Huge News From Valve!
We spoke, they listened, and now Valve has dropped yet another massive bomb on are puny little human minds.
Team Fortress 2 is going hatless!
Oh, man, we’re sorry about that picture up there. We totally used the wrong one by accident, and the guy who knows how to change it is sick today. Anyway, you can keep reading to find out all the juicy details behind TF2’s latest update.
In a brilliantly humorous, and self referential, press release, the men and women behind Team Fortress 2 have been working hard to bring the people what they wanted. A hat free update to the game that keeps on giving. Along with freeing our minds from the restrictions of head based fabrics, a slew of other updates have been implemented in the hugely popular team based shooter.
Newer players (or older ones who haven’t yet lost all sense of humility) now have access to new training levels and the ability to hire an altruistic coach. Your coach will be able to pop into your game at any time, view the game from your perspective and offer some tips on how best to slaughter the enemy. Sounds like a laugh really, and an excellent opportunity for veteran players looking for something a little different. Plus, given the rather sterling reputation the TF2 online community has, it hopefully won’t devolve into a haven for trolls and griefers… well, maybe I’m being a bit too optimistic there.
Elsewhere on the update front, changes have been made to better deal with “community issues”. Integrated voting has been added to allow users to kick each other off or pick the next level, and integration with Steam ID should allow Valve to better track bad or abusive servers. There are also some graphical optimizations, a few tweaks to the dueling system, and other balancing/bugfix issues. To check out all the new things added and changed in the game, you can head on over to the official site.
You sneaky litte-
I just grabbed my cell phone to tell my friend about Half Life 3 being announced… then I read the second sentence.
My heart’s still beating
I was going away from the page and saw HL3 image and it burned itself into my mind. I quickly went back to read this article… you got me.
That’s a pretty convincing picture mate!! I was like about to have a heart attack when I first saw it. 2 good to be true I suppose =(
Iain, you’re an ASSHOLE.
Thanks boss
I aim to please.
That was some real high-quality trolling.
you evil, evil man…
I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry.
I must be truly dead inside, I didn’t think for a moment that half life 3 was actually announced.
fuck i hats or whatever, i wanted to know about half life 3!
You bastards, I got so excited for a moment! Hatless TF2 comes a little too late for most people who used to play the game. They’re all moved over to Ace of Spades atm.
Wow, you made me read a shitty article about a game I hate. Bravo. I’ll remember your name.
You sneaky fucker.
Iain, you little devil
WQHCFWL god dangit half life 3?
LOL. That was awesome.
I’m pretty sure they are testing the coaching system for DotA 2