How many episodes in the MvM Machine Attacks Series?




THIS MUST BE ANSWERED BY 10pm NZ on 5/12/14.

Okay so I have decided to put this up to help you know what to look for when it comes to phishing attempts.

Use this thread to view, or add to.  so you can let others know about them too.


REMEMBER NOT TO CLICK ON ANY LINKS!!!

we just about need a sub forum for these kinda articles. lol

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503438&objectid=11366982

"These sort of events happen all over the world, but New Zealand is quite far behind.

Mr Dawson said gamers were generally interested in the more popular games such as League of Legends, Counter-Strike and Battlefield, but a hit of the event was an old-school gaming machine set up to play Street-Fighter.

rotovegas is a little behind the country??

How many TF2 Servers do GetSome provide?



THIS MUST BE ANSWERED BY 10pm NZ on 1/12/14.

GetSome Grinch
Basic description: Random item give away, 12 Days before xmas
Start Date: 12/12/14
Start Time: 20:00
Finish Date: 24/12/14
Finish Time: 22:00
   
Details   
For the duration of the run time, we will be giving away items to 2 randomly selected people 2 times per day. On all servers.
The items may range from scrap metal to random weapons or hats. Could be good, but also could be crap.
The only requirement to qualify for this promo is that users must be in a server.
Times will be random, but usually between 4pm and 11pm, with the possibility of an extra between 12pm and 4pm in the weekend.



*Promotion may alter over the time of the event.

Why hello there!

So... yes I know this is a little late. My apologies..

Okay so, to kick things off, I would like to mention that there will be an announcement on the first of December, regarding our xmas promotions. So stay tuned for that.
There will be various things running simultaneously, so be aware if you want to win items.
For part of the promo, we will require you to be a member of the GetSome Website and the GetSomeTF2 group page. So while you are waiting, signup/join and wait patiently for the announcement.


A few things have come to our attention regarding a couple of rules.

First is mic spam. (MUSIC) If you wish to play music to everyone, DON'T, there is no need for it, don't keep playing time and time again. You will most probably get perm muted/silenced if it carries on.  We have had various arguments with players because they suggest people should just mute them using their own settings. If they bother to read the rules, they will see we have stated, NO MIC SPAM.
This also includes (VOICE). We have a few servers that have really bad voice chat spam, this is usually 4-5 people all talking at the same time. We know you all like to talk, but maybe space it out a bit more and let others join in on your conversation. for those that don't like to listen, then set your own mute settings on specific players.

Secondly, Trading. There seems to be a bit of sharking going on, people expecting overpay on items when there is no need for it. While we cannot police everything, we still see it happening. Some people have been told to stop it, but still carry on doing what they are doing.
The definition for PURE also seems to be slightly jaded. I suggest googling 'tf2 pure'.

Thirdly, We have noticed a massive increase in phishing links, hack links and what not, being posted and/or sent to users. please be aware of what you are clicking on. Also be aware of who you are adding as a friend on steam, you may not recognize that particular user. If you don't know them, check their page before accepting, chances are they have a private page, that's a good reason to not add them.


moving on..

I have changed the payload server to a 24/7 KOTH HARVEST server now. As I found the payload mode is rarely played now days. So I am going to try something a little different. I have also got an X10 server up. which is running 24/7 sawmill.
Hale2 is now the freak fortress 2 mod, running nicely as well. I have kept the name to the same because its just an extension to the hale mod really.
MvM Machine attacks is now up to ep10, and it appears some more updates have been made to previous episodes. so yet again I will remind you that you need to delete your old maps from your /maps or /downloads/maps folder. otherwise you will not be able to play. I will also be re-adding the updated ep8, as the update was bugged and they needed to update the update...go figure.
Also on mvm, our friend einsenhauer is still working on a walkthrough for it. check the machine attacks thread for any hints and tips hes posted.
Feel free to post any suggestions about these and any of our servers in our forums.


As of late I have been getting requests about more admins. If you wish to apply for admin, do so. just remember we are not currently recruiting, but when we are, they will be reviewed straight away. I would appreciate if you didn't pester me about how your application is going. chances are I haven't even had a good read of it.


STATS TIME!!!
General: 4843 (13399)
MvM: 10893 (26855)
Trade: 5609 (19289)
Hale: 2807 (10156)

Holy MvM!! that must be a record for the year. great stats this month.


