The first ever Polycount Pack was a HUGE success - especially for Polycounts first ever major contest. Nrek's 'CROC-O-STYLE' Pack Click here for more information.ĬONGRATULATIONS guys - these packs are amazing! (And I personally can't wait to get them all.) Progg's 'THE GAS MAN' Pack Click here for more information.Ĭhemical Alia's 'THE SAHARAN SPY' Pack Click here for more information. Spetch's 'THE SPECIAL DELIVERY' Pack Click here for more information. Increases max health by 20 points (220 total) on wearer. Larolaro's 'TANK BUSTER' Pack Click here for more information. Narrowing it down to 5 sets for you to eventually unlock in Team Fortress 2 (the release date is unknown but coming in the close future) the winners of the first ever Polycount Pack are, in no particular order: So, if you did not win this time around you can be confident that your items will one day find there way in to Team Fortress 2. Out of the 70 or so entries that Valve received, Robin tells me that nearly half of the entries are of a high enough quality to be shipped in future updates without much work needed on Valve side. It's Valve's way of thanking you for helping the rest of the entries become even stronger. Last thing about weaponry is communication. In addition, a few individuals who contributed to the contest greatly, but did not enter the contest themselves, will also be given a Polycount Pin. Dark metal pickaxe grants speed boost linked to injury level, so Tank Buster will be able to escape the heat. Stock Status:(Out of Stock) Product Code: SKU24739 See more ideas about hard body, trucks, monster trucks Loading Unsubscribe from RICK C Tamiya 58518 Super Clod Buster 2012 Re-Release for IconicRC New in package Tamiya Clod buster Axle Tubes & Knuckles etc Tamiya Clod buster Axle Tubes & Knuckles etc. In total, some 70 sets were completed and entered (read: thats at least 210 items!) It's no wonder they had their work cut out for them when choosing the first ever pack.Īnd as a special treat, everyone who entered the contest will be getting a Polycount Pin, which will be released when the Polycount Pack is released. These sets had to be within the same theme, and fit well within the TF2 universe. Members of the Polycount Community were given 5 weeks to come up with a SET of items for one of the 9 different TF2 classes. In the meantime, I’m going to be alternating between drooling over that gorgeous new Spy knife and trying to unlock that damned Wrangler on the Engineer.We've managed to wrangle Valve in their 'Valve-time' slipstream long enough to catch the names of the 5 Winning entries to the first ever Polycount Pack for Team-Fortress 2. Even the unassuming Pyro and Spy packs won’t just be cosmetic: In a post on the TF2 blog, it was announced that the team would be working to “attach gameplay attributes (probably of a game destroying nature) to these items.” So feel free to wildly speculate about what they’ll all do for now. While the Pyro’s “Gas Station Attendant” set seems mostly cosmetic – as does the Spy’s “Saharan Spy” Egyptian film noir getup – the Sniper seems to be getting a tranquilizer gun called the “Sydney Sleeper.”Īll in all, there’s some very nifty stuff coming from Polycount and Valve. The speedy little Scout gets a 50’s-milkman-themed outfit with the “Short Stop,” a pistol that fires four rounds at once. The Soldier gets a heavy-duty “Tank Buster” rocket launcher and radio pack (exactly what use the radio will have remains to be seen). Artists were encouraged to come up with a “set” of items for one of the game’s nine character classes, and five winners would have their sets added to the game.Īs to be expected, the winning entries were all pretty impressive.
It’s kind of community-inspired, anyway – it’s the result of a contest held by Valve and “videogame art resource & community” site Polycount. Well, with the long-awaited Engineer Update finally over and done with, the next bout of unlocks will be yet another community-inspired batch. Valve is good at many, many things – but if you had to pick one single thing that the PC developer was best at, it would probably be “taking good ideas from its community.” Counter-Strike became a game in its own right, Portal was originally developed by students, and many of the maps and items currently in Team Fortress 2 were designed by the players. Hot on the heels of the TF2 Engineer update comes a new slew of items – only these babies weren’t designed by Valve.