282: All That's Shiny is Gold
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He should be proud. 14/100 volunteered to get involved with his charity benefit - that's exactly 4% higher than the average expected level of participation from a public audience.
Man, that guy is amazing.
We should have badge destroying charity events on the Escapist! I would give quite a bit to see someone destroy a Neo badge!
We should have badge destroying charity events on the Escapist! I would give quite a bit to see someone destroy a Neo badge!
Hey guys thanks for all the kind words.
And yeah, to anyone who was following the story before the TF2 official blog post, wow did that make a difference. Basically when the blog post happened, we had about $6,000 in donations, and it was winding down. I was thinking we would hit about 7.5k
24 hours after the blog post we had $19,000 raised!!! Pretty hard to believe. In my own mind I had always secretly hoped we could raise 31,000, since it was Wrench #31 to be deleted on the 31st. I don't know if it was luck or if people were specifically trying to push it to 31k that got it there, but awesome nonetheless.
And yeah, to anyone who was following the story before the TF2 official blog post, wow did that make a difference. Basically when the blog post happened, we had about $6,000 in donations, and it was winding down. I was thinking we would hit about 7.5k
24 hours after the blog post we had $19,000 raised!!! Pretty hard to believe. In my own mind I had always secretly hoped we could raise 31,000, since it was Wrench #31 to be deleted on the 31st. I don't know if it was luck or if people were specifically trying to push it to 31k that got it there, but awesome nonetheless.
It's great story but I was surprised and although the point of story was to show how gamers can give up something so precious for themselves to help something greater selfless, I was surprised that being about "The Golden Wrench" there was no mention of Drunken F00l-gate. [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1346549&page=4] Drunken F00l was a celebrated modder who made many contributions to the TF2 community. Among his contributions he made the SourceOP Plugin [http://www.sourceop.com/] (Adds many features and crosses assets between Source games), the TF2 Backpack Examiner [http://www.tf2items.com/id/df] (A website where players can examine another's backpack and trade), and many tutorials. He was so revered that he started having a personal relationship with VALVe, who flew him up plenty of times.
Then he got on VALVe's badside when he created a program that would bypass TF2 and make it appear that players were playing TF2 when they were idle. (Then items were given for time you spent in game.)
Drunken F00l also later found out either through his own calculations or from a VALVe source that consistently crafting didn't help your chances at getting the wrench but instead they were drops that were pre-determined in time and location. He also either figured out or were told the times and locations.
So he got himself the wrench and spread the word on when and where to pick them up [http://www.youtube.com/user/dftfc#p/a/u/0/qGL8kCgnLEo]. All those who got the wrench due to his advice including himself had their items stripped and were banned. The community is still divided over this to this day, and there is a movement to free Drunkenf00l and his disciples.
Then he got on VALVe's badside when he created a program that would bypass TF2 and make it appear that players were playing TF2 when they were idle. (Then items were given for time you spent in game.)
Drunken F00l also later found out either through his own calculations or from a VALVe source that consistently crafting didn't help your chances at getting the wrench but instead they were drops that were pre-determined in time and location. He also either figured out or were told the times and locations.
So he got himself the wrench and spread the word on when and where to pick them up [http://www.youtube.com/user/dftfc#p/a/u/0/qGL8kCgnLEo]. All those who got the wrench due to his advice including himself had their items stripped and were banned. The community is still divided over this to this day, and there is a movement to free Drunkenf00l and his disciples.
That is an inspired idea. Kudos to WingspanTT for his generosity and for showing the world that these items are just pixels. In the end, they mean nothing. $31,000 for sick kids to have the chance to do some TF2 damage on their very own systems, now THAT is something to be proud of right there. Cheers to all who donated. "You done good." Heh.
That's a great story! I don't know why people would complain about such an act of charity, even though such complaint made much of the act a success.
I'm surprised that most TF2 people hadn't known about this. I mean, they did post about this on the teamfortress.com blog and did give them so kudos for it.
this guy is my hero. It's about time somebody pointed out one of the major utter absurdities in our culture.
The Youth Counselor said:
Sucks for .. no wait, it doesn't suck at all. Good for the people giving up their wrenches, and Good for the banning. Some of us had to spend months playing to get back the amount of stuff we scrapped just to have a chance at that Wrench. This guy comes along and games the system out of a ton of wrenches.
So really, Fark valve. That's the real bastard in all of this.
Just gonna correct some misconceptions. First, casual players don't last very long in TF2. Most servers are very competitive, and the classes are all situation sentitive. If you just wanna run around and kill stuff, you'll be out-matched. Second, I have never, ever, seen a teabagger in TF2. Not to say that there aren't plenty of trolls and pricks in the game, just that the game is so frenetic, that actually trying to get to a player and kneel will just get you fragged.Valagetti said:
O.T. Those golden wrenches aren't tradeable, otherwise they'd be the equivalent of winning the lottery. Actually doing something good with it instead of it just sitting in his inventory makes for a great touch.