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TF2 Trading: Latest Update

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Mei Satsuki

Worried that Team Fortress 2 might die in any moment, I keep track of the updates of this game. If update continues to come in TF2, it will be a good sign. TF2 Trading won’t be going anywhere as well. More revenue for Valve means they will keep focus on Team Fortress 2.

TF2 Trading: Update

Here is the news about the latest TF2 update coming from the Team Fortress 2 official website.

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

November 2, 2016 – TF2 Team

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

Added the GA’lloween 2016 community event medals
Fixed sv_shutdown not working for community dedicated servers
- All servers now enter hibernation state when they are empty and have no remaining work, which informs commands such as sv_shutdown
- Added tf_allow_server_hibernation (default: 1) to allow disabling hibernation state
- This should generally only be necessary if running server plugins that are not compatible with hibernation
- Added sv_shutdown_cancel to cancel a pending shutdown
Updated the truce period during Halloween boss fights
- Players are no longer affected by the truce when in their spawn room, allowing them to fight their way out if necessary
- Sappers can no longer be used while a truce is active
Updated the “tiny” spellbook spell
- Fixed a case where players could get outside the world
- Fixed not switching Heavies to their melee weapon
Updated player destruction mode so the “Team Leader” does not heal teammates while in the Underworld
Fixed Halloween contract reward items not being craftable
Fixed Strange Human Cannonballs and Strange Battery Canteens not tracking stats
Fixed Casual search criteria being saved automatically while connecting to a server
Fixed a case where players could suicide on a pumpkin bomb to gain progress on certain Merasmissions
Updated the equip region for the Spine-Chilling Skull
Updated pl_fifthcurve_event (Brimstone)
- Fixed exploit where players could get under the map near BLU starting area
- Fixed exploit where players could get out of the map near graveyard
- Fixed exploit where players could enter RED base as BLU
- Fixed some skeletons running into lava when there are no enemies in Hell
- Fixed medieval tiny spell & other Merasmus voice spells lasting too long for some players
- Fixed big ghost getting stuck when map ends
- Fixed a spot where players could get stuck if entering it under Tiny spell
- Fixed another case of non-solid pumpkin
- Tuned respawn time for RED team at last area
Updated cp_sunshine_event (Sinshine)
- Fixed multiple visible nodraws and other texture bugs
- Fixed nonsolid pumpkin in lobby
- Fixed trigger bounds in RED spawn
- Various lighting changes

It is a good time to buy TF2 Items knowing that the game is still releasing updates!

TF2 Trading: Like This Guy

Posted on September 26, 2016June 15, 2017 by Mei Satsuki

Comparisons between Overwatch and Team Fortress 2 are endless. This copied this. That is better than that; they are never-ending. It’s as if you are improving TF2 Trading if you win the argument or if you make a really good comparison. No, people still compare.

TF2 Trading: The Post

Can’t we all be like this guy? He didn’t compare Team Fortress 2 and Overwatch because he just wants to clash the two. Here is the first part of his post:

First and foremost, my credentials:

-I’ve been playing Overwatch since it came out

-I’ve been playing Team Fortress 2 for 6 years, and have over 7.5k hours on it(I know many people will already be downvoting this, but Overwatch IS heavily inspired by TF2)

My experience with Torbjorn: Personally, I haven’t spent a ton of time playing Torbjorn, despite the fact that the Engineer in TF2 was essentially my main (if not only) class. This is mainly due to the fact that I’ve been completely addicted to playing Tracer and Reinhardt. Recently I’ve tried to focus on playing Torbjorn but he seems very weak. I also haven’t seen any other players picking him in a month.

Why I think he needs a buff: It seems that his turret is extremely lackluster. It only puts out around 56 damage per second (at level 2), which is far less than most heroes. While it can still do decent sustained damage, it never seems to be sustained. The turret always seems to go down within seconds and then take AGES to be redeployed. Torbjorn seems to be focused entire around his turret (as far as his role as a defender, his armor is more of a support ability), but it seems to be countered by every single hero except for Roadhog. All the other heroes can either kill the turret in a few shots, negate all its damage, or both. Although he can put out decent damage himself with good aim, it still doesn’t match that of other heroes, and it’s only slightly improved by his ult.

Let us continue on the 2^nd part next time. Let us see if he mentions TF2 Items as well.

TF2 Trading: All That We Can Get

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Mei Satsuki

Being in a sudden tight competition against Overwatch in the first person shooter genre, we cannot let Team Fortress 2 lose player number anymore. Any news or post that there is a new player interested in the game and loving it, we must entertain them with all of our hearts. We, Team Fortress 2 players, cannot go “quit playing noob” on them as we need all the players we could get. Of course, it is just right to be nice to everyone. Who knows, one could be active in TF2 Trading and you can get rewards from them by just being nice.

