming you adhere to the Gregorian Calendar, there's an etching of frost on the ol' window panes, unless you live somewhere temperate, and the lights are shining brightly on the ol' tree you may or may not have, depending on r...
Well, it's December again, assuming you adhere to the Gregorian Calendar, there's an etching of frost on the ol' window panes, unless you live somewhere temperate, and the lights are shining brightly on the ol' tree you may or may not have, depending on religious affiliation and stance on deforestation. That can only mean one thing: It's Smissmas, everybody! It's a holiday we invented that we'd love you to celebrate with us. We're of course shipping the usual Smissmas celebrations, including new festive weapons, new winter-themed community cosmetics, and a great big sale in the Mann Co. Store. And starting this year, we're also giving everyone who plays during the event a Stocking Stuffer full of goodies. Click here for a full list of changes, fixes, and new content. 2013's been a great year for Team Fortress 2, and next year's looking to be even better. We've got some truly big surprises planned for 2014, and since nobody wants them delayed until 2015, we'd better get back to work.
- Team Fortress 2 Update Released
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:Happy Smissmas 2013!All Players who play TF2 during the event will receive a Gift-Stuffed Stocking!...
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:
Happy Smissmas 2013!
Happy Smissmas 2013!
- All Players who play TF2 during the event will receive a Gift-Stuffed Stocking! Stockings contain goodies for good little Mercenaries.
- Added community-contributed winter event items
- Added the Giftapult, which can be used to launch gift items to randomly-chosen online players
- Added Naughty and Nice winter keys to the Mann Co. Store
- Premium Players will receive a Secret Saxton to give to another player
- Item grants from previous events (including the Spirit of Giving and the Winter Holiday noise maker) have been re-enabled for all players, including those who deleted their earlier grants
- Battalion's Backup
- Added +20 max HP passive for the wearer
- Concheror
- Added +2 health per second passive for the wearer
- Crit-a-Cola
- Reduced consumption penalty from +25% extra damage to +10%
- Diamondback
- Now also gains a critical attack on successful backstab kills
- Flying Guillotine
- Alt-Attack now also throws the Guillotine when active
- Short Circuit
- Attack sped up greatly
- Ammunition cost has been lowered to 5 metal per attack
- Players and Buildings are only targeted if in range and in front of attacking player
- Improved visual effects
- Attack sped up greatly
- Soda Popper
- Hype no longer grants mini-crits
- Added Hypemode which grants up to 5 extra air jumps when active
- Hypemode is triggered by Alt-Attack when hype is full
- Hype no longer grants mini-crits
- The Beggar's Bazooka has been updated to use the same taunt as The Direct Hit
- Professional Killstreak Mantreads, Splendid Screen and The Chargin' Targe now generate proper effects when on a killstreak. These effects do not stack if another killstreak effect weapon is active.
- "Head" and "Misc" slots for player loadouts have been converted to Cosmetic slots. All items that were previously Head- or Misc-slot-specific can now be equipped in any Cosmetic slot.
- Unusual effect positioning can now be adjusted for all Cosmetic-slot items
- Unusual Circling Effects have been given a new origin
- Unusual effects for all Cosmetic-slot items are now visible in the loadout panel and character HUD
- Fixed the Wiki Cap clipping with the Demoman's head
- Fixed being able to inspect Blue-team bots
- Fixed the mission victory screen not always showing the correct information for each player
- Fixed some clipping issues with the stats in the scoreboard
- Fixed an exploit where players could move around while using a taunt to attack enemies
- Fixed an exploit related to the Rocket Jumper and the Soldier's grenade taunt
- Fixed killstreaks attained via healing not being considered for round-end win panel
- Fixed the killstreak hud indicator position in minmode
- Fixed Taunt Kills strange scores not incrementing properly for the Strange Scorch Shot
- Fixed strange scores on cosmetic items sometimes failing to increment
- Fixed gift-wrapped items not showing their interior item to the wrapping player in some conditions
- Fixed Steam Sale items granted from Snow Globe crafting not being listable on the Steam Community Market
- Improved bot navigation in cp_gorge
- Improved bot navigation in pl_upward
- Updated several materials to fix issues caused by mat_picmip
- Updated the backpack to filter to automatically filter for valid items when using a tool
- Steam kicks off holiday sale with BioShock, Batman, more
It's that time of year again, boys and girls. No, not time to express your love for the people who raised you, but instead, it's time for Steam's holiday sale. This year's iteration runs from December 19 to January 3 and as in previous iterations, it off...
