Over the past few days I’ve worked on the backend of the mod vault and other areas of the site, so we’ve had a bit of a pause in updates. That, and all of our editors decided to take an unannounced vacation.

Anyway, a new TF2 patch is out, and the TF2 blog got updated too with an interesting new section that allows you to submit avatars and custom weapons.

They’ve messed about with the dead ringer, making the fake deaths more convincing, but what’s still baffling is that a spy that feigns his death still gives a head to an eyelander wielding demoman. It seems Valve has some work to do on their priorities, as the gunboat and equalizer taunt combo sadly doesn’t work anymore. It’s quite a nerf to people who enjoyed that bug, and I’m certain I haven’t seen droves of steel-toed soldiers grenading themselves to the top of the scoreboard. Well, all in all there’s a ton of small changes to talk about, so I’m not going to go on on this subject. Rest in peace, scootlegs.

Also, feel free to spread my formspring around.