Category: Episode

There is only 1 thing worth talking about this week. That would be TF2maps The 2015 72hr Winter Special! But instead of just chatting about it as if we knew what we were talking about, We’ve asked YM to put down his thoughts on the process, this years mappers and how the contest is going.

But why would we have somebody as note worthy as YM and just talk about whats new. This is the man behind Hoodoo don’t forget. Plus a map that you will have heard about, but possibly not played. Snowplow. The map supposedly deemed as too confusing for new players and cut from the End of the Line update. We talk all that and more with YM and get his thoughts on how a modern day map maker feels.

Medals from a year ago, Promo items being purchasable and some fixes from the last update. Seems like standard stuff from the update. But that’s not good enough for us. We want to talk about player rankings. Where do you place, Are they acurate, how are they even made?

Plus, have you heard about the possible TF2 series? Yeah, thats right a web series on machinima prime called Escape from Team Fortress. It seems to be about a group of friends that get trapped in a game of TF2 and can’t get out. Seems like an interesting idea. Who knows if it will see the light of day or if it could possibly live up to our expectations. If that’s not the TF2 viewing pleasure your looking for, then take a look at EVL’s slick new trailer. EVL are a new casting team starting their broadcasts very soon.

In OverwatchWatch, we bring the news that we may have to change the name of that segment as overwatch may also have to change its name due to a patient issue. Plus we show you crossovers already creeping into working there way into other blizzard games.

Not happy with the changes they made to the demoman recently, Valve have had another try. This time, they have fixed more things than changed them. But this has resulted in a clearer idea of what we think valve were looking for when they changed the demoman. But in the process of doing so, they have made Ruskey a sad man, by slowing down the heavies reaction times to anything and everything.

Outside of updates, somebody has discovered a way to make your weapon models semi transparent. Letting you read all the information your weapons give you but still being able to see through the heavies screen filling fists. However, is this breaking Steams TOS? We discuss. Plus, 2 major collectable items have suddenly been added to the Community. Another burning team captain and another golden pan. Don’t forget out video of the week, Backstab Jumping……..yes, its a thing.

Don’t worry, its not all serious talk. we have a Sean Connery off. yeah, deal with it.

Some weeks we are flooded with content from valve (see last week) Other weeks its all about the community (See this week). Join us as we talk about TF2mixup 7 event which helped raise $927,495. Yeah, your right, that is a lot of money. We also talk about how TF2center went out of beta and promoted their Archimedes Cup. Whats that? Think of a 6v6 cup where only new player are able to play. Yes. that means you! (Unless of course you currently play in 6v6)

We also chat about how the price of keys compared to metal are dropping dramatically. Why is this? How does it affect you? Why are we asking so many questions?

We can’t forget, Bandolier scarf. Yes. doesn’t it look lovely. Also overwatch art

Tempest called it wrong. He said we would have no Smissmas Update. Boy was he wrong. Not only do we have a new set of nice and naughty crates, BUT THATS NOT ALL. we also have 3 new weapons to play with. mix that with a whole pile of changes to the demoman and we suddenly have a new playing field for competitive demomen. BUT THATS NOT ALL. Valve also used this time to show us their latest beta project. Mannpower. Take CTF, add grappling hooks and powerups and you suddenly have a brand new way of playing TF2. This has been a great Smissmas present.

Thank you Valve.

Schedule
1 – Outtake – Agros Ponys
2 – Outtake – Benjamoose Mic test
3 – Outtake – Slinky
4 – Phone Call – Kevin Walker?
5 – Outtake – Public Intoxication
6 – Outtake – Don’t listen to Ruskey
7 – Christmas Song – Saxton Baby
8 – Outtake – Stupid Wedding
9 – Outtake – Heavy Parkor
10 – Outtake – You ready for this?
11 – Outtake – Brian Cox & The Cure
12 – Outtake – Sir Grey, Swink Way
13 – Outtake – Muselk
14 – Outtake – End of the Rant
15 – Bad Karoke – Logging in for christmas
16 – Outtake – Its beginning to look a lot like dustbowl
17 – Outtake – What will you do when your dying?
18 – Outtake – If I had a hammer
19 – Benjamoose’s journey into madness

This week its all about End of the Line. Not just the final product, but everything around it. We didn’t get what we were originally expecting to get from the update, which has lead to a lot of hate being thrown around the TF2 community, Mainly due to the map being rejected at the very last second. We try to stay nice as we dissect the update, The final SFM itself and how we got to this point. If your shy and sensitive, maybe skip this episode.

With all the End of the line news flying around the place, you wouldn’t be alone in missing a few other things this week. Have you tried the steam holiday auction? Basically its a way for you to convert your extra trading cards, backgrounds and other steam inventory items into gems, which can then be used to bid on any game in the steam store. Want some competitive? Teamfortress.tv is trying out a 6v6 showmatch with no restrictions on items. “Valve’s Game” as its known, could be an experiment waiting to fail….or the beginning of a new chapter in competitive TF2. Plus /r/tf2 gets scraptipping and Gary Swartz has another Kickstater, which means another chance for you to get a voice over from the heavy or demo.

If your expecting a huge talk about the end of the line, I’m afraid you’ll have to wait, this episode was recorded before the update was released. So instead we talk about the rocketing price of keys and there impact on the economy. We also take a look at streaming over steam. Yep steam broadcasting service is now available for everybody….as long as you opt into it.

We also discuss how the Tomb raider promo items turned out and if we like the process. Do we think this is the way promo items will be produced from this day forward? Also, can we please point you in the direction of tf2mixup.com? how about the yogcast humble bundle. Ok, technically they are the same thing. Check them out, you can help out a great charity and get yourself a “Thought that counts” medal.

300 is just a number, no more important than the annual celebrations of the escaping from your mother’s womb. So making a big song and dance about having recorded 300 episodes of the Team fortress 2 podcast may seem a little self congratulatory of us.

You know what, fuck it! This is our show and we’ll feels if we want to. For our 300th episode we’ve brought previous hosts, B00bies and Postman Pat to talk about the times that was when we were young and impressionable and we thought we had it all figured out. And I’m not just talking about last Tuesday.

This is a long episode. We’re not going to apologise for that. It took a long time to edit, and even longer time for the hats we gave out at the end to be released.

So long as there is Team Fortress 2, there will be KritzKast.

TF2 Mercs have been cropping up in the latest steam sale, exploring the world and generally doing things you don’t normally associate with killing each other. Speculation as to this activity is rife. Which was lucky because other than that, and the Jazz Minigun (link through the picture) it’s been all quiet on the Eastern Front for TF2.

In Overwatch Watch; the Blizzard dev interview (where someone dared to compare their class driven Team FPS game to it to *gasp* TF2) has been doing the rounds. And Tracer becomes the first character to become immortalized with her own statue.  Buy it now and they’ll deliver it sometime in April next year.