Team Fortress 2: TFP OWNZ! Server goodness!
 

Those of you who remember the origins of the site know that this used originated as TBA-OWNZ which was a clan site.

I'd like to propose that those of you who have TF2 as part of Orange Box, suit up and let's get crackin'! There are plenty of servers for us to jump onto.

Anyone else interested?

edit: Here is the TFP server
[TFP-OWNZ] - tfproject.org Over 18 only
66.199.246.106:27015
http://cache.www.gametracker.com/ser...ner_560x95.png

I play loads...
World Traveler
Team Doctor
Flamethrower
Nemesis
Hard to Kill
Master of Disguise
Dynasty
Powerhouse Offence
Impossible Defence

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Member since:March 18, 2004
Steam Rating:8.8 - COBRA KAI!
Playing time:28.1 hrs past 2 weeks
1. Team Fortress 2 - 9.7 hrs
2. Half-Life 2 Episode Two - 4.9 hrs
3. Condition Zero - 4.3 hrs
4. Counter-Strike Source - 4 hrs
5. Portal - 3.4 hrs
6. Counter-Strike - 1.8 hrs

My steam name is "Xav400" so feel free to add me or look me up. :)

still haven't installed it but if I get into it, you can count me in dudes!

i am considering getting the orange box. never played TF before, but I have played a lot of UT and UT2k4.

I'll get more and more into it once I reign in the initial addiction. I've got a couple of music projects on the go that won't permit me to mess up my shoulder/upper back from too much gaming. Once those are out of the way and can limit myself to 1hr long sittings at most, I should be pretty regular. It's awesome!

I recommend the Orange Box even if you don't want 1 of the games. for 50$, it's still more than half price from getting everything seperate.

I used to be a TFC god.

I have been wanting a good fps again, maybe I'll join up.

Orange Box is on my "to buy" list...but considering how my purchases are typically spaced out (and the fact that FFXII is ahead of it), I doubt I'll be getting it anytime soon. :(

Do NOT go into the game expecting it to be like TFC or any of the TF games for that matter. There are no grenades, classes are set up different, 2fort has a covered bridge, 2fort is the only "ctf" map atm.

That being said... I LOVE THIS FREAKING GAME!

I have like 4 PC games and a brand new Wii fighting for my attention. I don't know what I'll do to fit this in.

I've been hearing some good things about this Orange Box thingy....starting with aberkok, who first brought it to my attention. I will explore further....

...intriguing...

I'll get it after I get done building another computer, this laptop is insufficient for FPS games, it barely would run WoW as it is

If you don't know how the classes work:
http://blog.andrewbeacock.com/2007/1...ess-2-for.html

Okay here's a server we can play on for a couple months. It is currently located in Texas ping from LA is 60, ping from NY is 60 so it's a good middle ground for the Americans. There is an option for St. Louis as well.

66.199.246.106:27015 [TFP-OWNZ] - tfproject.org Over 18 only

edit:updated server to NY so as to be able to attract more people on it with a lower ping rate.
http://cache.www.gametracker.com/ser...1B5-2E3226.png

No grenades?! I loved grenades. How else can 1 shot net you 5 kills?

I'd play if my computer wasn't garbage =(

Well I got a couple of hours, I go buy this.

Careful, you might find yourself playing, then looking at the clock when you're done and finding that a lot more than just a couple of hours have passed :)

Don't forget to use a mic and map a key for voice chat, the game is too frantic to try to hit the built in voice messages (other than the "Medic!" one)

Byrnison (Noob most often carrying a heal-gun)

I might try the server, but being UK... I don't think I'll like the lag :P

Purchased, I'll give it a shot tonight.

Must.... resist..... purchasing...... :cringe:

I don't know what time I'll be able to jump on tonight, I just got a ticket to see JK Rowling read Harry Potter 7 at Carnegie Hall!!!

:orly:

I'd rather play video games.

yeah me too but someone went out of their way to get me a ticket, at least I'll get to see Carnegie Hall. I've never been there before.

Installed, if I don't crash because of this migraine I might be around.

http://steamcommunity.com/id/Nimbletoe

Add me!

Nimbletoe, I tried to add you but can't find you.

I've been getting really good at being an engineer. Medic a little, but the offensive classes I'm still not so good at.

I have yet to purchase The Orange box as I already owned HL2 and EPI1. But I do play CS from time to time and do plan on getting TF2. Add me on steam to friends and I will play some CS with you and some TF2 when I get it. Steam name is:

blackkramer

IGN: Zeddicus

Ive done the occasional fps game here and there but imo this is the most fun one that ive tried. Loving playing a Pyro so far, something about going around a corner and torching everyone in the room hehe.

