[Team Fortress 2]: Towering pillar of bad opinions about hats

Kilroy · July 2010

Possible PA tournament in the works:

That_Guy wrote: »

Well it looks like there is enough interst to get started. Please fill out the following form so I can have a list. Depending on how many people sign up, It might be highlander and it might not

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dERBd1dITVFLNXBiNzFoTFgzeTh4eWc6MQ

Possible PAX meetup. Contact deveric for details.

tyrannus wrote: »

PAY ATTENTION TO THIS

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1360060

If you're planning on looking for new maps, UIs or any other mods then avoid FPS Banana for a while. They've been infected with the "Black Internet" trojan.

Full Credit to Rhalle and GTFO Gaming for finding this. Just thought I'd let you all know about this since the only thread on this on the Steam forums is in the CS:S forum.

Here's the links to the threads I got them on and some info I quoted on it:

Rhalle
GTFO

Originally Posted by GTFO
The site is currently infected with the 'Black Internet' trojan.

It's embedded in the site itself somehow, which means all you have to do is go there-- you don't have to download anything, and you'll be infected. All the following programs did not detect the trojan AVG, Ad-Aware and Windows Defender.

If you've been to FPSBanana in the last day or less, check your task manager. Look for iexplore.exe running-- or multiple instances of it if you are surfing with internet explorer, of course. You might also be hearing audio advertisements and/or multiple weird noises and mouseclicks.

Apparently this trojan infects the MBR, to fix the virus problem make all folders viewable in the control panel -> large icons -> folder options -> view -> show hidden files, folders and drives, then reboot in Safe Mode and go here:

C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\Appdata\Local\Temp

and deleting these two files:

Loader.exe
Smss.exe

And until further notice I strongly suggest that you avoid going to the website.

THIS SHOULD BE ON EVERY PAGE.

Like Mapping? Check out the Art Pass Contest!

Polycount Pack Winners:

Soldier:

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Scout:

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Pyro

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Spy

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Sniper

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TF2 for mac?! Wuuuuutt!?
Write up from [URL="ttp://www.tf2pro.com/"]TF2Pro.com[/URL] via Hey You under spoiler:

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After a long triumphant wait, the TF2 update on June 10th, 2010, allows Mac OS X users to play Team Fortress 2. As we put one more TF2 update under our belts, we can’t help but feel like the Engineer update is now closer than ever. New or confused about all this information? Well here’s everything you missed and more:

First off, Valve kicked off this Mac update with a Free Weekend and new blog post. All Mac users that log in this weekend and play, will receive a pretty white pair of Apple Earbuds in game. (Must log into a mac, launch TF2 and die on a server at least once to receive the ear buds.) If you don’t have the Earbuds yet and have access to a mac, make sure to do this soon, as the offer end Monday June 13th, 2010. Blog post also contained a new video, TF2 cartoon, and update information.

Next! Training is finally here. Team Fortress 2 players can now train their aim against cardboard cutouts and TF2 bots. Unfortunately it is only available for the Soldier currently, but there is speculation that more classes will come in the future.

Then, small but kind of important things! TF2 also received a menu makeover, a new crafting icon, and a new practice option, where users can test their skill on official Valve Koth maps and Dustbowl against bots. As part of the new menu system, TF2 characters show up in the upper right hand corner with player records. Players have reported that the Pyro shows up as a him and her on the main screen, which further questions the Pyro’s gender.

Also! If you haven’t seen the video yet or heard all the speculation, you have a lot of catching up to do. First off, the video has a windows comparison. Take a look at the screen below if you didn’t catch it. Engineer is also wielding a new shotgun with what appears to be a scope. Could it be a laser pointer, a scope, or something totally different. At the end of the video it says, “Think Bullets” which has been speculated to have something to do with the Engineer update.

Finally! One last bit. This showed up in the texture files in TF2 which can be easily viewed in hammer. Tobor is written in the middle which is Robot spelled backwards. Which further hardens speculations that the Engineer will be receiving a Robot as a new unlock (as hinted at in the recent Engineer Video.)

New to TF2?
Read the manual.

