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Team Fortress 2 Pyro Update Coming This Thursday

shacknews.com — Valve has announced that the Pyro class update for its online multiplayer shooter Team Fortress 2 will be released this Thursday. To celebrate the update, the company is also doing a free TF2 Weekend, starting this friday.

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  • slythfox, on 06/16/2008, -1/+9So quick. I wonder what the two community-created maps will be.
    • wisewaif, on 06/16/2008, -1/+9My guess will be Mach4 and Turbine. Though I would love it if they reached outside the box and did something like Corporation or Steel. Those maps are great.
      • slythfox, on 06/16/2008, -1/+18I would personally like to see Valve actually contribute with the community-created maps to make them more professional. There are quite a few good community-created maps that just need touch up work.
        • sinizuh, on 06/17/2008, -3/+3I disagree. Valve adding these maps to the update means they think they're up to their standards for mass public usage. Valve going in and remaking/editing these maps would feel like they're taking away from the community and putting their own "stamp" on it.
        • cannonball, on 06/17/2008, -1/+8@sinizuh: i see what you're saying, but if valve used my map and added the "valve" touch, i think that would rock.

          of course i've never developed anything that interesting, so i couldn't say how i would feel for sure...
        • Tyrghast, on 06/17/2008, -1/+3@ Sinizuh,

          Valve created maps have a higher level of detail and much more thought than player created maps. Their developers look at dozens of possible situations for each part of the map. My only pet peeve is they changed parts of dustbowl and goldrush after they released the maps to make it easier for the Blu team.
        • slythfox, on 06/17/2008, -0/+2I think I said this elsewhere, but from my knowledge, Valve has been known to collaborate with some Source SDK projects. The key word here is collaborate. Besides, remember there are copyright issues here, so the maps would only be modified if they initialized contact with the author anyway.
      • achinnici, on 06/17/2008, -0/+0I've been having a lot of fun with the ctf_convoy map myself. It taxes the video card a bit but it's fun!
    • sethkinast, on 06/17/2008, -0/+8Shacknews comments say that one of them is cp_redstone.
      • foofightrs777, on 06/17/2008, -0/+3That would have been my guess.
    • Twiggy794, on 06/17/2008, -6/+4I'd like to see Castle3 personally.
      • Remmiz, on 06/17/2008, -1/+8Horrible map.
        • slythfox, on 06/17/2008, -0/+6It's a horrible map with a lot of potential. I think the main problem is that it's just too big.
      • venomoushealer, on 06/17/2008, -1/+1love that map. or dogblu
    • soot, on 06/17/2008, -1/+14achievementbox_pyro
      achievementbox_med
    • Ganpachi, on 06/17/2008, -6/+1please say it is DUEL_DUEL and SURF_MARIOKART
    • Elliuotatar, on 06/17/2008, -4/+1I heard Valve bought Warpath.
      • slythfox, on 06/17/2008, -1/+7I doubt Valve would buy anything. They would more likely work with community members, as they sometimes do with SDK mod developers.

        FYI, digg, it's pathetic how long it took for this article to make it to the front page. It used to be so quick for something like this.
    • paulmike3, on 06/17/2008, -0/+4Hopefully CP Toy Fort
    • fugazied, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1Very quick for Valve, thats for sure. Hopefully they will keep it up until all of the characters are done.
    • gophertau, on 06/18/2008, -0/+1http://www.steampowered.com/pyro/?pw=presspreview

      cp_fastlane and ctf_turbine
  • wisewaif, on 06/16/2008, -1/+34Hudda hudda hudda!!!
  • nmanguy, on 06/16/2008, -2/+8Yes, can't wait to axtinguish people. I wonder what achievement's they will have? I wonder if it'll be like the medic ones, but you have to get people on fire while other people get kills.
  • Feep, on 06/16/2008, -2/+16Time to set bitches on fire.
  • DpNo1, on 06/16/2008, -0/+81I think I just heard the spys all cry out at once....
    • DreKor, on 06/17/2008, -2/+37... and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.
      • dsmx, on 06/17/2008, -2/+8Depends on your perspective I'm sure all the engineers will be happy.
        • Tanktunker, on 06/17/2008, -4/+4Spies aren't engineers.
          And it's a pity, the havoc you could wreak with a spygineer.
        • venomoushealer, on 06/17/2008, -1/+3you sneak behind someone...and put a turret on their back?
    • sinizuh, on 06/17/2008, -0/+22I can see it now. A wall of dispensers and pyros on dustbowl or goldrush. No escaping the FIREWALL.
      • DreKor, on 06/17/2008, -2/+3until a scout flies over it and bops you all
      • PawnsOfJoshua, on 06/17/2008, -1/+3I'd love to see it. Been a while since I broke my record for soldier frags. =]
      • equinoxChild, on 06/18/2008, -0/+1as a sniper, I would lover that =D It would be like shooting bottles off a wall. Except bottles that light you on fire.
    • troglodytejb, on 06/17/2008, -6/+11Dunno, when I play spy I think I'm gonna LOVE this weekend. Have fun trying to figure WHICH pyro I am, suckers!
    • Tddupre, on 06/17/2008, -2/+3the jedis are going to feel this one
  • Naughtyme, on 06/16/2008, -11/+4Burn baby burn!
    • cannonball, on 06/17/2008, -1/+4disco inferNO STFU!!!
    • Naughtyme, on 06/17/2008, -2/+1Such fire for such young people. I like people with spunk - shame you just commented with such hatred instead....

