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RED SPY IS IN THE BASE?

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Druhim wrote: »
    aside from the tf2 wiki, where are people getting this hat drop rate of .5%?
    because I have no idea what the original source for that info is

    tf2wiki probably

    it's a compilation of drop rate info from idle servers

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  • scarlet st.scarlet st. Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Anyone playin' this now?

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  • TaranisTaranis Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    The guy who made the idle app has compiled statistics based on the data he receives from it.
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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2009
    uh, that chart is missing some critical information to actually derive the odds of a hat dropping over a given period of time

    I suspect the dude who came up with that doesn't understand how to properly derive statistics

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  • scarlet st.scarlet st. Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Druhim wrote: »
    uh, that chart is missing some critical information to actually derive the odds of a hat dropping over a given period of time

    I suspect the dude who came up with that doesn't understand how to properly derive statistics

    I'm sure he's had plenty of mathematics training as a coder, though. Stats is almost a requirement. I'm wondering how he's adjusted the amount of time (I mean, it's been two days?), but as the hats all have a uniform drop rate, it seems pretty accurate.

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  • DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Stupid full servers.

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  • SquallSquall hap cloud Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Ive was playing with one person on one of the servers, but it just dropped

    Anyone want to hop on JonXP's?

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Wait I thought you had to do achievements to unlock items

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  • SquallSquall hap cloud Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    We're up to four people now

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  • Baroque And RollBaroque And Roll Every spark of friendship and love Will die without a homeRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Jeez Fandy, out of the loop much?

    They did this big thing a while back that instituted random item drops. It's pretty rad.

    Baroque And Roll on
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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Jeez Fandy, out of the loop much?

    They did this big thing a while back that instituted random item drops. It's pretty rad.

    Holy crap awesome

    So I can play this game without popping up my achievement screen every few seconds going "FUCK I WANT TO UNLOCK THAT FUCK FUCK"

    Because I unlocked the Blutsauger and the Flare Gun legit

    How do you know when you've picked up a weapon drop

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  • scarlet st.scarlet st. Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    so-and-so has found x in red letters on the chat window

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Fandyien wrote: »
    Jeez Fandy, out of the loop much?

    They did this big thing a while back that instituted random item drops. It's pretty rad.

    Holy crap awesome

    So I can play this game without popping up my achievement screen every few seconds going "FUCK I WANT TO UNLOCK THAT FUCK FUCK"

    Because I unlocked the Blutsauger and the Flare Gun legit

    How do you know when you've picked up a weapon drop

    it'll notify you in game
    I managed to get a flare gun, Bonk!, and two Huntsman bows during the last free weekend

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Well shucks

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2009
    so-and-so has found x in red letters on the chat window
    well, that and when you die you get a huge pop up that tells you what you got and asks if you want to equip it now or discard it or neither

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  • Baroque And RollBaroque And Roll Every spark of friendship and love Will die without a homeRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Guys, I am an awful sniper. But goddamn the huntsman is so much fun to play with.

    Baroque And Roll on
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  • HobnailHobnail Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Man not a damn thing has dropped for me in aaaaaages, all I want is a jar of piss!

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  • SquallSquall hap cloud Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Woo another sandman

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Guys, I am an awful sniper. But goddamn the huntsman is so much fun to play with.

    i'm sorry i called you a faggot. :<

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  • Baroque And RollBaroque And Roll Every spark of friendship and love Will die without a homeRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Just got another Natascha. I don't even use the damn thing. But I did get my first huntsman headshot on Metz today. Also accidentally killed a cloaked spy point blank with the huntsman. Good day for me.

    Baroque And Roll on
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  • ZeroFillZeroFill Feeling much better. A nice, green leaf.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    fuck

    Arsenic is playing medic and starts healing me, and goes "ok I'm going to take this demo in with an uber" on the last point on steel, where the other team was putting up a solid defense

    I take a step towards the doorway and my internet goes out

    I hope he didnt uber me

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  • Baroque And RollBaroque And Roll Every spark of friendship and love Will die without a homeRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    It's okay Metz. I honestly didn't think I'd hit you around that corner.

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  • As7As7 Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    ZeroFill wrote: »
    fuck

    Arsenic is playing medic and starts healing me, and goes "ok I'm going to take this demo in with an uber" on the last point on steel, where the other team was putting up a solid defense

    I take a step towards the doorway and my internet goes out

    I hope he didnt uber me

    I did not...

    ...however I then went to uber someone else and got blown to bits.

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  • scarlet st.scarlet st. Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Hobnail wrote: »
    Man not a damn thing has dropped for me in aaaaaages, all I want is a jar of piss!

