MM wallpaper and Logo

Again, I've been playing around with photoshop and though I'd post my work.

1024x768 MM achievement themed Wallpaper

Achievement themed MM logo

Second achievement themed MM logo

Third achievement themed MM logo


Fourth achievement themed MM logo

Working on some server ads

For the last to days I've been making some TF2 themed advertisements for our server (once we finally get on, we'll be able to use them). I only made these for fun while playing around with photoshop, since people seemed to like them I thought I'd share them with you. All ads make pretty cool wallpapers, as they are all 1024x768 standard.

Update: Heavy - Weapons

Now that all three have been revealed, I've been able to delete the individual posts and combine them into one comprehensive guide on the Heavy's three new weapons. Descriptions and photos were taken from Valve's blog.

1. The Sandvich (He'll satisfy your hunger - for revenge!)

The Sandvich is the Heavy’s first unlockable. It tastes as good as it looks and heals 120 health. Like in real life, the decision to eat a Sandvich must not be taken lightly; The Heavy is completely vulnerable during the four second eating process, and his loud, happy sounds of vigorous chewing will draw enemies like tiny ant cowards to a picnic. OF DEATH. On the bright side, the Heavy’s Sandvich supply is unlimited, so his only real concern is being caught short while enjoying this delicious edible device. The Sandvich is a great tool for a Heavy defending an area, as it gives him the ability to replenish health between enemy waves without having to abandon his post. Similarly, an offensive Heavy without a Medic can step back from the front line and grab a quick snack before resuming his rampage. Beware, however: the Heavy must set aside his shotgun to take the Sandvich, and enemy Snipers are much more dangerous for a Heavy wielding only a minigun. "Meet The Sandvich" video can be seen here.


2. Natascha (Now Sasha - don't be jealous)

The Heavy's second unlockable, Natascha, slows enemies with her bullets. Anyone damaged by her will move slower for an instant, encouraging them to find cover or turn and face the Heavy, mano-a-tiny-itty-bitty-mano. Unfortunately, Natascha is slightly weaker than Sasha, so she takes longer to finish off a victim. As a result, Natascha's great against fleeing cowards, such as Scouts & Medics, and less great against anyone actively trying to kill her master. Heavies that like to jump around corners and surprise groups of startled enemy crybabies will also find her very useful, although they should look for a Sasha-wielding enemy Heavy before they leap.


3. The Killing Gloves Of Boxing (In this corner - the defending Russian heavyweight)

The unlockable for the Heaviest pugilists out there is the K.G.B. Any time a Heavy kills an enemy with the K.G.B he receives five seconds of guaranteed critical hits. This crit-boost can be used to punch and kill further enemies, extending the boost time. Alternatively, the Heavy can switch to another weapon and use the boost to take out an enemy at range. The Heavy's slow movement speed, and the K.G.B's slower swing speed, make it a risky prospect.

New Map: RAVINE

In contrast to Lumberyard, Ravine has a far more open ground level with emphasis on control of four key choke points. A series of canals in Ravine’s lower level provide an excellent opportunity for stealth kills and flanking maneuvers. Like all arena maps, the capture point in the middle becomes active after 60 seconds.



Description taken from Valve's blog

New Map: LUMBERYARD

Lumberyard has an unbalanced structure, with one half of the map climbing up towards a large mountain peak, while the other dips down into a valley. A series of rooftops at the map’s center serves as the key battleground area, with lateral flanking being the key maneuver at ground level. When the capture point becomes active after 60 seconds, multiple entrances open up into the central control point, which becomes the focus of the fighting as the match nears its end. Lumberyard is one of the few Arena maps without water, and contains only a single health kit. The kit sits on a log above a deadly pit, making it a great ambush spot for Pyros, Demomen, and Soldiers to send unwary enemies to their deaths.


Description taken from Valve's blog

Arena Maps

The first release of TF2 Arena comes with five playable maps. Two never-before-seen maps (Lumberyard, Ravine) have been built specifically for Arena, and a further three (Well, Granary, Badlands) have been remade with Arena’s unique play style in mind. Additionally, with the Lumberyard map, Arena takes TF2 from its familiar desert backdrop to a new Alpine-themed environment. Great care was taken to ensure the art style kept to the unique look and time period of the TF2 universe, while still feeling like a departure from the usual maps players are familiar with.

Description taken from Valve's blog

New Game Mode: Arena Mode

No Time For Crying

TF2 Arena keeps the class diversity of Team Fortress 2 while focusing goals around combat between two teams. Where other game modes lean towards a broad overall strategy for the team over a number of lives, Arena concentrates on the specific tactical choices the teams make in a single fight.

