TF2 Emporium - 15-year-old cabal of terminally online game content creators contributing to the rot of a near 20-year-old game they could care less for.

[Patrick Bait-man]

 

[ReceiveAndAsk]

Finally got around to reading thru this. Fuck this gay rainbow bullshit and hopefully it will be purged eventually.

Too bad, the taunts they keep adding are usually very entertaining.

 

[Pierre D'Olnique]

nothing too huge, but zesty gave a small interesting tangent about the emporium discord and their past

What in the everloving fuck is that abominable thing in the thumbnail? Did they add Madcap cosmetics?

 

[Maurice Maine]

Another zesty thread that doesn't include how he's a coomer degen. really makes you think

You have to be either an old man or a borderline monk to not be a coomer degen in 2024 and that's skewing younger and younger as time goes on, we have a thread on this you know

 

[piombo]

What in the everloving fuck is that abominable thing in the thumbnail? Did they add Madcap cosmetics?

a tf2 emporium creation, it's the last style of this cosmetic that has three respective styles, to which the hat doesn't even mesh properly with one of them

the issue with this cosmetic is the set you've seen on zesty's stream, since if you just do this combination

and if god forbid you get jumped, good luck figuring out what team this guy's on, this cosmetic is also pretty great in making the demo nearly unrecognizable, who's this guy?

 

[Spanish Chud]

And look at that fucking CHIN!

Peter Griffin ahh chin

 

[Patrick Bait-man]

TF2 Emporium Slop Update - Smissmas 2024 Edition Sloppy Review​

Overall Rating: 6.5/10

Spoiler: Zesty Smissmas 2K24 Whoremonger Bingo

Result​

No bingo this time, chudlings.

Cosmetics: 7/10. There's some decent cosmetics with the rest being mediocre (we got Santa hat #1488'). The worst of the lot are the sets for Heavy (Storm of Siberia), Engineer (The Dallas Trilogy), Spy (Arctic Intruder) and the Consigliere's Coverup for Medic. The Heavy set has bad team recognition on Red (giant coat is all green, only team color is the armbands), styles 1 & 3 of the Engineer set stick out like a sore thumb and affects team recognition to some extent, the Spy set changes his overall design a bit too much, and the Consigliere's Coverup has poorly designed arms / gloves alongside questionably textured fur.

Spoiler: Cosmetic Slop

except they don't and you're seriously retarded if you think the only issue with this is the color gradient on the spy set, a superficial glance and i've already seen egregious issues with these cosmetics

Spoiler: heavy

no hands!/who is this?/team orange ahoy!

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for the spy it's best summarized with this question, who the fuck are these two?
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another thing that was ignored is the new medic shirt, and it's very fucking bad to say the least since it's between giving him horrible finger-less gloves, to the fur being horribly textured and the fucking arms just look at them
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and as another bad set, here's the cow-themed and the third style with a glitched belt

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rest are mostly mediocre or aggressively okay

War Paints: No Smissmas war paint case for the 4th year in a row. War paint creators coping and sneeding.

Taunts: 5/10. Curtain Call is solid, Fore-Head Slice is decent but only usable against Soldier, and Peace! is a shitty emote that all the friendly-loving Redditards will adore.

Unusual Effects: 6/10. Better than average, there's only a few select unusual effects that are particularly bad and as usual a bajillion trader main certified reskins.

Maps: ?/10. Haven't played them yet, TF2 Emporium felted yet again with Valve not adding their tri-yearly slop gamemode attempt #123 Freeze Tag into the game (it's so over). Going by the Workshop pages they all seem to fit the artstyle fine and they're not explicitly tacky. We got 1 slop VSH map Maul, a leftover Slop Crisis map Patagonia (making 4/5 of the Slop Crisis maps that managed to slip into the game, leaving only Favela), a map Overcast that is using uncredited assets from the old community update project Frontline! and allegedly utilizing AI-generated slop, and Pelican Peak winter reskin Penguin Peak that has a hidden avian OC with a heart-shaped pride flag (absolute coal).

Spoiler: Map Slop

Also in other map drama, Overcast supposedly uses assets that weren't for commercial use and didn't give credit. It also supposedly uses ai art? I'm guessing people are referring to this portrait of ReviewBrah in the Red spawn. That is the only possible ai texture I could find.

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To the surprise of no-one, there's drama with the Overcast map. Apparently the creator used a bunch of assets (models mostly) from the fanmade Frontline Update, along with other assets made by other TF2Maps faggots, without crediting the creators;

Spoiler: Troonout.chat posts within

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Of course, they can't help but also continue to seethe over the fact that some people don't like their faggot decals being hidden in maps.

Edit: TF2Maps faggot acting like a faggot in the comments of the Workshop submission for Overcast:
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Fuck compensation for those faggots tbh. You make shit for the game, people are gonna use it in their maps. They didn't credit you properly? Who gives a fuck?

Broke Shit: Style 2 of the Battle Balaclava removes Heavy's hands, Style 3 of the Westcoat has a glitched belt and Consigliere's Coverup is missing it's 2nd style according to what I've found so far.

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In summary for this year's annual third TF2 Emporium slop update: Fuck the emporium, lol.

