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At 9/2/09 08:43 PM, ThoseSneakyFrench wrote: Cheater's lament- Level 1 aura of incorruptibility.

High five!

I think it looks nice, but if everyone is going to be running around with it, I will be pissed.

Hopefully they will but 1 more bag slot in. I want to have everything on offer.

lol

At 9/2/09 10:26 PM, ThoseSneakyFrench wrote: lol

Yeah, they sure are... odd looking, especially the soldier with his on.

It's a damn civil war. Servers are banning people with halos. Other servers are banning people without halos. Medics refuse to heal people with halos. Other Medics refuse to heal people without halos. Valve needs to do something about this. I'm getting tired of Valve's lazy horse shit.

That actually sounds really hilarious.
How do you get these halo hats? Do they just appear in your inventory? Do many people have them...?

At 9/3/09 02:44 AM, FurryDemon wrote: That actually sounds really hilarious.
How do you get these halo hats? Do they just appear in your inventory? Do many people have them...?

The people who didn't idle using that program get them, use your imagination to get a number. They appear in your backpack when you go into it.

I wish people would read posts...

At 9/3/09 01:25 AM, GetYiffy wrote: It's a damn civil war. Servers are banning people with halos. Other servers are banning people without halos. Medics refuse to heal people with halos. Other Medics refuse to heal people without halos.

lol, why are they doing that?
Hopefully they'll just take them out because I don't like seeing bright yellow dots everywhere. Hate the whole hat system and wish there was just a way to turn them off. The game is just fine without all the make up, all we need are the damn class updates.

Who wants to play some 360 TF2.

anyone....

anyone at all

At 9/3/09 01:25 AM, GetYiffy wrote: It's a damn civil war. Servers are banning people with halos. Other servers are banning people without halos. Medics refuse to heal people with halos. Other Medics refuse to heal people without halos. Valve needs to do something about this. I'm getting tired of Valve's lazy horse shit.

This is so stupid. But seriously, how could Valve expect that people would be so immature about it? It's as if they assume that the community is somewhat intelligent and mature. *sigh*

Today I was playing, and some butthurt idler kept whinging about all the halos over the mic. I was just about to mute the idiot when I got team-switched. I can't say that the autobalance has never done anything good for me anymore.

At 9/3/09 03:25 AM, Simple wrote: The people who didn't idle using that program get them, use your imagination to get a number. They appear in your backpack when you go into it.

Wait...you mean people who didn't get anything by idling or even people who joined idle servers?
Cos l joined one, but l didn't leave my PC at all and l was trying to kill the idlers...well, there's only one way to find out!
Also, fucking finally!l am so damn happy that they increased the drop rates...IMO the idling was necessary to get VALVe to move their asses and do something about it...

Checking now to see if me deleting my items found by idleing helped me :3

At 9/3/09 05:40 AM, SpeedMetalSandwich wrote: Checking now to see if me deleting my items found by idleing helped me :3

Well, you won't get a hat....but still, that hat did create a war...apparently servers are kicking non-halo wearing people, but some people just don't like them (or remove them for utility reasons-YOU CAN SEE AN INVISIBLE SPY'S HALO)...it's so retarded to kickpeople for wearing or not wearing something...should be illegal..(servers that do that should be deleted)

So much controversy over a bit of head-wear.

At 9/3/09 06:38 AM, Greenfrost6 wrote: So much controversy over a bit of head-wear.

Indeed. The halos aren't even so great hats to begin with (not being envious, fyi) and the fact that 95.5% of the community have one devalues it in my opinion. The reason people want to wear hats is to be unique and stand out. Let's just put aside the fact that you can see spies or that you got some other handicap. Valve will fix that anyway. It's just that the halos aren't very special.
Also, I want Item Trading and Item Crafting. Now.

At 9/3/09 07:27 AM, Racoonmario wrote: Indeed. The halos aren't even so great hats to begin with (not being envious, fyi) and the fact that 95.5% of the community have one devalues it in my opinion.

As if the hats have any value to begin with. They don't make you run faster or do any damage, they're just for fun. I don't care if everyone else has the hat, it's still cool that they gave it out. Any other developer would either not care or perma-ban idlers.

I just played then, noticing the abundance of players wearing those stupid halos. I hope this is only for a limited time. The people try to be original by wearing the hat, but in reality, everyone's wearing it. Soon whoever DOESN'T wear the hat will be unique.