TF2 Trading: For Instance

It always make me smile when I read about something that is about a player liking Team Fortress 2 and how much fun he is having playing the game. Like this post in Reddit:

Alright so first of all I’m gonna get this out of the way, I already LOVE this game so far, and I haven’t even played for that long. But there are somethings I need to know because I have never played this game in my life.

Every time I level up, I get a new weapon, is this how you get different weapons in the game? I got the quick fix, bow, and the Iron Boomer all within level 10. Is there another way to get weapons other than paying for them?
What’s the deal with hats? I don’t have any friends yet, but how do I get them? Are these things I need to buy?
What’s the best starter class? I’ve tried Demo, Pyro (my favorite), and Heavy, and these are my favorites, but is there one or two optimal beginner classes?

This is The1DragonSlayer’s post in Reddit and I’m sharing this for us to help him out. What can you guys tell him about our great game? Share all your Team Fortress 2 knowledge to this guy. From TF2 Items to TF2 Strategy, let’s guide him through the game!

TF2 Market: Updates End of August

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Mei Satsuki

A week had passed on the latest update in Team Fortress 2. Didn’t hear about it? Read on to catch up! These could affect the TF2 Market.

Team Fortress 2 Update

Source: Team Fortress 2 Website

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

Fixed the Short Circuit causing lag compensation problems on the server
Fixed sappers sometimes only being applied to one Engineer teleporter
Weapons can no longer be juggled to bypass the weapon’s re-fire rate
Fixed a server crash related to sending an invalid client command
Fixed players being able to teleport out of the spawn room using the Eureka Effect at the beginning of a round
Fixed Mann vs. Machine players receiving abandon penalties after playing at least one wave
Fixed Refill Ammo canteens not refilling the ammo for all weapons in Mann vs. Machine
Fixed mini-sentries not having full health when they are built quickly during the setup time on Mann vs. Machine maps
Fixed the scoreboard badge panels not updating properly when teams would change sides on attack/defend maps
Fixed Casual and Competitive mode badges incorrectly displaying the level 1 badge when at max level
Updated the materials for the Mistaken Movember to fix a transparency problem
Updated the model for the Pretty Boy’s Pocket Pistol to fix a problem with shading
Updated the Frontier Justice so the “Revenge crits are lost on death” attribute is displayed as a negative
Strange Part: Allies Extinguished can now be applied to Strange Sydney Sleeper rifles
Added the Tip of the Hats 2016 community event medals
Updated the Salty Dog to hide the Scout’s headphones
Fixed the Borneo map stamp using the incorrect image in the Mann Co. Store
Fixed the game not properly honoring the steam per-game language setting
Fixed a bug with the Cow Mangler 5000 reload speed
Updated the localization files

Team Fortress 2 will be a lot smoother to play now with all these updates and fixes. Don’t think about having to trade TF2 for another game because Team Fortress 2 is a little better now.

TF2 Trading: Tutorials

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Mei Satsuki

I bumped into an interesting post in the Team Fortress 2 Subreddit about tutorials. No, this is not about TF2 Trading. We are going back to the basic of tutorial and what Mami_ , the original poster, thinks of it.

TF2 Trading: Post

Here is the post of Mami_ :

I have one major gripe with the tutorials everyone is suggesting, and that is that it makes the game a pretty tough one to get in to.

Think of this; all of us have learnt on our own accord to rocket jump, sticky jump, use certain weapon combos, do certain movement techniques like sentry jumping and so on. The reason we learnt those things is because we spent hundreds if not thousands of hours mastering every single thing this engine has to offer.

Every time I see someone give tutorials, they all have the same issues:

They have nine different paths which can easily take up someone’s first 9 hours of gameplay
They teach players very convoluted techniques
In turn, these two things overwhelm new players which might be to a point where players are not willing to invest this time into the game

When I first started playing, I stayed because it was a very comfortable game to get in to. I wouldn’t have kept playing this game if I had to waltz through an entire single player game before I could even try multiplayer.

In turn, I think that the current tutorial isn’t actually terrible or anything.

It teaches basic movement
It teaches players to utilize secondaries and melee weapons
It explains the works of some of the more special classes
It brushes over medic’s importance

It misses a few key things of course. It doesn’t teach airblasting, crouch jumping and all those things. But should it really teach those things. Isn’t it worth it for players to experiment like we did when we just started out?

Summarized, I think that we should not over-convolute the tutorial. It could quickly make this game look like some impossible monolith to master. Even though it actually is, making it look like one could definitely scare players away.

