• Improved how vote kicks work in matchmaking to reduce potential for abuse
• Fixed a case where vote-kicked players could rejoin a match
• Added Asian BBall Cup tournament medals
• Updated model/materials for the Rasslabyxa Cup Helper medal
• Updated RETF2 Retrospective finalist medals to be paintable
• Updated some localization files

You think you've seen it all, haven't you? An endless sea of tanks accompanied by merciless automatons? Well think again, buster! Operation Memes vs Machines is here with the kind of tour that will knock your footwear AND socks off! Get ready for the most baffling battle of your life!

From the same team who brought you Operation Titanium Tank and Operation Canteen Crasher comes a silly, 7-day April Fools tour filled with nonsensical mischief. Rumor has it that the Robot Menace is under the weather due to a virus scrambling their programming. Now they're attacking us with lame internet jokes, and it's YOUR job to knock some sense into their metallic tin heads!

Gather yourself a team of fools to take on an army of fools in a grand spectacle of tomfoolery! Witness an intermediate-difficulty tour with different surprises and earn yourself a lovely little potato badge for your troubles! Starting on April 1st at midnight PDT, the tour will be available to play here. But don't delay, because while the tour is very tongue-in-cheek, it only lasts one week!

This event is open to players of all skill levels. Official servers will be available in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. Click here for more information!

Come back on June 1st for the next major Mann vs Machine event, Operation Madness vs Machines! (Postponed by 2 weeks from May 17.) Don t delay on completing Operation Canteen Crasher, because it lasts only 6 weeks! (Operation Canteen Crasher will resume after the April fools event ends.)

• Fixed the Exorcism effect not working for Wrangler kills
• Fixed a rare case where players could appear to be in a match they could neither join nor abandon
• Updated HUD with community fixes from CriticalFlaw
• Added and updated in-game medals for community/tournament events
• Updated the localization files

Ever wanted to get into competitive TF2? Now's your chance! The European Team Fortress 2 League is running the Fresh Meat Challenge #2!

This competition is aimed at new, inexperienced players interested in playing competitive TF2. So if you're fresh meat, sign up before April 6th to compete! Every team can play with an experienced mentor to help them understand meta and play their best! Visit the ETF2L website for more info.

The neon bright cyberpunk future we were promised is on our burning horizon. On April 17th for four days, Team Fortress 2 will arrive in Denmark's capital for Copenhagen Games 2019!

L33T-Gaming provides a collective prize pool of 12,000 shared across their presentations of 6v6 and Highlander tournaments!

Seats are limited so book your place among the cybernetically enhanced* players now! For more information visit the tournament website and join the Discord. Watch all the games live on KritzKast's Twitch channel starting Thursday, April 18th.

*note: Cyberware implants will destroy your humanity; we advise against their use.

TFNew is an EU tournament and mentoring program for players new to competitive TF2 (maximum 2 seasons of experience, and nowhere above Open level). You do not need to have a team to play, simply sign up on your own (or with 1 buddy, if you'd rather learn with someone you already know) and you will be put onto a team of 6 main players plus potentially some substitutes.

For the next 2 weeks after you've been put on a team, you will practice with them and receive mentoring from your team's assigned coaches at prearranged times. On the weekend of March 8th-10th, teams will go into a group stage and then a double elimination playoff bracket to see which team will come out on top! Some matches may also be casted!

The goal of the cup is for players to learn the ropes of competitive TF2 while playing in a tournament with other newbies and learning from their coaches in a low-pressure environment, but there are rewards for just participating! Playing will earn you an in-game medal cosmetic as well as raffle entries into a giveaway of TF2 items!

Registration closes on February 22nd and for this cup the number of teams will be limited to 8, so make sure to sign up sooner rather than later!

If you'd like to participate, join the Discord server to find more info on the cup in the #announcements and #cup-dates channels. More general info and rules can also be found in the #rules and #faq channels.

Other Media:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/TFNew6v6
• Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tfnew6v6
• Steam group: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/TFNew6v6

RGL.gg, powered by MarketPlace.tf, is launching a brand new pilot league that is following the rules of Match Making: All weapons allowed, no class restrictions and it's six on six. The map pool will consist of Payload, Five Control Point and King of the Hill maps.

You bring your crazy class combo's to win and we'll bring the prizes!

Every team that enters has a chance to take part in our bounty system. Teams can win up to 18 keys! We will also have a prize pool likely to exceed $1,200 dollars for our Invite division. You can read more details on the prizes in this article.

If you're interested in joining the league, you can register through our league's website (MM.RGL.gg). You should also join the RGL discord where you can find teams to join and play in our in-house Pickup Games.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our staff through our discord.

How to watch:

• Follow us on twitch.tv/RGLgg to watch matches live
• Sub to our YouTube channel youtube.com/c/RGLgg to see VOD's and bonus content
• Follow us on Twitter to keep up with RGL: twitter.com/RGL_gg

KnightComp is a new competitive game mode designed to give Demoknight players a share of the competitive action! Season 1 of KnightComp will serve as the means to determine who the best team of Demoknights truly is.

If your Eyelander keeps whispering at you to collect some heads, this is the best opportunity for you to do so. Maybe even steal some from an opposing Demoknight?

Season 1 of KnightComp is starting on February the 24th, with sign-ups ending on February the 23rd. If you want to participate, make sure you find a team before the 23rd! You can find teams by joining the KnightComp League Discord server, and join the league itself though the Match.tf page.

If you have any questions about the rules or anything else, check out the KnightComp Steam Guide for more information. Alternatively, you can ask the admins on the support channel in Discord if you still can't find your answer.

LuckyLukeTF2 is back with the Top 12 special for 2018! Just like previous years, this edition features all the #1 comp TF2 plays of the month for the year of 2018! Check out the action above or on LuckyLukeTF2's YouTube channel here!

• Improved memory usage on OS X and Linux systems
  • This should reduce the occurrence of "Out of memory or address space" errors on high texture quality settings
  • In particular, drastically improved memory usage for Linux users using mesa prior to mesa 19.0
• Added Respawn League AUS/NZ Highlander Season 2, AUS/NZ 4v4 Season 1, Asia Highlander Season 1, and Asia 4v4 Season 1 tournament medals
• Added Eu Mixes Cup 1 tournament medals
• Added KnightComp Season 1 tournament medals
• Updated cp_snakewater_final1 to fix missing player clips
• Updated the localization files