The RCADIA Gaming House is inviting all die-hard and lightweight TF2 fans to their very first Community LAN in Hamburg, Germany! They're ready to offer an entire weekend full of non-stop mercenary action! Competitive 6s, Highlander, Ultiduo, Silly Hat Contest, Pub Quiz and much more! With Europe’s finest teams attending, you’ll not want to miss this!

The LAN will take place from the 25th to 27th of November, and the stream will start at 2:00pm CET (8:00am EST). You can catch all the action here!

Important Links:

• Event Page
  
• Discord
  
• Twitch

(Image credit: SFM - kevin supermarket, Typesetting/Compositing/Logo - Requim, Feedback - agrastiOs, Manus, IVG)

Put up fists, little baby men! We come back to fight, bigger and stronger than ever!

The Fortress Faceoffs group is here to present their last event of the year, and perhaps the most important of them all! A callback to the event that started it all, Festive Fisticuffs 2022 features your favorite fights and feasts between your very own teams of seven holiday-punching Heavies!

This time, it's something special for everyone special! The event group is supporting the Razom for Ukraine charity foundation, allowing donations for the entire event period to prepare medical aid for Ukraine citizens affected by the war. Donate from December 9th to December 27th using this donation link and remember the gratitude felt by all those you've supported!

Sign up today and prove your might against the community's veteran teams (and even the creator of the Holiday Punch himself)! The games begin on December 9th @ 7 AM EST / 13:00 CET (for NA and EU respectively) and will last around one week. The top 8 teams will be scheduled to have their best beatdowns streamed live on December 18th! For more information about event rules, prizes, donating, and more, join the Fortress Faceoffs Discord and meat your makers!

Important Links:

• Challonge Event Page / Tournament Brackets / Donation Link
  
• Discord
  
• Twitter
  
• Twitch
  
• YouTube
  
• Steam Group

TF2 Coaching Central is announcing their third North American Newbie Cup, a learning experience and friendly competition for people who are new to competitive 6v6.

Players with no to minimal competitive experience will sign up to be placed on a team of six, led by a coach who will teach the basics of how to play the 6v6 format and help you learn the maps. You'll have three weeks to learn and practice together as a team, before facing off in a round robin style tournament with a prize for the winning team. Several former Newbie Cup alumni have gone on to play in RGL, the biggest North American competitive TF2 league.

Sign-ups are open now, and the deadline to apply and be placed on a team is November 23. Team and coach assignments will be made by November 25 and tournament matches will be the weekend of December 17-18.

Check out their Discord for more info. Whether you're looking to dip your toes in competitive, a more experienced player looking to mentor newbies, or even a fresh install, consider joining their community - they welcome all skill levels!

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:

• Fixed missing footer descriptions for the Gargoyle Case and the Creepy Crawly Case
  
• Updated Beaten and Bruised
  • Improved head bandage/bandaids clipping during some facial flexes
    
  • Fixed the style 3 and style 4 head bandages bouncing up and down during some animations
    
  • Fixed import errors for the Heavy and Pyro versions
    
  • Cleaned up the overall mesh exports
• Updated The Pony Express to fix an issue with the jigglebones
  
• Updated pd_farmageddon to fix one of the point lines that said closing instead of opening
  
• Updated koth_synthetic_event
  • Fixed missing brushwork
    
  • Changed Toastmaster to use Setmodel
    
  • Removed propdata file

Boo! Ahh! Hope that didn’t scare you too much, because there’s something much scarier than that in store for you! What could be scarier than that you ask. Zombies? Witchcraft? A visit from the IRS? Well other than that last one, it’s much scarier…

Operation Holographic Harvest is a Halloween themed charity event created and hosted by Potato.TF! Fight your way through over two dozen community-created maps and missions and complete at least 8 missions to receive an in-game medal! Servers are available in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Click here to get started!

You can watch the full Operation Holographic Harvest Trailer here!

Feeling generous this Halloween? Potato.TF is also running a fundraiser for the Rainforest Trust! Donate as little as $5 to receive an in-game medal! Have the link to your Steam profile ready and click here for more information.

Hurry up and play while you can! The event will end on December 1st, 2022.

