Play Team Fortress 2 with Valve this Friday

by Justin McElroy { Oct 17th 2007 at 9:30AM }

We've been unapologetic about our love for The Orange Box, so we have to admit to being a little conflicted about an event this Friday that will allow you to play some Team Fortress 2 against the Valve team on Xbox Live. Sure, it would be neat to have a chat with them, but when we're staring down the barrel of a chain gun at someone who's brought us so much joy, we're not convinced we'll be able to pull the trigger.

The event kicks off on Friday at 6 p.m. EDT, and we've provided a full list of gamer tags after the break if you want to take part. Just do us a favor, OK? If you see someone firing a gun into the air and screaming Point Break-style, just go ahead and ignore us, alright? We'll pull through.

gamewithdev1 (Matt W.- Level Designer)
ValveArtist1 (Matthew S. - Artist)
ValveAnim (Matthew R. - Animator)
ValveProg1 (Vitaliy - Programmer)
ValveProg2 (Adrian - Programmer)
ValveProg3 (Kerry - Programmer)
ValveProg4 (Robin - Programmer)
ValveProg5 (Jim - Programmer)
ValveLevelDes2 (Dave - Level Designer)
ValveArtist2 (Nick - Artist)
ValveLevelDes3 (Scott - Level Designer)
ValveProg6 (David - Programmer)
ValveWriter (Chet - Writer)

Tags: orangebox, teamfortress2, valve, xboxlive

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Toji @ Oct 17th 2007 9:37AM

A shame that they're only doing this on Live. Can the PC crew get a little love? (At least we won't lag out on you!)

Poisoned Al @ Oct 17th 2007 9:50AM

Yeah! We need love too! *sniff*

WiNG @ Oct 17th 2007 10:24AM

Agreed.

Trevor @ Oct 17th 2007 11:55AM

It's a shame it's on Live because it's so laggy. I can rarely stay connected to a game.

I pray it's patched by Friday.

FOXHOUND @ Oct 17th 2007 9:37AM

...still the best value this holiday season.

Psyclerk @ Oct 17th 2007 9:39AM

Chaingun? My experience with TF2 (on the PC) has been that 90% of the players are either Spy or Sniper. What is this chaingun you speak of?

Jeff @ Oct 17th 2007 9:40AM

Medic for life. =D

Poisoned Al @ Oct 17th 2007 9:52AM

You are all weak! You are all bleeders!

Zertoss @ Oct 17th 2007 10:52AM

Personally, I like to play as the Engineer and Demoman. And I don't just stand around and whore my turret, I build teleporters and healing stations for my teammates in spots where I think they will be the most helpful.

As the Demoman, I just like to blow things up. I also occasionally like taking out Snipers with the Soldier.

Vince @ Oct 17th 2007 9:45AM

you play on servers with shitty people then.

Neon Jebus @ Oct 17th 2007 9:50AM

Oh I get it, firing into the air because you can't kill someone you have a bond with. Yeah...that's a good excuse for poor playing! Oh I kid!

copa @ Oct 17th 2007 9:52AM

How does this work? Are we all supposed to send these guys friend requests now?

Zsavior @ Oct 17th 2007 9:52AM

Actually I play soldier and I see a hell of a lot of people play heavy. Damn those scout rushes though. Matter of fact my friend is king with heavy not even a joke. But yeah I would like to play against value, I have a PC version though. Still I would like to get in on the carnage.