I shit you not, I’m as serious as a Scotsman at the bank and believe me, when one of “us” go into a bank, no jokes are cracked. Forgive me if this article is poorly written with a biased overview relating to TF2, this is my first contribution on Crossfire, so it’s a learning experience for us all! As you can imagine, the question that I would like to pose to mainly the ET community is; Can we class Team Fortress 2 as a real alternative? Now before you throw your harms in the air with hysteria in mind, hear me out.

We’ve recently come off the back of the release of Quake Wars and the CoD4 single player demo has also just been released to the masses. Both (in relation to the ET community) have received mixed reviews, with a significant number of ET players feeling let down. In relation to Quake Wars this was always going to happen though. How could Splash Damage ever release a game that could please and entire community let alone one so devoted to it’s beloved heritage of ET and even all the way back to RTCW (With this article, I’m not debating if Quake Wars is a good or bad game, so please, don’t pick me up on this). I’m not saying ET is dead, I would never be so naïve as to say such a thing. Instead, for the group of players who aren’t satisfied with Quake Wars and no longer get that certain rush from ET, what else could they play? We could be so bold as to suggest the vast never ending game called “real-life” but that’s an entirely separate issue that could have an article devoted entirely to itself. Plus, you could include the fact that once a gamer, always a gamer. Here lies the source of my article, (No pun intended) Team Fortress 2!

Summary

  1. “You can’t be serious!” (An Introduction)
  2. Who and what? (A brief history)
  3. TF2, how does it work? (If you’ve played it, you don’t need to read this)
  4. Erm, so where’s your argument exactly? (Finally!)