[TF2] The Grand Summer 2023 Tour!

[@Pudding404]

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."

[@citrusorange794]

Joji Tick tock plays

[@flamingscar5263]

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)

[@ultra5986]

ALL HAIL ERIC

[@femboycs42]

eric is our saviour

[@GgmanGoudeos]

ALL HAIL ERIC

[@InsertFunnyThingHere]

ERIC THE MAILMAN

[@NerfTheLamp9]

I LOVE YOU ERIC ❤❤❤😍😍😍

[@TylerGoatMan]

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

[@Samwiz1]

This is technically true Hale is technically the 10th class

[@aguy3753]

he even has his own animations for taunts and tauntkills

[@eerycar7381]

THE 10TH CLASS IS REAL

[@tukip]

THE 10TH CLASS THE 10TH CLASS IS REAL

[@distinguishedkorok]

THE TENTH CLASS IS REAL THE TENTH CLASS IS REAL THE TENTH CLASS IS REAL

[@tannermiller6242]

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

[@ThatWolfArrow]

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

[@BUMMY105]

Mostly because this is a Valve-Organized Community Update and not a Valve-Sponsored Community Update. The problems of the old Community Update system had plagued Valved for a very, VERY long time; infighting with the team involved with the project, project disagreements with Valve's community manager, and also Valve being Valve on how they handle third party situations. Every Community Update from Robotic Boogaloo to Invasion were all just pure letdowns due to all the disagreements and overall poor update handling from both parties involved back when Valve actually cared. Hell, Invasion had marked the first time in TF2 history to where two updates overlapped their duration, as Invasion overlapped its length with Scream Fortress. So their current system works phenomenally, albeit even better for a time when TF2 actually had a dev team behind it.

[@mattthekiller9129]

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

[@Samwiz1]

Nah it’s just that everyone in Venice is stupid and hung it the wrong way

[@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad]

Nah it’s Hungary 🇭🇺

[@mattthekiller9129]

@@Samwiz1people from that region of italy are generally considered to be heavy drinkers after all

[@mattthekiller9129]

@@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad oh yeah, lmao i don't know my thought logic, i thought Turkmenistan but not Hungary 🤔

[@sunrupuk9634]

​@@mattthekiller9129they drink heavy?

[@Eplayer82]

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

[@Statingbloom99]

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.

[@Vincer]

And its all class. The moment i saw it i bought it on the market (i dont uncrate ever). Its sad a minority get the reference, otherwise we would have a lot more blue brothers mercs going around this summer. Heck it begs for a party of 2-4 sticking together

[@InsertMemeHere]

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

[@Samwiz1]

Certified Snakewater mentality

[@dertivede]

​@@Samwiz1Certified brainrot from no major update

[@mrexists5400]

@@Samwiz1 to be fair, unlike the snakes, the seal is inside the playable area

[@johnfloyd4979]

for me its VSH

[@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413]

uhh no its not, the map sucks

[@woody9174]

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.

[@superboydj6667]

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

[@pantuternik]

Courtesy of the one and only McGuinssBook

[@ChevaFGV]

Soldier?

[@superboydj6667]

@@ChevaFGV yes even he has new voicelines.

[@idioticed4379]

Oh so I wasn't just hearing things!

[@AugustAtrocities]

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.

[@ImDaRealBoi]

Hopefully player destruction is more popularized from this, because it's honestly one of my favorite gamemodes (above the core gamemodes even)

[@fairyknight3931]

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

[@connorlong7143]

The horseman is canonically stronger than SAXTON HAAAAALE.

[@knife_pyro]

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

[@KimFareseed]

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.

[@O5MO]

Actually? It explains why its so shit with long sightlines, very narrow flank routes, and very obscure exits out of blu forward spawns and red last spawns.

[@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad]

Oh jesus christ, that explains a lot

[@ricktherobot7014]

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

[@andyfriederichsen]

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

[@qbertking1910]

ALL HAIL THE GOLDEN SPACE FETUS

[@weegee2567]

2001: A space odyssey

[@whatisanaubin9929]

Lazer, this is KZbin so I can't Angry Luigi.png you But know I will @ you with that when I finish watching this and have nothing else to do

[@qbertking1910]

@@whatisanaubin9929 cope, seethe, mald

[@wikwokbingbong1280]

that is a hat you nonce

[@cheesebucketman1606]

​@@whatisanaubin9929baby man mr baby baby man.

[@timmy6890]

5:49 Scout Oppenheimer

[@simpIeidiot]

Tf2: the Saxton hale gets fucking evicted update

[@kevster8266]

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

[@Fangria]

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

[@edsw1446]

Seal gaming Edit: Saxton Hale Gaming

[@roiwelboren9302]

Seal gaming (chain)

[@devilbowser253]

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

[@exi_m7074]

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

[@flamingscar5263]

"added" until its playable in casual its schrodinger's gamemode, both added and not

[@O5MO]

Even without VSH, 10 new maps is pretty good.

[@berdlyistrans]

i think this update was really really good overall

[@Hellga242]

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.

