[ned_ballad]

Made early because I'm a working man! The other thread had a bit more steam left in it, but not enough to make it until I get out of work, so enjoy an early thread!

Welcome to V8! (Psychopath wanted a juice joke in the title for the single most imporant Major Update Spec thread in years, yea right)

It's finally here. MvM, Tobor, Raid Mode, whatever you want to call it. It's happening VERY SOON. 3 years in the making, the most anticipated update to TF2 ever! Tonight is actually the night!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...eview?sle=true <-- ARG info. We had to figure out a puzzle with high fives and we got a neat comic out it. CHECK THIS IF YOU NEED A QUICK UPDATE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED

Quick MvM history lesson

Archive:
V1: The Original
V2: Revenge of the Tobor
V3: Tonight's the Night, forever and always
V4: Tonight's the Night for QR Codes
V5: Somewhere over the rainbow
V6: Going South of Houston, Baby!
V7: Who's Ned?

Good resources for information:
- Wiki Schema Tracker
- HLDS Email List



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[Smoky Valle]

Not first!

Guess not!

[ZLightnin']

Too bad I can't play until sunday, but hope you all have fun shooting robots!

[MarcoPixel]

Let's start our pagemonitors, gentleman.

[brandonsh]

New thread smell.

[Hellduck]

Yes! A good title from the get-go this time!

[TheCreepyPryo]

That's a better name for the thread,so.What is Valve time zone?

[Croshi]

First page master race. Also, good thread title.

[Captain_Crazy]

Alrighty. I'm guessing that Engie's gonna be a hell of a good time to play as against the machines.

[Megaguy213]

Woop.

[Forkball]

RIP Steam servers 2003-2012

[Terin7]

Can't wait for the internet to crash for a few hours.

[wickedplayer494]

Fletch seventh'd a request for it to hit before 5 EDT:

Fletcher Dunn posted:

7th.

We'll do the best we can and are hoping to not release it too late.

[ned_ballad]

Hellduck posted:

Yes! A good title from the get-go this time!

what other possible title would have been appropriate for the culmination of 2 years of speculation. To think this all started with the STS leak, a small note about raid mode.

Here we are today. Raid mode now MvM, sitting before us, just hours away.

The other alternate thread title idea was "Happy 32nd of Valvetobor!"

[BANG!]

I can imagine the pain of whoever manages the download servers at Valve.

[NateDude]

[Marik Bentusi]

I doubt we'll already be able to enjoy the mode today, but I hope servers will have stabilized within the week or so.

[UberMunchkin]

?

[testinglol]

yay ned

[IrregularToasty]

wickedplayer494 posted:

Fletch seventh'd a request for it to hit before 5 EDT:

Whoo, hopefully no more waiting until 9-fucking-PM!

[Captain Chalky]

Just got Fallout New Vegas Ultimate edition, but hey, it's not like I will play it for a while after the update hits.

[Croshi]

wickedplayer494 posted:

Fletch seventh'd a request for it to hit before 5 EDT:

If they want it ready in 5 hours, I'm betting we get it around normal update time. MAYBE 6 if we're lucky.

[goluffy]

Let's kick some robot asses!

[k2.]

were finally having a V8 . i hope one of the MvM map's has water so the neon annihilator isn't useless

[HazardousMatt]

I couldn't resist

[ned_ballad]

wickedplayer494 posted:

Fletch seventh'd a request for it to hit before 5 EDT:

before 5EDT??
Oh wow, that'd be SUPER early.

[Mechtroid]

My booty is ready.

[cpfc]

Cmon new explosive demoman weapons. *crosses fingers*

[Jetamo]

It's time to rev the V8 Speculation Engine!

What's next for TF2 after the Machines? Halloween is obvious, do we think we'll see the Mann Brothers' ghosts?

That robot is a ghost?

And of course Australian Christmas 2: Electric Boogaloo 2: Electric Boogaloo.(3)

[Erfly]

So what shall we do whilst we're veighting for this update?

[wunderufl]

So, Day 3: Bounty.

I'm thinking maybe a few new weapons, but the main focus will be on the credits system and buying stuff.

I'm optimistic that this update won't be too bad when it comes to Valve monetizing TF2. That might come later, but for now I'm fairly confident that they won't pull anything too ridiculous.

[Erfly]

ned_ballad posted:

before 5EDT??
Oh wow, that'd be SUPER early.

Yeah, that's before 9pm GMT right?

[Kapellmeister]

I bet this is what it feels like to play Demo with a fully upgraded Grenade Launcher and ScoRes.

[Uesrname]

Claiming the front page as my house. I'm going to be charging the rest of you rent forever.

[psyke]

wunderufl posted:

So, Day 3: Bounty.

I'm thinking maybe a few new weapons, but the main focus will be on the credits system and buying stuff.

I'm optimistic that this update won't be too bad when it comes to Valve monetizing TF2. That might come later, but for now I'm fairly confident that they won't pull anything too ridiculous.

They could have covered that with day 2.

Considering it was about credits and the use of skill upgrades.

[Dracon]

(watch on youtube because stupid embed request http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXa9tXcMhXQ )

[dageek]

Valve, gibe crates pls

[Evil_Knevil]

I don't expect we'll be able to play till a few hours after the update hits. Steam is probably going to crash when it hits. Just like the uber update if I remember correctly.

[Captain_Crazy]

They are gonna need some money with this update. Those poor, poor server operators...

[VietRooster2]

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