Team Roomba perfects the art of Team Fortress 2 griefing
by Griffin McElroy 
{ Dec 22nd 2007 at 5:30PM }
As much as it pains us to be on the receiving end of online gaming skullduggery, we can't help but admire Team Roomba for elevating the practice to an art form. This ain't your Pap Pap's griefing; team-killing and name calling are far below the maleficent minds of Team Roomba. In their latest highlight reel from Team Fortress 2, they transform the doldrum process of respawning into a quiz show, where right answers put you back on the battlefield -- accidentally creating the most amazing supergenre we've ever witnessed: the Online Multiplayer First Person Shooter and Trivia Game (OMFPSaTG, for short).
The video is safely contained after the jump, and is extremely NSFW due to foul language, blurry gay porn, and a number of Legends of the Hidden Temple references.
(Thanks, Perko.)
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OTAM @ Dec 22nd 2007 5:36PM
Google Ron Paul.
TF2 + Ron Paul = win of epic levels.
Hello @ Dec 23rd 2007 3:41AM
I googled Ron Paul
It turns out he's a nutcase with an internet following for some reason.
t_m @ Dec 23rd 2007 9:18AM
Isn't he the guy who wants less government interference... but also is against abortion and "pro family"? Weird how people who want less government and tax always want to tell everyone how to live...
Also, unless i read him wrong, he's against the net neutrality act?
PrimeCupEevee @ Dec 23rd 2007 10:18AM
While Ron Paul is against abortion, he will not try to have it forbidden at the federal level; he merely wants Roe v Wade to be overturned and given to the states.
Dr. Paul is also against the Net Neutrality Act because it allows the government to control the Internet. True net neutrality would be having the Internet without any government interference.
hemmy @ Dec 23rd 2007 10:17AM
I'll tell you what's "nuts", voting a moron like Bush into office, who ran on a conservative platform and anti-nationbuilding. Whoops, the neocons have turned into neoliberals and fucked us to no end.
It's amusing when someone sees that Ron Paul is against some legislation, and immediately gets the wrong idea. Ron Paul is against the net neutrality act because it is federal government intrusion into something it has no business getting involved with. It's letting the government "give" citizens rights when it has no authority to do so; it should only protect our rights as defined by the Constitition and nothing more. Once you start letting the government dictate your rights, it's the beginning of trouble. So he's against the act because it's not a government issue and the net can be left well enough alone. As for abortion, he's against Roe Vs. Wade because it should either be federal law/constitutional amendment - *not* legislating power from SCOTUS benches. (Paul would support an amendment, whether it was pro/against abortion) otherwise it should be solely a *State* issue. He's not out to tell you "how to live" (LOL), that has no basis in reality.
NukeAssault @ Dec 22nd 2007 5:47PM
"I love you"
Devin @ Dec 22nd 2007 5:49PM
I hate ron paul.
anyone have any idea what would happen to this country if you got rid of the federal reserve?
Brian @ Dec 22nd 2007 6:03PM
Obvious troll is obvious
Matt @ Dec 22nd 2007 6:06PM
I know really know one has advocated that since Alan Greenspan... and we all know that guy knows nothing about the federal reserve
hemmy @ Dec 22nd 2007 6:31PM
@Devin:
We wouldn't get charged interest to print our own money? (Something the government should be doing itself anyway, not some sheisty evil bankers bribing their way into this bullshit arrangement)
We wouldn't be subject to artifial inflation?
Our fiat currency wouldn't be backed by nothing more than air?
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"Mr. Chairman, we have in this country one of the most corrupt institutions the world has ever known. I refer to the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Banks. The Federal Reserve Board, a Government board, has cheated the Government of the United States and the people of the United States out of enough money to pay the national debt. These twelve private credit monopolies were deceitfully and disloyally foisted upon this country by the bankers who came here from Europe and repaid us for our hospitality by undermining our American institutions...The people have a valid claim against the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve banks."
