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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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A System Message appears in both the text chat area and the notifications area, and is accompanied by a beeping sound.
 
  
System messages can include:  
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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:
*Obtaining a new item
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*A [[Something Special for Someone Special]] ring being purchased
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* Obtaining a new item
*A test run for an item expiring
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* A [[Something Special for Someone Special]] ring being used
*Maintenance periods
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* Announcing maintenance periods
*Item server downtime
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* [[Golden Wrench]] destructions
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* Announcing Item server downtime
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* Announcement of the [[Blood Brothers]] comic
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A system message appears in both the text chat area and the notifications area, and is accompanied by a beeping sound.
 
   
 
   
They often occur for one player alone, with the exception of the Something Special for Someone Special, which is broadcast to everyone in the game at that time, and other system announcements such as the Item server going down.
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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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Revision as of 16:02, 16 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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