Team Fortress 2 - Comics!

[figmentPez]

Attention Employees...


Friendship ends in one day.


Holy Crap! It's like Valve doesn't want me to be playing L4D2! What is going to happen tomorrow? Is this just a prelude to the next class updates? Or is this going deeper? New audio files have already been added to the game.

 

[Shegokigo]

Oh that was freakin fantastic! -

 

[figmentPez]

Okay, crazy thought here. Speculation, but spoilers for those who haven't read the comic yet:

Spoiler

What if the announcer is going to try and get Red Demoman and Blue Soldier to compete over a woman?

Could this bit of story be a way to explain female class models being added to the game?

Okay, it's wishful thinking, but every time I see a cute gal in TF2 cosplay I wish Valve would make it happen.

 

[Shegokigo]

Female Sniper?

*day dreams*

 

[filmfanatic]

Could this bit of story be a way to explain female class models being added to the game?

Maybe. That could be interesting.

Perhaps this might be when Valve finally reveals whether the Pyro is a woman or not.

 

[strawman]

Turns out they're more than just 'friends'...

 

[Chippy]

Gay joke in five replies.

 

[AshburnerX]

I do like how the Announcer does look remarkably inspired by the piece a fan did a few months back (Second image on page) She's got the hair, face, and suit type... but she wears purple instead of the red/blue idea.

Then again, it's because they hired the fan artist for the comic! Good on Valve... they finally do something right for a change!

 

[Hailey Knight]

Come on people, more replies. I wanna get to the gay joke.

 

[filmfanatic]

Hey guys. Found an interesting tidbit in regards to all of this:

 

[Shegokigo]

Come on people, more replies. I wanna get to the gay joke.

:blue:

 

[figmentPez]

Team Fortress 2 update released.
It's WAR!

Sides Chosen As Demo-Solider Tension Mounts

http://www.teamfortress.com/demomanupdate
http://www.teamfortress.com/soldierupdate

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Demo side:

home

Lads! Warriors! DEMOMEN! As I look out at ye with me tear-stained eye, I see the BEST BLOODY CLASS on the battlefield! No other class can deny it. They cannot stand against us man to man. Oh no. So they wheedle and deceive their way into our confidence, just to drive a shovel straight into our great, trustin' Achilles bloody hearts.

THIS WEEK, lads, we have been granted the opportunity for revenge—against our crew-cutted betrayer, against Brutus Benedict Arnold Judas Bloody Iscariot himself: the SOLDIER! Every Soldier who dies by a Demoman’s hand will be noted in the annals of war. And at the END of this week, when the smoke clears and the dead are tallied, it will be the Demomen who emerge as the most LETHAL BLOODY KILLERS the Soldier’s ever made the great mistake of crossin'!

The Soldier may take our LIVES, mates. They may betray us and they may break our hearts. But they will never take our SATISFACTION. When WE are given an EXCLUSIVE, SECRET EXTRA WEAPON UNLOCK that could have gone to them. And when they look BACK on this week, they will wonder: “Could I have fought HARDER? Could I have killed MORE?” And the answer is: Yes, you bloody well could have. AND THE OUTCOME WOULD STILL BE THE BLOODY SAME.

To war, my loyal Demos! To blood and scotch and bombs! To the death of our betrayers and the sobbin' sound of their dyin' regrets! TO WARRRRRRR!

Soldier side:

Now hear this, you blood-hungry sons of war!

As of oh-nine-hundred Eastern Standard time, we are at WAR with the DEMOMAN! That one-eyed bagpipe-playing sonofabitch has been a thorn in our collective sides for long enough! For THIS WEEK ONLY, each and every man brave enough to fight under the Soldier banner will be KILLING DEMOS!

Gentlemen, there comes a time in a man’s life when when HE MUST DRAW LINES! Friendship is FINE for tea parties and shopping trips to the dress store! But when the chips are down, a soldier puts ASIDE friendship for the good of WAR!

Every Demoman gutted, garroted, exploded or otherwise killed by a Soldier will mean a POINT for the Soldier Team! At the end of this week, when the points are tallied AND WE ARE FOUND TO HAVE MORE, we will be awarded an EXCLUSIVE ONE-OF-A-KIND WEAPON.

