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Archive of : August, 2008

Crysis

TF2 Sniper Wallpaper

Snapped this screenshot while messing around on the ravine_b2 map (which I abhor) and thought it a waste that it should sit unviewed in a Steam folder. I cleaned it up, tweaked the lighting to make it more “dramatic,” and turned it into a parody of those cheesy motivational...

Pyro Air Blast + Low Grav = Fun

This is a video of us screwing around on the OWS servers. This was recorded not too long after the Pyro update. The high ceiling of canyon_b2 allows for sending people really high with the Pyro air blast with low gravity on. Notice the Medic in the back...

Changing the Steam Friends Message Sound

Some people find the sound that Steam plays when you receive an IM from a friend annoying. For other people, it’s just too loud. Here’s a quick “How to” on changing the wav file: Open Windows Explorer and navigate to “C:\Program Files\Steam\friends” For backup purposes, rename the file “message.wav” to...

Spy’s Stabbing My Sentry

Wolf showing us how to melee a level 3 sentry during one of our tests. Wow.

Enabling Console in Team Fortress 2

Most people who have played a Valve game before know how to enable their console. But their are many people trying out first-person shooters for the first time in Team Fortress 2. Below are instructions on how to enable console. Start Team Fortress 2. Click on “Options” from the...

Flame On!

Seyon and I enjoy Team Fortress 2 a lot. So much that we go beyond playing the game and begin to explore the realm of Screwing Around. Empty servers become playgrounds where we test oddities in game mechanics, rocket-jumping, Engineer buildings, ubers, Spy abilities, Scout accesses, achievements, etc. Yesterday...

Disabling Win Music for Day of Defeat: Source

We recently started playing Day of Defeat: Source. It’s an enjoyable game with one major problem: at the end of every round, a sound clip plays representing the winning team. This sound is blaringly loud. This is not a problem, you think to yourself, I’ll just go turn down...