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Our Site Admin has joined the ranks!

Labouka [GR] — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 15:11:15 +0000

So, it sure has been a while since this group saw anything new, huh? Well, just a quick low-down on the title: Kaz, admin of TAOW, has finally joined our steam group. Furthermore, with her working once again on the main site, it would be good to have members back on the forums (and this group).

It IS a long shot here, what with most of us being too busy in our lives, but hopefully we can all get together a bit more often once more. :)

At any rate, welcome to the group, Kaz and enjoy your stay, buddy. :D

Competitive TF2

Katsy? — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 10:11:57 +0000

Hey guys, a bit of a long message incoming. I appreciate it if you took time to read the following in its entireity:

Yesterday, Laby and I had an interesting conversation about TAOW and compeitive TF2. It came up after I mentioned I joined TR (Totally Retro, if you care), and Laby told me I still have a comittment of playing Medic for TAOW.

Don't get me wrong, I'll gladly play Medic if need be, but there's a few things I really want to get some information about.

One: Is anyone interested in playing Team Fortress 2 competitively? If so, why?
Two: Is anyone who's interested in playing Team Fortress 2 competitively know of the Highlander format, and have any experience?
Three: What about our mains? How will we decided who plays what class? Exactly how many Pyros do we have right now? Four?

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to play competitive TF2 with you guys, but thing is, this kind of thing requires experience and practice, and more importantly: simalar region. Those in EU should probably stay in EU, as far as TF2 goes. Not to be rude, but 100+ ping with any class except Engineer is a major pain in the ass. I've gone on a few laggy Lobby servers, and playing Pyro was near impossible.

Look, my point is this: Is competitive TF2 something we're all interested in? My personal answer? Yes. Ok, yes, 400+ hours of TF2 isn't anything to sneeze at, but with an incentive to play and get better, I can certainly evolve as a better Pyro than if I just pubbed all day.

But just because I say yes, doesn't mean other people will agree with me.

In more positive news: Guy has his own server running. Check it out. And also: is anyone on Steam missing from the group? Send me a note, and I'll fix that when I can.

TF2 Session?

Katsy? — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 03:12:52 +0000

Hey guys!

It's been a while since this group has seen any kind of life, and I'd like to fix that. Remember the days of trying to get everyone to come onto TF2? And having a good time? Nowadays, there's only...four or five of us that actually come around and play. I think I'm the only one who tries to get on dayliy. Ignoring the fact that I'd like to play Highlander TF2 by the time I get to college... xD

But anyway, I know a lot of you don't have vacation anymore, but most of you aren't in high school, and I'm sure we can think of something to get a lot of people on. I know a server that allows for only ten player slots. Maybe we can fill that up? I'll post the IP later.

So my purposal is: How about we play some TF2 together? Like good old times. Let's get this a little popular, and then decide on a day, hopefully some time this week. :D

I digged a bit for this one...

Labouka [GR] — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:08:36 +0000

Several info came to me the last few days and I was busy with attending to them...Phanty said that Guy is thinking of making a server. That would mean that the project concieved and helped by all of us to grow, is one step closer to realization. Luckily, the first set of 9 players is also full (almost, some details must be taken care of, first) so that means that our worries are lessened.

To help Guy a bit, I dug for some info that will help the server work the way our group will need it to be. I mentioned several times that the project will be a "Highlander" style of shorts (there can be only one!!! XD). It seems that Valve got ahead of me and took care of this: mp_highlander 1*. This one, will allow us to have the desirable effects that the project calls for.

Added to that, I found one more thing: mp_tournament*. This one does not mean we will be having lots of tournaments. It will just add a helpfull HUD for us to use, that I think it will make things easier for us (we can still have it work as an actual tournament. Y'know, to have some...healthy competition, as the Administrator would put it XD).
(*Both must be put on the command console to work)

Finally, Phanty made a very wise thinking: let's have the said server be password protected, so that only us members of the group can access it (and for close and trusty friends of yours, if you see fit to let them know, guys).

