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“But Medic, what on earth are you talking about? You write all the time!” I’m not talking about me, I’m talking about the chance to write stories for prizes! More to the point, I’m talking about the wonderful writing contest known as Write Some Moar! on the TF2 SPUF forums. Last time, 29 stories featuring over 70,000 words were judged by a panel of, um, judges, and much fun was to be had. And that fun has returned with the appearance of Write Some Moar! 2. Hosted by Argeon, instead of fighting with weapons, we’re fighting with words for lots… [Continue Reading]
I’m sure some of you have read the Binding of Medic, or maybe played The Binding of Isaac (a very good game, you know) or maybe both. I’m also sure that you’d agree that the Binding of Medic is a fun, amusing way to pass your time on SPUF. In today’s article, we’ll be discussing how I thought up the crazy idea, ways to do your own silly game, a few fun facts and some other bits and pieces.
thesupremecommander here with a Public Service Announcement. No, not a Team Service Announcement (though you should definitely go watch those). (And maybe this doesn’t count as a PSA since we’re technically advertising, but then again I run this blog, so is it really advertising if I’m talking about things related to this blog?) Anyway, I digress… I’m sure that many of our loyal readers have heard about the SPUFserver before. If you haven’t, the SPUFserver is a server started by some moderators of SPUF and continued on by me today as a place for the denizens of SPUF to hang out within… [Continue Reading]
Heads up! Today marks the start of the submission period for SPUF Anthology Cast 1! The deadlines for submissions is the Sunday after next, November 26th! As a part of our inaugural cast, there will be a special reward for anyone included in this cast, so get those submissions in! I am also cooking up a few new special segments, stay tuned on the SPUF thread and steam group later for details on those. (Also, looking for a better acronym/name. Any ideas?)
It seems like SPUF is always in two minds when it comes to glitches within our expansive game of TF2. Whether it’s high-fiving someone into the enemy spawn or staying invincible as a Medic, we’ve certainly seen our fair share of bugs that Valve has accidentally exposed over the years.
Of course, the latest one on the public mind (but not a recent one, dating back to just after last Halloween when it occurred) was the persistence of Halloween spells on items beyond when they were supposed to expire. This glitch was patched during and after this year’s update, with all spell items expiring but all items with spells applied to them allowed to keep the spell (with the caveat that the spells would only be visible during Halloween/full moon). This recent action has caused quite the outpouring, with a thread gaining steam on SPUF and a blog post on this very site, showing how much SPUF is in two minds about every issue.
Since every stance has a counterstance, I’m here to offer the opposing point of view: to all those complaining, deal with it.
Recently I learned, to my astonishment, that the other people on SPUF actually consist of more than usernames and bodiless personalities.
On October 7th my newlywed wife and I departed on a honeymoon cruise to Hawaii, and on the 16th visited the district of Kona. There, I met up with SPUF’s spy master and Stormy Storm Team Captain-rocker Captain Blades!
The Captain gave us a private tour of the island, which was awesome because we hadn’t the forethought to sign up for any of the guided tours. We couldn’t visit any of the national parks because the American Government was shut down for what I’m sure were very excellent reasons, but we still saw many of the beautiful sites Kona had to offer!
Good day fellow SPUFers!
I’d like to introduce you all to a little project I’d like to start up. It’s a podcast, but not in the traditional sense.
Introducing: The SPUF Anthology Podcast.
Essentially, it is a collection of short segments submitted to us on various (hopefully) interesting topics distributed in a tri-weekly format. Designed in a way so that anyone who wants to participate has a shot- no livestreams to make, no Skype to mess with, and don’t even get me started on timezones… Segments can be created on their own time. For now we will be focusing mostly on TF2 related topics, but may expand into other games as well.
So, as some of you may have heard, Gunslingers VS Highlanders season 3 concluded the other day, after a hard struggle on both sides and a lot of mess and confusion. You probably read that post announcing the winners. If you didn’t, it was a tie. Four maps, one of which fatally crashed, with mini-sentries everywhere. Why am I writing about this when you’ve probably already heard about it? Well, I think you should know how it feels like, being on the Highlander side. As the team’s Medic.
Yeah, it’s horrible.
Dear Laddies and Lassies,
Me butler Samson has shown me the arts and crafts ye all have made for me pipes, and I’m astounded by the high quality of the submissions! Though I’m a wee bit sad that not every Pipe will go to a new home, the others will remain with me for the time being! Now, I have to go strangle a Leviathan to death!
-Sir Donald Demoman