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Author:  [SpA]NabNab [ 10 Mar 2012, 11:26 ]
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Maybe the pyro is a spy!
Author:  [SpA]don_don_don [ 10 Mar 2012, 13:52 ]
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I hope the pyro turns out to be a mutant cat. They even gave him whiskers as a prop ;) the whiskered gentleman.

But on a serious note I prefer the mystery behind the pyro.
Author:  [SpA]JuncoPartner [ 14 Apr 2012, 05:27 ]
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ZOMG MEET THE PYRO STORYBOARD LEAKED :-o

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/f ... earchtext=
Author:  [SpA]gibboss28 [ 14 Apr 2012, 10:37 ]
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hahaha
Author:  [SpA]SaintK [ 14 Apr 2012, 16:44 ]
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[SpA]JuncoPartner wrote:
ZOMG MEET THE PYRO STORYBOARD LEAKED :-o

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/f ... earchtext=
Url doesn't work, or is that the joke?
Author:  [SpA]JuncoPartner [ 14 Apr 2012, 16:47 ]
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I think steam's just acting up, can't seem to use the community pages.
Author:  [SpA]JuncoPartner [ 28 Apr 2012, 01:42 ]
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Notice anything interesting?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7rZO2AC ... plpp_video[/youtube]

No? Take a look at 1:11.

A closer look:
I like stuff like this :mrgreen:
Author:  [SpA]NabNab [ 28 Apr 2012, 04:33 ]
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Win/win also portal 2 editor :D
Author:  [SpA]JuncoPartner [ 10 Jun 2012, 04:03 ]
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http://steamcommunity.com/id/wetaworksh ... ?appid=440

The Grordbort items for the scout and medic, no idea if they're being added but the Weta guys have come a long way in modelling since the Cowmangler.
Author:  [SpA]JuncoPartner [ 22 Jun 2012, 00:26 ]
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Just posting this up for those interested. There's been a load of junk items dropping into people's backpacks recently and thank god there's a little article that's been put up to save me the trouble, it's missing a few interesting tidbits, but whatever,

http://lambdageneration.com/posts/team- ... -and-more/

Now today they added another undocumented update making it so that when you craft the banana peel it comes up with a numbered error, with a strange code, it turns out these codes made QR codes and when scanned they took you to pages like this http://tf2.com/w8cs1ednpphy.jpg after a lot of work by the community, getting people to try crafting their bananas to get the codes (differs every account) and every code was needed. Eventually they pieced it together to get this: http://i.imgur.com/9jjnD.jpg

Poopy Joe has been referenced before in comics and stuff, but I'm not sure what reward the community will get for finding it.



The items
http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/June_20,_2012_Patch

The Medic set
http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Elimi ... Impossible

So to summarise:
-In the last month, many things added to schema with 'MvM' in. The numbers in foundry appear to spell out MvM (man vs machine)
-19th 7 Junk items were added to tf2, one mysteriously suggesting a date (22nd June)
-20th The Eliminating Impossible set for the medic was updated, and with it equipped you can see alternative descriptions for the items. The descriptions seem to be missing letters, and putting them together make quotes from the 12th Sherlock Holmes book.
-21st Trying to craft the banana now makes strange codes to put together a PNG for a QR code, when scanned they link to pieces of a 2 page story.

Today was the 299th update.
BWWAAAAAAAUUMMMMMM
Author:  [SpA]Dekar [ 22 Jun 2012, 20:06 ]
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They better add some useful pyro weapons.
Author:  [SpA]JuncoPartner [ 22 Jun 2012, 20:10 ]
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http://www.tf2.com/post.php?id=8045
Quote:
From here, the team brainstormed some ideas for gameplay that wouldn't unbalance the game, but would hopefully still be a fun new addition for players. We created a new particle system and began playtesting it in-game.

And that's how a concept becomes a working gun in Team Fortress 2. In fact, look for it in an upcoming update!
I honestly can't say if it was a coincidence, but the blog popped up the same time the first QR code was put together and used. I'm really hoping we get a good valve made pyro set like medic got last year.

