Valve's class-based toon-shaded multiplayer hat simulation with an FPS minigame around it. Announced in 1998, it was released in 2007 as part of the Orange Box.
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How do points work in Team Fortress 2?
I've recently gotten into Team Fortress 2, and for a while now, I've been wondering how points actually work. I've noticed some servers have custom plugins that assign points to players that seem ...
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As a Pyro, how can I go up against rocket-jumping Soldiers?
As a pyro, I have no idea what to do against a soldier that rocket jumps over my head and rains rockets down from above. For some reason, aiming at very high angles or nearly straight up feels ...
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For each class, what are efficient methods to destroy the Tank Robot?
For each class, what are efficient methods (like which weapons to use) to destroy the Tank Robot?
I asked this question so that I could know how to help quickly destroy the Tank Robot regardless of ...
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Do you need to take damage during warmup to let your medic charge faster?
What I've seen many people do is equip the gloves of running urgently, or rocket jump, or flarejump, or sticky jump, for the only reason of letting the medic charge faster, guaranteeing a uber being ...
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Do teleporters make for a good early warning system?
I've been sitting on my engineer's arse for a while now carefully crafting my dispensers and sentries to the state of the art in area denial duties near mission critical top-secret intelligence ...
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When is the Kritzkrieg preferable to the Medigun
When I play as a medic I almost always use the medigun. In what situations is the Kritzkreig more useful?
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How can you earn the Specialist achievement?
Specialist - Accumulate 10000 heal points health in a single life.
Thanks to the on-hud Chief of Staff achievement tracker, I can see that on a good life I'll accumulate ~1.8k-2k healing. My ...
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How can I improve my melee skills in TF2?
I have real trouble trying to use the melee weapons in Team Fortress 2. I always seem to miss. Are there any tips for making good use of the melee weapons, or what can I do to train this skill?
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What does “W+1” mean with respect to the Pyro?
There's a more or less subtle reference I'm missing in comics 79, 87 and 131 (pictured below) of Nerf Now!.
What is it about?
[...] There are moments w + 1 is very effective and I dare to ...
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Can you use the Single Player mode on Team Fortress 2 to get Achievements?
There is now the option for one player mode, which is good for people to hone skills, and whatnot, but can you get achievements/drops in One Player? If so: how?
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How do I defeat a Pyro being a Pyro?
I would like some tips to beat the other pyro being a pyro.
What weapons should I use?
Is it more favorable to use a shotgun rather than a flamethrower?
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Under what circumstances should I be using the Ambassador in Team Fortress 2?
When I play spy, it always seems that when I have to go to my gun, it's always a desperate situation. I have a real hard time getting head-shots under pressure, and I can't imagine willingly trading ...
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How can I achieve Patent Protection?
The Engineer achievement Patent Protection is eluding me.
The achievement's description is:
Destroy an enemy Engineer's sentry gun
with a sentry under control of your
Wrangler.
I've ...
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Does a dispenser tether cloaked spies?
I know that, as a cloaked spy, I can recharge my watch from a dispenser. In fact, a L3 dispenser can recharge my watch faster than it drains. However, I know that dispensers display a glowing tether ...
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How much damage does fire do?
How much damage does burning do over it's lifetime? Does it differ depending on class or the pyro's weapon?
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How to change my HUD?
I have seen some videos of people with HUDs that look a ton better then the default, so my question is how do I change my HUD in TF2? Is it something I have to do manually or is there some place where ...
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Can I get a premium TF2 account that's able to trade if I receive an old gift copy?
I picked up TF2 when it became free. I want to be able to trade, and my friend got a copy of TF2 from the Potato Sack Pack. If I get that copy, will I get a premium account?
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Team Fortress 2 Item Drop Chances
Do the various items in Team Fortress 2 have an equal chance to drop? Are you just as likely to get an axtinguisher as a villain's veil?
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Can I add numerical building health to the corner HUD?
I already know how to add a number to the target ID box so I can point at teammates and buildings to find out exactly how much health they have. But I can't find a way to do it for the Engineer's HUD ...
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Are enemy models looking at what they look or at what they shoot?
In first person shooters, normally, there's no difference between "what you're looking at" and "where you're shooting." Your weaponry is "head mounted" and you're always aiming at the center of your ...
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Why is the Team Fortress 2 install so huge?
I notice that Team Fortress 2 is almost 10 gigs when downloaded via Steam.
Why is that? Since the game's graphics are very simplistic, and I assume there's not like an hour-long 1080p movie embedded ...
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In Team Fortress 2, what is “telefragging”, and how is it done?
On my server stats page, there's a kill category that is called "telefrag". I don't have any. What is this, and how is it done?
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What combination of TF2 store items totals exactly $5/5€?
Now TF2 is free to play, and until you buy something from the Mann Co. store, you'll get some amount of nagging every time you login.
MMMPH-MPH-MMMMMPHMMPH-MANN CO. STORE! ...
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What is an effective way to use the Sandman?
I recently unlocked the Sandman for the Scout and have been using it but I don't really see the advantages. The -15 health does not seem to make up for the fact that I am just able to stun a player ...
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What's this castle all about?
I just joined a game of TF2 to find myself on some sort of castle map, with no guns allowed. What are the rules here, and what weapons are usable?
