OCR TF2: Stab stab stab!

[Powerlord]

I got bored while I was working on a paper for a writing class, so I updated the Highlander server's map cycle and MOTD.

Edit: I'm updating individual map configs, as we didn't have the official stopwatch config before.

[Mrs. Bark]

So apparently I don't have to have insomnia to write these silly things. I just have to have immanent brain damage of some kind. This one started during a migraine.

I sort of see this as the Scout's response to "Spy Romance". The usual apologies to Lady Gaga are due.

'Til the Spy Goes (to the tune of 'Alejandro')

I know that I am young,

And I know that you may love me,

But I just can't see you with him anymore -

the Spy has to go

She's got both hands

On his sapper

And she won't look at me

Won't look at me

She says it's true love

It's total bullshit

He's just trying to get to me

To get to me

You know that I love you Mom

But I really got no choice

At this point you gotta choose

Nothing to lose

Don't call my name

Don't call my name -

'til the Spy goes

I'm not your babe

I'm not your babe -

'til the Spy goes

Don't try to kiss, don't try to touch

Don't smoke one cigarette - just run

Don't call my name

Don't call my name

'til the Spy goes

('til the Spy goes

'til the Spy goes

Spy's gotta go

Spy's gotta go) x2

(Just stop

please, MOM - God, just make him go)

She's not broken

She's just mistaken

Her boyfriend's NOT my dad, he's not my dad

Boy I tell ya, when I find the scumbag

Yeah, I'm gonna beat him down - gonna own him bad

You know that I love you Mom

But I really got no choice

At this point you gotta choose

Nothing to lose

Don't call my name

Don't call my name -

'til the Spy goes

I'm not your babe

I'm not your babe -

'til the Spy goes

Don't try to kiss, don't try to touch

Don't smoke one cigarette - just run

Don't call my name

Don't call my name

'til the Spy goes

('til the Spy goes

'til the Spy goes

Spy's gotta go

Spy's gotta go) x2

Dont bother me,

Dont bother me,

'til the Spy goes

Dont call my name,

Dont call my name,

Say bye to Spy-o

I'm not your babe

I'm not your babe

Say goodbye-o

Don't try to kiss, don't try to touch

Hit the bricks, pally!

Don't call my name

Don't call my name -

'til the Spy goes

I'm not your babe

I'm not your babe -

'til the Spy goes

Don't try to kiss, don't try to touch

Don't smoke one cigarette - just run

Don't call my name

Don't call my name

'til the Spy goes

('til the Spy goes

'til the Spy goes

Spy's gotta go

Spy's gotta go) x2

Don't call my name

Don't call my name -

'til the Spy goes

I'm not your babe

I'm not your babe -

'til the Spy goes

Don't try to kiss, don't try to touch

Don't smoke one cigarette - just run

Don't call my name

Don't call my name

'til the Spy goes

('til the Spy goes

'til the Spy goes

Spy's gotta go

Spy's gotta go) x2

[ParanoidDrone]

I got bored while I was working on a paper for a writing class, so I updated the Highlander server's map cycle and MOTD.

Edit: I'm updating individual map configs, as we didn't have the official stopwatch config before.

You still haven't added Vimk and Chili to the admin list. FYI.

I sort of see this as the Scout's response to "Spy Romance". The usual apologies to Lady Gaga are due.

You've done the impossible and made me feel sorry for Scout.

[Powerlord]

You still haven't added Vimk and Chili to the admin list. FYI.

Weird, I copied it directly from the other version of the MOTD, and I thought they were on that one already.

Edit: Well, they are now.

Edit 2: Don't forget that Highlander teams need to take screenshots of the scoreboards at the end of each round, plus one of the console's status screen. In addition to recording demos.

[ParanoidDrone]

Weird, I copied it directly from the other version of the MOTD, and I thought they were on that one already.

Edit: Well, they are now.

Edit 2: Don't forget that Highlander teams need to take screenshots of the scoreboards at the end of each round, plus one of the console's status screen. In addition to recording demos.

Speaking of which, this is probably my fault for not keeping up with the whole thing, but when does the Highlander tourney start? I've not heard anything via word of mouth on the Steam forums, at least.

