TF2 Blog - July 17, 2013 - "A Solution to an Idle Threat"

Re: Team Fortress 2 Blog Topic - Lastest blog: 15/12/2011

SSST, should be in the Update Topic....


:badgrin: lol

 

Re: Team Fortress 2 Blog Topic - Lastest blog: 15/12/2011

also a few farming tips you can do when allone

Claim Jumper
Five the Fast Way
Two Minute Warring

think you can get all 3 in the first go (not sure about the last) how?

go engineer, build tele entrance, eighter go back to spawn for metal or take tele directly with you, cap mid point, go to 2nd point and put entrance down, go to last point and build exit, now go back to pervious point and cap it (be sure the exit is finished) take tele and cap last point granting these 3

the 2 locked ones will unlock when you have 6 achievements (i think)

oh and enjoy the hat ^^

 

Re: Team Fortress 2 Blog Topic - Lastest blog: 21/12/2011

new blog post <a class="postlink" href="http://tf2.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://tf2.com/</a>
anyone gonna set it here?

 

Re: Team Fortress 2 Blog Topic - Lastest blog: 21/12/2011

Think they will actually fix the replay system before the second saxxy awards?...

 

Re: Team Fortress 2 Blog Topic - Lastest blog: 15/12/2011

 

Re: Team Fortress 2 Blog Topic - Lastest blog: 15/12/2011

and i don't think they are any good just a nice troll weapon haha the game needs more of this xD actualy that brings me to an idea haha why not instead of getting blown to bits you start the laughing taunt when you get hit haha (that would be more enjoyable then it is now)

 

Re: Team Fortress 2 Blog Topic - Lastest blog: 15/12/2011

I think it sure is fun to see more of these things apearing:-D

 

Re: Team Fortress 2 Blog Topic - Lastest blog: 2/02/2012

I'd like to post this one myself since I'm part of the organizing team of this event =D : <a class="postlink" href="http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=7310" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=7310</a>

This is really, really cool that we get such coverage from Valve. Now I'm getting really nervous about it xD !
Tournament/server administration tips, anyone ? ^^'

 

Re: Team Fortress 2 Blog Topic - Lastest blog: 2/02/2012

have the servers up and running WAY before the lan, and make sure you have a tournament config on them. use HLSW to monitor 'm and such..

as for the tournament itself, have some helpers who scout the teams, watch out for "ghosting". If you dont know what that is, its a team member that isn't playing but is calling the shots and tells the rest of the team what to do (say its 6v6, that team has a 7th player spectating and sits on their mumble/TS/Ventrilo/we). For more spectacle, try to set up enough computers that are the same to let them play 1/2 finals and finals live on a podium (try to remember, they want to HEAR the game, so dont go bassbooming right next to them)

make sure you have screens so if the one team sits a row behind the other team, they cannot peek over etc.

in disputes by one side, first of all, involve the other team, and second, only talk with a team leader, no crowding of 2 full teams around yah making it a mess. Third, dont do it public, be available for private convo.

Have a very harsh rule: if one cheats: entire team disqualified, and announce it public. But only once you're sure of it.

password the servers per round session, and give leaders the password. have a couple people spectating them that are not of the teams fighting, but no more then 2-3.

 

Re: Team Fortress 2 Blog Topic - Lastest blog: 2/02/2012

MANY THANKS for these advices ! The "boss" of the event already told me about some of the things you're pointing (except ghosting and passwords) but my head is pretty full with stuff to think of, having a reminder will be useful). Looks like you've got some experience ?

There will be 2 matches to be played on a stage (one Sat. for the public, and the final Sunday), with 3 huge back-screens for everyone to see what's happening. I don't know about "bassbooming", but players will have intra-auricular headphones + regular headphones so that should be fine.

Also, HLSW is an awesome thing .

 

Re: Team Fortress 2 Blog Topic - Lastest blog: 2/02/2012

I've been crew in Netgamez, NetWorkingDay, Teammember in Gamero (really small lan 20ish ppl), Digital (~50 ppl, monthly except summer for during the saturday 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM). And organizing lans for deaf ppl (40-70 ppl), and been going to LAN's for near 20 years.

I've been at:
- Networkingday
- NetGamez
- TheReality
- Gamero
- Deaflan
- bout 4 other differen organisations, which names I forgot.

Have been organizing home-lan's with friends, inviting all my friends pre-summer or autumn to play and talk for the weekend, and stay 2-3 days (one started friday, and monday they called their work to take a couple days of, and they stayed till tuesday afternoon). Regular size is then 6-15 ppl.

so yeah, I've been doing lanparties for a very long time and very often too, prolly did go to over 200.

 

Re: Team Fortress 2 Blog Topic - Lastest blog: 10/02/2012

lol, a tool to annoy quick-tempered people

 

Re: Team Fortress 2 Blog Topic - Lastest blog: 2/02/2012

Wow nice experience indeed ! =o
This lan here has 344 players wooo xD and approx 100 for TF2. I'm in da place right now, people is starting to come and setup their stuff. Awesome ambiance ! ^^

Thanks Starting bad with a no-one-can-access-the-internet haha

 

Re: Team Fortress 2 Blog Topic - Lastest blog: 10/02/2012

heh, default problem, tell them to use Steam in offline mode.

All those steam clients break havoc on the outbound/inbound connections cache, and lock any NAT system in the internet router. Bigger lans have a linux network router in between, and configure those to block loads of ports that shouldn't be used (WoW etc)

 

Re: Team Fortress 2 Blog Topic - Lastest blog: 10/02/2012

I don't know if that's what you're talking about (that's not really my specialty ), but we used a captive portal to manage all the network stuff. I worked great once it was fixed, and we didn't have any connexion issue during the whole tournament . Now I'll just stop spamming this topic, I'll make a review in a new topic if I find some time.