An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

• Added daily periodic reward hats for duel wins, map stamp purchases, and gifts given
• Updated YouTube replay publishing functionality to automatically include a link to the uploader's Steam Community profile
• Did not update the localization files that did not need updating
• Updated cp_gullywash_final1
  • Removed ladders that looked like they could be climbed
• Note missed from last week's update:
  • Updated the in-game tips with community submitted versions

Despite my continued efforts to better you by yelling at you through a microphone to do better, it is often difficult -- and thus disheartening -- to figure out if any of you damp piles of mulch are actually improving.

I found the answer, in all places, in one of the insipid gun-themed women's magazines Miss Pauling leaves lying around, where I stumbled on an article about self-improvement. It was a revelation: Instead of screaming at you to improve, I could scream at you while you improved yourselves.

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

• Added The Waxy Wayfinder
• Added a new promotional item
• Added Strange Parts that can be used to upgrade existing Strange-quality weapons
• Updated The Cozy Camper to allow it to be used in Medieval Mode
• Double-clicking on a tool in the backpack view will now use that tool
• Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause weapons dropped after death to render with incorrect skins
• Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause The Manmelter to display incorrect kill icons
• Fixed a bug that would cause certain in-game notification sounds to play even if "cl_notifications_show_ingame" was false
• Fixed a bug that would cause chat-text strange weapon rank up notifications to sometimes display player names as "unknown"
• Increased Steam Workshop item description to 8000 characters
• Updated arena_ravine
  • Minor visual and performance improvements
• Updated cp_well
  • Performance improvements
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Updates to Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Source Engine Changes (TF2, DoD:S, HL2:DM)

• Fixed IP bans not applying to RCON access

Team Fortress 2

• Added The Cozy Camper
• Added a new TF2 sub-forum: Competitive Team Play and League discussion
• Fixed Solider buffs and rage meters not always being reset
• Updated The Black Rose so it can be gift wrapped
• Updated The Phlogistinator:
  • Fixed a bug where Mmmph-crit flames could cause Mmmph to build fast enough to allow it to be infinitely chained
  • Direct damage reduced by 10%. Afterburn damage is unchanged
  • Crit buff time lowered from 12 seconds to 10 seconds
• Updated arena_nucleus
  • Fixed z-fighting bug on lower platform
• Community Requests
  • Added player_carryobject and player_dropobject game events
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You like Team Fortress, we like Team Fortress, let's play some Team Fortress together! Developers from things such as Minecraft, Skyrim, and Team Fortress, unite with community personalities in a mix up match up battle for charity supporting Child's Play. There's a number of free slots available to be won. If you're interested in joining the match, stop by the TF2 Mixup site and donate! All the specifics are available on the Mixup Match 4 site.

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

• Added The Nine-Pipe Problem
• Added hud_fastswitch to the Advanced Options dialog
• Fixed a commentary string that referenced the Soldier instead of the Heavy
• Fixed a client crash that could occur when a server used SetCustomModel to change the player model
• Fixed a crash that could occur while trying to get The Argyle Sap achievement
• General improvements to client stability
• Updated the Spirit of Giving so it can have a custom name applied to it
• Updated the map arena_well
  • Updated the skybox
  • Made some miscellaneous material improvements

Starting today, March 2, ESEA is offering up full coverage of the ESEA Season 10 LAN Finals live from Dallas, Texas, where the remainder of the season's $80,000 prize pool will be awarded! Coverage includes Counter-Strike 1.6, Counter-Strike Source, and of course, Team Fortress 2.

The broadcast schedule can be found on ESEA.net. Streams are available on ESEA.net, ESEA News, and Twitch.tv Hub. The ESEA Orange channel is dedicated to Team Fortress 2 and will feature commentator eXtine.

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

• Added The Teufort Tooth Kicker
• Fixed being able to call server votes for training maps
• Fixed a case where capturing a point in overtime would end the round before time could be added
• Fixed not hearing the third-person weapon sounds for The Gloves of Running Urgently, The Overdose, and The Wrap Assassin
• Fixed unusual particles appearing in the wrong place for the Desert Marauder
• Improved bot behaviors
• Updated cp_mountainlab
  • Fixed several clipping issues
• Updated the gamehaptics file:
  • Added draw/swing/stab forces to the Black Rose
  • Added missing forces for Three Rune Blade
  • Added more detail to butterfly knife draw forces
  • Modified Overdose recoil force to more accurately reflect new sound effect
  • Refined Huntsman & Minigun recoil forces
  • Refined Jarate throw force
  • Refined Syringe Gun crit recoil forces
• Arquivos de localização atualizados

Season one of Highlander was a huge success with over 300 teams signing up for the league. How better to follow up? Season two! Sign-ups are open for this next season of Highlander at ETF2L. Better get your team together as signups close March 11 and the season starts Sunday, March 18.

It's been pointed out to us that there's a regularly updated comic series running on Deviant Art by "spacerocketbunny" called "Be Efficient Be Polite." We're booking the rest of the afternoon off so we can catch up and read it all.