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Stupid Fortress 2

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  • GeoMitchGeoMitch Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    i believe it's the heavy from the engineer comic

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  • MaceraMacera UGH GODDAMMIT STOP ENJOYING THINGSRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    who was John Henry

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  • ebotasticebotastic Going Gonzo In People's HeartsRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    L|ama wrote: »
    welsh is one of the worst languages ever

    im not sure whether it or thai sucks more

    I find myself enjoying Welsh accents on the ladies. Take Eve Myles or Joanna Page for examples, both of their voices make me sigh dreamily.

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    Please, call me ebo.
  • redheadredhead Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    a black man famous for working himself to death while attempting to use just his hammer to murder people faster than the newly invented minigun could

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  • MaceraMacera UGH GODDAMMIT STOP ENJOYING THINGSRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    redhead wrote: »
    a black man famous for working himself to death while attempting to use just his hammer to murder people faster than the newly invented minigun could

    yeah, I was saying that the guy in the comic was John Henry

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  • DysDys how am I even using this gun Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I could see Valve making a more old-timey Team Fortress 3.

    Hats would have to transfer over between games, of course.

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  • redheadredhead Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    wait

    john henry???

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  • NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited February 2011
    I would love for team fortress 3 to be a prequel with the original old-timey mercenaries

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I would play as John Henry Heavy every hour, every day

    With the loud clockwork minigun spinning up and the ponderous but devastating sledgehammer

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  • LokiamisLokiamis Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1742346
    Level of Detail (LOD). To reduce the number of polygons that need to be rendered, the Source engine will render lower-quality models if the model is very far away. If it moves closer to the player's point of view, it will change to a higher-quality model, with more polygons and more textures. As it continues to come closer, it will gain more detail until it reaches perfect quality.

    The advantage of using LOD is obvious: Objects that are far away, where they cannot show much detail anyways, will not use up nearly as many memory and processing resources for the player. In extreme cases, they may not even be rendered at all. It is up to the developer then, to decide how many levels of quality are appropriate for a model, and at what distances they should be "activated" at. For example, in Half-Life 2, the G-man character model had five different models.
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    Seems nifty

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  • LokiamisLokiamis Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    http://www.riftjunkies.com/2011/02/03/rift-invades-team-fortress-2/#more-3891

    wait what
    Valve’s Team Fortress 2 is about to be invaded by Rift, the upcoming MMO from Trion Worlds. Both companies announced today that Steam customers who pre-order Rift by March 1st will receive two exclusive melee weapons in Team Fortress 2: the “Sharpened Volcano Fragment” and “Sun-on-a-stick.” Additionally, the Valve team is adding a permanent Team Fortress 2 achievement that grants players a redeemable code for an equally exclusive (and terrifying) headpiece in Rift, the “Well Spun Hat.”

    Team Fortress 2 players will automatically receive the melee weapons beginning today, while players lusting after the Well Spun Hat must complete the new “Riftwalker” achievement. After applying the code on their Trion account page, Rift players will receive the hat in their in-game mailbox beginning with the game’s headstart period on February 24th.

    All Steam pre-order customers will receive the weapons, including those who’ve already purchased Rift through the digital platform. This offer is available to Steam users worldwide.

    Item Descriptions:

    · Sharpened Volcano Fragment – Melee weapon for the Pyro

    · Sun-on-a-stick – Melee weapon for the Scout

    · Well Spun Hat – Cosmetic head slot item used to intimidate and frighten other players

    edit: Spending two minutes researching this, there's nothing about this on the Rift store page. Probably a dumb rumor

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  • SenorTacosSenorTacos Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    But there are pictures! Welp! I am now getting an MMO.

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  • LokiamisLokiamis Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Free hat everytime you renew your subscription

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I want that axe

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  • LokiamisLokiamis Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    http://trion.gamespress.com/default.asp?p=1&i=833

    those weapons look dumb and out of place!
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  • LokiamisLokiamis Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
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    He has 59/373 achievements. There are only 368 at the moment.

    It's from this newspost http://store.steampowered.com/news/4947/[/QUOTE]

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  • LokiamisLokiamis Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Updates to Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, 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 (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM)
    Further improved engine handling of server queries.

