So I just signed on, and somehow I got five items. Maybe I was playing on a server last night that wasn't connected to Steam or something and I didn't get the drops at that time. But I only played on that server for maybe an hour, I got crazy lucky. Too bad all I got was a Direct Hit (have it), two Flare Guns (have it, and just crafted two of them into a scrap metal before this), Frontier Justice (achievement item, don't have it), and a crate (boooo). I just smelted my extras and now I have a reclaimed metal. I kind of want to make an Eternal Reward, but I only have one Cloak and Dagger and I'm anal about crafting items in which I only have one of.
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Team Fortress 2 |OT2| Free 2 Play Forever
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Kuro Madoushi
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yeah i was surprised (pleasantly) to see my left over steam wallet money go towards fallout
If Valve had any balls, they'd go 35% - the way it should be.Drkirby said:
If they had any business sense, they would've gone flat fee like the map designer. I have a strong feeling there was negotiation rather than the usual corporate iron fist. Residual income is extremely rare for derivative works or additional contributions. And what of their in-house artists? Are they stuck on unpaid overtime?
There are a lot of terms we're not seeing. It's too much for too little, even if the submissions were good on the whole.
EmCeeGramr
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Crates work on a separate drop system. It's not taking away from your normal item drops.Iadien said:
From what I understand some of the polycount winners are already professional modelers. I heard the woman that made the spy pack works for id.
Also, since I need to get this to another computer, and I don't feel like email myself here's the best way to idle.
In notepad paste
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam.exe" -applaunch 440 -nosound -textmode +sv_password "ffffffffff" +map achievement_idle
You don't need the (x86) if you're not on a 64 bit system.
and save it as a .bat file. "idle.bat" with quotes intact will do it.
This will run tf2 in textmode in offline practice. You'll still get item drops.
Not that idling is really an issue or a necessity, but if you can't hit the weekly cap and want all your items this is the way to do it.
Also, since I need to get this to another computer, and I don't feel like email myself here's the best way to idle.
In notepad paste
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam.exe" -applaunch 440 -nosound -textmode +sv_password "ffffffffff" +map achievement_idle
You don't need the (x86) if you're not on a 64 bit system.
and save it as a .bat file. "idle.bat" with quotes intact will do it.
This will run tf2 in textmode in offline practice. You'll still get item drops.
Not that idling is really an issue or a necessity, but if you can't hit the weekly cap and want all your items this is the way to do it.
platypotamus
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Pfft, but now we all know your password.
moojito
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For a while there I was just deleting crates as I got them, but I heard rumblings about keys being tradable, maybe discoverable and just keep them now.
What would I have to trade to get a spy fez? Is another new class hat or a number of other hats combined my only hope? I saw someone offering a trade - 3 normal hats for any of the new hats. Seemed a bit extreme to me.
What would I have to trade to get a spy fez? Is another new class hat or a number of other hats combined my only hope? I saw someone offering a trade - 3 normal hats for any of the new hats. Seemed a bit extreme to me.
moojito said:
I've been able to get 1-2 scrap a crate. As long as people are trading for them they're worth more than a standard weapon drop, so I don't mind them at all.
On a related note I found a name tag, will trade for any hat.
snack said:
One thing to note, if you don't have achievement_idle you'll have to put in a different map.
Well if you're going to play residuals, you play the fucking game. Not this 25% bullshit. But that would require these submissions being worth a percentage of gross, and they're not.(._.) said:
The demand they created with these items is worth the money earned so far - Valve knows and is laughing all the way to the bank. Again, why don't their in-house artists get a cut from their creations? It's going to be worth considerably more than a starting salary by the end of this for drastically less work.
moojito
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The vibe I got from the statement about this was that valve want to pimp out this in game store thing to other games. And what better way to get good, free publicity than the "some kids get loads of money for creating stuff" story, even though it turns out some of them were pros, etc.
While I'm here, anyone interested in spy videos should check out some of this guy's work: http://www.youtube.com/user/TonePottery
While I'm here, anyone interested in spy videos should check out some of this guy's work: http://www.youtube.com/user/TonePottery
MisterAnderson
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EmCeeGramr said:
Can you run out of "crate drops" like you can regular loot items per week? Is there a cap to how many crates drop?
DesertEater
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I was trying to play some TF2 today, but I cant find any servers.
does anyone know how to fix this?
I already tried re-installing the game, didnt help.
does anyone know how to fix this?
I already tried re-installing the game, didnt help.
MisterAnderson said:
I believe so. For the past two weeks I've been putting in a lot of playing time, and last week I didn't get a drops starting Friday, and the week before I didn't get any drops starting Saturday. For both weeks, once Wednesday night at about 7 pm pacific time came around, I started getting drops again.
Yeah, I hate spy and pyro (well, all other classes too). Setting things on fire is almost as unfair as becoming completely invisible. In most games, being invisible would be considered HACKING.Yasae said:
Also, I thought it just reduced the sound instead of making dead ringer completely silent. The only good news for that weapon combination is that they have no other choice but to try to attack their first victim with a knife and no cloak, since pistol + facestab presumably doesn't get them a disguise. If you see an uncloaked fez spy running around, you kinda know what to expect, and you'll only have to kill them once or twice.
Kuro Madoushi
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I HAVE A CHIEFTAIN'S HAT FOR TRADE!
Actually have two...so whomever was looking for it, here's yer chance!
Actually have two...so whomever was looking for it, here's yer chance!
The main trouble with the DH is that you lose a lot of utility. Shooting around corners, bouncing people away to protect a medic, defensive spam, kritz use are all better with the original.
I think the DH would need to have something like a 6 rocket clip to begin to really approach the normal RL in usefulness.
I think the DH would need to have something like a 6 rocket clip to begin to really approach the normal RL in usefulness.
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