Ever wanted to get into competitive TF2? Now's your chance! The European Team Fortress 2 League is running the Fresh Meat Cup sponsored by Scrap.tf and Marketplace.tf.
This competition is aimed at new, inexperienced players interested in playing competitive TF2. So if you're fresh meat, sign up before April 6th to compete. Every team can play with an experienced mentor to help them understand meta and play their best! Visit the ETF2L website for more info.
We're proud to announce that the master of imps, @Void has been brought on officially as a staff member here at TF2Maps! Void has been running a ton of tests for us, and has more than proven his dedication to TF2, TF2Maps, and content creation in general. Void has been a long time member of the TF2 community, and has had his hands in all sorts of our history. From the Construction Pack, to Frontline! We look forward to having him be officially part of the team!
One month between updates is kinda a long time but that’s nothing when you’re a wizard, Harry. Speaking of wizards, Lunar Scythe joins us for the podcast this week. Also on the show: Duffy’s IRL Longwave 556pm completes 7 days PC Guia’s ‘5 Best Free-to-play’ Artvader’s TF2 voice lines Rap Battle
We answer all the big questions here on the show, like what is a loris and how do I catch my own? Actually, best not to since that’s probably illegal in most states. They are cute and cuddly and loris probably doesn’t want to be captured and forced to live in a small bucket under the stairs; kept in darkenss for nine months of the year and told to wear […]
Did you know that TF2 is releasing a soundtrack of all its pulse-pounding, brain-exploding, bowel-evacuating songs to kill people to? Well now you do! Ipecac Recordings is releasing our best (and only) soundtrack, complete with 29 songs, new images, and a ton of easter eggs. Preorder the CD and LP today! Or preorder digitally at iTunes and Amazon.
TFCL is announcing their second season of Ultiduo! This time they're boasting a bigger and better prize pool, participation medals, TFTV casting and more!
The first match is scheduled for March 25th. This season will be comprised of 8 regular matches, for a total length of 4 weeks. There will also be a special weekend playoff event on April 22nd and 23rd. Registration is open now! For instructions on how to register and more info, check out their annoucement page here.
There’s a new version of TF2 that’s just hit beta. It features all old levels, the original characters, completely unchanged gameplay and weapons from what you can play now. And somehow we’re all really rather pleased about this. Jill is looking for beta testers Gabe Newell interview on VNN Rally Call 2017 TFTV Map Cups Mapchamp by Champ.gg Interview with Mappers by TFTV TF2 lego Concept 2017 Winter 72hr TF2 […]
The magnificent twitch streamer Jewlander returns to furnish us with his wisdom. Which is lovely because he notices things other people take forever to see, then he kills those people before his disguise is blown. Admittedly there was a lot to see since Valentine’s day had Valve drop a massive love heart on the TF2 fandom by way of a massive pack of updates. Also, there is music coming to […]
Rally Call is a series of video game charity events that help different charities each year. This February 25th and 26th, Rally Call will be hosting a TF2 Tournament featuring YouTubers, steamers and other TF2 personalities. This event will support International Animal Rescue, a foundation that helps animals in danger all over the world. Click here to donate and learn more.
Another jam is over, and the TF community really turned this one out! The final count of entries was 686, which includes 230 SFM creations, 196 artworks, 146 maps, 34 models, 14 videos, 12 fanfictions, 2 games, 2 plushes, and a poem. Check them out and learn more here.
Hey everyone, we just wanted to drop you a line about a situation currently developing. For the past few weeks, our good friend and fellow staff member here at TF2Maps @Freyja has been fighting a rather serious medical illness. She has been diagnosed with Lymphoma, a rather not uncommon, but aggressive form of cancer. A tumor has very quickly grown on her spine and has caused near complete paralysis from the waist down.
Luckily, her doctors say this is a very treatable...
In an effort to reach out to the community, we reached out the community, and got Wack.tf. That’s not a site, although it probably will be soon. In a show filled with sentences that probably should have ended a lot sooner than they did, I just wanted to say TF2 maps Winter 2017 Jam Void’s maze Uberchain + Kichizone’s thing Truck Robot thing Yotts’ Phat Platt Dueling Badge TF2 Pancakes […]
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:
Improved Steam Voice support for servers that have enabled it
Removed sv_use_steam_voice convar. Steam voice is now selected via "sv_voicecodec steam"
Fixed demos not properly recording Steam Voice status, resulting in potential corrupt voice in demos with differing default settings
Will now use the native Steam Voice sampling rate, instead of clamping to 11kHz
Improved compatibility with Steam client beta
Fixed OS X voice communication sounding high-pitched when using the default CELT voice codec
Fixed an animation bug that would cause the client and server hitboxes to become out of sync
Fixed the Scout not playing the correct animation when using the Shortstop's Alt-Fire to shove someone
Fixed some missing VO sounds for the Scout when he picks up a baseball
Fixed Spectators seeing the fake death notices for the Spy when he feigns death
Fixed the Widowmaker not doing increased damage when the Sentry's target is a building, boss, or tank
Fixed not earning Crikey meter progress with The Cleaner's Carbine when damaging a building, boss, or tank
Fixed the Scout not getting assists for shoving players while using the Shortstop
Fixed not being able to use non-tradable Giftapults
Fixed powerups sometimes being removed from the game in Mannpower mode
Fixed a case where the scoreboard would not update properly when players volunteer to switch teams in Casual mode
Fixed a case where Casual servers would spontaneously terminate with "Server shutting down" upon losing connection with the matchmaking service
Updated the logic used to pick the maps players can vote on in the end-of-match map vote on Casual servers to help maintain healthier game mode representation across regions
Casual servers were often rotating to unrelated game modes during votes, resulting in partially filled servers in certain regions
Updated the player_bodygroups that are hidden when equipping The Dark Falkirk Helm and The Sole Saviors
Updated the model/materials for The Snowmann to fix some LOD issues
Updated the localization files
Added Gift Wrap back to the Mann Co. Store at a reduced price
Added TF2Maps 72hr TF2Jam Winter Participant 2017 community medal
Added Rally Call Charity Tournament community medals
Added ozfortress Season 18 tournament medals
Added new survey questions to the end-of-match survey for Casual and Competitive modes and fixed a bug where multiple surveys could be displayed at the same time
Here’s a couple of tips for you. If you really want to piss off Valve, get your entire fan base to email them at the same time. If you really don’t want to come on KritzKast, ask us to come on KritzKast. This is true in 99.9% of cases. the 0.01% apparently, is if you are HiGPS HiGPS’s weapons update/nerf sheet Workshop items Rainbow Vomit Tee Banjo Taunt Panda hat […]
TF2Maps presents their next 72hour TF2Jam this Friday, February 10th at 6pm GST. The last TF2Jam had over 500 entries, and they're looking to make this one even bigger!
For the uninitiated, the TF2Jam is all about the art and craft of all things Team Fortress 2, done in less than 72 hours. This includes creating maps, models, videos, artwork, fanfiction, articles, games, mods, sculptures, interpretive dance, and anything else! Participants receive an in-game medal and a well-deserved sense of pride. Click here
to learn more.