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?

• Update – May 15th
• Maxbox – Discord |  Twitter | YouTube | Twitch | Steam
• Skymin – Discord | Twitter | YouTube | Twitch | Steam | DiviantArt
• New TF2 Merch – Clip Clap Balloonicorn | RED Dispenser Tee | BLU Dispenser Tee
• TF2 Funko Pop – Reddit post

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.

• Update – May the 4th
• Hugs – raised over £18,000
• stabby stabby – YouTube | Twitch | Twitter | Steam
• Sigafoo’s new Recharge Gaming League
• TF2 Custom MX Keycaps created by WASD Keyboards
• GermanPeter’s Undertale mod OVERTIME

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.