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Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-02 19:56:43 Reply

That includes you external program faggots who thought Valve couldn't do anything about it.
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/60 303

Legit players get a free hat and an increased chance to find all hats. Fuck you cheaters, LAWL.


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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-02 20:01:36 Reply

I didn't get a free hat yet.....


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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-02 20:02:41 Reply

Sounds good, i like the way the guy from valve says "the people who took the moral high ground". tehe
:damn idlers

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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-02 20:02:47 Reply

Bravo!


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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-02 20:04:38 Reply

So do I, the person that's never idled but has only played 15 minutes of TF2 since the last update, get a new hat?


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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-02 20:11:58 Reply

all not cheaters got this message, on next post ill have a pic of the hat.

Valve punishes TF2 idlers.


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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-02 20:13:40 Reply

here is the hat all non cheaters get, works on all classes! well, its actually more of a halo.

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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-02 20:15:57 Reply

At 9/2/09 08:13 PM, explodingbunnies wrote: here is the hat all non cheaters get, works on all classes! well, its actually more of a halo.

Over 95% of players will be wearing that eyesore now.


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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-02 20:27:57 Reply

At 9/2/09 08:15 PM, DumbassDude wrote:
At 9/2/09 08:13 PM, explodingbunnies wrote: here is the hat all non cheaters get, works on all classes! well, its actually more of a halo.
Over 95% of players will be wearing that eyesore now.

exactly the same thing I said to someone. Hope there's going to be an option to turn all the hats off because the game's too ugly now.


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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-02 20:29:48 Reply

I like the new hat...Heavy + new at = :D

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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-02 20:33:19 Reply

I want a hat, ive been good dammit.


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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-02 20:38:57 Reply

that halo is also a great sniper magnet as far as I can tell.


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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-02 20:46:46 Reply

this hat is cool, but im just wearing it until i get the real hats. also, DO NOT WEAR IT AS A SPY. THEY CAN SEE IT GLOWING WHILE INVISIBLE.


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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-02 20:52:03 Reply

THANK YOU VALVE FOR DELETING MY LEGIT WEAPONS


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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-02 20:53:06 Reply

Free Hat! He only killed those babies in self defense!

Valve punishes TF2 idlers.


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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-02 21:07:09 Reply

What are these "idlers"? Sorry, I'm not all up to date on the goings on in TF2, since my computer would explode if I tried to play it.


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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-02 21:14:18 Reply

Guess I'd better login to claim my new "hat." I've been meaning to play more TF2 anyway...


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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-02 21:18:21 Reply

At 9/2/09 09:14 PM, BlackmarketKraig wrote: Guess I'd better login to claim my new "hat." I've been meaning to play more TF2 anyway...

I never idled, they deleted my Bonk Helmet and 2 items.

Valve needs a better cheat detector, I even got the "warning" message.


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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-02 21:28:33 Reply

instead of getting rid of those pesky cheater's hats. lets just loop the "YOU FAIL" clip over and over and over and over agian at the title screen and randomly play it while they are in game.

But i'm glad i got me a Halo for EVERY character! sweet! i guess they are my first hats ever.


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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-02 21:30:00 Reply

all the cheaters should get dunce hats!


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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-02 21:59:11 Reply

At 9/2/09 08:53 PM, X-Gary-Gigax-X wrote: Free Hat! He only killed those babies in self defense!

the babys tried to kil lhim. NOW GIVE ME HATS!


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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-02 22:23:59 Reply

At 9/2/09 09:07 PM, KeithHybrid wrote: What are these "idlers"? Sorry, I'm not all up to date on the goings on in TF2, since my computer would explode if I tried to play it.

I'm incredibly knowledgeable on the subject, but I do know some. Some people (apparently 4.5% of TF2 players) would just sit in a locked game and not play in order to find hats and weapons. They're hoping that if they stay in the spawn point long enough, they'll pick up the desired weapon/hat.

Somebody, please correct me if I'm wrong.

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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-02 23:15:11 Reply

At 9/2/09 10:23 PM, TheThing wrote: Somebody, please correct me if I'm wrong.

Actually, it was due to an external application written by a guy called Drunken F00l, which basically emulated being in a server, but you could still go about your regular computer business like checking emails etc. Valve's taken a hard line on the people who did use this program, and have deleted a lot of their items.

Hardly matters to me though, I got my stupid looking Halo.


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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-02 23:29:06 Reply

Congrats, you got a fucking HAT. LAWLS at that I say.

Jesus Christ TF2 is bad.


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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-03 02:46:09 Reply

At 9/2/09 08:52 PM, Igotaname13 wrote: THANK YOU VALVE FOR DELETING MY LEGIT WEAPONS

what hat is Valve going to be able to make to clear up this PR mess?


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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-03 02:48:16 Reply

At 9/3/09 02:03 AM, Brass wrote:
PLUS, you wouldn't have gotten the hat if we hadn't idled!

BOW TO YOUR MARTYR

Haha, I actually thought the same thing.
I haven't checked to see whether I have the Halo thing or not, but the only use I can see it for is like years later when less people have it. I am disappoint


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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-03 03:07:11 Reply

So I try to make up for having a shitty computer that can barely handle anything by idling away due to it being too shit to be playable.

Valve punishes TF2 idlers.


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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-03 04:31:11 Reply

last night round 11:30 I saw the steam icon changed to that updating/downloading steam icon in the taskbar, I checked for updates and saw that TF2 was updating but no new update on the front page, well atleast now I know what it was.


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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-03 11:12:38 Reply

I'm amazed that so many people are asspained over losing a couple of hats. It's amazing how many TF2 players wanted to play dress-up. /v/ is having a riot over this.


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Response to Valve punishes TF2 idlers. 2009-09-03 11:41:46 Reply

At 9/3/09 11:12 AM, xscoot wrote: I'm amazed that so many people are asspained over losing a couple of hats. It's amazing how many TF2 players wanted to play dress-up. /v/ is having a riot over this.

And with good reason. Hats are fucking stupid. Get good at the game, don't try to look good.


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