non-tf2 – Page 10 – The Daily SPUF

Why I play League of Legends

June 23, 2015 Medic 0 Comments criticism, non-tf2, opinion, Team Fortress 2

When I say I play League of Legends, most people I know roll their eyes and sigh. Despite League of Legends having a literal fuckton of players, it seems that 90% of people I know really dislike the game. They look at me as if I’m some sort of masochist maniac. Well they’re wrong. There’s other reasons why I like League of Legends. The first reason is that I like the art style. Sadly, the style has been changing over the years, going for a more detailed, darker, Dota look. But when I started playing, everything was bright colours and… [Continue Reading]

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Some things you shouldn’t do in a Free To Play game

June 21, 2015 Medic 0 Comments f2p, free to play, game, non-tf2, Team Fortress 2

Today, we turn into some sort of Buzz Feed thingy and talk about a bunch of things that people rally shouldn’t put in their Free to Play games. Yes, I know you make these games to make money, but there’s plenty of ways you can do it without pissing off players. Non-pissed off players are more likely to tell other people about your game and spend money on it than pissed off players will. So let’s begin. Number 1 – Pay To Win This is always number one on any sort of Free To Play checklist. Is there anything in… [Continue Reading]

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Medic plays Payday 2

June 19, 2015 Medic 0 Comments assistance bitte, fun, help, non-tf2, payday

Or, as my alternate title was going to be, “HOLY FUCK WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WHERE’S THE BANK WHAT ARE WE DOING HELP!” Kettlecamper said I’d write about this. He was right. I am writing about it. I’m very confused. There were explosions and drills and guns and hostages and people on the ground and jewellery and people making meth and perk trees and bad guns and cable ties and tasers and flashbangs and smoke grenades and fire and ammo kits and bags of stuff and body bags and I DON’T FUCKING KNOW. Okay, deep breath Medic. Deep… [Continue Reading]

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You’d think I was a Sona main…

June 18, 2015 Medic 0 Comments league of leg-ends, medic, non-tf2, sona

If the casual person were to come up to me while I was playing TF2, they’d see why I’m called Medic. Over the last few years, I have slowly ditched my other persona (Phovos, Tahnok and Ar/Elkay) and kinda stuck with just being called Medic, occasionally splitting into being The Medic or BLU Medic if Medic alone is not available. I’m almost completely tied to this username now, no one calls me anything but Medic. Of course, such a username does mean that people make huge assumptions about what I do in other games. I’ll be honest, I prefer tanky… [Continue Reading]

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Conflicting Communities: Of Heisters and Mercenaries

June 8, 2015 ShekelWanker 0 Comments analysis, community, criticism, dlc, modding, non-tf2, payday

So as most of you have noticed (though probably not) there has been a distinct lack of posts made by me on SPUF. You can tell from the lack of shitposts made by a certain PootNameHere. Why is that? Well, the answer is simpler than you think. I have become bored of TF2. My attention span for this game literally died out. Sure, I could blame EOTL for driving me away, sure, I could blame Valve for flooding this game with a never ending amount of hats, but no. The reason is, once again, simpler than you think. It’s all… [Continue Reading]

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Eyeballs.

June 7, 2015 Medic 0 Comments demoman, fun, merasmus, monoculus, non-tf2, story

“Ah, Vel’Koz, you made it!” Hermaeus Mora grinned menacingly as he opened the front door to the Halls of Forbidden Knowledge. “So glad to see my old student once more!” Vel’Koz shuddered. He hated Apocrypha. So much knowledge so badly stored. “You seem happy. Is it because I brought a friend?” He floated to one side, revealing something more eyeball-y than himself and Hermaeus Mora combined. “Oh, only partially. So, who is our new friend? Welcome!” “Hermaeus, this is Monoculus. I, uh, salvaged him from a fight with a rather gender-amorphous wizard. He can’t talk very well, but he understands… [Continue Reading]

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Game Design: Differentiating Your Baddies

June 4, 2015January 15, 2017 aabicus 0 Comments analysis, design, killing floor, l4d, Left 4 Dead 2, non-tf2, On Shooters

First-Person Shooters do a great job of naming all the guns. Whether borrowing real-world names like “M14” in the name of accuracy, generic names like “sawed-off-shotgun” in the name of clarity, or custom names like “Klobb” in the name of uniqueness, I can’t think of a single instance where I was disappointed in the dev’s firearm naming efforts. But this satisfaction does not always transfer to their naming of the things being shot. In a way, I think it’s almost more important that the bad guy units in a shooter be given decent names, especially if the devs are hoping a… [Continue Reading]

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A Look Back at TF2 SPUF’s Non-TF2 Gatherings

May 31, 2015 aabicus 2 Comments discussion, event, history, non-tf2, SPUF

Traditionally, TF2 SPUF events have always taken place in the game to which the forum is dedicated. But that’s not always the case. Especially when the meeting is more casual or introduced by a relative unknown, we can get some esoteric spur-of-the-moment parties with some pretty impressive turnouts. This is just a fun recollection of some good times (and one pretty bad time) from SPUF’s history! 1) 100% Orange Juice. This one is less a single event than a recurring mini-community, but a lot of the old itsurblog crowd regularly play 100% Orange Juice together after hugthebed2 first commented on… [Continue Reading]

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Small crawling things that climb into buildings and explode…

May 30, 2015 Garen 0 Comments DEMACIA, fun, non-tf2

Good day, citizens! It is I, Garen, the Might of Demacia. I have returned to inform you all of an up and coming threat that has somehow slipped through the cracks of space and time and is now attacking people’s turrets! But do not fear, I have located the source of this vile scourge – this threat has sneaked in via the Void, the same hideous place were the horrible being known as Vel’Koz was born. Oh and the other hideous Void beings. And Kog’Maw. For some reason, my sister seems to think that hideous, drooling, acid-spitting monster is cute.… [Continue Reading]

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Scout and Tracer, there’s a new annoying speedster around…

May 28, 2015 Garen 0 Comments DEMACIA, ekko, league of legends, non-tf2, overwatch, scout, tracer

Good day, everyone! The Might of Demacia is here once more to bring some good, or maybe bad news! This week, or last week, or maybe the week before, a new champion was announced, who will soon be joining the League of Legends! Yes, you heard me, another one. This one though is just what the doctor ordered, assuming the doctor wanted an annoying little time-travelling cocky bastard. The new champion is Ekko, currently dubbed as The Boy Who Shattered Time. Not nearly as impressive as The Might of Demacia. He is a young speedster mage assassin champion. He hails… [Continue Reading]