Uber Update - Day Five - Stuff Friday

This surely surprised me, I was just randomly checking the TF2 site and saw that the Uber Update is not entirely over. There is a new one today being called Stuff Friday This new update gives us:

• The "Meet the Medic" taunt
• The "Schadenfreude" Taunt pack
• Meet the Medic Lithograph
• Some new art in the art section

You can also buy a limited edition Meed the Medic lithograph over at the Valve Store, if its still available when I get some extra cash, this is going to go on one of my walls. I actually thought that yesterday was the end of the Uber Update, so I wonder if this is going to be the end or not. But the new Medic taunt is pretty great.

The "Schadenfreude" Taunt pack gives you the ability, for all nine classes, to point and laugh at your opponents, only available at the Mann Co. Store. The "Meet the Medic" Taunt is also purchasable in the Mann Co. Store.

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TF2 Complaints

I've been reading a lot of complaints about Valve deciding to have Team Fortress 2 a free-to-play game; their concerns go from them feeling scammed, a worry about an increase in hackers and annoying people.

I understand why people feel scammed, especially if you just bought the game recently, but there's also a consideration that needs to be brought up. Team Fortress 2 is worth more than a $20 dollar value, we get free updates and free packs, buying items in game is optional; most of the time we can craft or find drops of the in store items. I bought the game a few years ago and I love it, and I have no problem with Valve's decision since they've taken care of us with all the nice updates (yeah some updates caused many glitches but what game doesn't?) Considering all the stuff they have added to the whole game play experience, the value of Team Fortress 2 should have shot up in price.

I don't understand why people are concerned about hackers, it's not like Valve is getting rid of VAC and I personally do not see a lot of hackers on Team Fortress 2, of my many hours of playing, I don't believe I've seen any hackers at all. And for annoying people, there's something called "Mute Player" than can easily be done with a couple of clicks with your mouse.

These are silly little concerns, and I don't believe that this will be the end of TF2, plus, Valve is giving Premium Users (people who bought the retail version) more benefits than the Free-to-Play players.

Along with that he get a simple little hat.

For some of you, that might not be enough, but for me it is; at least Valve is showing support for the Premium Users and are acknowledging us.

Valve has stated that they'll even keep an eye on any exploiters:

"Q. Won’t going Free to Play mean more griefers and cheaters?

We’re increasing our focus on making sure that hostile players can’t ruin your fun. Specifically, we’ll be keeping a close eye on players exploiting the ability to make infinite free accounts to bypass bans. We’ve built systems that’ll allow us to measure and track what these players are doing, and respond quickly."

In the end, I don't think the F2P update will cripple TF2 at all, I think it will either stay the same or make the community vast. I would love to hear what others have to say though, but I welcome this new update.

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Uber Update - Day Four - Meet the Medic

The video I posted in my last post was indeed the Meet the Medic video, and I'm sorry I'm a bit late on this, trying to get access to the Team Fortress 2 site was hell. But anyways, the star of the update got his chance to shine today with a new video and new weapons that are:

• The Quick Fix - Medigun Prototype
• The Solemn Vow - Bust of Hippocrates
• The Overdose - Syringe Gun Prototype

The new weapons are pretty impressive, it would have been nice if they offered some Battle Medic helping items; the Solemn Vow will surely come in handy at times though.

Along with the Medic's new arsenal, Valve has also announce that Team Fortress 2 is now free to play.

This will certainly cause a lot of uproar and people saying things like "I want my 20 bucks back." But hey, it is what it is now, and there's no way we'll be getting our money back. What would be neat though is if Valve gave players a neat item for having the game before today. At least everyone can enjoy Team Fortress 2 now.

I just also realized that the Engineer still needs his update, I'll be looking around the TF2 blog to see anything Engineer realted.

