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Ahhhhhh, the desert. Sandy, camel-filled seductress. What secrets does she clutch to her fig-stuffed, wind-swept bosoms?

Lots. Don't believe us? The Sphinx. Bam. That's just one secret, too. We've got so many we just threw that one away and we don't even miss it.

It's probably clear to you by now that we've been doing quite a bit of research about the desert. And why? We're going to write a book about the desert. The great American desert book. We honestly can't believe nobody’s thought of this before. We are going to be billionaires.

Anyway, since you're probably already camped out at a bookstore waiting for our desert book to come out, why not take over one of the computers at the information kiosk and enjoy <a href="http://www.teamfortress.com/uberupdate/">TimbukTuesday</a>?

Ahhhhhh, the desert. Sandy, camel-filled seductress. What secrets does she clutch to her fig-stuffed, wind-swept bosoms?

Lots. Don't believe us? The Sphinx. Bam. That's just one secret, too. We've got so many we just threw that one away and we don't even miss it.

It's probably clear to you by now that we've been doing quite a bit of research about the desert. And why? We're going to write a book about the desert. The great American desert book. We honestly can't believe nobody’s thought of this before. We are going to be billionaires.

Anyway, since you're probably already camped out at a bookstore waiting for our desert book to come out, why not take over one of the computers at the information kiosk and enjoy TimbukTuesday?

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Welcome to Day One of the <a href="http://www.teamfortress.com/uberupdate">Über Update</a>--the biggest, most ambitious update in the history of Team Fortress 2.

We've got a lot to announce as we get closer to the update's release this Thursday, June 23rd. We've been holding one of the surprises pretty close to the vest for months now. We don't want to ruin it, but we'll give you four clues to get you guessing:<br /><br /> <ul>
1.) It IS a "Meet the" short.
2.) It involves ONE of the two remaining classes.
3.) It's NOT the Pyro.
4.) It's the MEDIC.</ul>
Let the speculation begin! While you're puzzling that out, why not click over to the first of our class pack announcements: <a href="http://www.teamfortress.com/uberupdate">Mobster Monday</a>. To make sure everything was as accurate as possible, we went deep undercover at the most Italian place we could find, The Olive Garden. We asked the Mafia about a million questions, none of which they understood, because our mouths were full of all the free breadsticks the Mafia gives you when you visit them (they're not such bad guys).

All that hanging out with mob guys must have rubbed off on us, because we've decided to celebrate the Über Update by giving you an offer you can't (or at least shouldn't) refuse--an unprecedented WEEK-LONG FREE WEEKEND of <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/440">Team Fortress 2</a>, starting right now!

Last but not least, today's the day we reveal our all-new website. Want a link to it? Too bad--you're already there!

Welcome to Day One of the Über Update--the biggest, most ambitious update in the history of Team Fortress 2.

We've got a lot to announce as we get closer to the update's release this Thursday, June 23rd. We've been holding one of the surprises pretty close to the vest for months now. We don't want to ruin it, but we'll give you four clues to get you guessing:

1.) It IS a "Meet the" short.
2.) It involves ONE of the two remaining classes.
3.) It's NOT the Pyro.
4.) It's the MEDIC.

Let the speculation begin! While you're puzzling that out, why not click over to the first of our class pack announcements: Mobster Monday. To make sure everything was as accurate as possible, we went deep undercover at the most Italian place we could find, The Olive Garden. We asked the Mafia about a million questions, none of which they understood, because our mouths were full of all the free breadsticks the Mafia gives you when you visit them (they're not such bad guys).

All that hanging out with mob guys must have rubbed off on us, because we've decided to celebrate the Über Update by giving you an offer you can't (or at least shouldn't) refuse--an unprecedented WEEK-LONG FREE WEEKEND of Team Fortress 2, starting right now!

Last but not least, today's the day we reveal our all-new website. Want a link to it? Too bad--you're already there!

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Team Fortress 2

• Added a new command line option: -strictportbind
  
  • If you launch the game with this option it will quit with an error message if it can't bind to the default or specified port
    
• Fixed a server crash caused by the replay system
  
• Fixed a server crash caused by disguising spies
  
• Fixed a server crash on startup caused by writing to the console
  
• Fixed a server crash triggered during entity cleanup
  

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<ul><li><a href="http://tf2maps.net/">TF2Maps.net</a> is wrapping up their <a href="http://asymmetrycp.tf2maps.net/">Asymmetry/Symmetry Control Point Map Contest</a>. Authors had a choice of making a symmetrical or asymmetrical control point map and five months to complete it. Head over to their <a href="http://asymmetrycp.tf2maps.net/">contest page</a> to download and play the collection. There are a couple servers running the collection. When you're done be sure to help them choose a winner!</li>
<li><a href="http://ozfortress.com/">OZ Fortress</a> wrapped up their 6th Ultiduo with yuki and bonobo taking top prize. More information and demos can be found their summary page.</li>
<li><a href="http://ozfortress.com/">OZ Fortress</a> also has a <a href="http://ozfortress.com/showthread.php?t=45983">highlight video</a> from their Cup 2 season compiled by Kaiza.</li>
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• TF2Maps.net is wrapping up their Asymmetry/Symmetry Control Point Map Contest. Authors had a choice of making a symmetrical or asymmetrical control point map and five months to complete it. Head over to their contest page to download and play the collection. There are a couple servers running the collection. When you're done be sure to help them choose a winner!
  
• OZ Fortress wrapped up their 6th Ultiduo with yuki and bonobo taking top prize. More information and demos can be found their summary page.
  
• OZ Fortress also has a highlight video from their Cup 2 season compiled by Kaiza.
  

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Team Fortress 2

• Fixed some server replay publishing bugs
  
• Added a new ConVar “replay_fileserver_offload_aborttime”
  
  • Any replay publishing thread that takes longer than replay_fileserver_offload_aborttime seconds will be killed
    

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Team Fortress 2

• Added the Spiral Knights promotional hat
  
• Updated The Superfan, The Essential Accessories, and The Hero's Hachimaki so they can be painted
  
• Updated The Conjurer's Cowl and The Maul so they can be crafted and traded
  

Team Fortress 2
- Fixed a problem related to spawning multiple entities unnecessarily between mini-rounds
- Fixed a bug that caused players to see the wrong backpacks on some classes
- Fixed a problem with honorbound weapons not allowing themselves to be holstered after killing a Spy using the Dead Ringer
- Fixed the Ubersaw and the Vita-Saw not displaying the Medic's ÜberCharge progress