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Team Fortress 2 features a global messaging system, which allows Valve to send notifications to all in-game players at once. These are referred to as '''system messages'''. The system has been used in the past, and is used today, for a variety of events including but not limited to:
 
Team Fortress 2 features a global messaging system, which allows Valve to send notifications to all in-game players at once. These are referred to as '''system messages'''. The system has been used in the past, and is used today, for a variety of events including but not limited to:
  
* Obtaining a new item
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* the use of a [[Something Special for Someone Special]]
* A [[Something Special for Someone Special]] ring being used
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* the announcement of maintenance periods and/or item server downtime
* Announcing maintenance periods
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* the destruction of a [[Golden Wrench]]
* [[Golden Wrench]] destructions
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* the announcement of the [[Blood Brothers]] comic
* Announcing Item server downtime
 
* Announcement of the [[Blood Brothers]] comic
 
  
 
A system message appears in both the text chat area and the notifications area, and is accompanied by a beeping sound.
 
A system message appears in both the text chat area and the notifications area, and is accompanied by a beeping sound.

Revision as of 03:51, 17 May 2013


Team Fortress 2 features a global messaging system, which allows Valve to send notifications to all in-game players at once. These are referred to as system messages. The system has been used in the past, and is used today, for a variety of events including but not limited to:

A system message appears in both the text chat area and the notifications area, and is accompanied by a beeping sound.

System messages most often appear to all players on an individual server, excepting global events such as Golden Wrench drops or deletions or downtime announcements.

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