Golden wrenches are going out, it seems

[PL-7764]

~5 minutes ago during a bout of tomfoolery on tr_walkway, the announcer shouted "Success!" accompanied by this message:

Something is happening...!

(For the record, I was the only one on the server, so I don't know who that is - this seems to be some sort of globally-broadcast thing.)

 

[Harribo]

achievement_idle_goldenwrench will be made in 3....2....1....

 

[Pocket]

http://www.tf2items.com/lists/golden_wrenches/

 

[UGLYdumpling]

saw one pop up in doublecross tonite - everyone in channel went "oooooooo!"

 

[Penguin]

shit got real.

 

[Pocket]

So who here thinks the wrenches are like Golden Tickets; they don't do anything on their own but whoever gets them is going to get a special prize when the update hits?

Why else would they be dropping before the update even starts?

 

[Erich]

shit got real.

Too real. And the worst part is we don't know how to get them.

 

[Nineaxis]

So who here thinks the wrenches are like Golden Tickets; they don't do anything on their own but whoever gets them is going to get a special prize when the update hits?

Why else would they be dropping before the update even starts?

Because I'm cool and bugged Robin about them, then he said "come play" and he enabled them.

And said they aren't random.

Then disabled them because apparently it's broke.

 

[goldenhearted]

Made this two days ago...

ENGIE WONKA:
Hold your wrench
Take your PDA
Count to three

Build with me
And you'll be
In a world of
Innovative creations.
Take a look
And you'll see
Into my new inventions.

We'll begin
With a spin
Traveling in
The world of my teleportation
What we'll see
Will defy
Explanation

If you want to a new sentry gun
Simply pull a PDA and build it
Anything you want to, do it
Wanta upgrade the thing?
There's nothing
To it

There is no
Guy I know
To compare with
My unique inventions.
Living there
You'll be free
If you truly wish to be

If you want to feel paradise
Simply build a dispenser and camp it.
Anything you want to, do it.
Wanta get some ammo?
There's nothing
To it

There is no
Guy I know
To compare with
My unique inventions.
Living there
You'll be free
If you truly wish to be

 

[Micnax]

Made this two days ago...

-snip for oompa-loompas-

Is there anything you don't do that isn't hilarious or amazing?

 

[gamemaster1996]

Does the golden wrench even have any abilities?

ALSO a thought just occured in my head and it seemed logical!
If Valve just took over tf2wiki maybe they're hiding stuff there!

http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Golden_wrench

 

[Boylee]

Apart from turning people into solid gold corpses?

 

[gamemaster1996]

Apart from turning people into solid gold corpses?

Right didn't see that.

________________

Anyone seen this?

The material file containing the kill notification icon also contains an encrypted message saying,
"lek/NIxV HkQ6U RDB FXV/R s1Hefy yiY6t e76mmuL. So misJJ3k ivV9g Vy6X5 oepq sP7R/?"

This text can be unencrypted with the key "saxtonhale", revealing the message,
"Clearly here is more space than needed. I wonder what else was here?"

 

[Terr]

While I like how Valve tends to add new stuff and have surprises, I'm way past the place where the "keep the fan-base in the dark after already releasing or enabling something" is still amusing.

 

[HeaH]

We are 100% gonna hear something later today

(500th post!)

 

[gamemaster1996]

I reckon so too. I can feel it calling in the air

 

[Mr.Late]

I guessed that engineer update is released today. We'll see!

 

[jpr]

Not random? Whew. That means I don't need to idle and that idlers don't have an advantage. Thumbs up valve

 

[Engineer]

So I guess anyone could get this one. Even when they are not playing...?

 

[Ida]

So if it's not random... Are they given to people of certain significance? Although they are already giving community weapons like candy, so why would they

Sorry, just random speculation.