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In addition to a somewhat large update for Team Fortress 2 tonight, Valve has also decided to show off their latest promotional tie-in with Rift.
The two items are available today for Team Fortress 2 owners and all of those who pre-order Rift before March 1st. For those looking for the full list of tonight's changes, simply look below!<!--more-->
But when we sent out our latest promotion--Rift, the upcoming MMO from Trion Worlds--we were puzzled when Scout sent it back, unopened. We gave him a call.
"Hey, man," we said. "We were wondering why you hadn't opened--"
"Are you frickin' kidding me? Another tie-in. My apartment's still filled up with crap from all the last ones."
[Sounds of rummaging.]
"Like this. Ear buds. What the hell am I supposed to do with ear buds? Play Sarah McLachlan at a guy until he gets so sad he dies? Look, alright, I'll open it, but I am done with this crap. Brown hat anna bat, that's my new motto. Simple, clean, eas--oh my GOD what is this beautiful thing?"
"It's called the Sun-on-a-Stick," we said.
"Holy crap, this is so friggin'..." [Sounds of swinging.]
"Did this come from hell? It did, didn't it? Awww, man. It's like what the Devil uses when he plugs up his toilet or somethin'."
[Sounds of burning flesh and screams.]
So that was that. We're hoping Steam customers who pre-order Rift by March 1st will have a similar reaction. You'll get two exclusive melee weapons in Team Fortress 2, the Sharpened Volcano Fragment and the Sun-on-a-Stick. Additionally, we're adding a permanent Team Fortress 2 achievement that grants players a redeemable code for an equally exclusive (and terrifying) headpiece in Rift, the Well Spun Hat.
"Hey, man," we said. "We were wondering why you hadn't opened--"
"Are you frickin' kidding me? Another tie-in. My apartment's still filled up with crap from all the last ones."
[Sounds of rummaging.]
"Like this. Ear buds. What the hell am I supposed to do with ear buds? Play Sarah McLachlan at a guy until he gets so sad he dies? Look, alright, I'll open it, but I am done with this crap. Brown hat anna bat, that's my new motto. Simple, clean, eas--oh my GOD what is this beautiful thing?"
"It's called the Sun-on-a-Stick," we said.
"Holy crap, this is so friggin'..." [Sounds of swinging.]
"Did this come from hell? It did, didn't it? Awww, man. It's like what the Devil uses when he plugs up his toilet or somethin'."
[Sounds of burning flesh and screams.]
So that was that. We're hoping Steam customers who pre-order Rift by March 1st will have a similar reaction. You'll get two exclusive melee weapons in Team Fortress 2, the Sharpened Volcano Fragment and the Sun-on-a-Stick. Additionally, we're adding a permanent Team Fortress 2 achievement that grants players a redeemable code for an equally exclusive (and terrifying) headpiece in Rift, the Well Spun Hat.
The two items are available today for Team Fortress 2 owners and all of those who pre-order Rift before March 1st. For those looking for the full list of tonight's changes, simply look below!<!--more-->
Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2
M)
- Further improved engine handling of server queries. This includes changes Alfred has been talking about recently.
Team Fortress 2
- Added Rift promotional items
- New items: Sun-On-A-Stick and Sharpened Volcano Fragment.
- New achievement: Riftwalker
- Updated several more models with optimizations and new LODs.
- Fixed seeing a partial health bar in the upper left corner of the spectator menu.
- Fixed the control point progress bar not being aligned properly when using cl_hud_minmode 1.
- Fixed the The Essential Accessories hiding the Scout's hat/headphones.
- Updated sounds for the Brass Beast.
- Updated the Scottish Resistance stickybombs to always glow if they will be detonated by a right-click, including the stickybombs under the Demoman's feet.
- Changed default crosshair to be more opaque, like the custom crosshairs.
- Fixed some missing surfaces on the bottom of the Pyro's mask.
- Fixed the assister's name not being listed in the Fish humiliation and kill notices.
- Fixed the Force-a-Nature not drawing correctly in the character loadout screen.
- Engineers who hit teammate's sentry guns with their wrench now get kill assists from that sentry.
- Made the Jag gift wrappable.
- Fixed seeing a badge on the player when a noisemaker is equipped.
- Fixed particle effects on the Hustler's Hallmark.
- Added FCVAR_DONTRECORD flags to 'bind,' 'bind_mac,' 'unbind,' 'unbind_mac,' and 'unbindall' so they can't be recorded into a demo (fixes having your keys changed when you watch a demo).
- Updated Cp_Granary
- Added a new entrance to the mid Red/Blue ramp rooms.
- Clipping, lighting and perf improvements.
- Tournament mode HUD fixes
- Fixed seeing an empty alert tray under the stopwatch timer.
- Fixed a bug where the time for the tournament mode stopwatch wasn't being displayed.
- Fixed the countdown when both teams are ready always reading "0 seconds".
M)- Further improved engine handling of server queries. This includes changes Alfred has been talking about recently.
Team Fortress 2
- Added Rift promotional items
- New items: Sun-On-A-Stick and Sharpened Volcano Fragment.
- New achievement: Riftwalker
- Updated several more models with optimizations and new LODs.
- Fixed seeing a partial health bar in the upper left corner of the spectator menu.
- Fixed the control point progress bar not being aligned properly when using cl_hud_minmode 1.
- Fixed the The Essential Accessories hiding the Scout's hat/headphones.
- Updated sounds for the Brass Beast.
- Updated the Scottish Resistance stickybombs to always glow if they will be detonated by a right-click, including the stickybombs under the Demoman's feet.
- Changed default crosshair to be more opaque, like the custom crosshairs.
- Fixed some missing surfaces on the bottom of the Pyro's mask.
- Fixed the assister's name not being listed in the Fish humiliation and kill notices.
- Fixed the Force-a-Nature not drawing correctly in the character loadout screen.
- Engineers who hit teammate's sentry guns with their wrench now get kill assists from that sentry.
- Made the Jag gift wrappable.
- Fixed seeing a badge on the player when a noisemaker is equipped.
- Fixed particle effects on the Hustler's Hallmark.
- Added FCVAR_DONTRECORD flags to 'bind,' 'bind_mac,' 'unbind,' 'unbind_mac,' and 'unbindall' so they can't be recorded into a demo (fixes having your keys changed when you watch a demo).
- Updated Cp_Granary
- Added a new entrance to the mid Red/Blue ramp rooms.
- Clipping, lighting and perf improvements.
- Tournament mode HUD fixes
- Fixed seeing an empty alert tray under the stopwatch timer.
- Fixed a bug where the time for the tournament mode stopwatch wasn't being displayed.
- Fixed the countdown when both teams are ready always reading "0 seconds".