Team Fortress 2 “Meet the Pyro” update officially official with 3 days of Pyromania

Nathan Andrews 25 Jun, 2012 at 7:53pm ET Article published in Gaming

This weekend, some interesting new item drops started showing up during Icrontic’s favorite game, leading some to believe that the final “Meet the Team” segment was forthcoming.

This morning, Valve revealed that we were correct, and that we will finally meet the Pyro. To keep us all interested in the interim, Pyromania was launched with three new… things to be uncovered.

This morning, the first of these revealed was a new map and game mode called “Doomsday“. The object is for the attacking team to deliver a suitcase carrying the nuclear payload to a waiting rocket while the defending team tries to stop them. This seems like it would play similar to a combination of the current Capture the Flag and Payload modes.

The updates are, of course, delivered with all of the humor and cleverness that we expect from this development team, so it is to be expected that these new updates will be great fun for all.

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25 Jun 2012 ~ 7:56pm MiracleManS Also Summer Sales. My body and my wallet are ready.
25 Jun 2012 ~ 8:01pm AlexDeGruven Is it just me, or is the front page time off?

25 Jun, 2012 at 7:53pm ET
25 Jun 2012 ~ 8:25pm RahnalH102 Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!
25 Jun 2012 ~ 11:37pm Preacher Man, I can't wait to get back from Senegal!
25 Jun 2012 ~ 11:55pm trooster89 Hopefully this wont lead to W+M1 spammers all over the place.
26 Jun 2012 ~ 12:28am oni_dels @trooster89 a true pyro use m2+q+m1
26 Jun 2012 ~ 5:04am SpencerForHire

In b4 "old".
26 Jun 2012 ~ 5:29am Tushon And introducing @CrazyJoe's new avatar: poopyjoe
26 Jun 2012 ~ 7:12pm primesuspect Day two is up.

New scout, soldier, sniper, and pyro weapons.
26 Jun 2012 ~ 7:40pm Ryder Is the video not up yet or did I miss it?
26 Jun 2012 ~ 7:44pm primesuspect Meet the Pyro video will be here tomorrow.
26 Jun 2012 ~ 7:54pm GnomeQueen I'm sexually excited for this update.
26 Jun 2012 ~ 11:10pm QCH [Like]
27 Jun 2012 ~ 3:05am AlexDeGruven
I'm sexually excited for this update.
27 Jun 2012 ~ 3:07am QuadyTheTurnip Secret pages! http://www.teamfortress.com/pyromania/thepoopyjoefiles/

http://www.teamfortress.com/pyromania/soldierhome/
27 Jun 2012 ~ 4:32am UPSLynx That new scout shotgun looks OP as hell.
27 Jun 2012 ~ 4:36am CrazyJoe Cannot wait!!
27 Jun 2012 ~ 4:46am fatcat
That scout is OP as hell.
27 Jun 2012 ~ 5:27am Canti Default scattergun 4 lyfe. I don't care what bullcrap they EVER give the scout, default weapons are the best the best the best the best the best the best the best the best the best the best.
27 Jun 2012 ~ 1:20pm Snarkasm I dunno, men - the new scout gun at least decreases speed by 35% before possibly doubling it (so they're really doing 130% of normal speed, not 200%, at top end), and boost resets on jump, which is a scout's bread and butter, isn't it? Sure, it's more accurate, but they do 30% less damage and are restricted to the ground to get the speed boost.

The sniper weapon, however.... you lose 20% damage on body shots, and that's it. In exchange, you build focus on kills and assists, and when focus activates, you get faster charge times, can stay constantly scoped, and your headshots decapitate.

