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Valve takes toys -- literally -- from Team Fortress 2 cheaters
Cheating in Team Fortress 2 is no laughing matter (okay, sometimes it is). So Valve has come up with an awesome new punishment for accounts that used an exploit before it was fixed.We have sounded the alert and released a quick fix for an exploit that some unscrupulous players were using to wield items on invalid classes. I have considered an appropriate punishment for the good-for-nothings responsible for this horrendous breach of conduct. Death, of course - but death is too good for disappointments such as these. Instead, their unlockable items have been removed for a month.
For the three or four of you who haven't played Team Fortress 2, some classes can unlock special items by playing enough to reach certain milestones. This can permanently change the way you play those particular classes. Or at least it can permanently change the way you play those particular classes until you get busted for cheating.
By Switchbreak at 2:04 PM ON 02/23/09
I just love how they wrote that. Death truly is too good for those cheaters.
By Aeon221 at 2:42 PM ON 02/23/09
Speaking as one of "the three of four" (lolwhut?) who haven't played this game, I'll probably be picking it up soon since the Orange Box is like thirty bucks on Steam.
By tortoise at 6:23 PM ON 02/23/09
aeon221 - if you hang on a bit and wait until the scout update goes live, there's a good chance valve will offer some discounted tf2 price offer
By jeff3f at 8:27 PM ON 02/23/09
There's a sequel to TF out???!!!11
I'm glad to hear there are punishments out there that are less than banishment.
By Tim at 8:37 PM ON 02/23/09
Can you please put your blogs through an editor before you post them?
"or" instead of "or", and "it" instead of "at"
REALLY?
listen to this sentence
"So Valve has come up with an awesome new punishment for accounts *that using* an exploit before it was fixed."
does that make any grammatical sense to you?
seriously, lets get professional
By TIM AGAIN at 8:40 PM ON 02/23/09
My bad, I meant "" 'of' instead of 'or' ""
I pulled a TOM
By TIM AGAIN AGAIN at 8:41 PM ON 02/23/09
Double my bad, cause Tom IS THE EDITOR!
By TIM TRIPLE AGAIN at 11:24 PM ON 02/23/09
WORD UP TOM, TRIPLE MY BAD...
TF2 ROCKS!
By Tha Fuzz at 5:27 AM ON 02/24/09
Blimey Tim. Are you typing with a headstick?
By Christoph at 10:27 PM ON 02/24/09
Uh, I don't see how what Tom said is wrong. ''Accounts that used an exploit before it was fixed''? Was it like that before? Looks fine to me.
Christoph:
Uh, I don't see how what Tom said is wrong. ''Accounts that used an exploit before it was fixed''? Was it like that...More »