At 9/3/09 08:18 AM, ThoseSneakyFrench wrote:

At 9/3/09 07:27 AM, Racoonmario wrote: Indeed. The halos aren't even so great hats to begin with (not being envious, fyi) and the fact that 95.5% of the community have one devalues it in my opinion.

As if the hats have any value to begin with. They don't make you run faster or do any damage, they're just for fun. I don't care if everyone else has the hat, it's still cool that they gave it out.

I mean, they don't look that great. They're meh-ish hats.

Any other developer would either not care or perma-ban idlers.

Indeed. And there are still people who are huttburt to the end.

The reason people want to wear hats is to be unique and stand out.

in other words, people who suck at the game and can't manage to stay on top of their team throughout the match

I swear, the Steam Forums give the word 'Butthurt' a completely new meaning.

At 9/3/09 12:27 PM, Racoonmario wrote: I swear, the Steam Forums give the word 'Butthurt' a completely new meaning.

I couldn't help but look, and laugh.
"OH NOEZ, I LOST MY HATS! I CHEATED THEM FAIR AND SQUARE! FUCK YOU VALVE"

I don't need drama, I got this.

http://thereno.newgrounds.com/news/post/
369013

My thoughts on this subject

Oh lovely. So that's what the halo was for.

At 9/3/09 03:30 PM, Racoonmario wrote: I don't need drama, I got this.

That's a nice demomang good sir, I raise you a scoot.

At 9/3/09 05:07 PM, Racoonmario wrote:

At 9/3/09 03:30 PM, Racoonmario wrote: I don't need drama, I got this.

That's a nice demomang good sir, I raise you a scoot.

How the fuck did you do that?

Also, TheReno, what the fuck?If you don't like the hat and "you are very disappoint" then just don't wear it...what's the point in giving existing hats?They increased the drop rate for that..there's no need to whine on such an epic level for NOT having something...just play the damn game and you'll get a hat, the probability is 4.5% or something now, so it ain't that hard...

Also, TheReno, what the fuck?If you don't like the hat and "you are very disappoint" then just don't wear it...what's the point in giving existing hats?They increased the drop rate for that..there's no need to whine on such an epic level for NOT having something...just play the damn game and you'll get a hat, the probability is 4.5% or something now, so it ain't that hard...

lol 4.5 is the percentage of users who idle. Also I didnt get the halo because I idled xD But I was saying that valve fucked up their one shot at reducing cheating, and instead handled this situation poorly

At 9/3/09 06:51 PM, HeavyTank wrote:

At 9/3/09 05:07 PM, Racoonmario wrote:

At 9/3/09 03:30 PM, Racoonmario wrote: I don't need drama, I got this.

That's a nice demomang good sir, I raise you a scoot.

How the fuck did you do that?

I'm not telling. Yet.

All I've got to say is this:

Most people who idled did so because the item drop system is flawed in that it is based on the time played, is random, and has nothing to do with how good you are.

Most people who idled were the only people who knew HOW, and if everyone had the option (as in, they knew how to do it) a lot more people would have done it too.

Valve was never clear to say that idling=cheating. They could have easily said in an update "If you idle, you will lose your items on the next update" and everyone would have a fair chance to stop. But no, they decided to sneak up on idlers and take everything away.

Honestly, I don't care that I lost a couple hats. I'm just upset about losing half my items, which now makes a ton of classes that much more boring. I know a few people who lost ALL their items due to some glitch, and now they have to start all over.

Also, I felt from the beginning that the idea of HATS was a bad one. I mean, seriously, how hard is it to make a bunch of hats? Valve was just trying to distract us from being upset that the trading system isn't here yet. And instead of making more items, having class updates, or making new maps, they took all of 5minutes to make hats and a KOTH mode.

Valve decided to label everyone who idled as a cheater, and because idlers only make up a small minority, they have no say in what is right or wrong. They are ganging up on those who understand how to get what they want when a system is flawed, knowing that there will be little to no retaliation, simply because there are barely any of us.

Sincerely,
An Idler who didn't know it was considered cheating because Valve never said it was.

I'm sorry, but I must post some more. For great justice. And laughs, maybe.
To add something to the discussion: There would be way less asspained people if it wouldn't be for the halos.

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It seems I can run TF2 at minimum requirements.
But is it possible to do easily? And would I need somebody to give me TF2?

I really wanna get into the PC version, with Xpadder of course =D