Important Links:

• Discord
  
• Steam Group
  
• Website

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:

• Fixed the Grim Tweeter hiding the hat/headphones
  
• Updated cp_spookeyridge to fix missing tool brushes
  
• Updated pd_farmageddon
  • Lighting changes
    
  • Minor detail changes
    
  • Reworked scarecrow logic to make use of the setmodel and ondeath commands
    
  • Set scarecrow health to 500
    
  • Updated menu text
• Updated ctf_crasher
  • Fixed an edge case where a Giant's attributes weren't always granted properly
    
  • Fixed an edge case where if a Giant died before their door opened it would open and not receive the close input
    
  • Fixed an instance where a player could become trapped inside the opposing team's door
• Updated plr_hacksaw_event
  • Fixed broken area portals
    
  • Fixed skybox issue
    
  • Fixed HHH not animating

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:

• Fixed missing nomip/nolod for Sniper's zombie image in the main menu
  
• Fixed the match status HUD not being hidden during freezecam screenshots
  
• Fixed the Safety Stripes hiding the Soldier's hat
  
• Fixed tournament medals moving around while using the Taunt: Deep Fried Desire
  
• Fixed a problem on ctf_crasher related to infinite giants
  
• Updated pl_sludgepit_event
  • Fixed skeletons/ghosts being able to spawn again if the cart backs up over a checkpoint
    
  • Added an extra resupply locker in BLU's first spawn
    
  • Added a few more Mann brothers voice lines and fixed the map description
    
  • Added Soul Gargoyle pickups
    
  • Replaced a few skeleton spawns and reduced amount of skeletons that spawn on each cap
    
  • Made the map a bit spookier
• Updated plr_hacksaw_event
  • Changed the roofing near the finale, preventing players from walking from one barn balcony to the other
    
  • Replaced barn balcony windows with widened doorways to streamline movement
    
  • Fixed the VO in the underworld playing multiple times
    
  • Fixed floating candles when the graves were destroyed
    
  • Updated the HHH to use the new "SetModel" input
    
  • Delayed final capture VO so they're more audible
    
  • Adjusted prop fades
    
  • Adjusted detailing
• Updated cp_spookeyridge
  • Added significant health and ammo packs to underworld
    
  • Reduced damage dealt over time in underworld
    
  • Updated portal particles to stand out more in overworld (Thanks FissionMetroid!)
    
  • Added small healthpack to upper drop down area next to last
    
  • Adjusted ammo pack sizes around map
    
  • Slightly tweaked pumpkin bomb and coffin placement
    
  • Fixed a few areas you could get stuck in
    
  • Expanded area around coffins that won't allow teleporters
    
  • Fixed some minor clipping/collision issues
    
  • Adjusted some prop fades

Gertrude's Gallery of Garments Costume Contest is complete! They had a great turnout with over 150 workshop entries!

They've selected the best of the best submissions and gathered them together into a new collection for you to feast your eyes on! There are weapons, war paints, and some cosmetics that are straight GORE!

Winners will be contacted throughout the week by Glitch2.

Important Links:

• Steam Group
  
• Website
  
• Winners Collection

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:

• Fixed point_hurt entity not always damaging Übercharged players
  
• Fixed getting invalid strings for the server map list

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:

• Fixed a server crash related to multiple heavies spam firing their weapons
  
• Fixed trigger_add_or_remove_tf_player_attributes not interacting well with the status of other attributes
  
• Fixed trigger_add_or_remove_tf_player_attributes not updating player speed correctly
  
• Fixed spectators not being able to be kicked in Mann vs. Machine on official Valve servers
  
• Added support for custom sounds, soundscripts, soundscapes, navmeshes and particles in workshop maps
  
• Added a SetModel input to all entities with a model
  • Mappers: This replaces the previous 'addoutput modelindex' method that was used for overriding an entity's model
• Added SetPlaybackRate and SetCycle inputs to all entities with a model
  
• Added a spawnflag to point_hurt to bypass Übercharge
  
• Added OnDeath output to tf_zombie entity
  
• Updated 'maps *' console command to show workshop maps
  
• Updated the Create Server menu to show workshop maps
  
• Updated ctf_crasher
  • Giants should more reliably be killed when they drop or capture a flag
    
  • Fixed a minor clipping issue on the ammo pickup by the arches