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In case you don’t visit TeamFortress.com and have chosen to ignore the conveniently placed RSS link at the right, hold onto your privates as Valve have planned a minor downtime for Team Fortress 2. On November 9th, 2010, beginning 1pm PST (10pm CET) — Backpack, Loadouts, Crafting, Mann-co Store and Trading will be unavailable. The downtime will wrap up by 2:30pm PST (11:30pm CET)

The game itself will continue to work. All players will have their default appearance and weapons.

This downtime will be one of many in the upcoming days as Valve has created an official downtime thread for Team Fortress 2. You can access it here, subscribe to it to receive updates regarding planned maintenance.

- Abhorrence

As of 12/5/2010, it is possible to obtain the Gunboats and the community weapons by misfortune-proof means.

A ninja update introduced the following crafting recipes:

• The Chargin’ Targe + Razorback = Gunboats
• Kritzkrieg + Bonk! = Crit-a-Cola
• Sandman + Scrap Metal = Pain Train
• Sandvich + Bonk! = Dalokohs Bar
• Equalizer + Eyelander = Homewrecker

Presumably, the debate over whether these items should be allowed or not —in specific tournaments, as well as of general rule in the competitive scene— will now shift to their actual balance and merits.

So, what do you think – which of these weapons should be allowed?