^Yeah I mentioned a server that spawned everyone as heavies without guns as sudden death earlier in this thread. Did they play the Benny Hill music by chance?

11/21/2007 9:03:58 AM

I didn't hear it, but I made a note of the server.

Yea I don't mind the playing of music through the server, but the playing of music by players is so annoying. There was one guy yesterday that would be sintar music every time he killed you or captured the flag. He lasted about a minute before someone kicked him.

11/21/2007 9:29:19 AM

Anybody played the map "Snowbound"? Giant valley, with ridges all the way around, bases at either end, two cap points near each base, one in the middle of the bridge that goes over the valley. Seriously the most fun map I've played yet. Great for snipers and spies.

What are y'all's favorite maps, both regular and custom?

11/21/2007 11:16:09 AM

I played on this server the other day (for all of 5 mins before I couldn't stand it anymore). Some dude, I guess he was an admin or something because he wasn't getting kicked, got pissed off that he was being pwnt all over the place so he just started playing some loud obnoxious music through his mic. He was probably 13 yrs old.

11/21/2007 11:21:56 AM

it's odd that they wouldn't include the ability to mute individual players like you can in CSS and most other games that have VoIP. Maybe this feature is available and I am just missing it.

11/21/2007 11:32:54 AM

That shit drives me crazy too, but you can mute people you know.

EDIT: ^ Yeah, it's there, but it's a little different than the other games. It's an option on the menu, rather than by right clicking on the scoreboard or something

[Edited on November 21, 2007 at 11:33 AM. Reason : .]

11/21/2007 11:33:15 AM

^^^^yeah, thats pretty fun (i think ive seen it as snowbridge though). that one custom map server (cant remember if i mentioned it before) never ceases to disappoint. some of those maps are kinda so so but some are just really fun. also when playing duel, have you noticed those planks up above. noticed one guy up there working the crowd from above one time, i came out and got blown up there, so i ran out of ammo, but took care of every engineer and their shit before i did. pretty silly, i wonder if theres a way you can boost yourself that high or if its just when you get a boost when someone else shoots you.

[Edited on November 21, 2007 at 1:07 PM. Reason : .]

11/21/2007 1:06:28 PM

Sooooo, when I take a screenshot, where do I go to view it in all its glory?

11/22/2007 1:28:42 PM

steam/steamapps/steamid/tf2/screenshots

or something like that. there is a screenshot folder in the tf2 game folder. they are in tga format so you will have to get a converter or use photoshot to open them.

11/23/2007 4:42:29 PM

yeah what the fuck valve, who uses targa files anyways

11/23/2007 5:42:44 PM

Yea that sucks, I was under the impression it had kind of a full rewind feature much like Halo 3.

Also who wants to take screenshots as they get killed? I want the ones where I cap the other guy!

11/24/2007 1:12:08 AM

you can always use the in-game demo feature. Then take screenies from there.

record [filename] in the console and it will record your gameplay until you type stop in the console.

11/26/2007 9:32:14 AM

^^You should be able to take screenies at any time. I've been doing it.

11/26/2007 11:35:13 PM

it's hard to anticipate when you are gonna kill someone and simultaneously take a screenshot while you are blowing someone's head off

11/27/2007 9:05:21 AM

yeah i somehow got a screenshot of someone getting "blown up" where the person just gets fragemented horizontally in like 6 or so sections. anyway, its a weird filetype and i dont feel like messing with it now. its cool though, trust me. /useless post.



[Edited on November 28, 2007 at 12:20 AM. Reason : nm, photoshop cs ftw]

11/28/2007 12:16:46 AM

can someone invite me to the group

http://steamcommunity.com/id/joelosteen/

12/4/2007 12:12:02 AM

Hey, which of one you plays this the most so i can promote you to leaders of the group? I've been too bogged down with other games lately to play this as much as I'd like, and I keep slacking on adding people.

12/5/2007 11:31:59 AM

Look at my hours of game play... haha. Of course, there are like 5 people playing on through my one account at different times during the day. Personally, I only play maybe an hour a day.

12/5/2007 11:34:07 AM

http://www.stage6.com/user/FLOOR_MASTER/video/1911646/TEAM-ROOMBA-PRESENTS:-Team-Fortress-2-Griefing

12/5/2007 11:41:44 AM

^wtf how did that engineer get into the ground on Gravel Pit? It looks like he exploited a bug at capture point C but I don't remember that building he is near when he falls into the ground. Was that building only there on beta?

12/5/2007 12:30:54 PM

they patched a lot of this stuff out after the video was made, but if you search youtube you can find out how people use to get down there. IIRC it was a hole in the floor somewhere near a wall

12/5/2007 12:32:26 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTGrjcgSeAA

12/10/2007 4:19:31 PM

I was just about to post that link, fucking hilarious

12/10/2007 7:29:48 PM

i lol'ed at the victory rampage shooting when the germans surrendered.

12/10/2007 7:38:37 PM

i think i lol'd the hardest when the landing craft's front gate first went down and it was like
::headshot:: ::headshot:: ::critical hit:: ::headshot::::critical hit

dun dun da daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

12/10/2007 9:26:19 PM

Could I get an invite?
http://steamcommunity.com/id/metricula

12/17/2007 8:22:07 PM

^ nice

I friended you (ZoSo), I'll definitely have to come see how a girl plays

Someone else will have to invite you to the group.

