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7 years ago

We were thinking, what with that Day around the corner, and us having reached the first of our Patreon goals (thank you, we love you all so much) that we should celebrate and make good on our pledge of giving back to the community. As it happens Beefer, our semi-domesticated pink Balloonicorn, is looking to get a tattoo to celebrate his long standing love of all things Team Fortress 2. […]

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It’s been a long time since we’d had actual Royalty on the show. And for King Raja it’s been a long time since he’s been anywhere at all. At least his Youtube life has been on hold for a while. We took some time to find out what has been keeping him away, and what we can expect to see now that he’s looking to return. Don’t call it a […]







7 years ago

Ah 2017, what a year that was. Full of nightmares and updates. Well, update at least. Which is better than no update, let me tell you. How much better? Not much. On the show: Smissmass 2017 Nightmare before Smissmas showcase Connect 5 Py-bun’s birbs 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 Official update of the year!




Team Fortress 2 Update Released TeamFortress Patches
7 years ago

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

  • Fixed not being able to apply the Civilian Stat Clock to Civilian-grade weapons

Team Fortress 2 Update Released TeamFortress Patches
7 years ago

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

  • Fixed Festivize Woodsy Widowmaker not drawing the lights
  • Fixed the main menu being muted if clients disconnect from a server while in freezecam
  • Updated festivized items to use "Festivized" in the name instead of "Festive"
    • This will help disinguish the original Festive weapons from weapons that have had a Festivizer applied to them
  • Updated Strangifiers so they can no longer be applied to War Paint items
  • Updated the equip_regions for the The Koala Compact, Pocket Saxton, and Pocket Yeti

Missed note from the Smissmas update:

  • Australium weapons can now be Festivized

Team Fortress 2 Update Released TeamFortress Patches
7 years ago

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

  • Fixed missing War Paint icons in the Steam Community Market and Steam Inventory
  • Fixed The Hot Hand not displaying the item level in its description
  • Fixed Steam Workshop file uploads applying filesize limits before compression, rather than after
  • Updated materials for the Dovetailed War Paint to fix a problem with the alpha channel
  • Updated materials/models for The Snowmann and The Nuke
  • Updated the localization files


7 years ago

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Prepare yourself, the UGC League Winter Season is about to start! Come join the thousands of players that played last season for some competitive TF2 action! The first week of matches starts January 19th for 4v4, January 22nd for Highlander and January 24th for 6v6.


UGC has divisions across North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia/New Zealand. Players from any of these regions are encouraged to sign-up and join the fun! (Remember, February 1st is the last day that teams can sign up.) Visit the UGC website for more information.



7 years ago

The one where Agro admits he’s nuts… about the Saxxy Awards VII. Also on the show: Heals for Reals raises more than twelve thousand dollars and makes it onto the TF2 blog UEAKCrash announced the 2018 April Fools mini-contest Cyanic releases a frag movie from i52 Sigafoo announces the Prolander One Day Cup TF2 update for December 13th 2017 Special thanks to all of our Patrons: Save_us.626, NiceAsh, CriticalFlaw, Murlock Jonny, […]


Team Fortress 2 Update Released TeamFortress Patches
7 years ago

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

  • Fixed missing sounds for the new taunts
  • Fixed a bug that prevented already-Festivized weapons from drawing their lights
  • Updated materials/model for the Blast Blocker
  • Updated the Heals for Reals medals so they can be painted

Team Fortress 2 Update Released TeamFortress Patches
7 years ago

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:


Happy Smissmas 2017!

    • All players who play TF2 during the event will receive a Stuffed Stocking as a gift! Stockings contain goodies for good little Mercenaries.
      • Event runs through January 10th, 2018
    • Added the Winter 2017 War Paint Case
      • Contains 15 new community-contributed War Paints
      • Randomly dropped for players who have activated a Jungle Inferno Campaign Pass
    • Added the Winter 2017 Cosmetic Case
      • Contains 20 new community-contributed items
      • The Festivizer can be found as a bonus drop when opening the case
    • Added 6 new community-contributed taunts to the Mann Co. Store
      • Taunt: The Skating Scorcher
      • Taunt: The Bunnyhopper
      • Taunt: Runner's Rhythm
      • Taunt: Luxury Lounge
      • Taunt: Surgeon's Squeezebox
      • Taunt: The Trackman's Touchdown
    • Expanded the list of weapons that can be Festivized!
      • Ubersaw, Dragon's Fury, Amputator, Air Strike, Back Scratcher, Scotsman's Skullcutter, Bazaar Bargain, Black Box, Claidheamh Mòr, Crusader's Crossbow, Degreaser, Loose Cannon, Persian Persuader, Detonator, Brass Beast, Holy Mackerel, Loch-n-Load, Powerjack, Iron Bomber, Reserve Shooter, Disciplinary Action, Family Business, Shahanshah, Scorch Shot, Shortstop, Soda Popper, Rescue Ranger, Tomislav, Panic Attack, Winger
    • Mann Co. Store winter sale!

General

  • War Paints can now be used for Mann Co. Trade-Ups
  • Fixed a rendering issue with the Misty Skull unusual effect
  • Fixed a case where it was possible to use the Thermal Thruster twice in one launch
  • Fixed the inspect animation for the Shortstop
  • Fixed the Festive Sandvich not showing the bite mark when eaten
  • Increased the maximum number of backpack slots to 3000 (from 2500)
  • Added the UGC Highlander Season 21, Highlander Season 22, Highlander Season 23, 6v6 Season 23, 6v6 Season 24, 6v6 Season 25, 4v4 Season 10, 4v4 Season 11, and 4v4 Season 12 tournament medals
  • Added Ready Steady Pan Season 3 tournament medals
  • Updated cp_mercenarypark
    • Added a forward spawn for BLU when attacking the final control point
    • Added a connecting stairwell to the mid-structure of the final control point
    • Fixed area portal rendering issues between the first and second control points
  • Updated pd_watergate
    • Respawn times of the teams will change dynamically based on the difference in scores. This should help balance any extreme differences in the team skills/scores.
      • <50% difference in scores: 8s for leading team, 4s for trailing
      • >50% difference in scores: 12s for leading team, 0s for trailing
      • Equal scores: 6s for each team
    • Relocated the player beer pickup counter on the HUD to the lower left, but made it slightly larger
    • Updated the soundscape to have more alien-y sounds in the main areas
    • Adjusted detail in the center and spawn rooms
    • Adjusted clipping around the map