It's that time of year again, boys and girls. No, not time to express your love for the people who raised you, but instead, it's time for Steam's holiday sale.
This year's iteration runs from December 19 to January 3 and as in previous iterations, it offers a wide swath of discounts. First, there are the daily discounts, which collect a handful of games and slash their prices. At the moment, you could pick up BioShock Infinite for $10 or Batman: Arkham Origins for $25.
Then there are the Flash sales, which usually offer larger discounts than the daily discounts, though they only appear for eight hours. Right now you could pick up Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for $3.74, but eight hours from now you'll be out of luck.
Not just a sale, Steam's holiday celebration is also a community event. Every eight hours three games will be offered up for the community to vote on. Whichever receives the most votes gets a deep, public discount. Voting also entitles you to one free Snow Globe card with which can unlock rare items in Steam games such as Dota 2 and Team Fortress 2. Or you could simply horde your cards until you have enough to craft the Snow Globe 2013 badge. This won't help you in-game, but it's a nice reminder of how you spent this year's holiday season.
This year's iteration runs from December 19 to January 3 and as in previous iterations, it offers a wide swath of discounts. First, there are the daily discounts, which collect a handful of games and slash their prices. At the moment, you could pick up BioShock Infinite for $10 or Batman: Arkham Origins for $25.
Then there are the Flash sales, which usually offer larger discounts than the daily discounts, though they only appear for eight hours. Right now you could pick up Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for $3.74, but eight hours from now you'll be out of luck.
Not just a sale, Steam's holiday celebration is also a community event. Every eight hours three games will be offered up for the community to vote on. Whichever receives the most votes gets a deep, public discount. Voting also entitles you to one free Snow Globe card with which can unlock rare items in Steam games such as Dota 2 and Team Fortress 2. Or you could simply horde your cards until you have enough to craft the Snow Globe 2013 badge. This won't help you in-game, but it's a nice reminder of how you spent this year's holiday season.
- Team Fortress 2 Update Released
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:Added new promo items Updated the localization files
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:
- Added new promo items
- Updated the localization files
- Team Fortress 2 Update Released
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:Added new promo itemsUpdated the localization files
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:
- Added new promo items
- Updated the localization files
- Upcoming Tournaments for December 2013
Asiafortress.com's AFCMASHDecember 21st-22nd A "Mashed Potatoes" Competitive 6's Event that mixes TF2 veterans with amateurs.Sign up here MEFortress.com's Ultiduo (2v2) TournamentDecember 27th-28th Soldier and Medic Pairs battle on a special King of t...
Asiafortress.com's AFCMASH
December 21st-22nd
A "Mashed Potatoes" Competitive 6's Event that mixes TF2 veterans with amateurs.
Sign up here
MEFortress.com's Ultiduo (2v2) Tournament
December 27th-28th
Soldier and Medic Pairs battle on a special King of the Hill map that tests both teamwork and strategy.
Sign up here
December 21st-22nd
A "Mashed Potatoes" Competitive 6's Event that mixes TF2 veterans with amateurs.
Sign up here
MEFortress.com's Ultiduo (2v2) Tournament
December 27th-28th
Soldier and Medic Pairs battle on a special King of the Hill map that tests both teamwork and strategy.
Sign up here
- Team Fortress 2 Update Released
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:Added Crate #75, Crate #76, and Crate #77 to the drop list Removed Crate #57, Crate #59 and Crate #71 from...
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:
- Added Crate #75, Crate #76, and Crate #77 to the drop list
- Removed Crate #57, Crate #59 and Crate #71 from the drop list
- Added new Strange parts that can be applied to Strange cosmetic items
- Fixed a client crash related to the Mann vs. Machine mission victory panel
- Fixed players being able to level-up some Strange items when playing on servers with only bots
- Fixed some cases where Halloween spell effects on items would not appear when they were supposed to
- Fixed robot Engineer head not looking correct for the Botkiller Sniper Rifle Mk.II
- Fixed killstreak notices being stuck on the screen when the map is changing levels
- Fixed Team Shine killstreak sheen effect not displaying properly for the Blue team
- Updated several backpack images to fix issues caused by mat_picmip
- Updated Killstreak Kits to work on Festive and Botkiller variants of target weapons
- Updated pl_upward
- Fixed players getting stuck in the initial Red spawn room after control point 2 is capped
- Improved bot navigation
- Updated cp_gorge
- Improved bot navigation
- Updated Mann vs. Machine
- Fixed players who join in the middle of a mission not receiving the Upgrade Refund credit if it has been earned by the team
- Fixed Romevision hats conflicting with gatebot hats in Mannhattan
- Fixed an exploit that allowed purchasing upgrades for weapons other than what they were intended for
- Updated mvm_rottenburg
- Fixed a bug where the bomb could get stuck out of reach in the corner near the cap
- Fixed a bug where bots could be instantly killed by being pushed into the tank tunnel once opened
- Fixed a bug where money could get stuck in the tank barricade when it was rebuilt, preventing collection
- Updated mvm_mannhattan
- Rebalanced Empire Escalation
- Fixed credits not always being collected when they fall into the grinder
- Fixed a bug that allowed the gates to be captured out of order
- Fixed a lighting bug related to lower graphics settings that cause the map to be too dark
- Team Fortress 2 Update Released
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:Added Crate #75, Crate #76, and Crate #77 to the drop listRemoved Crate #57, Crate #59 and Crate #7...
