{"id":85687,"date":"2016-01-28T17:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=85687"},"modified":"2016-01-28T17:04:44","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T15:04:44","slug":"eight-years-after-release-team-fortress-2-is-getting-competitive-matchmaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/85687-eight-years-after-release-team-fortress-2-is-getting-competitive-matchmaking","title":{"rendered":"Eight years after release, Team Fortress 2 is getting competitive matchmaking"},"content":{"rendered":"

The difference between Team Fortress 2<\/em> on PC and the consoles is like night and day.<\/p>\n

Nay, the most absolute analogy of a difference of two things I can think of is to say it\u2019s like the difference between Team Fortress 2<\/em> on PC and consoles.<\/p>\n

Since its release, the Xbox 360 version, for example, has received a grand total of four updates. The PC version, by comparison, has had 546 patches to date \u2013 that\u2019s according to the Team Fortress Wiki<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As a result of those updates, the PC version is not only more than eight years old and still going strong, but offers a completely different experience.<\/p>\n

And yet, for all of the additions, tweaks, improvements and events that have hit Team Fortress 2<\/em> for PC, it has yet to receive a competitive\/ranked matchmaking mode.<\/p>\n

That all changes with the confirmation of competitive matchmaking by the Team Fortress<\/em> team on both Reddit<\/a> and Steam<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The competitive beta is still in its early phases, but should breathe new life into the game. We wouldn\u2019t be at all surprised to see a complete resurgence.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a pity that South Africa\u2019s Team Fortress 2<\/em> community has waned a lot since its heyday.<\/p>\n

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For the PC gamers<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Rise of the Tomb Raider: a comparison between console, PC and High and Low settings<\/a><\/p>\n

Dragon\u2019s Dogma: a PC and console comparison<\/a><\/p>\n

Of course, The Division is the best experience on PC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For all of the additions, tweaks and improvements made to Team Fortress 2, in its eight years it has yet to receive a competitive\/ranked matchmaking mode.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":85691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17093,1994,1969,17095,85,2238,697],"class_list":["post-85687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","tag-competitive-matchmaking","tag-free-to-play","tag-news-2","tag-ranked","tag-steam","tag-team-fortress-2","tag-valve"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}