It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Australian Christmas

[tf2.com]

What is the true meaning of Australian Christmas? Some say it is a hamfisted attempt by the Australian government to turn a notorious felon into a beloved folk hero. Others say it's a calculated ploy by the novelty munitions industry to sell guns that shoot mistletoe.

And then there are those who look past all that, and maintain that it is a time to reconnect with friends and loved ones, and to be thankful for the blessings in our lives.

And then there are those who are still licking their emotional wounds from all the reconnecting with friends and loved ones they did at Thanksgiving, and realize that the true true meaning of Australian Christmas is zero human contact, eating candy, and getting as many presents as possible.

And those people are correct—that is the true meaning of Australian Christmas. We looked it up.

But don't take our word for it. Ask the Engineer.



Source: TF2.com

 

[TheKieranator]

He's reading a book to the Pyro! Meet the Pyro is coming! Also, Pyro Space-Flamethrower! :O

 

[Micnax]

Space flamethrowerrrrrrrrrrr!

 

[English Mobster]

Just as my FPS was beginning to recover!

 

[A Boojum Snark]

So I guess there was something to the remaining rockets after all.

 

[Vincent]

Time to start writing to alternate dimensions.

 

[Pocket]

Sounds tempting, but I could never afford the postage.

 

[grazr]

I only just realised their christmas tree is a stack of antlers with grenades and combat knifes hanging from them.

 

[Prestige]

FLAMEPUFFER

basically tapping m1 but with more power or something (damage? jarates the target?) w/ no airblast.

edit: someone from facepunch found this leak?

 

[Da_Man]

Hey its that thingy from the emporium.

I really hope there are some good engie weapons in this update. I've been rolling the same engie loadout for too long.

 

[HellJumper]

FLAMEPUFFER

basically tapping m1 but with more power or something (damage? jarates the target?) w/ no airblast.

edit: someone from facepunch found this leak?

How do you have more ratings than I do for actual models? :|

 

[McNuggetFiend]

No cool updates allowed until Steam recovers my gameplay stats and achievements that mysteriously vanished. > : |

 

[What Is Schwa]

Here's your engy crap:

ALIEEEENS IN MY HEAD
Space Gun
Zap Zap
Void's Awesome Shit
Boyoyoing

 

[Prestige]

How do you have more ratings than I do for actual models? :|

had to be the first thing submitted to the workshop, i wouldnt put stupid stuff up there for nothing.

 

[gamemaster1996]

Hooray an update This'll give me reason to play TF2 again for a short while

 

[Harribo]

Here's your engy crap:

ALIEEEENS IN MY HEAD
Space Gun
Zap Zap
Void's Awesome Shit
Boyoyoing

That Telsa Engie gun is stolen from Shmitz

 

[English Mobster]

Here's the comic without the text, from the artist's DeviantArt page.

In that first panel, LOOK AT THE BRAINSLUG WITH A SANTA HAT. IT'S SO CUTE.
It's a shame it got covered up with text in the actual comic.

 

[PMAvers]

Odd the bot didn't make a new thread for it:

http://www.teamfortress.com/australianchristmas2011/

Pyro & Engineer packs are up, plus there's going to be a new CP map called Foundry.

Update drops tomorrow.

 

[Sel]

In the work of the early 20th century commercial illustrators
J. C. Leyendecker, Dean Cornwell and Norman Rockwell as well
as our own internal concept art, we observed the following consistencies
which we used to define the look of Team Fortress 2:
² Shading obeys a warm-to-cool hue shift. Shadows go to cool,
not black.
² Saturation increases at the terminator with respect to a given
light source. The terminator is often reddened.
² High frequency detail is omitted where possible
² On characters, interior details such as clothing folds are chosen
to echo silhouette shapes
² Silhouettes are emphasized with rim highlights rather than
dark outlines

Annoying particle effects, undeniably unnecessary geometric details, and shitty gameplay detractions, boy oh boy I can't wait.

 

[TheKieranator]

Fuck this update. Why are they hating on the Medics? A shotgun that takes away 10% Ubercharge with every hit? WHY!?!?! As if few enough people didn't play Medic, now I'm going to have to worry about losing Uber because some Engineer has a space gun. And that Pyro axe. That one's just dumb. Punishing a Medic for doing his job. I think Robin is wearing his hat a bit tight, restricting the blood flow to his brain.

New map though, which is nice.