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197993260694

MMM not sure I like it.

Seems to limited, I like being able to rambo.

I need to make a trip to EB Games anyway.
After I do, count me in.

TFC > TF2

Pffft, if you like TFC you can play Fortress Forever or TFC even. The rest of us will be having fun without constant grenade spam or bunnyhopping. Anyway, my Steam id is lokus121ATcomcast.net, I added the server to my favs. By the way, is there a TFP steam group/clan thingy? That way you can see all the TFPers with one invite rather than manually inviting everyone one at a time.

I just figured out how to make a group.

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/tfproject


Also the server has been busy most the night tonight. :eek:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...iq/tfpownz.gif

I jumped on after putting Skogafoss to bed and kicked some ass and got ass handed back to me.

Be a Heavy and grab a medic... wait until they have Uber and once they uber you walking and mow everything down.

I bought this last week and I have to say that I haven't had this much fun playing a multiplayer game in a long time. I play the medic exclusively and it's still fun as hell. There's nothing like clearing out 10 enemy troops because you know how to stay out of enemy fire.

The animations are awesome, the graphics are awesome, the level design is awesome, the teamwork is awesome....I can't really complain about anything.

Go group!
Steam Rating:5.6 - Halfway Cool
Playing time:71.2 hrs this week
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1. Team Fortress 2 - 37.6 hrs
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3. Portal - 8.8 hrs

Thats not quite what I mean, I like it where my skill can make the difference. Perhaps my favorite FPS gaming moment was playing CS before all the hacks came out and my team gets wiped out in the first minute. I flanked the CT's and and killed the entire CT team solo. The game allowed my twitch skills to do so, and luckily it was prior to the hacks so I didn't get accused of cheating.

TFC2 is balanced around team play being greater than any individual, and I'm a loner normally.

Group requires an invite...invite meh please :)

Ustwo, as Cyn knows I usually prefer either solo games or, like you, ones where I can be effective as a single player. That said, playing with a group of friends (first on WoW, now TF2) has been a kick in the pants. I would say to try it when there are 3+ of us on the same team, and if you still don't like it then at least you gave it a shot.

Oh, in thinking of it, have you tried the Spy? That seems like a class pretty well suited to solo characteristics...nothing better than disguising as an enemy (or cloaking) and getting behind their lines, getting a few backstabs in, sapping sentries, and all around helping the team when they do an offensive push without actually having to be in said group as they push...just a thought.

Ustwo, I'm a loner too. Even when I played in a UT clan, I considered myself the sweeper. I didn't fit a "role" ... I just liked fucking people up and being the hero with the dominating kill score.

I'll probably give in and try this out soon, anyways. If there is a way to play as friends, I'm hopeful that it will be an enjoyable experience.

I find that the engineer and spy can be pretty loner types.

They only want me for my teleporters and my dispensers. But definitely can't go wandering too far away from my sentry.... stupid sappers. getting better at figuring out spies though.

strange that invite thing.. but I invited you.

Yep, it worked, I just didn't have Steam running, once I did, I got the invite

Halx, once you get a SteamID, Cyn can invite you to the group and we can see who is online from TFP (so far looks like Chiya, Aberkok, Zedd, Cyn and I are in the group).

Now we just need someone to herd all of us cats into a game when we actually are online...I'm nominating Cyn :)

I'm really thinking about getting this, but I'm not sure if my computer will be able to handle it. I'm running an old ass computer with a 1.8GHz processor, an Nvidia Quadro 4, and 1gig ram. Think that'll be okay?

I don't know but here's the mininmum specs:

Minimum: 1.7 GHz Processor, 512MB RAM, DirectX® 8 level Graphics Card, Windows® Vista/XP/2000, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection

Recommended: Pentium 4 processor (3.0GHz, or better), 1GB RAM, DirectX® 9 level Graphics Card, Windows® Vista/XP/2000, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection

hopefully we'll see you on.

Oh yea TF2 all the way! I had prepurchased the orange box so I played during the open Beta. I will definatly drop by sometime! :thumbsup:

Decided to go ahead and get it. My friend said I should run it just fine. I'll be joining you guys soon.

Seems my microphone ain't working! =(

I was in last night as DOOMTRAIN.

I'm confused by the Steam friend thing. I tried to add one of my friends but it said unable to find him. Does he have to be logged on? And do I add his steam account name?

yeah it was a bit on the windy side from you... :)

Doesn't need to be logged on, but does need to be the right registered name. Try his email address.

