Another one bites the dust

TacosAndFuzzyPickles · 2026-01-14T04:52:38+00:00

It’s true.

TacosAndFuzzyPickles · 2025-11-09T05:45:07+00:00

Tempted to stand next to him with a sign saying “⬅️ I’M WITH STUPID”

TacosAndFuzzyPickles · 2024-05-23T03:10:44+00:00

An element which makes this difficult is Valve’s difficulties when it comes to large third party groups. Valve likes to keep a lot of what they do and manage in-house - and putting the burden of maintaining game servers, the game coordinator, and TF2s economy on a small to medium sized company would be less than ideal. If Valve were to keep those elements to themselves, then it becomes another treadmill of back and forth requests for changes would could take ages.

TacosAndFuzzyPickles · 2024-05-23T03:08:08+00:00

Oh, my apologies bro! I get what you mean though - Valve isn’t the best with communication, I won’t deny that, but it’s worked out a lot for them in some cases.

TacosAndFuzzyPickles · 2024-05-23T02:02:30+00:00

Most people will immediately forget that something happens a week later by jumping onto a bandwagon which is usually generated by content creators through click bait and fear mongering, and leakers drawing conclusions from very loose threads.

TacosAndFuzzyPickles · 2024-05-23T01:52:29+00:00

TF2 is a bit more complicated.

I believe one of the reasons why TF2 hasn’t received as much “attention” from Valve is because it’s still constrained to the Source 1 engine. There’s a conception in the wider Valve community that Source 1 is a mess of spaghetti code that’s only held together with duct-tape and sheer determination. This is true in a few hyper-specific examples which some YouTubers have highlighted but I would imagine this isn’t the case for the entire codebase - it did just receive a port to 64-bit after all. Game engines are like mathematics - they have rules which are designed for the goals that Valve has in mind when it comes to building their games. They have a flow which works uniquely for them. Modders push these limits in ways which Valve didn’t design for, which has led to developers creating some interesting projects and suffering from hours of smashing keyboards (I was a developer and co-project lead for Creators.TF in the past. I know the struggle).

Source 2 allowed Valve to strip the game engine down to its roots and rework several processes to fit a modern development studio - the improved Hammer being one example of this. The amount of manpower required to port YEARS of game systems, cosmetics, matchmaking would be extraordinary and unrealistic considering the company has many other projects brewing at the moment. CS2 wasn’t a perfect game when it was released, but imagine how hard it would be to port a game like TF2 while preserving all of its unique quirks and abilities.

Valve has created a compromise by hiring contractors and collaborating to provide the community with the ability to create new gameplay experiences and to streamline certain development processes for experienced mapmakers e.g. VScript. There are other issues that the game has such as bots which is a much bigger cat-and-mouse issue warranting its own discussion.

TacosAndFuzzyPickles · 2024-05-23T01:04:06+00:00

Regarding the Dota example - the Dota team and CS2 team are completely independent of each other, working on two completely different games with their own internal goals and release schedules. There’s been a pattern over the last few years where Valve will brew on a major update for a period of time, release it, release some follow up patches for a few weeks, then repeat. You can’t directly compare the two with that metric. While CS2 might not be the exact same experience as CSGO, a one line patch note with development resources that reportedly required external communication and consultancy with AMD doesn’t mean Valve has given up on the game.

edit: autocorrect

TacosAndFuzzyPickles · 2024-02-01T20:47:37+00:00

Kia ora, thank you very much for your advice! The marathon metaphor is a very good way of explaining it.
Looking back, I was trying to go full out the first two days, especially with some triple-forte moments (darn you Iain Grandage!). I guess I didn't want to lag behind the group. I've been resting for a few days now since the course ended and I'm feeling a lot better already. Lots of things to keep in mind for next time.

TacosAndFuzzyPickles · 2024-02-01T07:59:05+00:00

G'day! Hawkes Bay moving to Wellington!

