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Nail on the head, I think. Valve has a ton of projects they've either abandoned or forgotten (I will never stop laughing at the Portal 2 store), or that have failed (like the Steam Machines), and I'm guessing the penny-pinchers are starting to get ruffled. Even the gaming community - stalwart defenders of both Valve and its Time - is starting to turn against Valve the Video Game Company, since they... well, they don't make video games any more.
5 years ago, Valve could Do No Wrong, even when acting as the biggest/most used DRM service in the business. DRM has always been generally frowned upon, but given a pass on Steam because "Hey, it's Valve. They're a gaming company first, profit-seeking company second. They won't try to screw us."
It's a completely different atmosphere now. Mentioning Valve (the gaming company) now comes with a smirk, just like Valve Time always did. Now, if they come out at E3 with some big game announcement, tides may turn... but it's probably too late, with Valve's current track record and good old Valve Time working against anything they would announce.

Nail on the head, I think. Valve has a ton of projects they've either abandoned or forgotten (I will never stop laughing at the Portal 2 store), or that have failed (like the Steam Machines), and I'm guessing the penny-pinchers are starting to get ruffled. Even the gaming community - stalwart defenders of both Valve and its Time - is starting to turn against Valve the Video Game Company, since they... well, they don't make video games any more.
5 years ago, Valve could Do No Wrong, even when acting as the biggest/most used DRM service in the business. DRM has always been generally frowned upon, but given a pass on Steam because "Hey, it's Valve. They're a gaming company first, profit-seeking company second. They won't try to screw us."
It's a completely different atmosphere now. Mentioning Valve (the gaming company) now comes with a smirk, just like Valve Time always did. Now, if they come out at E3 with some big game announcement, tides may turn... but it's probably too late, with Valve's current track record and good old Valve Time working against anything they would announce.

I don't think Valve will ever make games again, except for glorified tech demos for new hardware (that they're making/selling). They're supposedly making three VR games now. Three fucking games for VR when they haven't made an actual game in the better half of a decade, all while the old guard who actually made all the games are dropping like flies.
 
And whatever happened to Steam Machines (and SteamOS)? There was so much hype, then they came out, then... nothing. I couldn't go a day without hearing about them back then, then they came out and I ain't heard jack shit about them since. Sometimes I forget they even exist. Looking it up it seems sales for them are really bad. How much you think they lost with those? What if their foray into VR also fails?
 
Companies, don't do things for no reason. Why are they killing SPUF now? If ever there was a time to kill it it would've been soon after SPUD appeared. You'd have a sizeable amount of SPUFers that would've migrated there and given the newbies some sort of forum culture to assimilate into. There's no way to test it of course, but I suspect that simply forcing SPUF to turn into SPUD would've been better than letting two separate forums exist for half a decade then suddenly shutting the old one down one morning with no warning. I suppose you could say that SPUF shutting down was an inevitability, but it was only inevitable in the same way that Korean unification is inevitable - it'll happen eventually, but not until something forces it to. My pet theory is that Valve's decided to go over the books recently because the failure of Steam Machines dented their profits and are looking at ways to cut the fat. SPUF cost money, so it had to go. It also might be causing some management changes, which is prompting a lot of the old crew to leave (since they're probably not making any games they really give a shit about anymore anyway). In the end, it's all just guessing as Valve isn't a public company and thus releases whatever information it wants to whenever it wants to.
 
I seriously doubt they'll go bankrupt or anything anytime soon and they're very obviously still running well in the black but I think Valve's best days are behind them, if not as a profit-seeking corporation then definitely as a game developer.
 
 
 
Also it seems I missed where we were posting old TF2 screenshots. Only 2013 kids remember this.
 

 
Is Pinion even still around? I last played TF2 a couple months ago and never saw a server with it.

It isn't a remake. It's just the original Gold and Silver being ported to the 3DS, like RBY were last year.

There have been many requests for a blog for SPUFers to share TF2 stories or post things that may not fit the forum. Well, now we have one!

I designed spuf.org so that anyone with a SPUF account can submit blog posts, and we update daily! I'll do the editing, supply the pictures (unless you supply your own) and in general I've tried to make submitting as easy as possible. Read our How to Contribute page if you'd like more information, and you can subscribe to either the blog or Facebook to receive updates when new articles come out.

(Update: If videos are more your thing, we now also do weekly videos on our youtube channel, The SPUF of Legend! Just like with the blog, we accept submissions if you've ever wanted to try your hand at making videos!)

There are already almost 3 years of daily posts to read through if you want to get a feel for how things look and work at Spufblog. Pictures are usually supplied by the hard-working folk at the Loadout Picture Request Topic, the site itself is graciously hosted by thesupremecmdr (owner of the SPUF server) me, and several SPUFers have already submitted posts, including aabicus stamda, Maxillaws, and XYTWO. If you've ever wanted to write a blog post, this is the time (and place) to do it.

Follow this thread for updates on our most recent article, or join the Steam group!

I saved all 7 pages of the Jag whacking thread.

And now it has officially died.
Medic made it to the 6th, though. Congrats Medic!
(Took a screenshot of the last refresh. It's still up on my browser, pre-redirect)

And now it has officially died.
Medic made it to the 6th, though. Congrats Medic!
(Took a screenshot of the last refresh. It's still up on my browser, pre-redirect)

Give us another three months!
(anyone know when the archives will be available?)

reminder that you're not allowed to post that here, not sure how spuf itself was moderated but keep it in mind

I wish I could.
I actually can. Firefox lets you load history without triggering the redirect!

Thanks man.

I wish I could.
I actually can. Firefox lets you load history without triggering the redirect!

And now it has officially died.
Medic made it to the 6th, though. Congrats Medic!
(Took a screenshot of the last refresh. It's still up on my browser, pre-redirect)

And now it has officially died.
Medic made it to the 6th, though. Congrats Medic!
(Took a screenshot of the last refresh. It's still up on my browser, pre-redirect)

And now it has officially died.
Medic made it to the 6th, though. Congrats Medic!
(Took a screenshot of the last refresh. It's still up on my browser, pre-redirect)

...The perfect time to reveal we have a negarep button.

Booooo.

There can't be any mayhem because it is clearly June now.

There can't be any mayhem because it is clearly June now.

Hey cool, I recognize people! Hi people.

There can't be any mayhem because it is clearly June now.