New TF2 Blog Post!

If you think you're better than Valve at creating Team Fortress 2 items, materials and avatars then you aren't alone. Valve themselves have come right out to say that they think a lot of the community created work is better than things they could come up with and it is on that point that they have created the Team Fortress 2 Contribution page.

Gabe Newell's just an email away, after all. What if you ratted us out?

In exchange for your silence, we are now accepting submissions for fan-designed TF2 items and avatars, immortalizing you in the Team Fortress 2 pantheon forever while keeping our jobs safe. Pending approval, your item will get added to your backpack, and cycled into the random item drops in-game. Blow up stuff using a weapon you created! Kill an enemy, then let him know he died in a hat you designed! Weapons, hats, avatars -- designed by you, used by the entire TF2 community.

Obviously there are some limitations to the submitted content. Nothing offensive may be submitted and only select file formats will be allowed. The community created content will have an image gallery set up for the entire world to see.

Guidelines, tips, tricks, and the submission page itself can all be found at the TF2 Contribution page!