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  3. Posted

    Also, assuming in this alternate timeline only forks off after the Replay Update (the last major update before the Uber Update), I'd imagine the Mann Co. Store and Crates would be looking pretty sus by the playerbase, as the financial reality of the game going F2P meant there was a lot less justification for microtransactions. If I read up on my history correctly, this was the general sentiment after Mann-conomy hit.

     

     I bet most of us probably wouldn't even be having this discussion right now, as most of us (myself included) got into the game because it was free.

     

    On the bright side, quickplay would not be a thing so Valve's own servers now have to compete fairly with community servers, which means community servers thrive longer than they did.

  4. Posted

    A-posing.

     

     

    Also, it just dawned on me that TF2 has been F2P for more than 10 years now. That's actually crazy to think about. Crazier still that I've been playing it most of those 10 years.

     

    I wonder how the game would fair if it stayed $20?

  6. Posted

    4 hours ago, TheOnlyGuyEver said:

    Let's not forget exposing Spys by literally just spawning.

    I'm still peeved about that outline thing. I can't tell you how many times I'm able to instantly hunt down spies because of it. They don't even have to be camping spawn, I just note what class they disguised as and predict their next location if they cloak. They usually don't re-disguise. And it's so easy to see a new outline pop up out of nowhere and go "oh, that's a shpee".

     

    Playing as Spy, I can't get those cheeky spawn door kills, and I feel limited when near the spawn in general. Now I understand why it's there, so you can get oriented where your team is at, but at least decrease the time from 10 seconds to 3 seconds. At the very least, 5.

     

    But yes, fix the bugs first, then we can talk about sweeping changes for the Frenchman.

  7. Posted

    You can survive a melee hit with it now since Gun Mettle. And since the DR has been nerfed to oblivion, trickstabbing pubstomper Spys have moved to the Kunai to get their fix. Now people are recently discovering how useful it is. Like with pre-Jungle Inferno Razorback.

  9. Posted

    In speaking of "zany", Pyro mains always seem to wear the most cursed cosmetic combos. Usually having something to do with the eyes.

     

    As for me personally, I tend to find people who main the cookie cutter classes more annoying, simply because when someone "mains" those classes, it's often because they play (or at least want to play)  competitive 6s. And with that, comes the tryhard mentality, which means carrying your team, stomping 2Fort pubs as Demo with your Medic GF up your ass all day.

     

    The exception to this would be Medic mains, who have every right to shittalk their team by virtue of actually maining Medic in pubs(unless they are the aforementioned Medic GF).

  10. Posted

    Don't forget the weeb pfp and strange kunai with Japanese gibberish tagged on it.

     

    So it's either all of that, or they're the chillest dudes around because they know they're playing a weak class and just don't give a baguette about it.

     

    One things for sure, they enjoy electroswing like the hipsters they are.

  12. Posted

    On 2/2/2021 at 3:41 AM, Razputin said:

     

    I actually foolishly believed that they would put a bunch of characters to rest after Endgame and at least start with something fresh but I believe there's alteady like three prequel movies regurgitating the avengers cast

    To me, Endgame is the finale of the MCU. Withe Spiderman: Far From Home as a bonus epilogue chapter.

  24. Posted

    Spoiler

    I'm disappointed at the lack of Galaxy 2 in the 3D All-Stars collection. I mean you got Galaxy 1, why not go all the way. Though to be fair, 2 is more or less Galaxy 1.5, so you won't miss that much if you miss out on 2, but still, it just feels.... incomplete without it.

     

    I might still get it though, because Sunshine is the only one of the big 3D Mario games I've never played before. I do have a GameCube, but I don't want to pay $100 for a 15+ yr old game. I tried 64 once, realized how badly aged it was and never touched it again. As for Galaxy, I'd say I played that by proxy of playing Galaxy 2, so I'm not as hyped as I would be if I never played a Galaxy game at all.

     

    On top of this, I'm a music nerd, so to have the great soundtracks of three whole games (especially Galaxy's fully orchestrated masterpieces), all on the go, is quite enticing.

     

    Now, if only Nintendo would re-release/remaster/remake/make a sequel to Mario Kart: Double Dash to Switch, then I will no longer need a GameCube.

     

  25. Posted

    18 hours ago, Rynjin said:

    Anybody else playing this? I've thought of picking it up a few times, and now seems a good time to jump in.

    I'm interested in the whole 2008-2009 TF2 focus. I never picked up this game on PC until the Uber Update. It seems like a good nostalgia trip for vets, and a dive into history for me. They just released a patch a few days ago, which included some balancing for the unlocks.

     

    In speaking of patches:

     

    https://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=63310

     

    Quote
    • Added the Summer 2020 Cosmetic Case
      • Contains 22 new community-contributed items
      • Adds 4 new community-created Unusual effects
    • Fixed an issue where values computed from server bounded ConVars could be incorrect on the client and therefore possibly exploitable
    • Fixed Australium Medigun/Wrench items not dropping for the Mann vs. Machine rewards
    • Fixed the chat window not always being restored to the appropriate place
    • Fixed Competitive badges not displaying correctly
    • Increased the default caps_per_round for Mannpower mode
    • Updated the Watch Streams dialog to open the Twitch page
    • Updated cp_granary with a permanent Soldier statue
    • Updated/Added some tournament medals
    • Updated the localization files

    Interested in the ConVar fix, could help with the bot problem....maybe, iunno. I'm just glad they're updating the game again.

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