Gentlemen, I have NO IDEA what this weapon is. I don’t even know if I’ll WANT it. But BY GOD, I know what’s IMPORTANT, and it’s that WE get it and the DEMOMAN DOES NOT.

Am I understood? Then get out there and KILL!

 

[filmfanatic]

Huh. Neat way to present the update.

So, what side are you guys going with? Which one are you more interested in seeing the new weapon for?

 

[Hailey Knight]

I'm curious to see what the updates will be, but I confess, as these updates have gone on, I really just stopped playing Team Fortress 2. I felt it was a well-balanced, fun game the way it came in the Orange Box. Some of the updates just added neat tools, but others really changed the way of the game, and unless you keep earning the new weapons, you feel behind, even if it's technically feasible to play it without any extra stuff.

In fact, I haven't even reinstalled it since upgrading to Windows 7. :/

 

[figmentPez]

I'm far more interested in the Soldier upgrades. I stink at playing demoman, usually, but I'm half-decent at soldier.

I'm not good at killing demomen as a solider though. I've tried playing a demo just to give the soldiers something to kill, figuring my failure at being a demo would be a win for the soldiers of the other team...

So far, I've killed more soliders as a demo than vice versa. My plan backfired.

 

[AshburnerX]

Demoman is going to come out on top. The professional and casual players alike have an addiction to his Winbombs and they are going to crave that extra weapon. It's a shame... I was looking forward to the Uncle S.A.M., but it seems like we'll never see it now!

 

[figmentPez]

Further info: The War Update

So: how is the War update different from our other class updates?

In many ways, it's not. Like any other class update, the War update will reveal three new weapons each for the Demoman and Soldier throughout the week, as well as some maps, achievements, and surprises, right up until the day of release, when everything we've been teasing goes live.

Where the War update differs from other class updates is that we've decided to mix things up a little with, as the Administrator would say, \"a healthy competition.\" A secret, exclusive seventh weapon has also been developed by the TF2 team. In other words, either the Soldier or the Demo (but NOT both) is walking out of this update with one more weapon than the other. If you want your class to have it, you're going to have to fight for it. The more Demomen you kill as the Soldier class will help ensure the Soldier gets the weapon at the end of the week. The more Soldiers you kill as the Demo will help the Demo class get the exclusive seventh weapon. Check back daily to see how your class is doing at the War hubpage — this is also where you'll see links to all the leaked previews of the weapons, maps, and surprises releasing soon with this update.

What if some of you try to cheat to bump the numbers? We'll know. (Though we also know many of you won't be able to resist trying anyway.)

Alright, enough talk. Who'd you rather see get this exclusive new weapon? The Demoman? Or the Soldier? The War starts right now, so get out there and vote with your kills!

 

[Methuselah]

Oh gosh, I'm so conflicted! My two best classes D:

20 kills against soldiers in my limited pubbing today, no deaths 8)

 

[filmfanatic]

Potential idea for the secret weapon: old-school grenades.

This is a weapon that could work as something for either side. It makes obvious sense for the Demoman, but also fits as a projectile for the Soldier.

Also, I'm siding as a Soldier. Thus far, I've killed 28 Demomen for the cause. Expect more to fall.

 

[Wahad]

Soldier for life. (It's the only class I'm good with D: )

On a more serious note, anyone know when this will be ending? I need to gather my usual gang together so we can play all out soldiers vs demos but I don't think anything will happen soon enough.

Also I'm just happy soldier is getting any updates at all, (finally) so I'm not particularly striving for my class.

Poor engineer though.

 

[Twitch]

I killed around 70 demo men today. The solider is clearly going to take this.

And despite being drunk at 4AM you won't find me stuttering over my goddamn words. That's what spellcheck is for.

(Note: This small post took like 8 times longer to type than it should have.)

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P.S. I HATE the demoman and the soldier gameplay wise. I'm a spy/scout all the way! And I'm still going to get on your server one of these days shego.

