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The DFS Encore

Disp — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 16:00:06 +0000

Hey again! It's been a long while since my last post here, huh?
It is almost the twelfth birthday of Dispenz0r's Fun Server already, and I can't believe that it has already almost been a year since our big finale event.

Perhaps you were (once again) expecting a reboot of the servers, or some sort of new DFS game.
But we have something else a little special prepared for you instead.

To be quite honest, I had been saving this video for something big, or to post it during the day of the 12th birthday of DFS, but who has the time or patience for that, right? Let's consider this an early access release instead.
With no website to broadcast to, Heavich and I decided to return to the roots, and make an encore video for those who still linger somewhere around the web, and for those who have missed the finale event.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eIhSHiJ_TE

I've seen ripples from the end of the DFS servers in the TF2 community, and it was very heartening.
Now DFS only exists as a memory, as we've moved onto bigger things, and although we still have the occasional get-togethers, the special times are enclosed in the past, as they should be.

My biggest thanks to everyone who has been sticking around, being a part of and contributing to DFS in any way during its lifetime, it's time to move on.

The DFS Discord[discord.com] is still around for the community to hang around and relive the nostalgia in.

Thanks for watching, reading, and enjoy the rest of your lifetime. Farewell everyone.

DFS: The End

Disp — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 15:00:04 +0000

And that wraps up the finale event!

Thanks for dropping in for our last DFS event ever! We've had more ideas for the finale event that we've unfortunately had to scrap out of concern for instability, but we hope you've enjoyed it regardless!

The DFS Discord[discord.com] may be around for the future if you'd like to get in touch with the community members.

If you haven't seen it already, please check out Heavich's Meet The Random Fortress: Finale below!
https://youtu.be/Fp6f1E8spFk
If you've missed them, here are the group photoshoots we took during both of the finale events
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3028298737 (40 players)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3028828634
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3028821272 (a whopping 64 players on both servers at the same time!)

We also have surprise project(s) in the works that might happen if everything lines up; stick around to find out!

It has certainly been a very long ride. I'm glad to have contributed to a lot of smiles, fun memories, and new friendships.
Growing up with DFS and my friends within the community since childhood meant everything to me, and I'm sure there are many others who feel the same.

Regardless, thank you so much for being a part of this amazing last decade alongside me.

I'll see you on the other side. Take care, everyone.

Finale Event Schedule

Disp — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 20:00:01 +0000

Hey all, it's been a while!

Valve has finally pushed out their big Summer update(s) fairly recently, while we were expecting something different and bigger, we're pretty thankful that none of our systems and plugins broke down in a bad manner.

Now that everything is mostly prepared and ready, we'll be scheduling to launch our Finale event on 30th and 31st of August.

Due to the community poll decision made in DFS Discord[dfs.tf], we've opted to make a calmer, less plugin intense event with up to 64 players maximum.

The finale event will last two days, we'll be hosting a shorter event on August 30th and a longer event on August 31st.

The second day of the event will last the entire day, giving players enough time to chime in whenever they want, spend as much time as they would like to, and say their farewells to fellow community members on our last DFS event ever.

Feel free to join The DFS Discord[dfs.tf], where we'll be sharing a more detailed schedule for the finale event soon!

We hope to see you all at our final DFS event!

DFS Finale: Continuation

Disp — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 18:00:04 +0000

Hey again!
This is a follow-up post on the recent DFS Finale Announcement to inform you all on details of the upcoming finale event.

For starters, I can't say I'm too shocked for Valve to release important TF2 news only 10 days after we announced our DFS news, after many years of no blog posts involving upcoming TF2 updates.

You may remember that we've put an important note in the last announcement regarding the finale event & closure date not being set in stone, this will come into effect today.
After a discussion between me and the higherup staff team, we've decided to delay the finale event and server closure until summer.

This will give us more time to prepare, flesh out and expand on our DFS Finale event, while letting us see where the state of TF2 is headed with the upcoming major update.

Please note: The DFS Finale event will happen, and not be delayed any further than Summer 2023. If any other important changes involving DFS ever happen, we'll make sure to let you know in advance.

In the meantime, I've added a ton of new custom maps for all gamemodes, as well as TF2 Chaos Mod, a RNG based gamemode by Mikusch, as a voteable gamemode to all Vanilla maps for everyone to enjoy and to have fun with!

When the time is right, the date and all details of the finale event will be announced in advance.

Feel free to join us anytime on The DFS Discord[dfs.tf]

As someone who has been around this community and game for more than a decade, I once again give all my thanks to those who have stuck around and supported us over the years.

