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[dragonlife]

Aw, man. I finally found time to play yesterday but had to leave soon after, so I didn't play that long. I miss playing with you guys. I suppose reduced gaming time is natural when you're trying to get your priorities straight, though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piZrjDTx2eg&hd=1

Hellooo, Spy and Sniper. Pretty cool video, Yeef.

 

[Javaman]

Bors was kind enough to trade me a cow mangler for a scrap last night and I founf one as a drop no more than an hour or two later. So crazy.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Originally Posted by Robin Walker
The Original will become craftable, purchasable, and added to the random drop lists when the QuakeCon promotion ends.

Robin

From an email to a Comp league

 

[DarkKyo]

I'm looking for the soldier laser pistol... anyone got an extra to trade maybe?

 

[cooljeanius]

Bors was kind enough to trade me a cow mangler for a scrap last night and I founf one as a drop no more than an hour or two later. So crazy.

I got a Cow Mangler last night as a drop, too, after you left. It's a pretty crazy weapon.

 

[divisionbyzorro]

I assume you have a second installation of Steam and aren't trying to use the same twice. Barring that, there should be no issue.

...a second installation of Steam? I have one Steam client, with subfolders under 'steamapps' for each account:

I run TF once normally, and once Sandboxed. It works fine for text idling, but not so much for trading. Am I doing it wrong?

 

[divisionbyzorro]

From an email to a Comp league

Sweet. Hopefully it can be crafted directly, and not using tokens.

 

[Bakphoon]

From an email to a Comp league

YES! Best news ever, because as a german it is impossible to me to get a genuine original, i can only get some from trades

 

[divisionbyzorro]

Bakphoon broke my post streak, so I think it's safe to make a new one:

I just had a 'Noh Mercy' drop on my second alt account. It's an accessory drop I actually want for once!

 

[Dreams-Visions]

From an email to a Comp league

has there ever been a weapon that wasn't?

 

[JackEtc]

Does anyone know how to change the FOV in replays? It resets to default for me in the Replay viewer, and it's quite annoying -_-

 

[Zerokku]

has there ever been a weapon that wasn't?

The Rift weapons I believe are only craftable, and not through a standard recipe either.

 

[Blizzard]

has there ever been a weapon that wasn't?

I thought the Sam and Max pistol and Left 4 Dead frying pan didn't have recipes either, though I don't know if you can burn a bunch of metal with the item slot recipe and have a very slight chance of getting one. I would suspect not.

 

[Grimm Fandango]

I foolishly crafted some items and have an untradeable refined metal. Any suggestions on how to use it?

I might craft the Rift items with it but I'd never play with them.

 

[Blizzard]

Oh I had an actual gameplay question that I was spamming the chat with last night.

Someone traded me the demoman booties, so I finally have the complete set, but they feel like they give hardly any turning control. Like, I can move the mouse way across the pad, and end up charging a foot or two to the left of my original target?

I thought I had seen someone in a server showing off by charging back and forth really quickly. Was that just a script thing? Is there any trick to getting a more noticeable turn angle?

 

[Bakphoon]

I foolishly crafted some items and have an untradeable refined metal. Any suggestions on how to use it?

I might craft the Rift items with it but I'd never play with them.

First thing i would do it to try to craft it back to reclaimed to see if all of the reclaimed would be untradable... ( and then to scrap metal)

But i really don't know if it will work

 

[Grimm Fandango]

First thing i would do it to try to craft it back to reclaimed to see if all of the reclaimed would be untradable... ( and then to scrap metal)

But i really don't know if it will work

Just tried, I get all untradeable

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

Is this even English?

Nah, I was falling asleep when I typed that.

 

[Clydefrog]

I got a Cow Mangler last night as a drop, too, after you left. It's a pretty crazy weapon.

I got a cow mangler as a drop too last night :O

 

[Sora]

Hey guys, I'd like to ask something about exclusive and pre-order items: can you actually get those by craft, drop or crates? I looked in TF2wiki, but it seems that some hats like the Hero Tail (The Witcher 2) can't be found anywhere, just if you trade it with someone. That question come to me because I saw someone posting here that you can actually find all items in-game, even those that are exclusive.

