FNF 2008/12/12 - Tummysticks edition

[ScottyGrayskull]

DO WANT!!

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Howdy howdy! I had a great time in NYC last weekend, and hope you all behaved yourself while I was gone. Now with a long week (including being promoted to a red stripe in Taekwon Do) almost behind me it's time to start gearing up for some Friday Night Fights!

No news on the Left 4 Dead front, and no new Team Fortress 2 maps for tonight, but some big news is for TF2. Valve released an update yesterday with quite a few changes. Here is the full list of changes, as stolen... erm... copied, from Shacknews:

    * The Engineer's teleporters can now be upgraded to level three. It will recharge faster the higher level it is
    * The Engineer's dispensers can now be upgraded to level three. It will give out metal and heal faster as it is upgraded
    * Spies will be able to recharge their cloaking ability by picking up ammo off of the ground or from health cabinets
    * Some changes to the second part of the first stage of Goldrush to give the attackers more of an advantage
    * Any weapons that fire bullets (shotguns, sniper's machine gun, heavy's minigun, etc.) can now break apart the Demoman's stickybombs
    * The icon on the HUD for a person calling for Medic will now give more information to the medic (if the target is low on health, on fire, etc.)
    * Added an achievement tracker that will allow people to choose specific achievements that they are trying to get
    * There is now a custom icon for death messages when the player was killed from a critical hit
    * Added a new particle effect for when a player enters the water
    * Added smoke to the feet of a rocket jumping soldier
    * Players will now have some particles swirling around them so other players can see when they are overhealed

Like others, after thinking about it for a bit I'm a little unsure how the engy/demo balance will fare (even though I've been calling for sticky fixes for awhile), but I suppose we'll get a chance to run the changes through their paces tonight!

In addition to the updates, Caffeine has added a plugin to server #1 that changes up the rotation system with a map vote at the end of every map. Feedback will be appreciated.


---Standard Info For Everyone---


Left 4 Dead
8-player private server;  IP: 8.9.31.136:27015;  Password: littlecart

Team Fortress 2
- Map Pack 5: you can direct download here, or torrent here.
- Again, if you would like to get placed on the reserved slot list, please POST YOUR STEAMID HERE. Your reserved slot is a privilege, not a right, and asshattery will get it revoked.

Time: 8pm Central (2am UTC)
Server: brbuninstalling.com #1 [FastDL|Customs|HLStatsX|Voting];  IP: 8.12.20.112:27015;  Password: littlecart

Spill-Over Server:
Server: brbuninstalling.com #2 No Crits;  IP: 18.243.2.105:27015;  Password: N/A

**Your reserve slot will work on both TF2 servers** ...read more

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[CaffeinePowered]

Please let me know if the voting plugin is working properly

[Surf314]

Pokey Sticks are superior

[Mission Difficult]

I'll try and be there. No promises...

[fyre]

I have been told that I'm going to see an adaptation of A Christmas Carol this evening. Meh.

[[fr31ns]Karrde]

I'll prolly be there unless me and the beau end up doing something.

[x]

Karrde link=topic=1962.msg54984#msg54984 date=1229110699]
I'll prolly be there unless me and the beau end up doing something.

So tummy sticks in either case 

[Spore]

No new maps? So what's the difference between FNF and every other day of the week then?

[Dave]

No new maps? So what's the difference between FNF and every other day of the week then?

people might turn up for once?>

[Honest]

[quote author=Spore link=topic=1962.msg55015#msg55015 date=1229118230]
No new maps? So what's the difference between FNF and every other day of the week then?

people might turn up for once?>
[/quote]

So who wants to go play L4D?

[ribozyme]

I should probably just post when I won't be there  :

Also, there WILL be 4v4 starcraft tonight









please?

[Wedge]

I'll be there for a bit.  I think I have to go out to dinner tonight sometime.  Maybe.

[Mission Difficult]

I will be there for sure now.

[Fail Medic]

I'll be there, but my larynx has been shot to hell all day; I'll have to type if I want to whine.

edit: whaddya mean i've never had a mic?  >_>

[Fail Medic]

Plugin... I just saw it do something weird.  Everything stopped, like you could feel that the server was about to switch to another map, and then the vote thing came up, but immediately after it went to a map not even on the vote list >_> .

[CaffeinePowered]

Plugin... I just saw it do something weird.  Everything stopped, like you could feel that the server was about to switch to another map, and then the vote thing came up, but immediately after it went to a map not even on the vote list >_> .

What map was this on?

[Fail Medic]

[quote author=Fail link=topic=1962.msg55159#msg55159 date=1229191719]
Plugin... I just saw it do something weird.  Everything stopped, like you could feel that the server was about to switch to another map, and then the vote thing came up, but immediately after it went to a map not even on the vote list >_> .

What map was this on?
[/quote]

Hmm... if I remember correctly, it was on cp_fallout.  It went to ctf_chaos.