Please look forward to the Finale event as we aim to make it as special as possible for the entire community!

DFS: The Finale

Disp — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 19:00:16 +0000

Hey all! It's still hard to believe that it's been months since the tenth birthday of DFS, isn't it?
Life has been changing a lot in the last few years which I'm sure a lot of you can relate to, time flies really fast doesn't it? After a ton of changes and a multitude of drafts or so of this announcement, it is finally ready to be posted.

I'm sure many of you came in with a lot of different expectations, ranging from a reboot of the servers to continuation of that ancient DFS RPG game. But this announcement is for a different cause; a very important message to the entire DFS community.

A Message to the DFS Community

First of all, I wish to thank everyone who has been a part of Dispenz0r's Fun Server in any way during its lifetime.

The community regulars who've always been actively playing and shitposting in the servers, those who stuck around from the earlier days, Moderators who have watched over the servers so often to keep things clean and fun for everyone, Developers who have contributed exceptional, unique and unparalleled kind of content & support for the servers, even the individuals who vowed revenge after being banned; thank you so much for being a part of this wild ride.

It's truly been a long time, one filled with amazing and wonderful moments, it has been a one of a kind experience for me and I'm sure many others too. We started this as a stupid little friends server and ended up as a stupid big friends server.
I've seen so many come and go, so many friendships and memories being made, I've even had the honor of having DFS partake in multiple TF2 charity events in the past, and it truly has been heartwarming.

As for myself, DFS is where I grew up. I was so extremely young back then that I had the not so smart idea of implementing paid admins, but all that side of the past aside, I was really enjoying crafting and doing all sorts of new things with the servers and having many others enjoy my experiments brought me bliss. Unfortunately, the same sort of free time is no longer available to me and I'm sure many others too. We all wish we could go back to our childhood when there used to be seasonal major TF2 updates now don't we?
Sadly, not everything lasts forever, and shouldn't be forced to. All good things eventually must come to an end.

What made DFS unique was.. quite frankly, varied few and far between, most of the gamemodes were taken from other communities, our only exclusive gamemode Sandbox was inspired purely by Gmod. The maps were weird but pretty and unique in their own way, the playermodels that brought wackiness to the servers, the plugins being the heart & core of the servers.
But it was always the community and its evolution that made DFS very special, and it is not something that I can easily get back.

As sad as it is for me to say this, I have personally moved on and currently have no intention of returning to tending the DFS servers due to the lack of motivation, the ideas I have had for DFS will need to move on as well.

All that being said; The DFS TF2 servers will be taken down by March 10th, 2023.
Important note: The closure & finale date is not set in stone. If any important change of plans, migration or ownership change of sort happens by said date, we'll make sure to let you know in advance.

The DFS Discord[discord.com] server may continue to live on and will likely be reformed as the community is active around. Feel free to join us anytime.

A New Meet The Random Fortress!?

In these long 10 years, just when you thought we were done with the series after the tenth installment, Heavich presents you with yet another big surprise.

https://youtu.be/Fp6f1E8spFk

It started during the Spring of 2012. DFS was still a private server that was a playground for a small group of friends, amidst all the goofiness, I started pondering how much of a waste it would be to not preserve those hilarious moments in any way. That was the beginning for series we know as 'Meet The Random Fortress' today. What was once meant to be a random compilation for close friends to see, became an early 2010’s TF2 phenomenon. Ever since, the series has been walking hand in hand with the server itself as being a compilation of joyful memories and footage recorded from server events. After ten long memorable years, the golden days have passed and we all have new horizons up ahead in our lives. It is time to formally end the series along with the servers’ closure as thanks for the past years, new friends and wonderful memories. I am grateful to all the staff, members, visitors and viewers for making this series a long-running possibility, we've created memories I'll always cherish. DFS is not just about being a community within a game. It was a gateway to making lots of new friends I would never have met otherwise. -Heavich

The Finale Event

I will also be personally holding a DFS finale event, where we experience pleasant nostalgia as we go through the history of DFS together, while saying our last goodbyes before departing from Team Fortress 2, and it will be a big one.

Finale is a linear event with multiple showings. The event will likely be over an hour long and will take you back through the history of Dispenz0r's Fun Server by going through all of our previous main maps one by one. The event will take place throughout early March, and as we approach the date, more information will be revealed and posted on Steam & Discord. Hope to see you all soon!

Closing Words

The history we've had together will always stay with me; all the major updates, server events, wacky moments, drama, fun. I hope that you enjoyed it all, thank you for being a part of this project.
It has been a very, very fun ride and I will treasure the time and memories I've spent with others, playing, developing and more or less growing up together with.
You've all shaped what DFS will be remembered as. If you'd like to stay in touch with the community members, we have The DFS Discord[discord.com] server still up for the time being so feel free to join us anytime.