NEWEST CRAFTING INFO
Fabricate Crit-a-Cola= 1 Kritzkrieg + 1 Bonk! Atomic Punch
Fabricate Dalokohs bar = 1 Sandvich + 1 Bonk! Atomic Punch
Fabricate Gunboats = 1 Chargin' Targe + 1 Razorback
Fabricate Homewrecker = 1 Eyelander + 1 Equalizer
Fabricate Pain train = 1 Sandman + 1 Scrap Metal
Fabricate Scotsman's skullcutter = 1 Axtinguisher + 1 Jarate
Fabricate Tribalman's shiv =1 Huntsman + 1 Dead Ringer

The rest can be found at http://tf2wiki.net/wiki/Crafting
The Servers

Hey You & Quaz and Wally's
TF2PRO.COM / TEAM ZISSOU SERVER Donate!
Come test custom PA made maps and mods for the PAMTU (Contact an admin to join).
Server IP: 208.167.242.188:27015
Password: wang

Job's
Hyperbolic Drama Chamber Donate!
Normal server with SourceMod.
Server IP: 216.155.146.69:27015
Password: wang

JonXP's
JonXP's server Donate!
Regular vanilla server. No plugins whatsoever.
Server IP: tf2.finalmeasure.com
Password: wang

PMAvers'
House of Non-Conformity Donate!
Custom map server.
Server IP: 208.167.243.68:27015
Stats page
Download the Map Pack. 232 MB download.
Contents of the map pack (updated: July 1st-ish):

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Extract to: Steam\steamapps\<your account>\team fortress 2\tf\maps
Password: wang

SICK OF 32 INSTASPAWN PUBS?
Try the Blacklist Updater
Follow the info in the link and it'll provide you with all the info you need to create a customized blacklist.
So, you want to play competitive TF2?

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mrflippy · July 2010

Red's first spawn point on Egypt is the worst thing ever.

Seriously: Blu takes the first point and then all of our team dies again in spawn? Might as well just give the game to Blu.

Paladin · July 2010

Do you know if any of the PA servers still have the golden wrench mod

Kilroy · July 2010

Added some new content to the OP.

goggles · July 2010

OP is overpowered. Needs nerf.

undeinPirat · July 2010

so this alien swarm game

kinda

stole tf2's thunder

gonna go map for that game

Gorilla Salad · July 2010

mrflippy wrote: »

Red's first spawn point on Egypt is the worst thing ever.

Seriously: Blu takes the first point and then all of our team dies again in spawn? Might as well just give the game to Blu.

Egypt is the worst map, hands down. The look of it is cool, the design is utter shit.

Huntera · July 2010

undeinPirat wrote: »

so this alien swarm game

kinda

stole tf2's thunder

gonna go map for that game

WHAT ABOUT THE HAT MAN? WHAT ABOUT THE HAT?

jonxp · July 2010

Tube is OP. Nerf Admin.

tofu · July 2010

I can't believe you guys had to make a second original post

Sometimes it's just embarrassing being part of this community

Huntera · July 2010

This community fuckin' rocks at Alien Swarm.

Kris
Jak
Blind

Lookin' at you guys.

Rami · July 2010

Not to be a dick but this isn't the Alien Swarm thread, I don't know why people seem to want to talk about it in here.

goggles · July 2010

So, who wants to play some alien swarm?

Undead Scottsman · July 2010

Rami wrote: »

Not to be a dick but this isn't the Alien Swarm thread, I don't know why people seem to want to talk about it in here.

Because you get a TF2 hat if you complete a certain achievement in Alien Swarm.

And as we know, Hats are the most important thing in TF2.

DeMoN · July 2010

See, I think their plan with Alien Swarm was to release it free so that everyone plays it and unlocks the hat achievement.

Then people who don't have TF2 will be like "whelp, I got this hat, might as well buy the game"

Valve is trying to sell their game with unlockable hats in other games. It's genius really.

BlindPsychic · July 2010

Getting crushed by doors and fallin' down holes

Anyway I wonder when the guys are gonna make a blog update about this hat business

guar · July 2010

I'm going to be on in a little bit to see if my drop drought continues. Also, the engie update stuff in the OP? Unnecessary.

Undead Scottsman · July 2010

DeMoN wrote: »

See, I think their plan with Alien Swarm was to release it free so that everyone plays it and unlocks the hat achievement.

Then people who don't have TF2 will be like "whelp, I got this hat, might as well buy the game"

Valve is trying to sell their game with unlockable hats in other games. It's genius really.

Really, that's been the opposite of what they've tried before: offering TF2 hats in exchange for buying other games (Left 4 Dead 2 and Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse)

BloodySloth · July 2010

Man, Steam servers are too busy to update tuftoo for me

I want to gaze upon my beautiful new facehugger hat

Kilroy · July 2010

guar wrote: »

I'm going to be on in a little bit to see if my drop drought continues. Also, the engie update stuff in the OP? Unnecessary.

