What do you guys think of the tf2 comics?
The most consistently funny series of comics I know of. Fucking love them.
Can't wait for the next one to come out in 2023.
>>80915706
Fuck. They do take forever to come out.
>>80915706
That joke about periods and honey attracting bears being directed at Pyro was the funniest shit I read in months.
>>80915446
this fucking joke
>>80915446
Absolute perfection
>>80917355
How the fuck does soldier see anything anyway? His eyes are obscured by his headwear 99% of the time.
>>80917448
depends on the hat
The story is total trash but the characters are all amazing and hilarious so who cares about story
Soldier is best boy.
>>80917448
That is the joke
>>80917448
He just follows the voices around him.
Kinda like how he fights, just shoot rockets toward the screams.
>>80915446
I don't give a hoot.
They could make a TF2 cartoon (and pay Medic's VA for it too since Steam has not stopped printing money) and I might watch that since I love the voice cast. But I dropped the game when they made it F2P and haven't looked back since.
>>80917355
I tried thinking of a good filename for this a while ago but could never think of anything clever
>>80915446
Holy shit, thank you for informing me that it actually updated last year!
>>80918118
It updated in September but that was eleven whole fucking months since the one before that, when they promised it would be bimonthly.
>>80917448
I'm pretty sure that this is some sort of reoccurring trope in comics and cartoons.
>>80917166
>They do take forever to come out.
Yep, this is definitely a Valve property.
>>80917770
Remember that time Valve planned to do something with TF2 on Adult Swim and we got fuck all out of it except for a Robot Chicken hat.
>>80921385
Valve Time (tm)
Zhanna is the closest thing I've ever had to a waifu
>tfw no tf2 cartoon
It hurrrrrrts
>>80921624
Shit falls through man. Wouldn't be the first time.
>>80924329
I love how these two idiot psychopaths are actually making it work
They're genuinely funny comics, and expand greatly on the characters.
>>80921624
The eleven minute short was a TF2 pilot episode.
Valve couldn't produce videos fast enough and didn't want to outsource.
You think the Venture Brothers hiatuses were bad?
>>80924329
If Valve ever makes a TF3 I want Zhanna as an alternate soldier class
>>80915446
As someone who loves the TF2 franchise, I wish Valve would go ahead and outsource (or hire) more people for their comics and other non-video game ideas.
The company has more than enough revenue to allow for that. However the majority of it goes back into server support, building rent, and the food budget.
>>80926024
This comic is already made by outsourced people though
>>80915446
"God's Secret Base" made me smile. GJ.
I just want Valve to make motion comics out of these and hire all the voice actors.
>>80926059
Wait, it is outsourced?
I thought that Valve has some of the people who are on other projects work on it every Blue Moon (in ValveTime, not our time). Or at least, that is the impression I got from reading one of the blog posts made on the official TF2 website.
>>80925963
>TF3
>3
>>80926087
I just came buckets.
I want this so badly.
>>80924329
>The way he just unsnaps the guys neck so he's ok again.
Made me laugh for a good 5 mins.
>>80924329
>>80924329
Isn't she missing a hand?
I don't know what's scarier, the fact that Heavy's comic canon family is a bunch of women that are kick ass as he is.
Or...
That Sniper has been brought back to life and is more akin to Frankenstein's monster than human.
Why do the release a comic once a year?
They should really devote their time to just making the comic at LEAST bi-monthly. They aren't working on any video games and, let's face it, the only redeeming quality of TF2 is this comic.
>>80926309
because the comic is made by essentially three freelancers with no set deadlines and that wont change because there's probably nobody to take actual charge of that project because of valves lateral hierarchy.
Maybe the tf2 team will get more people in it now that they're setting up an official comp mode but don't expect any drastic changes.
>>80926137
Nah, they found the artist that did this "administrator" fanart cause they actually loved it and realized they wanted that to be her canon look, so they brought them to Valve, made a deal, and it turned into a larger "why don't you go ahead and just draw the comics for us" eventually. Which is why the comics have a more consistent look now.
