Team Fortress 2 Update Released

[tf2.com]

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

• Restricted certain new accounts from using chat in official matchmaking modes
  • Work is ongoing to mitigate the use of new and free accounts for abusive purposes
• Added "Enable text chat" and "Enable voice chat" options to the top of the Advanced Options dialog to disable in-game text and voice chat
• Updated the Report Player dialog to include more details so players can make informed decisions about who they're reporting
• Fixed getting the "Incoming message..." quest HUD notification when you've already completed all available quests
• Fixed the OnDestroyed output not getting fired when an object is destroyed by the Red-Tape Recorder
• Updated The Telefragger Toque to fix swapped materials
• Updated The TF2VRH headset to include on/off styles
• Updated the PASS Time Federation medals to fix issues with them not drawing correctly
• Updated/Added some tournament medals
• Updated the localization files

Read on the TF2 Blog...

 

[Pocket]

I remember that Steam requires—or used to require—users to have made at least one legitimate purchase on their account (as in, activated keys and gifted copies even for expensive games don't count) before they can access the community features. And I think there was a minimum combined price too. I wonder why they don't do the same when it comes to playing online games.

EDIT: I wonder if the quest notification thing also fixes getting spammed with Miss Pauling messages when you're on community servers.

 

[Da Spud Lord]

I remember that Steam requires—or used to require—users to have made at least one legitimate purchase on their account (as in, activated keys and gifted copies even for expensive games don't count) before they can access the community features. And I think there was a minimum combined price too. I wonder why they don't do the same when it comes to playing online games.

I feel like that would defeat the point of being free-to-play.