Spectral Halloween Special

Team Fortress 2

• Scream Fortress Event 2012
• Fixed a bug where buildings would be invisible during their setup time
• Mann vs. Machine
  • Added the map Mvm_coaltown_event with a special Halloween mission
  • Fixed a bug where players money would not be set properly when restoring a checkpoint
  • Fixed server crash on vote to restart mission

Undocumented changes

• Updated the localization files
• Added the Ghostly Gibus, Rump-o'-Lantern, Sir Hootsalot, The Master Mind, The Scarecrow, The Crone's Dome, The Executioner, The Bonedolier, The Plutonidome, The Spooky Shoes, The Spooky Sleeves, The Zipperface, The Boo Balloon, The Unknown Monkeynaut, The Grand Duchess Tutu, The Grand Duchess Fairy Wings, The Grand Duchess Tiara, The Dead Little Buddy,The Voodoo Juju (Slight Return), The Exorcizor, The Wraith Wrap, The Coffin Kit, The Bat Outta Hell, The Skull Island Topper, Halloween 2012 Community Bundle, Voodoo-Cursed Item (Armory),Voodoo-Cursed Old Boot, Voodoo-Cursed Skeleton, Voodoo-Cursed Bag of Quicklime, Voodoo-Cursed Robot Arm, Voodoo-Cursed Novelty Bass, Voodoo-Cursed Sticky-Bomb, Voodoo-Cursed Nail, Voodoo-Cursed Soul (Armory), Zombie Scout, Zombie Soldier, Zombie Pyro, Zombie Demoman, Zombie Heavy, Zombie Engineer, Zombie Medic, Zombie Sniper, Zombie Spy, Pile of Curses, Eerie Crate, Eerie Key, Strange Part (Armory), Strange Part: Halloween Kills, Strange Part: Robots Destroyed During Halloween, Halloween Paints, and UGC Season 6 Medals
• Added new unusual effects: Knifestorm, Misty Skull, Harvest Moon, It's A Secret To Everybody, Stormy 13th Hour.

Screamfortress is coming very soon!

Looks like it begins tonight and goes for 2 weeks until November 8th.  If history is any guide, it will be sometime soon...around primetime on the West Coast of the US.   We will be all over the new items and their prices, of course.  Plus we will be having giveaways for the entire event.  Stay tuned.  Plus plus, we will have another one of Terry's scavenger hunts this weekend - the prize?  TBA - but it will be worth a good amount of candy.

http://www.teamfortress.com/blizzbobarrabas/

Halloween Poll results

It looks like the pyro marketing scheme is working since you fell all over backwards for his (or her?) new hats.  Last Breath takes the pole position with an easy lap win over the rest.  Apparition's Aspect in second.  Idiot Box, Spine Chilling Skull 2011, and Holy Hunter take a close 3rd place.  The sarcastic poll stackers must have taken this week off since the Gibus and Monoculeus didn't even have a chance.  Here's to less sarcasm!

Apparition's Aspect	124 (12%)
Hair of the Dog	15 (1%)
Spine-Chilling Skull 2011	94 (9%)
Seal Mask	47 (4%)
Ghastlierest Gibus	37 (3%)
Infernal Impaler	50 (4%)
Under Cover	47 (4%)
Holy Hunter	93 (9%)
Einstein	27 (2%)
Buzz Killer	27 (2%)
Can Opener	4 (0%)
Spine-Twisting Skull	17 (1%)
Scottish Snarl	6 (0%)
Last Breath	199 (19%)
Blazing Bull	71 (6%)
Spine-Cooling Skull	6 (0%)
Wrap Battler	5 (0%)
Idiot Box	106 (10%)
Monoculus	31 (3%)
Spine-Tingling Skull	21 (2%)

Votes so far: 1027
Poll closed

New poll: tell us your favorite Halloween hat

Consider all the items Valve gave us this year for Halloween and tell us which hat is your favorite.  They really went all out as we predicted and you have to give a round of applause to Valve as they keep adding more and more content to this classic game.

For the poll regarding the costume sets, assume the hats are Haunted if that makes any difference.  Be as sarcastic (Monoculus) or snarky (Ghastlierest) as you like!

Boo. Halloween update is here.

  All new items listed and pictures available in this reddit thread here.
 

• Halloween 2011 Event
  • Viaduct has been haunted and is now... Eyeaduct!
  • One full multi-piece costume set has been added for each class
  • Random gifts containing costume pieces drop in Eyeaduct on registered servers
  • 2 new Halloween 2011 achievements
  • Any unusual hats uncrated during the event will be Halloween-themed
  • New Halloween-themed items are available in the Mann Co. store, but only for a limited time!
• Updated effects for The Cow Mangler 5000
• Updated in-game abuse reporting tool to include option for reporting abusive game servers
• Added mapcycle_halloween containing all Halloween event maps
• Fixed team colors and styles not updating properly in store previews
• Fixed bug in reputation trend status display for registered servers
• Fixed a problem that could cause repeated stutters after joining a server
• Fixed the Spine-Chilling Skull not appearing when equipped by soldiers
• New Halloween-themed community-created items submitted to the Workshop are now available in the Mann Co. store!

Undocumented changes

• All Ghastly Gibuses have been upgraded to Ghastlier Gibuses. Ghastlier Gibuses have been upgraded to the new Ghastlierest Gibuses.
• The Halloween 2010 Noisemakers have been made re-availaible in the MannCo Store
• Hitting the Horseless Headless Horsemann now plays a hitsound, as if you had hit a player.
• All hats that had Halloween restrictions can now be worn on an actual full moon. 

A good description by Problem on SPUF on how the new stuff works.

Devil pyro

This is why Valve rocks: halloween update coming soon.