Arena features smaller maps that play out in shorter periods of time. The round ends once one team has no players left in the arena, or when the central capture point has unlocked and been captured. Rounds tend to be very fast and highly competitive, with an emphasis on your team’s class makeup and your plan to counter the opposing team’s class choices. Arena mode is great for smaller matches of three vs. three players, while still comfortably supporting huge knockdown twelve-on-twelve brawls.

Arena Class Strategies

Health pick-ups are limited in TF2 Arena (some levels don’t have any Health packs at all) so being careful is a good strategy for any class. As well, with so little health available, having a Medic or a Health dispenser-building Engineer on your team can be a crucial element to success. With their reconnaissance abilities, the Scout and Spy play a far more vital role in Arena than in other game modes. Knowing the location of the enemy team can often mean the difference between a win and a loss. The Soldier and Demoman will find many areas in Arena specifically designed for them to get a vertical advantage. Traditional Heavy/Medic pairings will still be highly useful as the anchor to a good Arena team. However, commit too far in this direction and the enemy can quickly overwhelm you with Snipers and Spies. In Arena, water is as scarce as Health. This makes the Pyro a much deadlier class, as any enemy player he sets on fire with his flamethrower or flare gun will be unable to put out the flames. Igniting enemies quickly, then retreating to safety, can be an effective strategy for the Pyro.

Description taken from Valve's blog

Heavy Achievements Revealed

Wondering what the achievements would be? See all 35 listed below, or check out Valve's blog.

Iron Kurtain: Take 1000 points of damage in a single life.

Party Loyalty: Kill 50 enemies within 3 seconds of them attacking your Medic.

Division of Labor: Kill 20 enemies with a Medic assisting you, where neither of you di

Red Oktoberfest: Earn a domination for a Medic who's healing you.

Show Trial: Kill an enemy with a taunt.

Crime and Punishment: Kill 10 enemies carrying your intelligence.

Class Struggle: Work with a friendly Medic to kill an enemy Heavy & Medic pair.

Soviet Block : While invulnerable and on defense, block an invulnerable enemy Heavy's movement.

Stalin the Kart: Block the enemy from moving the payload cart 25 times.

Supreme Soviet: Get ubered 50 times.

Factory Worker: Kill 20 enemies while being recharged by a dispenser.

Soviet Union: Get 25 enemy kills where you either assist or are assisted by another Heavy.

Own the Means of Production: Remove 20 stickybombs by killing the Demomen who produced them

Krazy Ivan: Kill 100 enemies while both you and your victim are underwater.

Rasputin: In a single life, get shot, burned, bludgeoned, and receive explosive damage.

Icing on the Cake: Get 20 kills on players that you're dominating.

Crock Block: Survive a direct hit from a critical rocket.

Kollectivization: Get 1000 assists.

Spyalectical Materialism: Kill or assist in killing 10 cloaked spies.

Permanent Revolution: Kill 5 enemies without spinning down your gun

Heavy Industry: Fire $200,000 worth of minigun rounds in a single life.

Communist Mani-Fisto: Kill an enemy with a critical punch.

Redistribution of Health: Heal 1000 damage with med-kits in a single life.

Rationing: Kill an enemy with your shotgun while you're out of minigun ammo.

Vanguard Party: Be the first on your team to start capturing a control point in a round.

Pushkin the Kart: Get 50 caps on payload maps.

Marxman: Kill 10 enemies in mid-air with the minigun.

Gorky Parked: Kill 25 enemies while you're standing on a control point you own.

Purge: Kill 15 enemies capturing a control point you own.

Lenin A Hand: Help 5 teammates get revenge on their nemeses.

Five Second Plan: Kill an enemy in the first 5 seconds after you exit a teleporter.

Photostroika: Provide an enemy with a freezecam shot of you taunting while invulnerable.

Konspicuous Konsumption: Eat 100 sandviches.

Don't Touch Sandvich: Kill 50 scouts using Natascha.

Borscht Belt: Kill 10 heavies with The K.G.B.

New Map: BADWATER BASIN

Badwater Basin is a Payload map focusing on more open spaces and less chokepoints than Gold Rush. (A) Right out of the gate is a multi-level area where the Blu team needs to control the high ground while moving the cart through a tunnel below. This open area has few natural choke points, allowing Scouts, Soldiers, and Demomen to move creatively through the space, forcing the Red team to rapidly respond to choices made by Blu. (B) As the track winds its way into tighter spaces, vertical control becomes more important. Each successive checkpoint requires the Blu team to take control of defensive positions above the track, usually occupied by Red Engineers. (C) Eventually the track winds down into a large basin which the Blu team must assault from all sides in a final push to destroy the Red base.

