TF2: Meet The Medic, TF2 Now Free to Play, and the Uber Update and you.

firerain · June 24, 2011, 02:32:08 AM

http://www.teamfortress.com/freetoplay/

Free to Play TF2:
http://www.develop-online.net/news/38103/Team-Fortress-2-becomes-free-forever

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Triple-A becomes free-to-play, but Valve may not push the model to other blockbusters.

Valve has once again turned to Team Fortress 2 as the studio's outlet for experimentation, this time with a daring move to make the triple-A game entirely free to play.

The Orange Box game has undergone a radical transformation since its 2007 release; with more than 200 updates made to the PC edition. But today's patch is billed as the most daring yet, with PC and Mac customers given the 'full experience' without ever needing to pay anything at all.

And in an exclusive interview with Develop – now live – Valve's Robin Walker assured that Team Fortress 2 would only be monetised by microtransaction payments.

No advertising model will be pursued, Walker said. No premium subscription model will be used. No cynical "pay-to-win" options will be implemented, he assured.

In-game items will now be the only way Valve gets any money from Team Fortress 2. But again, Walker assured that the number of gratis in-game items – which are released on a daily basis – would not dry up.

EVERYONE ON RMRK GET IT AND COME PLAY ON MY SERVER.

Meet the Medic:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36lSzUMBJnc&feature=feedu[/yt]
Fuck yeah it's finally out. And it's god damn hilarious.

Day 1: Mobster Monday

Item Sets:

Black Market Business for Heavy:
- Tomislav
- The Family Business
- Eviction Notice

The Man of Honor for Spy:
- Enforcer
- The Big Earner
- The Made Man

A New Map:

- Barnblitz, four-cap payload map.

Day 2: Timbuk Tuesday

Item Sets:

Lawrence of Australia for Sniper:
-Bazaar Bargain
-Shahanshah

1001 Demoknights for "Demo"man:
-Splendid Screen
-Ali Baba's Wee Booties
-Persian Persuader

SCOUT SECRET PACK:
-Soda Popper
-Winger
-Atomizer

Day 3: World War Wednesday

Item Sets:

The General's Formals for Soldier:
- Mantreads
- Disciplinary Action

Airborne Armaments for Soldier:
- Liberty Launcher
- Reserve Shooter
- Market Gardener

SECRET PYRO MIDNIGHT UPDATE:
- The Detonator

Day 4: The Uber Update

Item Sets:

Uber Update for Medic:
- The Quick Fix
- The Solemn Vow
- The Overdose

One hell of a TF2 update.

Dwarra? · June 24, 2011, 03:10:58 AM

Okay the new Sniper gear actually convinced me to play again. Send me a message on something next time you're playing.

Holkeye · June 24, 2011, 03:21:18 AM

Free to play is rad. Now nobody has an excuse!

Arrow · June 24, 2011, 06:47:49 AM

Dude, this is awesome.

firerain · June 24, 2011, 06:47:56 AM

Get Steam, download TF2, come play in the official RMRK TF2 server, thread is stickied.

Arrow · June 24, 2011, 07:01:09 AM

I certainly would, but there's no way in hell this thing is going to be able to run TF2 at a reasonable speed. I was running on pretty much the same PC when I last tried and I saw maybe every fifteenth frame.

firerain · June 24, 2011, 07:09:00 AM

The update pretty much broke everything anyway. A lot of servers crashing and broken right now, including mine. A lot of features are broken, the TF2 servers are overloaded. Just gonna wait it out for a day or two for things to cool down and for Valve to fix things.

Sophist · June 24, 2011, 09:25:53 AM

Quote from: Anski on June 23, 2011, 06:26:22 AM
Just as a forewarning!

Gracie · June 24, 2011, 09:42:14 AM

I have something to play at uni FUCK YEAH.

firerain · June 24, 2011, 10:34:02 AM

Quote from: Anski on June 24, 2011, 09:25:53 AM
Quote from: Anski on June 23, 2011, 06:26:22 AM
Just as a forewarning!

I didn't see this happening, I honestly didn't think it would. The server DID automatically update, but the update broke MetaMod in the process, awaiting a fix to be released by the team and for Valve to fix things in a few days, which they always do.

IAMFORTE · June 24, 2011, 02:17:07 PM

OH MY GOD!

Moss. · June 24, 2011, 02:17:31 PM

Shit. Well now I HAVE to play...

firerain · June 24, 2011, 04:26:45 PM

I fixed my server and it's back up and running! Come join and play, RMRK!

http://rmrk.net/index.php/topic,42885.0.html

Add me on Steam: TheHydra, angrykaden or Jurr. One of those should work, haha.

hiromu656 · June 26, 2011, 04:48:42 PM

I instantly downloaded TF2 when I saw the notification on Steam. It's really fun

Dwarra? · July 01, 2011, 07:59:35 AM

This is what spies are like now thanks to Free 2 Play. I just uploaded this.
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SirJackRex · July 02, 2011, 01:21:04 AM

Hahahah. It's nice to see that I'm comparably great at Spy.

Holkeye · July 02, 2011, 01:53:47 AM

There's a patch you can get that will keep people that just got the F2P version out of your games. I highly recommend it.

Zylos · July 02, 2011, 03:03:15 AM

Well, looks like I'll be playing too, though I've got a lot to learn first.

Dwarra? · July 02, 2011, 03:11:54 AM

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5 seconds left of the game. We hadn't even touched the control point yet, so we decide to rush in and I got 4 kills, 2 assists and a capture in a split second.