I know, I know, there is already a post about this, but I wanted to write one, sue me.
The great TF2TV, in a move to secure the uncharted, unexplored, uncasted lands of the might NA TF2 scene are teaming up with the old TWLTV team of shdwpuppet, Cranberryman and Jonas to bring you the first ever TF2TV NA Cast. Tonight's cast is of this week's highlight match between check six and emazing gaming. Both teams have a lot to prove. Check six has done the unthinkable, going an impressive 12-0 season so far. They will have to prove their dominance once again, this time on cp_snakewater, as they take on last season's ESEA champions, eMg. These two teams last met up in week one where eMg suffered a narrow defeat at the hands of check six, 4-5. This week, check six is looking to do it again.
Join me and my co-hosts as we take on this monumental event. Mumble info is chi.eoreality.net:64767, srctv info has yet to be decided. 11:30 PM EST 3/16/2011 (15 minutes from this posting)
The ESEA-IMpower rankings are back again after a long hiatus. It's been a remarkably successful season thus far, as all 16 teams are still active (in stark contrast to last season). I've decided to change it up a bit this time and do a top six edition, as only six of the 16 teams in Intermediate will be making the playoffs (supposedly). The list is taken directly from the current standings. I've also added short predictions as well.
1. Hood Rats: 12-0, 52-8 (record, rounds for/against). The undisputed number one team for the entire season, Hood Rats were legitimately challenged for the first time a few weeks ago on the staple map of competitive TF2, cp_badlands (5-4). Six Guys Off had some great rounds using the kritzkrieg, and nearly pulled off the upset of the season. Unfortunately for SGO, the renowned SoLIDSnaKE (of Xensity and Complexity fame) hit three consecutive pipes to kill three different players at mid the 8th round after SGO had gained a (very) brief four versus two advantage. That was a pivotal momentum changer for Hood Rats, and they proceeded to take the last two rounds to win the game. HR's dominance has been overwhelming the entire season, having conceded rounds to only four of the 12 teams they've faced thus far. The team's individual DM varies, but the area Hood Rats really excel at is being ahead of the curve when it comes to preparation and strategy. Multiple teams have tried to emulate their hyper-aggressive play-style, but only New Directions has been consistently successful. HR's next big game comes the final week of the season on cp_gullywash against 2nd place rival iDEMISE. This highly anticipated rematch is mostly for bragging rights, as both teams are pretty much guaranteed one of the top two playoff seeds regardless of the outcome. Having said that, anything less than undefeated with the number one seed would have to be considered a disappointment for Hood Rats.
Predictions: I could see The Spacebots taking a round or two if they're playing well, but I doubt Kockout or Incestual Princesses can. The game against iDEMISE should be close, but gullywash isn't the greatest scout map, which hurts iDEMISE much more than the Hood Rats.
Hey guys, we’ve got some American casters trialling for us tonight. Cranberry, Jonas and Shdwpuppet will be casting a game between Check Six (featuring eu player Harbleu from Rawr) and eMazing Gaming, an invite level game in Season 8 of the ESEA.
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Do you like Highlander? Do you want to compete in CommFT's upcoming Highlander tourney? Negatory, you love Highlander and you will climb a mountain of bones and eat gruel just to spit-shine the shoes of CommFT's Highlander tournament!
"But Free," you say. "I'm a lowly merc, a team-less ronin destined to wander the parched fields of Lonely Island. What do I do?"
I'll spare you the details on obtaining them (hint: it's not fair at all) and skip straight to the nitty-gritty.
The Fan O'War is a melee weapon for the Scout that deals only 4 damage on a hit. However, one target at a time is "marked for death", causing them to take mini-crits for the next 10 seconds.
It's a melee-induced Jarate, essentially, and, like Jarate, it's based on quick teamwork. If you can get close enough to melee someone and Scattergun them, it could help... but in a competitive context, you are probably better off Scattergunning them in the first place (and saving your Bat or Fish for the damage in a tight spot).
The Concheror is another backpack for our friend Soldier. This one charges through a combination of either dealing or receiving damage. When it's activated, it gives every enemy in range 20% of all the damage they deal as health.
