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Despite my continued efforts to better you by yelling at you through a microphone to do better, it is often difficult -- and thus disheartening -- to figure out if any of you damp piles of mulch are actually improving.

I found the answer, in all places, in one of the insipid gun-themed women's magazines Miss Pauling leaves lying around, where I stumbled on an article about self-improvement. It was a revelation: Instead of screaming at you to improve, I could scream at you while you improved yourselves.

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 daily periodic reward hats for duel wins, map stamp purchases, and gifts given
• Updated YouTube replay publishing functionality to automatically include a link to the uploader's Steam Community profile
• Did not update the localization files that did not need updating
• Updated cp_gullywash_final1
  • Removed ladders that looked like they could be climbed
• Note missed from last week's update:
  • Updated the in-game tips with community submitted versions

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 daily periodic reward hats for duel wins, map stamp purchases, and gifts given
  
• Updated YouTube replay publishing functionality to automatically include a link to the uploader's Steam Community profile
  
• Did not update the localization files that did not need updating
  
• Updated cp_gullywash_final1
  • Removed ladders that looked like they could be climbed
• Note missed from last week's update:
  • Updated the in-game tips with community submitted versions

#impressions Whenever I visit an internet cafe in China, be it Shanghai, Beijing or wherever, it always surprises me how many of the games available are MMO's or bad rip-offs of western games. Normally I would scroll past the Chinese fare and move onto something a little more domestic like Call of Duty or Ages of Empires, but Final Combat caught and its colorful banner caught my eye and my attention. More »

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 Waxy Wayfinder
• Added a new promotional item
• Added Strange Parts that can be used to upgrade existing Strange-quality weapons
• Updated The Cozy Camper to allow it to be used in Medieval Mode
• Double-clicking on a tool in the backpack view will now use that tool
• Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause weapons dropped after death to render with incorrect skins
• Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause The Manmelter to display incorrect kill icons
• Fixed a bug that would cause certain in-game notification sounds to play even if "cl_notifications_show_ingame" was false
• Fixed a bug that would cause chat-text strange weapon rank up notifications to sometimes display player names as "unknown"
• Increased Steam Workshop item description to 8000 characters
• Updated arena_ravine
  • Minor visual and performance improvements
• Updated cp_well
  • Performance improvements
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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 Waxy Wayfinder
  
• Added a new promotional item
  
• Added Strange Parts that can be used to upgrade existing Strange-quality weapons
  
• Updated The Cozy Camper to allow it to be used in Medieval Mode
  
• Double-clicking on a tool in the backpack view will now use that tool
  
• Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause weapons dropped after death to render with incorrect skins
  
• Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause The Manmelter to display incorrect kill icons
  
• Fixed a bug that would cause certain in-game notification sounds to play even if "cl_notifications_show_ingame" was false
  
• Fixed a bug that would cause chat-text strange weapon rank up notifications to sometimes display player names as "unknown"
  
• Increased Steam Workshop item description to 8000 characters
  
• Updated arena_ravine
  • Minor visual and performance improvements
• Updated cp_well
  • Performance improvements
• Lokalisointitiedostot päivitetty
  

Remember the bit in Fight Club where Ed Norton is sitting on a plane and he explains to the guy sitting next to him his theory of “single-serving friends”? Well, something similar is true in multiplayer games. (more…)

Updates to Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Source Engine Changes (TF2, DoD:S, HL2:DM)

• Fixed IP bans not applying to RCON access

Team Fortress 2

• Added The Cozy Camper
• Added a new TF2 sub-forum: Competitive Team Play and League discussion
• Fixed Solider buffs and rage meters not always being reset
• Updated The Black Rose so it can be gift wrapped
• Updated The Phlogistinator:
  • Fixed a bug where Mmmph-crit flames could cause Mmmph to build fast enough to allow it to be infinitely chained
  • Direct damage reduced by 10%. Afterburn damage is unchanged
  • Defense buff time during taunt lowered from 12 seconds to 10 seconds
• Updated arena_nucleus
  • Fixed z-fighting bug on lower platform
• Community Requests
  • Added player_carryobject and player_dropobject game events
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You like Team Fortress, we like Team Fortress, let's play some Team Fortress together! Developers from things such as Minecraft, Skyrim, and Team Fortress, unite with community personalities in a mix up match up battle for charity supporting Child's Play. There's a number of free slots available to be won. If you're interested in joining the match, stop by the TF2 Mixup site and donate! All the specifics are available on the Mixup Match 4 site.

