The Moneyversary Update / The Manniversary Update

I have to give it to them; they really know how to keep a game going. It’s blatantly obvious to everyone what they are doing, but still, the TF2-train keeps on chugging along. They managed to take one of the best FPS shooters and turn it into a giant money sign while still retaining its entertainment value, and for that, I applaud them. Now let’s talk about what’s in this update of first annual anniversary-size proportions.

So, they finally opened their hat making doors to the community. Now people can get their hats approved by the community, and then put in the Mann Co. Store to be sold. They do this by making a model and textures, and basically doing all the work for Valve, publish it on Steam Workshop and have it rated high enough, then get accepted by Valve and put into the game. So basically you are doing all the work, while Valve gets money. But hey, it’s good for up and coming modeler’s.

You can also put decals on badges that your character can wear using a one-time use store-bought tool. Yep. One-time use and you can only buy it through Valves store. Talk about the money to be made. It’s a good idea, but right now, it’s only usable on a select number of objects in the game. So don’t get your hopes up that you can have a Maul that says 'Ban hammer' yet.

Now let’s move on to the next big thing, two miscellaneous slots for misc. wearable objects! Yay! Woohoo! To people who don’t play TF2 this is almost as exciting as watching grass grow. But, if you are one of the many that play TF2, this is great news. You can now put two misc. items on at the same time! Time for the Mustache Phantom!

Some updates of honorable mention are a bunch of new community made hats. Although they look sub-par, they are hats none the less. There are also a few new weapons for people to play around with. Now all store items will be tradable after a couple of days, which means your store bought items aren’t useless anymore! Yay! What else… Ah, a new map called Gullywash, it looks interesting, but I think 2fort will still be king. It looks like that’s about it for the update. Enjoy.