Unlike Gold Rush, where the track is split into three separate stages, Badwater Basin uses a single large stage with several checkpoints. As a result, the Blu team is highly encouraged to push the cart hard after beating their way through the Red defensive line.

Screenshots below:

Description taken from Valve's blog

New Map: CP_STEEL

A complex Attack/Defense control point map, with some unique gameplay. Unlike most TF2 maps, capturing a control point modifies the layout of the map, opening and closing routes for each team. As a result, the offensive team has a wide variety of tactical choices around how they'd like to assault the final point. Should they use Scouts and Soldiers to rush the final point with only the routes they start with? Should they go for the side control points and open up more routes to the final? Should they capture extra points to shut down the defender's routes? The many choices keep the map interesting for a long time, providing a wide variety of experiences in a game.
Description taken from Valve's blog, sounds like an interesting twist.

Two New Members

Thanks to Curlyjoepreacher; we now have two new members: BoosT and Derek. Derek is 13, and though we have a minimum age of 15, we do admit younger members on a case by case basis.

Memento Mori: CounterStrike: Source

Since CSS is already an extremely popular game, and 65% of our members already seem to have it, MM is branching out to establish a clan in CSS.



BTW: If you do have a Google account, then you can obviously log in with it to comment, if you don't already have one, I highly suggest registering for a free and very convenient Gmail account.

New Logo

MM now has it's own custom logo, it has been posted on the clan's Steam page as well as it's gaming group (also, on Steam), and official blog. Our previous logo, while it may have looked pretty, did not actually belong to us and was meant to be only temporary as we did not have the rights to use it.

Our new logo, courtesy of RawMeat3000, who has donated his time in order to make our current logo as well as several others (while they may not be in use, they may make an appearance in the future).

This latest update to our image means that we are now more easily recognizable, as we are attempting to maintain a more "professional" image than some other clans. Major corporations have clean, simple logos that are easily recognizable, why shouldn't we have the same?

Thanks to everybody who's willing to donate their time and money to help us!

New minimum age: 15

If you haven't done so already, please read the post about Bloody Death's eviction from the clan for background information on this new decision.

The new minimum age for the MM clan is now 15, this is for several reasons, one of them being maturity. Sure, online games don't require much, but when you have to work as a team (TEAM fortress) a certain level of maturity and responsibility is required for enjoyable co-operative gameplay.

For those mature for their age, they are still welcome, although admins and clan player would still have to make sure that they act accordingly if they with to be associated with the MM clan.

Would you like your clan to be associated with mic spammers, n00bs, cheap "your mother" jokes, and more? No? Neither do we.

BloodyDeath Kicked From Clan

Blood Death has been kicked, as the above headline suggests. This was however, due to his erratic behavior, here is a brief description of what happened:

Approx. 2 hrs ago, during a TF2 match, Bloody Death (without any warning whatsoever), advertised to about 10 people (most of which were in other clans already) that he was starting his own clan, and that he was looking for new members. . . . . So as you can understand, nobody was happy when a member (Still wearing MM tags, by the way) announced he was recruiting new members for his clan. . . . on our server. . . . while still wearing our tags. . .

His actions were selfish and ignorant, and he was therefore, kicked out of the MM clan. Interestingly enough, after being evicted, and speaking to Striker about the difficulties of starting your own clan, he had decided to come back and asked us to allow him re-entry, he was immediately denied.

And for those of you wondering why he chose to advertise on our clan's server: He didn't want to "Go though the trouble of setting up his own server". If you don't want to go though the trouble of doing such menial things, then why start your own clan at all? He clearly hasn't thought it through.

Good-bye Bloody Death, I can safely say; you will NOT be missed.

UPDATE: As it turns out, though he said he was 14, he was in fact 12. Now, while some 12 year-old's are mature for their age, he clearly wasn't (Lying about your age: not very mature). Now I just can't see a 12 year old who is too hard-headed to think ahead for even five minutes, setting up a successful clan with mature members and well designed web-site and server. It's because of this, that we're now imposing a minimum age of 14 (see above post for more details).

Kelevra's Sniper Video - OrangeX

Kelevra made a video of him sniping on the fantastic Orange X, click here to check it out.