Mami_ is right. Tutorials aren’t supposed to be difficult to understand because they should be friendly to new players taking on the game. They don’t even know that there are TF2 Items in the game. So, keep it as simplest as possible guys.

TF2 Market: Elder Learning From Youth

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Mei Satsuki

Can we agree that Team Fortress 2 is the parent of Overwatch because of the mere fact it was released first? I think majority will agree with me on that since Blizzard said that they took ideas from Team Fortress 2 and applied them on their FPS baby. So if ever there is like a TF2 Market system in Overwatch, it will be very obvious that the idea came from, well, Team Fortress 2.

TF2 Market: As of Right Now

With the luxury of Overwatch to be able to see the mistakes and what Team Fortress 2 lacked, they were able to avoid those. Now that Overwatch is gaining massive success by covering those cracks and holes of Team Fortress 2, Team Fortress 2 players are suggesting that things be fixed in their game. Now the tables have turned, Team Fortress 2 is learning from Overwatch. Heck, Team Fortress 2 even added a competitive mode because Overwatch has one. Yeah for sure, Valve did this because they just got the idea from Overwatch.

Here are some of the opinions of Team Fortress 2 players taken from Reddit:

The only thing TF2 should learn from Overwatch is the class composition notes
“Not enough support characters”

“Too many snipers”

TF2 could really use these.

I also liked respawn-timer on healthkits.
Im adding some things i enjoy in here aswell:

Kill cams

Play of the game

Respawn time on health kits

Auto voice lines but only for team mates (its really annoying trying to be sneaky and hear “WHY HAS THE CART STOPPED?”)

Also this:

also big shiny butts, dont know why no one mentioned that yet

In the end, it is all about exchange of ideas and learning from each other. There is nothing bad about it. As Team Fortress 2 gets better with the updates and changes, we shouldn’t trade TF2 for Overwatch or another game yet. It is just sad that it took them so long to realize the things missing in the game.

TF2 Trading: Latest Updates

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Mei Satsuki

Did you guys know that TF2 Trading is still flourishing thus Valve still active in updating the game? There is a new update and if you missed it, I am sharing it to you guys right now!

TF2 Trading: List of Updates

The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

Competitive Mode
- Players in the first tier of ranks (1-6) now lose substantially fewer rank points on match loss
- Players with high win/loss ratios in recent matches now earn bonus rank points in order to accelerate their progress toward a more appropriate rank
Added report player context menu on scoreboard
- Requires mouse input mode on the scoreboard (see Adv. Options)
Fixed a potential security issue (thanks to Justin G., aka sigsegv, and Linus S., aka PistonMiner, for this report)
Fixed an issue with The Righteous Bison and Pomson 5000 hit detection where projectiles were being removed when colliding with invisible entities
Fixed a display issue with combat text damage numbers against Engineer buildings sometimes being incorrect (such as with weapons that do reduced damage against buildings)
Removed the damage effects and pain sounds when using the Rocket Jumper and Sticky Jumper
Updated PASS Time view model positions to support using FOV 70
Updated the animations for the Sharp Dresser to fix a clipping problem
Updated the localization files
Updated cp_sunshine to fix some clipping issues
Updated cp_metalworks
- Adjusted the height of the ceiling in the room behind the second control point
- Added some slight visual detail to various concrete rooms throughout (team color stripe)
- Adjusted the height and width of various doors throughout the level. Mostly focused on primary paths into combat areas, with an eye towards standardizing door sizes where possible.
- Fixed an angled playerclip brush above 2nd control point that players could surf on (thanks Photon)
- Adjusted height of ‘tank’ in L room behind 2nd control point
- Moved two tall spotlights back into a clipping brush at mid to avoid very small collision issue (thanks Bilbert)
- Adjusted some clipping issues by turning rooftop brushes into displacements/func_brushes throughout the map and disabling collision (thanks Bilbert)
- Clipped off some glass windows at 2nd
- Added crate to cargo containers at mid, allowing scouts to get onto the highest cargo container
- Added props to the clipping ramp around the final control point to indicate collision
- Replaced brush fence on the platform in alley with a metal prop to solve an asymmetrical shadow bug (thanks Bilbert)

These are all from the TF2 website. You can check their website as well for more news on updates on the game and TF2 items.

TF2 Market Team Composition, Please

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Mei Satsuki

Okay, I called it. I knew that team composition for people will still be insignificant even after the meet your match. These kids that have so many hats because their moms bought them for them in the TF2 Market whenever they have tantrums will stay stubborn as fuck whether it be casual quick play or in competitive mode. Yeah, team composition is not important for them and apparently, they don’t care if they like losing for like, forever. Yeah, I predicted it and I think with what I’m about to share will actually confirm it.

