HLDSWe found an issue that needs to be fixed so we're delaying this update until tomorrow. This will be the Scream Fortress VIII update.
Thanks.
-Eric
"Awooo, folks! It’s almost that time of year again: Halloween. Normally that’d mean we’d be putting the final touches on our annual Halloween event, but this year we’re working on something even better: an all-new Pyro Pack, improvements to Comp Mode, and a big new update and campaign.
But that doesn’t mean Halloween’s cancelled. Next week, as always, every past Scream Fortress event will rise from the dead to terrorize your computers for a limited, horrifying time, including last year’s Merasmissions. We’ll also be shipping some community Halloween maps, all-new custom contracts for those maps, a new Halloween taunt, a new item that gives unusual effects to taunts, and a new cosmetics case!"
Does this mean this year's halloween will be community content + pyro update, big new update and comp mode improvements or just community content and the rest is coming later?
[quote=HLDS]We found an issue that needs to be fixed so we're delaying this update until tomorrow. This will be the Scream Fortress VIII update.
Thanks.
-Eric
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"Awooo, folks! It’s almost that time of year again: Halloween. Normally that’d mean we’d be putting the final touches on our annual Halloween event, but this year we’re working on something even better: an all-new Pyro Pack, improvements to Comp Mode, and a big new update and campaign.
But that doesn’t mean Halloween’s cancelled. Next week, as always, every past Scream Fortress event will rise from the dead to terrorize your computers for a limited, horrifying time, including last year’s Merasmissions. We’ll also be shipping some community Halloween maps, all-new custom contracts for those maps, a new Halloween taunt, a new item that gives unusual effects to taunts, and a new cosmetics case!"
Does this mean this year's halloween will be community content + pyro update, big new update and comp mode improvements or just community content and the rest is coming later?
pyro update! [img]https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/emoticons/v1/88/1.0[/img]
This could be good, or a complete disaster. Bets are open.
Actually, I don't even know what they mean with the blog post. Is the pyro update part of Halloween, or just community content?
This could be good, or a complete disaster. Bets are open.
Actually, I don't even know what they mean with the blog post. Is the pyro update part of Halloween, or just community content?
>halloween
pyro class is confirmed the devil
http://www.teamfortress.tv/post/203780/why-do-so-many-people-bash-9v9
wrecheddddd>halloween
pyro class is confirmed the devil
http://www.teamfortress.tv/post/203780/why-do-so-many-people-bash-9v9
Once the devil, always the devil
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[quote=wrecheddddd]>halloween
pyro class is confirmed the devil
http://www.teamfortress.tv/post/203780/why-do-so-many-people-bash-9v9[/quote]
Once the devil, always the devil
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[img]http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/594/197/448.png[/img][/spoiler]
meh
does anyone here actually care about the crappy halloween maps and cosmetics and stuff? I feel like it just detracts from the game by this point.
meh
does anyone here actually care about the crappy halloween maps and cosmetics and stuff? I feel like it just detracts from the game by this point.
nopemeh
does anyone here actually care about the crappy halloween maps and cosmetics and stuff? I feel like it just detracts from the game by this point.
yes people do enjoy them. it's fun. it's a game.
except the go-karts those sucked
[quote=nope]meh
does anyone here actually care about the crappy halloween maps and cosmetics and stuff? I feel like it just detracts from the game by this point.[/quote]
yes people do enjoy them. it's fun. it's a game.
except the go-karts those sucked
We also care about the potential pyro update, comp mode improvements and balances
We also care about the potential pyro update, comp mode improvements and balances
A new campaign was talked about as well. I've always found those cool because it's a great idea to get people playing.
Still hope that the pyro changes and MM changes are going to be good. I'm also praying for some good weapon changes because there are some that are LONG overdue for rebalancing
A new campaign was talked about as well. I've always found those cool because it's a great idea to get people playing.