I'm going to change it to Polycount info after I finish dinner.

Undead Scottsman · July 2010

guar wrote: »

I'm going to be on in a little bit to see if my drop drought continues. Also, the engie update stuff in the OP? Unnecessary.

You only get about 10 hours a drops a week. Resets sometime Wednesday Night/Thursday Morning it seems.

Undead Scottsman · July 2010

Patch Notes

Nothing really spectacular.

Team Fortress 2

* Added a Parasite hat to celebrate the release of Alien Swarm (http://www.alienswarm.com/)
* Fixed a client crash when opening the backpack while running in a language other than English.
* Fixed not being able to pick-up buildings in Arena mode.
* Fixed an exploit that allowed team kills with Wrangled sentries.
* Fixed a bug where teleporters could be given more than their normal amount of health.
* Fixed old demos with different data tables thinking the SourceTV player entity was burning.
* TF Bot Changes
o Improved performance of bot computations that are done when a point is captured, a round starts, or a checkpoint reached.
o Fixed Engineer bot infinite build-destroy behavior loop regression
o Fixed Medic bots losing their charge if they touch a resupply cabinet
o Fixed a crash due to having multiple types of bot systems running in-game simultaneously
o Fixed bot behavior issue resulting in bot pile-ups near level 3 teleporter entrances
o Bots no longer consider sapped sentries a dangerous threat
o Bots will not try to navigate through enemy spawn rooms (unless they have won the round)
o Bot Engineers will avoid building teleporters on steep slopes which can hinder teammate movement
o Added tf_bot_pyro_always_reflect cvar. Set to 1 to make Pyro bots always reflect projectiles, regardless of difficulty level.

EDIT: Picture of the new hat:

Hotlead Junkie · July 2010

Why are they wasting time with making and improving bots?

Undead Scottsman · July 2010

Hotlead Junkie wrote: »

Why are they wasting time with making and improving bots?

For the singleplayer campaign, duh.

undeinPirat · July 2010

tf2 is their testbed for shit

as is evident in l4d, there's always room to improve ai

so they use tf2 as a place to test stuff like bots

plus it's a neat feature for free!

also the parasite hat

ballin'

Hotlead Junkie · July 2010

Ah, yeah, improving AI for other games by testing bots in TF2 makes sense

xta · July 2010

can't even get on tf2 since steam is borked right now (due to the free alien game)

Huntera · July 2010

The parasite only looks good on the Pyro, sadly.

Kilroy · July 2010

Polycount pack, mapping contest, and PAX meetup have been added to the OP.

TehSpectre · July 2010

I would like to play some Alien swarm with some dudes.

deveric · July 2010

In for the blue dot.

PS PM FOR PAX MEETUPS AND GENERAL PAX AWESOMENESS

guar · July 2010

Undead Scottsman wrote: »

guar wrote: »

I'm going to be on in a little bit to see if my drop drought continues. Also, the engie update stuff in the OP? Unnecessary.

You only get about 10 hours a drops a week. Resets sometime Wednesday Night/Thursday Morning it seems.

Last Wed./Thurs. is when I stopped getting drops. It wouldn't make sense for the drop count to reset, then I get nothing all week.

Kupi · July 2010

Hotlead Junkie wrote: »

Ah, yeah, improving AI for other games by testing bots in TF2 makes sense

Technologies like nav meshes, evolutionary algorithms (which sentry locations are most successful?), virtual mousepads, and simulated perceptions are all portable to multiple styles of games.

L|ama · July 2010

vaaaaaalve

give me haaaaaaaaaats

UEAKCrash · July 2010

Ahahaha Tube is the best.

Also Alien Swarm.

guar · July 2010

Why does this update keep pausing itself.

e: ugh. Stop. with. all. the. pausing.

I am literally looking at the end of the download, 101.0 mb of 103.7 mb. Yet because the servers are flooded, I keep being suspended.

Feels Good Man · July 2010

welp got the hat no reason to play that game anymore

Burnage · July 2010

That parasite hat is going to look dashing on my medic's head.

Feels Good Man · July 2010

I like it on the sniper too

He takes it off during his kukri taunt, its p cute

Undead Scottsman · July 2010

It should look positive haunting on the Soldier.

Huntera · July 2010

Oh, what? It shows the parasite floating above their head on my character select screen.

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