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:
- Added Crate #75, Crate #76, and Crate #77 to the drop list
- Removed Crate #57, Crate #59 and Crate #71 from the drop list
- Added new Strange parts that can be applied to Strange cosmetic items
- Fixed a client crash related to the Mann vs. Machine mission victory panel
- Fixed players being able to level-up some Strange items when playing on servers with only bots
- Fixed some cases where Halloween spell effects on items would not appear when they were supposed to
- Fixed robot Engineer head not looking correct for the Botkiller Sniper Rifle Mk.II
- Fixed killstreak notices being stuck on the screen when the map is changing levels
- Fixed Team Shine killstreak sheen effect not displaying properly for the Blue team
- Updated several backpack images to fix issues caused by mat_picmip
- Updated Killstreak Kits to work on Festive and Botkiller variants of target weapons
- Updated pl_upward
- Fixed players getting stuck in the initial Red spawn room after control point 2 is capped
- Improved bot navigation
- Fixed players getting stuck in the initial Red spawn room after control point 2 is capped
- Updated cp_gorge
- Improved bot navigation
- Updated Mann vs. Machine
- Fixed players who join in the middle of a mission not receiving the Upgrade Refund credit if it has been earned by the team
- Fixed Romevision hats conflicting with gatebot hats in Mannhattan
- Fixed an exploit that allowed purchasing upgrades for weapons other than what they were intended for
- Updated mvm_rottenburg
- Fixed a bug where the bomb could get stuck out of reach in the corner near the cap
- Fixed a bug where bots could be instantly killed by being pushed into the tank tunnel once opened
- Fixed a bug where money could get stuck in the tank barricade when it was rebuilt, preventing collection
- Fixed a bug where the bomb could get stuck out of reach in the corner near the cap
- Updated mvm_mannhattan
- Rebalanced Empire Escalation
- Fixed credits not always being collected when they fall into the grinder
- Fixed a bug that allowed the gates to be captured out of order
- Fixed a lighting bug related to lower graphics settings that cause the map to be too dark
- Rebalanced Empire Escalation
- Fixed players who join in the middle of a mission not receiving the Upgrade Refund credit if it has been earned by the team
- Team Fortress Comics #2!
We've been busy these last few months, trying to settle a longstanding debate as to what "bimonthly" actually means. Some members of the team are convinced it means "once every two months." Others maintain even trying to define it would ruin the enchantin...
We've been busy these last few months, trying to settle a longstanding debate as to what "bimonthly" actually means. Some members of the team are convinced it means "once every two months." Others maintain even trying to define it would ruin the enchanting mystery of reading. Anyway, three months later we're no closer to an answer. However, we are close to releasing the second issue of Team Fortress Comics, this time as a tri-monthly publication. How close? It's here.
When we last left our gripping ongoing tale, Saxton Hale had lost Mann Co. to the scheming Gray Mann and disappeared to parts unknown. The TF2 mercs, now out of jobs, had scattered to the winds—until six months later, when Miss Pauling started reassembling the team under orders from an in-hiding Administrator. With Demo, Soldier and Pyro on board, our team heads to Teufort to rescue Spy and Scout from the hangman's noose. Find out what happens next in Part Two, titled "Unhappy Returns".
When we last left our gripping ongoing tale, Saxton Hale had lost Mann Co. to the scheming Gray Mann and disappeared to parts unknown. The TF2 mercs, now out of jobs, had scattered to the winds—until six months later, when Miss Pauling started reassembling the team under orders from an in-hiding Administrator. With Demo, Soldier and Pyro on board, our team heads to Teufort to rescue Spy and Scout from the hangman's noose. Find out what happens next in Part Two, titled "Unhappy Returns".
