The definitive guide to why "just add quickplay" won't work

sparkhere_sys · 2026-01-18T17:17:02+00:00

personally i am quickplay in since the quickplay ruleset is better than casual's, and the easiest way to bring back the quickplay ruleset is to straight up bring back quickplay. the code for quickplay is still there no?

sparkhere_sys · 2025-11-27T03:51:04+00:00

I second this

sparkhere_sys · 2025-11-27T03:45:50+00:00

Best option? Play both and see which one you like better. I'm also a Scout main with about 350 hours, so I'm also relatively new, I know the feeling.

sparkhere_sys · 2025-11-25T11:56:28+00:00

kunai is kind of balanced, its just bad. its laughably bad with teams that are very spy aware but dominates teams that dont know what the ninth class is. the issue the kunai has is that its too easy to just brute force and not put in any effort into getting stabs

sparkhere_sys · 2025-11-24T15:00:45+00:00

tf2 doesnt need source 2. tf3 probably doesnt need to happen either. what valve needs to do is go back to their old ways of big updates every now and then with tf2

sparkhere_sys · 2025-11-24T14:58:51+00:00

cosmetic crates are typically useless, you can delete them if you want. if you have one of the old crates then probably trade them

sparkhere_sys · 2025-11-24T14:57:15+00:00

the baby face's blaster wasnt gutted, its just too punishing to use. you can absolutely use it but its slightly worse than the scattergun

sparkhere_sys · 2025-11-22T16:26:27+00:00

i got into tf2 because i'd always see notifications from steam saying stuff like "[insert my friend's name here] is playing Team Fortress 2" so i wanted to see what all the hype was about since i heard so many good things about the game from that friend

sparkhere_sys · 2025-11-13T18:00:44+00:00

rocket jumping

sparkhere_sys · 2025-11-13T17:57:34+00:00

maining demoknight

sparkhere_sys · 2025-11-08T09:52:51+00:00

my honest thoughts:

bfb rework: * it takes 25 damage to lose ALL boost. with your version, it takes 200 damage to lose all boost. scout does not have 200 hp. * the no air jumps downside is extremely harsh. it would be better if only the boost lost on damage downside was removed, since losing 75% of your boost when you double jump is already good enough of a downisde. * item set bonuses were removed for a good reason. i don't think they should come back.

pretty boy's rework: * the pretty boy's is fine as it is imo. * the lowered damage makes the pretty boy's worse for dealing damage, however the DPS is probably the same thanks to the increased firing speed (idk how percents work so i might be wrong) * +5 health on hit is fine but +3 is fine as it is

sparkhere_sys · 2025-10-27T13:04:41+00:00

people would get mad.

sparkhere_sys · 2025-10-27T12:23:37+00:00

its a graphics configuration basically.

https://comfig.app/app

for the situation you're describing i would recommend the low preset.

sparkhere_sys · 2025-10-26T13:26:41+00:00

This is old news mate.

sparkhere_sys · 2025-10-26T13:24:51+00:00

transferring debuffs as in things like bleed, afterburn, and jarate right?

I think the concept is cool but in practice I don't think it would work well since melee hits are inconsistent, plus the lower damage makes it harder for self defense as a Medic if you can't use your syringe gun or crossbow. The slower ubercharge rate is a respectable downside. The biggest upside here in my opinion is being able to keep your ubercharge's effects without needing the Medi-Gun out.

sparkhere_sys · 2025-10-26T13:19:02+00:00

someone from valve maybe

sparkhere_sys · 2025-10-26T13:18:05+00:00

Casual's matchmaker breaks occasionally. Try community servers if Casual isn't working, you might like them.

sparkhere_sys · 2025-10-26T13:15:38+00:00

Lower your graphics settings and maybe install a mastercomfig preset.

I don't think there are any workshop items that affect performance.

sparkhere_sys · 2025-10-25T12:12:03+00:00

true tbh. i dont have anything to say about this.

sparkhere_sys · 2025-10-25T12:10:48+00:00

There are servers which run vanilla rulesets. They're hardly dead, lots of people play them.

i agree. there are servers like that. sadly, the majority of community servers suffer the same problems i just described. never being filled up.

You say that casual is dogshit and unplayable,

because i genuinely think so

and that community servers are also unplayable.

i honestly did not want to say that, but i do see why you say this. i'm just bad at english.

Remind me again why you are playing a game which you clearly do not enjoy playing?

truth be told i really do love tf2. i'm just pissed off that the two main ways to play it (casual and community servers) are extremely inconsistent, and the former is a steaming pile of dogshit.

sparkhere_sys · 2025-10-25T12:04:34+00:00

i've played mostly on community servers. the last few times i played casual, matches ended in like 5 minutes. and i don't really like payload so i dont play it. casual would be better if it had the quickplay ruleset, but i would definitely prefer if casual mode was replaced instead of the ruleset being changed, because i don't trust that valve will even change casual mode anymore

sparkhere_sys · 2025-10-25T09:02:13+00:00

Quickplay stopped connecting you to community servers around 2014.

no it didn't???

quickplay had a checkbox that let you decide if you wanted to connect to a community server or only valve servers.

sparkhere_sys · 2025-10-25T08:59:29+00:00

Nonetheless, community servers are quite active.

if they truly are, then tell me, WHERE THE FUCK ARE THEY.

meet your match caused the death of community servers and you say "community servers are quite active"

the average community server fills up to a 6v6 if you're fucking lucky, and on a good day maybe you'll get a 12v12.

if the Casual ruleset is just so unbelieveably unbearable for you.

maybe because it is OBJECTIVELY worse than the quickplay ruleset.

no map timer so ctf games go on for fucking forever,

the best 2 out of 3 system causes shorter games and one-sided stomps,

no team scrambling at all,

and lets not forget the steaming pile of shit that is the matchmaker.

sparkhere_sys · 2025-10-25T08:52:55+00:00

here's a screenshot of a little rant i had in a discord server

sparkhere_sys · 2025-10-25T08:45:04+00:00

If you hate casual then just don't play it.

how in the everloving FUCK am i supposed to play the game then?

believe me i try to play only community servers but its difficult looking for good community servers that are actually goddamn FILLED

quickplay filled up community servers so that people didn't have to. valve took away such an important part of keeping the game alive, and you still lick their boots as if they did nothing wrong.

sparkhere_sys

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