2014 FAQ

TF2 General FAQs

>I haven’t played in a while, and I have all these items. How much are they worth?
Backpack.tf is what many TF2 traders and players use to check the value of their items. Some users don’t use it and check the prices of the items by visiting trading sites, including bazaar.tf, tf2outpost.com, and tf2tp.com.

>I’ve played enough on TF2 public servers. Where do I go?
Ask around the thread if people are doing a “PUG” or a “pick up game”. A PUG is a fun, semi-serious games in competitive format (usually 6v6). Join the group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/vgsixes) and receive announcements about upcoming games. And I guess there’s this link about Highlander (HL) and 6’s, so here: http://www.ugcleague.com/
You can also try http://tf2lobby.com

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>There seems to be a lot of circlejerking and shitposting going around within the thread.
The best thing you can do is not complain about it and bring up a new topic. The thread is what everyone makes it. If you don’t like it, ignore, filter, move on, and bring something up TF2 related. If it doesn't work? Try a different topic. Whining about it only makes it worse.

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>Are there /vg/ servers?
No.
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>Rate my Jew.
No. Even if you’re excited that you jewed a Cloudy Moon Dapper Topper or a Sunbeams Desert Marauder, keep it to yourself. There are people who lurk the thread waiting for someone to slip up so they can report you. Just keep it to the Steam Chat, please.

>Post ending in X names the Weapon Y.
These are cool posts and all, but if you dont provide pictures of before naming and after, It'll be pretty obvious, or seem obvious, that you're just trying to be a faker.

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>Is there an official group I can join?
steamcommunity.com/groups/vghatsgeneral is the one most of us are in.

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>What happened to X Pastebin?
removed because it contained useless info or hadnt been updated in months.

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>I want to see what a certain loadout look like before I buy the hats, miscs, and paint. What do I do?
Learn TFMV or SFM. TFMV is just selecting the hats and then viewing it. http://tf2.gamebanana.com/tools/5466

>My hat and misc combo I want doesn't work because of equip regions. How do I fix that?
Smissmas patch fixed the ability to glitch conflicting items together.

>I want full color on my Flair/signpost. How do I do that?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry16m-BbHDQ
Watch the video, do as it does.

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>I have all these crates. What ones do I open?
Most crates now don't really have a good profit margin. As of 29-December-2013, the crates you could open for a chance profit are:
1 - An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge and A Distinctive Lack of Hue paints
9 - Pink as Hell and The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime paints
13 - An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge and Pink as Hell paints
14 - A Distinctive Lack of Hue and The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime paints
21 - Strange Shotgun and Strange Minigun
25 - Strange Flaregun
24 - Strange Ambassador
28 - Strange Shotgun
30 - Everything will provide greater than a key profit, though only the Strange Kritzkreig and Strange Gunslinger are worth more than the crate itself
31 - Strange Degreaser
33 - Strange Your Eternal Reward
38 - Strange Dead Ringer
39 - After Eight paint
40 - Everything will provide greater than a key profit, though only the Strange Huntsman and Strange Sapper are worth more than the crate itself
41 - Strange Part: Heavies Killed and Strange Part: Gib Kills
42 - Strange Part: Buildings Destroyed, Strange Part: Projectiles Reflected, and Strange Part: Headshot Kills
44 - Strange Part: Critical Kills
45 - Strange Part: Domination Kills
49 - Strange Part: Robots Destroyed
50 - Only Strange Bacon Grease and Strange PDA are worth more than the crate itself
54 - Strange Part: Snipers Killed
61 - Brotherhood of Arms
63 - Shogun Shoulder Guard
64 - Hornblower
65 - Graybanns
66 - Macho Mann
67 - Cool Cat Cardigan
72 - Flapjack
75 - Strange Part: Unusual-Wearing Players Killed (Expect this to fall.)
76 - Strange Part: Damage Dealt
77 - Strange Part: Allied Healing Done (Strange Grenade Launcher is also in the crate and is worth around akey right now but it's expected to fall)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Useful Links~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
wiki.teamfortress.com - New to the game or just coming back? This is a great place to start- has all the weapons, classes, hats, and updates, so if you need info about something come here first before asking a question.

teamfortress.com - The main website for the game.

tf2wh.com – Selling your items for credits that can be used to buy other things. They are usually overstocked on a lot of items, and the items are usually priced lower than they are in the market. Very slow recently and the bots are quite buggy. Not recommended unless you absolutely need to use them.

tf2outpost.com - Trading items, Finding sellers, etc.

scrap.tf- Stocks keys, scrap, hats and other items. Run by Geel and jessecar.

backpack.tf - Used as the normal price-guide for the economy.

tf2lobby.com - Website where you can join semi-competitive games with other players in the form of Highlander or 6v6.  Recommended you have a microphone, though not required.

tf2r.com – Raffling site if you’re feeling generous. If you want to raffle just to us, make sure all the little checks at the bottom are to the right. Run by Reag~.

gametracker.com/search/tf2 – A listing of all TF2 servers. Just use the search box if you want to find one.

tf2tags.com – A fun little site where you can make tagged items. The owner holds a themed contest every month or so and winner gets a prize.

tf2g.com – Website that has a lot of hats with unusual effects uploaded by users. Screenshots got lost a couple of months ago in a server failure so they are in the process of rebuilding.

tf2loadout.com - Work in progress. You will be able to create and view set-ups with your desired hats, misc items, weapons, and such.

http://etf2l.org/forum/customise/topic-16829/?recent=393545 -Chris explains configs and Launch options.

-----------------------------------Community Guides----------------------------------
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=639355 - a thread on the Steam Powered User Forums (SPUF) that includes on classes, various maps, and other things.

http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Basic_Scout_strategy
http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Basic_Soldier_strategy
http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Basic_Pyro_strategy
http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Basic_Demoman_strategy
http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Basic_Heavy_strategy
http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Basic_Engineer_strategy
http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Basic_Medic_strategy
http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Basic_Sniper_strategy
http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Basic_Spy_strategy
These links are from the Officical Team Fortress 2 Wiki, and give basic tips for each class. There are also community guides, class match-up guides, and Anti-class guides as well.

http://pastebin.com/u/TheOperator- This is a pastebin of class guides made and compiled by DJ Operator. Go here if you want some tips from some of the players in TF2 General.

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Updated 29-December-2013