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Some weeks, no news happens at all, we struggle to find things to talk about and deep down, we all cry ourselves to sleep. This was not one of those weeks. We’ve had al kinds of things occur in the world of TF2 and steam. We start with the new item dropping. The Summer Claim Check. Nobody really knows exactly what its for yet, But we do know that it will be able to be cashed in for a “special crate” at a later date. The bigger news however is that item creators can now assign credit to a list of communities, tool creators, or guide writers that may have been a great help in making their item a reality. Valve posted a blog post

In other news, The steam trading card feature has now gone live. So expect to see masses of trading cards up for trade. Trading not your thing? how about a Free for all event hosted by EdgeGamers. Its very simple, the aim of the game is not to work together but get more kills than your teammates. While it doesn’t involve what we think is the key part of this team based hat simulator, it does add for a fresh flavor on this game of ours. Still not got your intrest? How about a 72hour mapping contest hosted by TF2maps.net. Some of the resulting maps are very interesting and even add a few unique quirks not seen elsewhere. You have until July the third to get your votes in.

Your waiting for me to talk about the ARG aren’t you? We’re not even sure there is an ARG, it depends on who you talk to. Ruskeydoo is convinced that the recent Korean voice patch for HL2 is clear sign of an ARG due to some of the tricks they left floating about. The recent discovery of newly added Korean notes in Surgeon Simulator also adds fuel to the fire. Even though the developers have claimed its not an ARG, that only makes people believe it more.

Even with all of that, We still talk about TF2 Characters in Joe Danger, The best Wedding present in the world….from Valve. Plus we talk about the posibility of future updates to TF2 on the Xbox. There is so much to talk about it, its surprising that we can list it all on these show notes.