So long as there is Team Fortress 2
I don’t get to use superlatives enough anymore. Which is why I’m glad that I can finally say that we had a chance to talk this week with Geel. He is the co-owner of the three largest trading resources in Team Fortress 2; Scrap.tf Marketplace.tf and now finally Backpack.tf. It’s hard to see it any other way. Geel is the most important man in TF2 trading.
Also on the show
The Breadmonster plushie from Welovefine.
Sigafoo is a man we’ve had on the show before. Yotts is a man who’s things we’ve had on the show before. Freelands is a man no show can hold for very long. Together they form (part of) RGL.GG, the answer to a question no-one asked but everyone was happy to listen to.
Also on the show:
Proposed Balance Changes
SourceCBL the global ban list
YouTuber and hastily assembled potato lover, RTGame joins us this week. A week when Valve breaks their vow of silence to let us know they are still thinking about palm trees, tigers and vines. Not the wine type, though maybe them as well.
Also on this week’s show:
RTGame
YouTube | Twitch | Twitter
Update June 16th 2017
TF2 Blog Post on the Jungle Update!
In-theme maps on workshop
Crash’s Overgrown | Void’s Lazarus | 200’s Jump_Aqua
Multilplay’s Official announcement for i61
Running it as an Headline event with an Open format
Stabby Stabby’s everything pack
For the longest time Europe has had one clear winner when it comes to TF2 esports. Unlike the big pay to complete kings of North America, this giant is free. Run exclusively by volunteers who selflessly give up their free time and energy so that the game they love has a place to be played. Recently the role of head admin has been divided in two, with one half falling on the shoulders of our guest this week Stinson.
Also on the show this week:
ETF2L
Freshmeat Frag movie comp
Highlander Nations Cup
i61 announce tweet
Jay Pinkerton has left Valve
We’ve coaxed three of the /r/tf2/ mods out of their safe places to come talk about the subreddit that drives much of the community discussion around Team Fortress 2. Meeting these guys really puts it in balance, the level of sustained professionalism required to look after everyone, and keep this sub one of the best on reddit.
Also on the show:
SPUF (Steam User Forums) shutting down on June 5th
Arms Race III
Elon Musk playing TF2
LMAOBOX Detected
Scrap.tf buys backpack.tf
Thanks to Wiethoofd, A_Satanic_Fish, Murky (Deadshot_Calamity), duck74UK, wickedplayer494, Acksor, angrypotato1, Brewster_The_Pigeon, smhxx and all the moderators of /r/tf2 past present and future for keeping us safe and sane(ish).
A bit of one on one time was called for this week. We spent it getting to know GermanPeter, the creator of Overtime, a parody love letter to both Team Fortress 2 and Undertale in game form.
NHBL – Season 7 signups
Medli20 – Earth Bonk
German Peter – Overtime | Twitter | YouTube
Overtime let’s plays – Lambda Plus | Hiper | PepperoniPie
In case it’s not clear from the title, we have Skymin and MaxBox joining us on the show this week. Skymin is a brilliant YouTuber who makes her own SFM Thumb art, bursts into song at a moment’s notice and appears to have achieved the impossible. MaxBox used to be a hacker/script kiddie. He’s turned over a new leaf, chosen washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin can openers. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you’ve got hats?
This and promotional posts feature art created by Opium.
Never has a player been more infamous than stabby stabby. He is the old school spy, more myth than man. The most French California has ever spawned.
And now he’s here with us on this podcast, somewhere, probably.
I don’t think I’ve been quite so sad to see a LAN end as I was when hugs.tf finally packed up and everyone went their separate ways. The show here comes to you as it was recorded, live. I was joined by lor_is and Squirrel and we chatted about the event itself, the distinct lack of sleep everyone was getting and how much something like this means to the TF2 community as a whole.
The medal was awarded to anyone who donated £10 or more, or that equivalent in items.
Shout out to Special Effect and the amazing work they do. If want to get involved with them, or figure out how to run your own event head over to their site.
At last, we finally get to talk to Chloemew. She’s had something of a massive rise in popularity, having seemingly come from nowhere to now be featured pretty much everywhere. Yeah, I’m looking at you Fenrir, and with your YT interview. We also pulled Teleportato (I’m worried that my spellcheck now knows how to autocorrect this) out from the post show MvM, he’s the one who always sends us to Virginia, and into the podcast.
April 26 Update
Chloemew
YouTube | Tumblr | DeviantArt | Twitter
Fight Songs Vinyl Double LP is being shipped
Looks oddly beautiful, here more shots and ambient sounds