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Steam Official Groups Unlocked

Steam Community Official Groups have been unlocked, the official groups have been unlocked for these games:

Episode 2
Counter Strike: Source
Portal
Team Fortress 2
Left 4 Dead

Along with many others. Check this out for a list of all the groups so far

No New Updates

According to Doug Lombardi there will be no more Team Fortress 2 Updates this year, for the full story read here.

Valve on Episode 3: Ambitious Project

According to Doug Lombardi, VP of Marketing over at Valve, Episode 3 is an ambitious project that in conjunction with Left 4 Dead and the Team Fortress 2 updates has left Valve busy.

For the full Interview with Shacknews read this

Changes are the first of a series to be released in the coming months

Valve Software has updated its Steam client software, making changes to the integrated Steam Store and available games list. Steam users will have the update applied automatically the next time they log into the service. Steam allows players to download full versions of games directly to their hard drive, and also serves as a multiplayer matching service and authentication utility once the games are downloaded.

On the official Steam Web site, Valve announced the changes as "part of a larger set of features (collectively known as Steam 3) which will be introduced over the course of the coming months."

Check out the rest of this story here

Valve may Show Half-life 2 Episode 3 soon

In a recent Interview with kikizo, Doug Lombardi spoke about the new game from Valve, Left 4 Dead, and also the possibility that Valve may show Halfe-Life 2 Episode 3 before the years end.

Check out the full Interview here

Steam Changes

You may find your steam client losing connection for a while. It would appear Valve are adding additional Community features. So far the list includes:

Redesigned Steam Community pages
Official groups
Blotter
User groups on separate page
Improved search
Events time is showed in your timezone
Profile status is changeable from home page
Games on profile page are counted

Straight from Robin Walker

Git along there, little doggies October 8, 2008 - Robin Walker
Work on the next class pack is gearing up, a little slower than we'd like. In the meantime, I thought I'd post some answers to the common email questions we receive.

How do respawn waves work? Is my respawn time affected by my performance? Why do they exist at all?

Respawn waves occur on regular intervals, based on the map settings. Most of our maps use a 10 second respawn wave time. That 10 seconds is then modified by the map state, generally reduced for the team that controls the most capture points. Each team's respawn wave time is then scaled down if the team has less than 8 players in it, to a minimum of 5 seconds if team has 3 or less players in it. When you die, you are assigned to the respawn wave after the next one. So if the respawn wave time is currently 10 seconds for your team, you'll respawn somewhere between 10 and 20 seconds from your death. Your individual performance doesn't affect your respawn time in any way.

We found respawn waves were a good solution to several problems.

They provide a reward for the team that's doing well, in that if they wipe out a significant amount of the enemy team they're rewarded with a short grace period in which they can achieve objectives. Without them, we found teams felt like they'd been penalized when they cleared the enemy off the last capture point, only to have them all return immediately.
They group respawning players together into squads, increasing the chances of strangers working together, or at the very least, moving to the frontline while maintaining some proximity to one another. Strangers aren't pushed together into groups when everyone respawns instantly, and we've seen that proximity to team mates is a fundamental requirement for impromptu teamwork.
They provide some ebb & flow in the pacing of the battle. Without some cooldown inbetween the moments of intense combat at the frontline, many players felt fatigued much more quickly. In particular, some attack/defense maps feel almost completely static without respawn waves. That lack of progress, in either direction, was a big factor in players finding the gameplay monotonous.
The spectator camera seen while waiting to respawn gives players some time to observe their team mates. This provides a minor help to teamwork, allowing players to see what other members of their team are up to. More importantly, we've seen that new players learn a lot of advanced techniques by spectating better players. This is one of the reasons why the spectator camera tries to find a team mate who's playing the same class as you.

Obviously, there are other solutions to these problems, but respawn waves do a good job across the board.

Also, if you haven't seen it yet, we've recently put up the Left 4 Dead blog. Erik Wolpaw is posting over there, and he's the man behind Glados in Portal. He's much funnier than those of us on TF2, so if I were you, I'd stop reading this and go bookmark that instead.

RcR 24hr Frag Fest - Details - Schedule

It's that time again, for another 24hr Frag Fest!

It is tentatively scheduled for Friday September 5th-6th @ 7PM Central (8:00EST, 5:00PST) and will go 24hrs. This date is reasonably flexible. If for some reason clan members can't make it the next available dates would be Sept 12-13 or 19-20 respectively.

We now have 3 servers, and the ability to host 40 more people then before!

Dustbowl/Goldrush - HLStatsX Rated
Instant Respawn 2Fort - HLStatsX Rated
Custom Map Server (Mach4, Blackmesa, Turbine, Avanti, DM_Store, Snowbridge, Epicenter, and more) (Plus !Radio)

The scheduled events will take place on the custom map server, (unless there is absolutely no interest in playing either 2Fort or Dustbowl/Goldrush during the scheduled events, and more then 24 slots are required).

Events: Due to the interest in the sniper competition we are going to have 2 separate sniper competitions independent of each other. One at 12:00AM CST (1:00AM EST 10:00PM PST) on the 6th (except for PST and MST being PM on the 5th), and the other at 12:00PM CST (1:00PM EST 10:00AM PST) on the 6th.

We will be having spontaneous melee competitions, and low gravity heavy fights as interest permits.

Proposed events - Spy Clinic, Scout Clinic, General Skills Clinic, Backstab competition, General AllTalk Clannery.

There has been some talk of prizes, but that is not determined as of this posting. If you wish to be reminded of the Frag Fest please join our invite group at:

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/RcR-Server-Party-Bus

Be there or be square! Don't let Bolverk, or Old Gregg down! He's got a manginaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

SEE YOU THERE!!!!! :D :D

-W|P

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-[RcR]- junior Members !

Clan -[RcR]- would like to announce that we are now taking member's between the ages of 13-17 as junior members, What does this mean?? you may ask. Well it mean's you are an -[RcR]- member but in our farm team, You can play on the servers and play with the rest of us!! But coolest of all you would be part of a brotherhood. So head over and fill out the app and join up we will be in touch!

RcR clan application

If you have played with us or were asked to apply to RcR we now have a simple online application form. If you think you are a good team player simply fill out the application and someone will get back to you ASAP.