14:31 they hated Steel because he told them the truth. Sam looked at the bushman and thought "Yeah, this is a community-made update."

Wait… If Hale has his own icon when killed… THE 10TH CLASS!!! WE FOUND IT!!!!

I was part of the pessimistic crowd for TF2, but now I'm not, one of the people actually working on TF2 at Valve, Eric, is actually responding to emails, when asked where the community fixes were, he said that they plan on adding them throughout the year VALVE ACTUALLY HAS A PLAN TO WORK ON THE GAME, that is something that hasn't been true since even before jungle inferno, it hasn't been the case that Valve has actually planned anything out with this game since 2014, 2015 saw that plan end, 2016 was Valve releasing meat your match half backed and rushed to respond to overwatch, and 2017 was jungle inferno which was only made out of obligation due to the heavy vs pyro of meat your match, its been almost 10 years since Valve has actually worked on this game in any real capacity, and they are again Edit: also everything points towards Valve actually planning on making this basically a 3rd holiday update, except the content added isn't temporary like smissmiss and scream fortress (the event ending in September refers to the unusual effects, this has been the case for years, technically summer was always considered an event but just only had cosmetics)

Fun fact: the heavy update for tf2 was realised back on 19th of April 2008 and amongst other things it also added the sandvich

This is somehow a better community update than Invasion and End of the Line.

I really like the Warpaints in this set, so many of them are holiday themed its nice to have some more generic-ish skins more so

Fun fact all the mercenaries have new voice lines in the vsh gamemode

It's funny that It went from TF2's lore having the mercs defeat Gray Mann in MVM, along with Saxton Hale joining them to help in the comics, to the mercs defeating Saxton Hale to help Gray Mann for his company.

Amazing and heart warmer fact, the hat for Soldier called "Brothers in blues" is a reference to a 1980 musical film called "The blues brothers." Starred Dan aykroyd as "Elwood blues," and John Belushi (who sadly passed away from overdose in 1982) as "Jake Blues." The hat could be in honor for both brothers but it looks like It takes more reference towards Jake but I could be wrong. Either way I'm So happy they added that hat man.

I couldn't stop laughing when saxton got destroyed by the horseman

This update really was an immensely infulential update. Not only did it contribute to a new all-time peak in player count for TF2, but it also added a new player destruction map with the main selling point of that map being its immensely popular seal that you are tasked with feeding.

Fun fact: In the map Venice the colors of the Italian flag are horizontal instead of the correct vertical, so canonically, Venice is either in Iran or Turkmenistan or something

I hope we get new vc like "we have no medic" its just sprinkles on top

You forgot to show the seal pups. Yes, there are baby seals on the seal map.

gonna say it before i even watch the video the seal was literally the best thing to happen to tf2 since the last major update

On the seal map, near the sea under one of the platforms there are crabs with a briefcase and one of them is a spycrab

Seal gaming Edit: Saxton Hale Gaming

22:27 Last update for pl_cashworks, before getting added officially to the game, was on the 1st of April, 2009. Would be why it gives you dustbowl vibes.

Tonight on The Grand (Summer) Tour: Heavy eats a sandvich Spy dies to a pyro And Sniper gets votekicked

ALL HAIL THE GOLDEN SPACE FETUS

Honestly this “Holiday-Sized Update” is the biggest one we’ve had in a while. They added an entire mode.

The way Sulfur's gameplay works between both teams reminds me of Degroot Keep

6:36 We need a video of a soldier being apart of the CIA using the "brothers in blues" cosmetic

i love how i know you know this game too well when every time you see a new thing you go "this is just ___ but ___" 18:53 IS THAT THE FAMILY GUY DEATH POSE

Pov there was a new major update in tf2 Tf2 fans: it a miracle, its an australian bloody christmas miracle

Samwiz1 when things don't get worse yet doesn't get better (It's been like this for years now and we only just now gotten a break from the 8 months of nothing):

In my personal opinion I feel like because player count is higher and people are buying more stuff it might maybe possibly motivate valve to push more/ better updates. Even if they are just community made

Honestly, we need a balance patch. There are multiple servers with a balance mod plugin, it has been over 5 years since Blue Moon's balance changes, and a lot of weapons still need balancing. Aside from that and community fixes, I really love the map selection for the most part. I do think Extinction and Shoreleave should've been in over Venice and Cashworks (which was uploaded to Gamebanana back in April *2009*), as those maps have a much more interesting color palette and play better, but the rest of the selection is top notch. Also, the cosmetics and war paints are *exquisite* this time around. You should try and get a Secretly Serviced onto a Brass Beast it is honestly amazing.

