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Medic origin error[edit]

I thought medic was from rottenburg, not stuttgart? JVR2023 (talk) 16:44, 18 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Rottenburg is a Man Vs Machine location. Medic is stated in the official wiki to be from Stuttgart, Germany. GouDoug (talk) 04:53, 2 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Medic's info page says its Stuttgart (https://www.teamfortress.com/classes.php?class=medic). The two cities update page says its Rottenburg (https://www.teamfortress.com/twocities/rottenburg/). This could be a continuity error or maybe Medic was born in one city and grew up in the other? 2601:646:9D82:3F50:A017:9282:8009:2C89 (talk) 20:57, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 10 January 2024[edit]

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Change: On February 9, 2023, a blog post was mad on the official Team Fortress 2 website, saying that a new "update-sized" update was coming to the game. To: On February 9, 2023, a blog post was made on the official Team Fortress 2 website, saying that a new "update-sized" update was coming to the game. Reason: Missing 'e' on the word made. Munitions (talk) 03:08, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done

Akamaikai (talk) 03:19, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

An update to the bot section is required[edit]

As of January 12, 2024, the bot problem has had a massive resurgence, thus the issue was only effectively ended for a period (through most of 2022 and into 2023). The resurgence kicked back up in December, when player count for the game doubled overnight, and has been hampering game play yet again. Having played the game casually for over a decade at this point, this is by far the worst bot wave the game has had. You can see the player numbers here: https://steamcharts.com/app/440 AnInterestingName (talk) 14:46, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Steamcharts is not a reliable source, and player count would be inferring. We need reliable secondary coverage about the issue to change anything. -- ferret (talk) 14:52, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

https://steamdb.info/app/440/charts/#6y

SteamDB assists in correlating this. Yes, going off player count is weird, however at the same time it’s all we have that isn’t trying to track down and count down every bot. Besides, this game never sees such a massive leap in player count. 138.47.165.176 (talk) 17:43, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I almost mentioned Steamdb before, but decided not to... Steamdb is also viewed as unreliable for Wikipedia use. All either shows, regardless, is a spike in users. It doesn't say "These are bots", or "The bot problem is back", or anything. We can't use this figure for anything here. -- ferret (talk) 18:44, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 8 April 2024[edit]

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Add the fact that buds are no longer unanimous with trading, rarely being used today. Keys are now the most defined and used currency. 99.124.226.254 (talk) 03:38, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk|contribs) 03:45, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

memes section?[edit]

there is a lot of memes that have originated from tf2. for example, there is a popular tf2 meme known as "pootis," which is a misheard line from the heavy class. should a section about memes be added? AaronNinetyTwo (talk) 12:10, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Are there any reliable secondary sources that discuss those memes? IceWelder [✉] 18:59, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

i am unsure, but i have searched it on google and only found youtube, reddit, and social media pages AaronNinetyTwo (talk) 21:13, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So you would agree that no reliable sources have covered them? IceWelder [✉] 17:26, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I guess, but we could keep looking

I saw this tvtropes page, but I am unsure if tvtropes is a wiki or a reliable source AaronNinetyTwo (talk) 18:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I forgot to post this as well, but the show is based off of the meme AaronNinetyTwo (talk) 18:18, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not reliable, WP:RSPTVTROPES. Arslan35 (talk) 10:48, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]