I know there were a lot of complaints about the beer collection map last night, but I found it pretty refreshing. Most of us find TF2 to be a bit long in the tooth in 2016, a bad case of "old" and "been there done that". That map offered a completely new twist on the TF2 we know and love, and I enjoyed it quite a bit.
It took us awhile to figure out the mechanice/UI of that map, but now that we get it, I bet we'd have a fun time playing it. Nice to see something new.
The beer map was fun. I really don't understand how people didn't get it. If you've every played a Call of Duty/Battlefield/other cookie cutter shoot em up, it's a dog tag map. If you are completely new to it, players drop an item when they are killed, you need to collect this item then deposit it for points. We should try more maps like this to keep things fresh, however next time maybe have a description in the map thread so we all know the rules at the start.
Decided to go fishing yesterday, so went down to the coast Tuesday afternoon to get an early start...
6 hours of boat repair first thing in the morning had me thinking that staying for TF2 would've been the better bet. Also, only caught a half a trout (shark decided the other half was his).
Things began innocently enough. Late start as we waited for the server to update. Then, slowly but surely, Icrontic began to fill the ranks.
@Linc cracked a bottle of sake. Like ya do. It's Tuesday.
After about 30 or so minutes, the entire server lagged out and everyone froze. We sat motionless for around 30 seconds to a minute, unsure if the server was going to recover or not. Of course, the game timer continued to count down, taunting us as we were rallying for a final push to win.
Suddenly, the server snapped back, and we all asked via voice if we all experienced that. The timer didn't recover, naturally, and weird things began to happen.
Players were invisible. Some player models were stuck in a run cycle at odd points in the map. Some players were nothing but floating hats with weapons. The server was all over the place. @Linc drank half the bottle.
Suddenly, as if sent to us from the Heavens above, an innocent sounding name joined the server and began playing with us.
meathook.
I wouldn't have believed it if you told me. I witnessed it in person and I can hardly believe it. Like Icrontic lore coming to life, 9 years later, the return of the prodigal son. @primesuspect and @Linc were in stitches. They could hardly breathe. Slowly, we put together the pieces. His account had only ever been called meathook. He joined steam in 2008. He was still earning achievements as if he hadn't played at all for the last 9 years. He was.... mediocre at best. Heck, even that profile image of the skull struck the bells of nostalgia. It was THE meathook.
We begged and begged for him to talk to us. Just speak words. We had to hear from the prophet. Nay, he denied us for well over an hour of gameplay while we were all beside ourselves, astonished at the whole thing.
Finally, he spoke:
And that was the end of it. He never spoke again. Shortly after, we experienced another server hiccup, and we never recovered. meathook was gone, likely to never be seen again. I'm honored and privileged to have experienced it tonight.
Yeah, he definitely said 3 things via text total. For posterity, the logs from the second thing (TF2 won't let you screencap while in chat mode):
Brennanaha : thx
Brennanaha : yeah
Brennanaha : its fine
meathook : IM HONOURED BY ALL YOUR PRAISE
Lunar Strikes : \o/
{IC} prime was automatically assigned to team BLU
(Voice) D. L. Warr: MEDIC!
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I was sober.
I know there were a lot of complaints about the beer collection map last night, but I found it pretty refreshing. Most of us find TF2 to be a bit long in the tooth in 2016, a bad case of "old" and "been there done that". That map offered a completely new twist on the TF2 we know and love, and I enjoyed it quite a bit.
It took us awhile to figure out the mechanice/UI of that map, but now that we get it, I bet we'd have a fun time playing it. Nice to see something new.
The beer map was fun. I really don't understand how people didn't get it. If you've every played a Call of Duty/Battlefield/other cookie cutter shoot em up, it's a dog tag map. If you are completely new to it, players drop an item when they are killed, you need to collect this item then deposit it for points. We should try more maps like this to keep things fresh, however next time maybe have a description in the map thread so we all know the rules at the start.
.... I've.... I've never played a dog-tag map. I have no idea what that paradigm is, but I'm glad you explained it.
Also there was this when the map started.
Zero people read that. I guarantee it!
Lies, I did. I mean, I was still confused for at least 10 minutes into it anyway, but I figured it out.
Sorry I missed the weird map!
Came in, slapped people with fish, and then Upward hit and 2nd round just sucked, people vanished/idled.
Someone should update the server soon.
I will soon.
UPDATED!!!!!! GO! GO! GO!
Highlight of the night - this spray:
I will be back for week 5; hosting my boss at the house this week.
Sounds like a wasted opportunity of Boss on Mic.
Problems with my GTX 970 in Osx.
Decided to go fishing yesterday, so went down to the coast Tuesday afternoon to get an early start...
6 hours of boat repair first thing in the morning had me thinking that staying for TF2 would've been the better bet. Also, only caught a half a trout (shark decided the other half was his).
Never trust a shark
IT'S NEARLY TIME.
Server is out of date btdubs
Server needs updated
Is that our server that is derping every 30 minutes or is that a general TF2 thing tonight?
TONIGHT WAS THE RETURN OF THE MEATHOOK.
All evidence suggests the meathook of Icrontic TF2 mythology returned this night. It was truly glorious and epic.
What a bizarre, strange night.
Things began innocently enough. Late start as we waited for the server to update. Then, slowly but surely, Icrontic began to fill the ranks.
@Linc cracked a bottle of sake. Like ya do. It's Tuesday.
After about 30 or so minutes, the entire server lagged out and everyone froze. We sat motionless for around 30 seconds to a minute, unsure if the server was going to recover or not. Of course, the game timer continued to count down, taunting us as we were rallying for a final push to win.
Suddenly, the server snapped back, and we all asked via voice if we all experienced that. The timer didn't recover, naturally, and weird things began to happen.
Players were invisible. Some player models were stuck in a run cycle at odd points in the map. Some players were nothing but floating hats with weapons. The server was all over the place. @Linc drank half the bottle.
Suddenly, as if sent to us from the Heavens above, an innocent sounding name joined the server and began playing with us.
meathook.
I wouldn't have believed it if you told me. I witnessed it in person and I can hardly believe it. Like Icrontic lore coming to life, 9 years later, the return of the prodigal son. @primesuspect and @Linc were in stitches. They could hardly breathe. Slowly, we put together the pieces. His account had only ever been called meathook. He joined steam in 2008. He was still earning achievements as if he hadn't played at all for the last 9 years. He was.... mediocre at best. Heck, even that profile image of the skull struck the bells of nostalgia. It was THE meathook.
We begged and begged for him to talk to us. Just speak words. We had to hear from the prophet. Nay, he denied us for well over an hour of gameplay while we were all beside ourselves, astonished at the whole thing.
Finally, he spoke:
And that was the end of it. He never spoke again. Shortly after, we experienced another server hiccup, and we never recovered. meathook was gone, likely to never be seen again. I'm honored and privileged to have experienced it tonight.
Well done, meathook.
Screenshots from tonight
HONOURED, he must be euro.
Yeah, he definitely said 3 things via text total. For posterity, the logs from the second thing (TF2 won't let you screencap while in chat mode):