 

[Shegokigo]

I've quite been enjoying the influx of "slower moving" classes out in my sniping scope the last couple of days.

 

[JONJONAUG]

I've quite been enjoying the influx of "slower moving" classes out in my sniping scope the last couple of days.

I'm actually taking this opportunity to get better as a sniper and finally having the chance to unlock Jarate (seeing as the game never ever wanted to drop it for me I have to whore achievements, fun times when I unlocked Shock Treatment and Shafted at the same time).

Huntsman is fun and hitting critz soldiers in the head as they walk out of spawn on payload maps is also fun.

I'm a Demoman man though, I find his gameplay style to be way more fun than the Soldier's and I play as him a lot whenever I'm not playing as an ace medic and being a credit to my team.

 

[Shegokigo]

I killed around 70 demo men today. The solider is clearly going to take this.

And despite being drunk at 4AM you won't find me stuttering over my goddamn words. That's what spellcheck is for.

(Note: This small post took like 8 times longer to type than it should have.)

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P.S. I HATE the demoman and the soldier gameplay wise. I'm a spy/scout all the way! And I'm still going to get on your server one of these days shego.

Twitch, are you the Twitch I have on my friends list on STEAM?

 

[figmentPez]

War update: It's a Bloodbath!

16 hours into the war:

1,290,988 Soldiers killed
1,390,017 Demomen killed

I'm honestly surprised, I would have thought the Demos would be higher in their kill count. Go Soldiers!

 

[Twitch]

I killed around 70 demo men today. The solider is clearly going to take this.

And despite being drunk at 4AM you won't find me stuttering over my goddamn words. That's what spellcheck is for.

(Note: This small post took like 8 times longer to type than it should have.)

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P.S. I HATE the demoman and the soldier gameplay wise. I'm a spy/scout all the way! And I'm still going to get on your server one of these days shego.

Twitch, are you the Twitch I have on my friends list on STEAM?[/QUOTE]
No, I go by Sinatra on Steam.

 

[RealBigNuke]

War update: It's a Bloodbath!

16 hours into the war:

1,290,988 Soldiers killed
1,390,017 Demomen killed

I'm honestly surprised, I would have thought the Demos would be higher in their kill count. Go Soldiers!

Oh wow from my brief play earlier demos seemed to be getting rocked. That's better than I thought, I need to log in and tip the scale!

 

[figmentPez]

Propoganda Contest

"Contribute to the war effort by designing a propaganda poster focused on the brave/cold-hearted Soldier/Demomen and his heroic/cowardly fight against the square-jawed/craven Soldier/Demoman—thus inspiring new casualties and feeding our all-consuming thirst for war."

First prize is a one-of-a-kind item named after the winner.

Second and third places are also one-of-a-kind items.

25 runners-up get some sort of prize.

Honorable mentions may win points for their side.

I'm assuming T-shirts are involved somehow, since the entry submission asks for shirt size.

 

[figmentPez]

War: Weekend Update

Saxton Hale Comic (I found a hidden link in the comic. Is the Soldier getting a life stealing rocket launcher?)

Casualty counts:
2,802,215 dead Soldiers
3,012, 214 dead Demomen

The Soldiers hold on to their lead in kill count!


Team Fortress 2 gets crafting?

For years you have been able to create weapons with your bare hands, using raw steel, in real life. What if we were to tell you there’s now a way to SIMULATE that in-game?

Because We Just Did!
Introducing Team Fortress 2’s new Crafting system. Say goodbye to those enjoyable evenings spent complaining on the forums about which item in your inventory was the most useless, spraying anti-Australian racist hate speech all over Robin Walker, his lovely wife, and his beautiful children. EVERYTHING in your inventory now contributes towards something you actually WANT, and can build YOURSELF! If you’re super clever, you’ll even be able to craft new items before others can earn them the old fashioned way.

A Great Inventory System... Made Better!
you thought all those duplicate hats and weapons in your inventory were incredibly useful before, man, were you wrong! You were also in the quiet minority, if the forums were any indication. What, you couldn’t have posted a single sentence about how much you loved your crappy inventory? You’re killing us here. We’re flesh and blood people, not useless-item-creating machines.