#teamfortress A pair of Team Fortress 2 modders have taken the game's bones, a bunch of angry Scottish men and the classic Hudson game Bomberman and turned it into something wonderful. More »

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 Nine-Pipe Problem
• Added hud_fastswitch to the Advanced Options dialog
• Fixed a commentary string that referenced the Soldier instead of the Heavy
• Fixed a client crash that could occur when a server used SetCustomModel to change the player model
• Fixed a crash that could occur while trying to get The Argyle Sap achievement
• General improvements to client stability
• Updated the Spirit of Giving so it can have a custom name applied to it
• Updated the map arena_well
  • Updated the skybox
  • Made some miscellaneous material improvements

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 Nine-Pipe Problem
  
• Added hud_fastswitch to the Advanced Options dialog
  
• Fixed a commentary string that referenced the Soldier instead of the Heavy
  
• Fixed a client crash that could occur when a server used SetCustomModel to change the player model
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur while trying to get The Argyle Sap achievement
  
• General improvements to client stability
  
• Updated the Spirit of Giving so it can have a custom name applied to it
  
• Updated the map arena_well
  • Updated the skybox
    
  • Made some miscellaneous material improvements

Think about this for a minute. From 2007 to 2011, Team Fortress 2 maintained a fairly consistent 20,000 or so concurrent players. In that time, Valve updated the game more than 100 times, added hundreds of Achievements, items, and weapons, and created an economy for the Steam community where a hat i...

Starting today, March 2, ESEA is offering up full coverage of the ESEA Season 10 LAN Finals live from Dallas, Texas, where the remainder of the season's $80,000 prize pool will be awarded! Coverage includes Counter-Strike 1.6, Counter-Strike Source, and of course, Team Fortress 2.

The broadcast schedule can be found on ESEA.net. Streams are available on ESEA.net, ESEA News, and Twitch.tv Hub. The ESEA Orange channel is dedicated to Team Fortress 2 and will feature commentator eXtine.

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 Teufort Tooth Kicker
• Fixed being able to call server votes for training maps
• Fixed a case where capturing a point in overtime would end the round before time could be added
• Fixed not hearing the third-person weapon sounds for The Gloves of Running Urgently, The Overdose, and The Wrap Assassin
• Fixed unusual particles appearing in the wrong place for the Desert Marauder
• Improved bot behaviors
• Updated cp_mountainlab
  • Fixed several clipping issues
• Updated the gamehaptics file:
  • Added draw/swing/stab forces to the Black Rose
  • Added missing forces for Three Rune Blade
  • Added more detail to butterfly knife draw forces
  • Modified Overdose recoil force to more accurately reflect new sound effect
  • Refined Huntsman & Minigun recoil forces
  • Refined Jarate throw force
  • Refined Syringe Gun crit recoil forces
• Arquivos de localização atualizados

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 Teufort Tooth Kicker
  
• Fixed being able to call server votes for training maps
  
• Fixed a case where capturing a point in overtime would end the round before time could be added
  
• Fixed not hearing the third-person weapon sounds for The Gloves of Running Urgently, The Overdose, and The Wrap Assassin
  
• Fixed unusual particles appearing in the wrong place for the Desert Marauder
  
• Improved bot behaviors
  
• Updated cp_mountainlab
  • Fixed several clipping issues
• Updated the gamehaptics file:
  • Added draw/swing/stab forces to the Black Rose
    
  • Added missing forces for Three Rune Blade
    
  • Added more detail to butterfly knife draw forces
    
  • Modified Overdose recoil force to more accurately reflect new sound effect
    
  • Refined Huntsman & Minigun recoil forces
    
  • Refined Jarate throw force
    
  • Refined Syringe Gun crit recoil forces
• Arquivos de localização atualizados
  

Season one of Highlander was a huge success with over 300 teams signing up for the league. How better to follow up? Season two! Sign-ups are open for this next season of Highlander at ETF2L. Better get your team together as signups close March 11 and the season starts Sunday, March 18.

It's been pointed out to us that there's a regularly updated comic series running on Deviant Art by "spacerocketbunny" called "Be Efficient Be Polite." We're booking the rest of the afternoon off so we can catch up and read it all.

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 Fast Learner
• Fixed +randommap not working correctly on server startup
• Fixed some instances of corrupted text when the save_replay key isn't bound
• Fixed dedicated server console spew related to the Replay client and viewangles
• Fixed a spelling error in a cp_fastlane material
• Fixed team colors not working correctly for the second style of the Black Rose
• Fixed Mann Co. Store item previews for paints and styles
• Updated item descriptions to contain the name of the paint used to color them
• Updated the Reggaelator
  • Added an LOD model
  • Added 3 styles
• Updated cp_dustbowl
  • Adjusted Blue team's func_respawnroom in stage 1 to be flush against the door
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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 Fast Learner
  
• Fixed +randommap not working correctly on server startup
  
• Fixed some instances of corrupted text when the save_replay key isn't bound
  
• Fixed dedicated server console spew related to the Replay client and viewangles
  