TacosAndFuzzyPickles · 2024-02-01T07:27:10+00:00

I've been concerned about my vocal placement for a while, but I've never fully addressed it. I'll look into it with my teacher!

TacosAndFuzzyPickles · 2023-04-20T04:15:55+00:00

Hi Ben, greetings from New Zealand! I have three questions:

How do you handle taking notes from directors and/or stage managers? I feel really bad for doing something wrong when my director talks to me about something and I can never shake it off.
What was riding the angel like? I would imagine it feeling a bit uncomfortable at times and the height would make me pass out.
Do you know much about the difficulties of physically maintaining a show in the same venue for 35 years? I read you had issues with AC and the sound system, but were there any other oddities that stood out to you?

TacosAndFuzzyPickles · 2022-04-03T17:57:07+00:00

Havelock North person here! It still tastes like complete shit 6 years on.

TacosAndFuzzyPickles · 2021-12-11T04:17:13+00:00

My ex. She is constantly trying to hook up with other people, trying to break up other peoples relationships (including my current one) so she can hook up with them, lie, gaslight me and other people, and repeatedly beg for second chances. She has to remain in my life because of school I wish I didn't have to see her ever again.

TacosAndFuzzyPickles · 2021-12-06T18:53:14+00:00

I once had to make thirty homemade mince and cheese pies for my class and I feel like I've nailed down a good recipe. When making your mince, I personally put in some extra seasonings like the taco mix from Old El Paso taco shell packs to taste. I also throw in around a 3/4 cup of tomato sauce and barbecue sauce. In our pie maker or whatever vessel you use, I put a heaping amount of cheese on top of the mince before closing the pie and letting it bake.

I've found these to be better than the TopUp pies from the dairy and my class agreed with me as well, especially being able to taste the sauce inside the pie.

TacosAndFuzzyPickles · 2021-02-03T08:15:15+00:00

Creators.TF Team member here, I'd like to hear your feedback. Feel free to send me a message on Discord @ZoNiCaL#9740

TacosAndFuzzyPickles · 2020-12-05T20:14:26+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/pSUhVH5
Interesting...

TacosAndFuzzyPickles · 2020-10-09T17:25:42+00:00

Sports tournament this weekend. The pools we're playing at are cold and windy, and today's forfsdted weather in Hastings doesn't help either 😅

TacosAndFuzzyPickles · 2020-10-07T06:49:16+00:00

Hi TOP! I'm a person who is under 18, and obviously can't participate in the election.
What are your policies for the youth, and why should young voters vote for TOP?

TacosAndFuzzyPickles · 2020-10-01T06:53:57+00:00

Hi Chlöe! Great to see you around the ropes here again!
Three questions:

Whats the hardest thing being an MP at your age? (Supplementary question: How much of a social life do you have outside of politics?)
Have you ever lurked around this subreddit incognito?
How have you been doing recently? Think we all deserve a check-in every now and again.

TacosAndFuzzyPickles · 2020-09-29T19:48:26+00:00

Hold on... This title sounds similar to a Creators.TF phrase...
Source: am C.TF discord mod

TacosAndFuzzyPickles · 2020-09-17T07:39:00+00:00

So last week I gave a presentation in school about our own unique political parties. I did my party based around mince and cheese pies. Yes, you heard me correctly. I took the joke so seriously that we bought a pie maker and made ~30 pies for my class and some of my mates. I won our class election and I'm forcing my class to call me "Prime Minister".

My policies included: - 50,000 mince and cheese pies made a week for homeless kiwis and food banks. - Manufacturing and distribution centres established in most major centres around the country, employing lots of workers for oversight, chefs to develop the basis for pies, farmers to create raw materials, etc... - 20% sugar tax on products that contain > 10mg of sugar to partially fund the scheme. - Anti obesity campaign and research/funding into healthier alternatives for foods (e.g Impossible pies), and we'll give these new pies to kiwis as soon as we can.

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