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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What is the purpose of disguising yourself as your own team?
In Team Fortress 2 as the spy, when you change to your Disguise Kit, you are presented with an option to change the team you are disguised as. Why would you ever want to disguise yourself as someone ...
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How can I tell teammates from spies?
I'm going through the painful trial and error process of determining whether or not a player on my team is a spy or not. So far what I thought was the most successful procedure was dealing some ...
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How to tell if there is a spy on my head?
Without looking up, how can I tell if there is a spy on my head?
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What's the secret to playing Pyro?
As the title implies, I'd like to learn how to play pyro better. I'm pretty good at most classes (aside from heavy, which I avoid on general principle), but I have trouble with pyro due to average ...
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What is the most effective way to counter a Sniper?
What are good strategies for countering a dominating sniper? What classes, class combinations, and weapons are effective against snipers?
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What is a good strategy to deal with lots of engineers turtling on the other team?
Now that the Engineer update has come, there will be lots of Engineers building up everywhere. How should this best be handled?
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How do I determine what my TF2 items are worth?
As someone who doesn't play Team Fortress 2, I occasionally get people asking me to trade, but I have no idea what's a "fair" price for these items. I don't really get this whole trading thing (I've ...
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How do I play successfully as a medic?
I keep dying as a medic. I don't run directly into the battle, I just stay behind my allies, but I'll still die before I can deploy an Übercharge.
Do you have any tips for me? How should I defend ...
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Should I sneak before stabbing?
The following graph is representative of my experience when playing spy in Team Fortress 2.
In English, sometimes when I play spy I notice some people seem distracted (say, a demo or a heavy ...
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Is there a way to increase the number of items displayed in the kill feed?
So I'm getting a little tired of seeing my reflect multi-kills being quickly dequeued by other players' kills and even revenges/dominations I attain, like this revenge kill:
(Yes, that's the ...
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Does crouching improve accuracy with most ranged weapons?
In many FPSes one can crouch to improve accuracy, in TF2 it's not clear if crouching improves accuracy.
Does crouching improve accuracy for any of the classes?
What about a spy's pistol?
What about ...
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Fastest way to kill a sentry gun with a sniper rifle?
Say I spot a sentry in the distance, and I take out the engineer. What's the fastest way to destroy the sentry?
Shoot a series of slow, fully-charged shots?
Shoot a series of fast, ...
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How can my friend and I play TF2 against bots?
How can I setup TF2 so that two players (myself and someone inexperienced with FPS) can both play in a map against bots, but not people.
I guess I need to hunt through the internet list trying to ...
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Of what use is the Heavy dropping a sandwich?
Recently I've accidentally discovered that you can Right-Click to drop a sandwich (Heavy's 2nd weapon), but then I can't pick it up again.
Anyone know what's the point of dropping the sandwich apart ...
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What can the Pyro return to sender using the compression blast?
What exactly can the Pyro’s compression blast affect? I’ve reflected rockets back at soldiers, but I’ve had very sketchy luck trying to bounce other things back at enemy players.
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Where can I find an item value guide for TF2?
I have been ripped off a couple of times recently trading for hats and weapons in Team Fortress 2 - is there a price guide available anywhere that I can reference to stop this from happening?
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How do you avoid bumping into players as a spy?
Every now and then when playing TF2, I see a spy who seems to be able to stand right in the middle of a small group of enemies, whether in disguise or in stealth, and doesn't seem to have any problems ...
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How can I determine what weapons I'm missing?
Is there some quick and easy way to determine which TF2 weapons I'm missing?
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What is it about TF2 and hats?
I see in a lot of posts talk about Team Fortress 2 and hats, what is that about?
What is so special about hats in that game?
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Killing a heavy-medic pair solo
So, suppose that you're starting your favorite server with a couple of friends/strangers/mortal enemies (Basically, the number of people on the server is 4 on 4 or less). Anyway, you've been doing ...
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Bonus points (specifically) and how to get them
Is there a comprehensive list of ways to earn bonus points in TF2? I have seen here and there one way to do it with this class or the other, but there seems to be no complete list that I've found.
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What is Mann-Up Mode?
The Mann vs. Machine update for Team Fortress 2 has revealed something called "Mann-Up" mode, which plays the new maps on official Valve servers, and requires a "Tour of Duty" ticket.
However, the ...
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Does an ÜberCharge last longer if the patient is taking damage?
We know that there are a few rules about the rate you build an ÜberCharge at, such as:
You build ÜberCharge faster if the patient isn't fully overhealed.
You build ÜberCharge faster if the patient ...
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How can I be a good combat engineer?
After reading C4Cyphers post here I've been wondering.
I need some tips on how
To use all my tools effectively
Kill, don't die
Which weapon which situation?
VS Class
etc.
Simply put,
How can I ...
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What are the advantages of using the Huntsman?
I have recently acquired the Huntsman when playing as a sniper and I have been wondering why should I use it in Team Fortress 2, other than completing some Achievements.
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What are the vintage items?