On and this is interesting: http://www.adultswim.com/promos/valve/
Author:  [SpA]JuncoPartner [ 23 Jun 2012, 00:34 ]
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http://www.tf2.com/post.php?id=8256

Posted 22nd June 3pm dead on AS FORETOLD

Apparently it's morse code for 'Monday' and I can just smell the feverish hype at Special Attack for one of the most anticipated TF2 updates to date :ugly:
Author:  [SpA]Scatterbrain [ 23 Jun 2012, 01:02 ]
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IT BEGINS

:4
Author:  [SpA]Dekar [ 24 Jun 2012, 02:06 ]
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If you get hyped it will just turn out to be Fail Detonator #2. :(
Author:  [SpA]g.zeus [ 24 Jun 2012, 10:16 ]
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Nah, it must be Meet the Pyro - even the official wiki is completely burned and changed - I don't see them making so much fuss about a minor update :4
Author:  [SpA]JuncoPartner [ 24 Jun 2012, 17:26 ]
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLUlPCS1QOg&[/youtube]
Author:  [SpA]iHasFire [ 24 Jun 2012, 17:35 ]
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[SpA]JuncoPartner wrote:
YouTube video
Gotta love Gmod videos. 8)
Author:  [SpA]Scatterbrain [ 25 Jun 2012, 15:10 ]
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if valve launches at 8:00 PST like they (apparantly) usually do, we'll get something in 1 hour 50 minutes from now, 5pm CET. if this is a week-long update then we probably won't get Meet the Pyro until Friday, but still, BUCKLE UP :-11
Author:  [SpA]JuncoPartner [ 25 Jun 2012, 15:19 ]
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[SpA]Scatterbrain wrote:
if valve launches at 8:00 PST like they (apparantly) usually do, we'll get something in 1 hour 50 minutes from now, 5pm CET. if this is a week-long update then we probably won't get Meet the Pyro until Friday, but still, BUCKLE UP :-11
I'm thinking we'll see something closer to 20:00 or 23:00 onwards, and that meet the pyro will be on the Thursday like with the Uber update. I remember the uber update in paticular starting really late, it's 6am at Valve HQ right now :P
Author:  [SpA]Scatterbrain [ 25 Jun 2012, 17:08 ]
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yeah, turns out the 8:00 pst thing was total rubbish :ugly: though i still wouldn't be surprised if they kept Meet the Pyro til the absolute last moment anyway, simply because everyone knows it's coming and it'll keep people coming back to the update over and over until they release it
Author:  [SpA]JuncoPartner [ 25 Jun 2012, 17:22 ]
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Wow shit, Day 1 is up this early after all

This is the earliest they've announced an update I think

:10 :10 :10 :10 :10 :10
Author:  [SpA]Scatterbrain [ 25 Jun 2012, 17:29 ]
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three-day (at least) update! and Meet the Pyro on Wednesday! great stuff :mrgreen: looking at some of the achievements, i'm guessing that it's something like getting an intel case style object onto something like a cap point, perhaps with other cap-point (or even payload, looking at the tracks on the map) like objectives and sections along the way. this is rampant speculation though. either way, hype! :4

edit: attack team stands on the 'final cap', which is a Hightower style raising platform, to get the intel into the spaceship - that makes sense right?
Author:  [SpA]JuncoPartner [ 25 Jun 2012, 17:45 ]
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You know looking at what is a 3 day update with day 1 being a gamemode, I'm not sure we'll be getting our robots yet, that could be coming halloween or something I supppose.

So Meet the Pyro is confirmed for wednesday, and I think it will be something like grabbing a neutral flag, and bringing it to a control point, yeah. They've got custom maps for that, this might just be what Valve's made of it. This links to those banana QR codes leading to that 2 page text about Saxton Hale being questioed about Poopy Joe, which is quite cool.
Author:  [SpA]JuncoPartner [ 25 Jun 2012, 19:02 ]
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Seems like there some delay on the update, someone found this in the sourcecode:
Quote:
<div id="title"><img src="images/pyromania_title.gif" width="864" height="228" alt="Happy 25th birthday animated gif!" border="0"></div>
That was 2 weeks ago :lol:
Author:  [SpA]Dekar [ 25 Jun 2012, 19:19 ]
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What, no. They expected to release on the 25th birthday of TF2 but as they stopped working on Half Life 2 they could release it far earlier!
Author:  [SpA]g.zeus [ 25 Jun 2012, 22:03 ]
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I was kinda hoping they would realease the movie today, but a new game mode sounds nice too :5:
Author:  [SpA]JuncoPartner [ 26 Jun 2012, 00:05 ]
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I'm just hoping it doesn't become the next TC or Arena mode. They're a lot better at mapmaking now though I think, Barnblitz and Foundry are superbly made maps in my opinion, despite foundry dragging out quite a bit.

Also there's a banana peel at the bottom of the main update page, extends on what was found from the QR codes from the banana error messages.
Author:  [SpA]Scatterbrain [ 26 Jun 2012, 00:21 ]
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that banana peel definitely wasn't there when this first went live. so i guess that each object will show up and each will tell us a bit more background? that'd be pretty cool :mrgreen:
Author:  [SpA]JuncoPartner [ 26 Jun 2012, 20:44 ]
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Day 2, and these weapons are actually looking pretty good...
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