Mysterious TF2 stuffs.

[grazr]

Normally i wouldn't post update material, but since i'm out sourcing a link and Steam hasn't seemed to have announced anything yet, here we go: this all looks quite interesting.

http://www.awesome-robo.com/2012/06/new-team-fortress-2-arg.html

 

[fubarFX]

we should be getting the saxxies as well

 

[Vaconcovat]

Wait, are these in-game drops?

 

[Godslayer57]

I personally like the cheese..

 

[PMAvers]

Wait, are these in-game drops?

Yeah, they're showing up in-game at the same time as when you find a item normally.

Have gotten two of the trash-drop items at the same time, too.

 

[Pocket]

So this is what that unannounced patch was?

 

[PMAvers]

Basically.

Other than this week being the fourth anniversary of the Pyro update, I'm assuming this is Valve's economist screwing with people too.

 

[Pocket]

I highly doubt they brought him on board just to come up with some silly new random drops. They're likely to reveal a point to this stuff eventually.

And speaking of worthless junk, when the heck are they going to let me craft all the crates I've been hoarding already? I've almost hit a hundred!

 

[fubarFX]

And speaking of worthless junk, when the heck are they going to let me craft all the crates I've been hoarding already? I've almost hit a hundred!

you should visit the trading servers more often

 

[Crash]

I highly doubt they brought him on board just to come up with some silly new random drops. They're likely to reveal a point to this stuff eventually.

 

[grazr]

And speaking of worthless junk, when the heck are they going to let me craft all the crates I've been hoarding already? I've almost hit a hundred!

I was just about to say the same thing, if this stuff is actually useless, then i've already got a page and a half of useless crates. What do i need lint for.

 

[Harribo]

Your acting like it Valve's problem your hoarding shit you don't use, if you cant be bothered with trading crates off then delete them. That's all there is to it.

 

[grazr]

It's not Valve's fault i'm getting crates instead of weapons, hats or misc items? Darn, i should just hate myself for that too afterall then, just like everything else in life.

 

[tyler]

Crates drop on a separate timer and don't affect your other item drops. So no, it isn't their fault at all.

 

[Pocket]

Well, Robin Walker did say flat-out that they were planning to make leftover crates do something at some point. Given that crates are worth, what, one twentieth of a scrap on the open market or something? ... I assume whatever they're planning to do has got to be worth more than that.

 

[tyler]

Another update today adds the random shit to the catalog, and also equipping the Eliminating The Impossible gives them new descriptions in the backpack.

Here's some of them:
http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/576707852966994482/76DF91DC807B07DFDAA5BE28CF64A398EE788FAE/
http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/576707852967202884/83040B8B3313D32AA062F4AC49F5604B45D2D16C/
http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/559819354364584573/A3EF4EF1006ED97D1AF32F7E6644D930F1B61025/

Not my backpack and haven't seen the others.

Apparently one of them is "deeds of hellish cruelty etc" which is from a Sherlock Holmes story.

 

[Trotim]

Well uh. None of this is interesting yet though

I mean thanks for the posts but all this stuff just makes me go "meh" for 5 seconds and then forget about it

 

[Jeremy]

Well, Robin Walker did say flat-out that they were planning to make leftover crates do something at some point. Given that crates are worth, what, one twentieth of a scrap on the open market or something? ... I assume whatever they're planning to do has got to be worth more than that.

With the older crates no longer dropping, they are apparently increasing in value.

 

[Mr.Blob]

Incase you havent seen it yet:

Equipping the Eliminating The Impossible set now shows new descriptions for the "Mysterious items"

Lint: "... the ... .hi.h ..."
Plank: "... yea. in, .e.r out ..."
Peel: "... may ... .n ..."
Fish: "Thi.k o. ..."
Diary: "... deed. of he.l.sh .rue..y ... non. .he w.se.."
Capacitor: "... such .lace., .a.d ..."
Cheese Wheel: "... go o. ... t.e h.dde. .icke..ess ..."

Translated:

"Think of the deeds of hellish cruelty, the hidden wickedness which may go on, year in, year out, in such places, and none the wiser."

 

[PMAvers]

Dustbowl, 2fort, and gravelpit seem to have gotten a update, too.