Thanks again for your continued support.
As we are coming into the christmas period, be merry and make sure you treat santa with respect!


Gutty
GetSome TF2 Head Administrator

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GetSome have a Rust Legacy server for your use.
Check out the Servers tab for server IP info.

Running Oxide, as well as the plugins below.


Decay is set to 10%.

Has broken tf2 as predicted.  Awaiting fix.

I will process this if it gets 30 yes votes.

From what I know, this map has spots where hale cannot get to...

http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=20171

THERE WILL ONLY BE ONE SERVER THAT WILL GET CAPPING TURNED OFF!

Hello again!

Who would of thought its already been a month since my last rant. I am pretty sure the older you get the faster time goes. remember that kids

Well the next school holidays are 5 school days away, YAY.... Who is looking forward to them?
The team haven't planned anything for these holidays, but that doesn't mean we won't be doing mini games and the likes.


For those that didn't know, GetSome have pulled out of the DNZ LAN. So those of you that planned to meet up with some of the bosses, there might be the odd one or two. I am still going, so send me a message if you are and we'll catch up. As for the GetSome LAN side of it, there might be something in the works of our own, but we will have to wait and see on that one.


And down to business....

As most of you may have read in the last couple of newsletters, I mentioned a !call command for reporting and getting the attention of an admin.
I have implemented something a little different, but works much the same for us. You can type /report in most servers and it will pop up a menu system so you can report on any issues or cheating on the servers. It sends us all the info we need, including a reply by Private message, if we wish to reply to your complaint. This system will be rolled out on all TF2 servers eventually.


I have noticed the servers have all picked up lately, which is fantastic to see. There are some basic issues going on that people may or need to know about. I have listed these in no specific order..

1. Hale capping. On the Saxton Hale servers people say not to cap and give others crap for doing it. If there was a no capping rule, we would not allow capping of the point. It appears that some people don't quite understand that one, and try and enforce a no capping rule, that does not exist.

2. Mic Spam. This is beginning to get worse. We know some servers attract the younger generation, and that brings singing and swearing on the mic. Personally if I hear a child swearing on the mic, I tell them to stop, if they don't then they get muted. The same goes for singing or playing music. It is not allowed.
There is no need for it and I would like to keep it clean. The admin team also know this is to be enforced.

3. 1v1 or 2v2. On some servers that have lower numbers at times, there have been users telling people to leave, because they are having a duel. This is not acceptable behavior. One of our admins got asked to leave the other day due to this happening. He put them in place, and they all left. I was not impressed by this type of behavior at all.

4. When you need an admin, ask in chat if there's an admin on. Or use /report. Don't tell one that may be in your friends list. This wastes their time coming on to sort out an issue when someone may already be on.


Now back to reality..
You may of noticed MvM Machine Attacks is online. There are 2 servers for this as there seems to be a great demand for it. There has been great feedback and also some negative, usually against the way the creator has written the story line. I would like to point out that we cannot do much about this. Just be thankful that someone has gone to the effort of making something different for MvM that you can play.
Episode 7 came out last week, ahead of its scheduled date of xmas, so we may still see another episode released before the year is out, we will see.

Every now and then you might see a popup server on the servers list, this is a trial server and is used for testing of potential modes that could be implemented in the future. They will not be up as full-time servers unless there is demand for it, but possibly up in the weekends.
This popup server could have anything playing, Hidden, Robot destruction, Jailbreak, DeathRun or PropHunt. just to name a few...

PayLoad is now back on its own, as a 24/7 server. I felt there needed to be some balance to our game modes available. The same could be done for arena koth or cp, but there needs to be a demand for it.


Stats Time!!!
General: 3214 (22029)
MvM: 5450 (18505)
Trade: 6208 (23753)
Hale: 3920 (12825)

Now These numbers are hard to judge because the update a couple of weeks ago had changed the way steam ID's are made.
From tonight, I am resetting the stats. Back to 0 they go.


And now the last of the new admins to our awesome team. You may already be aware of them, but I will tell you anyway.
Gruntley, Aussie, Happy Cabbage, and IamThirstyGirl.
As we are no longer taking new applications, any applications posted will be put aside until we ever need more. Do not feel we have ignored you, it's just we don't need them at the moment!


Right that's me done and dusted. See you next month!


Gutty
GetSome TF2 Head Administrator

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