[@archdornan2218]

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

[@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413]

no degroot keep is like gravelpit sulfur is koth steel

[@cheesysealAnon]

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

[@O5MO]

They are still not playable in casual

[@gemmabutterworth1208]

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

[@gemmabutterworth1208]

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

[@xosui5673]

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

[@xosui5673]

although to point it out. apart from the seal this update was majorly dissapointing to me. with the lack of fixes and all i wanted was the ticket that gives me my gibus back

[@berdlyistrans]

​@@xosui5673APART FROM THE SEAL? we got official vsh, super cool maps, super cool cosmetics and warpaints, its dissapointing sure, but there's still a lot of good

[@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413]

​@@xosui5673tf2 players get satisfied by map logic that has a seals appearance. valve always wins

[@inductivegrunt94]

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

[@august101wheatley8]

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):

[@LunaLinkle]

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

[@myorangesarenice1122]

I too love hard wood🤤

[@m4rt_]

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.

[@equilibrium_law]

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

[@llmkursk8254]

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.

[@1LegoAdventures]

Thanks for the callout out on Extinction! :)

[@kurstiv]

Can confirm the Secret serviced brass beast looks sick af, just made one for myself.

[@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413]

i dont get why sky stallion is elite grade

[@TheCubicDwarf]

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

[@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413]

sky stallion gives me vibe of shit. by far the ugliest warpaint in the case, put it on a minigun and cover your eyes

[@randompurpleslime8963]

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

[@Billfan9]

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

[@EpicFace7589]

All the new maps have been amazing and have great designs

[@Phocmixx]

"i was bloody livid." - a distinguished gentleman

[@shybandit521]

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

[@Surkk2960]

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 :\

[@patchwork5532]

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.

[@Surkk2960]

Ironically that was also Ace who said that about Venice.

[@ExlhkA]

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

[@jamespage5239]

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

[@DewpeeSnewBa11]

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

[@KasaiCantDraw]

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.

[@jasoncampbell3558]

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!

[@shaldurprime7154]

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

[@petzouqi76]

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.

[@Micah.Lau.navi.]

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

[@TGirl_Dave]

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

[@VanguardEndeavor]

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

[@jklleskov2699]

Demo can be a super hero wdym?!?!

[@ezrayuantado1936]

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

[@datbo1]

You should see how many new players we got!

[@The_SteelNerfer]

finally he uses an original intro

[@Speedysocks-ir1qe]

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.

[@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413]

demoman also has new sticky bomb voicelines when laying a trap, but unfortunately due to poor balancing, there is literally no reason to ever use stickies over the shield

[@veryconfused5243]

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

[@thenewguy9186]

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

[@ne4882]

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

[@stefanradic6663]

We are going to live forever

[@bingusbunguska]

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

[@ZBeatsTF2]

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.

[@MrAceOren]

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

[@Aflay1]

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.

[@keithharrissuwignjo2460]

Apparently saxton hale has a tauntkill

[@GunSpyEnthusiast]

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.

[@crankybutgun9536]

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

[@zomble_Guy]

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

[@nathanford2072]

The seal was the best fucking thing in this update.

[@guffy2486]

I like the blues brother reference

[@RDGamer321]

The Full Metal Helmet actually changed depending on which class is wearing it. Heavy and Sniper get the high caliber bullets, scout and soldier and I think engineer get shotgun shells, Medic gets syringes, demo gets a flask, spy gets a cigar lighter.

[@TEW58_De_Bluey]

The Bushman unvortunatly was the first unlock I got

[@emilax1557]

6:36 thats e BLUSE BRODERS REFRENC

[@wyattstyles4420]

Human sticky trab idea lets goo

[@ChronicallyOn]

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.

[@Samwiz1]

It is a very beautiful and clever map; my most sincere compliments to the chef 👍

[@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413]

freyja also made mossrock, which is why sulfur is so big

[@gumbowumbo1077]

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

[@patg1094]

Business Class looks really good on the Bazaar Bargain

[@HexiiSky]

if the seal map doesnt get added to the pass time que ima be big mad

[@Drexus.The.Mantled]

SEAL SEAL SEAL SEAL SEAL SEAL SEAL

[@PajamaPantsStudios]

The best part is the Bushman is mercenary grade

[@distinguishedkorok]

34:41 pyroshark palace

[@biblequotesdaily6618]

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

[@molassesman4066]

Oh hey the first cheeze wizard has released a new video

[@c0baltl1ghtn1ng]

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.

[@shaddowofthelost1750]

You need to do another scout intel Speedrun, but with the intel unusuals.

[@yoshispandol8610]

i recently played the new summer tour update and... snipbots in the first game and they kicked me :/

[@kevinpeixes3735]

you really dont need that many zoom-ins every ten seconds bro

[@jimatroniusmaxiumus6211]

looking at all the cosmetics a lot of them are based on team fortress classic's outfits and styles.

[@The_Nailsmith]

Rest in peace contractor exploit

[@Vincer]

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)

[@marcusgimenez7929]

Hell yeah blues brothers reference

[@AAa-kq6ro]

the new demoman cosmetics are meant to be an incredibles reference

[@wafflecon6029]

Why are you complaining about the train on pelican peak? It exists only as decoration and isn’t accessible to normal players. Not only that but you can never see the wheels for it to be a problem.

[@toptheghost8293]

Dead Hale looks like that family guy Peter meme

[@The_Nailsmith]

Also if I’m not mistaken heavy’s gun car shoots

[@miles1034]

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

[@Samwiz1]

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