I did see you online last night. You fragged me plenty of times!

Can I join the group too? I've already got a domination on the group admin...:thumbsup:

:mutters: yeah yeah yeah

There are 2 community members named "Doomtrain" - one with a pic that looks like Clint Eastwood, one with a pic that looks sorta like Nicole Kidman...are either of those you? If so which, we'll invite you to the TFP group and get some group fragging going :thumbsup:

I am neither of those. I just now set up the my steamid thing...I think. I don't have a pic on there.

Those USG guys last night are why I don't want to be in a clan - I'll get my ass kicked. I'm moderate at TF2; my reflexes aren't what they were in college and I don't have the time to practice like I did.

Is this one of those games that lets pcs play with xbox 360-ers? Because i'll have time for this in two months.

I agree the twitch reflexes aren't like they used to be. I just like a group of casual play.

After playing WoW for 2 years and seeing how pickup groups to get instances done be a toss up in either direction as being very good or very bad. Sometimes you'd be lucky and it's just decent, but decent still means long instances, but not as many deaths.

A good group of people, which is what my interpretation of a clan is that plays together, knows the roles needed and can switch and fill in as needed is the most important thing to a successful TF2 run.

Of course, if it's just your basic fraggin' well :) you just gotta watch your back.... and I know I speak from experience :cough: kadath :cough:

I had to look it up....looks like no is the answer.

LINK

Some new updates!!!! Patches!

Of course I'm waiting for the servers to get patched as well... TFP server isn't poplating the list now.
edit: Okay it is now, and it's FULL!!!!

Fixed some edge cases where grenades could go through player or buildings

This one I noticed; you can't fire grens through the Do Not Enter walls; less spawncamping.

Engineer buildings now explode when the Engineer dies during sudden death

yeah I'm not happy about that too much...I guess I get it since well, you don't get rockets flying about after the soldier dies....

Well I had a few rambo moments today, so I'm into it a bit more. Still I think your teams success is mostly determined by engineers and medic combos.

Me too, Ustwo. Previously, my most kills for one life was only like 7 with a soldier. Not only did I up that with a sniper spree of headshots, but I even upped that with another soldier spree of 18 kills.

Soldier defending a cap point is where it's at!

Hmm, My mic doesn't work though steam, elsewhere though... It rocks.
Do we have the new admin front end installed? I think we should eh? :D

Frag ya later.

I removed the other one followed the install instructions to no avail. I'll have to pay closer attention to the instructions and make sure something small like a file path isn't missing.

Lemme do it!
I love tinkering with stuff that doesn't belong to me!

Lately either the TFP server is full or empty :(

Yeah I need to make some reserved slots once I figure out how to get the mods installed right.

It looks like I can't use Manimod or AMX with the server rental I have. I'll have time tomorrow to work on figuring out the beetlesmod with reservedslots.

Thanks for the offer Chiyachan, I'm going to bang my head against it for a bit first. I like tinkering with servers too, just have to focus on this which I've not done just yet. I keep getting distracted by trying to frag people.

My solution to it being empty is to go in the server and practice scout jumps or what have you. Usually the server's full inside of 5 minutes. Especially if you can grab someone else from the TFP group and just 1v1 for a while.

No manimod? =(
*Hits head against server too!*
I'm on steam, Just add me and ask for a game, not like I'll say no unless I'm REALLY busy.

i just got the orange box, is the tfp server still a happenin' place?

It happens that no one is ever on it. We should try to pull together a scheduled session.

Can you play this offline in a LAN party on 360?

A few of us out in the stcks would like to play it, but we only have dialup.

Is it something best played online?

It's really best played with two teams of at least 10 and preferably a full whack. So unless there are 20 of you in the sticks, it's not going to be as fun as it could be.

Cyn, I noticed the server has not had the latest update. Is it abandoned?

really? I'll check on it.

Ahh, ok. No TF2 for us. :(

Thanks, Kadath. :thumbsup:

I used to play the old Team Fortress many years ago and actually met the guys who created it. They were Aussie and very cool. One of them was so good at Soldier it was unreal. When I played, I used the Demoman almost exclusively. Got very good at planting traps of grenades and bouncing them around corners. Now if I could only convince my other friends to get this...

I dunno man, I really liked the original TFC in LANs a long time ago. I haven't been to a LAN in a long time but I still think it would be fun with even 5vs5 especially in small maps. when it gets to be like 16vs16 it gets way to hectic and you die instantly. That doesn't mean that it isn't fun, though!

