TF2 hat debate

[Grabbin Keelz]

I reeeeally hate it when people say this on Team Fortress 2.
"It's all about the hats now"
"This games nothing but a hat simulator"
"Valves just trying to swindle money from us"

Ok, so maybe Valve's gone a little overboard with the hats. That doesn't mean the game is suddenly not good. You could get rid of your entire inventory and still have a fun time. Hats just serve as kindof a trading card sidegame and gives the player something to do with the drop system. I recently completed a personal goal of getting every weapon in the game for fun (except the big kill).

Also, I know a lot of smarter people have already said this but I'll say it again.

BUYING STUFF IS OPTIONAL

There is absolutely NO functional object in the TF2 world that you can't get by just playing the game. All weapons and polycount hats can be obtained without paying money.

I know this has just turned into a rant, but it really boils my bananas when people tell me this shit.

 

[e2density]

Once you actually get up into the higher levels of play in TF2, nobody actually cares about hats...there's not a single thread on Gotfrag about hats usually 99 out of 100 times.

But the Steam Forums, where every other thread is a hat thread by a bunch of pubstars who have nothing better to do, people still care about hats for some reason...I just think it's cuz most of the players there are awful.

But as far as items, items are going overboard. Like just today, I developed a custom HUD, it was broken by the update today so Valve could add more MMO "buy this game and get free items" promos...

So I had a wonderful 2 hours fixing that small bug.

 

[Signa]

Agreed. I'm even sick of my friend's complaints that the game is so broken now because of all the extra weapons. I say NO! It's better because of all the optional play-styles for all the different characters you can play as. I never touched the engineer because I didn't want to play a RTS while in a FPS, but after the optional Wrangler came out, It's my second most played class. Even that crappy mini-sentry has a place in my heart because I actually get kills with it by placing it quickly in places. I have bad luck getting foes to walk into my L3 sentries.

 

[SpecklePattern]

Well actually I just ignore the hat stuff. It's like the good old science vs. religion comparison, pointless. And I actually have every gun and stick. Never wasted money on the items, so I think more content is just good.

But the Steam Forums, where every other thread is a hat thread by a bunch of pubstars who have nothing better to do, people still care about hats for some reason...I just think it's cuz most of the players there are awful.

xD Well that is one reason to talk about hats