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Uber Update - Day Three - World War Wednesday

First it was Mafia, then Arabian, now it's World War themed today with the next part of the Uber Update. In this update, the Soldier is the only one getting goodies, but not with just one pack but with two packs giving him a total of five items that include:

• The Mantreads - Boots
• The Disciplinary Action - Riding Crop
• The Liberty Launcher - Rocket Launcher
• The Reserve Shooter - Shotgun
• The Market Gardner - Shovel

 Three of his new weapons deal with being airborne and doing damage while in air, those are goign to be tough to perfect, but it gives me a reason to practice my rocket jumping.

I was expecting two classes today with another hidden classes somewhere on the page, thus giving Medic the spotlight for tomorrow's last update. Now we just have 3 more classes that needs an update: Engineer, Medic and Pyro. Maybe Valve will surprise us with another update today, only time will tell us what they'll really do.

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The #1 Fan - Scout Uber Update

I got this from a friend of mine, how he found it, I have no idea. But I'm getting somewhere hidden on the Team Fortress 2 site holds the page that shows an update for the Scout that was released today with the Sniper and Demoman.

The Scout gets a new set of weapons also, them being:

• The Soda Popper - Scattergun
• The Atomizer - Bat
• The Winger - Pistol

If you look at the Atomizer, it says you are now able to triple jump, but with the exception of losing 10 health. And the Scout gets a meter similar to the Soldier's, but his is the 'Hype meter' that gives mini-crits to the Soda Popper when the meter is full. This is pretty crazy for me since I had no idea about this, and I'm still trying to find out where on the Team Fortress page this is at, either way it was an interesting find thanks to my friend [titz (not his real name of course)].

Update: I just found out where the secret link is hidden. On the Timbuk Tuesday page, if you scroll to the bottom of the page you'll find an empty can that you can click, which will then lead you to the Scout's update page.

The can is clickable!

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Uber Update - Day Two - Timbuk Tuesday

Day Two of the Uber Update is officially out, this time there's an Arabian theme with new weapons for the Sniper and Demoman.

Sniper's new weapons are:

• The Bazaar Bargain - Sniper Rifle
• The Shahanshah - Sword

Demoman's includes:

• The Splendid Screen - Shield
• The Persian Persuader- Sword
• Ali Baba's Wee Booties - Shoes

The Demo's items, I gotta say, are pretty OP. Which means I will use most of the load outs just to mess with people. The Sniper's new items will definably be used by me. If I thought the Heavy's weapons needed to be tweaked, I wasn't obviously ready for the Demoman's. Now I can't wait till tomorrow's update, and I hope the hats the Sniper and Demo are wearing are actual hats.

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Uber Update - Day One - Mafia Monday

Today's first update in the Uber Update is Mafia Monday; in this mafia themed update, the Spy and Heavy gets themselves some brand new weapons and a new map.

The Heavy's weapons are the:

• Tomislav - Minigun
• The Family Business - Shotgun
• The Eviction Notice - Fists

The Spy's includes:

• The Enfrocer - Revolver
• The Big Earner - Knife
• The Made Man - "A gentleman always has a flower handy to drop on an opponent's grave,"

These new weapons are nice, but not too sure if I will use them in any of my load outs, I can't wait to get my hands on them though. Their effects seem evenly balanced enough, well, maybe the Heavy's will need some work done a bit.

Along with the weapons, the map that was released is a Payload map called Barnblitz.

That wraps today's big announcement, tomorrow will hold brand new wonders for us. What will it be? Only time will tell. Hopefully it's new weapons...or maybe hats! What kind of TF2 update doesn't include hats? Boring ones!

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Uber Update

The Team Fortress 2 blog has updated its page which includes the talks about the "biggest, most ambitious update in the history of Team Fortress 2." The new update is being called the Uber Update which will include:

• "Meet the Medic" Video
• Week long free TF2
• An Announcement everyday till Thursday

It looks like all the speculation was correct about the birds being related to the Meet the Medic video. At long last Valve is giving us what we want, except for Half-Life 3 that is.

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