Quick compilation post that I did for a friend on AIM:
tl;dr This is the state of tf2 right now
http://www.kritzkast.com/a-very-mysterious-update
Details (GAF version):
ok
just for the record
let's put it all out there
two days ago, tf2 update:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=39049323&postcount=2035
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=39049572&postcount=2038
now, this is par for the coruse
course*
valve has been doing updates on average of once a week for the past six or so months
mostly adding new hats and misc. items to the store
there are a lot of hats in Hat Fortress 2
sometimes, the stuffy they add doesn't get implemented
and just stays on the backburner for however long amount of time
this time though, this random crap was actually droppable. I have a banana peel, goldfish, and piece of lint myself
someone felt like poking sticks at it:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=39052114&postcount=2060
but I wanted to ignore it anyway
the cheese wheel, capacitor, and the diary are apparently rarer than the rest
seven items in all
also, hats dropped for people. that was nice
then, yesterday, another TF2 update:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=39078677&postcount=2137
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=39078753&postcount=2138
no one was able to puzzle that out
however, the update from the day before had a breakthrough:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=39080979&postcount=2144
also, someone needs to buy me the Sherlock Holmes hat and pipe set for Medic. it looks great
here's the part I'm not 100% sure on, because I'm lazy, but let's keep going
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=39081105&postcount=2147
it comes from this:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=39081472&postcount=2152
an extra note:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=39082389&postcount=2154
then, breakthrough:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=39082567&postcount=2156
finally:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=39084148&postcount=2158
this looks awesome by the way:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=39084694&postcount=2160
now, a few hours ago, there was another tf2 update
people have been speculating for the past week that something will happen on update #300
which at this rate is either tomorrow or next tuesday
ok, so the seven items? one thing I forgot to mention is that they're craftable
we just can't figure out any recipe that comes from them
and after the last udpate, this happens
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=39115850&postcount=2243
someone made a great assumption:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=39116245&postcount=2249
this was the in game code
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=39115254&postcount=2229
finally, there's a good chance that we'll all be unhappy:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=39116721&postcount=2261
and since the banana errors are apparently not item specific, people are now compiling them to see what, if anything, will be assembled:
http://stats.tf/banana/
Completely unedited copy/pasta, and I didn't add Accidante's spoils from the great diary trade.