Super-Duper Sombrero

In my opinion, it seemed like the server was doing alright 'til he showed up. Could just be coincidence, but I think it might be good to have a few more admins who are available past 11pm. Voteban and votekick would work alright for the unsavory folk who don't use the namechanger thing, but those don't work via SteamID I'm pretty sure.

Oh man, someone should make that game. I would play it.

You should probably just go ahead and do that anyway. Don't worry about those objectives.

It's probably better in the long run that it's gone, anyhow. I wrote that bit of story not because I'm upset, but rather hopefully someone got a laugh out of it. Also I'm not trying to blame anyone here, fact is I had something that wasn't really part of the game in any way whatsoever, so really it's not an issue. I'm afraid some of you may be taking me too seriously here (never take me seriously), so really it's all pretty lighthearted fun. That's the intent, anyhow. like I said, if anyone is even the slightest bit negatively effected by it, no arguments here, just remove it. I ain't even mad, bro.

I'm not too worried about it. It was probably more just annoying than it was bothering people, but that's alright. Annoying people is kinda my thing, but there is a line somewhere.

Background music, as suggested by Spider I once had a dream. This vision, this ambition I once had. All I ever wanted from this game, all I had hoped for. It was a simple goal. A bit selfish, and a bit distant, but most dreams are. That's what makes them special. That's what makes it worth the effort, the hardships. Sometimes these ambitions are realized, and sometimes they are shattered before they can grow. Burned away by the cruel universal fate that follows us all. My dream was purely materialistic, and some may say it was a bit vain or egotistical. You see, all I wanted was a statue garden. I had this vision of a single control point, silent and undefended. Scattered around the steel platform with glowing team colors, dozens of figures stand motionless. With only the faintest hum of a metallic sheen, they glimmer in the sunlight, shining with gold. They stand in various positions, each of them with a different face. Some look surprised, some look frightened. Others only angry, realizing what fate befalls them only moments before it happens. Some merely came to enjoy what they thought was a beautiful sculpture garden, unwittingly unwittingly falling into the trap and joining the exhibit. These statues were once men, you see. The figures all appear perfectly preserved in their last moments of life. Turned to crystalline jarate by some vile sorcery, they are instantly turned by the shot of a distant high-power rifle. My strange sniper rifle had been granted divine powers, turning all targets into immortal golden statues. I had foolishly believed that this would last. Sadly, 'twas not the case. Recently, tragedy has befallen us all, and my rifle has transformed from mystical to mundane in an instant. My dream, lost; my hopes, shattered. One day yet I find another aspiration to strive for, but for now at least I have nothing. Seriously though, guys, if you had an issue with the rifle I wish you had just said something. I would've had GM disable it no problem. It was fun while it lasted, but I apologize if anyone was actually bothered by it. On a sidenote, does anyone have a strange Heatmaker they'd be willing to trade? Now that my regular rifle is, well, regular again, the heatmaker takes my top spot for favorite rifle. I don't have a strange one, though.

Something about quadrupeds, giraffes and bam science (?). I'm having a hard time hearing it through all the game noise.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=69ertB5bFjE I'm a bad person for doing these things. Hahahahaha.

I'm glad I have such dedicated fans! Really, you guys are too kind. Also, I'm pretty sure it was Spider who made the fangroup.

If these are half as amusing to anyone else as they are to me, I'd be half as surprised as you might expect.

That was painful to watch.

I bought that taunt when it first came out for $7.99 I think. I've certainly gotten my money's worth for it.

I was once asked for comprehensive proof that I miss my shots occasionally. Here it is for some reason. www.youtube.com/watch?v=56ZqDHUKsjM

What was preventing replays before? I was under the impression that the replay system may have contributed to general instability and lag on the server.

Well, I know what happened to MY Friday night.

And then everyone left immediately.

I'm there, but lonely. You lied to me, Bahamut.

I regret to inform you that I shall now be primarily playing Scout instead of sniper. I am, though, and forever shall be prepared to switch to sniper to take out a Gamemaster Sentry. On a related note, does anyone have a Strange Scattergun or a Strange Festive Scattergun they'd be willing to part with? I've only got a regular, as I gave the only strange I got away.

Been busy making stupid source film shorts. Also my router had decided to block incoming information on the 27015 port for a while, which is apparently why I couldn't join any outside servers. Strange. Also Brushfire that's not the Super Sport version of the Veyron. Also do the forums have a youtube embed feature? Anyone know?

It would be a crime not to mention the SECOND ANNUAL SAXXY AWARDS. I'm going to give it a shot. I think I can put together something reasonably entertaining given three months.

Subverted the long queue by holding a local listen server for a single round. Not sure if there are multiple difficulties on each map or what, but we beat the first mission on decoy fairly easily. Then again, it was Necro, Lumpy, two of Lumpy's friends, and myself on the team, so make of that what you will.

It appears to use a lobby system just like Left 4 Dead, yes. Current queue times are about an hour just to get in a MvM game though, I think I can wait until it dies down some.

The reason for the instant respawn (speculation on my part) is largely due to the scout's primary advantage being pretty much ineffective against bots. Scouts are largely threatening because you cannot hit them very easily, but bots would have no such difficulty. My guess is they found out during testing that scouts were just no good, so they gave him this significant buff to help even things out. I dunno, just some rambling speculation on my part. We'll have to wait and see.

Thanks! I'm actually having a lot of fun doing these. Now I can make the sniper as awesome on video as he is in my mind. And by awesome I mean crazy. And by crazy I mean Jarate. Jarate everywhere.

Does OCR have en embed code for the youtubes? I don't have any idea. (It's another SFM short)