Morning Discussion

Boo! There is, of course, no need to be scared--I was merely imitating a spooky noise. Halloween arrives this weekend, a ghoulish affair celebrated with festive begging, ghastly alcoholic cocktails, threats of violence and quiet prayer, usually in that order. Halloween in England is really only an excuse to show horror flicks on television, for gentlemen to dress as ladies and for ladies to dress as sexy ladies.

Boo! Got you again. Except, of course, I didn't. So then, come on, out with it--what are your favourite fictional scary things? Video games, films, books, plays, songs, paintings, everything, out with it all! Don't share anything that's actually real and scary, though, because we should pretend those don't exist then everything will be just dandy.

If you're in the mood for some cheesy spooky tunes, try tuning into Halloween Radio. I like the Oldies stream, personally. If you fancy something darker, though, point your ears at the fantastic Soma FM's Doomed stream.

From The Chatty
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    October 29, 2010 5:04 AM

    TF2's Halloween update is so awesome - there's so much stuff going on that it's kinda hard to keep track of everything.

    Of course it doesn't help being kinda drunk while playing it. I look forward for some more matches in the weekend.

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      October 29, 2010 5:07 AM

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        October 29, 2010 5:14 AM

        Yeah. And I don't think it will be available after the Halloween :(

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      October 29, 2010 5:24 AM

      I finally crafted the Saxton Hale mask! While trying to obtain the other class masks, I found four gifts in a row on a pub, then got accused of wallhacking and was kicked. :(

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        October 29, 2010 5:37 AM

        How do you get the other class masks? I got the Pyro one last night, but I have no idea how.

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          October 29, 2010 5:40 AM

          You have to pick up the gift box which randomly appears when the Horseless Headless Horsemann appears.

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            October 29, 2010 5:41 AM

            Are the spawn spots for those gifts truly random?

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              October 29, 2010 5:42 AM

              They randomly spawn near the active capture point.

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                October 29, 2010 5:45 AM

                ahh... well that's a helpful tidbit I didn't know. Tx!

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                October 29, 2010 5:53 AM

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                  October 29, 2010 6:34 AM

                  I found a box near the second CP while people were capping the first.

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                    October 29, 2010 6:42 AM

                    OK, so maybe I don't know WTF.

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                    October 29, 2010 9:06 AM

                    What does the box look like? I was confused as hell last night, so i just focused on playing TF2 instead of attacking the horseman or looking for whatever it was that was spawning.

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                      October 29, 2010 9:08 AM

                      when I got one it was a big Present.

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            October 29, 2010 6:00 AM

            It's random, it isn't necessarily when the Horsemann appears.

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              October 29, 2010 9:25 AM

              this. i've seen it spawn out of the map behind the fence, on the shack server, someone turn on noclip and grabbed it

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            October 29, 2010 6:04 AM

            I played for 3 hours last night, and NEVER saw a gift box. Maybe I don't know what to look for?

            Also, it's kinda silly that everyone is running around as scout. However, me and my natascha had a great time mowing them all down. :)

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            October 29, 2010 9:07 AM

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              October 29, 2010 9:10 AM

              AND horseless!

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              October 29, 2010 10:05 AM

              the horseless headless horseman. it's kind of the best

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          October 29, 2010 5:43 AM

          You get it from the gifts. Once you get all 9 you can combine them to get the Saxton Hale mask.

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        October 29, 2010 6:57 PM

        Finally? Its like not even day 3 yet

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      October 29, 2010 5:49 AM

      I'm just playing random servers but I haven't got any of the new stuff. I don't feel like looking up a list of instructions or achievements, I've become way too lazy.

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        October 29, 2010 5:51 AM

        I haven't gotten anything but the pumpkin head

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      October 29, 2010 5:53 AM

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      October 29, 2010 5:59 AM

      Yeah I'm having a total blast. I really want to just sit down and play it all day. I'm such a whore for this game. It's so much fun.

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      October 29, 2010 6:04 AM

      Getting the last blow on the horseman is so hard :(

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        October 29, 2010 6:06 AM

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          October 29, 2010 6:08 AM

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            October 29, 2010 6:32 AM

            Um, no. He's actually playing the game. The scout is achievement whoring.

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            October 29, 2010 6:33 AM

            Most people have already gotten what they need from the Horseman and don't have to fight him anymore. It gets pretty stale dropping everything to kill him right away, IMO it's more fun continuing to fight while he wreaks havoc.

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        October 29, 2010 9:26 AM

        its randomly given to 4 people who've hit him near his death, only 4 people per kill. if you've hit him and haven't died you're name goes in a hat

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        October 29, 2010 10:03 AM

        I got the acheivement/hat by basically unloading into him as a heavy last night. I emptied probably five or six full rounds from the minigun into him. he never came after me though, he just spent the entire time chasing a scout who he never caught, which was hilarious. every time I ran out of ammo some more spawned next to me. it was kind of awesome :(

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      October 29, 2010 6:09 AM

      I only found one present in like 3 hours of playing... and it took like 30 minutes to get into the server. Today it says "551 other servers" on that manor_event map, but I don't know how to find/connect to them other ones (which surely have some room).

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        October 29, 2010 6:26 AM

        ? Go to the server browser and open up the filter options.

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      October 29, 2010 6:37 AM

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      October 29, 2010 6:43 AM

      Snuffles found like 27 gifts IN A ROW

      jerk

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      October 29, 2010 6:47 AM

      Didn't see a trading thread, so I'll just slightly hijack this...