      ...I cried
  • deysman, on 06/17/2008, -8/+1The Hadouken needs to automatically kill everyone within eyesight! And the flamethrower taunt, 'nuff said
  • Varz, on 06/17/2008, -1/+28Wow that was quick I wasn't expecting this for a while considering how slow Valve usually is.
    • dsmx, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1Valve are slow it's just making achievements and a few models for a new weapons doesn't take much time.
      • Mejogid, on 06/17/2008, -0/+8Fortunately, since it's Valve you can be sure it'll be perfectly balanced and a tonne of thought will have gone into every aspect - they don't just throw these things together.
    • maaddmax, on 06/17/2008, -0/+3Valve said in that last update, the big one with the medic, that with that update they can now do the other characters with ease now that the core game has been updated to accept the new changes.
  • Justin125, on 06/17/2008, -6/+1SAVE THE QUEEN!
  • Tophillious, on 06/17/2008, -1/+61http://www.wegame.com/watch/Pyro_17_kills_45_secon ...

    Pyros. The next best thing since sliced bread.
    • nmanguy, on 06/17/2008, -0/+19Damn crits...
      • RobotLeAwesome, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1haha, Pyro crits are magic!
        • ZenMojo, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1Nothing like running through an army of soldiers and nuking them all untouched because they're too afraid to rocket your ass.
    • fugazied, on 06/17/2008, -2/+1Lucky the 'offensive' team was stacked with engineers to burn easy. And a couple of really bad heavies/demos and no medics with ubers.
    • flonglonger, on 06/18/2008, -0/+1I think I've had a dream like that before
    • dominikkom, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1I'm sorry but that team was a bunch of noobs. Any good team would push out with at least one uber...
  • sylvok, on 06/17/2008, -3/+6This update will have so much fire I might need to make smoars.
  • MonteStarloz, on 06/17/2008, -7/+1w00t! i cant wait! :)
    • bob12321, on 06/17/2008, -0/+3As much as I agree with you I must digg your comment down because of stupidity.
  • Tanktunker, on 06/17/2008, -0/+14Mmmhmmhph mmphmmmph!
    (Need A Dispenser Here)
  • VideoHost1, on 06/17/2008, -9/+0Meet the Scout

    http://2.0web.tv/index.php?option=com_seyret&task= ...
  • Naryuu, on 06/17/2008, -0/+12*raises flamethrower high above head and yells a muffled victory cry*
    • ZenMojo, on 06/17/2008, -0/+8*Strikes a power stance and wails on his axe.*
    • swrostmore, on 06/17/2008, -3/+4*I put on my robe and wizard hat*
  • DxunOrdo, on 06/17/2008, -1/+3Perfect time to get some Heavy pratice
  • F28Labs, on 06/17/2008, -5/+0Damn i hate a pyro :< Sneaky ***** :p
    • FLarsen, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1Why do you hate a pyro? What about the others?
  • Chahrlie5, on 06/17/2008, -4/+2Finally
  • CalcProgrammer1, on 06/17/2008, -1/+5I like Pyro, one of my favorite classes. Pyro and Heavy are the best, in my opinion. I also like Engineers. I wonder what kind of update it will be.
  • RobotLeAwesome, on 06/17/2008, -1/+3heeelp, I'm on fiiiire!!!
  • aforce369, on 06/17/2008, -2/+51Meet the sniper is already out (despite how the article claims it wont be released till tomorrow):
    http://steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=app&AppId ...
    • bob12321, on 06/17/2008, -9/+2That is the add for the sniper, not the achievement pack.
    • bob12321, on 06/17/2008, -7/+1// removed double post //
    • TVarmy, on 06/17/2008, -1/+6Is that bobble-head supposed to be Andrew Ryan? If so, that's very clever of them.
      • bmystry, on 06/17/2008, -1/+2Thats what I thought as well.
      • CapnDeviance, on 06/17/2008, -1/+4And here I saw it and thought VIP for the map 'hunted'. :(
      • Remmiz, on 06/17/2008, -0/+9I'm pretty sure its the civilian from TFC.
    • mustang460, on 06/17/2008, -0/+4article dated Jun 16, 2008 4:29pm CST