for some reason the VSH maps aren't on my version of TF2 even after the patch

Tf2: the Saxton hale gets fucking evicted update

18:54 Family guy is only a mere offspring of Saxton Hale

Instructions Pat the pork chops dry. [8 ounces boneless pork chops] In a shallow bowl, whisk the flour, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and smoked paprika together. [½ cup all-purpose flour,1 teaspoon kosher salt,½ teaspoon ground black pepper,½ teaspoon garlic powder,½ teaspoon smoked paprika] Dredge the pork chops in the flour and shake off any excess. Reserve ¼ cup of the remaining flour. Heat the oil in a cast-iron skillet or sauté pan set over medium heat. Add in the pork chops and cook on both sides until deeply golden, about 3 minutes per side. Remove from the pan and set aside. [2 tablespoon olive oil] Add in the onion and sauté until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add in the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. [1 onion,2 cloves garlic] Whisk in the reserved ¼ cup flour, cooking for 30-60 seconds. Slowly whisk in the broth. Bring the mixture to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes to thicken slightly. [1 cup low-sodium beef broth] Stir in the cream, worcestershire sauce, and parsley. Return the pork to the pan, spoon the sauce over the pork, cover and cook until the pork is cooked through, about 3-5 minutes. [½ cup heavy cream,1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce,1 tablespoon chopped parsley] Garnish with parsley and serve.

"i was bloody livid." - a distinguished gentleman

I was pleasantly surprised by this update. I especially love Hardwood and Pelican peak, the north woods aesthetic is beautiful

The Brothers in blue is a movie reference to the blues Brothers

The seal was the best fucking thing in this update.

18:54 that is so close to the family guy death pose

All the new maps have been amazing and have great designs

When I found out that hitting stuff makes you go upward, I thought I had found a bug... I later realized it was a feature.

40 minutes of Sam and I'm already liking a lot of the cosmetics he showing here.

sam, you missed the sign in sharkbay that updates when people die to sharks

For me Sulfur and Selbyen are the highlights in terms of mabs, but I really hope a real gameplay changing update happens in the future. Still waiting for the VSH maps to return :\

>changed it from update-sized update to holiday-sized update >finally added the official 10th class anyways

10:20 emesys blue medic, i'll buy it for my self when i get money from my work

It still blows my mind that one guy did all the VSH voicelines for all the 9 classes

The Brothers in Blues cosmetic I'm pretty sure is a Blues Brother reference which is a movie by the way

6:36 thats e BLUSE BRODERS REFRENC

the man with a hat only sign is actually a gentlemen only sign

Dead Hale looks like that family guy Peter meme

It took me WAY too long to realize it's called Sulphur because it's a hot spring.

I like the blues brother reference

5:49 Scout Oppenheimer

Human sticky trab idea lets goo

I think valve should add more of the custom game modes as official game modes. VSH apparently seems really well received so I’d love to see more added

The community can live off a single drop of water for 8 years probably

Sky Stallion War Paint actually gives me the vibe of Torgue weaponry from Borderlands, similar kinda steel gray and checkerboard yellow yk?

I loved this, however a small suggestion for pacifist spy is to use the red tape recorder for extra annoyance

AcetheOcarina maker has both the Asian maps on his server, and they are both pretty fun and have decent balance, but are a pain to defend if your team is uncoordinated. Venice, I believe someone called it Sniper Hell due to the long sightlines and chokepoints.

i mean for reference I was in middle school during the last major update I can now vote

Hell yeah blues brothers reference

I honestly expected a rhyme/reference for Hale's beer. Specifically Saxton Hale's Hazardous Ales.

I will say, at the very least two things this update accomplished that does make me smile. One it introduced more players to Player Destruction, which you don't really see in casual all too often. So we might see an upswing in people making maps for that mode. And two, it got more people to check the VScript Saxton Hale Mod, which for a commuinty gamemode that has been around for while now, for not only probably the best version of that mode to date to be added (at least until it's fixed) and to get more attention from content creators and casual palyers, that is awesome. Props to the mod team who worked on that mode, they really do deserve all this attention. I overall thought this update was good. And while I can get tired of some of the pessimisn, I understand it. Honestly, at this point I'm not even asking for a major content update, just one that brings about a bunch of fixes and QOL improvements, helps furter remove bots and cheaters from the game, maybe some balance changes (and that's a big maybe), and maybe something to help the community further keep the game alive, maybe like official mod support or something. Overall understand your viewpoint, hope they fix and readd VSH because if they don't then that is supremly stupid and shitty on Valves part, and overall this was a good update. At this point this is probably par the course for TF2 until Valve either does something new or just says fuck and fully lets the community have it with mod support or something. I'm just happy we can now play the game normally without ear-rape sniper bots every other round/game. Also, fun fact: If Cashworks felt a bit like an older map or like it feels like a map that could've been made for TF2 back in like 2008 or 09, then that's not far off. As it' actualy an older community made map that dates back to April of 2009. I can see it's flaws, but it's honestly a fun map that I think really shows how well good design can carry a map, even despite it's age. I actually remember playing a game where people remarked that it felt like an Old-New Map. A map that was new, but feels like it's been in game forever. When in reality, that's somewhat true. Anyway, just a fun fact. Have a good day Sam!

I think the reason the vsh map titles were in orange to differentiate the normal maps from the vsh maps.

Fun fact about VSH: any on kill effects become on hit effects when used on hale. If a demoknight is using the eyelander, and hits hale enough, a new voiceline occurs.

