Did anyone get a halo that still got flagged for idling? I joined this group right after Valve took away all my idle hats (a couple years back) but eventually I got a halo anyway. WTF is up with that? Anyways, thanks for being awesome everybody in this group!

Forever.

NEVER FORGET

4.5, 4.5!

This is probably the best idling/halo-related group atm

{Xeno} I Don't Heal Halos[4.5] - I was the one who banned you, I didn't ban you for your name, I banned you because you were causing a disruption on the server with your arguments in chat and your active refusal to heal people with halos. If you want to go stir people up thats your choice, but its also my choice to remove disruptions from the newbs servers. I've wrote several blog posts about how I didn't think it was 4.5% and I've given people the ability to rant about it if they want to out of game, but the moment you bring that into a game on one of my servers I will treat it as griefing. I'd do the same thing if you were giving people a hard time for being a wall sniper or playing pyro. Your beef is with valve, take it up with them the players who got the halo didn't ask for it, and they didn't even lobby against idlers (at least not anything large scale) so I see the whole 'dont heal people with halos' thing like kicking a puppy in the face because your city outlawed cats.

and just for the record, if you were actually refusing to heal people just because they had halos, I'd have temp banned you. I'd temp ban people who were giving others ♥♥♥♥ for not having them/using the idler too. Not everyone who uses it is out to attack idlers.

For a lot of people it's their only hat, so they use it. If someone talks ♥♥♥♥ to you about the idler/not having a halo or whatever, then hey, don't heal them, but going out of your way to be disruptive is no better than the jackasses who hassle people for idling.

So like I said, go protest the ban, if you actually got banned just for your name and not for behavior, odds are good it will be lifted so long as you can behave yourself when protesting.

1. Newbs doesn't run this group. I do. I am an admin at newbs, but this group is in no way sponsored by, or related to the Newbs community, it was my choice to create it because I thought it was funny and thought something positive coming out of the whole mess would be nice.

2. This isn't an "anti-halo" group. It's an idler pride group =) Hating on people for no better reason than they didn't use the idler, is just as stupid as Valve's decision to label those of us who did as "cheaters". Neither choice has an impact on the game or other players and in a perfect world people would just leave each other the hell alone.

3. You can protest a ban on newbs here: http://www.tf2newbs.com/sourcebans/index.php?p=protest
Be polite, explain the situation and odds are you will get unbanned. Go in screaming and yelling about hypocrisy and still clinging to your guns about not healing people because they don't have an item, and your chances aren't very good.

If you took a minute to read the group description, you'd realize that this wasn't an Anti Halo Group at all and just a group for those who were flagged for idling.

I mean im not overly raging about it but I do feel the Halo is just Valve's 'fu' at people that idled with the program (not all idlers to be clear) so I do not heal those that choose to be Valves tool in giving us the bird.

My entire life, I have idled here, there, everywhere. And now I have to say... THAT I'M STILL ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ DOIN IT BAHAHA.

I like how the 95.5% group has like, what, less than 20 members?

rofl.

THEY TOOK MY NEWSIE HAT, IT WAS THE ONLY THING IN LIFE I TRUELY LOVED

Valve is evil :(

I don't like sitting in idle servers, I don't get items as quickly as I did in the idling program :(

WE ARE THE 4.5% WHO DARED TO DREAM

I'm glad that they will be giving us back the items we earned with achievements. That ****** me off the most. =(

Har. You can see the halo through the cloak on some servers.

Idle power! *Raises fist in salute*. Good idea with the bug report... lul. Stick to the story then even when Valve knows what's going on. Just keep at it and never give up ;_;

Confirmed that they will be restoring items if you have the achievements for them, so any missing stuff that wasn't idled should be fixed soon.

I must agree with cat on this one

I think 4.5% of us should get a Devil Horn hat.

They stole my Huntsman, even with the 3 milestones.

So say we all?
submit bug report > my medic gun doesnt heal people wearing halos. i think its broken?!?

Gabe ate my Demofro and my Backbiters Billycock, I feel regret for the loss of the Billycock

It's alright, Valve is going to regret the decision when people start idling in servers 24/7.

Indeed, give me the IP when you do..

As long as I get my unlocks back, I won't be completely pissed.

I didn't post this anywhere near GameFAQs at all.

i think i will start an idle server

I ilke that the first time I looked at this group page there were only 8 members. Then 16. Then 18. Now, 129. KEEP'EM COMIN'.

Those damn goody two-shoe bastards.

ROBIN WALKER HERE, JUST DROPPIN' IN TO SAY YOUR ITEMS ARE DELICOUS!

http://www.facepunch.com/showpost.php?p=17095240&postcount=1289

HAHAHAHA

THE FEW..........THE PROUD.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0J-onXYaf0

what are the official tags to be wore now?

Q?: yeah
Q?: well that's hilarious
4.5%[N]HiroProtagonist.S9: yup
Q?: i never took valve to be a bunch of whiners
4.5%[N]HiroProtagonist.S9: XD
4.5%[N]HiroProtagonist.S9: yea, it seems they would rather burn the smart players than see them win
Q?: you know, my steam account is so old it only has five digits
4.5%[N]HiroProtagonist.S9: XD
4.5%[N]HiroProtagonist.S9: really?
Q?: yep
Q?: steam_0:1:74135
Q?: that's it
4.5%[N]HiroProtagonist.S9: thats awesome
Q?: i signed up for an account the day and minute it became available
Q?: and never before has valve whined like they did today

I guess I'm going to hell for idling. Least it's warm there all year

oh yeah, change the name to Hells Idlers

Hells angels arent 1%'ers anymore, they're 4.5%'s now, ♥♥♥♥♥!

My beanie... I didn't even get to say goodbye...

I miss my DR and my Sandvich. :c

I want mah idlin' back.

I wrote a comment on the 1-up news post, under luckyroux40777, doubt anyone cares, but i did

oh, thanks Crap, you have made me happy again

Valve is butthurt.
ROBINWALKERMADLOL

Remember kids, it's not idling that's wrong, immoral, and cheating, it's idling without burning up your hardware by running a 3D game nonstop for hours on end. Also: Bravo Valve for making your intentions clear right from the get-go and... saying NOTHING for two months. :3

A great injustice has been done upon us boys. Will none of you stand up against this?!

Now my lone Jarate won't be as lonely.

"If you've completed an achievement for an item and lost all instances of that item you will get the item back tomorrow. We'll have a second query run that will fix-up that case."

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=11117879&postcount=16