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No Halo No Problem
« on: September 08, 2009, 09:03:46 AM »
« Last Edit: September 08, 2009, 11:34:16 AM by FiveAces »

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Re: No Halo No Problem
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2009, 10:22:58 AM »
Yeah...I'm not downloading THAT.
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Re: No Halo No Problem
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2009, 11:37:15 AM »
I think its great, not saying i'm doing it but, it says exactly how i feel about the dumb halo.  Most of the time i think the background is bright enough to wash it out leaving bug antenna. ;)

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Re: No Halo No Problem
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2009, 01:07:42 PM »
Call me a noob if you will, buuuuut...what is this halo thing?  I have not heard of it as of yet (with the exception of this post).
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Re: No Halo No Problem
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2009, 01:10:47 PM »
noob. :) there was a prog that would idle you on tf without being actually in game. valve took away items gained from it and gave halo hats to those that didnt use the prog.

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Re: No Halo No Problem
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2009, 01:15:34 PM »
I never used the app....do I get a halo?
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Re: No Halo No Problem
« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2009, 01:16:00 PM »
And basically labeled everyone who used it cheaters with no warning. :furious:

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Re: No Halo No Problem
« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2009, 01:17:02 PM »
OH, and I will be joining this steam group:

Healers against Halos!

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Re: No Halo No Problem
« Reply #8 on: September 08, 2009, 01:42:29 PM »
Me and Pezhore are already in it. :)

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Re: No Halo No Problem
« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2009, 02:03:49 PM »
Do the hats provide any benefit to the player, such as getting better weapons?  Or are they just collectibles?
« Last Edit: September 08, 2009, 02:08:29 PM by decepticon »
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Re: No Halo No Problem
« Reply #10 on: September 08, 2009, 02:43:03 PM »
Sorry guys, but I agree with Steam on this one. I got to not liking to play TF2 because idlers would have all the great unlocks while I'm sitting around trying to catch up. If you are idling and unlocking achievements while not playing then it's cheating. You didn't actually play the game to unlock it, you found a way around it that wasn't part of the original game. It's cheating.
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Re: No Halo No Problem
« Reply #11 on: September 08, 2009, 02:50:54 PM »
Sorry guys, but I agree with Steam on this one. I got to not liking to play TF2 because idlers would have all the great unlocks while I'm sitting around trying to catch up. If you are idling and unlocking achievements while not playing then it's cheating. You didn't actually play the game to unlock it, you found a way around it that wasn't part of the original game. It's cheating.

If that is the case where these pickups gained you better weapons, then I also agree with Valve.  That is cheating. 
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Re: No Halo No Problem
« Reply #12 on: September 08, 2009, 04:31:28 PM »
Sorry guys, but I agree with Steam on this one. I got to not liking to play TF2 because idlers would have all the great unlocks while I'm sitting around trying to catch up. If you are idling and unlocking achievements while not playing then it's cheating. You didn't actually play the game to unlock it, you found a way around it that wasn't part of the original game. It's cheating.


To be honest, idling and playing the game might as well be the same thing. They are random drops. RANDOM. You can unlock the better weapons through completing class achievements, but people are basically just idling for hats (hence the halo hat item), which are only gained through this ridiculous chance system.

I did not use the idle program, nor have I idled in game. I did get a halo hat, but deleted it. This was a retarded move by Valve, and they brought it on themselves by implementing the random drop system. Seriously, it should have been an obvious prediction before they implemented it. I don't blame the idlers. I blame Valve.

Picture of the external idle program spitting out stats:


Even idlers were getting jack Crap.
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Re: No Halo No Problem
« Reply #13 on: September 08, 2009, 04:38:43 PM »
I probably should have idled. I have about 200 hours of PLAY time clocked in since they released the first round of hats and implemented the random drop system. The only hat I have ever gotten was that stupid halo. I might have been able to enjoy an idled hat for at least some amount of time before they wiped them.

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Re: No Halo No Problem
« Reply #14 on: September 08, 2009, 07:53:58 PM »
Random or not, the people who used a 3rd party app to idle for extraneous amounts of time...is not really playing the game.  Hence, it is giving an unfair advantage to those who are not actually spending the time to play the game for real.
« Last Edit: September 08, 2009, 08:06:28 PM by decepticon »
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