• Fixed a spelling error in a cp_fastlane material
  
• Fixed team colors not working correctly for the second style of the Black Rose
  
• Fixed Mann Co. Store item previews for paints and styles
  
• Updated item descriptions to contain the name of the paint used to color them
  
• Updated the Reggaelator
  • Added an LOD model
    
  • Added 3 styles
• Updated cp_dustbowl
  • Adjusted Blue team's func_respawnroom in stage 1 to be flush against the door
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If there's one thing we know more about than hats, it's probably romance. Remember that romantic scene in Say Anything where John Cusack holds up a boom box in the rain? Well, we hold stuff up in the rain all the time. Golf clubs. Our wallets. An umbrella. Whatever's handy, really. And do the girls go for it? Hard to tell - it rains pretty hard in Seattle, so the limited visibility combined with wind shear makes it tough to see the appreciation on the ladies' faces.

#valve Valve's $100 Valentine's Day gag was actually taken up by a lot of people, who figured the money was well spent since it gave them a chance to broadcast a message to the entire Team Fortress 2 community. More »

Updates to Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: Source Engine Changes (TF2, DoD:S, HL2:DM)

• Fixed a client crash related to dynamic model loading
• Fixed dedicated server not receiving restart requests when updates are released

Team Fortress 2

• Fixed playing incorrect sounds for The Overdose
• Fixed a broken Engineer animation for The Pomson 6000
• Fixed Steam inventory/trading not showing the correct item level for some items
• Fixed Steam inventory/trading sort order not matching the in-game backpack
• Fixed the new styles for The Brown Bomber not using team colors
• Fixed some clipping issues with the Warrior's Spirit
• Updated pl_hoodoo_final
  • Removed door frame collision to resolve bots getting stuck in the cave during stage 2

Valve has introduced a $100 engagement ring to Team Fortress 2. Introduced on Valentine's Day, the ring allows players to propose to other players and broadcast a message to the entire Team Fortress community...

The Game: Team Fortress 2 Genre: Elaborate Hat-Modeling Simulator Platform: PC, Mac The Scoop: Valve's Team Fortress 2 launched strong as part of The Orange Box bundle in 2007, and has only gotten stronger since. Valve kept a steady stream of free maps and modes flowing, while also droppi...

#toys So you know how there were images of Team Fortress 2 action figures from last weekend's Toy Fair in New York? There weren't any pics of the Demoman. Even though he was there. More »

#teamfortress Team Fortress 2 developers Valve have put together "the most accurate simulation of an actual Valentine's Day gift ever made available to the public", and today made it available as an in-game item to owners of the multiplayer shooter. More »

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 Something Special For Someone Special
• Added The Snapped Pupil
• Added a new promo item
• Updated the Heavy's sandvich so it will only resupply ammo if the owner picks it up after dropping it. This means the only way to gain health from the sandvich is by eating it.
• Fixed the Red/Blue team skins not working on the Bonk Boy with the new styles
• Updated the in-game trading system to use the Steam trading menus
• Updated these items so they can be traded and crafted:
  • The Warsworn Helmet
  • The Bolgan
  • The Bolgan Family Crest
  • The Merc Medal
  • The Battle Bob
  • The Bushman's Boonie
• Updated cp_gravelpit
  • Fixed z-fighting on the fan in the Red spawn building
  • Fixed Red Engineers building inside their spawn room
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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 Something Special For Someone Special
  
• Added The Snapped Pupil
  
• Added a new promo item
  
• Updated the Heavy's sandvich so it will only resupply ammo if the owner picks it up after dropping it. This means the only way to gain health from the sandvich is by eating it.
  
• Fixed the Red/Blue team skins not working on the Bonk Boy with the new styles
  
• Updated the in-game trading system to use the Steam trading menus
  
• Updated these items so they can be traded and crafted:
  • The Warsworn Helmet
    
  • The Bolgan
    
  • The Bolgan Family Crest
    
  • The Merc Medal
    
  • The Battle Bob
    
  • The Bushman's Boonie
• Updated cp_gravelpit
  • Fixed z-fighting on the fan in the Red spawn building
    
  • Fixed Red Engineers building inside their spawn room
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Uh-uh they did-uhnt. Valve did not just add a boombox to Team Fortress 2 that plays sounds whenever a Scout taunts… I think they did. Just let me check the server over here [opens server door] WELL, NOW I CAN’T HEAR AND I NEED TO CHANGE MY PANTS. BUT I CAN CONFIRM THAT THEY WENT THERE. They’ve released a paid for (£6.99! – too rich for my roots) community item called the “Boston Boom-Bringer“. Whenever the Scout taunts, it’ll play one of four phat beats. If you want to prepare yourself for the aural wreckage that the game’s about to throw at you, there’s a video below.

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