Tags

To all MM members who haven't done so already, please add the clan tags to your name.
ex. [MM]Name(State Abbreviation)

We ask everybody to do this so that members can more easily identify one-another while playing. Any members who don't add their tags withing a week's time, will be personally addressed by a clan admin.

WARNING: Failure to add the tags can result in expulsion from the clan.

More New Recruits

As of today, Memento Mori has four new members:

-BKL Scout......Kick ass scout....really!
-Mr_tac.....our newest spy
-Burro
-Bite Sized Faggot.....Your name is comedic genius.....when speaking to him in-game and using his name, I challenge you not to laugh.....also a kick ass pyro

Welcome to our newest members!

Pestilence, joined us two days ago (Tuesday 26th) and
RawMeat3000 joined MM yesterday (Wednesday 27th).

Welcome, I look forward to having a great time gaming with you both. Also, be sure to get to know your fellow clan members :)

Meet The Sniper

For those of you who haven't seen it already, "Meet The Sniper", the latest in Valve's "Meet The Team" series has been out for some time now and you can watch it on either Steam or head on over to any of the numerous gaming websites such as IGN, GameTrailers, etc. For those of you who want to download a copy for yourself in HD or any of the other "Meet The Team" videos in HD be sure to visit Team Fortress 2's Gametrailers page.

Pyro Axetinguisher

The third and final upgradeable weapon in the Pyro's arsenal, the Axetinguisher guarantees critical hits when used against enemies that have been set on fire (by you or somebody else), but it becomes weaker against enemies that have yet to be molested by the almighty flame. Unless you're very efficient at setting your enemies ablaze and quickly axeing them (Is axeing a real word?) I'd recommend you stay away from it. Although if yourself and a friend are both Pyros, that's when division of labour (yeah I spelled labor with a U!) comes in handy; one of you burn, and the other finish off the poor shish kabob with the axe.

Pyro Upgraded Weapon: Flare Gun

One of the three new upgrades to the Pyro's arsenal, as well as the first unlockable weapon via the completion of achievements, is the Flare Gun; the second most useful upgrade to the Pyro. The Flare Gun is a large red pistol, limited to flare in it's chamber at a time, and carries an approximate four second reload time, it sets the target on fire as well as inflicting some contact damage. A significanly more useful long-range weapon than the standard shotgun in some cases while being a useless short-range weapon in others. EXTREMELY useful against snipers, who need to keep their distance and hide in the shadows, as well as engineers that must maintain close proximity to their structures, but scouts, with a small health reserve (although you'd need very good timing and accurace) are vulnerabule as well as medics (for obvious reasons). It is however, useless against other Pyros (fire-proof), heavies (large health reserve). As for soldiers and demomen? Well. . . that depends on how much remaining health they have as well as your accuracy. Spies will avoid you at any cost, but if you do happen to shoot a cloaked spy, finish him off, he hasn't long to live anyway.

The Pyro's Compressed Air Shot

As you know by now, TF2 has a new trio of weapons to add to it's Pyro class, The Backburner, Flare Gun, and The Axetinguisher. But in my opinion the most useful update to the Pyro's arsenal is the ability to fire a shot of compressed air from the standard Flamethrower, an upgrade given to all players without the need to fufill any achievements. Along with now being able to send Demomen and Soldiers' grenades, sticky-bombs, and rockets back at them; the compressed air gives the Pyro a chance to seperate medics from their partners as well as set enemies ablaze and quickly blast them away to avoid close-range damage. This, of course, is possible only with the sacrifice of 25 ammunition points and is therefore limited to only eight uses before the need to seek metal, and combined with the standard use of the Flamethrower, it can quickly render the weapon dry.

Pyro Updates!

According to steam news, the Pyro updates will be released today! As the second class in TF2 to receive updated weapons, you can be sure that there WILL be a huge influx of Pyros on most servers, dedicated Pyro achievement servers are bound to pop up as well. For a more complete breakdown of the three new weapons; The Flare Gun, Backburner, and Axetinguisher as well as a full list of the 35 new achievements necessary to earn all three head over to the Pyro's steam page. Be sure to get all three, and be sure to join your fellow clan members, it's much easier to earn achievements when you're working together.

MM's First Web-Site

Welcome to MM's blog. For now, this will also serve as our clan's official web-page, we'll purchase and operate our own web-site later on. Be sure to check back for regular updates, we're well on our way towards the following:
-Our own interdependent server (TF2)
-Custom web-site (Clan)
-PayPal Donations

Don't expect to wait too long though, I'll be working as fast as possible to get this all up and running, in the meantime, be sure to continue finding new people that we can recruit so that MM can keep growing.