>>80917232
So Pyro is confirmed female now? Shit, the only reason I didn't read these comics was because they seemed to focus solely on Soldier and random OCs not featured in the game.
>>80926519
Not exactly. Go read the comics.
I don't feel making Ms. Pauling a lesbian was the best idea personally. It makes the deal with Scout considerably more iffy.
>>80926270
That comes later
>>80926539
Yes but they can probably put it back onThey cleaned it with toliet water after all.
>>80926544
So far it hasn't actually been canon yet. And canon has basically contradicted this already.
I feel like i doesn't really matter cause Scout should never sucessfully get with her anyway. The only difference is a girlfriend might pop up and whisk her away instead of it being Spy (bonus points if pyro is gf)
>>80926481
Oh, well fuck that is impressive for someone who likes to draw.
>>80926544
off hand joke posted in twitter not even made by the writer of the comic is not canon, anon
>>80926233
>someone saved my edit
neat
>>80926519
No confirmation on TF2 pyro. Classic TF pyro confirmed for Bea Arthur.
>>80926544
nah
>>80926594
She's a lesbian now? I could see that as a funny joke if she becomes attracted to Scout's Mum.
>>80926635
One of the writers said it on Twitter and when a bunch of people pointed out how it didn't make sense they just...I don't actually remember if they did anything.
>>80926635
The artist said he thought she was lesbian. Since the artist is not the writer, and nothing in actual canon has said this, it's speculative at best for now.
>>80926628
I feel like this is referencing something. Somebody know?
>>80926596
Valve's business plan is literally "amateurs are cheaper and work harder than professionals".
>>80926635
this brings the question
who hasn't fucked scout's mom ?
>>80926635
>>80926599
It wasn't a joke, it was intended as real
>>80926594
It feels as though the reason they're depicting Pauling as being slavishly loyal to the Administrator is because she's in love with her.
>>80926635
You know what? If she ends up with Scouts Mom at the end I want her to be lesbian. That's the perfect end to Scout's arc. Well, that and the revelation that of course spy is his dad.
>>80926544
I don't understand why they needed to tack that lesbian shit on her in the first place.
But I love Pauling even though I don't like TF2.
>>80926519
Pyro's gender is still deliberately ambiguous.
>>80926703
Loyalty isn't always sexual love.
>>80926703
source please, I've seen the original tweet and there's no context to say if its intended as real or not, seemed more of a sarcastic joke.
>>80926635
Fuck, I didn't have a problem with it in the first place (since it makes Scout's crush about ten times as unfortunate and funny), but this'd make it the best possible thing.
>>80926678
so its the same as Cartoon Networks?
>head writer constantly talked about how the last issue would "be out in a week from now guys promise"
>kept pushing it back week after week
>all the while tweeting about whatever game of the week he's playing
>people called him out on paying more attention to gaming instead of finishing the fucking comic and now he hasn't updated his Twitter with any news about the comic since November
At this point I'm convinced it's this faggot who's to blame for the delays. The guy clearly only works on the comic whenever he has free time from gaming.
>>80921416
I always thought it was a reference to Beetle Bailey.
>>80926802
Who is the writer for the comics anyways?
>>80926938
https://mobile.twitter.com/jaypinkerton
This guy.
>>80927198
I can't imagine how they would be as parents.
>>80926917
My chiropractor said that it is way harder to actually snap someone's neck like that. Yet, here is Soldier doing just that.
I don't know who to believe....
>>80927245
>>80927280
Soldier obviously, Chiropractors are quacks and hucksters.
Soldier is an American and a soldier.
>>80927330
Oh no. He's a better dad than mine was.;~;
>>80924334
How long would a tf2 episode take to animate if Valve wasn't lazy?
>>80924334
>deal with AS to make TF2 cartoons fell through
WHY FUCKING LIVE
>>80927438
Depends, is it gonna be made in Source Film Maker? Or is it a traditionally animated piece.