- We Like Short Shorts: Saxxy 2013 Winners Announced
The Saxxy Awards are Valve’s annual celebration of the Source Filmmaker community and their efforts to make short films using the Source engine and Valve’s game assets. The community has been producing better and better stuff since the tool was relea...
The Saxxy Awards are Valve’s annual celebration of the Source Filmmaker community and their efforts to make short films using the Source engine and Valve’s game assets. The community has been producing better and better stuff since the tool was released three years ago, and this year’s winners, nominees and honourable mentions are all worth ruining your productivity over.
Here’s the deserving Overall Winner for this year.(more…)
- Lil' Guardian Pyro has been named the overall winner in this year's Saxxy awards.
Lil' Guardian Pyro has been named the overall winner in this year's Saxxy awards. You can check out the other winners here, and the complete list of nominees here.Read more...
Lil' Guardian Pyro has been named the overall winner in this year's Saxxy awards. You can check out the other winners here, and the complete list of nominees here.Read more...
- Team Fortress 2 Update Released
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:Fixed missing backpack material for the Australium Force-a-Nature Fixed the Killstreak counts for the Mant...
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:
- Fixed missing backpack material for the Australium Force-a-Nature
- Fixed the Killstreak counts for the Mantreads, Chargin' Targe, and Splendid Screen
- Fixed the Killstreak sheen effect not working on the Mantreads
- Fixed the Ping column in the Scoreboard getting clipped in 4:3 resolutions
- Fixed the Mann vs. Machine return-to-lobby timer not updating properly after a mission has been completed
- Updated the Killstreak Fabricator's description to include the sheen and the Killstreaker effect for its output
- Team Fortress 2 Update Released
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:Fixed missing backpack material for the Australium Force-a-NatureFixed the Killstreak counts for th...
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:
- Fixed missing backpack material for the Australium Force-a-Nature
- Fixed the Killstreak counts for the Mantreads, Chargin' Targe, and Splendid Screen
- Fixed the Killstreak sheen effect not working on the Mantreads
- Fixed the Ping column in the Scoreboard getting clipped in 4:3 resolutions
- Fixed the Mann vs. Machine return-to-lobby timer not updating properly after a mission has been completed
- Updated the Killstreak Fabricator's description to include the sheen and the Killstreaker effect for its output
- The Internet's Best Video Game Cartoons, The 2013 Edition
The annual Saxxy awards aren't just an excuse for Valve to show off the company's Source Filmmaker suite; it's a chance for us all to enjoy some of the best damn cartoons on the internet, whether you like video games or not.Read more...
The annual Saxxy awards aren't just an excuse for Valve to show off the company's Source Filmmaker suite; it's a chance for us all to enjoy some of the best damn cartoons on the internet, whether you like video games or not.Read more...
- The 2013 Saxxy Award Nominees Have Been Announced!
You voted. We counted the votes. More accurately, we watched while a computer programmed to count votes counted all the votes. Then, just when we were thinking it had been a while, and maybe the computer was broken, bam. It spit out a card with the 2013 S...
You voted. We counted the votes. More accurately, we watched while a computer programmed to count votes counted all the votes. Then, just when we were thinking it had been a while, and maybe the computer was broken, bam. It spit out a card with the 2013 Saxxy nominees punched into it. Then it spit out confetti. Then it self-destructed from all the pageantry. Then—you know what, there were about thirty-seven more things that happened, but we're looking at them now and most of them involve us trying to fix the vote-counting computer, so let's skip to the part where the nominees are live, at sourcefilmmaker.com, for your viewing pleasure!
We've also posted a list of this year's Honorable Mentions, so give them a look too! Or, if you don't feel like reading, why not wait for the honorable mentioning robot to come to your town and read them to you as part of his cross-country Honor Mentioning tour? Nevermind, he just broke trying to open the door.
We've also posted a list of this year's Honorable Mentions, so give them a look too! Or, if you don't feel like reading, why not wait for the honorable mentioning robot to come to your town and read them to you as part of his cross-country Honor Mentioning tour? Nevermind, he just broke trying to open the door.
- Of Heals And Heels: Team Fortress 2′s Two Cities Update
OK, time for a truth bomb: I haven’t played Team Fortress 2 in age– *KATHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMSPLURSHHHHHH* Oh jeez, wow. That was actually a regular bomb lightly sprinkled with truth. My bad. I’m gonna need to un-bury John a...