How It Works!
Blueprints—some of which you’ll get right off the bat, others of which you’ll have to puzzle out on your own—will tell you which ingredients you’ll need to combine to make different items. Think of blueprints as recipes, but instead of making Chicken Cordon Bleu, they makes guns! And hats! And Sandviches, which in retrospect would have helped our analogy better if we’d mentioned that first. No time to correct it! We’re in the middle of a WAR here—this Crafting information needs to get to the people!

Illustrations at the link.

 

[bhamv3]

Dammit, and I've been discarding my duplicates.

On the whole, it looks like this would be an interesting little diversion. Most people have already found the unlockable weapons they want, anyway, so it's not like they'll get an advantage through crafting.

 

[AshburnerX]

Hmm... they usually give out an address to send a letter to for these. PO BOX 857, Saratoga NJ isn't a complete address. Hopefully it's in one of the next pages.

Apparently one of the unlocks is going to be a new shovel for the Soldier. You can see one in the crafting image.

http://www.teamfortress.com/crafting/images/screen.jpg

 

[bhamv3]

I killed around 10 demomen today as a soldier. Problem is, I probably suffered at least twice that many deaths at the hands of demos........

 

[AshburnerX]

I killed around 10 demomen today as a soldier. Problem is, I probably suffered at least twice that many deaths at the hands of demos........

Honestly... the best thing you can do to ensure your side's victory is to play as their opposite and go out of your way to die to their attacks.

 

[figmentPez]

Soldiers Killed: 4,441,214
Demos Killed: 4,666,558

"Beginner's Luck About To Run Out
World's Easiest Class Slightly Ahead
Demos Outnumbered, But Not Outfought"

Since when are Soldiers the easiest class?

Anyway, more comics. The Demoman has a name: Tavish Degroot. Which is apparently an anagram for Ghetto Advisor, Divot Shortage, Toad Oversight, A Hotdog's Rivet, Got Death Visor, Got Hot Adviser and Dishrag Vet Too, among others.

Plus, the Demoman is getting a haunted sword and a shield that gives him a charge move.

The Eyelander sword

The Eyelander holds to a principle all one-eyed Scotsmen with no depth perception have known for years: you don’t kill a man by mucking about with rifles, arrows, rocks, or other long-distance rubbish. You kill him by grabbing the biggest bloody sword you can find, running up nice and close to him, and chopping the dumb bastard’s head off.

Made with pattern-welded Damascus steel, this melee-slot weapon offers a guaranteed decapitation with every killing blow. Unfortunately, because it's haunted, it will suck away some of your soul: expect a decrease in your max health at the outset. However, once the blade feeds on neck, you’ll receive a boost in max health and speed. With each new protesting head you cleave (up to four), you’ll get healthier and faster.

The Eyelander will not deal critical hits unless used in conjunction with the Chargin’ Targe’s charge ability.

The Chargin’ Targe shield

The Chargin’ Targe solves a centuries-old Scottish riddle, which is that shields exist. True, the shield might block the occasional sword blow. However, they are essentially weapons to be used for hiding behind, and this is a concept the average Scotsman does not understand. “If I were to pick up this cowering-plate, I would have to put down my second sword,” a Scotsman thinks. “And surely that is madness.” The Chargin’ Targe solves this riddle by turning the useless shield into a deadly weapon you can run at people with and then bludgeon to death.

The targe replaces your tried-and-true sticky bomb launcher, but offers some unique capabilities in return, especially when used with the Eyelander. Just equipping the Chargin’ Targe provides automatic +50% fire damage resistance and +65% blast damage resistance. But the Chargin’ Targe’s main perk lies in its name. Alt-firing will hurtle you toward an enemy at a punishingly damaging high speed (far faster than a Scout can manage).

Charging also boosts the lethality of your melee weapon. Land a melee hit during a medium length charge and you'll be guaranteed a mini-crit. Land a hit during a long distance charge, and your victim will receive devastating full crit damage.

 

[bhamv3]

Please, please, please someone mod in the Charger charge sound for the targe's alt fire...