>>80927438
6 Months at most?
>>80927625
Is that even a question?
Have you not seen the dozen of TF2 shorts made using the game assets?
>>80917448
He echolocates.
>>80927619
>Whaddaya mean we can't sell hats to the audience
>Illegal in 80 countries? How about fuck you
I was thinking the other day
Is HL3 just kill?
Its been so long and they haven't bothered to make anything outside of F2P shit in years anyway
>>80927330
>An F in French? Good.
>>80927654
Of course I have. Doesn't mean that Valve couldn't push out of pocket for something drawn instead of just animating models like they're used to.
>>80927699
Gabe actually said on record that the devs at Valve aren't interested in making FPS anymore. They're interested in making "new social gaming experiences" or some bullshit like that
>>80927699
It's probably kill, anon. Gabe refuses to talk about it.
>>80927767
First of all, no.
Second of all, they literally JUST released some VR FPS shit having to do with Portal. If anything, Valve want to focus on VR, not social gaming shit.
>>80927767
Valve got too big for themselves. The problem is they did that so well they have the money to actually neglect a project that'd make them bank.
>>80927767
>>80927775
I assumed as much
Well fuck.
>>80927699
>HL3
>TF3
>Portal3
Come on anon, we've been over this. I know it seems like a meme, but until evidence of the contrary, Valve does not work with that number. They just don't.
>>80927625
I'm thinking sfm. I would patiently wait if they actually worked on the episodes with them taking months to make.
>dying to play the game again
>be too good to play on public/valve servers among 12 year olds
>not good enough to play on private servers where everyone is pretty much a TF2 god
make the pain stop
>>80927927
Tf2 stress tests are out, they are a balance of the two. The only problem is that people leave frequently, which ends the match before it even begins.
>>80927927
There are private servers that are a mix of all skill levels. I've always played in those. It's good to throw yourself up against the TF2 gods in an environment like that, because you'll only learn from what they're doing. And there's still f2p trash bobbing around to boost your confidence.
I want a telltale tf2 game
>>80928194
>>80928194
They're already making a batman game, geez.
>>80928194
No thank you. Valve has way more talented writers in-house.
>>80928194
>>80915446
It's great, it's funny and it adds backstory to an otherwise storyless game. Also, Soldier is the best merc.
>>80928425
Clearly you've never played the engineer. He made mutant bread for God sake!
>>80928194
So you want to take a game that's nothing but gameplay and... take away all the gameplay? Are you retarded?
>>80928194
That would be dandy.
>>80927280
Martial artist here. They never show realist neck snapping in media. You can't just jerk a guys head to one side and break his neck, the body would follow. You have to control the body (usually the hips) to break the spine.
>>80928610
Telltale is all about adopting the spirit and flavor of the universe they're making the games in. TF2 has a basic story that Telltale could do plenty with and the art and style of the universe would clearly work for them.
>>80928658
Can you break someone's neck by palm striking their chin so their head jerks upwards? I remember seeing that on Castle once and it was a big part of the plot so I'd imagine it'd have some kind of truth to it.
>>80929086
Again, no gameplay. Don't even get me started just how bullshit their "choices" are either.
>>80929086
If Telltale were to make a TF2 game, it'd have to be a back-to-the-roots adventure game. Not a phony morality simulator that they make nowadays. I'm talking the Sam and Max games.
>>80929105
wouldn't it be easier just to punch someone really hard in the throat?
>>80929324
That'd fracture or shatter their Larynx. I'm talking about the head being suddenly jerked backwards with speed and strength and whether or not the bones in the neck could take it.
>>80929285
Soldier would actually be the perfect adventure game protagonist.