OK, time for a truth bomb: I haven’t played Team Fortress 2 in age– *KATHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMSPLURSHHHHHH* Oh jeez, wow. That was actually a regular bomb lightly sprinkled with truth. My bad. I’m gonna need to un-bury John and Alec from the wreckage momentarily (Graham was out, and Adam is immune to explosions), but quickly: I haven’t played Team Fortress 2 in quite some time, but I still get excited about updates. Why, you ask? Because Valve always delivers brilliant laughs on top of them. Go below for delightful text and a gruesomely enjoyable video of the new, Medic-immortality-granting Two Cities update.
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- Team Fortress 2 Update Released
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:Fixed a client crash caused by using custom HUD files Fixed a server crash related to damaging the tank wi...
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:
- Fixed a client crash caused by using custom HUD files
- Fixed a server crash related to damaging the tank with the new Medic shield
- Fixed Strange Australium weapons not properly tracking kills
- Fixed bots trying to attack an old sentry location after the gun has been picked up by the Engineer
- Fixed a bug that would cause robot "gate hat" items to be craftable. Gate hats that were crafted while the bug was active have self-destructed and become limited-quantity Glitched Circuit Boards as a commemorative token.
- Fixed the Adjust Unusual slider not working for some hats, including the Dr's Dapper Topper
- Fixed the Health Regen MvM upgrade string mistakenly displaying %
- Fixing the Killstreak HUD not showing up for Tier 0 Killstreak weapons
- Fixed Killstreak Mediguns not getting killstreak credit for assists
- Fixed using the wrong color in the HUD deathnotice for Killstreak weapons
- Team Fortress 2 Update Released
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:Fixed a client crash caused by using custom HUD filesFixed a server crash related to damaging the t...
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:
- Fixed a client crash caused by using custom HUD files
- Fixed a server crash related to damaging the tank with the new Medic shield
- Fixed Strange Australium weapons not properly tracking kills
- Fixed bots trying to attack an old sentry location after the gun has been picked up by the Engineer
- Fixed a bug that would cause robot "gate hat" items to be craftable. Gate hats that were crafted while the bug was active have self-destructed and become limited-quantity Glitched Circuit Boards as a commemorative token.
- Fixed the Adjust Unusual slider not working for some hats, including the Dr's Dapper Topper
- Fixed the Health Regen MvM upgrade string mistakenly displaying %
- Fixing the Killstreak HUD not showing up for Tier 0 Killstreak weapons
- Fixed Killstreak Mediguns not getting killstreak credit for assists
- Fixed using the wrong color in the HUD deathnotice for Killstreak weapons
- Interview: James McVinnie, Director Of End Of The Line
James McVinnie has been making machinima for years, for the Half-Life modding community, for BioWare as a cinematic director on Mass Effect and Dragon Age, and more recently for himself. His Source Filmmaker short, Practical Problems, was a finalist in t...
James McVinnie has been making machinima for years, for the Half-Life modding community, for BioWare as a cinematic director on Mass Effect and Dragon Age, and more recently for himself. His Source Filmmaker short, Practical Problems, was a finalist in the comedy category at the 2012 Saxxy awards.
His latest project is End of the Line, an eight-minute Source Filmmaker short due out early next year. It again stars a cast of Team Fortress 2 characters, but it’s more ambitious than any SFM short I’ve seen before. A minute-long trailer released in August garnered so much attention that Valve have asked McVinnie and his team to explore creating an official community update for Team Fortress 2 to coincide with the film’s release.
I spoke with James about his time with BioWare, and his process for making films within videogame engines. In response to one of my questions, he made an illustrative video.(more…)
- Team Fortress 2 Update Released
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:Mann vs. MachineOperation Two CitiesTwo new maps: mvm_mannhattan and mvm_rottenburg New advanced tour feat...
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:
Mann vs. Machine
Mann vs. Machine
- Operation Two Cities
- Two new maps: mvm_mannhattan and mvm_rottenburg
- New advanced tour featuring four missions
- Two extra Boot Camp-only missions
- Added 14 new achievements
- Tour of Duty badge levels are no longer limited to 200
- Players can earn a "Refund Upgrades" credit by collecting money during waves
- The amount required is listed in the scoreboard, and varies per-mission
- Any money collected – whether winning or losing – will count toward earning a credit
- To redeem, visit an Upgrades station and click the "Refund Upgrades" button
- Any money spent on buy-backs and Canteen charges will not be refunded
- Detailed player performance stats added to the scoreboard
- Damage and Tank. Total damage done to Gray Mann's forces.
