There isn't anything about this character design that screams "Pyro" at me. Put him in another class' uniform and I'd think "oh, this is somebody's Original Character". Are you suggesting a particular nationality? Or personality? I know you have to start with a "neutral" expression when modeling, but give us some shots of him in an emotion other than "detached boredom". And give him some scars--surely a pyromaniac, especially one who sees flames as rainbows or bubbles, has burned himself by accident (or on purpose) a few times.

Needs more potato.

I can only see Pyro as human. Not potato, not sack of kittens, not alien, not robot. I'm sorry.

I think it's not the modeler's fault, it's an issue you should take up with Moby Francke, because it's his design. I kind of like it. No scars, no trauma, just a normal guy who decided to start burning things one day. And I like that.

>>13676
SMILE YOU SAY?

>>13662

Hell, if you're giving out free critiques, I'd love some crit too, if you don't mind. (But if you don't wanna go out of your way to read anyone else's work but OP's, that's perfectly fine.)
Just thought I'd jump on the opportunity, if there is one.

>>13664

Cool, thanks! Just sent you an E-mail with the link (and some arbitrary nonsense) so there you go.

Heck, if anyone needs some crit, or just some fresh eyes on their work, then I would love to help too.

My e-mails in the name.

I learned of this off a friend who is obsessed with Sonic games. Supposedly, the Team Fortress car is a bonus car only for PC users. After listening to the characters, I'm unsure if the same voice actors were used as Pyro's sounds off and Heavy's kinda matches with that from the Poker Night at the Inventory's tone, but at the same time, doesn't. I wouldn't be surprise if Sega uses their own VA's to fill in instead of the original VA's to save money, unless however the contract made between them and Valve allows for the original VA's to voice in lines for the game.

If anyone can do further research to see if our guys are confirm they are or aren't would be of help. I'm probably not going to get this game regardless as I suck horribly at racing games.

So uh yeah, got to play this game today. Its a rather fun game for what it is, but I enjoyed the first game in this series more...

In regards to the TF2 folks, its an ok appearance. Very disappointed about the original VAs not being in this one, but the Spy replacement voice is okay. Heavy's VA is so-so, and Pyro... well. Its a thing. Their all-star move is indeed Spy, but in a better looking jet than what he usually flies for the actual flight segments, and he can shoot missiles at other players. Too bad for Heavy that the hovercrafts are the worst racing mode - however there are ways to balance out your vehicle after gaining XP from completed races, so there's that.

Its very surreal to play as Spy in stages like After Burner and NiGHTS whilst he's smoking his cigarette and doing his crab taunt sometimes (the cigarette part is rather heavily implied by the gestures of the hand while you're controlling him).

Pic is best I could do atm for Spycrab, it happens randomly so I can only catch the tail end of it...

>>13647
oh correction, its not a different jet. Bad lighting in stages, etc.

Also Heavy will call out for Medic if he gets fucked up too badly in races - neato.

>>13614
Mai is underage.

my old trips work here \o/

>>13615
wow rude

True or not, I'm pretty sick of hearing people say that a movie might ruin their headcannons.

TF2 is such a big, open univers. Even with the cannon stuff, it's so easy to shape and make "your own".

Also, isen't that what OC's are for?

Considering it was only sort-of announced on Nerdist and word spread from there, my prediction is we'll get an official announcement/ARG stuff sometime later this year, with the movie being sometime in 2014.

Maybe in time for TF2s 6th birthday?

I don't know. We're all guessing at this point, but if it's a prequel, I hope we find all the mercs being recruited in outlandish ways (Why did RED/BLU put a miniature TV in your toilet? BECAUSE FUCK YOU THAT'S WHY)

>>13603
Oh god, an origins video would be great. Seeing the mercs where they started. I'd love something like that.

Yes, it was a good holiday season full of trial and errors for the Secret Santa event. I enjoyed working on my prompt, now just waiting on mine as I got orphaned so just a much longer waiting game for me.

Regardless, happy holidays TF2Channers!

Thanks a lot for this. I know I'll be back next year!

I see the mercs as more combat-sexual than anything else. They definitely get much more animated when there's killing to be had. (Just listen to the Administrator on Payload missions when the bomb is about to reach the final terminus.)

>>13510
Update: Now that I've used the vaccinator for more than five minutes, and have gotten used to watching damage types and switching resistance, I've got some brainpower left over to think about my übers, and holy socks this is fun. It's not that powerful of a medigun, but the amount of strategy involved is hnnnng. I've only been using this thing for a few hours, but I can already feel my concentration improving.

So I've come to a conclusion. Forget the Scottish Resistance analogy. It was a shitty analogy anyway. The vaccinator is like a Demoknight set: It's [probably] not viable for serious gameplay, and lameasses will complain every time they see it [moreso, however, because Medics aren't allowed to have fun] but it's exciting and using it every now and then keeps you sharp. So it's my new favourite pub toy.

Have fun waiting for one to drop.

Seeing more Miss Pauling and knowing that Ashly Burch is doing something SUPER SECRET with Valve, I can kind of see her playing Miss Pauling.

>>13497 >>13500
She's just put that fic up on the Afanfic board.

>>13476
Same here

Captcha says Puritanic... No, captcha, that is not a good description for this here conversation.

>>13478 here. It just occurred to me that it says things about the quality of the writers here that people who would not be the target audience (aka straight dudes and lesbians) like and read the stuff anyway. Good things. :)

>>13504
I was in another fandom previously where I think the vast majority of the gay porn (at least on the fansite I frequented) was written and drawn by lesbians. It doesn't really surprise me anymore.

You know, I have a theory.

For every fat joke that someone makes about Gaben, Half-Life 3's release gets delayed another day.

>>13329
We might have been to the same server that day.

I saw this just today on a X10 server. Hilarity ensued.

Sorry for the shit quality, my rig sucks ass.

>>13362
Well I never really claimed to be good at it...

The name in this post is my steam, If you'd like to message me there. I'd post my wrimo profile but it leads to some sensitive personal info.

Also! my internet's been shit lately, so I might not be able to respond quickly.

>>13362

I recommend a book called "Making Shapely Fiction" by Jerome Stern. It discusses some basic rules of writing, general plot outlines, and character types that you can build from.

Other than that, I suggest you read as many fiction and nonfiction books and short stories from as many genres as you can. Then find what you like and start coming up with ideas and putting them to paper. From there, it's a matter of practicing your craft.

Again, I must emphasize that writing must be something that you enjoy, first and foremost. Doing it for any other reason really isn't worth the effort.