Thursday Night Throwdown 07/15: Team Fortress 2

In the spirit of Mann Co. CEO Saxton Hale, let's cut to brass tacks, gentlemen. Giant Bomb's lack of proficiency/familiarity with Team Fortress 2 is no secret. A lot of people have been playing this game non-stop since its initial launch way back in the Mesoproterozoic Era of 2007, but we are, shamefully, not among them. Luckily, the Whiskey Media family has a deep bench of TF2 enthusiasts, which we'll be calling on for this week's Thursday Night Throwdown!

That's right, y'all! Soldiers, Demomen, Medics, Engineers, Pyros, Spies, Scouts, Heavies, and Snipers will all be in full effect as our friends from Tested.com, as well as key members from the Whiskey Media engineering team, prepare to brutally murder/be murdered by you! That's right, YOU! If you want in on this World Series of Blood, hop on the Official Giant Bomb Team Fortress 2 server at tf2.giantbomb.com or 8.17.251.194:27015 if domain name services scare you. We'll be playing, and broadcasting LIVE, at 4PM Pacific Daylight Time this Thursday July 15th, though the server is up now if you want to hone your skills, and will keep going after we've turned off the cameras. 
 
If you missed the live stream, enjoy the archived version below, and stay tuned for our announcement of what we'll be playing on next week's Thursday Night Throwdown! 

I can only expect a full server the entire time.

i want to play

I'll definitely be watching

I AM BULLETPROOF 

awesome!

cant wait to get in there and kick some ass as a sniper : )

Yay, will definitely try to join

No banner?

Anyone fancy gifting me it on Steam? ;)

That video is terrible quality. Try this...  

oh yes, i've been on the server for the last day and we can't wait 
 
Tell the Tested guys to throw in some stuff like voting for team scrambles and whatnot.
 
 
edit: video above me is so much better

Oh great, a TNT I'm interested in playing in and my desktop's still out of action. Hopefully they'll play TF2 again in the future.

I will be there

I will definitely be joining this Thursday.

I will try to be there tomorrow.  Definitely there tonight.

Can't wait!

Cool, ill try to get involved in this, though i expect the server to be pretty full.

So there is no GBTNT or other account on Steam we must add as a friend in order to get an invite to the server? I'm a little confused as to how we're meant to join in.
 
Is it simply a mad dash to enter the server once you guys empty it or will you be sending invites to people or what?

Yes, yes and yes. Going to go down in history as the best TNT ever no question

Added the server to my favorites will definitely try to get in (will probably be hard to.)

Guess I'll have to try and join a couple hours early.

Also, I am disappointed.
 
Sandvich, not Sandwich.

Yay!
 
That video quality is really bad, though.

does anyone know if the server will still be running after TNTD? I actually have dinner plans tommorow (eastern time). but I've been playing on it a bit the last 2 days and it would be great to have a common general place to play with other GB community members, and occasionally GB staff.
 
edit: nvm i just reread the article more carefully, which says the server will indeed remain up after TNTD. I AM SO HYPE!

Yea it's a sandvich but is it a turkey,strawberry jam, and cereal sandwich?

Jumping on the server now, see yall tommorrow night.

Hey, I'm a freakin' blur here!

I'll try and join but I bet it'll just be full all the time.

You know, I did end up getting this when I bought the Valve pack (a.k.a my biggest mistake during the sale).
 
Hmm...To try to get into it or not?

So.. I won't be able to get on the server?
 
Or are you gonna do some sort of server kick every now and then? Cos.. I play TF2 all the time.

" You know, I did end up getting this when I bought the Valve pack (a.k.a my biggest mistake during the sale).  Hmm...To try to get into it or not? "

Can't wait to tear everyone a new asshole :>

Damn it's full but I'll keep on trying.

I hope my internet doesn't suck up the joint, but even if it does, I'll be damned if I'm gonna miss this!

Sweet. Although Valve has been constantly updating the game to the point where it's a relatively new experience every time, it's still technically a 3 year old game. I wonder if GB will dig deeper into the vaults on quiet release weeks? How about some Quake Live TNT?

I'm totally there :)

Finally a throwdown where I can (hopefully) play and kick some ass.

Its going to be crazy. BECAUSE THIS GAME IS CRAAAZY.
 
Edit: The server is already full. lol.

Hats.

I hope I can get in the server. Seems like it's gonna be a free-for-all.

Fuck I'll be playing Street Fighter at this time 

I added that server to my favourites.... my only favourite.