Oh hey the first cheeze wizard has released a new video

the entire point of cathing a mud crab : * to test if they can cut off a finger * i did a thing's friends telling him how to catch one : " just use your hands! " well thats one way to test your theory.

You should see how many new players we got!

the new demoman cosmetics are meant to be an incredibles reference

Business class looked like the best to me…

30:34 "holyshit it's RussianBadger"

finally he uses an original intro

SEAL SEAL SEAL SEAL SEAL SEAL SEAL

We are going to live forever

ELLIS' CRAWDADS? I KNEW TF2, L4D1/2, PORTAL AND HALF LIFE WERE ALL CONNECTED!!!

Business Class looks really good on the Bazaar Bargain

I'd say that this update was pretty good. And even though I started playing this game somewhere around early 2020 and I can't have an opinion on every update that came out for this game, I still think for what they did, it's pretty neat for my first experience with a "major" update for this game. And I say "major" because, as Valve previously stated, this is a holiday sized update, despite the fact that they're considering this as a major update for the game. Although the Seal was the highlight for the vast majority of the community, I think VS Saxton Hale becoming an official gamemode was the highlight for me personally because I barely had experience with the community version of the gamemode before this update. Even though I haven't played all of the maps at the moment of typing this, they can be pretty hit or miss for me at times. But after seeing what the rest of the maps look like, I'm interested to see how they play out. Cosmetics, War Paints, and Taunts are pretty neat too. Overall, I'd say that despite the flaws that this update has, it is good. Not amazing or bad, it's good for a majo- I mean, holiday-sized update.

Finding a server depends on where you live, NA West Coast like Washington and LA are really fast while NA East like NYC and Virginia are different I'd believe. AU servers are also often more casual than NA casual ever is.

34:41 pyroshark palace

Adding this on to the question about “Why is Blu always attacking?”, well, at least on payload, it’s worth remembering that Red no longer HAS a payload cart after the events of Expiration Date. Canon reason? Probably not. It’s a cute nod to it though.

The best part is the Bushman is mercenary grade

my take this is a great update for sfmers (theres some great looking maps) and for just tf2 players its a good-great small update

SAXTON HALE!

on the pacific peacemaker, i had to crank my resolution and then look at the item on steam to try and figure out which of us is insane, i thought it was just a faded red and blue warship hull paint, and that sam was extrapolating nonexistent data from the name. but no, my youtube compression just sucks and keeps defaulting to 360p in spite of my laptop's specs. he was wrong tho, and misapropriated the design to the wrong culture, bro completely forgot that hawaii and the polynesian islands exist

i really want a cranium cooler for my engie so i can have a full sentry head on his robot loadout

3:58 You severely underestimate the potential of multiple scouts signing pictures of themselves and flinging them onto a dead enemy body like a stripper on the pole.

The one real way to tell if a war paint is good is to see how it looks on the Holy Mackerel

try my subclass:its called the cooking/baking scout the loadout is: the frying pan the mad milk and the soda popper. you cant use your primary unless really needed

The Bushman unvortunatly was the first unlock I got

I was playing Engi on one of the new payload maps and another engineer put a teleporter in a area that trapped the players and the only way out was to kill bind

Regarding why BLU always attacks and RED always defends: Long time ago someone made a study that shows a majority of matches in I think it was League of Legends were won by whoever was playing Blue. Something to do with color theory: Blue is Passive and tactical, while Red is Aggressive and hostile. If that holds true, RED and BLU in TF2 might be a play off of that.

im still angry i was at the store and didnt get into chat first. Also, SOMEONE *cough* steel *cough* ended my first streak on purpose

39:20 Wow that's a lotta words. Too bad I'm not readin' them.

Apparently saxton hale has a tauntkill

Groovy.

I am going to share this RQ, and I doubt this will be seen. Sulphur was a map made by someone named Freyja in the TF2 Community, and was a map also shown off in a video by Big Joey. Freyja is one of the co-creators of the popular weeb haven that is KOTH_Suijin, which is why they have such focus on Japanese aesthetics. Point D has a timer on it, specifically to note towards how it changes with time. With depending on how many points are capped, the final platform on Point D will rise and fall, to create interesting end of map experiences depending on how the final point battle was led up to.

I like how. That map with the Dam. I love how none of you realized it is a TF2 variant and twist of Route 66 from Overwatch. And TF2 has it better than Overwatch.

Theres a big con on rushing new content and with server flying like that. That ctf map is actually okay (maybe the best ctf map actually, with the intel in the open it seens to be non-eternal actual good map). The train not having wheels or killing is exactly like it should be since its an off area of the map, only seen from bellow, so not loading uneeded assets/animation is better for performance. My first reaction to that maps was meh until i played it a bunch of times- it may be on par if not above landfall and well (and im biased with well, nostalgia). Those vents do seen like dead space rarely used but even that is fun (a less expected route and saved my life once)

Killer signature is probably a jojo reference

Samwiz1 doesnt know about the blues brothers. 😢 would make the brothers in blue much better

Red team is defense because they need to be paid to destroy things soo they have to keep buildings intact until they are paid to destroy them while blue team destroys things to rebuild them and get paid by that