The last time I tried to play this, I was flummoxed by the complete lack of tutorial and the fact that the entire game consists of people yelling at me for not knowing what to do.

Have they…addressed this issue?

Played TF2 a few times, but never with anyone I knew.  Back when Steam first came to the Mac, Mac|Life had a group you could join and play on Fridays.  They dubbed it "Frag the Editor Friday," since it was typically the staff on one team and readers on the other.  Wouldn't mind giving it a go with folks I know, but I never really got into multiplayer games.

In case anybody's interested, you can find me on Steam as "niambo."  Maybe frag some zombies in L4D.

nightunderafullmoon on steam here. So totally a noob it's not even funny.

Just popped this baby open, though the server kept disconnecting on me. Hopefully the connection will be better later.

Hey, are clans still a thing?

EDIT: HamillianActor

Last edited by Brian (2011-06-24 16:26:20)

Is this going to be one of those things where somebody figures out how we can play together, and then we do, and it ends up being just ridiculously fun?

Cause I'd sign up for that. If somebody were to talk me through all the stuff I'd need to know.

Hint hint.

Maybe we could just make a group called "Down in Front"and all of us could join it instead of dealing with gamertags

PS: Gifting would be appreciated, LFD2 and Portal 2 especially. (not asking, just sayin)

Agreed, I desperatly want to play portal 2. Again, just saying

Let me break it down for you:

Nearly all online gaming services (Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, Steam) require you to have a name (Mad Bad Coyote, nightunderafullmoon, HamillianActor,). I like refer to these as Gamertags, because thats what they're called on Xbox Live. (PSN = PSN ID, Steam = Usernames, etc.) However you can call them whatever you want.

Steam is basically Xbox Live for computers. It allows people to connect with your friends by adding them to your Friends List.

Steam also allows you to create groups. These groups allow people within them to see if others within the group  are online and communicate with them through chat.

I have played fewer games than Jeffery.

Valve has made the game noob friendly-ish.
They have added a tutorial for all classes that explain their strengths and weaknesses, as well as explaining what to do in each gametype.

Considering that this game just became free, a lot of people are gonna start doing this again.

However, if muting annoying all/certain players with an in-game option counts, then yes.

I play lots of TF2.

my Steam name is... sigh 'UnidentifiedFlyingTard' (immature I know, but people remember it)