[Powerlord]

Speaking of which, this is probably my fault for not keeping up with the whole thing, but when does the Highlander tourney start? I've not heard anything via word of mouth on the Steam forums, at least.

I was under the impression that it had already started, but I can't say for sure.

Also, if any of you guys have seen me whinging about lag on TF2 in the past week or two, I've called tech support and they're sending someone out on Friday afternoon to take a look.

I used my laptop to connect directly through my cable modem and had the exact same problem, so I can eliminate the router, switch, and desktop as potential problems.

P.S. My laptop doesn't play TF2 that well with the default graphics settings. I'll have to look up that low settings config sometime, or manually turn down settings.

[Brushfire]

So apparently I don't have to have insomnia to write these silly things. I just have to have immanent brain damage of some kind. This one started during a migraine.

I sort of see this as the Scout's response to "Spy Romance". The usual apologies to Lady Gaga are due.

'Til the Spy Goes (to the tune of 'Alejandro')

I know that I am young,

And I know that you may love me,

But I just can't see you with him anymore -

the Spy has to go

She's got both hands

On his sapper

And she won't look at me

Won't look at me

She says it's true love

It's total bullshit

He's just trying to get to me

To get to me

You know that I love you Mom

But I really got no choice

At this point you gotta choose

Nothing to lose

Don't call my name

Don't call my name -

'til the Spy goes

I'm not your babe

I'm not your babe -

'til the Spy goes

Don't try to kiss, don't try to touch

Don't smoke one cigarette - just run

Don't call my name

Don't call my name

'til the Spy goes

('til the Spy goes

'til the Spy goes

Spy's gotta go

Spy's gotta go) x2

(Just stop

please, MOM - God, just make him go)

She's not broken

She's just mistaken

Her boyfriend's NOT my dad, he's not my dad

Boy I tell ya, when I find the scumbag

Yeah, I'm gonna beat him down - gonna own him bad

You know that I love you Mom

But I really got no choice

At this point you gotta choose

Nothing to lose

Don't call my name

Don't call my name -

'til the Spy goes

I'm not your babe

I'm not your babe -

'til the Spy goes

Don't try to kiss, don't try to touch

Don't smoke one cigarette - just run

Don't call my name

Don't call my name

'til the Spy goes

('til the Spy goes

'til the Spy goes

Spy's gotta go

Spy's gotta go) x2

Dont bother me,

Dont bother me,

'til the Spy goes

Dont call my name,

Dont call my name,

Say bye to Spy-o

I'm not your babe

I'm not your babe

Say goodbye-o

Don't try to kiss, don't try to touch

Hit the bricks, pally!

Don't call my name

Don't call my name -

'til the Spy goes

I'm not your babe

I'm not your babe -

'til the Spy goes

Don't try to kiss, don't try to touch

Don't smoke one cigarette - just run

Don't call my name

Don't call my name

'til the Spy goes

('til the Spy goes

'til the Spy goes

Spy's gotta go

Spy's gotta go) x2

Don't call my name

Don't call my name -

'til the Spy goes

I'm not your babe

I'm not your babe -

'til the Spy goes

Don't try to kiss, don't try to touch

Don't smoke one cigarette - just run

Don't call my name

Don't call my name

'til the Spy goes

('til the Spy goes

'til the Spy goes

Spy's gotta go

Spy's gotta go) x2

Dr. Mrs The B does it again. Good show!!

[Dark Chocobo]

hay gaiz i found atmuh!

[atmuh]

i wear headphones

i also barely play heavy anymore because besides it being hilariously easy to get kills its also really really annoying to jump around like a lunatic which is what you basically have to do

[Kiyobi]

I believe I just heard the sound of a Boeing 747 fly overhead.

[Powerlord]

So apparently I don't have to have insomnia to write these silly things. I just have to have immanent brain damage of some kind. This one started during a migraine.

I sort of see this as the Scout's response to "Spy Romance". The usual apologies to Lady Gaga are due.

'Til the Spy Goes (to the tune of 'Alejandro')

Did anyone link to the song this was responding to?

If not: Spy Romance

Also, speaking of Lady Gaga and TF2...

(which I believe has been played on our server before over voice chat)

[Vimk]

I might be able to play again in uh, 2-3 weeks-ish... maybe?