 

[Patrick Bait-man]

 

[Shoresy]

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Thank you daddy Valve for continuing to dox these faggots for us.

For example, here's Bonk Nickeltoon. Can tell it's him because he's got a picture of him playing with Lego, and a visible post from a Lego thing in 2016. His steam profile mentions him being at a Lego thing in 2016. He looks like a faggot:

 

[Patrick Bait-man]

Thank you daddy Valve for continuing to dox these faggots for us.

Meanwhile, they're absolutely losing their shit over Overcast's uncredited assets and not getting that 1% cut (Pepperidge Farm remembers Invasion).




Funnily enough the creator is being fairly reasonable and responsive to the situation, offering to remove the assets while the emporium is demanding they get their share instead lmao.

 

[Shoresy]

For example, here's Bonk Nickeltoon. Can tell it's him because he's got a picture of him playing with Lego, and a visible post from a Lego thing in 2016. His steam profile mentions him being at a Lego thing in 2016. He looks like a faggot:
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I think he's watching us. He changed his entire Facebook profile around since I posted that. The new banner and avatar were uploaded half an hour ago according to his page.

I had actually forgotten to save the link to his profile and couldn't find him for a bit until I googled "Facebook Brandon koller Lego" and found a result for a post in the Brickworld group.

When I viewed the post and checked the profile that posted it, same bio and friends #.

 

[Chrono Legion]

I think he's watching us.

Hello Bran. The Internet Eye of Sauron Santa has already seen you. It is too late to hide.

 

[Gay Pedo Clown]

Eric Smith, hated by both chuds and trannies lmao.

[Emporiumoment]

In cases like these, how does Valve decide to split the pay?

 

[Stone Enjoyer]

Meanwhile, they're absolutely losing their shit over Overcast's uncredited assets and not getting that 1% cut (Pepperidge Farm remembers Invasion).
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Funnily enough the creator is being fairly reasonable and responsive to the situation, offering to remove the assets while the emporium is demanding they get their share instead lmao.
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I'm kinda hoping that Valve just doesnt give a shit, like they usually do. Seething would be glorious

Aside from that, I think this is a red flag for anyone who wants to use "free" asset packs from TF2maps and other sources. Its not just about recognition, these soulless faggots are specifically trying to latch into any opportunity to get extra pay from Valve

 

[piombo]

Aside from that, I think this is a red flag for anyone who wants to use "free" asset packs from TF2maps and other sources. Its not just about recognition, these soulless faggots are specifically trying to latch into any opportunity to get extra pay from Valve

i think it's also a case of getting power, remember you're talking about narcissistic trannies and they absolutely loathe when people realize that they don't need them (or to make them """contributors""") to get shit approved in this game, it's all pottery here and it can all fuck off proper

e: to which i still have no sympathy for the faggots that say the graffiti in penguin bay is fine because it's outside of the map and/or other people have done wackier shit, the mappers knew (and most likely hoped) that it would start shit so they could get an excuse to complain about chuddies complaining about this dogshit map and get a reason to get asspats on twitter over it, i miss when map signatures were just author names plopped somewhere on the map

 

[Ambient Occlusion]

I'm kinda hoping that Valve just doesnt give a shit, like they usually do. Seething would be glorious

Aside from that, I think this is a red flag for anyone who wants to use "free" asset packs from TF2maps and other sources. Its not just about recognition, these soulless faggots are specifically trying to latch into any opportunity to get extra pay from Valve

It's no longer about making content just for fun because they love the game. They see the game as their job now and a lot of emporium fags use the game to fill their portfolio as a chance to break into the industry. I think a lot of these asset packs are a way to get a free map credit and easy money when a mapper uses them. It's why there are like 50 people on the Maul map credits. I would understand the anger more if the asset used was like a hero prop or something that is the main focus of the map, but from what I see the assets used were very generic props like a door. At that point it's whatever and the author is right for just replacing the assets instead of giving into these lunatics.

The fact they're still angry after the author is replacing the assets shows how greedy they are.

 

[BlueCandles]

The problem with saying ‘oh it’s outside the playable area who gives a fuck’ is a dangerous precedence to make cuz where is the line drawn? If I put gay hyper furry porn in a map that gets the rubber stamp from Valve, is it ok since you have to noclip to find it? What if it’s a Pepe or a pic of Trump aka Hitler?

By allowing it, Valve is giving permission for an arms race to begin over who can outfag eachother with their little additions. Map devs should get to hide their signature like their forefathers have before them and that’s it.

 

[Toolbox]

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Maul is better than I thought it was going to be seeing it's a Saxton Hale map with a bloated dev team, certainly compared to other maps created for this broken game mode. Maul is more of a Pier situation where I'm betting you most of the names on that list are for little contributions like a texture here or there, just small details, but they get given a full credit next to the people responsible for tying it all together.

 

[Stone Enjoyer]

Mostly a nothingburger, but self admitted "robot fucker"

Apparently has his legs covered in robot tattoos:

Spoiler: Full res

Because nothing says being a well adjusted individual more than putting your sexual obsession on your skin

 

[Spanish Chud]

One of the BIGGEST workshop makers just threatened to kill Trvmp (peace be upon him)