HEY LOOK SCOUT UPDATE ON THE 24TH

[KarthXLR]

Jerks I keep starting it with all my shit open to get it to update and of course it crashes.

It's not out yet if you don't know already

[Scary Womanizing Pig Mask]

Haha, I got fooled. It even had to download an update, so I got to the in game achivment screen, and spent a good two minutes scout ones weren't showing up XD Well, played

[Badgerman of DOOM]

What in hell is Valve up to? It totally should have been out.

[backfire]

What in hell is Valve up to? It totally should have been out.

For the better I guess. Any earlier and they'd risk freezing the planet from the inside out.

[Darklink]

Site updated.

[Benito Mussolini]

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

New features


Added The Force-A-Nature, The Sandman, and Bonk!

Added 35 new Scout achievements

Added crit boosted on/off sound effects

Added new sounds for upgraded teleporters

Added new sound for a fully charged medic dying

Add bonus points section to scores

Scouts earn a bonus point for killing Medics who are actively healing a target

Added several new speech concepts, mostly hooked up to new Scout lines

Added new "Remember last weapon between lives" option to the Multiplayer Advanced dialog

Spies can now control which weapon the enemy team sees them holding. Hitting the "last disguise" key while disguised updates the disguise to show the Spy's currently held weapon

Added several new Arena mode announcer speech events.

Added "First Blood" to Arena mode

Removed 2x item respawn times in arena

Changed backstab handling to fix facestabs

Spies disguised as enemy team can now see player IDs for enemies


New maps

Added community maps: cp_egypt, arena_watchtower, and cp_junction

Updated cp_fastlane with Arttu's new version


Mapmaker requests

Added new input for forward speed modifier to FuncTrainTrain

Added TeleportToPathTrack input to func_tracktrain


Bugfixes

Fixed a bug where players would sometimes gib from non-gib damage kills

Fixed stat screen showing an entry for a class called "map."

Fixed item model panels not using team skins


- Fixed obscure bug where spectators were able to carry the flag

[Spore]

Yay.

[backfire]

- Fixed obscure bug where spectators were able to carry the flag

Wait... What?!  ???

[Benito Mussolini]

-Spies can now control which weapon the enemy team sees them holding. Hitting the "last disguise" key while disguised updates the disguise to show the Spy's currently held weapon

About time...

-Changed backstab handling to fix facestabs

Don't tell me VALVe fixed facestabs? WHAT ABOUT BALANCE?

-Added TeleportToPathTrack input to func_tracktrain

Geoff's late Christman gift.

[KarthXLR]

It's like a spy's dream and nightmare.

A bunch of new upgrades = NO FACESTABS?!

Ok, so I'm downloading at speeds up to....30 KB?!

[Spore]

The servers must be exploding. My download keeps going slower and slower.

[Chief]

Added new sound for a fully charged medic dying (lol)

Spies can now control which weapon the enemy team sees them holding. Hitting the "last disguise" key while disguised updates the disguise to show the Spy's currently held weapon (FINALLY)

Added several new Arena mode announcer speech events.
----Added "First Blood" to Arena mode (cool)

Changed backstab handling to fix facestabs (I don't believe it)

Spies disguised as enemy team can now see player IDs for enemies (:O)

[Star Knight]

wait face stab was a bug? o well atleast spies change weps ^.^


Ok so what does
"Spies disguised as enemy team can now see player IDs for enemies" mean exactly?
Edit: w8 nm LOL

[Spore]

Partway through the download pulled a "This game is currently unavailable" durp on me.

Edit: It seems my download went back to 0 percent.

[KarthXLR]

Partway through the download pulled a "This game is currently unavailable" durp on me.

You figure they'd get another server or two for this.

[Surf314]

Gah, so no more TF2 tonight.  

"People want scout update's sir what do we do?"
"I know take away their ability to play TF2!"

[Spore]

Alright everybody post your download speeds!

I'm at 15 to 50kb/s :3

[JoKeRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR]

Partway through the download pulled a "Silly you, you are not at 20% you are at 0%."

[backfire]

I'm blazing along at 32 KB/s at 34%.... erm.. I mean 4%

Oddly enough, winamp started playing Still Waiting by Sum41.

[Benito Mussolini]

130 KB/s