TF2 Market Kids

While I was just reading some good posts in Reddit about how Team Fortress 2 has become somewhat active again because of the new patch, I came across this thread about some stupid pubs (snipers and spies) not wanting to change roles for defense. Here is the photo of the poster:

Yeah, if someone is asking you nicely, you should at least not be an asshole right? But no, this individual was so cool that he had to reply with such douchery.

Don’t get me wrong, I still think snipers and spies are strong in Team Fortress 2 but they are not the ideal roles to play on defense. In addition, I assume this is a pub. Original poster must have solo queued and got teamed up with this douchebag. So yeah, one should expect that these pubs aren’t any good. If you are, great! But we ain’t expecting you to be so kindly switch, right? Common sense.

I really feel for IFuckSJWsDaily since you know, he has common sense getting grouped up with people who don’t have. In addition, the desire to win was non-existent for those, again, kids. Losing isn’t fun and without good team composition, you are bound to lose. I really do hope these kinds of people stay in the quick play mode because for sure they will be a pain in the ass in competitive mode. If that happens, yeah, I would definitely trade TF2 for another fps game.

TF2 Trading: Last Part

Posted on August 5, 2016 by Mei Satsuki

Last time I shared to you, TF2 players and TF2 trading people, the last part of an amazing story about LoopsCode who achieved his dream with the help of actually playing Team Fortress 2.

TF2 Trading: Some Last Words

Well, we finished reading his story but he has some parting words and actually the moral of his own story. Here it goes:

So this is my story of how TF2 helped me achieved my dream of getting a job in Silicon Valley.

The lesson I learned is – just be a good person. Be a good person even under the veil of anonymity. You don’t know when it will bite you in the butt, or when it will literally help you achieve your dreams. Just do it!

tl;dr air shots and med picks achieve dreams

EDIT: I swear I wouldn’t do these type of “front page EDITs”, but damn, I woke up to 800 upvotes and a gild. Thank you all so much for receiving this so well. Frankly, I was pretty happy when I got 10 upvotes.. I’ll try my best to respond to each and every one of your comments, but if I miss you, I apologize 🙂

This guy is very humble indeed. You know you will get so many blessings if you stay humble and do what you do.

There is one comment that I would like to highlights and it came from Jordanis. He said:

“The lesson here, folks, is make some friends.”

That’s true. You play an online game and just make an enemy out of every person you see won’t do you any good. Be humble and friendly always. Who knows, one of those people you bump to might be the closest one you will ever be. Which Kepgnar got right:

“Indeed, “playing TF2” didn’t get you the job, “knowing someone who worked there” got you the job. “playing TF2” helped you develop and demonstrate the skills to back up your referral.

Which seems to be the best way to get in somewhere, almost always.”

So yeah, whether it be giving away TF2 Items or just being friendly, the lesson is be good to everyone you meet and stay that way.

TF2 Market: Good Story Pt. 4

Posted on August 3, 2016 by Mei Satsuki

Last time I shared with you the third part of a very nice story. Here is the fourth part for you guys to enjoy as Team Fortress 2 fans and active TF2 market patrons.

TF2 Market: Continuation

I arrived at their office a few weeks later in beautiful California. I went through the rounds of interviews starting at 9 AM. After the seven and a half hours of interviews, of testing me everything from algorithms, data structures, building simple apps, asking me questions about design/UX/UI, career motivations, culture fit questions, and more, it was over. I was emotionally/physically/mentally exhausted, but I felt good. I even got to meet Messiah in person for the first time in two years, and he gave me a TF2 shirt. Even after meeting him in person, I still can’t put a face to his voice from Mumble. It’s just too unreal.

After I flew home, I went through one more phone technical interview with them, just to get more data. Considering they are a data analytics company, that made a lot of sense.

So after around 11+ combined hours of interviews, one day, my now-boss called me to extend me an offer. It was my first offer, from a company of my dreams, and after all those rejections! I don’t think happiness described it. After literally nine months of rejections after rejections, of reviewing those excruciating data structures and algorithms questions (which takes time away from me from developing great applications), of waking up knowing I still don’t have a job while friends around me were getting offers – it was finally over. It actually took me three days to fully process the mental load that it’s over.

I achieved my dream, but I didn’t do it alone. Playing TF2 actually helped me achieve my dream. Thank you Messiah, Borat, and the rest of the team for being such good people. I honestly can say I couldn’t have done it without them!

Wow, Team Fortress 2 isn’t just a game. TF2 can teach some lessons that can be applied in real life. Amazing story. Trade TF2 or not, it’s still a great game. Hope you enjoyed this story by LoopsCode and learned something!

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