>use bread on teleporter
>>80929742
>Soldier and Medic team up to create the ultimate adventure game duo
>Soldier keeps doing random stupid shit, while Medic keeps throwing science at the wall (sometimes literally) until something sticks
>>80929086
TELLTALE BREAKDOWN
>Episode 1, setup and exposition, DRAMATIC TWIST HOOK FOR NEXT EPISODE
>Episode 2, Ok so that drama is sorted, let's move onto something else that came out of nowhere
>Episode 3, Alright, sit at least 4 of the main characters in a room or have them walk down a hallway and make them spout exposition about what happened up till then
>Episode 4, oh shit, we gotta make drama.... uhhh, heel face turn and sudden death BAM!
>Episode 5, shit shit shit how do we wrap this up fuck this seemed a lot easier in the pitch
>>80926703
So kind of like a Smithers/Burns scenario then?
It's been a while since I've read the comics, but I don't remember noticing anything like that there.
>>80929871
>Soldier and Medic
>Not Soldier and Demoman having adventures whilst also having an endless competition between the two
>>80930519
I'd say the opposite, we know his backstory pretty well, his real name, and he was best friends with Soldier in the Comics.
>>80930519
Woops sorry, the above comment was meant for someone else who deleted his comment.
>>80930660
Yeah I realized after I posted it that I was pretty wrong. I guess I just want more Demoman.
Half Life 2 Episode 3
Where is it?
>>80930714
Gaben fired or laid off everyone who wanted to make singleplayer games.
>>80925882
>didn't want to outsource
That's what they've been doing with their updates and videos for a while.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aLjwVVNq4s
>>80930760
Why?
Spy makes the best faces in the series and I absolutely love his personality; he's so frustrated and whiny all the time.
>>80930912
Considering the shit he has to deal with I don't blame him
>>80930803
They don't want to PAY for outsourced work
They're ok with subpar work if its free
>>80927198
This made laugh out loud. That was a great laugh.
>>80929109
>>80929285
>>80929964
My argument isn't "you guys should like Telltale games!!!!" I don't care. It's just obvious TF2's aesthetic and silly universe would easily work with their formula.
>>80930839
Not as profitable. You can't hawk out overpriced dress up simulators for a purely first person game. The Half Life series is dead, the entire creative staff for the series doesn't work there anymore.
>>80930912
Post spy faces, I need some
>>80931086
*single player
woops
>>80917448
He's half-blind.
That's why he can use the Half-Zatoichi.
>>80928610
>Literally on a thread about the comic
Wat
>>80931056
I say it doesn't since TF2 is all about gameplay and Telltale games have none.
>>80929109
>What is Telltale's Tales from the Borderlands
>>80931207
>What is overrated dog shit
>>80915706
This page is a lot funnier without the top-right panel.
>>80931056
I disagree. Their formula (The fact that these games have a formula is bad) only (barely) works with series with a lot of story. TF2 is almost entirely game-play. Hence why their current formula wouldn't cut it.
>>80931344
>Once again
>>80931166
>>80931378
Are you even reading these. I'm not saying that it CAN'T happen. I'm saying it wouldn't work with their current formula you actual dunce.
Where does one have to go to read these things? They're the most elusive things I've tried looking for.Maybe it's because I suck at looking for things
>>80927699
There has been some things leaked. A texture and some lines of code alluding to a quest system and some RPG like elements.
I would say its always been on the backburner as it seems valve its looking to perfect it before moving out on it full time.
>>80931440
You could try...
You know...
The game website?
>>80931440
>"tf2 comics" in google
>first result
Tell me, were you dropped on the head as a baby?
>>80931440
http://www.teamfortress.com/comics.php
>>80931086
Then why haven't they said that and said that episode 3 is cancelled?
Slap my hand.Leave me hanging and you will regret it.
>>80931434
Iv seen that formula in the walking dead and game of thrones, and thats about it.
For one, the shows themselves already follow that formula anyway.
And for another.
Both were already terrible.
>>80931480
>>80931492
Thanks anons I don't really look at the most obvious thing to look for a thing sometimes
>>80931488
Nah i'm just retarded
nice dubs though
I want one of these.
TF2 could probably coexist with the Ventureverse. I'd see a crossover
>>80931668
>>80931668
Fuck. I could see it clearly. Mann Co. reaching out to the Venture Industries for some super science shit.