Like the other backpacks, it's hard to get one up and running in a game and not miss your Shotgun. The benefit is tailored toward large groups, thought it isn't the best.
The Half-Zatoichi is a melee weapon for the Soldier and Demoman (why it's these two that share melees, I'll never know). If you select it, you can't get another weapon out until you make a kill with it. However, you get all your health back on a kill. You also get instant kills on other Half-Zatoichi users.
A gimmick. However, it's somewhat properly implemented and can be useful if you know your target has low health (and you haven't gotten yourself used to Equalizing everywhere - this was hard for me). Probably not an instant-switch, particularly for a Soldier, but it's not a terrible weapon.
The Conniver's Kunai is a knife for the Spy. It lowers the Spy's health to 60, but you absorb health from your backstab victims (up to an overheal of 180). A successful backstab also removes all status effects.
I can't see this replacing either knife. You don't have 125 health anymore, and you can't silently backstab anyone. A good Dead Ringer might offset the first weakness, but the health jumps are a bit erratic, particularly when you're fooling around with Sentries and Heavies who would kill you quickly even with 300 health.
There's also some hats and a new noise maker. Relevant, right?
Got something to say? Think I'm a quack? Comments, if you please!
With Maxlan coming up soon we thought we’d take a few cues from those ever artistic frenchies. So gather round, don your aprons and grab your paint brushes, it’s competition time! Think you’ve got what it takes to create some awesome artwork and win some great goodies courtesy of TF2TV?
What do you have to do? All you have to do is create a TF2TV themed poster or wallpaper. Submissions can be in any medium be it drawn, digital or even photography as long as you keep the theme in mind.
What can you win? Submissions will be judged by the TF2TV staff, the best entry will win themselves a TF2 Soldier t-shirt or your choice of a $30 steam game and second place will win a set of tf2 trading cards or a $10 steam game (again winners choice). In addition to this the top 20 entries will be displayed in a TF2TV gallery so everyone can see your awesome art skills!
Valve has released a new update to coincide with the release of the new game, Total War: Shogun 2. Check out their news release below:
Cower, peasants! Flee, terrified ronin! Crap in your ancient Japanese bamboo underpants, feudal warlords! For something approaches unlike anything you have ever seen! The Shogun Pack -- a collaboration between Team Fortress 2, the TF community, and Total War: Shogun 2 -- descends upon you like a rising sun! (But in reverse.)
That's right, Japan fans! Unlike other updates, The Shogun Pack represents a three-way partnership of feudal clans to depose a crooked emperor (the emperor being played in this case by "a lack of updates" for this metaphor to work). The awe-inspiring result? Eight all-new, Shogun-themed items for your head-wearing and/or neck-cleaving pleasure. And, in keeping with the three-way theme, you've got three ways to get your hands on them:
1. Pre-order Total War: Shogun 2 from Steam and get all eight items free. (You: "THAT'S INCREDIBLE!") 2. Buy all eight items in Team Fortress 2's Mann Co. Store. (You: "I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! I WON'T BELIEVE IT!") 3. Collect all eight items through in-game item drops or crafting. (You: "SOMEONE CALL AN AMBULANCE! I'M HAVING A HEART ATTACK! FROM JOY!")
Pick any one of the three to get your items! Heck, pick ALL three! (Don't actually do this. -Legal Dept.) Whatever your choice, be sure to check out The Shogun Pack!
The new weapons are as follows:
Fan O'War - A Scout melee weapon that deals 10% of the Bat's base damage but upon hit, marks an opponent "for death". A marked player takes mini-crits from any subsequent damage.
The Concheror - A Soldier secondary weapon that is similar to the Buff Banner and the Battalion's Backup. It causes allies within 450 units to be healed for 20% of the damage they deal.
The Half-Zatoichi - A melee weapon for Soldier and Demo that restores the health of the wielder to 100% upon killing an enemy. Once it is drawn, though, it must kill an enemy before its wielder can sheath it. Any opponents that are also wielding the weapon can be killed with one hit by it.
The Conniver's Kunai - A Spy melee weapon that reduces the max health of the wielder by 65 but heals the wielder with the health of its back-stabbed victims. The wielder can be overhealed to 180 health.