In playing Team Fortress 2 after the most recent update I've noticed a lot of "Vintage" items. What's different about these items? How can I acquire more?
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Cloak and Dagger or normal Invisibility Watch?
What do I use for what situation? Also, could you give me some general tips for cloaking with the spy?
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How can I distinguish which gun a medic is using?
When being healed by a medic, the name of the gun the medic is using appears below the players name. This was previously useful for knowing what charge would be deployed by the medic.
However, since ...
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Does bleeding damage stack?
If a player hits an enemy twice with the same bleeding weapon in TF2 will they take damage from both hits or simply the last hit?
Does the multiple sources of bleeding damage add together, or is it ...
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When does the weekly drop count reset?
Ever since the weekly drop limits went into place, I only get a few items a week. What is the exact time each week the drop count resets?
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Which classes and what moves allow for higher jumping than normal?
For Team Fortress 2, which classes and what moves allow for higher jumping? I know of the most basic, rocket jumping, but can other classes do something similar?
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What is the optimal position of a sentry gun?
Often, maps feature alcoves or corners in which one can comfortably fit a sentry gun, usually with a nice inviting ammo box with it. I wonder, however: what's the optimal sentry placement?
The main ...
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What is the technique for effective rocket jumping?
Rocket jumping seems to be one of the most important techniques in the Soldier's arsenal. How is a "good" rocket jump performed?
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What is the appropriate ratio of medics?
What is the appropriate ratio of Medics to team size for most non-pro games? I'm fairly sure one medic in twelve players isn't effective.
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How do I copy Team Fortress 2 to other computers?
Since Team Fortress 2 is available for free, many of my friends have downloaded the game. Can I copy the game on a digital media (USB stick or external hard drive) without creating a problem with ...
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How to perform TF2 taunt kills effectively?
I want to know if TF2 taunt kills can be done during the heat of battle.
I have looked it up TF2 wiki but I cannot find anything satisfactory. The closest thing is a YT demo of a Scout stunning a ...
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Instant weapon change
When I play Team Fortress 2 and want to switch weapons I have to select one using my the keyboard's number keys (1, 2, 3, ...) and press fire button on the mouse to switch to that weapon. ...
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What is the limit on finding items in TF2? How can I tell if I have hit this?
I believe I read that after X hours of playing Team Fortress 2 in a period of Y days, you stop finding items. How long do I have before I stop finding items? And if I hit this limit of gameplay, how ...
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How can I get the reddit hat?
I've taken part in the 2013 April fool's reddit event and now it's finally payday for this old tired mercenary.
How can I disgrace my forehead by donning that ridiculous homewreck of a headgear?
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How do you properly sticky jump?
I've taken a sticky jumper for a test run from the store as I have to admit I'm not really good at sticky jumping. (It also makes a great combo with the pain train for back capping purposes.)
What I ...
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Do AFK players earn items?
In game, I see a lot of AFK (away from keyboard) players. Does being AFK allow you to get items from the item drop system?
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Can I get hats in random drops?
I think I read somewhere that with a premium account you could get hats in drops as well as weapons.
I have now 50 hours of premium gameplay, and I never received one.
Was I mistaken? Or are the odds ...
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How do I avoid TF2 servers loaded with bots?
It seems like whenever I choose to play TF2 at dead-ish times (when my favorites are all empty) all the servers I join are 90-100% bots. Is there some easy way to avoid joining those servers?
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Is it faster to build a sentry in-place or build it near the resupply and then haul it?
I'm trying to understand what is the faster way to get a strong sentry to the front at the beginning of the round (the setup time).
Is it better to build a sentry directly on the front? This has the ...
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Are there disadvantages to activating auto-reload in TF2?
In Team Fortress 2, there is an option to automatically reload your weapon as soon as you stop firing. Furthermore, reloading can be interrupted by firing, and (except for the Force-a-Nature) ...
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Is there a way to shut up the annoying applause from the Saxxy Awards on the main screen? [closed]
Is there a way to shut up the annoying applause from the Saxxy Awards on the main screen? It is driving me insane. I don't want to turn my sound off for it, though.
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How to avoid the bug when you cannot join either team - class change and team change keys not working
Sometimes during the map restart, when there are many people joining blue or red team, I usually meet the bug when I choose a team to join, but it fails (due to too uneven number of players probably), ...
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What are the pros and cons of the spy knives?
I really want to know what the pros and cons of the spy knives are. The normal knife gives you all your health, disguise kit, and backstabby goodness and all, but YEH (Your Eternal Reward) is perfect ...
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What should I be doing as a scout in the opening seconds of an arena match in Team Fortress 2?
I absolutely love playing arena. One class that I don't end up playing very much is the scout. Since arena maps are smaller, running to the front lines once the round starts and finding all twelve ...
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What is the timing to reliably reflect rockets, arrows, and grenades?
I seem to have terrible timing when trying to reflect rockets, pipes, and arrows. What is the timing that I need to use to reliably reflect these? Is it right before they hit me, or is it further ...
