Engineer Update

YM

LVL100 YM
aa
Dec 5, 2007
7,135
6,056
What is it with people making fake update pages and picking copywrite protected maps, the last one had convy, this one has mach4... They're not even good maps at that!
 

Owlruler

L12: Fabulous Member
Dec 10, 2008
964
275
I like hoodoo, it's my favorite community map that valve has added.
 

Ida

deer
aa
Jan 6, 2008
2,289
1,372
Cool models and page design, but whoever made this needs to put more thought into choice of words. If they're going to narrate the update through the Engineer, his way of talking really must be mastered, otherwise it just looks out of place. Not to mention the ideas are not very well thought out. A moveable dispenser and a Spy griefing gun... yay?
 

Shmitz

Old Hat
aa
Nov 12, 2007
1,128
746
They're copywrite protected?

both convoy and mach4 are ports form other maps for other games by different authors. they can't and wont ever be bought by valve due to copywrite

I think he's trying to point out that it's copyright (as in, rights to copy), not copywrite (copying something with a pen, I guess?). :p
 

Psy

The Imp Queen
aa
Apr 9, 2008
1,706
1,491
The site doesn't even display properly in Chrome. Fail.
 
Aug 19, 2008
1,011
1,158
Displays fine for me in Chrome

Mach 4 is such a Stale-Mate map, i love the lighting in the base, but it´s just too restrictive

The gun looks neat, but the blimp is just fail strategy-wise, dispensers blow up fast as it is, and errecting a quick dispenser does only take seconds and 100 ammo.... no need for a fancy schenanigan that blows up in your face
 

PL-7764

L6: Sharp Member
Aug 4, 2009
376
84
I made a fake Engy update once (just text though, so none of this fancy-pantsy PhotoShop business, and I never posted it anywhere anyway :p) which gave him a hot glue gun (essentially a short-range flare gun in its operation, with 30% chance to ignite the enemy and 100% chance of slowing them down for several seconds) and a device that could be placed on a building to make it un-sappable (it could be moved between buildings, but he only got one and shooting/whacking it a couple times would break it). The third item ... made buildings deal damage when demolished. Not hugely useful. :p

I saw a video once that claimed "the Scout update broke Mach4" - a FaN-carrying Scout could grab the intel and get back across the highest areas undetected in about 18 seconds round-trip. I've never played the map but from the video it didn't look like much fun if Scouts were involved.

I, like others, would like to know how to make pages like that. I've tried several things in PhotoShop but can't get that style down. :(
 

Hawk

L7: Fancy Member
Dec 3, 2007
419
213
achievement_idle as a community map? Instant fake fail!

Come on, it's what makes the update funny.

And I enjoy all these fake updates. It's obvious enough that they're fake, so it's just fun seeing other peoples' ideas for new features, especially when they put this much work into the presentation.
 

Jack Riguel

L10: Glamorous Member
Jul 19, 2009
721
254
Uhhhg... Mach4... really? Even as a joke it just seems... poor. And what is it with players wanting grenades back in TF2 again? I think valve pushed it enough with the demo and the sniper's jarate. And what would that EMP replace anyways? The shotgun or Pistol? I'd much rather have both of those any day...

Aside from that, and ignoring the silly gmod expressions, the update is pretty well made visually. It actually looks a lot better then that guard dog thing too... though not as original.