12/18/2007 12:05:08 PM

^You are so full of shit when you snipe, dude, lol. Drives me nutz.

12/18/2007 12:24:04 PM

Spies and snipers are the most ANNOYING characters in the game.

12/18/2007 2:05:00 PM

Spies and snipers are the most ANNOYING useless characters in the game.

12/18/2007 2:32:10 PM

obviously you suck as a sniper

12/18/2007 3:55:19 PM

I think Sniper is my least played class. Yeah you can rack up points with him but it gets kinda boring sometimes.

12/18/2007 4:06:25 PM

What really sucks is playing on a console with a sniping weapon (Halo, for example) and then going back to a keyboard/mouse and trying to snipe.

12/18/2007 4:22:39 PM

The way I see it you have to be really good at sniping to affect the outcome of the match more than you would with any of the other classes. Only places where you are out of reach of the other classes of the enemy is where you make a difference

12/18/2007 6:00:58 PM

i think snowbridge is the only map ive played thats somewhat entertaining as a sniper. but only if youre playing people that are good, cause if not it just gets boring.

12/18/2007 8:24:20 PM

Quote :

"snowbridge is the only map ive played thats somewhat entertaining as a sniper."

Haha, what a stupid map. Let me guess, you usually join blue team?

12/19/2007 9:26:54 AM

Usually it seems like snipers are just playing a side-game of cat and mouse with the other team's snipers...especially CTF maps.

Then if one is dominating the other maybe they can spare enough time to kill someone non-sniper or three.

But it's like they don't even really affect the actual game(i.e. winning) that much.

At least a spy can clear SGs and shit.

12/19/2007 11:22:36 AM

^^no. red team, but it gets old real quick cause it really is just a bunch of snipers playing each other and no one really doing anything. i was just saying thats the only map that i really choose sniper on more than soldier, scout, etc.

also im still down with some of the custom maps. last night i played 'danger will robinson' dumb name and simple map. like a thin gauntlet of steep ramps that have cap points at landings. hard to explain but it was entertaining.


[Edited on December 19, 2007 at 12:50 PM. Reason : .]

12/19/2007 12:48:27 PM

The problem is not that you can't affect a match as a sniper, a good sniper can and does. The problem is that sniper is the defacto n00b class because it is probably the easiest class to get a kill or two without being wasted. So if you are a good sniper in a public server, your choice is to further handicap your team by being the 3rd or 4th sniper and noone sees that you are wrecking shit, all they see is that the team is getting dominated and there are 4 snipers.

If you get on a pub with relatively few n00bs, spies and snipers can be classes that absolutely dominate maps.

12/19/2007 4:45:07 PM

Oh man, I just played through Portal and it was so fun!

12/20/2007 6:38:53 PM

Wrong thread, but yeah it's a blast.

12/21/2007 1:04:42 AM

I need to start recording my games. Last night I accidentally sniped a cloaked spy on the opposing teams battlement. I was trying to hit their sniper but I moved and shot about 2 feet to his left and the spy uncloaked and dropped.

12/21/2007 9:24:39 AM

Snipers and spies will always be the most hated classes. I have a special hatred of spies though because I play mostly as a sniper.

If there is already a good sniper on my team, I will go solider or scout to balance out the team.

Best map though if want to go sniper vs sniper though is ghetto_sniper. Basically a map that doesn't allow players to cross and has a 5 floor building on both sides.

12/21/2007 9:28:09 AM

just got tf2 for christmas and am gettin back into team fortress after a long layoff since early high school. i use to always play as an engineer and do my part protecting the base. still a lot of fun doin that, but it seems to be a little tougher to position the sentries in just the right spots. can you put one in a corner facing out of the corner? cause it seems you either have to get in the corner yourself and end up having it a few feet out from the wall, or you set it up and its pointing in the corner.

is there anyway to rotate like you could in the original is basically my simplified question.

12/25/2007 12:18:31 PM

I am so fucking bad at this game... I cant stay alive long enough to learn how to play... and apparently fire is worthless

[Edited on December 25, 2007 at 6:32 PM. Reason : d]

12/25/2007 6:30:51 PM

^^right click while you are in build mode will rotate the sg so you can fit it into tight spots

12/25/2007 6:47:33 PM

haha, games are over and I dont even know who won or why

12/25/2007 7:44:28 PM

gotta watch the videos that load at the beginning which explain how to win each game style

12/26/2007 7:25:07 AM

^^^^Yeah, it always happens that I can get set on fire from 10 feet away, but when I'm a pyro, I can drop into a group of people and none of them will light up.

12/26/2007 5:31:22 PM

Quote :

"apparently fire is worthless"

It takes a while to figure out pyro, but there are a few stages where you can really do good. I was able to get like 16 kills and 10 assists on one life. If you are playing as red (defense) on Dustbowl (the first round), play as pyro and run up to that little shack on the far left near where the gates open. People will run out of there without thinking and you can blast them with your fire. You can usually hit a few cloaked spies too. There is a health pack and ammo that spawns there as well, just watch out for spies coming up behind you. If blu gets the first capture point, fall back to the tunnel that has the staircase leading out to the deck. In that confined space, people will completely spaz out if they are on fire. Just run around in there and around the catwalk up top and you will rake in the points.

12/27/2007 12:07:51 PM