That, my friends, is OP. Good snipers will fucking RAPE with this rifle.
27 Jun 2012 ~ 2:44pm mertesn
@pragtastic will kill us all
Fixed
27 Jun 2012 ~ 2:56pm pragtastic Hah, I'm the body shot king as of late. Might have to change my play style.
27 Jun 2012 ~ 6:16pm primesuspect I agree with Snark. New scout gun meh. New Sniper rifle? Wayyyyy OP. Imagine @NickD with that rifle, that's all I'm gonna say.
27 Jun 2012 ~ 6:25pm GnomeQueen
27 Jun 2012 ~ 6:30pm PirateNinja I luled
27 Jun 2012 ~ 6:30pm primesuspect Brilliant.
27 Jun 2012 ~ 6:32pm Annes Huh.
27 Jun 2012 ~ 6:32pm Tushon ... awesome
27 Jun 2012 ~ 6:38pm Chooch FREAKING AWESOME!!!
27 Jun 2012 ~ 6:43pm Koreish I demand a mod of Pyro vision now.
27 Jun 2012 ~ 6:50pm PirateNinja I would take a full on Valve made Pyro vision mod over HL3.
27 Jun 2012 ~ 6:50pm CrazyJoe Classic!!
27 Jun 2012 ~ 7:01pm GnomeQueen
I would take a full on Valve made Pyro vision mod over HL3.
YOU SHUSH YOUR BLASPHEMOUS MOUTH
27 Jun 2012 ~ 7:06pm UPSHitman OMG THAT IS AWESOME!!!
27 Jun 2012 ~ 7:22pm AlexDeGruven That. Was. Awesome.
27 Jun 2012 ~ 7:39pm fatcat so.... disappoint

all these years waiting, and that's what I get
27 Jun 2012 ~ 7:39pm PirateNinja Oh wait .. oh holy crap. They used source film maker to make this, all those items and that world already exist.
27 Jun 2012 ~ 7:52pm UPSHitman who knew the pyro was a Brony
27 Jun 2012 ~ 9:22pm GnomeQueen
who knew the pyro was a Brony
Somehow, this is @UPSLynx 's fault. Don't ask me how.
27 Jun 2012 ~ 9:28pm UPSLynx It's true, I introduced Gaben to MLP.

I wish they would have revealed Pyro's gender :/
27 Jun 2012 ~ 9:33pm Koreish

There is your Pyro friends.
27 Jun 2012 ~ 9:39pm SpencerForHire WTF 4chan.
27 Jun 2012 ~ 9:40pm GnomeQueen Valve are master trolls. Master.
27 Jun 2012 ~ 9:43pm Basil

There is your Pyro friends.
Glad I'm not the only person who's mind straight to this.
27 Jun 2012 ~ 9:49pm Ilriyas That was beautiful, I really want pyro vision now.

Also lol at pony, I no longer feel indifferent about Gabe being a brony only good things can come of this.
28 Jun 2012 ~ 12:35am cola Dear god my insides when pyrovision.

Flawless Victory.
28 Jun 2012 ~ 12:56am PirateNinja day3 is up its up its up upu up u
28 Jun 2012 ~ 1:56am BobbyDigi Update available, good luck everyone!
28 Jun 2012 ~ 2:04am primesuspect Server has had update command initiated, and reboot has been issued. I am assuming the Steam servers are slammed. It will be up when it's up.
28 Jun 2012 ~ 2:06am primesuspect This is what it looks like when this happens:
mlds.sh: Game for Account 530245 Starting Up
mlds.sh: Game loop initializing...
mlds.sh: To exit loop hit CTRL-C
mlds.sh: Starting Server
Auto detecting CPU
Using default binary: ./srcds_linux
Server will auto-restart if there is a crash.
./srcds_linux: error while loading shared libraries: libtier0.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Add "-debug" to the ./srcds_run command line to generate a debug.log to help with solving this problem
Thu Jun 28 01:45:12 UTC 2012: Server restart in 10 seconds
./srcds_linux: error while loading shared libraries: libtier0.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Add "-debug" to the ./srcds_run command line to generate a debug.log to help with solving this problem
Thu Jun 28 01:45:22 UTC 2012: Server restart in 10 seconds
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Thu Jun 28 01:45:32 UTC 2012: Server restart in 10 seconds
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./srcds_linux: error while loading shared libraries: libtier0.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
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Thu Jun 28 01:46:22 UTC 2012: Server restart in 10 seconds
./srcds_linux: error while loading shared libraries: libtier0.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
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Thu Jun 28 01:46:32 UTC 2012: Server restart in 10 seconds
./srcds_linux: error while loading shared libraries: libtier0.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
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Thu Jun 28 01:46:42 UTC 2012: Server restart in 10 seconds
./srcds_linux: error while loading shared libraries: libtier0.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
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Thu Jun 28 01:46:52 UTC 2012: Server restart in 10 seconds
28 Jun 2012 ~ 2:45am ErrorNullTurnip
WTF 4chan.
I thought I remembered seeing that somewhere.
28 Jun 2012 ~ 3:44am GnomeQueen Sommmmmmedaaaay my game will update
Sommmmmmedaaaaaaaaay my game will update
And there'll be fire and guns everywhere
Bullets flying wildly in the air......
28 Jun 2012 ~ 4:20am Bandrik FREE TF2 HAT PROMO!!!1uno

