Look lively men!

[The Soldier]

see here now: A wild swamp appeared! - TF2Maps.net Forums

[zpqrei]

The DICKENS?

[midget31394]

Wut?

[Void]

Oh, Soldier, you.

[StoneFrog]

Welp, I guess I can say goodbye to cp_bayou.

[Randdalf]

Spare us the dramatics :P

I wanna know what it means D:

[FR3akIN_OuT]

Can't wait.


A swamp plx

[Ravidge]

I'm not a soldier. Just sent in my order, I asked for a location with a waterfall!

[zpqrei]

I'm not a soldier. Just sent in my order, I asked for a location with a waterfall!

My dear sir, I have just the thing for you! How do you like abandoned Sawmills?

[Nineaxis]

Rainforest, maybe?

[eerieone]

greece? moon? underwater?

[FreeLance_FoX]

Omg omg omg omg omg

incoming meridian!

[Engineer]

Hey Soldier, i want a new map full with detail and well balanced too, thats it...

[TMP]

IT'S MARS!

Allcaps

[NovaSilisko]

The inside of a whale.


Trust me.

[YM]

The inside of a whale.


Trust me.

This

[zpqrei]

This

+1

[Void]

The inside of a whale.


Trust me.

Way to spoil it for everyone. :C

[Nineaxis]

Omg omg omg omg omg

incoming meridian!

Meridian isn't smelly. :p

[Mexican Apple Thief]

Carnivorous animals and free continental breakfast?

Which one of us is getting the breakfast? D:

[ChickenHunter]

Exciting new locals? Sounds fancy.
Also i've been looking for a new grenade repair kit. My last one couldn't withstand the rigorous abuse it had to take and broke. Any suggestions?

[NovaSilisko]

What is this I don't even

http://files.getdropbox.com/u/575558/leak2.jpg

[Mexican Apple Thief]

Why, I already sent in my application, but I don't see a pool here at all! I've been had!

What is this I don't even

http://files.getdropbox.com/u/575558/leak2.jpg

[NovaSilisko]

<--just realized he named it wrong

[YM]

lol :P

[|Cerious|]

Dinosaur Island, I can't be wrong.

[ChronoTriggerFan]

Top secret files here:
http://i29.tinypic.com/2dsg2yu.jpg

Enough of that sillyness nineaxis

[YM]

NOOO chrono! don't show them that! D:

/ban

[NovaSilisko]

I do believe you just got "Owned" my good Chrono.

[Evang7]

Leave the desert or the alps? Hmm. Yeah can we go to Egypt instead?

[|Cerious|]

Hahaha, TMP's revenge.

[Jonah]

What is this I don't even

http://files.getdropbox.com/u/575558/leak2.jpg

hi.

[zpqrei]

hi.

I lol'd.

[Shoomonger]

so how do I get this stuff

[Dr. Spud]

I'm confused, are you using the soldier to announce non-Valve related news now?

If this is just somebody's custom map I'll probably hate them out of white-hot jealousy.

[Muffin Man]

This secretive attitude of some of you is making me sick. What are you hoping to achieve by releasing cryptic snippets of info and some screenshots of something that no one knows what is? Hype? I'm certainly not hyped for whatever this is, nor do I see why you want to generate hype for something mapping-related, let alone of such small scale. All I can see coming from this is a very elitist attitude that I really want to stay away from. Just say it loud and clear or shut up. :|

[A Boojum Snark]

I'm confused, are you using the soldier to announce non-Valve related news now?

If this is just somebody's custom map I'll probably hate them out of white-hot jealousy.
This secretive attitude of some of you is making me sick. What are you hoping to achieve by releasing cryptic snippets of info and some screenshots of something that no one knows what is? Hype? I'm certainly not hyped for whatever this is, nor do I see why you want to generate hype for something mapping-related, let alone of such small scale. All I can see coming from this is a very elitist attitude that I really want to stay away from. Just say it loud and clear or shut up. :|

/me quotes for effect
/me glares are youknowwhoyouare

[An Icy Mouse]

This secretive attitude of some of you is making me sick. What are you hoping to achieve by releasing cryptic snippets of info and some screenshots of something that no one knows what is? Hype? I'm certainly not hyped for whatever this is, nor do I see why you want to generate hype for something mapping-related, let alone of such small scale. All I can see coming from this is a very elitist attitude that I really want to stay away from. Just say it loud and clear or shut up. :|

wow someone needs to relax a bit...

You have no idea what's been cooking so I wouldn't go jabbing at the scale of it either.

I put it to you that if you can't cope with a few things being kept secretive and teasers then you need to find some other hobby :bored:

[The Political Gamer]

Next!

[Terr]

In this thread:
"Hey guys, do you want jungle/tropical environments? Just askin'. No reason. Bein' cagey."