    I eventually earned the Huntsman and Jarate from sniper achievements, but my guess is sniper achievements are easier than some of the others

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  • moocowmoocow Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Sniper achievements are super easy, and the number required is pretty low, too. I accidentally got them playing sniper, and I'm not great at sniper (barely ever play it).

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  • DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I like pyro.

    I think it works for me.

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  • ZeroFillZeroFill Feeling much better. A nice, green leaf.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    DrZiplock wrote: »
    I like pyro.

    I think it works for me.

    you being pyro works for me

    dominate ziplock every day

    every. day.

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  • SquallSquall hap cloud Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    DrZiplock wrote: »
    I like pyro.

    I think it works for me.

    You got better as the rounds went on

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  • ZeroFillZeroFill Feeling much better. A nice, green leaf.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    As7 wrote: »
    ZeroFill wrote: »
    fuck

    Arsenic is playing medic and starts healing me, and goes "ok I'm going to take this demo in with an uber" on the last point on steel, where the other team was putting up a solid defense

    I take a step towards the doorway and my internet goes out

    I hope he didnt uber me

    I did not...

    ...however I then went to uber someone else and got blown to bits.

    well thats good

    I... guess

    did you guys end up taking E?

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  • As7As7 Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    ZeroFill wrote: »
    As7 wrote: »
    ZeroFill wrote: »
    fuck

    Arsenic is playing medic and starts healing me, and goes "ok I'm going to take this demo in with an uber" on the last point on steel, where the other team was putting up a solid defense

    I take a step towards the doorway and my internet goes out

    I hope he didnt uber me

    I did not...

    ...however I then went to uber someone else and got blown to bits.

    well thats good

    I... guess

    did you guys end up taking E?

    We did. We got our whole team on the point and I and a pyro rushed their spawn as a distraction.

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Dammit guys taking E again?

    Quit having drug-fuelled TF2 parties when I'm not around

    Edcrab on
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  • KazhiimKazhiim __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2009
    no hats

    DOZENS UPON DOZENS OF DEAD RINGERS

    no hats

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  • DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    ZeroFill wrote: »
    DrZiplock wrote: »
    I like pyro.

    I think it works for me.

    you being pyro works for me

    dominate ziplock every day

    every. day.

    Yes, I'm bad at it, but I still dig it.


    And thanks, squall.

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  • TaranisTaranis Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Kazhiim wrote: »
    no hats

    DOZENS UPON DOZENS OF DEAD RINGERS

    no hats

    Yeah I've pretty much given up all hope of getting a hat any time soon.
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  • ZoelZoel I suppose... I'd put it on Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    the drop rate on hats is so low I can't really understand why they were introduced in the first place

    I mean they were introduced and you heard oh man can't get a hat and then people forgot about them because they're hats.

    Then we have a new release with new hats and people will talk about them for a while then we'll forget again.

    what a waste of time for everyone.

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  • Charles KinboteCharles Kinbote Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    someone gets a hat every five or ten minutes?

    that's actually better than I would have expected I think

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  • Charles KinboteCharles Kinbote Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Zoel wrote: »
    the drop rate on hats is so low I can't really understand why they were introduced in the first place

    I mean they were introduced and you heard oh man can't get a hat and then people forgot about them because they're hats.

    Then we have a new release with new hats and people will talk about them for a while then we'll forget again.

    what a waste of time for everyone.

    except people still go "oh man that guy has a hat/beard cool"

    which is the whole point

    rare enough to remain cool

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I am not threatened by these strange hats, the drop rate does not concern me

    But I did take issue with lacking the weapons, that made me cry like a scout seeing a rainbow on a summer morn

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2009
    Zoel wrote: »
    the drop rate on hats is so low I can't really understand why they were introduced in the first place

    I mean they were introduced and you heard oh man can't get a hat and then people forgot about them because they're hats.

    Then we have a new release with new hats and people will talk about them for a while then we'll forget again.

    what a waste of time for everyone.

    except people still go "oh man that guy has a hat/beard cool"

    which is the whole point

    rare enough to remain cool
    yeah
    I'd like them to remain somewhat rare, but still think they should drop more frequently

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  • ZoelZoel I suppose... I'd put it on Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Zoel wrote: »
    the drop rate on hats is so low I can't really understand why they were introduced in the first place

    I mean they were introduced and you heard oh man can't get a hat and then people forgot about them because they're hats.

    Then we have a new release with new hats and people will talk about them for a while then we'll forget again.

    what a waste of time for everyone.

    except people still go "oh man that guy has a hat/beard cool"

    which is the whole point

    rare enough to remain cool

    i understand the point

    but i've seen maybe five hats worn ever

    as cool as that combined hour of my life was

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