Still hope that the pyro changes and MM changes are going to be good. I'm also praying for some good weapon changes because there are some that are LONG overdue for rebalancing
Getawhaleexcept the go-karts those sucked
you take that back
https://youtu.be/g9JvKgxko14?t=3m19s
[quote=Getawhale]except the go-karts those sucked[/quote]
you take that back
https://youtu.be/g9JvKgxko14?t=3m19s
I dunno about you but i don't find crappily balanced maps and awful looking cosmetics fun, let alone terribly designed gamemodes, none of which will ever be played again because it's all just bad.
And all of it is wasting pretty damn valuable developer time by this point. But whatever, you enjoy your go karts
I dunno about you but i don't find crappily balanced maps and awful looking cosmetics fun, let alone terribly designed gamemodes, none of which will ever be played again because it's all just bad.
And all of it is wasting pretty damn valuable developer time by this point. But whatever, you enjoy your go karts
nopeI dunno about you but i don't find crappily balanced maps and awful looking cosmetics fun, let alone terribly designed gamemodes, none of which will ever be played again because it's all just bad.
And all of it is wasting pretty damn valuable developer time by this point. But whatever, you enjoy your go karts
in case you haven't figured it out yet, the amount of people who play tf2 casually far outweigh the amount of people who play tf2 competitively
valve is just releasing an update that's more geared towards their overall player base who want a fun and wacky fps atmosphere
also they release a halloween update every year, why the fuck are you complaining about it now?
[quote=nope]I dunno about you but i don't find crappily balanced maps and awful looking cosmetics fun, let alone terribly designed gamemodes, none of which will ever be played again because it's all just bad.
And all of it is wasting pretty damn valuable developer time by this point. But whatever, you enjoy your go karts[/quote]
in case you haven't figured it out yet, the amount of people who play tf2 casually far outweigh the amount of people who play tf2 competitively
valve is just releasing an update that's more geared towards their overall player base who want a fun and wacky fps atmosphere
also they release a halloween update every year, why the fuck are you complaining about it now?
nopeI dunno about you but i don't find crappily balanced maps and awful looking cosmetics fun, let alone terribly designed gamemodes, none of which will ever be played again because it's all just bad.
And all of it is wasting pretty damn valuable developer time by this point. But whatever, you enjoy your go karts
fuck you man the go carts are my favorite <3
[quote=nope]I dunno about you but i don't find crappily balanced maps and awful looking cosmetics fun, let alone terribly designed gamemodes, none of which will ever be played again because it's all just bad.
And all of it is wasting pretty damn valuable developer time by this point. But whatever, you enjoy your go karts[/quote]
fuck you man the go carts are my favorite <3
nopeI dunno about you but i don't find crappily balanced maps and awful looking cosmetics fun, let alone terribly designed gamemodes, none of which will ever be played again because it's all just bad.
And all of it is wasting pretty damn valuable developer time by this point. But whatever, you enjoy your go karts
Jesus, has there ever been a thread that you comment on where you're not overwhelmingly negative?
[quote=nope]I dunno about you but i don't find crappily balanced maps and awful looking cosmetics fun, let alone terribly designed gamemodes, none of which will ever be played again because it's all just bad.
And all of it is wasting pretty damn valuable developer time by this point. But whatever, you enjoy your go karts[/quote]
Jesus, has there ever been a thread that you comment on where you're not overwhelmingly negative?
FozzlmnopeI dunno about you but i don't find crappily balanced maps and awful looking cosmetics fun, let alone terribly designed gamemodes, none of which will ever be played again because it's all just bad.
And all of it is wasting pretty damn valuable developer time by this point. But whatever, you enjoy your go karts
Jesus, has there ever been a thread that you comment on where you're not overwhelmingly negative?
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ontopic: pl_hightower_event, it's gonna be so much fun playing spooky tdm from tomorrow on
sigh
[quote=Fozzlm][quote=nope]I dunno about you but i don't find crappily balanced maps and awful looking cosmetics fun, let alone terribly designed gamemodes, none of which will ever be played again because it's all just bad.
