Team Fortress 2 - 10 Years Of Wardrobe Lovin

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Otacon: Aug 13, 2002

Slime posted:

Valve have complained that the halloween event doesn't make them money. And I'm not loving surprised since you can only wear your spooky hats during special occasions. Who wants to pay money for a chance at an unusual if you can't loving wear it all the time?

You're mistaken - the unusuals uncrated from them don't seem to be holiday restricted in anyway - they get a limited special effect that can only be uncrated during this Halloween but the effect is permanant and viewable year round.

Here are this years limited-time-only unusual effects: http://imgur.com/a/V0yZD

# ? Oct 30, 2014 21:26

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# ? Jun 8, 2024 16:09

LazyMaybe: Aug 18, 2013; oouagh

Maybe they should get rid of the loving stupid restriction then.
Or let people pay money to un-restrict items. I'd probably do that.

# ? Oct 30, 2014 21:26

Otacon: Aug 13, 2002

IronicDongz posted:

Maybe they should get rid of the loving stupid restriction then.
Or let people pay money to un-restrict items. I'd probably do that.

I agree!

# ? Oct 30, 2014 21:27

xzzy: Mar 5, 2009

Otacon posted:

I agree!

But what about the player silhouettes?? :qq:

# ? Oct 30, 2014 21:28

oddium: Feb 21, 2006; end of the 4.5 tatami age

If you have a Hallowe'en item equipped you should be able to see other people's Hallowe'en items like Pyroland. Also add the Rose Tinted Glasses that stop all cosmetics from rendering. Also make all non-achievement items reskins of stock weapons. These are my demands

# ? Oct 30, 2014 21:29

LazyMaybe: Aug 18, 2013; oouagh

xzzy posted:

But what about the player silhouettes??

*heavy with lightning shooting out of his eyes from his killstreak australium minigun and an unusual with a spinning green fire above his head steps into view*

oddium posted:

If you have a Hallowe'en item equipped you should be able to see other people's Hallowe'en items like Pyroland. Also add the Rose Tinted Glasses that stop all cosmetics from rendering. Also make all non-achievement items reskins of stock weapons. These are my demands

These first two are good ideas.

# ? Oct 30, 2014 21:30

Knyteguy: Jul 6, 2005; YES to love
NO to shirts; Toilet Rascal

Not a huge fan of the hat, but I really like the face plante / cool cat cardigan together. Feel like I'm getting close to Casey Jones or something.

# ? Oct 30, 2014 21:42

Petiso: Apr 30, 2012

oddium posted:

Also I bought a crate and got a Monoculus strangifier. Are these worth anything yet ??

You should sell it ASAP before more of them start circulating.

# ? Oct 30, 2014 21:47

Slime: Jan 3, 2007

oddium posted:

If you have a Hallowe'en item equipped you should be able to see other people's Hallowe'en items like Pyroland. Also add the Rose Tinted Glasses that stop all cosmetics from rendering. Also make all non-achievement items reskins of stock weapons. These are my demands

And when you're featured in someone's deathcam, they should see the truth. That they just lost to a happy smiling robot man.

# ? Oct 30, 2014 21:53

Alpha Kenny Juan: Apr 11, 2007

Otacon posted:

You're mistaken - the unusuals uncrated from them don't seem to be holiday restricted in anyway - they get a limited special effect that can only be uncrated during this Halloween but the effect is permanant and viewable year round.

Here are this years limited-time-only unusual effects: http://imgur.com/a/V0yZD

Move aside ghost gang, make way for the :ghost:

phantasm posse :ghost:

I'll never get either one...

# ? Oct 30, 2014 21:54

Frankly: Jan 7, 2013

Otacon posted:

Here are this years limited-time-only unusual effects: http://imgur.com/a/V0yZD

You did not just post this, I do not want super cute haunted hats, I do not want to spend money in futile attempts to get these stupid effects

# ? Oct 30, 2014 22:37

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

Is there some way to console command "jointeam auto" whenever the map changes?

# ? Oct 30, 2014 23:26

Ledgy: Aug 1, 2013; Up against the wall

Xander77 posted:

Is there some way to console command "jointeam auto" whenever the map changes?

I just can't imagine why you would ask that... Not at all.
_{Seriously those farm servers really should put an infinite timer on lakeside}

# ? Oct 31, 2014 00:17

Manatee Cannon: Aug 26, 2010

Man, this Halloween event map is terrible, huh? A couple of the bumper cart minigames are fun (not the one with the floor that falls away, gently caress that one) but they get old fast. The underwater thing was novel the first few times as well, I guess. Not a huge fan of this Halloween event. Do you only get two cauldron drops, one when you update and one when you win the three bumper cart games? I got a Strange Haunted Talon Trotters and Templar's Spirit, it'd be nice to get another chance at pieces of those sets.