There are also 4 hats and a tool released with this update. All of these items are banned in TWL, CEVO, and ESEA until further notice.
Generally the beta is the place where we do design testing, so the game itself is fairly stable. But today we’re releasing a large update specifically for the purpose of stability testing. In particular, we’re testing out our new Replay system, which has been in the works for over a year. As a result, a large amount of code has changed. We wanted to ship it to the beta first, where we can get the bugs ironed out, before we move it out to the main TF2 branch. So please jump in and take a look – we’d love to hear feedback on the UI as well as any bugs you run into.
Also, we'll be wiping all items in the beta at some point in the near future. We will re-grant the achievement items, and any items we're actively tuning afterward.
Gameplay:
Bots: - Bots now work on Payload maps - Added payload to Offline practice - Spy bots!
Medic: - The Quick-Fix: - Megaheal (the uber) effect now also applies to the medic
Pyro: - The Detonator: - Detonation particle effect increased to better match the radius
Soldier: - Reduced rage generation rate with Battalion’s Backup by 50%
Spy: - Fixed a bug that prevented domination lines from being played with the Eternal Reward
Maps:
- Added koth_badlands
General:
- Added Replay system that allows you to edit and publish movies of your play experiences (full Mac support in the next few days) - Added in-game Coaching system - Added in-game Voting system - Added training for the Demoman, Spy and Engineer - Temporarily enabled crafting and trading - Synced with changes from the official releases
Now, about the replay system. It allows you to save a clip of that particular life, without recording a demo; as well as allowing you to do 1st-person, 3rd-person and free-look spectator shots! That's pretty neat!
We got a fantastic match-up for you guys tonight, with brb.u taking on Target Sucks. These are the 2nd and 3rd place teams, with tied 4-0 records! The 1st place team, inglorious broadcasters, holds that spot due to having already played and won their week 5 match. The map is CTF_Turbine, and while the rules allow for 2 30 minute halves, the game will be settled if 11 caps are reached or a team pulls out a 5 capture lead.
Casting will be done by eXtine and Molk the Tiger while Peter Mansbridge runs the camera/stream. We'll be streaming UGC Highlander regularly on Mondays! The next two weeks might see some bumps in our schedule, there are equal chances that next week's cast won't happen with eXtine, or it'll be amazingly special ;)
Ladies and gents, Backburners and Direct Hitters, welcome back to Screaming Eagles.
Question: do you play Pyro?
Question: do you take Pyro seriously?
Answer: you damn well should!
I know, I know. "Free," you say. "Free, have you lost your marbles? Has the great, crushing hand of Dr. Madness finally reached down off his mountain and squashed you? Are you nothing but gooey bits, jellied muscle and shards, strands of hair and a line of broken, sun-bleached teeth and bone smeared across the dusty expanse of What in Hell You Talking 'Bout?"
Well, listen here, buddy. Good ol' Free ain't off his rocker. Good ol' Free believes that the Pyro is the most underrated, misunderstood, and underestimated class in competitive and public play, and Free went right to the source, to one of the best--maybe the best--Pyros around to prove it: TMP.
With in-game prizes courtesy of Valve, and nearly 7 months after being officially announced, the European TF2 League's Highlander Community Challenge is down to just two teams! It's been one hell of a show, with over 800 teams from across the globe taking part. This Sunday at 18:30 CET (9:30 PST, 12:30 EST, 17:30 GMT, Monday 4:30 AEDT), colony and SNSD will be duking it out in the grand final to secure ultimate bragging rights and first place gold medals.
But that's not all! Sunday also marks the 4th European 6v9 event, dubbed Pubbers vs. Pros: European Thunder. At 20:00 CET (11:00 PST, 14:00 EST, 19:00 GMT, Monday 6:00 AEDT) another group of 9 hopefuls from the Steam Powered User Forums will be looking to destroy half a dozen more egos from premier division competitive TF2. The European scoreline after 3 events has pros currently holding a 2-1 lead in wins, and with the latest pro team featuring players from TCM-Gaming, Button Bashers and Fakkelbrigade, the pubstars definitely have their work cut out for them!
Be sure to join TF2TV for full coverage of both events! Further information about these casts is available via our website via our website.
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