Ok, people, possibly only a few hours until the beta for Team Fortress 2 is released!  (unless they go for evening tomorrow night...which they do sometimes)

For those of you that don't know, you can pre-purchase The Orange Box on Steam for PC for $45. The Orange Box includes Half Life 2 (indisputably one of the best FPSs of all time), Half Life 2: Episode 1 (the continuation of said greatest FPS of all time, very fun), Half Life 2: Episode 2 (the new continuation, it will be epic of course), Team Fortress 2 (One of the most balanced, intense multiplayer games out there...with a new stylish design), and Portal (a mind-bending FP...S? based around shooting portals to navigate through a puzzle). Also you get Peggle Extreme, a little downloadable game with Valve game themes...pretty fun for a throw-in.

All that for $45 when you download it before October 10, PLUS you get access to the TF2 beta which starts...very soon. This game is going to be great fun, and you can't beat that price. And of course this is Steam, and for those who don't understand what it is, it's a service that allows you to access your purchased games from anywhere with internet access...eliminating the need for hard copies...but you have the option of buying retail games and using Steam still anyway...and you can burn copies of your Steam downloaded games for storage if you so wish. It's a great way to get in and game quickly...and it rocks.

Anyway, now that I've pitched the games...this thread is for the TF2 players or potential players.

Steam Community has launched, and it's a great way to see other players, organize games, join groups, chat, set dates for events, etc. Apparently the TF2 Beta starts at 2 am...whether or not that's a definite time, I'm not sure...but that's what the event says. So you can check your SmashBros.com update and then get in TF2!
This thread would be a great place for Steam gamers to trade names, so anybody that wants to add me can...my name is BenKenobi88 of course. I have HL2: DM, DoD: Source, CS: Source, Garry's Mod, Call of Duty 2...a few more, but those are the ones I play usually.

I only have the original Counterstrike on steam but I added you anyway.

I don't have the original hehe, but I may get it sometime soon, because one of my friends really likes it better than Source, and prefers it. I don't have the heart to tell him Source is better (well ok, I do), but I wouldn't mind playing it at our next LAN party anyway. For our next LAN party...not this coming Saturday, but the one after that, we'll be playing TF2 beta online on the same team, so if any TF2 players wants to join our team or fight against us, look for my ID.

Let me download Steam... AGAIN. BTW Ben, beta is for anyone? Or just select people?

---Anybody who pays $45 for The Orange Box before October 10 gets access to the TF2 Beta---

As long as the beta is still going on by October 10, that is...but I'm sure it'll continue until the retail release. So yes.

Grrr... I don't have $45 -_-'

Hehe...sorry...

Anytime from now until Oct 10 you can get some sweet beta action though. And it's best to get it now rather than later...since you'd have to pay $50+tax if you bought it in a store later...and no free downloadable game either.

I think I'll ask my girlfriend to buy me the game :D

BTW I added ya ben, what's your ID dolla?

Hanma Yujiro

add me steam ID: ihira