Taking a break from playing TF2 although I will still be idling for items. TF2 is getting kind of stressful for me especially when I have douchewads berating me for "being bad" and I don't need the added stress. I've also been neglecting some great games in my library because of my TF2 addiction.
Just do it in moderation. I play on Fridays with lab and sometimes on Saturdays with UG.
I just keep finding hats XD
Update went live. Lots of fixes and re-balancing of some weapons. Plus summer claim checks can be redeemed for summer coolers and summer keys added to store.
I have to say, Valve is doing a great job with TF2.
Look at that update list. That's how it should be done.
You forgot to mention two new maps: cp_standin and cp_process.
I've never seen an update this big before. It's strange that they didn't roll out these changes slowly and instead bunched them all together in one big update. I mean they haven't made any serious changes to old weapons in years. Now all of the sudden they've completely redone half of them. The same thing goes for the map exploits and graphics bugs that they fixed.
A lot of people were complaining how the TF2 team was more focused on cosmetics than fixing critical bugs and exploits. I didn't play much as I have a bad toothache and headache atm.
That's because they did basically nothing to fix critical bugs or exploits for 2 years while constantly rolling out mountains of new cosmetic items, so yeah. That's why this update is so out of place, even though it's a good thing. Hopefully they keep it up.