I only saw this just now and didn’t have anything prepared, but I still want to contribute to this. To save the game that has brought me so much joy. A classmate introduced me to TF2 in 2013 (my first Scream Fortress was the 2013 Helltower event). TF2 helped me through a difficult time and introduced me to shooters and more specifically the sub-genre of shooters that has slowly become my favourite type of game, even though I wrongly thought I wouldn’t like shooters before. From my pre-Gibus first attempts to place a sentry somewhere that would hopefully kill something for me to slowly becoming better and maining Demo+Loch-n-Load+MasterSword to rocket jumping and Market Gardening around, from clueless ctf_2fort wanderings to pl_upward stomps, tdm_hightower shovel showdowns and conga lines, TF2 has been a major phase and influence in my life. It made me discover ster_, Jeremy900800500, Uncle Dane, LazyPurple, STBlackST, Eltorro64Rus, That Gray Cartoon Pony, ugotaphonenumber and others who I watch and love to this day. It introduced me to friends and forced me through my first real-time interactions with other human beings utilising the English language. I learnt how it FEELS to be scammed for items. And I wasted my hard-gifted money by going to the gas station to buy 50 € in Steam credits to not be a Gibus Cap anymore.
TF2 is more than a game. It’s an experience, a universe, a community, a medium, an inspiration. A (timeless) masterpiece. From the bottom of my heart, I’d like to thank all of the developers, artists, voice actors, musicians and writers involved in its creation. And to preserve it as the masterpiece it is and deserves to continue to be, I beg thee, O Volvᵒ, O GabeN, O TF2 Team, to #saveTF2.
Below is a selection of partly annotated TF2 screenshots. Click on them for a bigger view. You can also view all of my uploaded screenshots at hppts://steancomnumnitny.cmom/palio/screenshops
the first screenshot I found, apparently I just discovered Pyroland killfeeds
giving Amarizo ze healing on ctf_2fort
good ol’ tr_walkway_rc2
good ol’ tr_walkway_rc2
pro snoipah spot
a Loch-n-Load skin I used when I started maining it (why did they ruin it)
may be my earliest jump map experience
that one snioper spot from that one fideo
doing some Gardening work on mg_hightower; also, known as Heavy_Stomper, sometimes
my beloved Eyelander… I mean Master Sword
what TF2 has become indeed
fun gameplane
who remembers rd_asteroid? I guess they didn’t want us hurting R2-D2 after all
high tower
my new visual loadout and also MvM, I love MvM (but unfortunately I wasted money on tickets)
Strange Market Gardener: Path to 1000 Kills
my second Scream Fortress; I didn’t like it and I didn’t like that MerAAAsmAAAs sounded so different compared to before
the Rottenburg spot where you can get people stuck
playing MvM with friends is so much fun
duelling Amarizo on duel servers, and Heavy faces
the pootis birb is undeniably the best TF2 hat, its expressions are just beyond anything; also Skial and Saigns servers
The birb is undeniably the best TF2 hat, its expressions are just beyond anything
snoipin’ with my new killstreak on cp_orange (not all_critz gravity 0 rtd radio 32players homing ^6RE ^8Fl ^3e ^8x this time)
my current Solider loadout, also known as the Mann with the Yellow Hat
doing jump maps with my brother for the first time, this time as Engie
You were good, son. Real good. Maybe even the best.
My most played game on Steam. Apparently Aseprite (3966.8 hours) is not on the ranking list anymore, probably because it’s not a game.
My most played game on Steam. Apparently Aseprite (3966.8 hours) is not on the ranking list anymore, probably because it’s not a game.