Okay, good news. Team Fortress 2 is (further) on sale for $5 on steam today! 
 
So I downloaded it, obviously. It seemed to fly to like 30%, but now it's taking like a percent like every 2 or 3 minutes. I understand its only going 852 KB/s, but I don't think I've ever had it take this long. So, is this download just huge, or is my computer fried?

Check the downloads page.  It'll tell you.  It will tell you how many megabytes have been downloaded out of the total.  It think it's like 8 gigs or something.  It's almost doubled in size since it came out.

TF2 is quite a large game, loads of content. Keep in mind, there are 12 classes~!!!
 
Most of those GBs though are from the endless patches that have come out for the game. I know this is kind of off-topic, but does anyone know what they are testing in the new tf2 beta?

" TF2 is quite a large game, loads of content. Keep in mind, there are 12 classes~!!!  Most of those GBs though are from the endless patches that have come out for the game. I know this is kind of off-topic, but does anyone know what they are testing in the new tf2 beta? "

I have 10gb of TF2. So IDK, but on the other hand that's nothing compared to the 16.5GB download for GTA:IV

Steam is probably discovering new updates during the download and adding them to the total.  At least I think that's why sometimes when you download something it will tell you 5GB, but then a few minutes later it'll be at 7 or 8GB.

My local files are 10230 MB in size, but the download may be smaller 

" I have 10gb of TF2. So IDK, but on the other hand that's nothing compared to the 16.5GB download for GTA:IV "

If you have a source game installed, and depending on how many...it can be 3 gigs or bigger.

I'm downloading it now too and it says 8,975.7MB. 
 
PRECISE.

Trying to get into TF2 isn't easy, at this point it's like trying to get into CS:S, just not going to happen for you.

see, mine says 6,249.1 MB. 
 
i dont understand. im just gonna leave my computer open for a couple hours, and as long as it gets done, it gets gone

" Trying to get into TF2 isn't easy, at this point it's like trying to get into CS:S, just not going to happen for you. "

I think they share resources with other Valve games, which is why when I download some random valve game they always start at like 30%+, because my TF2 download didn't seem that big. 

" Okay, good news. Team Fortress 2 is (further) on sale for $5 on steam today!  So I downloaded it, obviously. It seemed to fly to like 30%, but now it's taking like a percent like every 2 or 3 minutes. I understand its only going 852 KB/s, but I don't think I've ever had it take this long. So, is this download just huge, or is my computer fried? "

" Okay, good news. Team Fortress 2 is (further) on sale for $5 on steam today!  So I downloaded it, obviously. It seemed to fly to like 30%, but now it's taking like a percent like every 2 or 3 minutes. I understand its only going 852 KB/s, but I don't think I've ever had it take this long. So, is this download just huge, or is my computer fried? "

I already had a source game installed, too, but my download didn't jump to 30%. Maybe it's only Half-life 2 that makes that happen. 

" Trying to get into TF2 isn't easy, at this point it's like trying to get into CS:S, just not going to happen for you. "

" Trying to get into TF2 isn't easy, at this point it's like trying to get into CS:S, just not going to happen for you. "

" @Gizmo said:

" Trying to get into TF2 isn't easy, at this point it's like trying to get into CS:S, just not going to happen for you. "

Thats not true at all.  "

" @Gizmo said:

" Trying to get into TF2 isn't easy, at this point it's like trying to get into CS:S, just not going to happen for you. "

Yeah because playing a fps is such a hard skill to master.  How long did it take you? Did you spend years in training before actually playing the game? Please share your secrets o great one.  And you win the ''dumbest comment of the year award''. "

" @Edin8999 said:

" @Gizmo said:

" Trying to get into TF2 isn't easy, at this point it's like trying to get into CS:S, just not going to happen for you. "

Yeah because playing a fps is such a hard skill to master.  How long did it take you? Did you spend years in training before actually playing the game? Please share your secrets o great one.  And you win the ''dumbest comment of the year award''. "

Being a frequent user of the forums, I can tell you right now that certainly isn't the dumbest comment of the year.  TF2 has been heavily played since release, you're honestly saying that you can just hop on and do well? I didn't say it was impossible, I said "it wasn't easy".  "

" @valrog:@The_Laughing_Man:  Geez I made just a simple mistake, don't kill meh for it :P Man.... "

Being a frequent user of the forums, I can tell you right now that certainly isn't the dumbest comment of the year.  TF2 has been heavily played since release, you're honestly saying that you can just hop on and do well? I didn't say it was impossible, I said "it wasn't easy".  "

If all else fails, just do W+M1 with the Pyro on TF2.

" @Gizmo said:

" @Edin8999 said:

" @Gizmo said:

" Trying to get into TF2 isn't easy, at this point it's like trying to get into CS:S, just not going to happen for you. "

Yeah because playing a fps is such a hard skill to master.  How long did it take you? Did you spend years in training before actually playing the game? Please share your secrets o great one.  And you win the ''dumbest comment of the year award''. "

Being a frequent user of the forums, I can tell you right now that certainly isn't the dumbest comment of the year.  TF2 has been heavily played since release, you're honestly saying that you can just hop on and do well? I didn't say it was impossible, I said "it wasn't easy".  "

No you said its not going to happen. And you are claiming that if you start playing tf2 now you won´t have any fun and you will do horrible?  I doubt it, "

" @Edin8999 said:

" @Gizmo said:

" @Edin8999 said:

" @Gizmo said:

" Trying to get into TF2 isn't easy, at this point it's like trying to get into CS:S, just not going to happen for you. "

Yeah because playing a fps is such a hard skill to master.  How long did it take you? Did you spend years in training before actually playing the game? Please share your secrets o great one.  And you win the ''dumbest comment of the year award''. "

Being a frequent user of the forums, I can tell you right now that certainly isn't the dumbest comment of the year.  TF2 has been heavily played since release, you're honestly saying that you can just hop on and do well? I didn't say it was impossible, I said "it wasn't easy".  "

No you said its not going to happen. And you are claiming that if you start playing tf2 now you won´t have any fun and you will do horrible?  I doubt it, "

I dunno, he seems kinda right to me.  I've been trying to get into it and I find it really difficult. I get all the classes, I know what I should do, but i find it extremely frustrating how people have all these crazy items that make me die very very fast, while my weapons do very little damage in comparison.  It's pretty annoying to do basically no damage but die so easily.   It's not just FPS skill, otherwise I'd be doing significantly better than average.  I also don't think this game is balanced, at all. Maybe that's the point since there's so many classes, but it gets kinda dumb.  I don't even mean against me either. When I play with my girlfriend and she's my pocket healer and I play a heavy, nothing can stop us. It's completely overpowered and frankly stupid.  I'm a valve fanboy and I liked TFC, but I simply can't get the appeal of this game, and damnit I'm trying.  But I also agree with Gizmo.. it's hard to get into now and it's pretty buttfuck retarded how people have items that do way, way more damage than yours do. "