Dreams-Visions
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i wondered about that. guess i know now.
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i wondered about that. guess i know now.
I guess that's one way to stop idlers, ouch.
All we know for sure is that it's happening some time after Gun Mettle which ends Sept 30th. It's going to have to happen pretty quickly after that otherwise it will overlap with Halloween update.
Do the contracts CLOSE on the 30th, or do we receive our last one on the 30th and then have a period of time to finish that one? It's unclear to me, or I'm an idiot.
Just wanna make sure I do 'em all! I'm a little behind right now so I'll have to do like four in the next few days if they close on the 30th.
Just wanna make sure I do 'em all! I'm a little behind right now so I'll have to do like four in the next few days if they close on the 30th.
I just did 3 last night so I'm in the same situation. I think I read the last contract drop is on the 30th but I'm not sure.
If you did advanced contracts in the past, you may already have the australium coin. There aren't any upgrades past that, as far as I know, so you'd just be playing for the item drops.
Hey, Man. I don't respond to "bear," the same way you don't respond to "human." I have a name.
bananabread
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I know most people in this community thread don't really follow the competitive scene, but a good friend of mine and one of the best demomen in Oz made a frag video containing many big shots:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mvTkrzjc7s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mvTkrzjc7s
Glitchesarecool
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This might be a weird place to bring this up, but I haven't played TF2 for years and most of my inventory is kind of just existing. I probably won't ever go back to the game, and I was wondering if there were any particular avenues for me to sell or trade most of this stuff off to people that need them. Without going into detail on this post, the only two items of Unusual quality I have are Brim Full Of Bullets (Cloud 9) and Buckaroo's Hat (Aces High). I don't really want to use Steam Marketplace because I don't trust the values shown there to be accurate, so I don't really know what to do.
Advice on how to get my gear to people who will put these things to use?
Advice on how to get my gear to people who will put these things to use?
How would the Steam marketplace not be accurate? It's an economy where anyone can put something up.
If anything I would think anyone claiming to pay more outside the marketplace was automatically suspicious as a possible scam.
Glitchesarecool
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Just a gut feeling I guess, I don't have any real reason? I mean, my only experience has been with the trading cards. The average TF2 card is .07, but the MGSV ones are near .30, but they're really just the same thing for different games.
Also, I remember when Unusuals were out, the effect varied the value somewhat, which the Marketplace doesn't show.
Market place values are based on supply and demand, as is any capitalistic market.
TF2 cards are cheap 'cause they've existed for a long time and there's a theoretically unlimited supply (as people spend money in-game, it unlocks more card drops).
MGS5 has a limited number of drops, and it's a brand new game, so those cards are naturally worth more to the people who collect Steam trading cards.
That said, you're right about unusuals not necessarily being great to sell on the market, for exactly the reason you state. All unusual effects for a single item are bundled together. Unless they changed it?
It's probably safe to look up the value of your thing and then post it on Steam Market for that price. I dunno I basically never sell stuff, though, so I'm probably bad advice incarnate.
TF2 cards are cheap 'cause they've existed for a long time and there's a theoretically unlimited supply (as people spend money in-game, it unlocks more card drops).
MGS5 has a limited number of drops, and it's a brand new game, so those cards are naturally worth more to the people who collect Steam trading cards.
That said, you're right about unusuals not necessarily being great to sell on the market, for exactly the reason you state. All unusual effects for a single item are bundled together. Unless they changed it?
It's probably safe to look up the value of your thing and then post it on Steam Market for that price. I dunno I basically never sell stuff, though, so I'm probably bad advice incarnate.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
ZekeThePlumber
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There hasn't been an invasion pushed back this long since the X-files.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
I would have gone with the Bay of Pigs.
Well done, sir!
ArtistDude88
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Well, I know what I'm trying the next time I play. Haha!
Gentleman Jack
Member
Delfy did it.
ZekeThePlumber
Member
Too bad gun mettle is over and no one is going to play Suijin anymore because it's garbage.
electroflame
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FTFY. I seriously hated any contracts that took place on that map, especially ones for winning rounds, as matches could literally go on for hours.
Design-wise it was pretty uninspired as well, which made it even more of a chore to play.
I actually kind of liked Suijin, but King of the Hill is a pretty broken mode to begin with.
ZekeThePlumber
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You didn't fix anything for me. The problems with Powerhouse stems from the players not from the design of the map itself, whereas Suijin is just a bad koth map. You can pretty it up as much as you want with a Japanese theme but in the end you're just polishing a turd. The only reason Powerhouse goes to stalemate so often is because easily startled reactionary players will turtle up on last with engies and the needed coordination to break that kind of defense isn't generally going to be found in a Valve server. Granted this kinda thing isn't exclusive to Powerhouse, try pushing Borneo last against 3 engies but the objective of pushing a cart is much more easily accomplished than capping a point. This sort of thing would be easily preventable with class limits but Valve would never endorse this kind of thing in a pub setting. Design-wise, Powerhouse is fine. It has plenty of flank routes, fair sightlines, and a good bit of elevation for different classes to take advantage of.
Suijin on the other hand has a boat load of problems that makes it bad:
1. The big difference between Suijin and other bilaterally symmetrical koth maps like Viaduct and Lakeside is that Suijin is designed in such a way that half the map is hardly even used. The point is inaccessible from one side unless you're a jump class, or willing to hike across the map to get up top. I was referring to the map as garbage in response to that spy video mostly because players hardly ever go towards the island regardless of whether you think the cloak and dagger spy kill is clever.
2. Spawns are too easily campable. The layout is comparable to Harvest but the center path is easily accessible from the point and offers plenty of cover around doorways for the defending team.
3. The point is too closed off. Often times you'll need an uber to be able to push the point but with the way the spawn is designed, it'll be even more difficult to build one.
What?
Workin' on getting NeoJank updated and crap. There is a sourcemod bug that I gotta get fixed first before we can have our funs.
Given your love for hightower (RIP any quickfix medic that attempts to follow your explosive jumps), I'm unsurprised.
Kinky John
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The maps are a bit meh, but I've got and sold one of each crate so far so I'm happy enough.
I don't believe so. It just has to be a Valve server.
I don't believe so. It just has to be a Valve server.
I thought about trying it, but the thought of playing a bunch for the hopes of random drops instead of trackable contract completion kills my motivation.
I just started TF2 for the first time in like, 2 years? It's depressing to see that the matchmaking feature has basically killed the community servers. It's difficult to find any decent skill servers that have good map rotation and that are constantly full.
Also, have they nerfed how medics are awarded points? Seems like they get less now.
Also, have they nerfed how medics are awarded points? Seems like they get less now.
Major Gripex
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TF2 is holding a Arkham Knight workshop contest.
As someone who is a superfan of both things, this pleases me lots. Crossing fingers for a Batarang.
As someone who is a superfan of both things, this pleases me lots. Crossing fingers for a Batarang.
Gentleman Jack
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The update will include new skins to remind you of that time you didn't get an Overwatch beta invite.
ZekeThePlumber
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Update is live. Gorge reskin and cp_sunshine (which is a pretty awesome 5 cp map I'm surprised they haven't made official yet, gets played a lot in 6s) reskin, and two other maps.
Also FREE MISSIONS!
http://www.teamfortress.com/screamfortress7/
Oh, and a comic, but I'll read that later.
Also FREE MISSIONS!
http://www.teamfortress.com/screamfortress7/
Oh, and a comic, but I'll read that later.
Yeah it's kinda strange they didn't make the normal versions of the Halloween maps official, that was really the only disapointing thing about the update, everything else about this update is pretty nice.
Yup.