They stole the idea from a much better game and then won just because they are Valve. Then they made the lame cartoon sequel that's all about buying hats. And that's what people think Team Fortress is all about. But originally it was awesome before they stole it and turned it into shit.
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Do people know the truth about Team Fortress?
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Vic
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1. Valve was 1/10 of what it is now when TF 1 was made. They won because they had a good eye for talent and quality. That's an admirable quality in itself.
2. You are being reductionist about TF2. You can make anything seem worthless when you describe it like that.
The "truth" you are speaking of is a nothingburger.
No they won because they took a successful mod from a game and copied it, only worse, but people played it over the original because they didn't know about the original.
It was long before those games existed. It was a mod for the original Quake in 1996, it was awesome.
It was like Team Fortress that Valve made but earlier and better. It was faster paced, and the physics allowed you to fly around with explosions. So aiming took more skill because you often bounced your enemy around up into the corners of the room and stuff, so you aimed at all angles and had to get good at predicting the way people fly around so you can aim ahead. But it also allowed you to do things called Rocket Jumps where the soldier could shoot a rocket at their own feet and jump at the same time and it let them blast themselves up onto high ledges where snipers waited and stuff. It took some of his health to do it but could pay off. And later people figured out how to do it with grenades which was much harder but could blast you across the map.
Also it started with 2fort2 which was the original 2 castles with a bridge between and flags in each. But they quickly made bigger and more advanced maps, and there were a lot, some were amazing. And most of them never made it to Valves lame abomination.
It was like Team Fortress that Valve made but earlier and better. It was faster paced, and the physics allowed you to fly around with explosions. So aiming took more skill because you often bounced your enemy around up into the corners of the room and stuff, so you aimed at all angles and had to get good at predicting the way people fly around so you can aim ahead. But it also allowed you to do things called Rocket Jumps where the soldier could shoot a rocket at their own feet and jump at the same time and it let them blast themselves up onto high ledges where snipers waited and stuff. It took some of his health to do it but could pay off. And later people figured out how to do it with grenades which was much harder but could blast you across the map.
Also it started with 2fort2 which was the original 2 castles with a bridge between and flags in each. But they quickly made bigger and more advanced maps, and there were a lot, some were amazing. And most of them never made it to Valves lame abomination.
No, they actually hired the guys that made the mod to make it for Half-Life.
https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Team_Fortress
Because of its popularity, Team Fortress has spawned an endless amount of mods for not only Team Fortress, but other games as well. The game continues to be played competitively today, largely through its open-source fork FortressOne.
Valve took an interest in the Team Fortress Software organization and hired the three creators to work on a Team Fortress Half-Life mod, and later a standalone version called Team Fortress Classic (TFC), released in 1999. A standalone sequel to Team Fortress Classic, Team Fortress 2 (TF2) was developed by Valve and released in 2007.
Valve took an interest in the Team Fortress Software organization and hired the three creators to work on a Team Fortress Half-Life mod, and later a standalone version called Team Fortress Classic (TFC), released in 1999. A standalone sequel to Team Fortress Classic, Team Fortress 2 (TF2) was developed by Valve and released in 2007.
2fort4 and it wasn't the first map, but it was the most overused and overrated one.
Also known as poaching.
Hardly poaching. "Would you like to keep making mods for free or would you like to get paid to do it?" Not a hard choice. Valve also hired the guys that made Counter Strike for Half-Life.
Johannes
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I'm pretty sure they were better off getting paid to make stuff, rather than making a "Team Fortress 2 4 Quake 2!" or whatever else, for free. I also dislike the way Quake plays in general, it's a good game but I much prefer Half-Life's movement and gunplay. And I hate Half-Life.
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TF2 players aren't people.
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If anyone prefers the original Quake Team Fortress, this project exists. https://www.fortressone.org/
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This is a bomb shell. I always had my doubts about Gabe Newells claim that Team Fortress 2 idea came to him in a dream
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