Griefing is boring, it’s more fun to troll players on the other team.
Just gonna taunt kill this sniper until he goes hoovy out of spite
Better griefing involves you and your friend going Demopan and whacking Snipers/other teammates while spamming voice commands. Or having an Engie build a dispenser next to a Sniper and another go Pyro and continuously spray fire in front of the Sniper.
Team Roomba videos pretty much ended griefing anyway. And yeah, messing with opponents is more fun anyway. And marginally more helpful!
Enforcer got rebalanced.
That should reduce scrubby Spy play. I wish the Pomson and Huntsman hitboxes would get tweaked, but I don’t see that happening.
Oh man I hope the MvM hype train starts next week. I am ready to craft robot-related accessories like some goddamn Peak Point Helmets from Ape Escape.
Anyone in ESEA or UGC?
Heads up…
There was an update a couple hours ago.
Here’s what was added:
[details=Spoiler]Goldfish:
http://media.steampowered.com//apps/…762030853d.png
http://media.steampowered.com//apps/…5ffcd3eb24.png
Pocket lint
http://media.steampowered.com//apps/…669f32cb84.png
http://media.steampowered.com//apps/…85d17b2013.png
Cheese Wheel
http://media.steampowered.com//apps/…585c7c318b.png
http://media.steampowered.com//apps/…1db3e8ec3f.png
Banana Peel
http://media.steampowered.com//apps/…a418b0a92f.png
http://media.steampowered.com//apps/…2c98881d57.png
Barn Door Plank
http://media.steampowered.com//apps/…b5ecc9dd91.png
http://media.steampowered.com//apps/…12309132a7.png
Secret Diary
http://media.steampowered.com//apps/…7dc9d75c31.png
http://media.steampowered.com//apps/…c5176259be.png
Damaged Capacitor
http://media.steampowered.com//apps/…4fcb3a4c65.png
http://media.steampowered.com//apps/…74f12bbc53.png[/details]
1 random thing drops along with any item you normally find.
So far i’ve gotten:
3 banana peels
2 Pocket Lint
1 goldfish
1 cheese wheel
Supposedly the diary is more rare than the others. In any case, it might be a good idea to have at least one of each before the next update.
The most interesting part of all of this, is that if you look at the Damaged capacitor, it reads 6.22v 1500.
This could mean that the Man vs Machine update hits this Friday evening at 3:00pm VST (Valve Standard Time)
Apologies for the double post, but it seems that Valve has started a ARG.
If you craft at least 2 banana peels, it seems you recieve a message similiar to this one:
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/576707852993933738/9370A47A1CD6F356853B62EB0AB67F009CA562CC/
Naturally, the TF2 community have already began decoding, and it turns out these codes all fit into a PNG of a QR code.
This is what it ends up as: http://tf2.com/cajtaypvdbyl.jpg
You can help out by posting your banana code in this site:
Pyro update inbound
The[S] Industrial[/S] Professional Pyro set (forgot what it’s called; it’s from the workshop) looks like they’ll be the new unlocks for him/her/it. I had a feeling those would get in; they look really nice, fit the aesthetic, and honestly are some of the only good Pyro weapons in the workshop.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=13211&searchtext=
The mask is even a throwback to the TFC Pyro!
This sounds interesting:
Valve may be looking to have the biggest production for a TF2 update yet.
Also the final piece to the Banana code puzzle was found last night:
The other new items are bound to be updated as well. Keep playing and contributing to the ARG!
http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Main_Page
Anyone notice something about the wiki page…and the update on the official TF2 page?
The Pyro blog post has been decoded in Morse Code.
It reads “MONDAY”.
As for the wiki… it doesn’t seem like any hints are there. Probably just there to hype up the update/Meet the Pyro
OH LOURDE IT’S HERE
Doomsday sounds like Neutral CTF.
Secret page by clicking the banana at the bottom:
http://www.teamfortress.com/pyromania/thepoopyjoefiles/
EDIT: Another secret I didn’t find earlier on the new mode page:
http://www.teamfortress.com/war/saxtonhale/poopyjoe.htm
Huh. This exact image was used in the WAR! update. Possibly because it makes more sense now. I’m still convinced that’s a TTGL reference in the pickaxe’s description.
I sure hope Man Vs Machine doesn’t get cut this week. They announced Doomsday as a gamemode and this update is predominantly Pyro focused (hence the name), but the thought of mowing down robots in TF2 is what got me excited during the whole content drought.
Pyromania, Day 2!
http://www.teamfortress.com/pyromania/cityonfire/
No secret links.
I didn’t expect those Scout items to get in. They’re kind of… bland. The Scattergun sounds… interesting.
RL is like what the Black Box should’ve been, given the design anyway. The actual mechanics sound crazy.
About time the Sniper got a new SMG. The rifle sounds like what the Bazaar Bargain should’ve been, statwise.
Scorch Shot sounds annoying but probably won’t be too bad in practice because most Pyros can’t aim their flares well. Not sure if it crits burning opponents either. But who knows!
Probably won’t mean anything, but Downtown 2fort sounds like an awesome idea for a map!
There was this. On the bottom of the main Pyromania page
I want that Sniper “The Professional” gear…so nice.
After thinking it over a bit, the Scorch Shot sounds kind of gimped. The Detonator already does the splash fire mechanic well and gets minicrits anyway, and the Flare Gun is better for straight-up damage. Both already excel at harassing players. The knockback just sounds mildly annoying and not that useful when the Pyro already has an airblast. But like I said, we don’t know how effective the weapon will be yet. I expect Valve to give it some special treatment seeing as it got a whole blog post to itself. Plus, I think it looks really cool.
The Pyro’s stance in the MtP freeze shot looks un-Pyro-esque, in my opinion.
I hope the new RL doesn’t mean that the Scotch Guardian won’t make it in at sme point, seeing as the charge shot is that weapon’s conceit.
Also, don’t we have enough fedoras as it is?
No.
Never enough hats.
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Meet the Pyro…