I am currently a furious man. Furious at my anger towards Valve, a game developer that I hold in a high position in my heart, alongside Ubisoft and a few more. Why I am I angry, I ask myself, well it's pretty clear, is it not. It's Team Fortress 2 we're talking about, and the last major event that occurred was the release of the Sniper and Spy class updates, that included numerous new weapons, maps and achievements. Now, whilst I'm still be dazzled by the fact that Valve gives us these stuff for free, I cannot help myself at not being mad for the new unlock system they have developed.

Supposedly you get your weapons by chance. Completely random. Although the official post on the TF2 Blog suggested that there is an actual skill system behind the scenes, that tracks our progress in-game, I say that is a lie. Why? Well, for starters, I want the new Sniper weapons and based of my overall time playing as a Sniper (around 15 hours) I have only received the Razorback and the Jarate jar of piss. No Huntsman in sight. Fine, perhaps I'll get it eventually. But wait, what's this? I received a weapon for the Spy class, that clocks around 10 hours of my playtime. I got the damn thing while playing as a Sniper.

Alright, maybe I should spend some time playing as a Spy, since I'm pretty good at it and it's always fun sneaking around. After two-three hours I receive a new weapon. I get the Scout's new gun, which was featured in the previous update, which I didn't care for, since I don't like playing as a Scout. Valve, why did I receive the Scout's new gun, when my overall Scout time is only a little over 1 hour? And why do I keep getting weapons for the Heavy class, when I already got all of them? I heard that there would be a trading system, but that's complete idiocy. So instead of making a player work hard to get all the achievements, and with it, all the weapons, supposedly you'll be able to get them right off the bat by trading with other players? Marvelous Valve!

The funny fact now is, that instead of the old servers that were designed for getting the achievements fast, we have now servers that you can connect to and stay idle the entire time, in order to get up your overall play time. To be honest, I have to congratulate the players for such ingenious ways of beating the system, but they also do damage. I myself will still play normally and get the last 10 achievements I have to get for the Sniper and Spy, but what good is the fact that I don't have the necessary weapons to get the achievements. It's all a mess to be honest, but I still love TF2 and Valve. Let's hope for a better future with all of this.