Team Fortress 2 Stats Confirm Every Suspicion

Valve has released another round of stats, this one concerning all that Team Fortress 2 playing we've been doing. They have things broken out along a couple of different metrics, including lifespan, kills, assists, captures, and even just damage dealt. As Rock, Paper, Shotgun's commentary notes, the stats confirm every suspicion you've had about your fellow players. "Yes, there are more rushy-bastard Scouts than any other class. Yes, campy-bastard Snipers earn the most points. Yes, hitpointy-bastard Heavies get the most kills. Yes, hidey-bastard Engineers live longest. And so on. What's slightly odder is the breakdown of which side wins most frequently on each map. BLU has the edge in every killing field except Dustbowl and Gravelpit. Why? How? I thought we were all the same! Damn you for not being neater, demographics." We previously discussed Valve's stats release on Half-Life 2: Episode 2 .

Hilarious

[Bryansix]

I think it is hilarious that the most deaths in 2Fort are right at the spawn points.

OMG!

[Ambiguous Coward]

in regards to the bit about scouts, snipers, heavies, engies, etc...it's almost as if each class has certain strengths and weaknesses put in there intentionally! I know it sounds crazy, but maybe, just *maybe*, there's more of a difference to each class than the character model! WOW!

As far as the RvB thing goes, it's obvious. BLU is best. Also, maybe the red jackets of those Red Bread losers wear makes them stand out more? Just a thought, but I bet a bright red jacket against a concrete wall is an easier target to lock in on than a blue jacket against the same wall.

-G

Re:Blue more likely to win

[corsec67]

Hmm, then a game where the colors for the 2 sides was "clear" and "blaze orange" would be even more lopsided?

Re:Blue, definitely

[eln]

The reason is obvious: the game designers are part of the great liberal conspiracy. Sure, right now it's just "blue always wins," but the next thing you know Hillary's in the White House and we're all paying 95% tax rates for substandard health care and rising up against the proletariat.

Every Suspicion?

[Skevin]

Slashdot headlines are getting worse and worse, if not for the sake of sensationalism. So, Team Fortress 2 confirms:

- Elvis is alive
- Area 51 experiments
- JFK's *real* assassins
- The existence of the Illuminati
- Pharmaceutical conspiracies
- Chupacabras
- ECHELON-style monitoring

Sorry, Team Fortress Developers, Deus Ex beat you to the punch 5 years ago!

Solomon

Re:Blue more likely to win

[Hatta]

Or try playing nethack sometime. Those floating eyes are near impossible to see.

Ahem

[Bugsquash]

I for one would like to welcome our new Blue overlords...

Red shirts

[Per Abrahamsen]

Of course the red team die first, it is an established scientific fact [wikipedia.org] that wearing red shirts significantly shortens your life expectancy.

Re:Blue, definitely

[saxoholic]

Or, you could just change wikipedia so the definitions are swapped. Then you would have been right in the first place.