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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.
  
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The ''[[Blood Brothers]]'' comic was announced as part of the [[MvM ARG]] through a system message.
  
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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:
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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]].
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* the use of a [[Something Special for Someone Special]]
 
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* the announcement of maintenance periods and/or item server downtime
 
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* the destruction of a [[Golden Wrench]]
 
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* the announcement of the [[Blood Brothers]] comic
 
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A system message can appear in both the text chat area and the notifications area, and certain messages are accompanied by a sound effect.
 
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System messages most often appear to all players on an individual server, except for global events such as Golden Wrench drops or deletions or downtime announcements.
 
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== 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.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 at the main menu
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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.jpg|A system message as displayed in the notification area and chat area
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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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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

  • A system message as displayed in the notification area.

  • A system message as displayed in the main menu.

  • A system message as displayed in the notification area and chat area.

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