The evils that come from Team Roomba know no limits.
After a couple of griefingattempts and a Pyro music video, the latest shenanigans to come from their way involves a bunch of sweaty Team Fortress 2 geeks with little to no musical talent playing the “My Heart Will Go On: Karaoke Mod” on the 2for2furious.com server. I kid you not.
The big question is though: Can we put this on a server in my area?. I WANT IN!
Those amateurs over at Pyro Rock Star (Pyro and Elizabeth Bourke) have started getting all angsty on me cause I’m not doing development work for FREE for them that would normally cost quite a bit of money. And this is after doing a bunch of work setting up their site and getting things humming along (FOR FREE).
They’ve even called for a boycott of ubercharged by Pyro Rock Star readers. Oooh! I’m scared! So their 13 subscribers will stop coming here? GOOD!
Whatever. I’ll just wait for Pyro to lay off the propane fumes, and for Elizabeth to sober up, then we’ll see how it goes.
Quick note, cause I’m sure that anyone who cares has already read this in the million other regular gaming sites that cover “the news”, but Shacknews has the details on the new Medic changes (and a bit about Goldrush and such).
All sounds lovely. The achievement stuff is still in there, which I’m a bit dubious about (I wanna play TF2 - not organize rigged servers with buddies just to grind achievements - except I don’t have any buddies, so I’m screwed either way), but it all sounds quite interesting. The old permanent health plan buff is out, and this stuff is in:
The Blutsaugher
For players that earn one third of the 36 new medic achievements, they will be given a new syringe gun. Called “The Blutsaugher,” this new weapon no longer has the ability to score critical hits against an opponent. Instead it will draw health from enemies each time a syringe hits. Especially useful as a weapon to retreat away from the fight while staying alive.
The Critzcrieg
Once a medic has earned two thirds of the achievements, they will be granted “The Critzcrieg.” This new medigun uses its ubercharge not for invulnerability, but to give its recipient 100% chance to fire critical ordinance. Medics and the player they are charging need to be careful though, because as much fun as it is to fire critical rockets as fast as you can, the other team will see what you’re up to and try to put a quick stop to your plan.
The Ubersaw
For the determined medic that has earned all 36 of the new achievements, they will find themselves the proud owner of “The Ubersaw,” which will take damage done in melee attacks and convert it directly to ubercharge. Four hits with this new weapon will fully charge whatever medigun the medic has equpped.
Seriously, I don’t know where these names come from. They must have one guy at Valve working round the clock who’s job description is “Smoke Some Crack And Then Think Up Whacked Names For Game Concepts”.
More scope for medic shenanigans all round. I’m picking we’ll see double uber/critzcriegs as a standard tactic as predicted some time ago.
Oh, and now I’ll have to go and rebrand this whole site to critzcrieged.net (yes, I’ve already registered the domain name )
Nerf NOW!! is a web comic by Josué Pereira. Some very cool work in there.
There’s a bit of a story line going on. So some dreaded continuity required. It’s best to go back and read it all from the first comic (yes, I know, this is tough for some of you with a 30 second attention span, but it’s worth it.)
Xanatos and the Janus Syndicate (who gave the world Get In Shape) have recorded another TF2 machinima. This time they take on Clint Eastwood and the whole spaghetti western genre.
As we all know, it has been statistically proven by science that Clint is the greatest action film hero ever. That old school trademark scowl puts to shame any posturing done by todays wannabe film heroes.
Consider: Vs:
Honestly, I have no idea how Matt Damon became a “cool” action star.
Anyway…
A group of townspeople are constantly being run out of their town, used, and abused by a skillful gang of bandits. They’ve had enough, and they’re out to find someone to best them and someone who can train them in this 17 min. western/action/comedy/parody.
Made by Xanatos and the Janus Syndicate
Cheers to Garrys Mod news where this was spotted at.
Another year of blatant rick rolling and half-assed joke posts out of the way.
I think everyone saw through the lame ass ubercharged attempt at an April Fools joke in about 2 seconds.
The really impressive one though, was the one pulled by Control Point, uh I mean “Oober Control”. Which has been several weeks in the making, and I am proud to say I had a helping hand in. Congrats to Doubtful. The only one who picked it was an Ubercharged.net/Control Point combined hoax.
And who was that dashing and handsome sounding New Zealander doing the voiceover in one of the ads in the podcast?
BTW - If any big company DOES actually want to shower me with cash to put their name on this blog… BRING IT ON! I have no morals.
