Side note: Loooove these updates. You can tell Valve has so much fun doing this.
Just wanted to clarify.
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Team Fortress 2 ARG is getting bananas
Whenever I see Steam updating Team Fortress 2, I get extremely excited. I immediately check the patch notes, the Steam forums, and the subreddit. Recently, a new game mode has been teased -- the community is calling it MvM or "Mann vs. Machines." Even more recently, seemingly random items had began dropping with every item drop within the game. Things like Banana Peels, Pocket Lint, Damaged Capacitors, etc. Since the community knows Valve so well, obviously this is playing into something much, much bigger. Holy cow was the community right. For now, I'll just point you over to this megathread containing all of the details. Essentially this is how it unfolded: An update allowed Banana Peels to be crafted together, creating hexadecimal code which combined into a .png revealing some QR codes. With me? Good. The QR codes showed partial text, which eventually combined into this page of dialogue between Saxton Hale and some senators, speaking about Poopy Joe (also mentioned back in the WAR! update) and "monkeynauts." Oh, but it doesn't end there! Super Monday Night Combat just updated last night, adding a space suit to the gorilla character, Cheston. Then, the official TF2 blog updated detailing how a weapon gets added into the game, showing off a new Pyro weapon. Then, at the end of the blog, this video is shown. At 7:08 YouTube tabs are shown with numerous music videos, including the Gorillaz and Goldfish. What the Hale? Is the Pyro a monkey? Will "Meet the Pyro" finally be released? Will Linux support finally be added? Does this even tie into the MvM update? Chances are, we'll know more before the day is up! Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
Legacy Comments (will be imported soon)This is already more interesting than the the plot for the Assassin's Creed games. /trolololo
Side note: Loooove these updates. You can tell Valve has so much fun doing this. Actually, the Chestrong outfit (Monkey space suit) has been in the game for months, but last update the made the first one "classic" and added a second version.
Just wanted to clarify. I decoded Banana Error Code #6 first! A forum bastard stole it, though. Still, I can't wait for this shit. An interesting theory is that Pyro is Abe Lincoln. I can explain further, but it's basically foolproof. @NNoah It doesn't, it just happens to have a gorilla character with a spacesuit outfit, and got caught up in the ARG accidentally. Yes, the SMNC outfit an extremely timed coincidence, nothing more, but hey, Valve and Adult Swim, next week is gonna be bananas (GEDDIT!??) The pyro is basically MGS3's The Rage, but instead of a deformed monkey under the suit, it's a deformed poopy joe. The SMNC update is likely to be completely unrelated. The Chestrong outfit was added into the game during beta, the new version is just a recolour, and they have been updating every Friday for months, with a sole exception for PAX East 10:00 PM on 05.21.2013 Dota 2 breaks own record of most concurrent Steam playersValve's free-to-play, high-skill-ceiling MOBA Dota 2 has set a new record for most concurrent players on Steam, with an impressive 329,977 players at once. The last game to set the record was something called "Dota 2," w...
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