Congressman Louis T. McFadden, Chairman of the House Committee on Banking and Currency, 1920–31
DaiMac79 @ Dec 22nd 2007 7:04PM
Yeah, agreed that some federal government even with major flaws > no federal government (as Ron Paul would like to see). I don't want to be a corporate owned nation, TYVM.
LaughingTarget @ Dec 22nd 2007 7:48PM
Ron Paul isn't advocating a removal of the Federal Government but a dramatic shrinkage of it. The vast bulk of the current spending either does nothing to remove corporate power or adds to it. Most of the military spending goes to large corporations. Most of the welfare payments go to large corporations (via poor spending habits of recipients). Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are the same way.
When new dollars are printed, nearly all of it goes into the corporate pocket. This means large corporations are inflation-resistant whereas we aren't. Corporate dollars effecitvely don't lose value because they're being subsidised with the out-of-thin-air cash. We're the ones holding the bag when our dollar is suddenly worth less.
Stop spitting out CNN or Fox News talking points and actually research how it all works.
Brad Lee @ Dec 22nd 2007 7:52PM
@ Daimac
So wait, we're *not* a corporate owned nation?
DaiMac79 @ Dec 23rd 2007 10:15AM
Nobody is disagreeing that the current system is completely broken, I just don't care for RP's "solutions" as I've seen him outline on various shows including Colbert, and on his website. I'm against the Bush admin for being a corporate whore as well, and most of the other candidates on both sides.
We need a fucking Revolution more than we need an election, and I for one am not afraid to say it.
PeacefulOutrage @ Dec 24th 2007 12:22AM
@Devin
Our money used to be backed by gold. Ever heard of Fort Knox? After the Federal Reserve essentially "took" our nation's right to print money, we were removed from the gold standard and everyone had to turn their gold in. It was made illegal to own gold. The new money wasn't backed by anything but thin air. And our dollar now gives us less purchasing power as roughly 4 cents did then. Before taxes. So to recap, everyone is the country was robbed of our real money and taught that debt was good. So much so that uninformed people argue about how it's good our money looses value, and every time the interest rates get lowered people with savings accounts get screwed over more. Any questions?
Naota @ Dec 22nd 2007 5:52PM
man, it's guys like these that make the world a little less bareable. despite that though, i though the teleporter thing was funny.
hemmy @ Dec 22nd 2007 5:59PM
hahaha, Ron Paul and TF2, so awesome
Po0py @ Dec 22nd 2007 6:01PM
While that is absolutely hilarious I suspect some of that might be scripted. Seriously. It's too well done. Ok the cursing Mancunian who hates Americans is the exception but for the most part there are a lot of very suspect moments in this.
Still hilarious though.
DannyB @ Dec 22nd 2007 6:46PM
It is not scripted.
FLOOR_MASTER is incredibly good at editing the footage together.
There are plenty of servers where it didn't work out as well: nobody talked, or we got banned, or whatever.
You'd be surprised how many hours of work it takes to get 9 minutes of footage.
roxxxo @ Dec 22nd 2007 7:45PM
i wouldn't be surprised, i figured this had taken you guys a while, probably since early after the launch
Blazur @ Dec 22nd 2007 10:07PM
I'm inclined to agree. It looks as if both teams were in on it, and even some of the responses may have been scripted.
Kyera @ Dec 23rd 2007 3:16AM
Maybe both teams 'appear to be in on it' because that's the case? Like this is obviously the case with the teleporter griefing, but the other stuff didn't sound 'scripted' to me.
WiNG @ Dec 23rd 2007 9:26AM
Yeah and you guys had uncooperative people! It took 19 hours of filming to make a 9 minute youtube video, and that's with scripts.
Ethan @ Dec 22nd 2007 6:04PM
Bile is made in the Gall Bladder, inside of the liver. Or by the mouths of anybody talking in this video.