The problem is that all the maps are really hard to defend with only 5. And maps that are offense and defense at once are really vulnerable to scout rush. I mean, yeah, you could play with 10. But I got the sense (and correct me if I'm wrong) that Fremen was talking about maybe 6 guys. 3v3 is more team deathmatch territory than TF.

I've not played recently, We should all get together at some point to do some.

I agree...it'd be great to get some team play in. I feel like some of the clans out there are starting to coordinate more with their class play. Obviously that's the key to success, and I want in on that.

I am usually on for a bit in the afternoon or after 10:00p.m.

How's the tfp server for canadian players? i just got a new comp and tf2 is probably going to be purchased soon.

Yeah, should I still be considering purchasing this?

Get it, get it, get it!

The TFP server is pretty dry, but we can change that! I've had no problems with speed or anything... my ping is usually between 40 and 50, and I'm on wireless (until the end of the month).

You think I should get it?

Get TF2!!!

haha i've been playing this WAY too much. It's beaten out all my other games except super mario galaxy, and even then i go back to it fairly often.

I tried logging into the server just now and it said the server wasn't responding :(

Feel free to add my account: Siegex

My friends and I play this quite often. Steam name is Sulsa. Feel free to join me blowing things to tiny bits...

I didn't realize the orange box had this in it as well. Anyone know how it runs on an older computer? HL2 ep 1 is playable but not super great. I'm assuming at least portal and TF2 would run fine?

My computer is probably about 4 or 5 years old now, and it runs TF2 and portal with no problem.

I got it today! My name is Mondak on there too.

You guys might find these vids quite funny. Or annoying, depending on whether or not you've been in the situation.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pPoKaoJu0m4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JUPzN7tp7bQ

Yay Engineers.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...dominating.jpg

Server broked. It won't let me go on. =(

Cyn originally paid for this out of his own pocket...I think it was a month-to-month rental for the server, and he probably isn't paying for it anymore since people (like me) stopped playing after a few weeks :expressionless:

I don't think i've ever seen anybody in the server. and i check just about every time i log in to play.

I had to stop playing during my exam/project turn in time. I'm starting to pick it up again, but it's a shame that the TFP server isn't working now.

Also, is there a reason why 80% of the servers I click on say that I cannot connect to it? It seems like I can only join the ones that are playing 2fort or well, and I'm really sick of those maps.

I'm still flip-flopping on whether to buy TF2. aberkok is supposed to be on my case.

EDIT: Okay, here we go! I got it! That's right, you read correctly, I got it. I'm actually installing it now.

Wo0t! Frag you later.

You didn't do bad at all for your first time, Baraka (this is DOOMTRAIN). With a little more practice, you'll start to develop the "twitch reflex".

My suggestion is stick with the soldier for a little bit. He's really easy to get kills with because of the rocket's splash damage. Pyro is pretty easy too once you learn how to get in close without dying. A couple more matches and you'll be as good as me.

Hey, man. It was like I was a lamb for slaughter out there. :oogle:

Seriously, though. This game has quite a learning curve. It certainly looks well designed. I like it; I just have to figure it out. I think I understand how it's supposed to fit together with the classes and teamwork. Now I just have to know how to make it happen.

It was good to get all the extra help in-game. It was enlightening to see some of the demonstrations and get some tips. I noticed there are tips in-game too. I'm going to check out some strategy guides. :)

I think I'll be a passable player in time. (Though I doubt I'll be as good as you, considering how "efficient" you seemed. I could never be that way, I don't think.) I picture myself being a good "support" character. Perhaps as a grunt soldier leading the front or as a medic or defensive character such as a demolition guy or a heavy. I dunno. I'm sure I'll figure it out.

Thanks. :thumbsup:

Hmmm...I just bought Orange Box for Portal. May have to play some HL2 to get my FPS chops up to speed and then check this TF2 business out...

Just jump into TF2, trust me. I thought I was going to do way better at first because I had done some running around with FEAR Combat. Um, no.

The gameplay is way different (in a good way) from most shooters I've played. It has cartoon-like proportions, if that is any indication. You have some classes that run twice as fast (or more) as others, and you have huge disparities between weapon power and abilities, ranges, effects, etc. If you haven't read up any on how TF2 works, you should. HL2 will give you some basic training, but advanced tactics will only be picked up in game.

Hope to see you on some time. :) Could use another newb.

The server seems to be up, but at the last moment, it fails to connect due to a problem with tables. =\

I'm a pretty damn good sniper