[Evang7]

This is just Valve telling us they're going to make an Egypt map of their own geeeeeez guys!!!!

[Mexican Apple Thief]

This is just Valve telling us they're going to make an Egypt map of their own geeeeeez guys!!!!

Egypt doesn't fit the description.

I'd say it sounds like a swamp more than a jungle.

ITT we learn that L4D2 is actually Team Fortress 3.

[A Boojum Snark]

See edit in first post.
>:|

[Evang7]

I knew it had nothing to do with Valve and that it would most certainly not be Egypt-related, I was just joking! I'm sorry if that didn't seem obvious enough.

[Penguin]

I'm confused, are you using the soldier to announce non-Valve related news now?

If this is just somebody's custom map I'll probably hate them out of white-hot jealousy.


This secretive attitude of some of you is making me sick. What are you hoping to achieve by releasing cryptic snippets of info and some screenshots of something that no one knows what is? Hype? I'm certainly not hyped for whatever this is, nor do I see why you want to generate hype for something mapping-related, let alone of such small scale. All I can see coming from this is a very elitist attitude that I really want to stay away from. Just say it loud and clear or shut up. :|

Seconded.

Also, in related news, can I make an account for the Sniper to advertise my map?

[Dr. Spud]

It's fine that they're advertising the map with the soldier. I mean it's not breaking any rules or anything.

But once I see this map I am automatically going to hate it out of spite. Spite for being like the snotty rich-kid at school that thinks he's the shit. You know what rich kid? I'm not excited that you stepped into the room. Stop telling me about it.

edit: wow I've got some hate today.

[TMP]

Can't help but laugh at half the comments here.

I'd think it was obvious! D: Apparantly it's not!

[Mashpotatoe]

I agree with spud and muffin man. This kind of secretive, elitist attitude does no good for the community, it only ignites bitching.

[Nineaxis]

Personally, I think you guys are overreacting.

[Dr. Spud]

lol I don't think this is some kind of horrible thing destroying the community. I just think it's kind of dumb.

[Schmoe]

EDIT:

This entire thread is fail. I rant for awhile below, but I re-read the edited post. LEAVE THE SOLDIER ACCOUNT alone.

EDIT EDIT: Oh and you lost a customer.

Spud and Muffinman are right...

First off, The Soldier is Valve's domain. IFF a TF2Maps.net account member has been posting under that moniker without Valve's support then that really needs to stop. There are a lot of assumptions made when a post is made under that account, so I wouldn't go there. Some assumptions include OFFICIAL custom models, textures, and a new map.

If that's the case then AWESOME and I can't wait!

If this is a 100% community thing then there really isn't an excellent track record (sorry there really isn't) that would warrant a secretive Valve-like announcement.

The only reason that this set off my suspicions is the fact that the advert has "TF2Maps.net" as a division of the TF Industries. If it's really the inside of a whale then please... this tileset isn't really a new "environment" It's a new theme map.

[Terr]

I thought the "TF2Maps.net" bit in very light text was sort of a giveaway it wasn't something being passed on from Valve... [Deleted]

Edit: Ah, it's one result, and it's a different thread than this one which I already saw... Hrm. Shouldn't there be two results for "Posts by this user"? Meh.

[Jack Riguel]

I smell a swamp.

[|Cerious|]

wow i wish i was cool enough to have a mod friend who was cool enough to hype up my custom theme!

[TMP]

Spud, Schmoe, and Muffinman are all being total bitches.

COME ON, whatever it is, it's free, and if they managed to convince boojum to use the soldier (Boojum runs the soldier after all! NOT VALVE.), then it's not going to be anything bad.

Besides, you guys are just being whiny bitches, as if you don't get this attention or some shit. Trust me, this thing is worth the wait :D

[NovaSilisko]

If it's really the inside of a whale then please... this tileset isn't really a new "environment"

...You actually believed that? :|
I thought it was obvious it was a joke.

[zpqrei]

Besides, you guys are just being whiny bitches, as if you don't get this attention or some shit. Trust me, this thing is worth the wait :D

I've seen it. Trust me, it is.

[Dr. Spud]

Spud, Schmoe, and Muffinman are all being total bitches.

That may be true. But it's such an easy target to make fun of, no matter how good it ends up being.

"Do you know how cool my map is? It's so cool. Look at this teaser for it. My map will ridiculously cool. Ask me how cool it is - it's so fucking cool."

[YM]

Do you guys seriously think we'd use the class users to post just a single guy's map?

Seriously guys, get a clue... This is bigger than just a single map, or even two, or three. we've been working on it for some time and its something that will be big.

/dispels concerns its just one lucky tosser having his map bigged up.