Ethan @ Dec 22nd 2007 6:09PM
Self-correction: It's made in the liver and stored in the gall bladder. Year 9 biology lied to me!
hi2u @ Dec 22nd 2007 6:18PM
No, bile is not made in the gallbladder and the gallbladder is not "inside" the liver.
hi2u @ Dec 22nd 2007 6:19PM
Didn't refresh and see your comment before posting. Sorry!
Matt @ Dec 22nd 2007 6:05PM
very nice Ron Paul is awesome
mr_chip @ Dec 23rd 2007 2:11AM
Why did this get posted? The more attention these assholes get, the more they enjoy themselves. It's the very definition of 'feeding the trolls.'
Obie @ Dec 22nd 2007 6:12PM
That is some grade A jackassery right there.
It would piss me off if I were in that server.
But some of them were pretty funny tho.
thomashenwood @ Dec 22nd 2007 6:16PM
Funniest bit of griefing evar!
Geist @ Dec 22nd 2007 6:16PM
Hahahaha oh man that was funny. The reactions were priceless.
Geist @ Dec 22nd 2007 6:17PM
Also for some reason a montage of quiz answers, given by characters holding large weaponry all staring up at some sort of quiz master scout cracked me up something fierce.
Poisoned Al @ Dec 22nd 2007 6:20PM
I love TF2.
I hate snipers.
So I love this.
Jeff @ Dec 22nd 2007 7:16PM
Same. Its gonna take so much self control to not do that to every sniper I see.
They usually contribute very little if they're on your team... usually get annoying kills if on the other team... that do nothing except cause you to wait 18 seconds and then go around the other way around.
James @ Dec 23rd 2007 2:36AM
Thanks for rewarding people that ruin games, Joystiq.
Roger @ Dec 22nd 2007 6:35PM
yay legend of the hidden temple!
BlackTye @ Dec 22nd 2007 6:35PM
Keep Ron Paul out of this. I love TF2, I don't want Ron Paul spammers and trolls getting into my video games. It sucks enough that digg.com swarms with them.
pirahna @ Dec 22nd 2007 6:54PM
That's video of the year right there.
Jeff @ Dec 22nd 2007 7:06PM
Funniest thing I have ever seen.
And I would have known all the trivia. I want a mutator for that!
Noshino @ Dec 22nd 2007 7:12PM
"What's the capital of Egypt?"
"Cairo?..."
"That is correct"
"OMG...Holy Fuck I got that right..."
This is freaking hillarious....
Obie @ Dec 22nd 2007 7:13PM
Agreed, that was priceless.
Hashbrown_Hunter @ Dec 22nd 2007 7:18PM
Screw Al Gore. THEY should be awarded the Nobel Prize.
Owyn @ Dec 22nd 2007 8:31PM
Best TF2 video EVAR. Some triple A shit, right there.
Highlight was when that guy went "Fuck, that's gay."
He sounded like he'd lost all will to live.
Dictatorship @ Dec 22nd 2007 7:34PM
Ah damn, my mom went nuts when she came inside my room and heard the swears in the clip, and she gave me another of her long "swearing is satanic" speech. Thank God it wasn't as long as many others she has told me before.
Still, I can't deny this video is full of win. You got to love Ron Paul and what the Orange Box has to offer.
roxxxo @ Dec 22nd 2007 8:06PM
what a stupid whore
you gettin outta there when you graduate high school?
Poisoned Al @ Dec 22nd 2007 8:50PM
You need to play this REALLY LOUDLY:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0-pNyNEcDE
Poisoned Al @ Dec 22nd 2007 8:58PM
This too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsS2dCqZbJg
Dictatorship @ Dec 22nd 2007 10:15PM
@ roxxo: When I get to at least the 4th semester, I'm stealing her car and moving to San Diego with my uncle. I'll get my money by making some gigs outside of the school. ;D
@ Poisoned Al: Ah, it has been long since I last saw that chapter. +1 for you.
Thankfully, she was outside when I saw the clip, so I got away with it. Yes, my dad heard it, but he didn't care at all.
Dictatorship @ Dec 22nd 2007 10:19PM
*4th semester of College. Sorry for the double post by the way.