If Guy needs any help, let's make sure we can provide it to him. I want to thank you guys for doing the best you can to see this project come a little more closer to realization.
And to keep it to the spirit of the days, have a very Merry Christmas :D. (alright, I know I am 2 days off. XD)

Anyway, see you in the battlefield guys. :)

"You, yes you! You are dead!"

Katsy? — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 07:37:19 +0000

I think Heavy has some truth to that phrase.

I haven't seen much activity from the group, and I suppose that's more my fault than anyone else's. I think we had a nice Highlander thing going, and then...people just kinda poofed. It's back to as it was: only four people in the group actually playing TF2 on a somewhat regular basis. It's not a bad thing that people don't play, not at all.

Guy has mentioned to me several times about a server he's making. Thing is, I would love to just have some fun with friends. It's been a while since we all went 2v2 or anything, or 3v3, and I would love to do that kind of thing again. I've noticed people adding friends from TF2 (much like I have done from SK - that's how I met some names you guys don't recognize), and well, my main point is...

Recuirt some people. Ask your friends if they're interested in Golden Sun, and send them a link to the forum. Both the steam group and the forum have been a ghost town; we can fix this!

So do some recuirting, find some friends. Who knows - we might be able to fill up our little Highlander list at some point as well. I know Laby invested a bit of time into organaizing that - let's not put his efforts to waste. Go talk to people, they won't bite!

Go on, get! Have a go at it!

Kats/[CHT]\

Idea for Group icon

Labouka [GR] — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:26:07 +0000

My own announcement of the Team Weyard 2 project, dropped Phantom's announcement to the backrounds, it seems. Time to rectify this by proposing an idea for it.

Myself, am not an artist. The irony, though, is that sometimes I get some ideas worth putting into paper. But then again, people like Raine and MM are just around the corner to do this bit. Phantom agrees with the idea, too, and like our nice group manager she is, she let me do the honors:

The idea came when I bumped on Raine, around TAOW, and we did some brainstorming regarding that. She, then, mentioned this: "adepts dressed like TF2, or something?". I liked the sound of that. I encouraged her to work on the idea.

And today I have the final image in my mind, for the perfect group icon:

Indeed, our favourite 8 adepts (isaac and such) will appear dressed with TF2 clothes, each after after a specific class.
"The classes are 9, you will say". And I say that you forget someone. Who? But of course, the most lovable person in all Weyard. Kraden, himself!!!
It doesn't matter which class, an adept will be, as long as Kraden is the Pyro. Why?
Because that's from where the whole idea for the icon came to me:

Picture it in your minds: all 8 adepts (dressed after TF2), looking with a complete confusion in their faces (horor, too XD), as they realize that the mighty Pyro, is unmasked to reveal...Kraden! I still laugh at this. XD

So yeah, this is an idea I propose for our group icon. Phantom thinks it's a great thought and that if it is to be done, a little help is needed. She suggested that Raine and MM work together on this. I will talk to MM for this one.

So, post your comments on this idea and, should you too think that it is a good icon for our group, let's give our support to Raine and MM to accomplish it (but mostly Raine, since the general idea is her copyright). ^_^

Artists wanted!

Katsy? — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:33:33 +0000

Hey guys! Hope you've been having fun killing each other. :D

Anyway, you might've noticed that our group seems a little...boring. I'll be coming with a nice summary some time soon, but we need a pretty picture; like a lot of the other groups have.

Leave a comment if you're interested in designing a picture for the group. All levels of artists are welcome. :D

I'll then post another annoucement, if there's more than submission for the group to vote on. The deadline to submit anything will be December 1st. Looking forward to see what you guys have in mind!

Fresh from respawn!

Katsy? — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 04:50:17 +0000

Greetings fellow Adepts! It's Phantom, here to welcome you with open arms on Steam. Don't worry, I won't back-stab you just yet.

You all should be able to invite each other to the group, so start getting everyone gathered around, so we can all have some fun playing some awesome games!

See you guys in TF2!