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Any grown adult who does this must've been one of those teenagers who drove around in their crappy Civic with all the windows down, blasting their craptastic tunes, because they wanted everyone else outside to hear how bitchin their music tastes were...

At least we don't have to be subjected to your 140db bass making our eardrums bleed from the vibrations... losers!

Virtuous Team Fortress 2 players earn halos

Sep 4th 2009 3:00AM on Joystiq

Dick move by Valve IMO, and I'm a huge Valve fan since HL1.

Those "only 4.5%" probably play as much as the rest of the other 95.5% combined. Their statistics are definitely skewed. The only reason for the idle servers was for the hats, and the only people who actually thought they were valuable enough to do this were the hard-core dedicated fans who love TF2. All the other items were flowing like candy from the random drops if you played any decent amount of time and casual players could care less about hats. The idling was not malicious and didn't add any real gameplay advantage.

The server I was on last night with about 20 veteran players had maybe 1/4 with halos. And no, those people weren't using aimbots or wallhacks, just idlers to mitigate the idiotic random drop system. Stupid move by Valve.

PSA: Beatles: Rock Band 'Special Value Edition' isn't such a special value

Sep 4th 2009 2:25AM on Joystiq

Awesome shopping tips! Thanks!

Engadget's back to school giveaway, part one!

Sep 2nd 2009 3:07PM on Engadget

Please oh please! Pick me pick me!

Team Fortress 2 Hats Checklist

Aug 31st 2009 12:37AM on Big Download

...and the Soldier's Stash is probably the WEAKEST hat of all, except for maybe the Trophy Belt. :(

Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.

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