Weekly challenge #2 Valve shoves "Strangifiers" down our throats

Welcome one and all to another day of uncrating! 

Ah yes, can you feel it?
October is just around the corner folks, and that means spooky scary hats and miscs. that we can wear for a WHOLE ENTIRE MONTH!!

However, something that has caught the eye of the tf2 community is a new crate that has came out called the "Limited Late Summer Crate Series #86" Which is interesting because:
1. This crate came out about a week before the yearly Halloween update and
2. This crate enables you to unbox Strange Cosmetics
That's right, no "Strangifiers" you can just unbox them with the chance of one of them being strange. Remember the Bread Boxes, and how there was a small chance of getting a strange bread weapon? It's essentially the same thing, but what really baffles me is the inclusion of Strange cosmetics in the first place. That and Collector's items. Why do they exist? I dunno, but because of these new items you start to get really long and ridiculous names on items :

Just rolls right off your tongue.

But that's not necessarily what I want to talk about today.

We've been waiting for the event all week haven't we folks? I know I was, (I sorta forgot about it for awhile due to social life and just general i've been playing tf2 a tad less lately)

LET'S GET OUR UNBOXING SPIRIT ON!!!

Today's crate is...

#85 of the Munition Series

Now I know I said last time I had nothing but killstreak crates, (Which are Series 83 & 84) but the other Munition crates had some interesting items in it, particularly the Strangifiers as I mentioned earlier. #82 was a stinker when it came to the Strangifiers (I mean it was cool finally getting a Strange Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol, but the Cleaner's Carbine? That weapon seriously needs a change in stats.) But #85 introduced Strangifiers to some of the new Love &War weapons, as well as two new strange parts, and two new cosmetic Strangifiers.

Crate #85's contents:

• Air Strike Strangifier: 3.55
• Classic Strangifier: 4.11
• Manmelter Strangifier: 1.55
• Vaccinator Strangifier: 6.00
• Strange Part: Robot Scouts Destroyed: 0.66
• Strange Part: Taunting Players Killed: 1.00
• Strange Part: Buildings Destroyed: 4.00
• Anger Strangifier: ~3 keys
• Appariton's Aspect Strangifier: ~1 key
• Widowmaker Strangifier: Oddly enough, I couldn't find a price for this one, but i'll just go by it's new Strange price 7.00-1 key

  Hawt Daem! This is one hell of a crate. Now it's certainly not the best crate, but introduced some neat new stranges, and the cosmetic Strangifiers are actually cool and worth something. However, it's interesting to note, that, the Widowmaker can be obtainable via Salvage Crate #40, which is quite frankly the worst salvage crate you can uncrate, and now it's even worst.

 Let's open that sucker up!

Uncrating your loot in 5,4,3,2,1...

My new items is...

This thing. This really wasn't what I was expecting to be honest, and simply put I don't have a Classic. (REALLY wanted that Anger Strangifier!) Since this isn't something i'm too thrilled about, I'll be raffling this off on the Raffle group, so stay tuned for that. As I said before, this isn't anything i'm too thrilled about, but at least I didn't get the Robot Scouts Destroyed part.




Eh, whatever. Until next time, happy uncrating!









                                                                                                                                                           -TSG

Welcome one and all to the one Crate a Week Challenge.

                     Unusuals, the most treasured and prized items in Team Fortress 2. It's not an understatement to say that they're the best, and if not the coolest hats in TF2.

However they're a pain in the ass to get.

And if not one of the most difficult items to get in the game.

So exactly what is the "One Crate a Week Challenge" You say?

Well for starters, I just want to point this out. This is not my original idea. However, i'm not exactly sure who came up with this idea originally. (And I would appreciate it if any of you could tell me.)

It's pretty self explanatory; Every week I unbox one randomly selected crate from one friend/user.

If I get an unusual, then the challenge is over. If I don't get an unusual, then i'll either A: Raf. off whatever I unbox or B: Keep and or use it to buy more keys. Exactly how raffles will work is beyond me, but i'll update on how things will work out here as time goes by.

Each week I'll talk about what crate i'm unboxing and the prices of each item with in it. I'll leave a picture as to showing what I got from the crate, as well as how I feel about the item and whether or not I'll raf. it off.

But without any further hesitations, let's get this party started.

DAY ONE:

 If you're reading this, then you're probably already and average Team Fortress 2 player. Seriously, if you're reading this and have a good 16 hours under your belt, you might want to get more familiar with the TF2 community.

Aside from that, deciding on which crate to open first was a toughy, as the majority of the crates I own right now just have killstreak kits in them, however I do have one crate in particular that doesn't have kits. That crate just so happens to be crate #76 which includes the following:

CRATE #76

• The Concheror: 0.33

• Revolver: 0.33
• Eviction Notice: 0.21
• Strange Part: Killstreaks Ended: 0.66
• Strange Cosmetic Part: Freeze Cam Taunt Appearances: 1-1.44
• Strange Part: Damage Dealt: 3-4 keys
• Front Runner: 1.33-1.66
• Cold Killer: 1.65

Ouch. Not the greatest crate to start off with, but that Damage Dealt is extremely tempting.

LET ME HEAR YOUR UNCRATING BATTLE CRY!!!

Uncrating your loot in 5,4,3,2,1...

*Creeking noise

My new item is...

Now hey! Thats actually not that bad. I'll admit it, I was crossing my fingers for the Damage Dealt part, but seeing as the first crate gave me my first hat of the challenge, I don't really mind it. I'll keep this one until further notice.

*Note: I'll only show loadouts for new cosmetic items that I obtain.

 Now I know this first day probably wasn't as crazy as the future ones will be, and especially with the new crates and October around the corner. But trust me, these posts will be a lot more entertaining and have plenty of aggravation in them. You can bet on that last part, I can already see myself getting Strange Jarate...

Until next week, I'll do another uncrating from another random crate. Hopefully the new crates will have came out (And hopefully new weapons too) Have a nice rest of the week folks, and happy uncrating.

-TSG