TF2 Archive

Menacing Monocle TF2 frag vid teaser

Team Fortress 2 team Menacing Monocle put up this teaser of their upcoming frag video last weekend. There's not much action in it, but I must say that the Menacing Monocle title card is rather well done. No word yet on when the final video will be released, but GameSync will try to get in touch with MM members to see what they say.

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Valve initiates TF2 unlock holocaust

Valve has implemented its Final Solution against Team Fortress 2 players who used the third-party Steamstats program to gain access to time-based random item unlocks.

Beginning yesterday, Valve exterminated items indiscriminately and awarded who survived the purge with angelic halos as an symbol of moral superiority. Understandably, there has been mass outrage amongst TF2 players.

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GameSync TF2 server now back and even better!

The GameSync TF2 server has been updated with the latest Classless Update, new PUG/scrim configs and maps.

The previous weapon loadout issue that plagued the server was resolved after sgWarGames, our server sponsor, shifted our server from their Windows box to Linux. Props to the technical support from sgWarGames, particularly Frez who helped out with the countless hours of troubleshooting.

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TF2 Classless Update released

The latest Team Fortress 2 content patch, the Classless Update, was released this morning (Singapore time) through Steam. Besides the usual slew of new maps and a new game mode, the update rebalances the Scout unlocks and fixes a number of gameplay issues.

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GameSync TF2 server down for maintenance

The GameSync Team Fortress 2 server is down for maintenance until further notice. There was a problem where players were forced to use certain weapons by default, making weapon loadout changes impossible and breaking pug and scrim play.

We're getting our server sponsor, sgWarGames, to do a clean install of the server and thereafter we'll start to restore the server back to its previous state. We don't have a firm date and time where the server will be available again, but we hope that it'll be up before Sunday.

They've been really helpful so far, so if you're considering … Read more »

WCG SG/AC ’09 coverage wrap up

The World Cyber Games 2009 Singapore National Finals and Asian Championship came to a close last weekend. Here's a post with links to all the coverage that GameSync has done in the past couple of months on the biggest esports event on the Singapore calendar.

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