August 2014 – The Daily SPUF

A couple of things that TF2 really needs and still doesn’t have.

August 31, 2014 Medic 0 Comments criticism, loadout, SPUF

This is an old game. Valve have been working on TF2 for bloody years, and they’ve done a pretty good job, even if a lot of their choices make no sense. We whinge and complain about weapons and stuff, but even that sort of thing is rather, well, small. There’s far more things that are more important. “What’s your point, Medic?” I can hear all of you (yes, all three of you) asking. Well, how about we complain about the big things as well as the little things? Like the following stuff, which is in no particular order of significance.… [Continue Reading]

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Mod Showcase: Project Ghost

August 31, 2014 brickinator 0 Comments custom, game, ghost, mod, mode, random, rope, showcase, Team Fortress 2, tight, tightrope

Welcome back to Mod Showcase. Brickinator again, here to chat about Project Ghost, a fairly new mod gamemode that’s part of the TF2 Tightrope community. Project Ghost draws many parallels with ghost-hunting TV shows; there’s lots of people in a cramped area, constant screaming and a complete lack of ghosts. Why the hell they chose the name ‘Project Ghost’ is beyond me. In fact, I haven’t got a ghost of a clue why they chose it! Comedy gold. Project Ghost is a plugin for Arena mode. Remember Arena mode? Me neither. At the start of each new round, the game… [Continue Reading]

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I’m starting to like the Scout…

August 30, 2014 Dekky 0 Comments scout

Once again, extraordinary things are happening. Old paradigms are being broken and long-held beliefs challenged. My paradigms and beliefs, that is. I’m starting to like the Scout. A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of interviewing Aabicus about this class. I hadn’t been able to find anybody else who enjoyed Scout enough to learn how to play him properly. Like me, they believed he existed only to irritate and wasn’t worth the time. Aabicus thought differently. His remarks were positive and insightful. He explained the awesome synergy of the Flying Guillotine and the Sandman. He told us of the… [Continue Reading]

Questions to the Editors

What is your favorite thread in all of SPUF’s history?

August 29, 2014 hugthebed2 0 Comments fun, history, SPUF

Medic: See, that’s the thing, I have a crap memory and I can never remember the name of threads that I really enjoyed. The itsurblog threads have always vastly entertained me but quite often, I’ll only catch the tail end of fantastic threads. I suppose the Uprising thread in the Medic subforum has always amused me. It’s good to see a bunch of Medics all working together for a common cause rather than arguing over the Quick Fix. aabicus: Oh man, I’ve got some. Most of them are name-dropped in this thread or that one, but one that isn’t is… [Continue Reading]

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Team Fortress 2 Updates, August 27th

August 28, 2014 Medic 0 Comments maps, sniper, update, weapon

Hiya peeps. Just a quick post to chat about the recent updates. Turns out there were two of them. Before we start, here are the actual update notes: Added a new promo item Client/server memory improvements Fixed ragdolls not applying the ice/gold effect for cosmetic items Fixed the Australium Scattergun material looking pixelated Fixed some issues with clipped text in the localized versions Fixed the difficulty of the current challenge not displaying correctly in the MvM scoreboard Snipers can no longer jump immediately after firing a scoped shot Updated the materials for The Dalokohs Bar Updated the equip_region for The… [Continue Reading]

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Chik-chik BOOM!

August 27, 2014 Dekky 0 Comments weapon

Let’s go back in time, to the year 2013 AD. Think of what you have achieved and learned since that era. Have you found a new career path? Have you started playing some new games? Have you got Rebecca Black’s Friday out of your head yet? Well, up to that year I had little experience with video games. The main things I knew were that big pools of acid hurt, and that I couldn’t aim at all. Most important for this article, I hated shotguns. They made no sense to me, with their miniscule ammo capacities, horrendous reload times and… [Continue Reading]

Questions to the Editors

What’s your most sentimental item?

August 26, 2014 SparkeeLecaro 0 Comments Filler, history, items

When it comes to playing the hat game, I take no shame in admitting that I’ve done a lot with it during my time playing Team Fortress 2. My backpack has become a mess of weapons and cosmetic items to help emphasize my vanity. Despite being a hoarder, I can safely say that I wouldn’t be heartbroken to see most of my collection go… with a few choice exceptions. I speak, of course, about the items with sentimental value; market value is easily displaced by the items that have some sort of meaning to the individual, and that meaning can… [Continue Reading]

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Itsurblog: Final Score

August 25, 2014 Medic 1 Comment blog, contest, history, itsurblog, numbers, stats, The Sticky Launcher is a Tricky One.

Itsurblog was a series of threads that ran from early 2013 to… well, I will explain that at the end. Itsurblog is without a doubt a milestone in SPUF history, where users got to know each other better, make friends and just generally have a nice chat. No topics were barred, so cosplay, soap, porn, maids, furries, bronies, fallout, and any and all combinations of these could all be spoken about at length, which of course they were because this is SPUF. In fact, the very blog you are reading was influenced by itsurblog, so there could be a place… [Continue Reading]

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Phlogisticast Episode 5

August 25, 2014 Medic 0 Comments class, fun, pyro, SPUF

Hey look! A SPUF-related pod cast that has lasted more than a couple of episodes! Yes, really. Seriously. Anyway, the Phlogisticast has got its 5th episode out. In it, Dekky, Thunder and I talk about goodness knows what, mostly Pyro stuff. There’s also some really awful French accents, a chat with a real life Pyro and discussions about the normal Pyro stuff. On top of that, there are plenty of tips for playing Pyro. And on top of ALL of that, we discuss Black Mesa. Yay! You want to listen? Click here! Please excuse the fact that Dekky believed the… [Continue Reading]

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The Big Earner: Not that much of a Big Earner

August 24, 2014 Odoroki 0 Comments balance, criticism, spy, weapon

When the Uber Update came out, it gave everyone except Engineer a set of weapons to work with. Pyro got shafted a bit by getting just one weapon, but it opened up a whole new strategy of det jumping, which is kind of big. But the downside of getting a whole new array of weapons, is that they all suck! Maybe they don’t. For this article, I’ll focus on the Spy sector. More specifically, his knife, the Big Earner. The Big Earner +30% cloak refilled on kill -25 HP penalty It doesn’t look like the penalty wouldn’t do much harm,… [Continue Reading]

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