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.

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 Fast Learner
• Fixed +randommap not working correctly on server startup
• Fixed some instances of corrupted text when the save_replay key isn't bound
• Fixed dedicated server console spew related to the Replay client and viewangles
• Fixed a spelling error in a cp_fastlane material
• Fixed team colors not working correctly for the second style of the Black Rose
• Fixed Mann Co. Store item previews for paints and styles
• Updated item descriptions to contain the name of the paint used to color them
• Updated the Reggaelator
  • Added an LOD model
  • Added 3 styles
• Updated cp_dustbowl
  • Adjusted Blue team's func_respawnroom in stage 1 to be flush against the door
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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 a client crash related to dynamic model loading
• Fixed dedicated server not receiving restart requests when updates are released

Team Fortress 2

• Fixed playing incorrect sounds for The Overdose
• Fixed a broken Engineer animation for The Pomson 6000
• Fixed Steam inventory/trading not showing the correct item level for some items
• Fixed Steam inventory/trading sort order not matching the in-game backpack
• Fixed the new styles for The Brown Bomber not using team colors
• Fixed some clipping issues with the Warrior's Spirit
• Updated pl_hoodoo_final
  • Removed door frame collision to resolve bots getting stuck in the cave during stage 2

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 Something Special For Someone Special
• Added The Snapped Pupil
• Added a new promo item
• Updated the Heavy's sandvich so it will only resupply ammo if the owner picks it up after dropping it. This means the only way to gain health from the sandvich is by eating it.
• Fixed the Red/Blue team skins not working on the Bonk Boy with the new styles
• Updated the in-game trading system to use the Steam trading menus
• Updated these items so they can be traded and crafted:
  • The Warsworn Helmet
  • The Bolgan
  • The Bolgan Family Crest
  • The Merc Medal
  • The Battle Bob
  • The Bushman's Boonie
• Updated cp_gravelpit
  • Fixed z-fighting on the fan in the Red spawn building
  • Fixed Red Engineers building inside their spawn room
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If there's one thing we know more about than hats, it's probably romance. Remember that romantic scene in Say Anything where John Cusack holds up a boom box in the rain? Well, we hold stuff up in the rain all the time. Golf clubs. Our wallets. An umbrella. Whatever's handy, really. And do the girls go for it? Hard to tell - it rains pretty hard in Seattle, so the limited visibility combined with wind shear makes it tough to see the appreciation on the ladies' faces.

My radio's bad from the Boulevard.
I'm a hip-hop gangster and my name is Todd.
Terrorising my neighbours with the heavy bass.
I keep the suckas in fear by the look on my face.
-LL Cool J, 1985

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 Boston Boom-Bringer
• Fixed the Heavy bots not spawning in the commentary maps
• Updated ctf_doublecross:
  • Added a respawnroom visualizer to the dropdown spawn exit to prevent griefing
• Updated community and promotional items:
  • Soda Popper: improved model and texture
  • Winger: fixed first-person clip reloading
  • Apparition's Aspect: updated mesh to reduce clipping with many hats
  • Hero's Tail: added an additional style that more strongly responds to paint
  • Bonk Boy: added an additional style that leaves the Scout headphones visible
• Additional items are now paintable:
  • Lord Cockswain's Novelty Mutton Chops and Pipe
  • Planeswalker Goggles
  • Pilotka
  • Nanobalaclava
  • Cold War Luchador
  • Cremator's Conscience
  • Dashin' Hashshashin
  • Desert Marauder
• Relaxed equip region restrictions for the Earbuds so that they can be equipped with anything
• Lokalisierungsdateien aktualisiert

This weekend 16 Team Fortress 2 teams are gathering in Rennes, France, for Insalan 7. With over one hundred people playing Team Fortress 2 the LAN is expected to push records for Team Fortress 2 in France! HiScoreTV is planning to broadcast the games throughout the weekend so be sure to tune in.

Update!
We neglected to mention that Vanilla TV will also be broadcasting matches in English as well. The final match is scheduled for 2PM CET.

Save 15% when you pre-purchase Jagged Alliance - Back in Action on Steam before February 7th and get three new items in TF2.