Sounds like a hardware problem. I don't think it's the disk itself, but it might be the motherboard which has a fault when it tries to access it. My last computer had a similar problem, it worked fine until sometimes when I did something that meant accessing a file it would freeze up. The same disks worked fine in my new computer, so I guessed it was the motherboard or PSU. Hard to diagnose without having parts to swap in.

Anecdotally, I ended up having to buy a whole new computer with better specs so it all worked out in the end, and in testing it out I went through some un-played games in my Steam Library including TF2 which is now my favourite game after spending four years uninstalled after buying the Orange box.

Nice meme, good enough for Meme 6 maybe.

How would you shut down saloon.tf anyway?

Sponsored by the Sun, going for that tattooed racist builder/esports crossover market I guess.

text2speech donations on twitch, charge double for 'w's.

I wouldn't be so sure of that. CSGO's in-game MM hasn't destroyed things like ESEA pugs, if anything it's increased their subscriber count as players decide they want to move up to the next level.

They did it whilst roadworks outside were making noise.

fyi: your reddit post is missing the link to the document

I have catalyst 14.2, driver 14.501.1003-141120a-177998C and direct 3d 9.14.10.01080.

Your version might be out of date. Mine looks like this:

http://i.imgur.com/1Zk3BaN.jpg

It's in the 'properties (digital flat panel)' section. The only you want is 'maintain aspect ratio'. The available settings might depend on your graphics card also.

Might be a heating issue. Do you have speedfan installed? Other than that it might be a faulty part, either graphics card or motherboard.

There's no way Valve are supporting two competitive gamemodes, getting them to support one would be hard enough.

Not just sales of the base weapon from the MCS, but stranges, australiums, killstreak kits etc.

You can cry all you like but a hell of a lot of tf2 players like playing those 'useless' classes and good luck getting them to watch/play a gamemode that cuts them out altogether.

Why would Valve support a gamemode that eliminates most of the weapons they make money selling, and alienates players of 5 out of 9 classes? If Valve support any existing competitive mode it will be highlander.

I didn't get any error messages, it just froze up. I managed to get it working in the end, and even get into an actual game, albeit in windowed mode. The game is fun for a while but nothing special. The movement is fun, especially things like conc jumping, flame-thrower hovering and strafe-jumping, but it's like Quake Live, in that it's fun to move around but the game itself isn't that interesting.

It's like they've built a game around the worst maps and gamemodes in TF2 like 2fort and dustbowl. Even cp maps make you wait for a setup time on every single point. I miss things like damage numbers/sounds, plentiful health kits and shotguns that are worth a wank, Weapon variety too, TF2 has spoiled me on that.

My favourite mode is the attack/defend where you carry the flag onto the point. It's more exciting than the TF2 a/d because the round can be won in an instant even if there are twelve heavies on the point, just a shame about the setup times. I think if I put time into learning the nuances of the jumping mechanics I could have a lot of fun as medic or scout but it doesn't seem worth it for a dead game.

The hilarious voiceovers in the tutorial are worth the download alone though.

I've managed to actually get into the tutorial. The game looks and feels better than TF Classic, and the tutorial is pretty decent, and the game even remembered some of my bindings. but I still can't get into an actual game. The problem is I alt-tabbed whilst it was downloading a custom map and can't get back into it.