The game that popularized class-based shooters, introduced headshots to video games, and at its boom had over 150,000 players playing (mainly) over 56k. One of the few games that took advantage of glitches in the Quake-based GoldSrc engine, enabling players to concussion grenade-jump (conc-jump) and bunny-hop to great speeds. The game help kick off mods for Half-Life, and helped to propel now-defunct forum communities (such as The Catacombs) and media-hosting sites such as Half-Life Media Perspective (HLMP).
TFC is still alive to this day -- $5 on Steam (down to $1.75 during sales), with at least five 4v4 30 minute pickups happening a night (and even some Twitch streamers!).
Some highlight videos:
Donn - Logistica - One of the best examples of clean flag grabs and rocket airshots
ECTFC7 France vs. Sweden (a great example of connecting to an HLTV proxy and Shoutcast audio stream to get a Twitch-like commentary experience).
POTW 61 - A stylized frag compilation from the community
POTW 33 - Slow-motion clip show :)
POTW 68 - Another frag compilation showing a bit more variety, 2006ish
Written by: yelper
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