# ? Oct 31, 2014 00:28

Magypsy: Apr 2, 2010; People call me Pine! (Pine!)
Eastern Venus Space Police.
If there's slime, (There's slime!)
Involved in a crime, (Bad crime!)
We'll clean them up on the beat! (The beat!)

I don't know how legit this is, but apparently there are text strings in the game binaries relating to a Spy VS Engie War-style update and matchmaking mode. :dance:

I guess if there's a Gunboats-esque prize between them it'd be a revolver, people have been clamouring for the Engie to have one for ages.

# ? Oct 31, 2014 00:43

Stealth Tiger: Nov 14, 2009

So what's the strategy for strange haunted drops? I just got one for heavy- trade ASAP?

# ? Oct 31, 2014 00:44

Magypsy: Apr 2, 2010; People call me Pine! (Pine!)
Eastern Venus Space Police.
If there's slime, (There's slime!)
Involved in a crime, (Bad crime!)
We'll clean them up on the beat! (The beat!)

Yeah, sell them while they're still shiny and new. Within 2 weeks everyone will be bored of them and you'll get a lot less for something.

# ? Oct 31, 2014 00:48

Dr. Dos: Aug 5, 2005; YAAAAAAAY!

Haha I like the TF_Matchmaking_TOBOR at the end

# ? Oct 31, 2014 00:51

Slime: Jan 3, 2007

Magypsy posted:

I don't know how legit this is, but apparently there are text strings in the game binaries relating to a Spy VS Engie War-style update and matchmaking mode.

I guess if there's a Gunboats-esque prize between them it'd be a revolver, people have been clamouring for the Engie to have one for ages.

Seems to me that engineer is likely to come out on top of an Engineer VS Spy war.

# ? Oct 31, 2014 00:54

IncendiaC: Sep 25, 2011

Stealth Tiger posted:

So what's the strategy for strange haunted drops? I just got one for heavy- trade ASAP?

Wait, did you get it from the cauldron or from a Mann Co store halloween crate? I thought those two methods were the only way to get strange haunted items, and only crate items are tradable.

(But yeah sell it ASAP when the price is still high)

# ? Oct 31, 2014 00:55

Araxxor: Oct 20, 2012; My disdain for you all knows no bounds.

Magypsy posted:

I don't know how legit this is, but apparently there are text strings in the game binaries relating to a Spy VS Engie War-style update and matchmaking mode.

I guess if there's a Gunboats-esque prize between them it'd be a revolver, people have been clamouring for the Engie to have one for ages.

Huh, if that is actually a thing and ends up happening, how does a Spy v Engie matchup play out? Equal? Skewed in one classes' favor? Oh and for that matter, how did the War update affect TF2? I started playing the game way after that happened.

# ? Oct 31, 2014 00:56

the holy poopacy: May 16, 2009; hey! check this out; Fun Shoe

Magypsy posted:

I guess if there's a Gunboats-esque prize between them it'd be a revolver, people have been clamouring for the Engie to have one for ages.

Nah, the winner just gets to equip Gunboats.

# ? Oct 31, 2014 00:58

Stealth Tiger: Nov 14, 2009

Whoops, I forgot the freebies from the cauldron aren't tradeable. At least I get to count how many heavy kills I get during full moons. Yay....

In other news, all the Merasmus lines are incredible. When he started talking about The Magic Kingdom and Ticketmaster I was dying. And also, the law is looking good on a mini-sized bumper car rider.

Stealth Tiger fucked around with this message at 02:20 on Oct 31, 2014

# ? Oct 31, 2014 00:58

Frankly: Jan 7, 2013

Circle the wagons boys this poo poo is about to get real (in valve time probably)

An Engi V Spy update would be neat, apart from revolver for engi I have no idea what unlocks they could add for either class considering their most recent additions. Only the Red Tape Recorder and Rescue Ranger really stand out.

Also the Red Tape is sooo good for disabling sentry guns, not so good when I die and a second engi comes and unsaps everything 15 seconds later. There's been times I've respawned as Engi in time to unsap my teleporter :haw:

# ? Oct 31, 2014 01:11

Zero!: Apr 13, 2011; You're gonna have to try a little harder than THAT.

According to some of the files that people have been digging around in, it doesn't just look like more pub matchmaking that's being added, but Highlander matchmaking.