    Team Fortress 2
    Added Rift promotional items
    New items: Sun-On-A-Stick and Sharpened Volcano Fragment.
    New achievement: Riftwalker
    Updated several more models with optimizations and new LODs.
    Fixed seeing a partial health bar in the upper left corner of the spectator menu.
    Fixed the control point progress bar not being aligned properly when using cl_hud_minmode 1.
    Fixed the The Essential Accessories hiding the Scout's hat/headphones.
    Updated sounds for the Brass Beast.
    Updated the Scottish Resistance stickybombs to always glow if they will be detonated by a right-click, including the stickybombs under the Demoman's feet.
    Changed default crosshair to be more opaque, like the custom crosshairs.
    Fixed some missing surfaces on the bottom of the Pyro's mask.
    Fixed the assister's name not being listed in the Fish humiliation and kill notices.
    Fixed the Force-a-Nature not drawing correctly in the character loadout screen.
    Engineers who hit teammate's sentry guns with their wrench now get kill assists from that sentry.
    Made the Jag gift wrappable.
    Fixed seeing a badge on the player when a noisemaker is equipped.
    Fixed particle effects on the Hustler's Hallmark.
    Added FCVAR_DONTRECORD flags to 'bind,' 'bind_mac,' 'unbind,' 'unbind_mac,' and 'unbindall' so they can't be recorded into a demo (fixes having your keys changed when you watch a demo).
    Updated Cp_Granary
    Added a new entrance to the mid Red/Blue ramp rooms.
    Clipping, lighting and perf improvements.
    Tournament mode HUD fixes
    Fixed seeing an empty alert tray under the stopwatch timer.
    Fixed a bug where the time for the tournament mode stopwatch wasn't being displayed.
    Fixed the countdown when both teams are ready always reading "0 seconds"


    Was going to try to start a game, but I guess the servers need to restart

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Hmm

    Remind me who we have to pester to get the servers restarted

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  • Ginger MijangoGinger Mijango Don't you open that Trap Door!Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    mavers/job/hey you/littleboots?/flippy?/roland?

    not me.

    the update changed my FoV.

    new entrance
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  • LokiamisLokiamis Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
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    Useless outside of medieval, at least

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  • GumpyGumpy There is always a greater powerRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Actual stats?

    Aww hell, seriously?

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  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I want that Fragment so bad.

    Not enough to buy a game for it, though.

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  • LokiamisLokiamis Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    -players now get a free doublenatascha with every purchase of any steam game worth $50 or more

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  • GumpyGumpy There is always a greater powerRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    As a man who swore off complaining over the internet a long time ago

    I kinda want to complain over the internet about this unless it turns out I can get that axe without spending sweet moolah

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  • LokiamisLokiamis Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I want that Fragment so bad.

    Not enough to buy a game for it, though.

    Really? I'd say it's one of the worst items in the game.

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  • Ginger MijangoGinger Mijango Don't you open that Trap Door!Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Trade someone for it?

    play MNC instead? that's my plan.

    blog updated again.

    http://tf2.com

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  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Trade someone for it?

    play MNC instead? that's my plan.

    The curse of a Mac computer forbids me from playing MNC.
    Lokiamis wrote:
    Really? I'd say it's one of the worst items in the game.
    I know, but I love the idea of a Volcano Stick.

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  • LokiamisLokiamis Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I'm hearing that they changed the patch notes to say that the Rift weapons will be craftable after the pre-order period ends

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  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    They said that in the blog too.

    Time to start saving metal!

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  • GumpyGumpy There is always a greater powerRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I am happy with this

    Want that axe

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Roland is around and because he is awesome he is restarting the server

    So, get ready you butts

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  • LokiamisLokiamis Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Fiiine I'll record Community and 30 Rock, but you guys had better show up

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    But it was your goddamn suggestion! Gonna have to kill you now

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  • LokiamisLokiamis Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I forgot that it was thursday!

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  • DysDys how am I even using this gun Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I'm thinking of renaming my Team Spirit painted plunger hat to "The Grand Metaphor."

    The description would be: (My team sucks.)

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  • GumpyGumpy There is always a greater powerRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Dys wrote: »
    I'm thinking of renaming my Team Spirit painted plunger hat to "The Grand Metaphor."

    The description would be: (My team sucks.)

    Proceed

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  • LokiamisLokiamis Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Three of us in the HoNC

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  • Caulk Bite 6Caulk Bite 6 One of the multitude of Dans infesting this place Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Lokiamis wrote: »
    I'm hearing that they changed the patch notes to say that the Rift weapons will be craftable after the pre-order period ends

    yay, no temptation to slap down fitty bucks on another mmo.

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  • SenorTacosSenorTacos Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I'm waiting to find out whether you have to buy rift to be able to craft them.

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    god damn it I've always wanted a pyro melee weapon that actually sets people on fire

    I HATE YOU VALVE

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