But really, [Adult Swim] is giving out Robot Chicken hats to celebrate Meet the Pyro. Look to this thread for the skinny.
28 Jun 2012 ~ 5:32am Shorty Was kinda hoping for something a little funnier but still entertaining (and completes the series finally!).
28 Jun 2012 ~ 3:33pm MAGIC
(and completes the series finally!).
No kidding, now Valve can get back to what they do best. Hats.
28 Jun 2012 ~ 4:39pm BobbyDigi My stream of consciousness as I started to download the update:

Pyromania!
Heart pumping.... "15 minutes"
Have metal, shooting for some low numbered new weps
"12 minutes"
8====D
1 minute 25 seconds
8=============D
Oh goodness.... rumors of all the crap disapearing!
no more goldfishes?
"Mysterious treasures have been incinerated, but are now craftable"
28 seconds
I'm gunna burst 8================================================D
Item
Server
Down
8-p
SPOILER ALERT Pyro Vision shots http://steamcommunity.com/id/unforgiven91/…
#18 rocket launcher and #84 pictol 8================================================================================================================D
Scorched crates and keys
So all the items turned into ashe
You can craft 4 of them together to get them back though
It gives you a 1 time use "Pile of ashe" "Looks like somethings in there"
No more Equalizer
The Equalizer

Removed player move speed modification and added it to a new item named The Escape Plan
All owners of the Equalizer will be automatically granted The Escape Plan
*is shaking with excitement *
Correction, equalizers still exist, new skin, no speed boost
Craft 4 ash together for possibility at singed crate.... singed keys are available in store, open to get other community items or new rainbow items in strange quality
/Valve activates troll mode
it is super effective, they acquire million$
Tomislav is nerfed into uselessness. 40 PERCENT FASTER TO 10 PERCENT
unrelated: Gia is walking around the house like she owns the place
All flame throwers get 10% damage buff. Backburner gets its 10% removed making it the same
Degreaser gets -10% damage nerf but because of 10% across the board it is the same
Bonk goes from 6 to 8 seconds
Sweet Joe....
Gloves of Running Urgently

Removed self-damage over time penalty
Heavy takes mini-crits while active and for 3 seconds after switching away
Attack damage penalty reduced from -50% to -25%
That is fucked up valve
ash is still dropping with the other items
I bet someone figured out how to game the system. The friends server just went down = stopping trading
"Is dominated by" is replaced by "is best friends with" in pyro vision
damage = laughing and rockets propel with bubbles
Explosions are confetti and gibs are random items
There are rainbows.... not sure where from yet
1/2 medpacks are slices of cake
no lie
"Got Revenge on" = "Broke Up With"
Making a note here, Huge Success

And then I wrote out the entire ARG. Keep an eye on the home page!
28 Jun 2012 ~ 9:35pm UPSLynx hahaha!

Best line: unrelated: Gia is walking around the house like she owns the place

I didn't realize they nerfed Tomislav so hard. goooooooooood.