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[bubis]

There's no catch! Play as much as you want, as long as you like!

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[monkey]

Tf2 Free to Play

With the final day of the Medic update, not only did we get to see the eagerly awaited ‘Meet the Medic’ video, but one other bombshell was dropped – Team Fortress 2 is now free for anyone to play.

Yup, you heard that right, totally free to play! The game appears to be divided into 2 types of account right now, with buyers of the game labelled as having a ‘Premium’ account, and free players having a…free account. To convert a free account, all you need to do is purchase one item from the Mann co store in game.

Despite the many misgivings people have, this will surely bring a wealth of brand new players to the game, injecting some much needed fresh blood into both competitive and public play alike.

Read on to find out more on getting the most out of your TF2 experience!

Maximise your FPS

First of all, you’ve gotta be prepared to tweak TF2 a bit, especially if you’re not running a great computer setup. However, for those of us who aren’t technically minded, the lovely Chris has built an entire set of configs, with great instructions, that will get you enjoying the game with the minimum of fuss, and the maximum of FPS. You can find these configs over at: http://www.fakkelbri.../chris/configs/ – but please make sure you follow the instructions carefully.

Competitive Play

Tf2 has a dedicated competitive playerbase, and whilst there are people that feel the need to constantly complain about the state of competitive TF2, the majority of the rulesets are fair, and map pools are varied. It is relatively easy to get into playing competitively, with teams constantly recruiting, and even creating your own team is relatively painless, as long as you know 5 other players!

Some great resources to get into competitive play can be found at the primary EU leagues, ETF2L, who have their season 10 starting very soon – so just enough time for you to download TF2 and register your team/apply to join a team.

If you’re after information on the goings on within the Competitive TF2 scene, VanillaTF2 is a great resource, covering everything from upcoming matches to latest gossip and news. VanillaTV covers many of the higher profile games in real time, with a great lineup of casters involved.

For more US orientated gossip, GotFrag is the place to visit, as long as you don’t mind putting up with a high amount of trolling.

Finally, if you want to jump straight into learning to play competitively, head on over to TF2Lobby, join a lobby and get playing!

Custom Huds

While the default HUD is pretty nice, there are alternatives out there – there is a thread here that covers most of them, but to single out a few of the more commonly used ones – broeselhud, Community HUD (this is the one I use), gmang Hud, M0reHUD. These are all used to a certain extent by the community as a whole.

[White^]

kā tur ir ar tiem "premium kontiem", kads var kaut ko pastāstīt?

[bubis]

white 'seit ir izskaidrotas atss4iribas

[White^]

oukey

[bubis]

[Leitnants]

Man tads jautājums, pa cik jus Izredzētie, pierkāt savus TF2 accountus? Tādēļ ka tagad, tas ir iespējam pa .50 sentiem. Tiesham, 50 senti, un tu esi atblokejis visu to, kas jums. pa 4.5 euro parpaliku, noperc sev kadu speli..

Tad nu tā, man skiet ka pret jums tas nav godīgi Bet man tas patīk, uzreiz jau nopirktu visu premium, ja nu vini pardoma...

[Generaalis]

Nu kas tur negodīgs, tagad vienkārši tāda superakcija, ja pareizi atceros, tad es pa kādiem 7,99 Eināriem pirku, bet tad TF2 oriģināls maksāja 14,99E vai kaut kā tā... Premium konti parādījās tikai tagad, ja nemaldos, tad tie ir visi, kas ir kaut ko nopirkuši stīmā... Vismaz tā es sapratu pēc tā, ka man iedeva ķiveri (cepuri) par pirkumu.

[bubis]

Personigi es pirku man liekas bij dargak par 14Eiro. Bet tagad ir tiessam negodigi pret visiem ar ssso ko vini izdarija.. Un tagad serveri vispar neciesami uzpeldumi zallo fruktu. ok tas ir labi bet nu tracina kad serveris pilns ar vinniem un visi vecie reti paradas.

[Generaalis]

Tas ir normāls triks, kādu laiciņu būs noprice, cilvēkiem radīsies masu atkarība un čiks, atkal jāmaksā un visi skrien pirkt jo grib ūberieročus un cepures.

[bubis]

Starpcitu ggeneral vinniem jau nakas pirkt ko veikala jo viniem viss ir samazinats utt. tur video ko ieliku ir atri apstastits.
Nu es ceru ka vins klus atkal normali maksas un visi sitie pazudis..

[Kozy]

Jā, kopš šī te brīnumainā "Free to play" pasākuma pat īsti vairs negibās spēlēt ,jo komandas ir tik ļoti noslāņojušās,kā piemēram 3 mapes pēc kārtas manu kommandu "iznesa" vienos vārtos.
Kā jau minēju čatboksā ,tad kādi 10 cilvēki serverī nesaprot kā jāspēlē un kas jādara,un tas noved pie tā ,ka ubers tiek dots endžijiem vai mediķis mēģina healot sienu un arī tie patstāvīgie playeri,kas ir bez slota,netiek serverī,jo viņš ir pilns,vobšem šausmas ,kas notiek.

[bubis]

Nu ko es pamanijis pat naktis serveris 4um un mudzz ar vinniem .

[White^]

pirkts ir pa dārgo , bet tas bija gandrīz 4 gadi atpakaļ
tagad var iet spēlēt tikai tad, kad ir sarunāts bariņš spēlēt gribetāju:D
bet kas vel man nepatīk, ka pēdējā laika serverim pazūd savienojums ar steam tai pašā laika ieejot cita serveri viss ir čiki briki

tagad arī pa lēto treidotties varētu uz nebēdu ar zaļajiem gurķiem

[Generaalis]

Jā, viss ja labi, ka atkal nonstopā pilns servaks, bet man nervi netur ar tādu baru ākstu spēlēt ilgāk par 1 mapi. Sūdīgi arī, ka tik mazs pieprasījums no veco buku puses... saprotu, ka daudzi cs ir aizmirsuši, bet varēja jau tomēr mesties līdz laikam, aizmirst par to, kas spēles domātas sīkajiem un jāizaug no bērna biksēm, un varēja mesties iekšā TF2.