Team Fortress, a popular team-based action game series, is a first-person shooter developed by Valve Software,
the creators of the renowned Half-Life series. This online shooter
features a distinctive class system, boasting nine unique classes with a
variety of exclusive skills, weapons and attributes. Given the varying
strengths and weaknesses of each class, a team must ultimately work
together to win. The official maps focus on a variety of different
team-oriented objectives including, to name but a few, flag capture,
escort and territory control. Since Team Fortress Classic's release in
the spring of 1999, official patches have updated the look of the
character classes and added new gameplay elements.
The Team Fortress series has been around for more than a decade, with
its origins in Quake. The second chapter in the series, known as Team
Fortress Classic brought the frantic class-based action to the Half-Life
engine in the spring of 1999. The third and most recent chapter in the
series, known as Team Fortress 2, is bundled with the Half-Life 2: Orange Box package.
With the release of Steam,
Team Fortress Classic became readily-accessible to new players. In the
summer of 2006, teaser trailers for Team Fortress 2 were uploaded to
Steam, and are currently available in the "My Media" tab. The two
trailers reveal an exciting new look for the long-running series, as
well as a significant departure from the TF2's original conception as it
was revealed in 2001. Despite its long development time, the
next-generation of the Team Fortress series remains one of the most
eagerly anticipated games of 2007. With its variety of classes and
game-types, the Team Fortress series boasts something for everyone!
What’s in This Section?
Team Fortress Classic is a deep and multi-faceted game, and we've
compiled (and will continue to refine) extensive guides to help you
develop and refine your skills. We break down each unique class, weapon,
and official map with valuable information and strategies. Our file
section boasts custom maps, movies, and configurations. Our Team
Fortress 2 section will all of the above-mentioned features, but all
with the goodness of the Source engine. With its variety of classes and
game-types, the Team Fortress series boasts something for everyone!
Essential Links
Team Fortress 2 Review @ Planet Half-Life
Team Fortress Forums @ Planet Half-Life
Team Fortress 2 Files @ FilePlanet
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Friday, 9 September, 2011 – Planet Half-Life News |
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TF2 Tournament News
13:34 PST | Shadowex3 | Print News | Category: Team Fortress 2UGC
is starting up Fall Highlander Season 5 on the 12th, although signups
will be open for the next few weeks. There are no fees, virtually all
maptypes are represented, and most weapons are allowed.
Or, if Highlander is not your thing, there's the first ever Lo-Fi OffClass Cup
being put together by Kritzkast and Pubcomp. It's a new format where
Soldiers, Demomen, and Scouts are banned. The format is 6v6 with up to
two Pyros, Snipers, or Spies and only one Heavy, Engineer, or Medic.
Unlocks are restricted as well so be sure to check out the page for full
details. If you're interested signups are open and you can join the
other ~20 or so teams that have already signed up Here.
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Thursday, 1 September, 2011 – Planet Half-Life News |
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Community vs Pros II coming up
13:50 PST | Shadowex3 | Print News | Category: Team Fortress 2 - Competitive GamingThree
online communities will continue the neverending war of pub vs comp
players just two weeks from now on the 17th. At 9pm EST a Highlander
team of hand-picked public TF2 players including Robin Walker will meet
the 6 man professional team The Experiment on the field of battle in Community vs Pros II. The spectacle will be broadcast live for all to see.
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Friday, 19 August, 2011 – Planet Half-Life News |
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Deus Ex TF2 items
15:35 PST | Shadowex3 | Print News | Category: Team Fortress 2In recognition of the return of one of PC Gaming's ancient and hallowed names Valve has added the Manno-Technology
weapons bundle for those who Preorder Deus Ex: Human Revolution. The
pack includes a penetrating sniper rifle that fires tracer rounds and
fires only when zoomed, two weapons for the engineer that use metal for
ammunition and one of which converts 100% of damage done into metal, and
revolver that provides a single critical shot for every building that
dies with a sapper attached during a round as well as several cosmetic
items.
