the web server that the defy site is hosted on has changed servers. The DNSes around the world are still updating so if you can read this message you are on the new box and all of your posts will be retained. If you cannot read this message all of your posts will not be carried over... then again you wont know this since you can't read this.

Today - September 18th, 2008 - marks exactly 1 year since deFy ordered it's FIRST TF2 server!

That's right, after digging through old emails I found the activation email from Velocity Servers saying our server was online, it was dated Sept 18th, 2007.

deFy had been around for a couple years before this time, but today marks the 1 year anniversary since we started a TF2 group.

So tonight is not going to be another date night, that's dumb. Instead it's going to be a 1 year anniversary party / Glad Grieve isn't dead celebration

So tonight we will again congregate on the #2 server for some fun starting at 7:30pm EDT. We can do whatever we want and play whatever map you guys want (we can even turn off crits if that's what people want since that's where we started)

Thanks to everyone for sticking around for the last year and hopefully we'll have another year of growth!

Massive update. Servers are being updated:

The required Heavy update for Team Fortress 2 has been released. Please
use hldsupdatetool to receive it. The specific changes include:

Added 3 Heavy unlockables:
- Natascha, The Sandvich, The Killing Gloves of Boxing
- Added 35 new Heavy achievements

Added Arena game mode:
- 5 arenas: Lumberyard, Ravine, Well, Granary, Badlands

- Added cp_steel, a community map by Jamie "Fishbus" Manson

Changes:
- Added server map timeleft to upper right of scoreboard
- Added new firing sounds to The Backburner
- Removed the Custom Tab in the serverbrowser, and added the Tags field
to the base Internet Tab
- Increased The Kritzkrieg's uber-charge rate bonus from 10% to 25%
- 32 player servers can now support an extra slot of SourceTV
- Made the freezecam item panel description easier to read
- Players now broadcast whether they chose a team directly or use
autoteam
- Added proper handling of cart blocking recognition to Payload maps

Bug fixes:
- Fixed bug where switching from flaregun-wielding Pyro to another class
meant you didn't get a full ammo loadout on first spawn
- Fixed Spy watch arm not using team skins
- Fixed weapon switching preventing you from using secondary attacks for
a 0.2s window after the primary became available
- Fixed players getting stuck in a bad animation state when class
switching while spinning the minigun
- Fixed a loophole that allowed players to pickup weapons of other
classes
- Fixed a bug that resulted in players earning more crit chance bonus in
large, single damage events than they are supposed to
- Fixed an issue with the floating HUD +X health indicators that
resulted in them appearing incorrectly
- Fixed a bug which caused the minigun spinning & firing sounds to
occasionally stop while the Heavy was still firing
- Fixes the Loadout player model panel causing the in-game player facial
animation to perform incorrectly
- Fixed spectators not having the target ID labels display correctly
- Fixed the cart alarm sound occasionally getting stuck on in Payload
maps

By request I have set up a new deFy TF2 server.

Server #4 (Modified):
Name: [deFy-gaming.com] TF2 #4 | 24/7 CAL Map Of The Week | HLStatsX
IP: 205.234.159.200:27015
Location: Chicago
Slots: 12
Tickrate: 66
Server Side FPS: 333
Map Rotation: CAL Map of the Week

This server is running CAL rules (no crit, 6 men per team with class restrictions, etc)