- Healing. Direct healing done to other players.
- Support. A composite value that reflects anything a player has done to help their team:
- Examples: reset a bomb, stun or slow an enemy, provide increased damage, block damage with invulnerability or shield, and lots more.
- Money. The amount each player has collected.
- Players can inspect upgrades on teammates via the "Inspect" key ("I" by default)
- Fixed the Romevision tank not animating
- Medic
- Revive (no upgrade required)
- Teammates leave behind a revive marker when they die
- Target the marker with your medigun to revive them
- Projectile Shield Upgrade
- Build Energy by healing teammates, reviving and preventing damage via Invuln ÜberCharge.
- Press ATTACK3 to activate when Energy meter is full (mouse3 by default)
- While active:
- Blocks all enemy projectiles
- Damages enemies on touch
- Mad Milk Syringes Upgrade
- Syringe Gun needles apply Mad Milk (heal-on-hit for teammates) on contact
- Healing Mastery Upgrade (previously two separate upgrades)
- +25% heal rate per point
- +25% revive rate per point
- +25% self-regen rate per point
- Overheal Expert Upgrade (previously two separate upgrades)
- +25% more overheal per point
- +50% duration per point
- Canteen Specialist Upgrade
- Shares canteen charge effects with heal target
- +1 second charge duration per point
- -10 canteen charge price per point
- Revive (no upgrade required)
- Soldier
- Rocket Specialist Upgrade
- +15% rocket speed per point
- On direct hits
- Stuns target (duration increases per point)
- +15% increased blast radius per point
- No range-based falloff damage
- Rocket Specialist Upgrade
- Heavy
- Attack Projectiles Upgrade
- Now has two levels
- Level one is less effective than before
- Level two is more effective than level one used to be
- Price reduced from 600 to 400 per point
- Now has two levels
- Rage Pushback upgrade activation moved to ATTACK3 (mouse3 by default)
- Attack Projectiles Upgrade
- Added a new community map cp_snakewater_final1
- Added new map stamp and strange filter to the Mann Co. Store
- Added new achievements for Snakewater, Process, and Standin
- Older event crates no longer expire on login, but have been updated to indicate they can no longer be opened
- about:blank should now be a legal URL and won't get blocked for MOTD
- Fixed bots using the Phlogistinator being able to airblast enemies
- Fixed the stock Shotgun not appearing in the backpack with "Show stock items" option turned on
- Fixed a problem causing map stamp leaderboards to not update under certain circumstances
- Weapons
- Baby Face’s Blaster
- Speed penalty changed to -10% (From -35%)
- Boost is now only partially lost on air jumps instead of all jumps
- Reduced Clip Size to 4
- Removed 40% more accurate attribute
- Removed Damage Penalty attribute
- Speed at max boost is same as before (520)
- Amputator
- Added -20% damage penalty
- Added +3 health per second when Weapon is Active bonus
- Crusader’s Crossbow
- Updated damage over distance: bolts now do a maximum of 75 damage (+variance) at max distance
- Liberty Launcher
- Added 25% reduced self damage from rocket jumps
- Eyelander
- Moved the eye glow position to Demoman’s eye patch. Changed the color to Cursed green.
- Baby Face’s Blaster
- VR Mode
- Now supports resolutions other than 1280x800
- Now supports cloning the main display (instead of using the Rift as an extended display)
- Sharpness of the output has been significantly improved
- Head-and-neck model has been fixed to remove unnecessary translation
- Team Fortress 2 Update Released
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:Mann vs. MachineOperation Two CitiesTwo new maps: mvm_mannhattan and mvm_rottenburgNew advanced tou...
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:
Mann vs. Machine
Mann vs. Machine
- Operation Two Cities
- Two new maps: mvm_mannhattan and mvm_rottenburg
- New advanced tour featuring four missions
- Two extra Boot Camp-only missions
- Two new maps: mvm_mannhattan and mvm_rottenburg
- Added 14 new achievements
- Tour of Duty badge levels are no longer limited to 200
- Players can earn a "Refund Upgrades" credit by collecting money during waves
- The amount required is listed in the scoreboard, and varies per-mission
- Any money collected whether winning or losing will count toward earning a credit
- To redeem, visit an Upgrades station and click the "Refund Upgrades" button
- Any money spent on buy-backs and Canteen charges will not be refunded
- The amount required is listed in the scoreboard, and varies per-mission
- Detailed player performance stats added to the scoreboard
- Damage and Tank. Total damage done to Gray Mann's forces.
