TF2 Newbs (Team Fortress 2) Blog

Server #04 has been rockin’ and plenty of keys and hats have been given away!

Here’s the Stats Contests for TF2Newbs’ 2Fort servers for this week:

• “Fisting King”: most Heavy “Fists” kills
• “Give It a Little Blow”: most Pyro extinguishes using the Flame Thrower
• “Defender of the Flag”: most flag defenses (killing the enemy carrying your flag)

Click here to check the stats, and read the forum post for more info.

[N] Obey

Don’t forget: There are three weekly stats contests each week, counting the stats from all TF2Newbs’ 2Fort servers. Winner gets a KEY for owning the highest spot for that stat each week. Contests change every week.

Here’s the 2Fort Stat Contests running thru June 12th:

• “Garden Graves Dug”: most Market Gardener kills
• “Samurai Swipe”: most Half-Zatoichi kills
• “The Short Circuit”: most Short Circuit (!!) kills

Click here to check the stats; note that these stats are measured over an entire week and not just one day. Ignore any admi{N}s as they aren’t eligible for prizes. Check back on Monday for next week’s stats contests too!

Read the forum post for more info.  Happy killing!

[N] Obey

Click back to the previous post for more information on how to win hats, keys, and more in the month of June for playing TF2Newbs’ 2Fort servers! Also, TF2 patched last night. As always, here’s the short version:

• A “Demo Support” feature has been added to auto-record matches with increased replay options
• Fixed energy weapons not reloading when auto-reloading is turned ON
• Some hats updated
  • Co-Pilot is now all-class
  • Added styles for Fear Monger, Big Elfin Deal, Bootie Time, Patriot’s Pouches, Tough Stuff Muffs, and Toowoomba Tunic
• TF2Newbs: |N| Octo is resetting HLStats for all of our servers today for the contest

2Fort Contest thru the Month of June

Contest is now live! Play on any of Newbs’ 2Fort servers, and HLStats will turn on when at least four players are active. You can earn rewards for being the first to reach point total thresholds, winning weekly stats contests, or having played more Newbs’ 2Fort than anyone else! You can also earn rewards for jumping in to server-starting events on #04 “Haley’s Octo-land” every day when they’re announced.

The first set of weekly stats contests begins Monday, June 6th. Try to earn the most backstabs, or reflected rocket kills, or buildings destroyed, or whatever stats will be announced for that week, over all of our 2Fort servers! You can access these stats, as well as our forums and check our current server population, via the TF2Newbs’ main page by clicking on the “Stats” link.

NOTE: Servers #11 and #27 no longer exist, so they aren’t part of the contest. Servers #01, #04, #05, #09, #11, and #21 are the six 24/7 2Fort servers for TF2Newbs.

TF2 Patch, May 31, 2016: Patch 1

• Added a new Demo Support feature to auto-record matches
  • Can be configured via the Adv. Options menu
  • Automatically records .dem files of your matches (or can be set to Manual) and puts them into the specified folder
  • Logs killstreaks and bookmarks to a master _events.txt file in the same folder as the recordings so the events can be easily reviewed
  • Logs killstreaks and bookmarks for each specific .dem file to .json file that has the same name as the .dem file (see the ds_mark command below)
  • Supports the following console commands:
    • ds_record: manually start a recording
    • ds_stop: manually stop recording
    • ds_mark [comment]: bookmark the current demo tick count for future reference. The [comment] is an optional descriptor you may include.
    • ds_status: report the current recording status
• Security fixes (thanks to Diodine for these reports)
• Fixed an exploit related to the Heavy‘s gloves and blocking the payload cart
• Fixed energy weapons not reloading when using cl_autoreload
• Fixed the team-win dialog not being displayed for SourceTV clients
• Updated several hats to fix the Sniper not removing the hats while taunting
• Added UGC tournament medals for Highlander Seasons 17 and 18, 6v6 Seasons 19 and 20, and 4v4 Seasons 6 and 7
• Updated models/materials for The Dead Head, The Scoped Spartan, The Patriot’s Pouches, The Sub Zero Suit, Fear Monger, Co-Pilot, Tough Stuff Muffs, The Toowoomba Tunic, Weight Room Warmer, The Bootie Time, and The Big Elfin Deal
• Updated The Federal Casemaker to hide the Scout‘s headphones
• Updated the localization files

Undocumented changes

• Updated the Weight Room Warmer to be equippable by Scout and Demoman.
• Updated the Toowoomba Tunic to be equippable by the Demoman.
• Updated the Co-Pilot to be equippable by all classes.
• Added styles to the Fear Monger, Big Elfin Deal, Bootie Time, Patriot’s Pouches, Tough Stuff Muffs, and Toowoomba Tunic.
• Updated the equip_region for the Scoped Spartan.

Patch 2

• Fixed pink error textures appearing on heavy^(sic) fist weapons

[N] Obey

Hey Hey, Jib here.. With some updates on the latest Newbs Contest

In September we trialed our new stats contest, awarding 5 players with honorz and their choice of prize from my backpack.

Here are the winners for September:

Top Points: Arthur Digby Sellers 
Time Played: Lindorm 
Dominations: The Infamous Mr. A 
Godlikes: Dam dude 
Deaths: [N] BlueArmadillo 

Last month we kept the stats on #15 plr_hightower. This month we are combining #13 koth_harvest with #15′s plr_hightower stats for the contest (trial basis).

We’re also upping the prize to a KEY (or equal value) for each winner. (You can only win one category)

How to win this month?

Most Kills
Deaths
Most Kills with Caber (the holy grail)
Time Played
Most Revenges

Stats run from 10/1/14 to 10/31/14. The month is still young, so get out there and kill some mofoz!

Server #13: 216.231.142.227:27015

Server #15:  209.40.104.151:27015