Team Fortress 2 Adding A Competitive Multiplayer Mode

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Valve has finally officially announced the Meet Your Match update for Team Fortress 2. The new update will feature a new ranked competitive mode and will set you back $9.99.

Presenting our newest tree-climbing-down simulator, matchmaking. Play alone or with your friends against players of similar skill levels. Climb out of that tree at your own speed, confident that the apes around you aren't beating you to the bananas. Which technically grow IN trees, but maybe the ripest ones probably fall to the ground? Yeah, that makes sense. Look, this isn't a banana simulator, people.
 
well it was not free when i bought it in 2008 and loved it, graphics are somewhat timeless which i also love. i would love a hl3 (wont play it) so i can get TF3 !! :)

however the bots/cheating was so rampant when my wife and I tried playing it again in 2014, 2015 and 2016 we just never played for more than an hour each time. So if its $10 and no bots, sure maybe its fun again?
 
Th problem with this is, a large majority of the TF2 community consists of children who care not about competition, instead preferring to trade for virtual hats, spam meme binds and dance. All the TFC veterans, or people who otherwise played to win, left TF2 years ago.

I see this update adds some new dance moves for $10 a pop though, so there's that. It's depressing seeing what Valve turned this game into.
MavericK said:
Pay $10 for a game mode? What a joke.
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Actually, that's just the introductory rate. Act now!
 
is it at least free for those of us who bought the game (or the orange box) before tf2 became F2P?

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looks like it is free for us
"If you purchased or were gifted a retail copy of Team Fortress 2 in the past, or you bought the Orange Box you will already have premium. You will also have a premium account if you've purchased something from the Mann Co store before."
 
The new mode doesn't cost a penny. Please stop making shit up. The competitive mode is just restricted to premium accounts, which practically everyone should have at this point. It's also restricted to people who verify a phone number, which is the same thing CS:GO switched to. It's smart. It combats cheating and smurfs.
 
Mozgus said:
Oh yeah, it's such a failure. Consistently at 3rd place on the Steam active player charts. 60,000 people on right now, after almost 9 years. God, it's so dead. Impossible to find a match, I imagine.
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60,000 dancing children and edgy memelords.
Mozgus said:
That's not at all what I said. But buying a random dollar item to get a Premium account for life, is WAY different than claiming the new mode costs everyone $10.
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You literally said it doesn't cost a penny.

Call me crazy, but I think a more effective way to combat cheating would be to create an actual working anti-cheat instead of placing game modes behind a pay wall. Of course, one costs Valve money and one makes Valve money.
 
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crusty_juggler said:
60,000 dancing children and edgy memelords.
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I only spot one edgy child here. It's one of the friendliest game communities out there. If you find them immature that's fine. That's not the point. This mode should add some structure to the game for those who wanted that. Those who don't wont use it. It doesn't hurt anyone.
 
I'm all for my yearly spin into TF2 when the urge hits, and, frankly, I don't care about the update. What I find it more intriguing some new comer joins in a swing'n when someone disparages TF2.. was it fate that happened you here, now, at this very moment, or was it you never had a reason to comment but are a devote reader? Maybe a secondary account to hide any negative press from their zealous views?
 
Mozgus said:
I only spot one edgy child here.
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Me too.

Mozgus said:
It's one of the friendliest game communities out there.
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That's the problem. People put #friendly in their Steam name and then run around TF2 servers dancing and role playing while whining about players fragging them. TF2 has become Second Life for 12 year-olds.
Mozgus said:
If you find them immature that's fine.
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I wouldn't say I find players who play an FPS and actively refuse to shoot at the enemy, instead preferring to dance, immature. Cancer would be a better descriptor.
Mozgus said:
This mode should add some structure to the game for those who wanted that.
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Do you not see the problem with having to access a separate, paid game mode just to play the game in the way it was intended, as a class-structured, objective-focused FPS? Instead of a le totes wacky hat simulator ft. dancing?
 
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modi123 said:
I'm all for my yearly spin into TF2 when the urge hits, and, frankly, I don't care about the update. What I find it more intriguing some new comer joins in a swing'n when someone disparages TF2.. was it fate that happened you here, now, at this very moment, or was it you never had a reason to comment but are a devote reader? Maybe a secondary account to hide any negative press from their zealous views?
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No other accounts. Been lurking for about a decade. I've just seen 3 false reports on the front page in the past couple days. Thought I'd correct one. If people want to live in a weird anti-valve and anti-AMD narrative, they are free to do so. I hate when I see one of my favorite sites stoop to this stuff, but I can be on my merry way and find others who will try to just report facts.
 
crusty_juggler said:
Do you not see the problem with having to access a separate, paid game mode just to play the game in the way it was intended, as a class-structured, objective-focused FPS? Instead of a le totes wacky hat simulator ft. dancing?
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If you long for the original TF2 as it was launched, then you own the premium version anyway, which means this mode is free to you, which means your entire argument is invalid. I don't know what game you are describing, but I know you're not dumb enough to have joined some goof-off trading servers and assumed that was the full experience. If you played TF2 since 2007, then you are aware these experiences you describe are not found on any official servers. I hardly ever play the game anymore. I'm not here to defend the stupid shit Valve wastes time on within it. I'm just here to correct asinine claims.
 
I remember buying the orange box for pc when it first came out. Was awesome for the first two years. I still have it but haven't played it since, is it still awesome?
 
TorryHolt81 said:
I remember buying the orange box for pc when it first came out. Was awesome for the first two years. I still have it but haven't played it since, is it still awesome?
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Yup its still awesome, got my 7 year old into tf2 and we have a blast. I see the occasional spammer in chat, but with voice turned off its nice to enjoy the silence of fragging.
 
Well for competitive mode, they only partially did it right. They removed random crits and fixed shotgun spread, but they didn't remove random damage spread, they didn't make a weapons white-list, and they didn't put in class restrictions. It's more like semi-competitive settings for people that don't know anything about competitive play.
 
Love this game, but only play MvM Nightmare these days.
I've owned the game since release and I have never traded a single item. And never will. I joke that one day Valve will add a 'Never traded achievement' and I'll be the only account to receive it! :p

I dislike devs adding a 'competitive' mode to their games.
It helps split the community and enables entitlement for those who think they are 'skilled.'

I'm always glad to see Valve updating TF2 even nine years later, I think it's a bit late to add this type of mode after so many years of selling hats. That's really mixed messaging. They've basically gone full circle back to a base game, added competitive to the title and removed hats. There's more to it than that of course, but that's the appearance IMO. And it's only 6v6.

If they were 'more serious' about it, I'd wager it may pan out better but it seems to be missing quite a few 'competitive features' and it's been in the works since February/March, so....?
They have a lot of great games to pull from to add features, so anything perceived missing at this stage is really odd.
 
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