I'm as excited as a white girl ordering a pumpkin spiced latte!!

Yep, the code's at the very bottom of modevents.res, holy shit

I'm so happy

My chest hurts

I'm gonna go lay down

Exciting times ahead everyone, let's hope it's what we all wanted :)

Do you think this is related to the moon base stuff? I haven't played any of the beta maps but don't they involve escorting bots in a way similar to a moba?

It probably won't be for a while (or ever). Who knows though, we'll have to wait and see.

Lines 3301-3321:

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Purpose: returns true if we are running highlander mode
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
bool CTeamplayRoundBasedRules::IsInHighlanderMode( void )
{
#if defined( TF_CLIENT_DLL ) || defined( TF_DLL )
// can't use highlander mode and the queue system
if ( IsInArenaMode() == true && tf_arena_use_queue.GetBool() == true )
return false;
return mp_highlander.GetBool();
#else
return false;
#endif
}
int CTeamplayRoundBasedRules::GetBonusRoundTime( void )
{
return MAX( 5, mp_bonusroundtime.GetFloat() );
}

Pretty sure that that's a guarantee.

Also,

ConVar mp_highlander( "mp_highlander", "0", FCVAR_REPLICATED | FCVAR_NOTIFY, "Allow only 1 of each player class type." );

Be interesting to see whether they do something with tickets for items/other features as they did with MvM

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Purpose: returns true if we are running highlander mode
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
bool CTeamplayRoundBasedRules::IsInHighlanderMode( void )
{
#if defined( TF_CLIENT_DLL ) || defined( TF_DLL )
// can't use highlander mode and the queue system
if ( IsInArenaMode() == true && tf_arena_use_queue.GetBool() == true )
return false;
return mp_highlander.GetBool();
#else
return false;
#endif
}
int CTeamplayRoundBasedRules::GetBonusRoundTime( void )
{
return MAX( 5, mp_bonusroundtime.GetFloat() );
}

I'm usually pretty skeptical because CTeamplay is used a lot around MvM team code, but that's really fucking exciting to see it with mp_highlander and IsInArenaMode.

Edit: Doing some looking around otherwise, but there isn't much else to speak of. A lot's in there defining mp_tournament and how to deal with team sizes and stuff, but it's hard to distinguish fully what CTeamplay use is referring to MvM and what isn't, and not really any way to tell when some of this was added, so I can't hype as much as I want to. :(

ARE WE REALLY OUT HERE?

HAVE WE MADE IT?

can't wait to still wait a billion hours for highlander queue

this is still great news though, i'm excited as well~

pls not only hl

HL is closer to Pub and Tf2 is mostly a casual pub game, putting a 6v6 into Official Matchmaking will confuse all pub players and they will just go any class they want, no medic, or no demo, 2 spies, 2 snipers etc.

So it's better to start off with Highlander, because it's easier to adapt to it.

Oh and i want to know, even if they do implement Tf2 Matchmaking, what about Whitelists? is it going to be Pick and Ban system? any info in a code?

I can see it only being highlander to start off, but if it's successful I can't see why they wouldn't add 6v6 down the line. From my experience with TF2Lobby and TF2Center, Highlander feels like an organized pub and 6v6 is (usually) a clusterfuck of people either not knowing what they are doing or offclassing constantly. So I think starting with Highlander is by far the safest bet since it's a much easier transition.

EDIT:

For some reason reading this made me realize that having a matchmaking system will finally help Valve understand the balance (and lack thereof) of certain weapons. Here's to hoping that this system exists, is successful, then proceeds to help balance the game.

Honestly even if it was HL only that would still be enough to boost 6v6's playerbase. Also, playing 9v9 highlander matchmaking would be so much more fun than pubs.

If this comes out I'm gonna go into every lobby I can and tell every single pubber about 6s. Highlander makes me sad but it's really good new regardless

chng ur alias/wepn names 2 tf.tv
obv

maybe they'll add in game tournament support like CSGO

and fix stvs and stuff too maybe :)

from the facepunch thread

edit: this shit is practically confirmed holy fuck
http://pastebin.com/kG97th2w

Link to the thread?

http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1398764&p=46372308&viewfull=1#post46372308

http://pastebin.com/kG97th2w

Verifying - testinglol is an extremely reliable source. I'm dead serious when I say that.

Valve will need a shit ton of servers if they implement a such matchmaking system

Wasn't testinglol an old valve employee or something? My facepunch lore is relatively out of date.

Nah they trollin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYxzRYMrcVc

these are the updates that i've grown to love. i think the last true update we had that i was actually stoked for was the War! update. it's been too long.

Just transfer the thousands of useless mvm servers to matchmaking, there, fixed...

NIGGA WE MADE IT

This would be really cool if this came from all of the buzz surrounding i52 and GXL. Either way it's been a long time coming, so many new players will be introduced into the comp scene. Tftv's gonna get a lot bigger

My donger is so raised rn

Then where will I go when I want to be surrounded with the elite?

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