      try reading instead of criticizing, it helps
    • zgnoud, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1this post was submitted yesterday, hence why it said it wont be released till today
  • Gudlyf, on 06/17/2008, -1/+2I wonder if these will ever come to the 360 version or if I'll have to finally buy the damn Windows version to enjoy it.
    • PawnsOfJoshua, on 06/17/2008, -0/+14Thats what you should have done to start with =p
    • TVarmy, on 06/17/2008, -0/+10In my opinion, the PC version is much better. Play it over the free weekend, and make up your mind!
    • maaddmax, on 06/17/2008, -0/+2I made that switch when I got burnt on the same 6 maps. Now I am enjoying hundreds.
    • dasdef, on 06/17/2008, -0/+5i bought orange box first on xbox 360. made the switch to PC and now i never go back to the 360 version. console FPS' ftL
    • BalooUrsidae, on 06/17/2008, -3/+1Just get the Windows version already, and install it in Wine. XBox sucks for games like Windows sucks as a desktop OS.
  • silentdragoon, on 06/17/2008, -8/+3http://digg.com/pc_games/Meet_the_Sniper_Video_Rel ...
  • diggduggDOOM, on 06/17/2008, -8/+3I have a problem. I'm a Mach4 addict. I play that map so often, the game might as well be called Mach4 instead of TF2. No other CTF map I've played combines the small map and strategic layout as well as Mach4.

    I need help.
    • eyefork2, on 06/17/2008, -0/+2Mach 4 is admittedly a fun map. Especially for snipers!
    • GRVeee2, on 06/17/2008, -0/+2never played it... BRB
  • leerayIG88, on 06/17/2008, -16/+3I believe Team Fortress Classic will always be far superior than TF2.
    Those who know, digg me up.
    • transform100, on 06/17/2008, -0/+4nope I'm sorry it isn't =(
    • TVarmy, on 06/17/2008, -0/+3I prefer TF2, but I respect your opinion. I don't respect you asking me to digg you up, so I burried you. Sorry :(
  • protogenxl, on 06/17/2008, -1/+8And now for the most famous words in Cyberathletics.

    "Achievement Whore's Start Your Servers"
  • Tddupre, on 06/17/2008, -0/+41http://bfishysk.googlepages.com/DSC005371.jpg
    a new pyro weapon just leaked
    • TVarmy, on 06/17/2008, -1/+2What the heck is that thing? It's pretty. I want to play with it.
    • eyefork2, on 06/17/2008, -0/+16Looks like a flare gun? Is this from the meet the sniper video?
    • Fragalishus, on 06/17/2008, -1/+6I'm going to dub it a flamezooka ™.
    • protogenxl, on 06/17/2008, -0/+5It looks like a Blunderbuss
    • FLarsen, on 06/17/2008, -0/+3The paparazzi is operating inside games as well now I see.
    • swrostmore, on 06/17/2008, -0/+5Please let it include the ability to light someone on fire and have his teamates light up when he touches them!
      • Wrathernaut, on 06/17/2008, -1/+2NO.

        Griever's are bad enough without such abilities.
  • PawnsOfJoshua, on 06/17/2008, -6/+1Gawd. Just what we need. More pyros. I think its funny how valve, since the days of TFC, has always found it necessary to boost the abilities of the no-talent classes, while continually weakening the high-twitch classes. =[
    When they did this in TFC with the HWGUY, it pretty much killed the entire community. It was like "forget the countless hours you spent learning how to rocket-juggle - play HW now or die!" W00t for pyros! I mean...sike.
    I love how they destroy the game at the expense of the true fans to make it more playable to the twitchless masses.
    • cgruber, on 06/17/2008, -0/+3Pyro was too weak of a class.
    • ZombieKiss, on 06/17/2008, -1/+1Less QQ more pewpew.
    • Asheis, on 06/17/2008, -0/+2wow, so what you're saying is you can't win without being a HW guy?

      I've had the top round spot only a couple times in my TF2 career, but it's never been as the HW guy... maybe you could explain what you mean a bit?

      And isn't the point to even out gameplay and give a bit of a boost to the underused/less powerful characters?
  • Tyrghast, on 06/17/2008, -0/+14If Valve sticks to releasing these updates every few months, that will be remarkable.
  • HighlanderBR, on 06/17/2008, -1/+4Burn all spies
  • SumguyTwentyOne, on 06/17/2008, -2/+7Meet the sniper
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxMtGXdndzU
    • endlessoul, on 06/17/2008, -2/+1AWESOME. I love these "Meet The..." videos. I must have watched the Scout one 10 times, it's so damn funny.

