I'm gonna save a lot of time by showing this:
Mostly because i can't play the damn game without crashing every 10 mins, imma rant a lil.
The manniversary content
First of all, this "manniversary" update brings no new content at all that isn't purely cosmetic (or working). There are no new weapons at all.
There are 2 things I like about it and both are thing i made topic about on the TF2 board in hope Valve would implement them:
If your recall, the mannconomy update, it came along with the ability to craft shit, and that causes valve's item servers to just crap out constantly for quite a while. It only got better when the non regular players stopped playing again. NOT because valve's server got better.
Now a year later, let's do the same shit again but let's make the servers save 4x more data cause of the loadout presets + 1 more misc item in each, and see what happens. Server prolly popped a vein.
About the 2nd misc slot couldn't give 2 shits about it myself but doesn't bother me. However, allowing everyone to wear another item on top of them is just gonna make the game slower. Most won't notice it, but some will.
Tested the new features to the replay system, they fucked up the replay editor, good job.
Cosmetic bitching
When people complain about cosmetic items in TF2 and how they ruin the art style, there's always that one guy that sarcastically comments: "Oh noes, cosmetic items are preventing me to enjoy the gameplay!".
I always wanna go into a huge rant when i see one of those assholes on the TF2 board, because they think they're being really smart by completely missing the point of what's said.
First of all, Those are unrelated.
None of those people say "I can't enjoy the gameplay cause of the retarded cosmetic items", so right there the response is invalid, what people say is that they don't enjoy the GAME as much because of the cosmetic items. If you have to be explained the difference between a game and gameplay, you're fucking retarded and shouldn't be smartassing on gaming boards.
Just because gameplay has the word game in it doesn't make it the same thing. A game is an experience composed with visuals, sounds, gameplay. So yes, cosmetic items DO influence it. That's not to say there aren't more optional elements, like a story/plot.
For someone to like a game, they only need to enjoy 1 of those components, for example:
The original "Fuck da police!" game
When designing TF2, visuals were a HUGE part of the process, gameplay was and still is important, but visuals were crafted to help the gameplay.
From the layout of maps from silhouette recognition and aesthetics between RED and BLU buildings. If you listen to the commentary for TF2, there was a surprisingly vast amount of effort put into the visuals of the game, and visuals is still one of the things that make TF2 what it is.
After listening to the commentary of the artists and designers, and seeing what's happened to TF2, it's hard to not feel sad.
It's just nasty to look at a scout running around with a bright green gibus. You know the artist who designed the scout's default look died inside ever since they introduced hats in TF2.
Because, let's be objective here: If the default scout look was the gibus, the lil cap with headset would easily be one of the top hats in the game, especially if it was paintable. Very few hats fit the scout better than his normal one, why? because it was designed for that purpose. The artist did a good job and no one can see that.
People just want to look different, even if it's like complete retards, and it's obvious to everyone.
Butthurt
Yes, I'm fucking butthurt at this point. cause I submitted 2 items to valve, and neither got picked, and they look better than some of the shit ingame.
Ok, maybe I'm biased, but have a look:
The first is a Jester hat for the pyro, with jiggle bones. the 2nd was meant as a misc item for the sniper, medic and spy.
Now let's look at other hats that have been picked since I submitted my pyro hat:
Are you kidding me? I am so detached with general taste that those are better?
To be honest I'm not even sure i should resubmit the items i made in the workshop, cause they always pick what looks the shittiest.
Mostly because i can't play the damn game without crashing every 10 mins, imma rant a lil.
The manniversary content
First of all, this "manniversary" update brings no new content at all that isn't purely cosmetic (or working). There are no new weapons at all.
There are 2 things I like about it and both are thing i made topic about on the TF2 board in hope Valve would implement them:
- Foster's facade is now a misc item as it always should have been.
- There's Loadout presets.
If your recall, the mannconomy update, it came along with the ability to craft shit, and that causes valve's item servers to just crap out constantly for quite a while. It only got better when the non regular players stopped playing again. NOT because valve's server got better.
Now a year later, let's do the same shit again but let's make the servers save 4x more data cause of the loadout presets + 1 more misc item in each, and see what happens. Server prolly popped a vein.
About the 2nd misc slot couldn't give 2 shits about it myself but doesn't bother me. However, allowing everyone to wear another item on top of them is just gonna make the game slower. Most won't notice it, but some will.
Tested the new features to the replay system, they fucked up the replay editor, good job.
Cosmetic bitching
When people complain about cosmetic items in TF2 and how they ruin the art style, there's always that one guy that sarcastically comments: "Oh noes, cosmetic items are preventing me to enjoy the gameplay!".
I always wanna go into a huge rant when i see one of those assholes on the TF2 board, because they think they're being really smart by completely missing the point of what's said.
First of all, Those are unrelated.
None of those people say "I can't enjoy the gameplay cause of the retarded cosmetic items", so right there the response is invalid, what people say is that they don't enjoy the GAME as much because of the cosmetic items. If you have to be explained the difference between a game and gameplay, you're fucking retarded and shouldn't be smartassing on gaming boards.
Just because gameplay has the word game in it doesn't make it the same thing. A game is an experience composed with visuals, sounds, gameplay. So yes, cosmetic items DO influence it. That's not to say there aren't more optional elements, like a story/plot.
For someone to like a game, they only need to enjoy 1 of those components, for example:
- Some people love Jet Set Radio for it's music.
- Some people love Okami for it's visuals.
- Some people love Guilty Gear XX for it's gameplay.
- Some people claim to like FF8 for it's plot, but they either have no taste or are trolling.
The original "Fuck da police!" game
When designing TF2, visuals were a HUGE part of the process, gameplay was and still is important, but visuals were crafted to help the gameplay.
From the layout of maps from silhouette recognition and aesthetics between RED and BLU buildings. If you listen to the commentary for TF2, there was a surprisingly vast amount of effort put into the visuals of the game, and visuals is still one of the things that make TF2 what it is.
After listening to the commentary of the artists and designers, and seeing what's happened to TF2, it's hard to not feel sad.
It's just nasty to look at a scout running around with a bright green gibus. You know the artist who designed the scout's default look died inside ever since they introduced hats in TF2.
Because, let's be objective here: If the default scout look was the gibus, the lil cap with headset would easily be one of the top hats in the game, especially if it was paintable. Very few hats fit the scout better than his normal one, why? because it was designed for that purpose. The artist did a good job and no one can see that.
People just want to look different, even if it's like complete retards, and it's obvious to everyone.
Butthurt
Yes, I'm fucking butthurt at this point. cause I submitted 2 items to valve, and neither got picked, and they look better than some of the shit ingame.
Ok, maybe I'm biased, but have a look:
The first is a Jester hat for the pyro, with jiggle bones. the 2nd was meant as a misc item for the sniper, medic and spy.
Now let's look at other hats that have been picked since I submitted my pyro hat:
Are you kidding me? I am so detached with general taste that those are better?
To be honest I'm not even sure i should resubmit the items i made in the workshop, cause they always pick what looks the shittiest.
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