Problem is, the game takes place in 1972 while Venturebros is somewhere over 2000? Maybe they could cheat a bit and have the TF2 cameo happen in a flashback.
>>80931188
TF2 used to be all about gameplay until they, you know, added scores of history and story bullshit into their game.
>>80931943
have it be Jonas and kid rusty
or time travel
Also I'm fuckign pissed that we got the TF2 cameo in the new season just to tease us for never getting the AS shorts
>>80932106
I dropped TF2 the second they introduced weapon skins. Shit was absolutely retarded. I hate how TF2 turned into what basically amounts into a dress up simulator.
>>80927330
Source on the artist?
>>80932115
Jesus Christ, I forgot about that scene.
>"Come on Doc. We're on a same god damn team here."
>Rusty is RED Pyro while Hatred is BLU Soldier
A joke is a joke, but that still annoyed me.
>>80926233
SHE'S NOT BEING HERSELF, TRY TO KNOCK HER OUT
>Valve wants to make a movie
>Decide to make Half-Life/Portal movie
I love Half-Life and Portal but I don't see them working as well as a film, especially compared to TF2.
Also while on the subject why is J.J Abrams getting so many big movie deals? I mean he's a good director but does anybody else miss hiss growing trend that he can't write an ending or twist to save his life but keeps insisting writing these garbage twist/endings?
I just came back from watching 10 Cloverfield Lane and I don't remember the last time a 10/10 film manage to shit itself and ruin everything all in the span of 20 minutes.
>>80933599
Wait, is the Portal movie still happening?
>>80933599
I avoided much everything about that movie because anytime a movie is marketed as hiding everything about it it's usually shit
Shame it actually was
>>80917811
Because the panel itself is funnier than anything we could ever come up with...
Maybe 'immersive armor enhancements'
>>80933891
It's a real fucking shame because 95% of the movie was great. The writing and characters were very well done especially John Goodman who was absolutely GOAT throughout his whole performance. J.J. legit has talent but for some reason insists on making twist like if it's his thing but doesn't realize that it's actually brings down the film.
It's technically a spoiler but fuck it, watch the movie but when the girls leaves the bunker leave the theater immediately. If you do that the movie becomes a hundred times better and you'll be very satisfied. Don't watch a minute longer after that.
>>80934057
you know, from the trailer I instantly thought "When she leaves the bunker its not going to be interesting"
But goodman is always GOAT in whatever he's in
I'll catch it on dvd or something
>>80929671
If a car crash and the succeeding whiplash can't do it, I'm pretty certain a human can't.
>>80915446
Good before they became the Soldier & Pauling Show. They gave their tumblr artist way too much leeway and now you can barely tell it's TF2 related.
I guess the quality of the comic mirrors the game's own decline.
>>80931540
I always keep thinking he says "slap my ass".
>>80935964
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idozoSsHYkc
>>80933599
Because of the mystery box BS he pulls for marketing. Look at cloverfield before it released, people were really confused as to what it was and thought it was a Godzilla or hell, even voltron movie. He sells tickets.
>>80933862
Yeah Jew Jew and bad robot have showed interest in making it
I have 1563 hours recorded in TF2 then one day college just got hard and I haven't picked up the game for a few years. Hearing how this is TF:Go is just saddening, but Valve is a business and gotta turn profit
I love the comic though, I just wish they didn't take as long as a third installment of a valve game to come out.
>>80938215
At least you can still airblast fools off the cliffs in pl_upward. That's real fun.
>>80934877
I'm not going to say you're stupid
But you're stupid
>>80921385
>they promised it would be bimonthly.
>bimonthly
>>80931850
My only problem is that the scout he's holding has his wingsHe was this close
>>80927767
What Gabe said was that he wasn't necessarily interested in making solely single player experiences. He said it immediately after Portal 2 and it's unexpected co-op mode alongside the single player game, and he might have changed his mind since then. The statement was also pretty ambiguous, he might just want to stuff something like, say, the notes from other players in dark souls or that diablo real world money auction house, just something to make an experience more 'community driven' since that's what Steam's pretty good at, seeing as how it houses like 90% of the PC gaming population.