      +1 to you, sir.
  • Nn010385, on 06/17/2008, -2/+2ALL HAIL THE PYRO! BURN BABY BURN!
  • Panda200x, on 06/17/2008, -1/+16http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/7904/meetthesni ... < more :P
  • chaos7, on 06/17/2008, -1/+3what are the other 2 new pyro weapons?
  • mudkiller, on 06/17/2008, -1/+7Spies are going to hate this update. :D
  • blanktarget, on 06/17/2008, -1/+1Pyro has been my favorite class along with medic I'm so happy the first two to get updates were the ones I play the most! haha
  • keithburgun, on 06/17/2008, -0/+21Best multiplayer shooter ever made.
    • cgruber, on 06/17/2008, -1/+4I dugg you up because I love TF2 however Duke3D still holds that multiplayer crown for me. Granted games have come far since 1996 but when I think of all the stuff that game had and the hours I spent playing it in high school (and hiding it on the Novell server) I just gotta give it the nod.
  • greeniemeani, on 06/17/2008, -1/+2Fire fire I'm on fire!
  • chaos7, on 06/17/2008, -0/+2i love valve. they know how to support and add longevity to a game.
  • kencurran, on 06/17/2008, -0/+4Valve is a smart company. They know how to draw new players to the game and keep it exciting.
  • dasdef, on 06/17/2008, -0/+2TF2 gets my automatic digg.
  • pacob, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1I love valve and TF2 :D
  • arte, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1What do the new guns do thats special?
  • PawnsOfJoshua, on 06/17/2008, -4/+1All good points and I agree, balancing classes is great. All I'm saying is I hope that they do it in a way that requires a higher level of skill to tap that new power than just "hold down mouse1+spray". All good points, except the "Because twitching requires talent? I'm going to say that sniping requires less talent than my 36 point streak (without a medic) as an offensive Pyro. I took out the entire blue team in under 30 seconds." Sniping requires more skill than any other class, save maybe soldier, and even then, its a tough call. I'd like to see you pull off a 36 pt sniper or soldier streak, then I'll STFU. =]
  • ArtySkox, on 06/18/2008, -0/+2The beginning of the meet the sniper video has a bobblehead of 'The president' on his dashboard. This is a character from the original team fortress that you play as for 'The Hunted' map.. it was one of the best damn maps for the old game.. so i'm not sure if it's this update, but that could mean the hunted is coming.

    For those that didn't play the original.. In the hunted there is two teams. The red team's goal was to kill the president to win, the blue teams goal was to get the president to the safehouse in one piece. One person had to play as the president who was an oafish looking PC who's only weapon was an umbrella.
    • glutamate, on 06/18/2008, -0/+1I think payload is the reincarnation of that.

      The argument is that on pub servers if you got someone crap as the pres. it would ruin the match.

      I'd be happy if they made the pres. an NPC a la the hossies in CS.
    • lemination, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1That sounds just like as_oilrig from counter strike (or any other as_map, although as_oilrig is the only one valve released). Which I, personally, loved. I hope they bring 'the hunted' map to TF2 so I can try it out.
    • afodrick, on 06/19/2008, -0/+0I hate to sound like a jerk for correcting you, but I wish no harm: The yellow team was 5 snipers, the "assassins." The red team was the "bodyguards" which were medics, soldiers, and heavies and there could be an unlimited number of these (up to server cap.) And the blue team could have 1 person on it, this was the "president," indeed being flicked by the sniper in this video. The president had 1 weapon in his arsenal, an umbrella.

      Hunted was always my favorite map in TFC (again, dont want to be a jerk but TFC was not the original Team Fortress, the original was a mod for Quake that came out in 1996, before even Half Life itself in 1998.)

      It always seemed to be overlooked by the general TFC playing population because there were never many servers running it, and was very difficult for a player unskilled in the idiosyncrasies of the map itself. It wasn't until TFC's latter years that finally a few 24/7 Hunted servers did come out and that is where I spent the good part of my High School years (not to mention the communities formed around Hunted were some of the best I'd ever been involved in.)

      This brings me to my final point, the unbelievable amount of anticipation that swelled up inside of me after seeing the pres bobble head in the video. Damnit I'm excited for the day!
  • ronster72, on 06/18/2008, -1/+1where the hell is the netcode fix for the 360

    ***** still unplayable
  • Duxfever, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1Pyro is hawt.
  • HighlanderBR, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1Update is online now!!
  • pablo0713, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1There is only one game. That game is called TF 2.
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