New update...

Team Fortress 2

• Added new map Koth_King
• Added the Ready Steady Pan tournament medals
• Added new promo items^[1]
• Fixed a Medigun exploit that could leave players indefinitely invulnerable
• Fixed Sentry Guns sometimes placing wrong, being rotated into the ground and pointing upward
• Renamed "The Huo Long Heatmaker" to "The Huo-Long Heater"
• Updated the localization files
• Updated the Neon Annihilator
  • Materials now animate
  • Damage penalty only applies to players (not buildings)
  • Can damage sappers

Undocumented Changes

• Added Map Stamp - Kong King
• Adjusted the way that the Flying Guillotine is held in the Scout's hand.
• Added a Carrier tank to the skyboxes in 2Fort, Badwater, Doublecross, and Granary.

Notes

1. ↑ Void Monk Hair, Grenadier Helm, Tribal Bones, Ninja Cowl

A few things to talk about today...

So first off a few items we wanted to cover on trading etiquette.

1. When you are actively buying something from someone, be prepared to make an offer.  If you want something in particular and are offering something other than liquid (keys, metal, buds) TF2 currency you will probably have to overpay.  A seller who isn't looking for your dirty Batter's Helm isn't necessarily going to give you the full value.  Why should they?
2. Actively selling something while only saying "offer" and "I know the price" and threatening to report lowballers (very humorous) just makes you appear silly.  If you don't know the price, for example of a low craft # item or an unusual just say you're not sure and are looking for offers.  The marketplace will price your item if you've offered it to a wide-enough audience.
3. The spreadsheet is average values.  Anything within a range of the prices indicated is around the market price.  There is no exact price for anything.  A buyer/seller in a hurry may go above or below the range indicated.  Someone who has a popular item or lots of time may not make discounts while selling.  If people tell you we're baloney, feel confident that the majority of our prices are from actual trades.  We use actual humans as well as an automated system that records trades.

Also, here's a free PC game we found today that is played through the OnLive service.

Finally, we hear on the street that there are going to be keys given away this weekend.  Hmmmm.

Today's second key goes to...(update: won, no more emails)

emailer #20 in out inbox.  Send one email, include your steam name, and put #20 in the subject.

Jacob8185 was today's second key winner.  He was emailer #20, sent one email with his steam name and had #20 as the subject.  Congratulations to Jacob8185 and good luck to everyone for the next key giveaway.

We will be having more random, multiple-key giveaways rather than the one-key-every-day event from now on.  So keep checking back for your chance to win.  We'll put out an official blog post on the new prize format and site update information soon.

Today's first key (1 of 2) has been won.

Well that was an epic one, thanks again to Terry for contributing the puzzle.  Here's how it came down.  Stenten was the first to get all the words, however being first as you know was not the 'key' so to speak.  Good for him though being #1.  Then 2 people who will remain nameless had submitted answers.  One decided only to do the last phrase, which he got correct but he didn't get the other 10!  Then we got another email with all but one answer correct!  Didn't count!

Our winner was Jwutheheadcase.  He was the 2nd person to send all the correct answers.  Congratulations to him and good luck to everyone for today's second free key.

Answers:


1. the mobile feline
2. the heart breaker
3. united states constitution
4. the blood agent
5. le crabe
6. the apple-a-day
7. the mine layer
8. the vending machine
9. lil' robin
10. ze bodybag


voodoo pin

Today's first free key (1 of 2) goes to...

You if you are the second person to email us all 11 words or phrases correctly taken from items in the Steam Workshop (along with your steam name/id).  The first person to send in the answers correctly does not win, neither does the third person nor everyone else thereafter.  Thanks to Terry for submitting today's puzzle.  Anyone emailing without without following the instructions will be disqualified from all contests.

2 free keys today

There will be 2 free keys today.  They could be at the same time, they could be at different times.  They could be to one person or two.  Keep checking back for a "code active" signal for your chance to win.  Otherwise the same rules from before apply, more details here.  Do not send emails until "code active" is displayed in the message-of-the-day above.

New update, themed items and promos

Team Fortress 2

• Added new items:
  • The Red-Tape Recorder
  • The Huo Long Heatmaker
  • The Flying Guillotine
  • The Neon Annihilator
  • The Triad Trinket
  • The Champ Stamp
  • The Marxman
  • The Human Cannonball
• Added new promo items^[1]
• Fixed sappers attaching incorrectly to teleporters that are still building
• Improved reliability for finding a coach
• Fixed Engineer training shotgun and pistol images being swapped
• Fixed GetPlayerItems web APIs not respecting inventory privacy settings
• Quickplay beta: Fixed bug causing game servers to sometimes stop receiving traffic upon victory condition
• Quickplay beta: Added more status information while in the matchmaking queue

Notes

1. ↑ Russian Rocketeer, Lone Star, Awesomenauts Badge

The last key for July (update: won, no more emails)

Will go to emailer #31.  Send one email only, with your steam name/id, subject #31. If you happen to be #31 in our inbox then you win the last free key for July.

The spy behind you has won the last free key for July.  He was the 31st person to send us an email correctly.  Congratulations to The spy behind you!

With regards to our freebies its been a nice run wouldn't you say?  Well we're not finished yet.  We've got some more to give away but are going to take a couple days to regroup and decide on how best to distribute them to our faithful visitors.  We also have site news as well.  So give us a little bit and we'll have an announcement on both very soon.  In other words, no more free stuff until further notice.