- Healing. Direct healing done to other players.
- Support. A composite value that reflects anything a player has done to help their team:
- Examples: reset a bomb, stun or slow an enemy, provide increased damage, block damage with invulnerability or shield, and lots more.
- Money. The amount each player has collected.
- Damage and Tank. Total damage done to Gray Mann's forces.
- Players can inspect upgrades on teammates via the "Inspect" key ("I" by default)
- Fixed the Romevision tank not animating
- Medic
- Revive (no upgrade required)
- Teammates leave behind a revive marker when they die
- Target the marker with your medigun to revive them
- Teammates leave behind a revive marker when they die
- Projectile Shield Upgrade
- Build Energy by healing teammates, reviving and preventing damage via Invuln ÜberCharge.
- Press ATTACK3 to activate when Energy meter is full (mouse3 by default)
- While active:
- Blocks all enemy projectiles
- Damages enemies on touch
- Blocks all enemy projectiles
- Build Energy by healing teammates, reviving and preventing damage via Invuln ÜberCharge.
- Mad Milk Syringes Upgrade
- Syringe Gun needles apply Mad Milk (heal-on-hit for teammates) on contact
- Healing Mastery Upgrade (previously two separate upgrades)
- +25% heal rate per point
- +25% revive rate per point
- +25% self-regen rate per point
- +25% heal rate per point
- Overheal Expert Upgrade (previously two separate upgrades)
- +25% more overheal per point
- +50% duration per point
- +25% more overheal per point
- Canteen Specialist Upgrade
- Shares canteen charge effects with heal target
- +1 second charge duration per point
- -10 canteen charge price per point
- Shares canteen charge effects with heal target
- Revive (no upgrade required)
- Soldier
- Rocket Specialist Upgrade
- +15% rocket speed per point
- On direct hits
- Stuns target (duration increases per point)
- +15% increased blast radius per point
- No range-based falloff damage
- Stuns target (duration increases per point)
- +15% rocket speed per point
- Rocket Specialist Upgrade
- Heavy
- Attack Projectiles Upgrade
- Now has two levels
- Level one is less effective than before
- Level two is more effective than level one used to be
- Level one is less effective than before
- Price reduced from 600 to 400 per point
- Now has two levels
- Rage Pushback upgrade activation moved to ATTACK3 (mouse3 by default)
- Attack Projectiles Upgrade
- Added a new community map cp_snakewater_final1
- Added new map stamp and strange filter to the Mann Co. Store
- Added new achievements for Snakewater, Process, and Standin
- Older event crates no longer expire on login, but have been updated to indicate they can no longer be opened
- about:blank should now be a legal URL and won't get blocked for MOTD
- Fixed bots using the Phlogistinator being able to airblast enemies
- Fixed the stock Shotgun not appearing in the backpack with "Show stock items" option turned on
- Fixed a problem causing map stamp leaderboards to not update under certain circumstances
- Weapons
- Baby Faces Blaster
- Speed penalty changed to -10% (From -35%)
- Boost is now only partially lost on air jumps instead of all jumps
- Reduced Clip Size to 4
- Removed 40% more accurate attribute
- Removed Damage Penalty attribute
- Speed at max boost is same as before (520)
- Speed penalty changed to -10% (From -35%)
- Amputator
- Added -20% damage penalty
- Added +3 health per second when Weapon is Active bonus
- Added -20% damage penalty
- Crusaders Crossbow
- Updated damage over distance: bolts now do a maximum of 75 damage (+variance) at max distance
- Liberty Launcher
- Added 25% reduced self damage from rocket jumps
- Eyelander
- Moved the eye glow position to Demomans eye patch. Changed the color to Cursed green.
- Baby Faces Blaster
- VR Mode
- Now supports resolutions other than 1280x800
- Now supports cloning the main display (instead of using the Rift as an extended display)
- Sharpness of the output has been significantly improved
- Head-and-neck model has been fixed to remove unnecessary translation
- Now supports resolutions other than 1280x800
- A Tale of Two Cities: Day Two
"'Who here likes good times?' asked David Copperfield as he removed his shirt and popped a whistle in his mouth with the words GOOD TIMES etched in its side. He began tooting on the whistle, signaling the beginning of the good times."So begins Charles Dic...
