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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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Team Fortress 2 features a global messaging system, which allows Valve to send custom notifications to all in-game players at once. These are referred to as '''system messages'''. The system is used rarely, and usually to broadcast maintenance notifications.
  
* the use of a [[Something Special for Someone Special]]
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The [[Blood Brothers]] comic was announced as part of the [[MvM ARG]] through a system message.
* the announcement of maintenance periods and/or item server downtime
 
* the destruction of a [[Golden Wrench]], [[Saxxy]], or [[Golden Frying Pan]]
 
* the announcement of the [[Blood Brothers]] comic
 
* a player receiving a Golden Frying Pan
 
  
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 appear in both the chat area and in the notification area, and are accompanied by a beeping sound.
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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.
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== Other Notification Types ==
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Other types of notifications can be sent from the item server to in-game players. System messages are custom messages sent from Valve and are therefore not translated for non-English players. Other types of messages are translated. These include:
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* The use of a [[Something Special for Someone Special]]
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* The acquisition or destruction of a [[Golden Wrench]], [[Saxxy]], or [[Golden Frying Pan]]
  
 
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File:System Message Full.jpg|A system message as displayed in the notification area and chat area
 
File:System Message Full.jpg|A system message as displayed in the notification area and chat area
 
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Revision as of 23:02, 11 August 2015


Team Fortress 2 features a global messaging system, which allows Valve to send custom notifications to all in-game players at once. These are referred to as system messages. The system is used rarely, and usually to broadcast maintenance notifications.

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.

Other Notification Types

Other types of notifications can be sent from the item server to in-game players. System messages are custom messages sent from Valve and are therefore not translated for non-English players. Other types of messages are translated. These include:

Gallery