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

Engine (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2)

• Fixed a server crash caused by spamming the server with invalid rcon passwords
  

Team Fortress 2

• Fixed a bug in the Steamworks internal stats reporting
  

<a href="http://etf2l.org/2010/09/02/the-highlander-mix-up-match/"><img src="http://www.teamfortress.com/images/posts/ETF2L_small.png" width="420" height="145" border="0"></a>

Just a quick heads up: <a href="http://etf2l.org/2010/09/02/the-highlander-mix-up-match/">our exhibition match</a> with pros and pubbers is going to begin shortly. If we're being honest, we're 10% excited, 90% terrified. You should also be terrified, because our usual MO is to take notes of everything that happens during a match, then make changes to the game in bitter, small-minded retaliation. If Dave Riller can't kill someone because they're hiding behind a wall? Guess what? That wall's toast in tomorrow's patch. And if I get killed by too many Scouts, then there'll be no more Scouts, in any game, ever. Double jumps will be a fond memory in your grandad's head. Trust us on this. We have connections at Nintendo. Mario will develop a sudden desire to wear lead weighted boots.

Head over to <a href="http://etf2l.org/2010/09/02/the-highlander-mix-up-match/">the ETF2L page</a> to see how you can watch the fun.

Just a quick heads up: our exhibition match with pros and pubbers is going to begin shortly. If we're being honest, we're 10% excited, 90% terrified. You should also be terrified, because our usual MO is to take notes of everything that happens during a match, then make changes to the game in bitter, small-minded retaliation. If Dave Riller can't kill someone because they're hiding behind a wall? Guess what? That wall's toast in tomorrow's patch. And if I get killed by too many Scouts, then there'll be no more Scouts, in any game, ever. Double jumps will be a fond memory in your grandad's head. Trust us on this. We have connections at Nintendo. Mario will develop a sudden desire to wear lead weighted boots.

Head over to the ETF2L page to see how you can watch the fun.

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

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2)

• Fixed a case where servers would lock-up while writing .dmp files
  

Counter-Strike: Source

• Fixed some minor smoke grenade bugs
  

Team Fortress 2

• Fixed a bug in the Steamworks internal stats reporting
  

Updates to Counter-Strike: Source have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Source Engine ( TF2, DoD:S, CS:S )

• Fixed hang when typing "map" twice in the console
  

Counter-Strike: Source

• Smoke Grenades
  
  • Made them bloom faster
    
  • Made them more opaque
    
  • Fixed "one way" smoke
    
• Changed walk speed to be 0.52x of run speed ( Counter-Strike 1.6 )
  

Updates to Counter-Strike: Source, Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2)

• Fixed a crash on startup with some video drivers
  
• Fixed a bug where the speaker config would be lost on Windows Vista / 7
  
• Fixed a case where alt-tab would stop rendering models
  
• Made the ‘X’ that closes the achievements screen visible by default in 1280x720 resolution
  
• Made disconnect messages wrap so they don’t get truncated
  
• Made kick / disconnect messages more legible
  

Counter-Strike: Source

• Fixed a memory leak in the dedicated server
  
• Fixed a problem that could cause the crosshair to expand briefly after the trigger is released
  
• Made crosshair scale independently of framerate, matching the old behavior at 100 fps. This does not affect actual recoil, fire rate, or spread – only the expansion of the crosshair. Added cl_legacy_crosshair, which defaults to the new behavior
  
• Made the crosshair for the Glock and Famas scale correctly upon firing in burst mode
  
• Removed ability to jump to inaccessible locations using grenades (flashboosting). Added sv_enableboost (defaulted to 0) for those who prefer to allow this behavior
  
• Fixed an issue with involving incorrect armor protection vs. grenade damage. Added sv_legacy_grenade_damage (defaulted to 0) to allow servers to revert to the original behavior
  
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the freezecam sound to be heard when spectating a player who dies
  
• Fixed an issue that could cause KeyHintText to generate junk characters
  
• Prevented ragdoll spasm that could occur when using the jointeam command
  
• Addressed a problem with the sniper rifles that prevented unzooming during auto-reload after shooting all the bullets in a clip
  
• Fixed an issue with the AWP and Scout that could cause their zooms to vibrate briefly after a reload
  
• Fixed map cycling so that the cycle now starts from the map selected by the user instead of going back to the first map
  
• Fixed mp_restartgame so that it resets MVPs as well as score and deaths
  
• Removed fun fact from achievements summary screen and associated playerblotter functionality
  
• Throttled warning messages for disabled achievements to no more than once every 60 seconds
  
• Made the silhouette that appears when you hit AUTO-SELECT on the Terrorist choose a class screen fit within its borders
  
• Fixed lock radar rotation option in the GUI. Setting this option now works
  
• Fixed a potential crash with custom huds
  
• Fixed a bug in walk prediction
  

Team Fortress 2

• Fixed a bug in the Steamworks stats reporting
  
• Fixed the new Worms gear not playing the correct sound during the Equalizer taunt
  
• Fixed map cycling so that the cycle now starts from the map selected by the user instead of going back to the first map
  
• Fixed a memory leak in the dedicated server
  

Since our recent <a href="http://artpass.tf2maps.net/">TF2maps.net Art Pass Contest</a>, our level designers have gone back to their default state at the TF2 offices, which is to say, doing nothing, taking naps, eating lunch, and complaining. This has become a bit of a poison pill for the rest of the TF2 team, all of whom possess strong opinions about working (against it), naps (pro), lunches (very pro) and complaining (big fans).

<a href="http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=4245&p=1">Click here to read one of the largest TF blog posts of all-time!</a>

Since our recent TF2maps.net Art Pass Contest, our level designers have gone back to their default state at the TF2 offices, which is to say, doing nothing, taking naps, eating lunch, and complaining. This has become a bit of a poison pill for the rest of the TF2 team, all of whom possess strong opinions about working (against it), naps (pro), lunches (very pro) and complaining (big fans).

Click here to read one of the largest TF blog posts of all-time!

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 bug with holiday date computation that turned on Birthday Mode a few days too soon
  

First, we've finally got the <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/games/TF2/CommunityAvatars">TF2 Community Submitted Avatar Gallery</a> up, containing the thousands of avatars that you fine folks have submitted to the TF2 Contribute page. If you find a submission you like, all you need to do is click on the link below it to switch your steam avatar over to it. There's a ridiculous number of great avatars in there, so we're sure you'll find something to your liking.

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Second, we love eXTV's latest video, an <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hts1uTjd6mc">Intro to Competitive TF2</a>. It's an awesome primer on competitive TF2's terminology, class usage, and common strategies.