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Team Fortress 2 is finally getting a Competitive Mode

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Meet your Match Team Fortress 2 feature

So, it looks like Team Fortress 2 is getting a competitive mode (via RockPaperShotgun). Now that that’s out of the way, Valve can now get started on developing Half-Life 3, right? Wrong! That’s probably never going to happen, but we’re not here to talk about that.

What we are here to talk about, is the fact that Valve’s beloved shooter is now finally getting its very own ranking system, almost a whole decade after release. Gee, I wonder what encouraged them to add this functionality? Was it Overwat…

“… we cut you off mid-sentence, gently place our fingers on your lips and whisper: Matchmaking has never existed in video games before.”

Sure Valve, whatever helps you sleep better at night! Just shut up and tell us more!

Introducing Competitive Mode, a ranked 6v6 game mode featuring all nine TF classes. Climb the comp mode ranks to earn up to 18 titles and badges. Track all of your match and ongoing stats in-game. You can even earn stat medals by scoring in the top percentile of all players in your rank.

If you don’t have a single competitive bone in your body, fear not! Casual mode is getting a bit of an overhaul too with the new update.

Matchmaking is also changing the way TF2 can be played casually. Now, instead of jumping randomly into an in-progress game, you’ll be matched into an unranked 12v12 game with players of similar skill. This means no more auto-balancing—you’ll be playing a match from start to finish, with actual winners and actual losers.

Sounds good! I wonder if this update didn’t come a little too late though. Overwatch, there I said it, has been out for a few months now, and people have been loving the heck out of it. The recent inclusion of competitive play has only made it better.

To be fair, Valve didn’t just slap on Competitive Mode to their shooter willy-nilly. It’s been in beta since February actually. I wonder though if its official release now will draw players back in?

Personally, after playing Overwatch, I can’t see myself going back to Team Fortress 2. What about you?

Last Updated: July 7, 2016

18 Comments

  1. Meh. I didn’t even like playing casual TF2 all that much.

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  2. Captain JJ off track

    July 7, 2016 at 09:42

    TF2 can get so weird at times 😀 But Garry’s Mod is still more fun imo.

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    • Admiral Chief Maximum Effort

      July 7, 2016 at 10:22

      Do you know of local servers? I need to get some prop hunt in my life

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      • Captain JJ off track

        July 7, 2016 at 10:52

        I haven’t played on locals servers in a loooong time. There are never any open. But prop hunt is awesome fun. Lots of laughs to be had. I’ll download my GM and join you

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        • Admiral Chief Maximum Effort

          July 7, 2016 at 10:58

          Cool man, love that game, but need reliable speeds

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  3. Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

    July 7, 2016 at 09:43

    Is it because Overwatch did it? If so is Valve waiting for Starcraft 3 before it releases HL3?

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    • Captain JJ off track

      July 7, 2016 at 09:43

      Don’t you mean Warhammer 40k 0.1? 😛

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      • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

        July 7, 2016 at 09:44

        I don’t know what I mean halve the time.

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        • Captain JJ off track

          July 7, 2016 at 09:44

          Well, in that case, together we might stand a chance 😀

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        • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

          July 7, 2016 at 09:45

          like using halve instead of half

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          • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

            July 7, 2016 at 09:45

            Like using ike instead of like

          • Captain JJ off track

            July 7, 2016 at 09:45

            You’re on a role oday

          • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

            July 7, 2016 at 09:47

            We all have a roll

          • Captain JJ off track

            July 7, 2016 at 09:56

            Hehe. Admiral would have a heart attack on this thread.

          • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

            July 7, 2016 at 09:56

            XD

          • Captain JJ off track

            July 7, 2016 at 09:45

            I was just about to say: Prepare for Admiral’s arrival

          • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

            July 7, 2016 at 09:45

            I’ll fix one and leave the other as is, fun and games

          • Admiral Chief Maximum Effort

            July 7, 2016 at 10:22

            Oh, you guys

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