Team Fortress 2 Goes Free-to-Play, Meets the Medic

Avayu

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Wow, perfect timing. I was just looking for a good F2P FPS, but after the utter catastrophe that was AVA, I was about to give up. And now this. Thank you Valve!
 

Russian_Assassin

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As long as Half Life 2 and the episodes don't go free, I won't feel like an idiot for actually BUYING the Orange Box...
 

Locko96

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It's good to have more people introduced to awesomeness. And Meet the Medic...holy shit that was fucking awesome.
 

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i'm updaing now. AWESOME! MY HOURS AS A MEDIC WERENT WASTED! MUHAHAHMUGAGHAHAHAHAHAHAH
(and thats how i lost my medical licence)
 

theriddlen

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Well, that's a very intelligent move. They will earn much more money if more players will pour in and decide to buy even one thing, just to get a premium account than they would get only relying on game sales.
 
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Erana said:
What is the Pyro reading at the end, guys?
Can't quite see...just the light he's flicking on and off. Might need to watch in HD.

Edit: I 'think' it's the Saxton Hale Comic with the girl scouts, but I'm not sure. Certainly has the Jarate ad on the back.
 

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Wish I knew it was pretty gruesome before I started watching. I'm eating my lunch here.

Mind you though, only one to go. I'll be sad when it ends.
 

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Awesome news. New players, sweet!
And Meet the Medic was also funny as hell, heh. "Kill me." "Later". Oh, i lol'd.
I can imagine the Escapist TF2 group will get some new members now, eh?
 

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I bouhg thte Orange BOx for about £3.50, So i'm more than happy to spit valve a little change since i've played TF2 alone from that package for over 100 hours.

By my own rating system it's a game worth about £100, but if these folk wanna play for free then god love em'

Just don't ruin it for the rest of us.
 

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Awesome74 said:
Well, that's... kinda cool, I guess, but, not to sound ungrateful, what about the money I paid for it? Maybe I could get a free hat, Valve? :3

EDIT: Just to clarify: I'm really not annoyed at all about the free to play thing. As long as they keep making updates, then I'm happy. I was just thinking that it'd be a Valve thing to do to give a hat or something. If I didn't get one then I'd be perfectly content; I was just curious.
If you read the update: You DO get a free hat! I think it's like those Medals they gave out to people based on how long they have owned the game.
 

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TheYellowCellPhone said:
As I overlook the FAQ for free people, I am deeply saddened by how bullshit it is. Getting the game for free means you CAN'T:

Give trades
Find hats
Give gifts
Have as many backpack slots (1/6 the number a person who paid for it has, 50 compared to 300)
Use every crafting blueprint

Oh, and to upgrade to a 'premium' player, it costs $1. One dollar for a game I had paid $20 for.
Er... a 20 dollar game that is 4 years old at this point. It would be a 5-dollar-bin game now ANYWAY.
 

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hmm, i was literally going to buy it in 10 days (as soon as i get real internet back, thanks slow internet company, for taking a month), guess i dont have to.
 

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Speaking as someone whose computer may or may not be powerful enough to actually RUN TF2, I entirely welcome this news, as I can now try it out (and with it, finally discover if my machine can cope with - yes, try not to faint with disbelief - Portal. As in, "one".) without risking carefully guarded and presumably non-refundable beer money.

If it works, and I like it, I'll happily buy something from the Mann store... and probably the remainder of Orange Box too, if that's still a pay-for item.
 

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The_root_of_all_evil said:
Thumper17 said:
Just played, Item servers are down :(.

Feels great not having access to earned items.
Item servers were up for me all the time. Must be just your server.
He says, three hours later. I reply "Thanks tips."