Eight years after release, could it be that Valve are finally looking to integrate competitive play of some kind into TF2??

# ? Oct 31, 2014 01:16

khwarezm: Oct 26, 2010; Deal with it.

IronicDongz posted:

Maybe they should get rid of the loving stupid restriction then.
Or let people pay money to un-restrict items. I'd probably do that.

To remind people how dumb it is that every item is restricted, my regular pyro wears the last breath, Bonedolier, wraith wrap and uses the bat outta hell. If there was an extra misc slot I'd probably throw on a coffin kit to finish it off, since that's not restricted either!

# ? Oct 31, 2014 01:18

awesmoe: Nov 30, 2005; Pillbug

Zero! posted:

According to some of the files that people have been digging around in, it doesn't just look like more pub matchmaking that's being added, but Highlander matchmaking.

Eight years after release, could it be that Valve are finally looking to integrate competitive play of some kind into TF2??

It's just a button that links you to tf2center.com

# ? Oct 31, 2014 01:22

LazyMaybe: Aug 18, 2013; oouagh

khwarezm posted:

To remind people how dumb it is that every item is restricted, my regular pyro wears the last breath, Bonedolier, wraith wrap and uses the bat outta hell. If there was an extra misc slot I'd probably throw on a coffin kit to finish it off, since that's not restricted either!

you misunderstand, halloween items are restricted based on spookiness. every class except engie and spy can use a literal disembodied skull as a weapon, because that is not too spooky.

here are some things which are too spooky: different bullets on sniper's vest. a darker hat. necklace and red shirt. another necklace, bandages that don't just cover hands. facial hair that is smaller than soldier's other facial hair options, but in a scary way.

also pyro's adorable stompy dragon feet which is the real injustice here. < :mad:

# ? Oct 31, 2014 01:30

Peanut President: Nov 5, 2008; by Athanatos

I did it guys. I won halloween (until some fucker traipses in here with a new halloween unusual):

# ? Oct 31, 2014 01:30

El Burbo: Oct 10, 2012

Someone just traded me their painted haunted crone dome, plus other stuff, for my crone dome, because mine was level 100. Collectors are fun.

# ? Oct 31, 2014 01:34

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Manatee Cannon posted:

Man, this Halloween event map is terrible, huh? A couple of the bumper cart minigames are fun (not the one with the floor that falls away, gently caress that one) but they get old fast. The underwater thing was novel the first few times as well, I guess. Not a huge fan of this Halloween event. Do you only get two cauldron drops, one when you update and one when you win the three bumper cart games? I got a Strange Haunted Talon Trotters and Templar's Spirit, it'd be nice to get another chance at pieces of those sets.

Yes those are the only ways to get the cauldrons. Otherwise I guess you have to buy crates. This map isn't doing the gifts like the others.

# ? Oct 31, 2014 01:41

RareAcumen: Dec 28, 2012

awesmoe posted:

It's just a button that links you to tf2center.com

Guys.

http://tf2tp.com/ updated.

:aaaaa:

# ? Oct 31, 2014 01:41

Nehru the Damaja: May 20, 2005

I really want that hunter getup for Scout but I'm not paying 15 goddamn dollars for gear I can almost never wear.

# ? Oct 31, 2014 01:52

WorldIndustries: Dec 21, 2004

I've been happy using Eternaween when I feel like it on a fun server. https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Eternaween
People trade them for junk weapons on backpack.tf and that's worth it to me.

# ? Oct 31, 2014 02:05

Nameless Pete: May 8, 2007; Get a load of those...

If you think about it this is actually the perfect Halloween update insofar as it's making everybody shout "BOO!"

# ? Oct 31, 2014 02:29

Alpha Kenny Juan: Apr 11, 2007

Nameless Pete posted:

If you think about it this is actually the perfect Halloween update insofar as it's making everybody shout "BOO!"

--

Opened up my cauldron and ended up with a medic haunted strange. About 9/10 times I get cool items it's for a class I don't play.

# ? Oct 31, 2014 02:52

Manatee Cannon: Aug 26, 2010

Alpha Kenny Juan posted:

--

Opened up my cauldron and ended up with a medic haunted strange. About 9/10 times I get cool items it's for a class I don't play.

The best thing is you can't trade or sell it.

FlamingLiberal posted:

Yes those are the only ways to get the cauldrons. Otherwise I guess you have to buy crates. This map isn't doing the gifts like the others.

Bummer, but at least now I have zero reason to ever play that map again. May as well go to some other Halloween event map for hat drops.

