Team Fortress 2

[Ookii]

Anybody who hates TF2 is with the terrorists.

[Yegolev]

You can stalemate 2fort too easily with them.

Still sore over trying to take Turtletown?  I agree with you, though.  I'd also point out that we were not watching the tunnels (I wasn't at least), so you should have tried swimming over from time to time.

As for heavy+medic, the PA cartoon also points out how to defeat the combo easily.  Ubercharge only lasts five (?) seconds.  Just don't be a dumbass: shoot/backstab the medic first.

Pennilenko, TF2 isn't what I would call laid-back, but there's no kit to worry about other than picking a class.  If you want a sniper rifle, spawn as a sniper; if you want grenades, spawn as a demoman.  TF2 is worth the full $50 for The Orange Box.

[Rasix]

It is rather easy to turn the intelligence room into turret death.  No one player can break it.  I've yet to see a spy that can do it reliably.  A demo man can try finessing some grenades in, but then you can just run up and shotgun him in the face.   Needs to be a demo man + medic or another combination that can take a little of a beating.

Was my mic working last night? I wasn't getting any feedback (only plugged in the mic, not rest of headset). 

How to beat Heavy + Medic? A single spy.

[Yegolev]

Interestingly, I broke the intel room as a heavy with a medic on my back.  It helped that the engineer was in the wrong place, meaning his dispenser was not next to the desk and he was not behind the turret.

I'm going to try this with a demoman one day, but I will likely still need help if the eng decides to unload his shotgun into my eyesocket.

[lesion]

yeah, an ubercharged heavy can obliterate the room's static defenses in short order. medics are key!

[Pennilenko]

You can stalemate 2fort too easily with them.

Still sore over trying to take Turtletown?  I agree with you, though.  I'd also point out that we were not watching the tunnels (I wasn't at least), so you should have tried swimming over from time to time.

As for heavy+medic, the PA cartoon also points out how to defeat the combo easily.  Ubercharge only lasts five (?) seconds.  Just don't be a dumbass: shoot/backstab the medic first.

Pennilenko, TF2 isn't what I would call laid-back, but there's no kit to worry about other than picking a class.  If you want a sniper rifle, spawn as a sniper; if you want grenades, spawn as a demoman.  TF2 is worth the full $50 for The Orange Box.

What is orange box?

I hope my lazyness to look this up isnt offending anyone.

[lesion]

HL2 + Ep. 1/2 + Portal + TF2, steam preorder lets you into TF2 "beta" before release date.

[Yegolev]

The Orange Box is either a box or a virutal box that contains Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode 1, Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Portal, Team Fortress 2, and a demo of Peggle with a picture of the Rape Beaver being set on fire by a TF2 pyro.  I preordered it for $45, pretty sure it retails for $50.  Even if those other applications are only a .png of Gabe Newell kicking your dad in the ballsack, it's worth the $50 just for TF2.

[Pennilenko]

The Orange Box is either a box or a virutal box that contains Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode 1, Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Portal, Team Fortress 2, and a demo of Peggle with a picture of the Rape Beaver being set on fire by a TF2 pyro.  I preordered it for $45, pretty sure it retails for $50.  Even if those other applications are only a .png of Gabe Newell kicking your dad in the ballsack, it's worth the $50 just for TF2.

Thanks i was trying to determine all that. I have HL2, Ep1. Already though.

If you guys say TF2 is worth it ill preorder tonight. /Cheers to me getting killed over and over again......its going to be great.

If you guys come across a guy that keeps dying over and over again in funny yet non-tiring ways. Thats me.

[Fabricated]

The medic's ubercharge is also incredibly effective when used on nearly any offensive class that moves about the same speed as the medic. Soldiers are even better than heavies for decimating awful turret clogs in dustbowl/2fort with an ubercharge since it's quicker to get there and pop the charge (Critical rockets also wtfpwn level 3 turrets instantly). Ubercharging a pyro is fun for cap-point clusterfucks.

I wish there were more maps, and more versions of the current maps. Well would be 100 times more fun as a CTF map instead of the push variant it is now.

[schild]

I'm sure the final version will let you fuck with modes and maps, or others will add it within the month.

I can not wait. I want the 3rd part of DustBowl to be it's own map and you just play it over and over and over.

[Rasix]

If you guys say TF2 is worth it ill preorder tonight. /Cheers to me getting killed over and over again......its going to be great.

I haven't played a competitive FPS title regularly since Quake 2 Rocket Arena.  I am really enjoying TF2 even with some really bad FPS chops.

I did get a new mouse though and I'm loving it.  A wireless Dell two button mouse (although 2 buttons does cut it for this game) has now been replaced by a Razer DeathAdder (oohh scary).  Such an improvement with aiming and feel. Plus, it has nifty blue lighting!

Damnit, someone tell me if my mic was working!   :-D

[Nonentity]

I'm sure the final version will let you fuck with modes and maps, or others will add it within the month.

I can not wait. I want the 3rd part of DustBowl to be it's own map and you just play it over and over and over.