>>80927699
Its happening
to many leaks for it to not be the case
>>80936239
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebw6G6sIeHw
>>80924329
>>80927438
>>80927649
Expiration Date was actually supposed to be the first episode of a tf2 cartoon, and Valve was all signed on with Adult Swim to make a full series. However they took too long to make a single episode (wiffing it by a mere couple of years) and ruining their chances at it since they take too long for everything.
>>80924329
Those two are the closest thing I've ever had to an OTP.
>>80942875
Valve has the worst work ethic i've seen in a company in a long time
fuck the only reason they're putting in competitive matchmaking into tf2 now (almost a decade after the game released) is because Overwatch scared them
>>80917664
>>80931668
Appairently you didn't see last weeks episode then friendo when Sgt Hatred and Rusty were playing TF2
>>80926544
shes not a lesbian, that was just one writer saying she likes the idea of Ms. Pauling being a rug muncher. Nothing in the comics or canon suggest this was ever put into practice, much less even so when they hint at her at scout being a thing in the shorts
>>80943190
Plus they are just using assets from CS:go to really speed up the process. The weapon skins, stealing weapons, and new skins are all directly taken from CS:go.
Who fucking knows what valve is doing? They seem so unorganized and unable to stay focus on anything.
>>80943190
>>Valve has the worst work ethic i've seen in a company in a long time
The whole company is completely lateral- it's more like a big clubhouse then a company. Everybody's more or less equals with everyone else, including gay ben, and they just do stuff when they feel like doing it in whatever groups they feel like doing it with. On one hand, it means their quality is usually pretty excellent when they finally do produce something since they don't have execs digging their greasy fingers into shit or deadlines forcing them to cut corners, and they can just make the things they want to make. On the other hand, there's absolutely nothing stopping them from going 'ehhh... I don't really feel like working this week. I'm going to go stuff my face at the snack bar and play video games instead.'
>>80915446
They've been the only thing good to come out of the game for years now. I love them. Wish they put more focus on them or even made shorts similar to them.
>No TF2 cartoon to hold me over between seasons of Venture Bros.
>>80926685
Scout
>>80925701
Soldier and Heavy's Sister is the greatest love story of our age.
>>80942875
>However they took too long to make a single episode (wiffing it by a mere couple of years)
What the fuck does Valve actually do?
They sure as fuck don't make games anymore so what are they so busy with?
>>80945694
>what are they so busy with?
Doing the Shekel Shuffle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHgxOXEQaFU
Speaking of /co/ Valve, it seems that Shane Acker (the guy who directed 9) is making a CGI movie using Source...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb1cp-nRWeQ
>>80931617
Dang, that is nice.
>>80946664
What like a feature length one? That sounds like a fucking retarded idea, why not use good animating software?
Post well animated SFM vids.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lwSpkaCO2k
>>80927330
This is canon until the writers explicitly tell me otherwise.
>>80934877
>Their tumblr artist
>Assuming the artist writes the comic and has any say in what appears in the comic
>Shitting on the artist
>>80949722
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsMpFrkuQ9g
>>80949722
This guy's channel is great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8wMVmY7Zpw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoV7ZctemsM
>>80949921
>that one with the birds
Bruh
>tfw something like this will never be real
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3-DJzQhr7bE
>>80944407
I have no problems with this honestly
I'll get something nice every couple of years and they feed their families and play pool
If the entire world worked this way life would be pretty chill
>>80927699
The head writer for the franchise left a while ago.
I'd be mad but he probably left a shitton of notes and Erik Wolpaw is better anyway.
>>80933599
A 7 Hour War movie would be pretty rad if done properly.
>>80946043
>Shekel Shuffle
So funny. Makes me want a campaign mode in the game. Or at least a TF2 Telltale game.