Also, how much those exclusive items cost? Anyone have any idea?

 

[Forkball]

Hey guys, I'd like to ask something about exclusive and pre-order items: can you actually get those by craft, drop or crates? I looked in TF2wiki, but it seems that some hats like the Hero Tail (The Witcher 2) can't be found anywhere, just if you trade it with someone. That question come to me because I saw someone posting here that you can actually find all items in-game, even those that are exclusive.

Also, how much those exclusive items cost? Anyone have any idea?

Hero's Tail is droppable and craftable. All promo items after the Shogun update have been made this way. Promo items like Bill's Hat, Max's Head, MNC Combat gear etc. can only be obtained by trading with someone who already has them.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

I thought the Sam and Max pistol and Left 4 Dead frying pan didn't have recipes either, though I don't know if you can burn a bunch of metal with the item slot recipe and have a very slight chance of getting one. I would suspect not.

yea, the Luger and Iron Curtain are only obtainable via gift trade or purchase of that game.

 

[mojiimbo]

You can get that hat by a random craft(3 refined or 4 refined and a scout token or by crafting two hats together) or by a random drop. It'll be worth less than if it was given out because of the promo but it will look the same in-game on your character.

 

[Yeef]

The Rift weapons I believe are only craftable, and not through a standard recipe either.

The Rift weapons are craftable with a specific recipe. I actually crafted them when they were first released, then they reduced the recipes. I did not get a refund for the difference.

 

[Sora]

Hero's Tail is droppable and craftable. All promo items after the Shogun update have been made this way. Promo items like Bill's Hat, Max's Head, MNC Combat gear etc. can only be obtained by trading with someone who already has them.

Got it, I really made a mistake about Hero's Tail, just saw it here and it is craftable.

Thanks for the explanation.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

You can get that hat by a random craft(3 refined or 4 refined and a scout token or by crafting two hats together) or by a random drop. It'll be worth less than if it was given out because of the promo but it will look the same in-game on your character.

never spend 4 refined to make a hat.

buy 2 cratable hats from someone for 1ref or 1 ref + 1 rec each and craft that way.

OR...just buy the hat you want with metal straight away. Unless a hat is a set hat AND the one you want costs less to craft (4 ref + class wep) than it does to just buy with metal on the open market, there's no reason to gamble. Unless your goal is to gamble, of course.

Just be aware that few hats that you can try to create for 4 ref+ actually cost 4 refined on the open market. Team Captain is the only one coming to mind at the moment. All the uber hats can be ad from 2ref - 3.66 ref these days. Odds of crafting a TC are about 6:1. Not bad, but you'll be bitter if you spend 8 ref trying to craft it only to fail when you could have bought it straight away for 7 ref.

 

[Mr. Luchador]

Any reason I can't add GAF's EU server to my favourites?

 

[balladofwindfishes]

has there ever been a weapon that wasn't?

- all pre-genuine promo weapons are not droppable or craftable
- The rift items are only craftable, not droppable
- Three Rune Blade and Maul are only craftable (with no recipe!) and not droppable.

I actually just emailed Valve about the Rift items being droppable. Hopefully they listen to my email.

 

[Bakphoon]

I have two australium gold paints, what are they worth?
(the lists says 1+ and that confuses me a bit)

 

[DarkKyo]

- all pre-genuine promo weapons are not droppable or craftable
- The rift items are only craftable, not droppable
- Three Rune Blade and Maul are only craftable (with no recipe!) and not droppable.

I actually just emailed Valve about the Rift items being droppable. Hopefully they listen to my email.

I'd kill for a non-genuine Maul, those should drop too

 

[Pancakes]

Reporting for duty.

 

[parasight]

I have two australium gold paints, what are they worth?
(the lists says 1+ and that confuses me a bit)

1 refined each.

 

[Rickenslacker]

Originally Posted by Robin Walker
The Original will become craftable, purchasable, and added to the random drop lists when the QuakeCon promotion ends.