And all of it is wasting pretty damn valuable developer time by this point. But whatever, you enjoy your go karts[/quote]
Jesus, has there ever been a thread that you comment on where you're not overwhelmingly negative?[/quote]
[spoiler][img]https://vgy.me/Vexz1v.png[/img]
i'm gonna go with yes[/spoiler]
ontopic: pl_hightower_event, it's gonna be so much fun playing [i]spooky[/i] tdm from tomorrow on
sigh
I think this could be an interesting update
I think this could be an interesting update
flyingbuddynopeFozzlmnopeI dunno about you but i don't find crappily balanced maps and awful looking cosmetics fun, let alone terribly designed gamemodes, none of which will ever be played again because it's all just bad.
And all of it is wasting pretty damn valuable developer time by this point. But whatever, you enjoy your go karts
Jesus, has there ever been a thread that you comment on where you're not overwhelmingly negative?
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ontopic: pl_hightower_event, it's gonna be so much fun playing spooky tdm from tomorrow on
sigh
No one is forcing you to play it
[quote=flyingbuddy][quote=nope][quote=Fozzlm][quote=nope]I dunno about you but i don't find crappily balanced maps and awful looking cosmetics fun, let alone terribly designed gamemodes, none of which will ever be played again because it's all just bad.
And all of it is wasting pretty damn valuable developer time by this point. But whatever, you enjoy your go karts[/quote]
Jesus, has there ever been a thread that you comment on where you're not overwhelmingly negative?[/quote]
[spoiler][img]https://vgy.me/Vexz1v.png[/img]
i'm gonna go with yes[/spoiler]
ontopic: pl_hightower_event, it's gonna be so much fun playing [i]spooky[/i] tdm from tomorrow on
sigh
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No one is forcing you to play it
nopeI dunno about you but i don't find crappily balanced maps and awful looking cosmetics fun, let alone terribly designed gamemodes, none of which will ever be played again because it's all just bad.
And all of it is wasting pretty damn valuable developer time by this point. But whatever, you enjoy your go karts
Ok well there are no new halloween maps being put in because they were working on the comp update and pyro.
Also the halloween updates were the shit when I was still a pubber and all the friends I pubbed with felt the same.
[quote=nope]I dunno about you but i don't find crappily balanced maps and awful looking cosmetics fun, let alone terribly designed gamemodes, none of which will ever be played again because it's all just bad.
And all of it is wasting pretty damn valuable developer time by this point. But whatever, you enjoy your go karts[/quote]
Ok well there are no new halloween maps being put in because they were working on the comp update and pyro.
Also the halloween updates were the shit when I was still a pubber and all the friends I pubbed with felt the same.
Getawhaleexcept the go-karts those sucked
I'm gonna have to escort you off the premises again how dare you
[quote=Getawhale]except the go-karts those sucked[/quote]
I'm gonna have to escort you off the premises again how dare you
FozzlmnopeI dunno about you but i don't find crappily balanced maps and awful looking cosmetics fun, let alone terribly designed gamemodes, none of which will ever be played again because it's all just bad.
And all of it is wasting pretty damn valuable developer time by this point. But whatever, you enjoy your go karts
Jesus, has there ever been a thread that you comment on where you're not overwhelmingly negative?
nope
[quote=Fozzlm][quote=nope]I dunno about you but i don't find crappily balanced maps and awful looking cosmetics fun, let alone terribly designed gamemodes, none of which will ever be played again because it's all just bad.
And all of it is wasting pretty damn valuable developer time by this point. But whatever, you enjoy your go karts[/quote]
Jesus, has there ever been a thread that you comment on where you're not overwhelmingly negative?[/quote]
nope
DatDrummerGuyDoes this mean this year's halloween will be community content + pyro update, big new update and comp mode improvements or just community content and the rest is coming later?
