http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=4245&p=1

new community contest guys...

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=960
located here

Since Worms reloaded is coming out, if ya get it before sept 2 you get a new hat for the soldier. and grenade replacements for him.

Also seems that Valve is doing some community thingy too.

http://etf2l.org/2010/08/24/the-highlander-mix-up-match-more-highlander-info/

read up kiddies, and learn

http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=4226&p=1

Two things to note:

http://steamcommunity.com/games/TF2/CommunityAvatars
new community-made avatars, as the link says

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hts1uTjd6mc
and an intro to competitive gaming

dun dun dun

http://store.steampowered.com/news/4210/

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2)
The mat_hdr_level, r_rootlod, and r_waterforceexpensive settings are now saved in the user’s config file.
Fixed clients being able to connect to servers with spoofed SteamIDs.
Fixed a bug where some video configurations could get reset by restarting the engine.
Fixed materials compiled into a map not being loaded correctly if they're in the root materials folder.
Fixed a case of uneven performance on multicore machines.
Fixed point contents not respecting detail brushes. This fixes a bullet penetration bug in some community maps.
Fixed clients being able to spam servers using the ai_set_move_height_epsilon, mission_show, and sv_querycache_stats commands.
Audio fixes:
Reduced overlap in the sound timing code.
Fixed a case where audio could skip.
Fixed voice communication getting corrupted while playing on a Mac.
sv_pure 2 now protects the game_sounds files in the scripts directory.

Team Fortress 2
Added server ConVar "sv_max_usercmd_future_ticks" which prevents clients from running usercmds too far in the future.
Added missing Mac intro movie for cp_coldfront.
Fixed "Hit '%disguiseteam%' to Toggle Team" string and code so they're not hard coded to 'e' and '-'.
Fixed servers trying to validate backpack positions in inventories.
Fixed clients validating inventories other than their own.
Fixed item selection HUD elements showing un-acknowledged items, which resulted in items in invalid backpack positions.
Fixed players not always getting "recent damager" credit for player suicides.
Fixed the weapon selection menu not displaying properly when using hud_fastswitch and lastinv at the same time.
Updated Engineer startup music.
Updated localization files.
Updated Pl_ThunderMountain
Clipped off sticky outcrops for smoother movement
Clipped various exploit ledges
Increased environment ambient exterior light level
Stage 1
Fixed hole in respawn room brushes in RED spawn
Shifted respawn times to favor BLU by two seconds
Stage 3
Clipped rocks off by BLU's spawn exit that leads to building B (allowed Snipers to snipe the entire area)
Removed embedded displacement (building B interior roof)
Removed rogue clip brush from building A balcony
Updated Plr_Hightower
Fixed players building in the RED spawn room.
Fixed players building on the back window decks of the barns.
Fixed players getting on the satellite dish platform.
Fixed players building on the elevators.
Reduced the ammo packs in the barns down to small ammo packs.
Increased the hill speed modifier to 1.2 (up from .95)
Fixed explosion particle effects playing in the skybox.
Mine cart "window" collision fixed.
Upped Scout-loop health to large.
Updated Pl_Upward
Fixed respawnroom entities not reaching the floor of split-level spawns
Fixed griefable fence facing BLU spawn near RED base
Added BLU high flanking route at RED base
Added health & ammo along BLU flanking route at RED base
Sealed BLU base left exit with block bullets brushes
Extended clip between C and BLU spawn to prevent sticky jump spawn camping
Fixed non-clipped non-solid railing in RED base
Fixed kill brush in middle spawn not extending to the ceiling
Put a block bullets brush on grate below middle spawn
Fixed some high micro-ledges accessible to sticky-jumpers
Community Request
Added "item_pickup" game event for ammo/health packs.

quite a bit of stuff

hello folks, new blog update, and more

http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=4173&p=1

http://etf2l.org/highlander/

new comp challenge thingy is starting up it seems, with rewards (aka badges) from Valve. could be interesting, so check it out if you are in fact interested in this

http://www.ubercharged.net/2010/08/09/how-its-done-larolaro/

also linked was an interview from Ubercharged.net with one of the polycount winners, and creator of the homewrecker.

hey people, got some new news to show ya.

http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=4151&p=1

I gotta say, getting rid of some pixels for charity is rather nice, considering said pixels are quite rare items.
Who wants to bet they will get another item from Valve to show how badass these guys/gals are?