Here’s how it went down:
Never tell your password to anyone. madlep: Yep, I’m good now Nailhead [CP]: oh ok madlep: oh man, now the tele entrance went down… anyway madlep: and a spy got me :/ madlep: Anyway, I’m out of game and good to talk now Nailhead [CP]: first off, I wanted to let you know that ooberservers.com is buying the podcast and will make lots of changes to it (unfortunately for the worse). It is a REALLY good offer though. :/ madlep: congrats. All that name spamming paid off Nailhead [CP]: I guess so. Nailhead [CP]: Secondly, I wanted to see how believable that claim was. The truth is, I lied. madlep: Yeah, its plausable Nailhead [CP]: We’re planning on a crazy April Fool’s Day episode and we’re going with the “sell out” idea. madlep: Got me madlep: haha, I like it Nailhead [CP]: To make it a bit more believable, we’re going to mention it here and there on the show leading up to April 1st. That will be our “first” episode under a new management. Nailhead [CP]: The reason I’m telling you about it is because you run a popular TF2 blog and could maybe help spread this rumor. Nailhead [CP]: madlep: This is a nicely thought out plan. I love a decent april fools bit. I’m in. What do you need? Nailhead [CP]: and maybe you could get in on some of the fun too. Nailhead [CP]: I was thinking that somehow you could get “leaked” information about the purchase. I’m not sure exactly how though. madlep: “anonymous source” is always good Nailhead [CP]: It would be cool if the community first hears about this from you and not from us. We could, in turn, be somewhat annoyed that the word got out too early, before we could properly tell the public. madlep: I’m liking this. I’m lazy, and I usually only remember its april fools the day before, and replace the front page with a splash page saying “OMG HAXED BY 1337KIDS” on april first. Nailhead [CP]: hehe madlep: I could say that a game server rental company approached ubercharged about advertising on the site, and they mentioned buying control point Nailhead [CP]: We’ve been plotting for a few weeks now Nailhead [CP]: ah nice! Nailhead [CP]: I lke that. madlep: Of course, I was “morally repulsed” by the idea and had to let the community know Nailhead [CP]: most excellent madlep: So when do you want to kick this whole thing off? Nailhead [CP]: I was thinking before the next podcast maybe? Nailhead [CP]: before next Wednesday Nailhead [CP]: perhaps over the weekend? madlep: yup. no probs Nailhead [CP]: haha nice, this is gonna too cool. madlep: hah. Yeah, looking forward to a bit of mayhem Nailhead [CP]: We’ve been trying to think of the kinds of restrictions that ooberservers.com would put on the show. Nailhead [CP]: One would be to make it a 30 min show. madlep: You’d have to roll the same annoying ad every 5 minutes Nailhead [CP]: ooh yeah madlep: Contractually bound to have at least 15% of the air time devoted to ooberservers.com Nailhead [CP]: haha Nailhead [CP]: I’m going to redo the whole intro and outro too. madlep: Forbidden to mention any site that isn’t on the “ooberservers.com game network” Nailhead [CP]: Control Point, brought to you by ooberservers.com Nailhead [CP]: ah yeah madlep: ooberservers.com is a professional organisation as well. No “game handles” are to be used at all - even when referring to community members. All people must be addressed by first and last names Nailhead [CP]: maybe we announce that there will be a flood of new servers too. Nailhead [CP]: lol madlep: and you guys have to wear a tie while recording Nailhead [CP]: too funny madlep: 20 new servers madlep: all with in game ads Nailhead [CP]: yeah, people are gonna hate the saturation of servers. Nailhead [CP]: we could announce that our forums will be closing and new forums on ooberservers.com will be up and ready. madlep: haha yeah, and all sigs must have a reference to ooberservers.com Nailhead [CP]: also, video episodes are forbidden as well as streaming. Nailhead [CP]: hehe madlep: all episodes must be purchased over iTunes - and are ladden with DRM Nailhead [CP]: ooh yeah, moving over to a pay per episode model. Nailhead [CP]: Good stuff! madlep: Yeah, this is gonna rock. Anyway, late here. I’m gonna crash madlep: Good luck with it Nailhead [CP]: cool thanks!
Update: Unfortunately the epic piece of Halo 3 machinima has been taken of the tube of you by the author. So we have sourced alternative entertainment.
So I’ve flogged the TF2 horse about as much as I can, and it’s time to move onto other things.
Don’t worry though, this site will stick around still - I’m just changing direction a little.
So there will be no Team Fortress 2 talk any longer. From now on, this site will be devoted to Halo 3. I mean TF2 is cool and all, but there are way more Halo 3 players. So I gotta go where the crowds are.
Welcome to the new brand for the site. It’s now called uberchiefed.net.
(He was hacking, he was on a n00b server, it was staged, it wasn’t really that good. There, I’ve said it all for you, so you don’t all need to add your little quips complaining about the vid in the comments)
Gotta be one of the best Wordpress plugins ever. This is the reason why anonymous, unverified comments are enabled on this blog, and why you aren’t overrun with ads for viagra, anti-depressants, and links to porn sites.
The talented Russians from Tetris-Inside have put together a kick ass spy tribute Team Fortress 2 machinima vid. Some real nice editing and camera work in this one.
I’m sure they’ve got some very intelligent TF2 commentary on their site, but not being able to read Russian, it kinda makes as much sense as most of the Pyro’s ramblings to me.
Katana has put together an authentic Monty Python style vid done Team Fortress 2 style. If John Cleese and the gang played TF2, this is how it would be.
A number of humorous sketches filmed in Team Fortress 2. I didn’t really have any ideas as to how I could correlate them, but I hope you can enjoy it anyway.
All it really needed was a giant foot coming down and squashing everyone, and it would have been perfect.
