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I'd like to remove this message whenever I join a server. If that is not possible, I'd like to shorten the length it shows there for. It's very distracting and makes it harder to play while it's up.

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  • If I remember correctly, there should be a 'turn off tutorials' or tooltips, or something like that in the options
    – eyeofthehawks
    Jun 16, 2014 at 20:48
  • @eyeofthehawks Do you know what tab it's under? The closest thing I see is in options->multiplayer->advanced and says Show pop-up alerts while in-game (eg. trade requests). However this does not turn the message off.
    – Jon
    Jun 16, 2014 at 22:10
  • I thought this message goes away automatically after playing the map X times, though maybe I'm just tuning it out by now.
    – Toomai
    Jun 17, 2014 at 0:06
  • Nah, I've played hundreds of hours of TF2.
    – Jon
    Jun 17, 2014 at 0:10
  • @Chipperyman No, it should definitely be going away.
    – eyeofthehawks
    Jun 17, 2014 at 16:31

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The easiest solution is to bind a key to the following command:

record demo; stop

What this will do is start creating a video demo named "demo", then stop recording. By recording a demo and stopping, you will refresh your HUD and elements on screen. I have this binded to my backspace key so if issues occur during a game, you can press Backspace, wait a few seconds, then your screen should be cleared of that message.

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  • Will this override the previous demo?
    – Jon
    Oct 24, 2014 at 3:02
  • @Chipperyman It depends on what you named your previous demo. For example, if you're in the middle of recording a demo, then this isn't a very good solution. If you just play the game without recording anything, then yes, since you are writing to a file named 'demo' and stopping it instantly, nothing is saved to the demo and the program will continually use the "same" demo.
    – childe
    Oct 24, 2014 at 15:35
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Try this command:

cl_showhelp 0

The Valve Developer's Wiki says it disables "on-screen help" and I found a few forum threads giving this answer but nothing has been conclusive.

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