Team Fortress 2

[Malintex_Terek]

OH YEAH I FINALLY GOT THIS WORKIN'.

So, anyone up for a game?? I'm looking for a teacher. :O

[Malintex_Terek]

TRIPLE POST WE NEED MORE ACTIVITY.

I've actually gotten to get a feel of the game but I've got to agree with Cyanotic's reasoning on the upgrades - they're just there to make things easier for the newbies, and are fairly unbalanced in that regard, but it also makes things difficult to accumulate experience with the original balanced weapons.

Honestly, it feels like I'm playing some hybrid of StarCraft and Brood War, with both balanced aspects and unbalanced aspects running rampant.

My favourite class is the Sniper, because I'm not used to mouse aiming sensitivity and the whole "you jump where you look" hand-eye coordination. If someone has suggestions for how to practice this kind of aiming, I'm all ears, because I desperately need practice.

I can also see how it makes Buuhan1 dizzy.

[Wagomu]

Having been stuck with a Mac and the oh so limited version on the Orange Box for the Xbox 360, I haven't had access to the bulk of the game. That should change soon, though, once Steam, and TF2 according to the website, is available for Mac this month .

[Jarhead]

So, any good servers? All I get is "server not resonding".

[Sesshy]

My computer used to be able to run this game fine, but now I go in and everything's choppy. ;-;

[Malintex_Terek]

So, any good servers? All I get is "server not resonding".

That appears to happen if a server is full. Keep trying for one.

[Tsukento]

TRIPLE POST WE NEED MORE ACTIVITY.

I've actually gotten to get a feel of the game but I've got to agree with Cyanotic's reasoning on the upgrades - they're just there to make things easier for the newbies, and are fairly unbalanced in that regard, but it also makes things difficult to accumulate experience with the original balanced weapons.

Honestly, it feels like I'm playing some hybrid of StarCraft and Brood War, with both balanced aspects and unbalanced aspects running rampant.

My favourite class is the Sniper, because I'm not used to mouse aiming sensitivity and the whole "you jump where you look" hand-eye coordination. If someone has suggestions for how to practice this kind of aiming, I'm all ears, because I desperately need practice.

I can also see how it makes Buuhan1 dizzy.

I was writing up a massively long, nicely balanced explanation of each unlockable weapon including their pros and cons. It took several hours. Then Firefox crashed. So many hours wasted.

So I'll just say this: They're not really upgrades, but moreso unlockables. Each weapon has its strengths and weaknesses. Some more so than others in either aspect. Some are even only useful in situational events. Currently, every weapon's been pretty much tweeked to be balanced just the right amount.

Could be worse, though. Could go back to the start where Demomen had a LARGE amount of Sticky Bombs at their disposal, Pyros couldn't Airblast, Spy couldn't pick up ammo to recharge his watch but could also backstab from within any angle.

So, any good servers? All I get is "server not resonding".

I play on a set of servers run by a group known as "I Have CnB" (Cock and Balls). It's mainly for older folks cause of the NSFW material that flies around in there, but it's got some great people to play with, and you'll find yourself laughing every now and then with the server sounds installed and just how some of the people are.

The IPs for their servers can be found here: http://dirty.hlstatsx.com/hlstats.php

[LuffyGearSecond]

I love this game. I have it on my PC and I mostly play as a scout and a pyro. I pretty much unlocked all the achievements except for the engineer one which didn't come out yet as far as i know, I haven't played it in like 1 month.

[TappaDeRouge]

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Was released for the Mac yesterday. Very cool trailer. The game is also free to play over the weekend and after that will be %50 off.

[Wagomu]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Downloading now, finally!

[Sakonosolo]

So I can own people with crappy computers now? They should have a way to differentiate between Windows and Mac players.

[Tsukento]

Was released for the Mac yesterday. Very cool trailer. The game is also free to play over the weekend and after that will be %50 off.

Actually, it's *also* 50% during the free weekend. So you can play it for free, and if you like it enough, buy it before the free play is up.

So I can own people with crappy computers now? They should have a way to differentiate between Windows and Mac players.

Mac users get iPod earbuds as a Misc. slot item. Though really, anyone can get them if they log in through a Mac.

[Wagomu]

Steam tag's Hungryfreak by the way if you guys want to own me some time.

[Malintex_Terek]

The hideous menu UI seems to be the tradeoff for the influx of clueless Mac players into the game. One I don't appreciate, especially since Valve is handing them ways to rapidly improve with the training option.

I don't understand the firestorm over the earbuds, honestly. I'm not a Mac fan and certainly wouldn't want to show off a Mac product like that.

[Tsukento]

The UI is indeed atrocious. I seriously hope Valve goes with the fan-made suggestions.

As for the earbuds, don't worry. This is the second time this has happened. These are the same people that fired off a massive shitstorm over people who got their Cheater's Lament halos for not getting caught using a 3rd party program while idling.

[Malintex_Terek]

I've heard of the fan-made UI's and frankly I don't approve of them either, the original is true to FPS formula - simple, functional. The flashy buttons and haphazard juxtaposition is a "Web 2.0" phenomenon, catering to people who want an "immersive" computer experience. Browsing a menu. wtf?

Valve could have just gave that menu to Mac users only and nothing would have changed. Mac users wouldn't have known any better, PC users wouldn't have cared. The menu looks appropriate for Mac people. Why give it to PC users - is it just to piss us off to seek & destroy Mac users in game? :/

That said, I've been having problems even getting past this menu, for some reason my computer is crashing whenever I select an option. I haven't been able to play the game since the 10 June patch.

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omg I just noticed the Engineer's new shotgun has a scope. SICK, please let it be usable. Please let Direct Hit's be usable too. :<

[Tsukento]

Honestly, if it looked like this, I wouldn't have a problem with it.

The UI currently looks awful because everything is so terribly scrunched up together. Even worse when in 16:9 because you get even LESS room.

[Dumhuvud]

Anyone up for a game? I main Pyro and Medic, but I'm a decent Sniper as well.

PM me if you want my Steam.

[Megadoomer]

Going by some videos, it looks like Valve has decided what will be in the Engineer update.

Engineer is holding a new shotgun - http://www.teamfortress.com/macupdate/
In the backgrounds, there are blueprints of an arm, along with a robotic head on the shelf (possibility of a moving sentry? At the very least, some kind of robot) - http://www.teamfortress.com/119/comingsoon.html

[ManOfMetal]

TF2 is probably my favorite game right now. Been playing for a year or so. Having played Team Fortress Classic, I was excited when this game came out. I mostly play Spy, Scout and Engineer. Haven't played in a few weeks but I'm craving it still. I think the last map I played was a Prop Hunt map. That game is surprisingly hard...