Cheers to John for the link
Update I tracked down a nicer res version at Vimeo and embedded that one instead. If you’re on a slow connection, and want the crappola Youtube version, you can check it out here.
It’s getting to prime time. Around about 9pm. You’ve been playing for a few hours now, and having a good time with the regular crew. But you know they aren’t far off. They’re getting ready. Waiting. One by one, they arrive. They blend in at first, but before long they’ve overwhelmed the server population. The quality of gameplay goes down - yet they scream and demand more of you. As if you are there to personally entertain them. Who the hell do they think they are?
They’re the middle aged player with precious few minutes on their hands. They’re on an urgent mission to sneak in a few minutes idle gaming in between getting kids off to bed, or watching TV, or after getting home from a long day before crashing and doing it all again.
I’ve been half way through writing this post for a while. I get a certain way through, then lose momentum and hit the delete button. I think people have come to expect exaggerated tales of outlandish stereotypes on this site. The middle age whiner just seemed too… familiar. I’d be trying to come up with funny anecdotes, but they all seemed fairly ho-hum. Is it because middle aged players just aren’t that interesting?
It’s… me?
A couple of weeks back I hit the bit three-O. And it hit me. The reason it is so hard to find anything extreme because - it’s me I’m talking about. I have slowly become one of the middle aged work/life balance whiners I was so trying to mock.
I just get cranky. I get an hour max to play most days. Crammed somewhere in between getting home from work, making dinner, doing dishes, chilling out, and going to bed. This explains a few of my outbursts of recent note. MY TF2 SESSION IS PRECIOUS DAMN IT. You kids are screwing with my tightly planned out leisure time. IT’S ON THE SCHEDULE STUCK TO THE FRIDGE. IT’S SACRED!
Yes. I have finally admitted that I don’t like teenagers’ music. I like watching the same lame TV shows my parents liked. My hair is getting grayer by the week. And my fitness levels get harder to maintain. Yup. I’m a cranky old man with cranky old man views on how things should be. And I will tell you about it - as is my need and want as a white, middle aged male.
So what’s your problem anyway? Just play more if you really want.
So why exactly am I like this? Lets look at a photo essay of my life commitments which contribute to my lack of quality TF2 time:
Acting in an ecologically sustainable and socially responsible manner
Getting face-crammed next to some fat guy with body odor on the train.
A challenging and rewarding career
Updating this blog from work, and trying to look busy (Just kidding if you’re reading this Adam and Mark - You know I’m good )
A rich and rewarding social life
This mainly just involves drinking really
Spending quality time with my significant other
No seriously, this bit is actually pretty good. We enjoy ourselves and are happy .
So what can you do about it?
Well, not much really. But I’m pretty harmless. I’m not into it enough to really cause any harm. I’ll mostly just whine at people who I think are more incompetent than me on my team. I have a tight little window to play every night. It’s gotta be casual games, cause I don’t have time for clans. I am expecting quality. If you don’t give it to me I WILL bitch about it on voice comms.
The story of Armchair Warrior, someone who decides he must get in shape after a rough experience on a Team Fortress 2 server and later returns to see if his training has paid off.
It’s almost April FFS. Autumn in this part of the world. What temperature is it?
(Thats about 100F for all you non-metric kids.)
TOO DAMN HOT. We should be having pleasant low to mid 20s about now. Enjoyable temperatures to go outside. Light shirt weather. Instead it’s been high-30s/low-40s all week. 27C degrees. And thats at 9:30am. In March! I suffered through the stupid hot temperatures all the way through summer. The only thing that got me through was the thought that when we hit Feb/March things get comfortable again.
So, could everyone please just you know. Stop driving. You don’t need that damn SUV to go pick up the milk from the store.
Although thinking about it, probably the worst car based pollution source in the world on this particular day, is happening just down the road.
I swear that each one of those whiny F1 cars looping round Albert Park for a day puts out the same carbon emissions as your average shuttle launch. I live about 7km from the track, and I can still hear them - and the buildings of the city directly block line of sight. 747s flying overhead taking off from the airport are quieter.
*sigh*
For the record, I don’t own a car. Never have. This is what my commute looks like every day:
(Those people aren’t just standing at the door - they’re the front edge of a crowd of about 30-40 people jammed into that door well, because its the only place left to squeeze onto the train)
n00bie51 emailed with word of a nice little vid he’s put together showing off some back door spyware shenanigans. Thanks to people like him, I’m developing paranoid delusions about who is behind me outside of TF2 as well (this gets embarrassing when you do an IRL spy check by trying to walk through someone on the street to see if they’re on your team)
Greetings, madlep! I’ve been browsing ubercharged.net for some time and I wanted to contribute. This is my first Team Fortress 2 montage. I hope you enjoy it.
Nicely edited and all that. There is even some George Michael thrown into the mix as well.
Pyro Rock Star is a new parody blog I’ve been helping out on the technical side of things to get up and running. There still isn’t much content on there, but they’ve got some big plans coming up.
It’s basically a blog of the Pyro’s thoughts and world views - as written as if spoken by the Pyro. Doesn’t sound like much fun? Well, they tend to keep the mumbling to a minimum and focus on Pyro related multimedia such as movies, pictures, sound etc.
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