Comp mode improvements
[quote=DatDrummerGuy]
Does this mean this year's halloween will be community content + pyro update, big new update and comp mode improvements or just community content and the rest is coming later?[/quote]
[url=http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/948/911/ed7.jpg]Comp mode improvements[/url]
I wonder what their comp improvements are, considering they still want to enforce graphical and network settings, they don't want class limits because of "diversity", they don't usually balance weapons on Halloween updates, and we heard nothing about placement matches.
Oh also it needs a Casual level restriction.
I wonder what their comp improvements are, considering they still want to enforce graphical and network settings, they don't want class limits because of "diversity", they don't usually balance weapons on Halloween updates, and we heard nothing about placement matches.
Oh also it needs a Casual level restriction.
i mean do you really think theyll just double down on everything after myms launch? like if youre just gonna write off every improvement that would actually matter then what are you expecting, a new menu screen?
i mean do you really think theyll just double down on everything after myms launch? like if youre just gonna write off every improvement that would actually matter then what are you expecting, a new menu screen?
scream fortress updates rarely introduce anything other than festitvities which you get bored of after a day or two
we might receive some nice small changes similar to the incremental updates we've been having recently but weve been having quite a few
scream fortress updates rarely introduce anything other than festitvities which you get bored of after a day or two
we might receive some nice small changes similar to the incremental updates we've been having recently but weve been having quite a few
Gemmellnessscream fortress updates rarely introduce anything other than festitvities which you get bored of after a day or two
i like the halloween contracts because they give me a reason to pub besides sheer boredom
[quote=Gemmellness]scream fortress updates rarely introduce anything other than festitvities which you get bored of after a day or two[/quote]
i like the halloween contracts because they give me a reason to pub besides sheer boredom
Gemmellnessscream fortress updates rarely introduce anything other than festitvities which you get bored of after a day or two
This is true but valve never announced ahead of time that theyre basically not focusing on SF because of other stuff.
There could definitely be other things, valve has deviated from some of their tends already this year. While existing players tend to apprieciate updates/improvements as theyre reelased, overall player growth tends to be more significant when a bunch of shit comes out at once and draws a lot of attention.
when sigafoo talked about his valve visit (i think, i didnt watch i jist read some of the thread) he mentioned valve planning matchmaking seasons. Which would be a good time for them to change the ranking system, ruleset, maps, or make balance changes. And it would be prudent (with how negative MMs reception was) to release that alongside an update or event because it would be easier to get players to give MM another shot.
i might be overly optimistic but im not gonna feel crushed if its not the case anyway so idk.
[quote=Gemmellness]scream fortress updates rarely introduce anything other than festitvities which you get bored of after a day or two[/quote]
This is true but valve never announced ahead of time that theyre basically not focusing on SF because of other stuff.
There could definitely be other things, valve has deviated from some of their tends already this year. While existing players tend to apprieciate updates/improvements as theyre reelased, overall player growth tends to be more significant when a bunch of shit comes out at once and draws a lot of attention.
when sigafoo talked about his valve visit (i think, i didnt watch i jist read some of the thread) he mentioned valve planning matchmaking seasons. Which would be a good time for them to change the ranking system, ruleset, maps, or make balance changes. And it would be prudent (with how negative MMs reception was) to release that alongside an update or event because it would be easier to get players to give MM another shot.
i might be overly optimistic but im not gonna feel crushed if its not the case anyway so idk.
They actually did announce they were not working on Scream Fortress last year to work on competitive matchmaking and Mannpower Mode well before the event, so it's not as if this has never happened before.
They actually did announce they were not working on Scream Fortress last year to work on competitive matchmaking and Mannpower Mode [url=http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=18409]well before the event[/url], so it's not as if this has never happened before.
Halloween cosmetics are one of the few cosmetics i really like so i hope we get something good and not "xd so random" stuff
and obviously i hope pyro gets good balance changes that make him more fun to play and less annoying to play against
Halloween cosmetics are one of the few cosmetics i really like so i hope we get something good and not "xd so random" stuff
and obviously i hope pyro gets good balance changes that make him more fun to play and less annoying to play against