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Thursday, 11 August, 2011 – Planet Half-Life News |
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CEVO TF2 Open and Main 6v6 opening registration
0:15 PST | Shadowex3 | Print News | Category: Team Fortress 2Until Sunday September 4th registration for CEVO's
tournaments. Main requires an application to join but Open requires no
application but provides no server reservation or prizes. Details about
structure and rules can be found at CEVO's website.
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Friday, 5 August, 2011 – Planet Half-Life News |
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Free-2-Play invitational entering finals
19:19 PST | Shadowex3 | Print News | Category: Team Fortress 2The Grand Final
match will be held this Sunday at 2pm EST between an All Star team
including Robin Walker and Epsilon Brink. It's sure to be an interesting
match, especially since Valve "Definitely did not add cheats for
upcoming Free-2-Play Invitational Cup".
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Thursday, 4 August, 2011 – Planet Half-Life News |
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The first, The only, The Original.
14:35 PST | Shadowex3 | Print News | Category: Team Fortress 2with
so many tie-ins and promotional offers it's rare for one to catch our
eye these days and be worth reporting, but it does happen. With the
QuakeCon sale going anyone who purchases Quake 4 on steam before August
8th will recieve a very special promotional rocket launcher:
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Wednesday, 27 July, 2011 – Planet Half-Life News |
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Some TF2 community happenings
19:19 PST | Shadowex3 | Print News | Category: Team Fortress 2The ESL Nations Cup Grand Finale came down to Germany vs The UK, the results have not been posted yet. Next up for ESL's TF2 leagues is the 1v1 Scout Whiskas Cup, also an EU tournament.
Outside of tournament news a group of content artists have gotten
together to create a full sized faux-update full of custom content for
medieval mode. They've decided to call it, naturally, the Medieval Update.
In a similar move of epic creativity Tablecloth and Chaoughkimyero
have created a real life Cow Mangler 5000,
the awesomeness of which may or may not be tempered by the fact one of
them has also gone to the trouble of acquiring a Towering Pillar of Hat
as well.
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Thursday, 21 July, 2011 – Planet Half-Life News |
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Two controversial new soldier weapons
18:56 PST | Shadowex3 | Print News | Category: Team Fortress 2Introduced in This recent posting, and explained by a Comic, Valve has added two new ammo-less weapons for the Soldier: The Cow Mangler 5000 and the Righteous Bison.
The Cow Mangler 5000 is a Rocket Launcher replacement whose primary
firing mode behaves like a standard rocket launcher except for having an
infinitely refillable supply of ammunition (recharged via the reload
system). The secondary attack will consume a full charge, slow the
soldier down to 25% of normal speed from his usual 80%, and after 3
seconds release a devastating blast that will deal up to 121 damage (81
base damage), mini-crit players and cause a short afterburn, and
shutdown the Engineer's buildings temporarily. As a tradeoff it will
normally do half damage to buildings.
The second weapon, the Righteous Bison, takes the place of the
Shotgun and has a similar ammunition system but functions entirely
different from the weapon it replaces. The Bison instead fires an
unreflectable projectile which is capable of piercing enemy players and
buildings, though like it's counterpart it will deal half damage to
buildings.
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Friday, 15 July, 2011 – Planet Half-Life News |
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Child's Play charity contest, win a match with Robin Walker
12:53 PST | Shadowex3 | Print News | Category: Team Fortress 2Lo-Fi is taking donations
for this year's Child's Play, with the 30 most generous donors
receiving a special Lo-Fi Longwave Hat and a special invitation to play a
match with Valve's Robin Walker.
The donation deadline is tomorrow morning at 04:00 EST , and the
match will take place at 16:00 EST, that's 4AM and 4PM for civilians.
They're looking to raise $1000 total, lets see how far the Child's Play
tradition of exceeding donation goals takes this drive.
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Tuesday, 5 July, 2011 – Planet Half-Life News |
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Tournament recap from the grapevine
17:35 PST | Shadowex3 | Print News | Category: Team Fortress 2Valve has posted a recap on the current goings on of the tournament scene based on information provided by Vanilla TF2, which is now being reported here. There's a lot going on around the world including a charity tournament by OzFortress.
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