Team Fortress Classic (1999) and Team Fortress 2 (2007)

2023.04.23
I didn't think to make a TF page because I've been playing it for decades, and it has always been part of the standard rotation. And now that it's not, I can see it again - or, the lack of it.

When Quake multiplayer was a thing, my favorite mods were anything with a grappling hook. It was endless fun to hang from dark spots in the ceiling and ambush unsuspecting enemies. I remember other mods, where you could team play as a heavy, medic, etc. were interesting but they weren't that much fun. Moving the game from Quake to Half-Life, Team Fortress Classic made it work for me, and I spent countless hours on it.

Team Fortress 2 was long rumored, and I think it was somewhat surprising when the Valve Orange Box finally came out. I had no idea what Valve or Steam would become, so I thought nothing of making my Steam name my old gaming clan name, which also reflected my usual class (medic). It could have been worse.

I think I missed the endless grenade spam of TFC at first, but TF2 proved to be the more balanced and fun. Checking my stats now, it seems hard to believe I only have 650+ hours in the game, but this is not the kind of game that you leave sitting idle sometimes racking up the hours.

In the early years it was fun getting new items, but they started creating too many, and it got overwhelming. I think something similar happened with achievements. It's still a fun game, and I'm sure I'll play it again. If I needed the disk space, it would probably be one of the last games to ever get uninstalled.

2023.04.29

Playing just to play, and it's been so long.

Find a game -> Community servers; nice to see the skial servers are still there, and there's at least 5 that are almost full. It's been the same maps for years: payload, 2fort, turbine, dustbowl. Probably a lot of the same players too.

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