Take care and farewell friends.

-Dispenz0r

10 Years With DFS

Disp — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 16:07:08 +0000

Exactly today, ten years ago, I decided to start a server as a fun space for myself and my friends, having no idea how big of an experience and a journey it'd become for not only me but many others.

What started as a small fun pastime, despite me being very young at the time alongside with my lack of experience, ended up growing into a large and fantastic community of its own, which I'm still grateful for. Most of you should already know the history of this community thanks to the previous anniversary announcements, so I'll keep it short and concise for you all.

Thank you all (incredibly humbling 120,000~ players to be exact) for giving this server a chance and helping shape its history, creating so many pleasant memories over so many years for myself and the entire community.
It has truly been an extraordinary ride filled with so many memories for me and knowing that many others feel the same fills my heart with joy.

To celebrate, we've prepared you something special to celebrate our decade-long run in the TF2 community. Have a look!

Anniversary Event (Oct 13-Oct 31)

A new seasonal shop has been opened and includes ALL limited modules & items that used to be available in the past. Get your hands on very rare goodies while you can!
- Includes final campaign rewards as well!
EXP drops have been multiplied by 20 for the duration of the event. Enjoy fast leveling while you're able to!
Logging in during the event will grant you a unique DFS birthday badge and an infinite use celebratory item
To celebrate, there is also a new raffle held in The DFS Discord[dfs.tf] for ten community stones at once. Feel free to join in anytime!
Halloween DFS rotation has been added, all Halloween-themed TF2 maps will be under this new rotation!
dfs_sandbox_veryflat_v3 and dfs_construct_alpha have received anniversary changes. There is also something completely new that happens during nighttime on sandbox_veryflat that we'll definitely not spoil you on!
tm_stadium has once again been Halloweenified

Server Updates
Added a new /taunts command usable by everyone, allowing players to not only use all TF2 taunts but custom made taunts as well!
- Added Scream Fortress XIV taunts
Added new joinsounds
Added new noisemaker sounds
Added new minigame words
The DFS Map & Content packs will also be optimized in size and updated in DFS Boards soon. Make sure to join The DFS Discord[dfs.tf] and keep an eye out on the announcements channel for more info!
Added new maps
- cp_boulder_v5 (Vanilla)
- cp_caribbean_b4 (Vanilla)
- cp_yellowvalley_final1 (Vanilla)
- dm_newhorizon_v2 (Vanilla)
- dr_champions_destiny_v2b (Deathrun)
- dr_division_v2a (Deathrun)
- glass_reservoir_b6c (Glass)
- koth_americana_rc1a (Vanilla)
- pd_canarium (Vanilla)
- pl_corruption_event_b4 (Payload & STT)
- pl_cybermaturi_b2 (Payload & STT)
- pl_slopandslime_b2 (Payload & STT)
- scp_minecraft_v1_1 (SCP Fortress)
- trade_spiral_mountain_b1 (DFS Sandbox)
Updated maps
- dr_bog_v2fix2 -> dr_bog_v2a_fix2
- dr_boomershooter_b8 -> dr_boomershooter_b8c
- dr_bootcamp_2a -> dr_bootcamp_3c
- dr_forgotten_origin_fix -> dr_forgotten_origin_v1a
- pipeball_canyon_a5a -> pipeball_ultra_a2
- sb_torii_v1 -> sb_torii_v2a
- surf_10x_tf2_remastered_fix5 -> surf_10x_reload_tf2_fix_v1
- szf_isaac_v2_2 -> szf_isaac_v2_7
- szf_pen15_v15b -> szf_pen15_v15c
- szf_serioussam_sand_canyon_v3 -> szf_serioussam_sand_canyon_v5
- szf_turtle_defense_v4 -> szf_turtle_defense_v4b
- vsh_foreststation_b12 -> vsh_foreststation_c1
Updated the following gamemodes to their respective latest versions
- MicroTF2 to version 5.2.7
- SF2 Rewrite
- SCP: Secret Fortress to version 3.1.0
- Super Zombie Fortress to version 4.3.0
- VSH Rewrite
- Deathrun Neu
- Prophunt Neu
Updated SourceMod and Metamod: Source to the latest versions
Reduced the time before a gamemode/map vote starts from 7 minutes to 5 minutes remaining

We're still around for now, the community is also plenty active in the DFS Discord[dfs.tf].
We'll also still be hosting events, content updates & more from time to time, so we hope that you continue sticking around for the future too.