# ? Oct 31, 2014 02:57

The Lemondrop Dandy: Jun 7, 2007; If my memory serves me correctly...; Wedge Regret

update:

Fixed a dedicated server crash related to the new map sd_doomsday_event and server-wide curses
Fixed Blue team hearing the win audio instead of the lose audio when Red gets the tickets to the Strongmann machine
Fixed grenade projectiles doing more damage than expected
Fixed players changing team to respawn outside of their cart while playing a minigame
Fixed players being able to use the Eureka effect while in their bumper car
Fixed a bug that let Engineers move faster while carrying a building
Fixed the Spycicle not giving the Spy fire resistance
Fixed The Manngaroo itemset including the wrong item
Updated the equip_region for the Vaccinator and Quick-Fix
Fixed a bug where players would not get a kill credit for turning another player in to a ghost
Updated player ghosts to always use team color
Updated the new TargetID system

Added Advance Option and ConVar to disable floating health icon (tf_hud_target_id_disable_floating_health)
Added Advance Option to control the alpha of TargetID nameplate
Fixed not showing for disguised enemy Spies
Fixed showing the health of cloaked Spies
Fixed not hiding the panel when players are no longer visible

Added ConVar tf_weapon_criticals_melee to control whether melee weapons have random crits. Works separately from tf_weapon_criticals.
Fixed the knife not playing its backstab animation when crits are disabled
Fixed round-end crits not working when tf_weapon_criticals is set to zero
Updated sd_doomsday_event

Added spell pickups near the ticket case spawn
Reduced mega spell respawn time from 90 seconds to 45 seconds
Fixed curses occurring in bumper car minigames
Fixed players being able to boost their bumper cars early
Increased the damage that bumper cars receive from collisions
Players can no longer suicide when in a Bumper Car
Replaced large ammo kits near the Strongmann machine with spells
Reduced ammo kit size on the bridge from full to medium
Updated HHH to use a giant Necro Smasher when attacking players
Platform game:

Fixed Merasmus giving instructions in the platform game when it gets to the final platform
Center tent pole now vanishes when the final platform is reached

Soccer game:

Added HHH, spawns 45 seconds into the match

Duck game:

Increased max score to 200

# ? Oct 31, 2014 03:09

Trabisnikof: Dec 24, 2005

The Lemondrop Dandy posted:

update:

Fixed a dedicated server crash related to the new map sd_doomsday_event and server-wide curses
Fixed Blue team hearing the win audio instead of the lose audio when Red gets the tickets to the Strongmann machine
Fixed grenade projectiles doing more damage than expected
Fixed players changing team to respawn outside of their cart while playing a minigame
Fixed players being able to use the Eureka effect while in their bumper car
Fixed a bug that let Engineers move faster while carrying a building
Fixed the Spycicle not giving the Spy fire resistance
Fixed The Manngaroo itemset including the wrong item
Updated the equip_region for the Vaccinator and Quick-Fix
Fixed a bug where players would not get a kill credit for turning another player in to a ghost
Updated player ghosts to always use team color
Updated the new TargetID system

Added Advance Option and ConVar to disable floating health icon (tf_hud_target_id_disable_floating_health)
Added Advance Option to control the alpha of TargetID nameplate
Fixed not showing for disguised enemy Spies
Fixed showing the health of cloaked Spies
Fixed not hiding the panel when players are no longer visible

Added ConVar tf_weapon_criticals_melee to control whether melee weapons have random crits. Works separately from tf_weapon_criticals.
Fixed the knife not playing its backstab animation when crits are disabled
Fixed round-end crits not working when tf_weapon_criticals is set to zero
Updated sd_doomsday_event

Added spell pickups near the ticket case spawn
Reduced mega spell respawn time from 90 seconds to 45 seconds
Fixed curses occurring in bumper car minigames
Fixed players being able to boost their bumper cars early
Increased the damage that bumper cars receive from collisions
Players can no longer suicide when in a Bumper Car
Replaced large ammo kits near the Strongmann machine with spells
Reduced ammo kit size on the bridge from full to medium
Updated HHH to use a giant Necro Smasher when attacking players
Platform game:

Fixed Merasmus giving instructions in the platform game when it gets to the final platform
Center tent pole now vanishes when the final platform is reached

Soccer game:

Added HHH, spawns 45 seconds into the match

Duck game:

Increased max score to 200

All good changes!

# ? Oct 31, 2014 03:13

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# ? Jun 8, 2024 16:09

Peanut President: Nov 5, 2008; by Athanatos

Did they fix the teleporters in the spawn room?

# ? Oct 31, 2014 03:25

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