Comments on: Escapist: Team Roomba Profile

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:36:46 +0000

This was when TF2 was fairly new, and I remember this. I got stuck in a server with these assmunches. It was a major pain, but also since i wasn’t playing seriously, and I’m pretty sure I was drunk that night, it was fairly amusing.

By: Crispy

Crispy — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:15 +0000

I remember these videos, and I think I may have been on one of those Insurgency servers when they were doing the more annoying micspamming griefing.

If they’re original, their japes are punchy and they provide the player with a get-out OTHER than quitting the server, it’s fine by me. The teleporters traps can be avoided, the sniper can change class, the trivia prison has an exit. It’s when they drone on and on and your only alternative is to quit the server that the comedic value is reduced to nothing.

On Insurgency this was particularly harsh because there were very few good servers to play on and they made that selection even narrower. Micspamming, teamkilling, all of these are things that anyone could do with zero imagination and an axe to grind. There’s nothing in the least bit special about it. The trivia and teleporters are genuinely amusing because of the interplay (even if some of the voices on the teleporter one come across as actors).

By: madhaha

madhaha — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:23:47 +0000

No mention of their kareoke?

http://www.vimeo.com/904768/

By: frank

frank — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:00:57 +0000

This is almost apposite: the TF2 update has been released.

By: KindredPhantom

KindredPhantom — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:24:10 +0000

Griefiers can be great at showing flaws and inbalances in games that no one else thinks of or considers using.

I’ll shall take this opportunity to show off my TF2 screenshot gallery, just click my name to see some great TF2 shots!

By: Chris R

Chris R — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:36:21 +0000

I laughed so hard at their videos… The trivia sections make me laugh each and every time. I also liked the part where they trapped their team in the first section of Dustbowl using the teleporters. “What the crap??”

By: KindredPhantom

KindredPhantom — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:20:55 +0000

Their video’s are great, it’s a shame that they have run out of stuff to do on TF2.

By: gromit

gromit — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:01:28 +0000

And now some of us can rest in knowing that it all started for the right reasons. Nice one Kieron.

By: Fedora.Pirate

Fedora.Pirate — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:52:14 +0000

Great little piece. Finding your name at the end was quite a surprise however KG as I forget that you’re allowed to exist outside of RPS and PCGamer. I think this is possibly the first issue of The Escapist where I have read every article right through, but that’s a side note.
Lovely little piece, it was interesting to get into the minds behind those videos as I’m one of those people with a messiah complex who generally plays medic but really plays for the good of the team. I always say “nice shot” when I see a generally good one, I laugh it off when a buddy screws up, all that jazz to make the game more fun for everyone.
Because of all this I kinda disliked the first TF2 Roomba video as it was just basic griefing pure and simple. But I really enjoyed the second as there was a clear interaction and more often than not you hear the person being griefed laughing along with the joke. It felt far more friendly, and as was mentioned, I wish I was there to join in on that interaction.