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TF2Games is a project that was originally started in 2013. We've put a lot of work into it, and it's going be released very soon! TF2Games is a service that is dedicated to competitive players, and only for competitive players.
In TF2Games, you can make & join lobbies, like generally in every pickup website. You can play any gamemodes you like and the pickup system supports every single Valve map in the game and lots of popular custom maps, too.
What makes TF2Games different comparing to other pickup websites is that TF2Games offers its own, very high-quality gameservers for people who wish to start/join lobbies. This way you don't have to create your own gameserver and you can create a lobby very quickly, and one of our 5000 servers will be yours to use during the whole match. Yes, you heard it right. 5000 servers, around the world. And we also have 26 Mumble servers, around the world as well.
Replays are enabled in every server, so if you have a good run, you can record it afterwards. The lobby leader will choose does the server run random crits, damage spread, configure comp rules (UGC, ETF2L), etc. All these settings will be shown to player before he joins the lobby. In lobby, you can choose your class as usually or you can spectate the game. Servers have 24 slots, so it can have 6 spectators at the same time.
Now, usually asked questions from us.
Is it possible to make a game for friends only? Yes. Your friends have to register to the website through Steam to be able to join your "friends-only" lobby. Be sure that you and your friends have public profiles to be able to do this. Also be aware that you need enough friends to fill the lobby.
Please note that friends-only games won't be tracked to rankings.
What happens if player abandons the game? The player has 3 minutes time to join back. If he doesn't, he will automatically be removed from the lobby and the game. Matchmaking starts looking for a sub to replace the player. While the matchmaking is waiting for sub to register to the game, the player who left will be replaced by a bot, which is really advanced. I and few of my coder friends spent years to code it. Bot will have all the cosmetics that player had, as well as all the weapons. Bot will be kicked immediately when the sub has been found. The bot isn't as good as a real competitive player, but it's there to ensure that the abandon won't harm the game too much.
What is the punishment for leaving? At first, nothing. We let all the new players to abandon 1 match every calendar week without any consequences. The basic punishment for abandoning the match is temporary cooldown to matchmaking. First punishable abandon will give you 1 hour cooldown. 2nd abandon will make it 6 hours. 3rd abandon during one calendar week will result in a 24-hour cooldown, and so on. Cooldowns will also affect to your rankings. Cooldown will go up to 5 days. It will come down to 1 hour again when you stop abandoning games. You can see your own cooldown "level" from your profile. (0 best - 7 worst).
Is there some kind of ranking system? Yes. Every single kill, assist and rewarding action from our gameservers will be registered to our rankings. Don't worry, you don't get your chat spammed like in pubs! It also doesn't flood the servers.
Is it possible to play Arena mode in TF2Games? Yup. Arena mode is supported. You can also choose would you like to make it 6v6, highlander or class-free game.
Are these servers protected by Anti-Cheat? First of all, TF2Games is open for everybody. We experience our playerbase to be quite experienced though. But having an open matchmaking service will most likely cause problems like cheaters. Our servers run an Anti-Cheat program that was bought with $300. It will make sure that no one will be able to ruin the game.
Is it possible to report "trolls"/griefing players? Yes. You can report trolls by going into the lobby page and clicking player's profile. After 3 players reporting, server-vote will pop-up "Kick player: (griefer's name)?". The player will be kicked from the lobby and he will receive a cooldown. We also have several admins that handle these kind of players.
Can I edit my own profile on the website? Now this is what everybody says is the greatest thing about this project. You can fully configure your own profile. You can get your own background and your own avatar to the website as well. In general though, the avatar is your Steam profile's avatar. On your profile, you can also tell your favorite class, grab your favorite weapons from your inventory, etc. You can also receive friends and chat with them privately through the website. It is like a 2nd Steam community, even though it will never beat Steam. ;) Your profile will also tell how many lobbies you have played, what is your favorite map, do you prefer 6v6 or highlander, basically all the things people need to know about your competitive gaming! Make profile to be your own - take anything you want into it (except offensive backgrounds or avatars) - there really are no limits!
Is it possible to support this project with real money? It is most likely possible in the future. However, donating is a "sweetheart" action and won't give you any benefits to games or on the website.
Can I participate? Please follow our reddit user to be able to hear about updates during this project.
OTHER QUESTIONS? Ask! We love to answer! :)