So many chokepoints :(

[Pennilenko]

I'm sure the final version will let you fuck with modes and maps, or others will add it within the month.

I can not wait. I want the 3rd part of DustBowl to be it's own map and you just play it over and over and over.

So many chokepoints :(

I have a choke point......hangin.



My god, I am sorry for that one. I cant take it back though. I just couldn't stop myself. Its like sticking your tongue to a single leg of 480 3 phase, You know its gonna kill you but you just cant stop.

[Samwise]

It is rather easy to turn the intelligence room into turret death.  No one player can break it.

Which is as it should be IMO.  If you have three engies or whatever focused on defending an area, and one guy trying to break in, then it should be nigh impossible for the one guy to get past them.

[Yegolev]

It is rather easy to turn the intelligence room into turret death.  No one player can break it.

Which is as it should be IMO.  If you have three engies or whatever focused on defending an area, and one guy trying to break in, then it should be nigh impossible for the one guy to get past them.

As I discovered in that same game, trying to demo my way past Ookii's turret defenses.  I failed horribly.

[rattran]

Voice seemed pretty choppy to me, some people it would come through, with their little name in the corner, some would be a name with no voice. Could be because I'm using a non-Creative soundcard, with crappy ass beta drivers. And I was too busy getting blown up by bhodi.

Lover Razer for their mice, hate them for their sound.

[LK]

So, like, can the banners of the f13 main page be updated with Team Fortress 2? That, Mass Effect, Halo 3, etc.

Banners seem to be about 6 months behind now.

[schild]

Try 2 years behind, sucka.

[WayAbvPar]

Is there an option to buy JUST TF2 right now? I already have most of the crap from the Orange Box, so I don't want to buy it all again.

[schild]

Maybe you weren't listening.

HL2 and Ep 1 have no value anymore. You aren't buying them. TF2 is worth the $50. hell, to me it's worth $150+ since we bought a ded.

[WayAbvPar]

I guess the dedicated server might make it worth it. Can I have uber admin powers of life and death over everything that walks, swims or flies?

[AcidCat]

Maybe you weren't listening.

HL2 and Ep 1 have no value anymore. You aren't buying them. TF2 is worth the $50. hell, to me it's worth $150+ since we bought a ded.

Hey, believe it or not I never played Half Life 2 ... when it originally came out I was playing on my older PC and I knew I'd have to play with gimped graphic settings (and besides I thought the first game was horribly overrated), so I passed on it.  Now I'm glad I did, because the game plays great at its highest resolution on my new PC - and the game itself is fantastic.

So I pretty much feel I got the best deal ever with the Orange Box.

[Yoru]

Is there an option to buy JUST TF2 right now? I already have most of the crap from the Orange Box, so I don't want to buy it all again.

I know I saw the itemized price in the list when it was calculating how much you "saved" when buying the Orange Box, but I don't think it's offered a la carte just yet. FWIW, the itemized price was $30, I think. The additional $20 for Portal makes it worth it, and the additional crap they throw in is just icing.

[Yegolev]

I guess the dedicated server might make it worth it. Can I have uber admin powers of life and death over everything that walks, swims or flies?

Yes, you can be a sniper.

Just rest assured the entertainment value of TF2 is worth the price of the whole box, at which point getting a free expansion to HL2 will make you smile.

[Grand Design]

You guys are making it very difficult for me to resist the urge to get TF2.

Stop it, damnit.

[Samwise]

Is there an option to buy JUST TF2 right now? I already have most of the crap from the Orange Box, so I don't want to buy it all again.

The Math Hedgehog disagrees with you. 



You have at most 2 out of 5 of the items in the Orange Box.   2/5 is not "most".

[Yoru]

Don't forget the entertainment value of yelling at people over Teamspeak as you run around batting other people in the head.





.... I'm Batman.

[Pennilenko]

You guys are making it very difficult for me to resist the urge to get TF2.

Stop it, damnit.

This thread sold me. I just need to be patient enough to make it home. I can sneak in a debit card preorder before she gets home and wants to know which game imbuying this time.

[WayAbvPar]

OK, ok- I'm sold! I don't want to anger the math hedgehog again. How big is the file? Will I have a prayer of playing tonight?

[Sky]

The Math Hedgehog disagrees with you. 



You have at most 2 out of 5 of the items in the Orange Box.   2/5 is not "most".

FIFY

[Rasix]

Uhh.. where's the edit?

Edit: NM, the Ron Jeremy picture isn't loading for me.

[Yoru]

OK, ok- I'm sold! I don't want to anger the math hedgehog again. How big is the file? Will I have a prayer of playing tonight?

It took about 4 hours at 300Kbytes/sec when a friend of mine loaded it on a fresh machine (no Steam/Source-engine games ever installed before).

[WayAbvPar]

I have Steam + HL2 and CS:S loaded (recently)- I am hoping it takes less time. Might be able to sneak in a few rounds before I get to bed. I will paint a giant 'n00bler' target on myself.

[Yegolev]

No need, grenades are nondiscriminatory.