"'Who here likes good times?' asked David Copperfield as he removed his shirt and popped a whistle in his mouth with the words GOOD TIMES etched in its side. He began tooting on the whistle, signaling the beginning of the good times."
So begins Charles Dickens' feel-good sequel to The Tale of Two Cities, the 800-page Bleak House (a printing error that misspelled the book's original title Good Times Beach House). Day Two of our Two Cities Update picks up in the spirit of Dickens with 100% good times-dedicated announcements: A new animated short, another new map, some more achievements, and some long-anticipated upgrades.
So begins Charles Dickens' feel-good sequel to The Tale of Two Cities, the 800-page Bleak House (a printing error that misspelled the book's original title Good Times Beach House). Day Two of our Two Cities Update picks up in the spirit of Dickens with 100% good times-dedicated announcements: A new animated short, another new map, some more achievements, and some long-anticipated upgrades.
- Time for another big TF2 update, Valve kicking off something called "Two Cities".
Time for another big TF2 update, Valve kicking off something called "Two Cities". There's new maps, new weapons, new achievements.Read more...
Time for another big TF2 update, Valve kicking off something called "Two Cities". There's new maps, new weapons, new achievements.Read more...
- A Tale of Two Cities
"It was the best of times. It was the best of times." So opens Charles Dickens' feel-good surf classic Super Good Times, and Dickens' words are as true today as they were at the beach cabana where he wrote them: The best of times, you guys. Let's have som...
"It was the best of times. It was the best of times."
So opens Charles Dickens' feel-good surf classic Super Good Times, and Dickens' words are as true today as they were at the beach cabana where he wrote them: The best of times, you guys. Let's have some.
Presenting a first-day tease of our imminently-releasing Two Cities Update, including new maps, new achievements, and new effects-generating loot.
So opens Charles Dickens' feel-good surf classic Super Good Times, and Dickens' words are as true today as they were at the beach cabana where he wrote them: The best of times, you guys. Let's have some.
Presenting a first-day tease of our imminently-releasing Two Cities Update, including new maps, new achievements, and new effects-generating loot.
- Make Voting History!
The Oscars sputtered out after only two years, the Grammys are of course fictional, and the Stanley Cup has yet to be awarded to anybody. That means that with the Third Annual Saxxy Awards, we will officially be the longest-running awards event of all tim...
The Oscars sputtered out after only two years, the Grammys are of course fictional, and the Stanley Cup has yet to be awarded to anybody. That means that with the Third Annual Saxxy Awards, we will officially be the longest-running awards event of all time. Help us make history by voting, from now until midnight PST on November 24th!
And if voting wasn't exciting enough, how does sending people to jail sound? Because that's what you'll be doing by helping us police the entries for following the rules. Filmmakers will rot in jail on your say-so! In fact, the lawyers tell us they've updated the SFM license to also include an ancillary license to kill! And hold on, there's even more late-breaking news, because the lawyers are now telling us--are in fact typing this right now--that the SFM does not grant you the right to kill and you can't send anybody to jail. Okay, the lawyers stopped typing. I know we're all pretty angry about this turn of events, but we still do need your help checking entries for rule-breaking.
Nominees will be revealed on November 25th and the winners of this year's Saxxy Awards will be revealed on November 26th, so get voting and watch sourcefilmmaker.com for more details!
And if voting wasn't exciting enough, how does sending people to jail sound? Because that's what you'll be doing by helping us police the entries for following the rules. Filmmakers will rot in jail on your say-so! In fact, the lawyers tell us they've updated the SFM license to also include an ancillary license to kill! And hold on, there's even more late-breaking news, because the lawyers are now telling us--are in fact typing this right now--that the SFM does not grant you the right to kill and you can't send anybody to jail. Okay, the lawyers stopped typing. I know we're all pretty angry about this turn of events, but we still do need your help checking entries for rule-breaking.
Nominees will be revealed on November 25th and the winners of this year's Saxxy Awards will be revealed on November 26th, so get voting and watch sourcefilmmaker.com for more details!
- Team Fortress 2 Update Released
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:Added new series of Chemistry Sets Added "Collector's" item quality. "Collector's" items are created by c...
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:
- Added new series of Chemistry Sets
- Added "Collector's" item quality. "Collector's" items are created by completing special Chemistry Sets.
- Added a server cooldown period for Eternaween votes
- Spooky Keys are now regular keys
- Fixed seeing the fire texture on The Maniac's Manacles, PY-40 Incinibot, The Parasight, and The Foul Cowl in DirectX 8
- Fixed some Halloween spells not working during Eternaween
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