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[[File:Blood Brothers Main Menu Alert.png|thumb|System Message as displayed in the notification area]]
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'''System messages''' are custom notifications from [[Valve]] to all players playing ''Team Fortress 2''. System messages are not translated based on the player's game language. The system is used rarely, and usually to broadcast maintenance notifications, scheduled broadcasts, or tournaments.
  
Team Fortress 2 features a '''system message''' system, which allows Valve to send notifications to all in-game players at once. The system has been used to notify players about item system downtime announcements. It has also been used during the [[Mann vs. Machine]] [[ARG]] to announce the [[Blood Brothers]] comic.
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The ''[[Blood Brothers]]'' comic was announced as part of the [[MvM ARG]] through a system message.
  
[[File:Blood Brothers Main Menu Alert 2.png|thumb|System Message as displayed at the main menu]]
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System messages appear in both the chat area and in the notification area and are accompanied by a [[Media:System message alert.wav|beeping sound]].
  
A System Message appears in both the text chat area and the notifications area, and is accompanied by a beeping sound.
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== Gallery ==
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<gallery>
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File:Blood Brothers Main Menu Alert.png|A system message as displayed in the notification area.
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File:Blood Brothers Main Menu Alert 2.png|A system message as displayed in the main menu.
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File:System_Message_Full.png|A system message as displayed in the notification area and chat area.
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</gallery>
  
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Latest revision as of 02:21, 31 July 2024

System messages are custom notifications from Valve to all players playing Team Fortress 2. System messages are not translated based on the player's game language. The system is used rarely, and usually to broadcast maintenance notifications, scheduled broadcasts, or tournaments.

The Blood Brothers comic was announced as part of the MvM ARG through a system message.

System messages appear in both the chat area and in the notification area and are accompanied by a beeping sound.

Gallery