Hi All. Our original usage of these was a couple of weeks ago, and lasted a day. It was mostly around testing the item system (they contain every positive attribute in the system). After that, we converted all the "Valve" weapons to be purely cosmetic. Unfortunately, unknown to us on the dev side, some of the non-TF2-team folks at Valve didn't get the memo, and gave themselves the broken items recently.
We're removing these from everyone today, and removing the ability for folks to give these kinds of weapons to themselves in the future. Shouldn't happen again. (And if it somehow does, feel free to drop me an email at ro...@valvesoftware.com and let me know) Robin. -----Original Message----- From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of tgnwells Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 6:55 AM To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds] [TF2] Valve using their special weapons Seems like a childish and unprofessional thing to do. So it was probably a TF2 dev, yeah. On 9/8/2009 3:30 AM, Alec Sanger wrote: > Anyone ever run into a Valve employee using one of their special weapons? We > were getting complaints of a 100% crit hacker last night. I guess the players > started giving them shit so they left. Upon further inspection, it was a > Valve employee using a special Syringe gun > > http://www.tf2items.com/profiles/76561197999842654 > > Valve Syringe Gun > (equipped) > +15% Damage Done > +150% Clip Size > +15% Firing Speed > On Hit: +15 Health > 100% Critical Hit vs Burning Players > +50 Max Health on Wearer > On Kill: 5 Seconds of 100% Critical Chance > On Hit: 30% Chance to Slow Target > Fire Retardant (1) > Dmg Taken From Fire Reduced (0.85) > Speed Boost When Active (1.15) > > > Just wondering if anyone's ever had issues with a valve employee coming in > and dominating with one of their special weapons. I mean, shit, I might as > well just ban the Valve group if this is going to happen. > > Thank you, > Alec Sanger > P: 248.941.3813 > F: 313.286.8945 > > > _________________________________________________________________ > With Windows Live, you can organize, edit, and share your photos. > http://www.windowslive.com/Desktop/PhotoGallery > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
