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CaptainBaconMan
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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 6:23 pm

Necronomicon XMortis

I think I might be doing something wrong, I didn't idle, but I didn't get a Halo either.

I think you might have to play in a server for it to grant it to you.

Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 5:09 am

Anatole_serial

iRavi

Valve even added MORE hats instead of alert us of are wronging so that's just wrong on their part, calling idlers Cheaters doesn't make anything better.

Well, sometimes finding solutions takes time. I don't think they just went one day and said, "Let's do something against those idlers". I don't think the TF2 dev team was unanimously against idlers, either. If anything, I think the decision to do this came after much deliberation and discussion.

The main reason they cracked against idlers is, I think, that they were using an external application to achieve things they should achieve WITHIN the TF2 app. It's no different from using a memory-altering device in console games. Wait, what do we call the codes inputted into these devices? Oh yeah, CHEATS. Hence, if you use cheats to achieve something, you're cheating.

Valve is just calling it like it is. The TF2 team, having such a twisted sense of humor (No surprise there!), ultimately decided, after acting against Idlers, to keep the ball rolling. If you're going to discourage negative behavior, you best do it with style. And guns. And fire.

So, they gave those who did not idle halos, Idlers lost their idled items, and they were called Cheaters. It was like stabbing them up front, and then rubbing salt on the wound. Which, in turn, created discussion, dissent, and general asshattery. Guns and fire. Salt on wounds. Like a family reunion! Fun fun fun.

If I were part of the TF2 devs who came up with this terrible and evil idea, I'd be cackling with malicious delight.

Heck, I am cackling with malicious delight anyways. It's just that perfectly evil.

I really don't care about hats. And the only hats I deeply desire is the Demoman's Fro and the Demoman's stovetop. I already promised to give away my hats to FF anywho.

But it kinda sorta bothers me.
We are babies and Valve are parents.
We were eating ants, some weren't. Valve looked at us eating ants and thought...is that a good thing to do...meh.
So they take us to the park, filled with ants, while the rest of the kids are playing, were eating ants again. Suddenly, Valve gets up, and spanks the s**t out of us. Waggles the finger in are face and screams not to eat ants again.

We don't know any better. People over the internet ARE DUMB.

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CaptainBaconMan
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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 3:03 pm

That's what you get for eating aaaaaants

Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:06 am

iRavi

We are babies and Valve are parents.
We were eating ants, some weren't. Valve looked at us eating ants and thought...is that a good thing to do...meh.
So they take us to the park, filled with ants, while the rest of the kids are playing, were eating ants again. Suddenly, Valve gets up, and spanks the s**t out of us. Waggles the finger in are face and screams not to eat ants again.

We don't know any better. People over the internet ARE DUMB.

Oh, but the analogy is flawed: The parent instantly knows how to deal with his ant-eating child and how to properly punish the kid.

Image the dad has like 20-40 heads, and the ant-eating kid has OVER 9,000 HEADS, all ant-eating. Obviously, 40-headed dad wouldn't be sure how to react. Some heads would argue that taking the kid off the park is the right solution, while other heads would say that is just not kosher. The discussion between the parental heads keeps going deep into the night, long after 40-headed guy dad and his freak of a son are long gone from the park.

This continues for many days, until the heads reach an agreement into how to deal with the kid. Of course, 40-headed dad not only doles out punishment for the kid, but also decides to do something about those damn ants, who seem to be way too numerous for this place. Thus, part of the time spent by 40-headed dad before punishing his disgustingly freaky kid was spent seeking the best solution to the ant problem at the park, both to help his own kids, and others'. Not always an easy task, let me tell you.

And that's how this kind of thing goes.

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CaptainBaconMan
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Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 5:14 pm

Anatole_serial

iRavi

We are babies and Valve are parents.
We were eating ants, some weren't. Valve looked at us eating ants and thought...is that a good thing to do...meh.
So they take us to the park, filled with ants, while the rest of the kids are playing, were eating ants again. Suddenly, Valve gets up, and spanks the s**t out of us. Waggles the finger in are face and screams not to eat ants again.

We don't know any better. People over the internet ARE DUMB.

Oh, but the analogy is flawed: The parent instantly knows how to deal with his ant-eating child and how to properly punish the kid.

Image the dad has like 20-40 heads, and the ant-eating kid has OVER 9,000 HEADS, all ant-eating. Obviously, 40-headed dad wouldn't be sure how to react. Some heads would argue that taking the kid off the park is the right solution, while other heads would say that is just not kosher. The discussion between the parental heads keeps going deep into the night, long after 40-headed guy dad and his freak of a son are long gone from the park.

This continues for many days, until the heads reach an agreement into how to deal with the kid. Of course, 40-headed dad not only doles out punishment for the kid, but also decides to do something about those damn ants, who seem to be way too numerous for this place. Thus, part of the time spent by 40-headed dad before punishing his disgustingly freaky kid was spent seeking the best solution to the ant problem at the park, both to help his own kids, and others'. Not always an easy task, let me tell you.

And that's how this kind of thing goes.

Lol, what a weird analogy.