      I have a series 3 crate that I'd trade. I don't have a lot of stuff since I hadn't really played a lot before some recent updates, but everything on page one is up for trade as well:

      http://www.tf2items.com/id/hunhau

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        October 29, 2010 6:47 AM

        I got a series 5 crate.

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          October 29, 2010 6:56 AM

          I'm trying to avoid spending money on keys, so I'd prefer some actual items :/ if you can trade right now and you specifically want the series 3 crate, we can trade, add me on Steam, my id is on my profile.

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        October 29, 2010 10:13 AM

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      October 29, 2010 8:47 AM

      Is there going to be a shack tf2 server running the haloween map? I need more gifts to be able to make the saxton mask.

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        October 29, 2010 9:06 AM

        Guntersville is running the mod.

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        October 29, 2010 9:08 AM

        ShackWest is up right now.

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        October 29, 2010 10:03 AM

        I'm hoping all shackers will end up with the Saxton Hale mask be the end of the weekend. The gifts pop up frequent enough and shackers are generally good about sharing dupes.

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          October 29, 2010 10:31 AM

          you say they pop up frequently. but I only got one mask last night =(

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            October 29, 2010 10:39 AM

            Where were you last night? Server has to hit a minimum number of players (10?) before gifts start popping up.

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              October 29, 2010 10:45 AM

              oh I was on a bunch of servers. all had enough players. I was getting items, just not the holiday stuff

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                October 29, 2010 10:51 AM

                Holiday stuff you just have to be in the right place are the right time (for masks).

                The items you get from the halloween achievements are otherwise pretty easy to get.

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              October 29, 2010 10:49 AM

              We were on a 32 players server, I only got 1 too.

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                October 29, 2010 10:53 AM

                Go bug snuffles he got something like four in a row last night :P.

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                  October 29, 2010 11:23 AM

                  I got none on the shackserver, played about an hour before work and got 3 on a pub server. Alco HACKS!

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                    October 29, 2010 11:55 AM

                    the trick is getting on a server with as few people as possible, i hear it takes 6 people to trigger the events but i've only seen as few as 10 and it be active

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          October 29, 2010 12:01 PM

          i haven't gotten a single mask, it's like the same 4 people keep getting them all

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      October 29, 2010 9:03 AM

      I'm annoyed! They keep sending out the Horseman and the gift when I'm dead!

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        October 29, 2010 9:27 AM

        90% of the time the gift is going to be in bot pathways, quick scans of areas are best. i grabbed about 10 last night

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          October 29, 2010 9:28 AM

          i only need PYRO mask to craft Saxton Hale, anyone have an extra to trade?

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            October 29, 2010 9:51 AM

            just traded pyro for spy as pyro is harder to find, so I need Spy now (which is a much more common drop).

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              October 29, 2010 9:58 AM

              Aren't they all equally hard to find since it's random?

              I have two pyro masks and missing most of the rest.

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                October 29, 2010 10:06 AM

                its still a random percentage when you get the gift on which it will give you. from what i've seen drop the pyro and engie ones don't drop too often - and i played a lot last night

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              October 29, 2010 10:54 AM

              I have a spy bag, but it looks pretty awesome. You'd need to offer a pretty fancy hat in trade to pry it away from me.

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                October 29, 2010 11:28 AM

                they only work for 2 weeks.

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                  October 29, 2010 11:36 AM

                  twoooooooo weeeeeeeeeeeks

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                    October 29, 2010 11:40 AM

                    Wait, it lasts beyond this weekend?

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                      October 29, 2010 11:54 AM

                      till Nov. 8th. you can play the map after but no gifts and masks

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      October 29, 2010 9:03 AM

      So I haven't played TF2 in a couple of months... and hopped on for some good times last night.

      WTF is going on ?!

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        October 29, 2010 10:58 AM

        They added a bazaar to it. Fight *and* trade.

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      October 29, 2010 10:12 AM

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        October 29, 2010 10:43 AM

        lol

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        October 29, 2010 11:08 AM

        Oohhh, I thought I walked over one of those and nothing happened. Do you have to shoot it or something?

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          October 29, 2010 11:12 AM

          That happened to me as well. Keep on running over it.

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          October 29, 2010 11:13 AM

          They're transparent for a few seconds then they can be grabbed.

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            October 29, 2010 11:37 AM

            Once they go solid anyone sitting on them has a chance at picking it up if there's more than one already there.

            This is why I tell people that the gifts are the pumpkin shaped things with bombs strapped to them, and that you have to crouch on them to pick them up.

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      October 29, 2010 12:11 PM

      I went to play this today and Steam told me TF2 was not installed. Now I can't reistall since the servers are too full...

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        October 29, 2010 2:08 PM

        I read on the TF2 forums that it's not working as the file is larger than 2GB.

        If I have a secondary HD with 3 partitions including the one with Steam can I convert the whole drive to NTFS?

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          October 29, 2010 2:14 PM

          lol wtf are you running FAT32 or something?

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      October 29, 2010 12:18 PM

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        October 29, 2010 12:24 PM

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        October 29, 2010 4:02 PM

        Where do I find the info for Guntersville, is it one of the existing ones renamed, like Dallas?

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        October 29, 2010 4:21 PM

        What's the address + pw for Guntersville? I hope the ping isn't too bad for me.

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      October 29, 2010 3:52 PM

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        October 29, 2010 3:58 PM

        I must have missed Series 3 and 4 0_0

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      October 29, 2010 7:23 PM

      All you get is those stupid shitty paper bags

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