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Plan B for spy (What spy revolver?)
Many times, I have had to go to Plan B: The Revolver. But there are 3 to choose from!
The standard revolver seems to be the all rounder, however the Ambassador is like a long range assassination ...
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Why disguise as scout?
I've seen quite a few videos on Youtube where spies repeatedly switch to a scout disguise after each kill. Slow scouts seem like obvious spies. Why not choose a pyro or engineer?
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Whats the difference between Team Fortress 2 and Team Fortress 2 Beta?
In Steam I haven't played TF2 for a while and when I loaded Steam there was an available game for download: Team Fortress 2 Beta. I know this sounds stupid...but what's the diff between the two? ...
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How many times do I have to kill a player before I am dominating them?
I've observed that sometimes I just have to make two kills in order to dominate a certain player, sometimes thrice or is there any other factor that matters?
This will be helpful to unlock certain ...
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How is my disguised loadout determined if I disguise as a class that's not in play?
Say RED has no sniper. I'm a BLU spy disguised as a RED sniper. This means my apparent nick will be determined at random. IIRC, I might even get my own nick.
What about my loadout? Will I be using ...
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How can I guarantee a hat drop?
How can I get a hat? I've been playing for ages, and haven't got a darn tootin' thing.
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Does the Black Box heal multiple times if it hits multiple people?
Does the Soldier's Black Box heal multiple times for +15 a piece if it hits multiple people, or is it only +15 if it hits anybody at all?
Can this effect crit? (can any healing crit in TF2 or have ...
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Can one take damage from getting shot in the hat?
In TF2, I usually wear smaller hats, especially as Sniper, to reduce my visual profile, so that I'm less likely to be seen.
But that leads me to another question: what if one is wearing a tall hat ...
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Is there a way to transfer a free game downloaded on one Steam account to another?
I downloaded Team Fortress 2 for free yesterday off Steam. I used my account to download it. My brother has set up his own now and would like to play TF2 on his, that way we could also have separate ...
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How can I change my name in TF2 without having to change it in the Steam overlay?
Apparently, they removed the command setinfo name "your name" and it doesn't do anything anymore.
Is there another way to change your TF2 name while in-game?
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How to quickly select other weapon for a slot in Team Fortress 2?
I often want to select a different weapon in a slot, but often I'm too lazy, or don't have time to go to the menu and do it.
For example, when I play as Demoman, if I want to quickly get to the ...
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How can I tell what glowy-ring buffs the enemy team currently has?
To my knowledge, all the following buffs have identical effects of glowing rings around the players' feet, as shown in this picture:
Deploying a Buff Banner
Deploying a Battalion's Backup
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How can I more consistently pop enemies into the air as a soldier?
Now that I (finally) have The Reserve Shooter I've become interested in aerials, the ability to launch an unsuspecting player into the air and then do horrible mini-crit related things to them before ...
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Is there a way to view the last game stats?
When viewing the leader board after a team fortress game, it shows the points earned by players during the time that each player has scored since connecting to the server (unless the map is changed, ...
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What use is the shotgun for the heavy?
Typically my loadout for the heavy is:
Minigun
Sandvich
Gloves of Running Urgently
However, some of the players I play with (a 32-player server, but I have a reasonably close knit group of people ...
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Where does a new Team Fortress 2 player start?
Some of my friends have told me that TF2, or Team Fortress 2, is a fun game. I figured that I would get it in Steam since it was free. However, I have no idea where to start and would like some help. ...
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Avoiding cheap deaths in TF2
Often when I play TF2 (usually as spy/scout, but sometimes as other classes), I'll find myself suddenly blasted/incinerated/pick your own favorite way to die by something I never saw coming. Many ...
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What technique should be used to melee-kill a Level 3 Sentry?
An answer to a different question on this site just informed me that it is possible to melee kill a level 3 sentry gun in TF2.
The ability to do this with any kind of consistency would make me a god ...
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How to counter minisentries?
Minisentries are my soldiers' nemesis. Damn tiny, dealing damage slowly but surely, inexpensive to replace, those darn things are more annoying then they're supposed to be. At point blank, the shotgun ...
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Is the Amputator taunt useful?
I recently crafted the Amputator, mainly for the set bonus. I've tested the taunt and it certainly seems to heal people, but is it really useful when you have unlimited healing with the medi-gun?
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Are there any other unique items in TF2 other than Top Notch?
Top Notch is an item currently existing as only a single copy, owned by Notch (of course).
Are there any other limited or unique items in either TF2? ("Limited" meaning items which were only ever ...
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What different backstabbing techniques are there?
I'm sure most people know about backstabs, where you run up to people's backs, and you....well, stab them. In the back.
But I've heard about other stabs as well, and since I'm trying to be a lot ...
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How do you use sprays in Team Fortress 2?
I've been trying to hit the "T" key (also made sure it's the one designated as "Spray"), but nothing ever happens!
What am I doing wrong? Are there some prerequisite I need to fill?
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As Heavy, should I be aiming for the body or the head?
When playing as Heavy in TF2 and using the minigun, should I be going for body shots or head shots? Does the distance matter?
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How can pyros actually rocket jump?
I've heard people talk about Pyros being able to rocket-jump in TF2. Since they obviously don't have a rocket launcher, how is this possible?
