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the_massive

A lot of people would think this is gay (especially the roleplay part) but personally I'd love this.

I think it'd make for some good fun, it was the first thing that came to mind when i thought about events that castaway could do. A few other ideas I've thought of are special map pools, e.g ...

the_massive

I haven't looked at the player counts to see how it has fared in that regard, so this is all just speculation

It's actually been going pretty well, seeding is faster, more people join earlier because the experience is much improved over roaming an empty map being semi-friendly and waiting and ...

the_massive

It's no secret that this community is limited, its a niche group in a dead game, and at risk of stagnating.

The solution? in1.castaway.tf ! Millions of Indians every year connect to the internet for the first time, theoretically that could be millions of new players on castaway every year. Tf2 is a ...

the_massive

Need this on SG as well

Seconded, and on EU aswell. There was no issue with MGE stunting the server, we had a lotta people join mge on va2 last saturday, and when about 8 or 9 players joined, we all RTVd and began a regular session. If its possible, the only change i'd make is removing MGE from ...

the_massive

An event idea i had would be a 2008 or 2009 TF2 day.

An item whitelist restricts hats and weapons to what was available during whichever time we want to mimic, reverts are also configured to their 2009 versions, a mapcycle with maps that were in the game (including community maps) at that time ...

the_massive

I think it'd be a great idea to set aside one day a month (or however frequent is convenient) for a fun event, with special settings or rules or maps in place. If randoms on board with something like this, use this thread to brainstorm and discuss event ideas.

the_massive

While playing MGE in VA#2 a lot of players couldn't join because "map is missing". I'm fairly certain they played MGE before and had the right map downloaded, but for whatever reason they couldn't play. it might be an issue with fastDL or the map name.

the_massive

This thread is for reporting bugs relating to the servers function, like not being able to connect, or core features not working.

This is NOT a thread for reporting weapon revert bugs, use the weapon revert mega-thread for that.

the_massive

I've implemented this on Virginia 2 only. There is a MGE map, which can be nominated infinitely (it never enters the "played recently" pool) and the MGEmod plugin activates only on that map. There are currently no player count restrictions on when you can nominate it, nor does it get swapped off ...

the_massive

protons wrote: Thu Feb 26, 2026 11:50 pm
do you have historical sources for this? when did that get patched? would be helpful to know

https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Conga#Update_history

November 3, 2015 Patch

Updated taunts to prevent movement during the pre-round period when players are frozen.

the_massive

I have no idea where else to post this, but whatever command or plugin allows soldier/demos to rocket jump during freeze time should be expanded, as you used to be able to conga forwards too.

the_massive

I'd much prefer an MGE mode to be available over a DM mode automatically enabled on low player counts, itd give the early players more choice on how they want to play, as well as more arenas to choose from, and the ability to have a fair 1v1 with someone which isn't something you can get in castaway ...

the_massive

The MGE sourcemod plugin is compatible with the Weapon Reverts Extended plugin. I have tried this multiple times on a dedicated server when testing reverts with other people.
The MGE plugin is only enabled if it is on an MGE map. If not, then the MGE plugin is not enabled and the server plays as ...

the_massive

Unlike the standard Invisibility Watch, Dispensers and ammo cannot replenish the Cloak meter while invisible.

oh damn, thanks for the source on that. I was wrong about that then, forgot that after 9 years. I got so used to the playstyle of decloaking near packs and recharging the feign ...

the_massive

That's bullshit. The new-style dead ringer never let you refill from ammo while cloaked.

You must be thinking of the jungle inferno nerf or something, you could pick up packs while cloaked with the tough break dead ringer, though in practice it was often better to decloak right before picking ...

the_massive

Some of these reverts would be pretty cool to duel with, amby spy, jumping out of scope, old airstrike etc. I think itd be cool to have a way to mge with these that wouldnt be distruptive to regular server function. A couple ideas that come to mind are a dedicated castaway MGE server (perhaps VA#2 ...

the_massive

i am a spy main who used the dead ringer from 2009-2015, and ...

The speed boost isnt just good for flashy trickstabs (which are extremely fun), the main benefit is being able to egress and run to health and ammo packs faster than anyone else can take them or check them, and with afterburn ...

the_massive

Video: https://files.catbox.moe/9tzetx.mp4
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Title: the puncturer
Description: a few not good kills

the_massive

Castaway-tan...

Cringe,

why should this be a "secondary mascot" do you want to force your little OC onto the server like that. Genuinely, you might as well post a furry trans girl with the castaway logo on her tits, it would be just as appropriate if not more so than this subversive UwU anime ...

the_massive

I think the pre-GM dead ringer is preferred is because of feigning on low health is much more consistent than the Tough Break dead ringer, I guess that tanking crockets with 15 HP is what dead ringer should always been doing.

I haven't heard any spy mains say the pre gun mettle DR was better ...

the_massive

fuck the speed boost I'd rather tank some backstabs to make the spy mains seethe

Also, I have always hated how it just takes away half of your cloak WHEN YOU FEIGN instead of AFTER YOU DECLOAK thus screwing up the dead ringer visuals, it looks really retarded

The cloak drain upon feigning is ...

the_massive

In lieu of tons of spy mains randomly giving out their opinion on which version of the Dead Ringer was the best, I'm just going to put the facts down clearly and succinctly.

The current (pre gun-mettle) revert of the dead ringer has only one advantage over the tough break version, 90% damage ...

the_massive

val wrote: Thu Feb 19, 2026 9:44 pm
... You can't get that level of mobility from anywhere else in Scout's arsenal, the old version overlapped too much with the Crit-a-Cola.
...

The Force a Nature is cringing in your direction

the_massive

It's a totally fine revert while the pre-gun mettle loch-n-load is accepted

the reverted stats currently used are better than the pre gun mettle stats, the reason it doesn't oneshot low hp classes is because damage spread on grenades has been removed for a long time, which was separate to ...

the_massive

Revert the Iron Bomber projectile's collision size, this is a valid QoL change

how can you tell it isnt :)

also simping for the tough break dead ringer again, if random cant get enough spy mains opinions i can make objective arguments if needed, for why the tough break dead ringer mogs the ...

the_massive

I dislike reverting weapons to periods that were too short because then they don't feel like real versions to me. We avoid doing this as much as possible. For example...

Huh, i was always under the impression that the old backburner version was there for like a year, never knew that. Thats ...

the_massive

That just means prior to pyromania it had a 10% boost and then come pyromania it was removed and all base flame damage was increased. But prior to that it had 10% to distinguish itself which would make it a valid statline. It's a similar situation to swap speed, gun mettle universally increased ...

the_massive

The backburner's +10% damage revert is actually inaccurate, the damage bonus was never removed, the pyromania update just applied that bonus to all other flamethrowers. that is to say it never actually behaved like it does on castaway.

the_massive

Because you're trading the potency of your secondary for 15 extra health, on Scout no less. Plus no fall damage. It's a fair downside.

the upsides just aren't worth it for me, 15 extra health as a passive is nice, but no fall damage? since when do scouts have to worry about fall damage, it only ...

the_massive

random wrote: Tue Feb 10, 2026 2:57 am Pocket pistol is back to the 15 health version

Damn, much preferred the other version, much higher DPS and health on hit, its like the winger if the winger was good. the fire rate penalty on the +15hp version is too harsh for me

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