Topic: Server Babble - Team Fortress 2

[dj]

Our TF2 server is up.  I haven't finished downloading the game, so I can't test it.

The address is tf2.killazinc.net:27015

Don't expect any fancy stuff like ki chat, admin menus, HLstatsX, etc.  Time is needed for scripts/plugins to be updated to work with the game.

[mephisto_kur]

First!

[mephisto_kur]

The server is running very smoothly.

[batt-76]

The server is running very smoothly.

yes had some fun with ki friends yay

[mephisto_kur]

My thoughts:

Spy is very fun.
Heavy is not fun.
Demoman is a great balance.
Soldier is a little too slow for my taste.
Scout is fun, but very very weak.
Engineer is not as behind the scenes as I thought.  You move a lot.
Medics are very cool, but the ubercharge takes way too long to fill up.

It also seems very difficult to kill someone.  The game seems to rely a little too much on lucky shots.  The scout's baseball bat is a perfect example.  You have very very little armor, yet you need to get in 5 or 6 hits at melee range?  Specifically the scout class seems to be out of balance.  The Heavy is so inaccurate that there is no "mowing down" like you would think.  The bullets do very little damage, there are too few of them, and they couldn't hit the SKY if you pointed up and fired.

Also, it seems that you cannot change your name unless you change your steam ID.  That is just plain idiotic.

[mephisto_kur]

Valve seems to have decided that you will be known in this game by what you have as your Community name.

You cannot fix this in any of the usual ways.  in fact, even changing it in your TF2 config.cfg file and making it read only does not stop it.

The only way to change your name for this game is to do one of the following:

Method 1:
Open your Friends list.  Click View, then Settings, then change the Nickname field to what you want.

Method 2:
Open your Friends list.  Click on the "My Control Panel" link just under your own listing at the top of your friends list.  Change it on that page.

[mentok1982]

And Smack said we wouldn't have a server up for this game! 

Shame on you Smack for ever doubting our clan's awesomeness!

I will be on tonight and I can't wait to play you guys. See you there!

[quorn]

I don't own the game yet.

[mephisto_kur]

Server is pretty full right now.  Its a lot of fun with so many people.

[dj]

The game is a lot of fun.  If clan members want to play and it's full, send an admin $5 (or get them on friends) and we'll kick someone.

[Smackintosh]

And Smack said we wouldn't have a server up for this game! 
Shame on you Smack for ever doubting our clan's awesomeness!

No, I said I didn't think we would have a TF2 server for "awhile".
DJ and Meph said they didn't want to spend the $45 to play the beta... 

still downloading the game...

[ORANGEKID]

Couple questions. When the Orange Box is sold without the "Pre-Purchase" title will the Beta tag be taken off  TF2? As of right now, are all the classes included? If so, hows the sniper?

[[SiNNeR]]

Everything in TF2 is there and I'm guessing it wont be Beta anymore by October 10th but just in name probably.

Sniper is pretty good, balanced.

[GeNe]

If you have problems with TF2, try a steam restart; I had a "This game is not owned by this steam account message" initially, but a steam restart solved it.

[kerchief]

For the sniper your power increases when you are zoomed in for a few seconds.  At first I was worried that you had to be on target, but you don't .  I like the sniper on some maps, Lol.