Monday, April 01, 2013

reddit buys Team Fortress 2

And now we're Free to Play!




After some intense negotiations - seriously... blood was shed, pies were thrown, babies were born - reddit has finally acquired Team Fortress 2. In an effort to make players comfortable with the acquisition, we'll be slowly integrating features from the popular free to play game into the standard reddit experience.

Starting today, you'll be able to customize your account with hundreds of weapons, hats, and more. Tweak your reddit account to suit your style and personal taste. Best of all, virtually all of the items can be acquired from normal site surfing via random drop. You don't need to pay to win. (But it certainly couldn't hurt!)

Learn how to play at The Field of Karmic Glory




Taken from our press release:

"We're going to make a lot of wholesale reworks and improvements to the entire site, but don't worry, nothing will change!"
-Erik Martin, General Manager

"We feel strongly that moving to a system of microtransactions will allow the community to use the site in ways they could only imagine. Or something."
-David Croach, Community Manager

"Our new system helps us allocate logistical synergy-based resources in over fifteen inter-dependent base clusters, creating a vortex of statistical momentum and creativity augmentation."
-Jason Harvey, Systems Administrator

"Okay, but will it make us more money?"
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