Robin

From an email to a Comp league

Urge to spend $70 on Quakecon Pack fading... fading... fading - RISING! Fading... fading... gone.

 

[mojiimbo]

Got a Whoopee Cap on one of my idlers last week, a Furious Fukaamigasa on another idler last night and a Cosa Nostra Cap on my real account today. Before that all I had gotten since I started playing a couple of months ago was a Defiant Spartan.

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

I'm contemplating whether to buy a crappy game like Brink to get a TF2 hat for my favorite class. What the hell did you guys do to me?

 

[Blizzard]

I'm contemplating whether to buy a crappy game like Brink to get a TF2 hat for my favorite class. What the hell did you guys do to me?

You have done this to yourself. If you check the Mann Co. store, you can even find expensive bears and stuff. Or you could buy 500 gifts like artemis.

 

[Pancakes]

You guys know there is a videogame under this hat-simulator right?

I'm really tempted to pre-order skyrim for the Heavy helm.

 

[Mr. Luchador]

Some good games on GAF EU tonight. Any chance of slightly lowering the respawn counter?

 

[(._.)]

You guys know there is a videogame under this hat-simulator right?

I'm really tempted to pre-order skyrim for the Heavy helm.

It is becoming craftable in a couple days. I preoreded though because I really want SKYRIM.

 

[Javaman]

Urge to spend $70 on Quakecon Pack fading... fading... fading - RISING! Fading... fading... gone.

I'm surprised that he made the announcement before the end of the sale. Surely it'll cut into the total sales slightly at least

 

[Thorndyke]

Excellent work on OT. Tf2 for life.

 

[Smithy C]

About how long would I have to play Spiral Knights to get the hat from it? It looks like a pretty cool hat and I have a free night, but I want to know how much of an investment will I have to make? (Also, is Spiral Knights any good?)

 

[dragonlife]

I'm surprised that he made the announcement before the end of the sale. Surely it'll cut into the total sales slightly at least

Maybe they're throwing obsessed fans a bone.

 

[mojiimbo]

I didn't really know what I was doing and it took me 40 minutes to an hour including time spent in the lobby.

 

[TheBez]

About how long would I have to play Spiral Knights to get the hat from it? It looks like a pretty cool hat and I have a free night, but I want to know how much of an investment will I have to make? (Also, is Spiral Knights any good?)

~1 hour

 

[Smithy C]

Okay, cool. I hope to be back playing TF2 in about an hour then, with a shiny new hat!

 

[Kikarian]

~1 hour

I heard it takes 2 hours? I am not definitely sure, but it probably will be an hour.

 

[Pancakes]

About how long would I have to play Spiral Knights to get the hat from it? It looks like a pretty cool hat and I have a free night, but I want to know how much of an investment will I have to make? (Also, is Spiral Knights any good?)

It gets really repetitive really quickly. But it's a fun little distraction for 2-3 hours.

 

[yeoz]

Team Captain is the only one coming to mind at the moment. All the uber hats can be ad from 2ref - 3.66 ref these days. Odds of crafting a TC are about 6:1. Not bad, but you'll be bitter if you spend 8 ref trying to craft it only to fail when you could have bought it straight away for 7 ref.

Wait, what? 6:1? How? Do you mean 16:1?

 

[Moundir&Tony>you]

Joined a random french valve server .

Some guys was asking if anyone had a spy or demo crate , I reply that I'll gladly trade one for a strange knife .
So , we start chatting , I give him two crates (I never bought keys and don't think I'll do it) and he gives me a Strange Kunai . HOORAY , my very first strange weapon !

However , right after that , the game crashed on me (keeps happening , this is getting ridiculous) . Anyway , I go back to the same server , and the guy comes to me saying "you'll never believe it" . One of the crates had a strange revolver inside ! He traded it to me for a scottish resistance and a scrap ! Me = happy .


tl;dr : Traded two spy crates for a strange kunai , and the guy then gave me the strange revolver he found in exchange for a scotts resistance + scrap .
And I don't get why the game keeps crashing .