Edit: incase i didn't make myself clear

THIS IS NOT ONE SINGLE MAP! STOP BEING RETARDS

[Muffin Man]

Of course I'm a total bitch. I'm just trying to tell you how I feel about this "I'm so important" type of announcements, so I expect people to disagree and to be angry with me.

EDIT: Ninja'd.

EDIT: Okay, Youme, if you say so that's less of a problem for me. The problem is, it wasn't very clear, so it was very easy to assume that someone with access to the Soldier account just wanted some attention for their map/other project. I'm going to shut up until I have some other reason to complain/be excited.

[Dr. Spud]

Oh, it's something cool?

Damn it, now I feel dumb. Hmph. Harumph. mfgherf.

[YM]

No, let me also clear this up: Boojum is the only one with access to the class accounts (sept maybe drpepper who is god... uh... nothing to see here)
So anyone wanting something posted with them has to go through boojum. one single user... aint gunna do that.

So yeah, not just one map and it is big.

[zpqrei]

No, let me also clear this up: Boojum is the only one with access to the class accounts (sept maybe drpepper who is god... uh... nothing to see here)
So anyone wanting something posted with them has to go through boojum. one single user... aint gunna do that.

So yeah, not just one map and it is big.

And we had enough of a trouble getting Boojum to do it.

[Acegikmo]

Do you guys seriously think we'd use the class users to post just a single guy's map?

Seriously guys, get a clue... This is bigger than just a single map, or even two, or three. we've been working on it for some time and its something that will be big.

/dispels concerns its just one lucky tosser having his map bigged up.


So this has nothing to do with Valve?

[zpqrei]

So this has nothing to do with Valve?

Not that much to do with Valve.

[littleedge]

Probably the only thing it has to do with Valve is the fact that if a community map is made from this new locale, they'll make the new locale official. I hate speculation, so I'm not even gonna guess what it is. You are all stupid if you are getting angry over this (but your maps are still epic =D).

[Schmoe]

Sure, I'm an idiot for being naive to think that tf2maps.net was another outlet for Valve's announcements. There was one instance where that was the case, but it's just silly of me for thinking Valve would continue to do so.

[Mexican Apple Thief]

I've seen it. Trust me, it is.

This is the problem. I want to see them. >:C

Secret secrets are no fun.;)

[Slow]

So? when we gonna find out, what is this?
(arrhgh, firstly I thought that tf2maps.net helps valve to design a new location, but.... "it has nothing to do with valve"
I was absolutely disappointed...)

[zpqrei]

We're getting...a little Valve...nudge. If all goes to plan, you'll see what I mean tomorrow.

[cocodaconman]

We're getting...a little Valve...nudge. If all goes to plan, you'll see what I mean tomorrow.

wut?

so something happens tomorrow huh?

still confused.

:D

[|Cerious|]

if it isn't as good as the fantastic ice theme that acegikmo made, me and probably a lot of other users will be quite disappointed.

[Void]

You know... You know what I've noticed? Nobody panics when things go "according to plan." Even if the plan is horrifying! If, tomorrow, I tell the press that, like, a gang banger will get shot, or a truckload of soldiers will be blown up, nobody panics, because it's all "part of the plan." But when I say that a new environment is under development, well then everyone loses their minds!

[ChronoTriggerFan]

More like:
When people post some cryptic announcement, using a method that was previously used to display valve related news, and confused even more by misleading screenshots, everyone "loses their minds".

[Nineaxis]

http://files.getdropbox.com/u/458143/sneakpeek.jpg

[zpqrei]

:O

[NovaSilisko]

Next person to bring up "Elitist", "Secret", or "Inside of a whale" gets a brick to the face, courtesy of me. Or zpq.

[Dr. Spud]

In my defence though, it really really looked like a TF2maps mod or other higherup was using some executive privilege to show off a project. If it's something totally new and cool, you might want to make it seem that way. Most professional developers look obnoxious teasing something. It's like that metal gear site all over again.

[Void]

loose lips sink ships

[NovaSilisko]

http://www.fugly.com/media/IMAGES/OUCH/flying_brick.jpg

[what would jesus do?]

I see a crocodile.
Or do I?

[Dr. Spud]

I think your brick missed, smart ass.

:facepalm

[zpqrei]

I see a crocodile.
Or do I?

Crocodiles?! In my blurred teaser picture? Dear sir, I do believe you need your eyes remade.

[Void]

I think I see a pumpkin.

[ChronoTriggerFan]

Next person to bring up "Elitist", "Secret", or "Inside of a whale" gets a brick to the face, courtesy of me. Or zpq.

Maybe you should throw that "Secret" "Elitist" "Inside of a whale".

[NovaSilisko]

I think your brick missed, smart ass.

:facepalm

Cripes, I'm just kidding around :|

[A Boojum Snark]

...this has gotten entirely out of hand.