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Cry Some More

PadSeeEw — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:16:18 +0000

More on this later….the Day of Defeat Source forums on steampowered are ridiculous at the moment. Great for a laugh, but sometimes so pathetic it invokes pity. Will throw in my two cents later regarding the outcry and pandemonium (Bone, that’s how it’s spelled. You tried to spell it when we were playing Aqua last night, and I almost laughed but refrained, secure in my proud, godly spelling abilities).

DoD:S Palermo Update!

PadSeeEw — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:56:29 +0000

The beta’s no more a beta! It’s all grown up and Achieving great things (although…having some trouble updating the FNF server….on the phone with Bat21 as I type this)!

Nice to see they changed the “TF2 Achievement Trophy” to a more DoD-appropriate chevron. Apparently someone up there at Valve listened closely to piu piu’s suggestions.

From the Steam news update:

Leveraging the recently released set of free services available in Steamworks, the Palermo Update adds 51 achievements to Day of Defeat: Source, player avatar displays in the scoreboard and win panel, and detailed player statistics that are integrated with the Steam Community features (www.steamcommunity.com).

In addition, this update adds support for popular features introduced in Valve’s Team Fortress 2 (TF2), the PC title named multiplayer game of the year by Gamespy.com and PC Gamer. These include “nemesis/revenge” freeze cam and new effects driven by the particle system introduced to the Source engine for TF2.

Finally, this update also introduces a new map, Palermo, which is a remix of the most popular community map, dod_salerno, originally created by Magnar “insta” Jennsen.

For more information, visit the Day of Defeat: Source Palermo site.

I’m excited. If we can get this dang server up…..Looks like a Day of Defeat weekend, folks! You TF2 fanatics take advantage of the free weekend and join us.

Up Next: The Fatty

PadSeeEw — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:18:04 +0000

As confirmed on the surprisingly-frequently-updated TF2 Official Blog, Mr. Heavy W. Guy is the next Team Fortress 2 character slated for updates.

It seems the big difference with the Heavy update is that they’re opening a window into their design process. No doubt a lot of people are going to interpret this as “OMG tehy’re gona listen to all my ~~hair-brained~~ cool ideas”. Those lot of people need to read it a bit more carefully before they slag off Valve after it turns out totally different.

Personally, I hope fatty gets some goggles and a bandana.

Steam Profiles: M Bison

PadSeeEw — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:35:03 +0000

M Bison is an FNF regular from way back in the TFC days of the server. He can usually be found shouting “Cry some more!” and quoting Ahnold. Here is his steam profile, in all it’s resplendent, Lobster-Hatted glory:

Level 1 Bubblemaker

PadSeeEw — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:34:17 +0000

Hey, this new underwater cam is great! Waitaminit…

The Agony of Day of Defeat

PadSeeEw — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:59:50 +0000

Blood and death on Mr. Buzzard’s old map, dod_fnf:

Pad’s Faves: Blood and Dust (part 2)

PadSeeEw — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:02:50 +0000

Test Shots: Day of Defeat Source Machinima

PadSeeEw — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:16:27 +0000

The DODS Project has some very serious dramatic ambitions, but I found this piece to be cooler than the ones with dialogue. It’s probably just me, but I think a serious treatment of the subject matter is best left to cinema. Machinima can be beautiful (Ignis Solus), and is often hilarious, but grave drama is yet to be done with success. Anyway, I thought this was fantastic:

So, where’s that “really soon” update that FuzzDad promised us?

Meatspin fall and go boom!

PadSeeEw — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:04:15 +0000

Like that last scene out of The Exorcist.

Ubercharged.net Song Parody

PadSeeEw — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:18:09 +0000

Another phenomenon surrounding TF2 is the proliferation of parody songs.

Check out madlep’s version of “The Devil Went Down to Dustbowl” (click here if for some reason you don’t know the Charlie Daniels Band tune) over at Ubercharged.net. It’s accompanied by some lovely FragWagon.com screenshots!

Here’s a sample:

“Spy on the cap point, run boys, run.
The soldier’s in the house of the spammin’ gun.
Sniper in the battlement, shot you in the head.
“Medic, does your gun sting?”
“No, child, no.”