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The Enemy Has Your Flag! - Team Fortress
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 On 05/29/2019 at 09:39 PM by Matt Snee See More From This User » |
In 2000/2001 I worked for a music licensing company that managed the rights to music acts to make products. Think KISS wine, Beatles lunchboxes, and Britney Spears dolls. It was a little insane, and stressful. But I got paid more money than I ever had been before. Of course, my first order of business was to buy a "gaming" computer, which was a little different then than now. I ordered it from Dell, and I think I paid over $2000 for it. One day, I took off work to pick up the package at the local post office, and I borrowed their hand-truck to wheel it up the hill to my house. Then I set it up. I was in ecstasy. I could finally play the games I wanted in the way they deserved - Quake 3, Half-Life. But most importantly, Team Fortress.
Team Fortress was a half-life mod that originated as a Quake mod. I played that too. But it was really special as a Half-Life mod. Two teams battled it out in capture-the-flag or control point games. It was the first shooter I know of that had classes - there was the soldier (who had a rocket launcher); the heavy (who had a gattling gun); the spy (who could disguise himself); the sniper; and other classes.
It was glorious. I played for hours upon hours. I got pretty damn good at it too.
The game was eventually bought buy Valve, who turned it into Team Fortress 2, after years of being in development hell. That game has been a blockbuster, and is still thriving to this day.
But I'll never forget my time with the original.
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