[atmuh]

but vimk the team needs you

[Powerlord]

I just read an interview from last month about TF2... apparently Valve completed a Meet the Medic back in 2008 but wasn't happy with it?

It's also been implied that TF2 will have a new beta starting sometime soon. Don't be surprised if we set up a beta server just to see what's new.

Also, Valve is lambasting Microsoft over its update/DLC policies, citing that as the (current) reason that the 360 version hasn't been updated.

The same PC Gamer article that Kotaku sources implies that Valve may actually update the PS3 version of TF2 (which was ported and updated by EA).

Edit: Cable repair guy was here and gone. The upstream signal was on the low side, requiring more power to send signals... was requiring +55dBmV (max is 60), but after he worked on the amplifier across the street, is now 46dBmV. Not sure if I'll be able to play tonight to see if that fixes things, as I have a ton of homework assignments due today and tomorrow nights.

[Chili Con Carnage]

Is there a problem with BLU and/or Steam? It hasn't shown up on my server list for the past 2 days now.

[atmuh]

crashed yesterday and never came back probably needs a manual reboot which no one did i dont think

[Powerlord]

crashed yesterday and never came back probably needs a manual reboot which no one did i dont think

I'll restart it as soon as it finishes updating... a new update just got pushed.

A required update to Team Fortress 2 is now available. The specific changes include:

Engine (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2):

- Fixed clients locking up while attempting to load the game and re-enabled signature checking.

Team Fortress 2:

- Fixed a case where some items would display an empty string for their name.

Edit: As of now (21:38 UTC / 5:38pm EDT) all servers have been updated and restarted.

Edit 2: Valve may have botched this update, as all servers appear to be receiving "MasterRestartRequired" messages regardless of version.

[Powerlord]

Servers were restarted again after I disabled the server's autoupdate feature.

Valve forgot to update the client and server version number, and the master servers are sending MasterRestartRequest messages, which cause auto-updating servers to restart after every map change.

With auto-update off, it just prints an annoying message in the server console:

"Your server needs to be restarted in order to receive the latest update."

Edit: Jason Ruymen from Valve says a fix for this is on its way, so expect another TF2 patch today.

Edit 2: Another patch, another restart. Things are working normally again.

[ParanoidDrone]

Silly Valve.

[atmuh]

looks like the bracket for the highlander match is just about set

my team and both ocr teams are all nowhere near each other

thankfully for me i JUST managed to avoid being in the same bracket as the fa team (theyre a zillion times better than my team)

[Cinderwild]

Where did they reveal the brackets?

[Powerlord]

Where did they reveal the brackets?

Provisional Groups

Team Overclocked Remix is in group 207, versus Hoodoo U Think We Are? and Ugly Gamers Like You.

OCAD and the Immaculate Breasts is in group 153, versus Lazytown Regulars and Saucy Turtles.

Edit: Also, I ran out of free item slots yesterday and had to craft some things. So, of course, I got another Cloak and Dagger immediately after (well, same session as) I combined two together, after losing a Huntsman because I had no free inv space to put it in.

I was trying to avoid crafting items due to Polycount most likely having recipes to craft the new community weapons.

[Powerlord]

There's going to be a config change to the highlander server shortly.

As strange as this sounds, the ETL league admins say that Highlander tournament servers SHOULD NOT have highlander mode on, but rather it should be enforced by the teams themselves.

This is due to issues with players disconnecting mid-match and replacements not being able to change to the class that got dropped.

[ParanoidDrone]

Odd but reasonable, I suppose. I know there was a funny tango going on when Chili came after I joined for the failed scrim and I was already a Spy.

So does anyone know when we'll actually be playing against another team for realsies?

[Powerlord]

Odd but reasonable, I suppose. I know there was a funny tango going on when Chili came after I joined for the failed scrim and I was already a Spy.

So does anyone know when we'll actually be playing against another team for realsies?

I think someone from your team has to schedule them on the ETL website. I'm assuming you have to face off against each of the other teams (at least) once.

Also, admins, I made some new notes about the Highlander server on the admin forum. This is because some teams may not trust that the server auto-executed the config files on map change, so it has instructions on what you need to do for each map type.

The only one that requires multiple commands is KOTH, because of its special rules. However, no KOTH maps appears until the ladder matches start after the group matches are finished.

I also made sure our tournament config files were up to date.