Comments on: Financial News- RED and BLU in Administration

By: Ryan Williams

Ryan Williams — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:44:03 +0000

Excellent article.

By: SirMax

SirMax — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:37:25 +0000

The engie’s stuff? Not energy efficient? IT RUNS ON ITS OWN POWER! There’s no plug for the teleporter and there’s no batteries that run out! His dispenser breaks the laws of thermodynamics! If they need boolets, just get them from from there!

Budget cuts SHOULD just mean more engies and no respawn cabinets. Maybe everyone starts with 0 ammo.

@Kollega: this is a joke, just like the election ones, using current affairs as a medium to reach the audience. It’s a parallel 1968, maybe they had their own credit crunch and fuel crises. You can’t adjust for inflation because they don’t have an identical economy. Always remember, this isn’t set in OUR 1968, it’s set in A 1968.

By: NotJim

NotJim — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:03:12 +0000

I lol’d hard.

Very well done, good sir.

By: Kollega

Kollega — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:38:52 +0000

There’s only one problem wih this. What current economic crisis has to do with spy-tech fiction set in 1968? You could go on,and adjust Heavy’s firing costs for inflation,getting figure around $2,458,735.08 for twelwe seconds (probably higher). And Pyro’s flamethrower runs not on oil,but on natural gas,and is cheaper to use than petrol ones. But fuel was much cheaper in 1968 anyway.

Everyone,please,when writing something about TF2,remain in it’s timeframe – then it will look much better.

By: ASD

ASD — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:36:58 +0000

This, I like!

By: 2tone

2tone — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:10:33 +0000

And what is to become of the world when the desolate plains no longer echo with the symphonic-cacophony of spahs sappin’ sentries…when the frantic calls for dispensers here and there slowly die out…

An excellent article, Zorg, one of the best in recent memory.

By: Graven_Image

Graven_Image — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:24:27 +0000

The heavy’s picture makes you want go, “Awwww!”

N-not that I’d ever say that.

By: Acefighter

Acefighter — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:43:29 +0000

I’m not sure if I should laugh or cry at the Heavy’s predicament.
Good article, if a bit weird.

By: Lord Grey

Lord Grey — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:05:40 +0000

im makin the final picture my wallpaper, lol-ed so hard at that one

nice job

By: FlyingHat

FlyingHat — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:48:01 +0000

Great opening, the article kept me reading, and it made me laugh.

I <3 you Zorgulon!

By: Cowjuicer

Cowjuicer — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:26:09 +0000

I agree with Nightasasin, making sense of TF2’s crazy world is a lot of fun. Kudos to the author.

By: [TToL] Nightasasin

[TToL] Nightasasin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:20:38 +0000

Very nice, I like it when things are explained in a way that makes sense.

By: Baggie

Baggie — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:19:30 +0000

Wow… Just wow.
This is an incredible piece of writing, well done Zorg.

By: BJ Blazkowicz

BJ Blazkowicz — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:06:15 +0000

I thought it was funny.

By: kanodin

kanodin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:05:06 +0000

I can’t help but wonder which 5 would be wanted by the FBI. I think it would be safe to rule the scout and engy out, the sniper would definitely be one as an assassin for hire, soldier maybe for running around Europe blowing up people and calling them Nazis, Heavy if only for being from Soviet Russia, Medic for his twisted experiments, and the last one I suppose demoman if only because I can’t imagine them knowing enough about the spy to chase him.

By: Corodan

Corodan — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:59:31 +0000

I love this stuff.

By: St Vincent

St Vincent — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:25:35 +0000

That ought to be in the instruction booklet, it’s that good.

Sadly no one ever reads instruction books.

By: hain

hain — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:20:42 +0000

Teehee. Great article. I’d like to do that kind of engineering in the game. Maybe.. maybe they could go for such “retro” toys for the engie update.

By: Big Boss (Sean Connery)

Big Boss (Sean Connery) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:19:30 +0000

Of course not a chance.

I still think that would be a hilarious machinima though.

By: Graven_Image

Graven_Image — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:16:55 +0000

Not a chance, Mr. Connery.