Thanks once again for allowing us to have a decade-long run within TF2. As always, we hope that you have fun and enjoy yourselves in the servers!

DFS: Seasonal Summer Update

Disp — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 14:59:21 +0000

A surprise seasonal update to start off the summer with!

Added dfs_construct_alpha, our 3rd main map created exclusively for the DFS community by NotNihilanth!
A TF2 take on the popular gm_construct map, re-constructed from scratch for the DFS community!
Has tripled build cost limits, allowing users to build more without being limited!
Currently an alpha version, this is a sneak peak as to what waits in future releases of this map!
Will contain secrets along the way, watch out for those!

Allowance is now completely disabled on Vanilla Mode maps, this change has been made to accommodate the DFS community's preferences

Added New Pets

Added Terrako from Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity to the Pet Store for 25,000 credits
Added Sobble from Pokemon Sword/Shield to the Pet Store for 25,000 credits, can also be purchased from the Gold store for 12,500 credits
Added Bunger from Bugsnax to the Pet Store, reserved and will soon only be available for a special event
Renamed White Rabbit to Bunny and lowered its' price down to 7500 credits
Reduced Archimedes' price down to 6000 credits

Added New Gamemodes

Slender Fortress 2 Rewrite

Now back in the active rotation and updated to private version 1.8.3, this version introduces an absolute ton of new changes and additions to the gamemode!
Fixed gamemode files not downloading properly on map change

TFGunGame Redux

Play in a deathmatch against other players in which your weapon progresses through a series of weapons, and the first to get to the end of the series wins the round!
Now a voteable gamemode on all Vanilla maps, through the /votemenu command

Rainbomizer

Rainbomizer randomizes various aspects of the game from sounds to models and the environment. This is purely a visual and auditory randomizer with no gameplay changes
Rainbomizer is now a voteable submode on all Vanilla maps!

Added new DFS Joinsounds

Yakuza 5 - Affected Fight
Yakuza 7 - Light and Darkness (ism)
Yakuza 7 - Main Theme (Ichiban Ka)
Persona 3 - Wiping All Out
Persona 4 - Signs Of Love
Persona 4 Dancing All Night OST - Dance!
Guilty Gear Strive - Drift
Guilty Gear Strive - Let Me Carve Your Way
Guilty Gear Strive - Mirror of the World
Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator - All I Can Do
Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator - Freesia
Lost Judgment - Unwavering Belief
Vaundy - 踊り子
Blue Archive - Plug And Play
[NieR] Ashes of Dreams (DOD3 DLC Ver)
[NieR] Emil/Sacrifice (DOD3 DLC Ver)

Added a bunch of new DFS noisemaker sounds

Added tons of new words for DFS minigames

Updated SourceMod to version 1.11, and Metamod: Source to version 1.12

Updated and reorganized The DFS Discord[dfs.tf] server, feel free to have a look and join into our community!

Made Shiny Stones and Rainbow Paintbrushes tradable

Minor DFS plugin updates

Added a new rare type of rocket in Dodgeball Redux

Increased vehicle limit per player from one to two

Optimized downloads even more

Increased the time between map resets when server is empty

Enabled random crits, as well as fixed weapon spreads, disabled random weapon spread

Lots of backend improvements

Updated and hotfixed the current dfs.tf website[dfs.tf]

Donation page now displays up to date information & image renders of all donor-exclusive playermodels
Leaderboards[dfs.tf] and Meet the staff[dfs.tf] page now load properly and display proper role colors
Steam avatars and profiles are now fetched properly
Removed google ads completely

Added & Updated Maps

Added af_minesweeper_a3
Added cp_battlefortress_b8c
Added cp_osiris_b26
Added cp_pall_mall_d9
Added ctf_warring_factions
Added dfs_construct_v1
Added dr_forgotten_origin_fix
Added dr_ignite_v4d
Added dr_winterbase_a2_hotfix
Added koth_backrooms_3
Added pass_probowl_rc1
Added pd_sfoth
Added ph_cargo_b7
Added ph_switcheroo_a4
Added ph_trainstation_final
Added scp_fortress_v4_1
Added scp_rebake_a8
Added steamboat_race_v5c
Added tfp_tf2party_b1b
Added tower_of_power_v3
Added trade_bubblegloop_swamp_a2
Added trade_treasure_trove_cove_b3
Added vsh_leak
Updated achievement_turbov14 to achievement_turbo_rhobv4
Updated ctf_helltrain_event_v2_rc6b to ctf_helltrain_event_v2_rc7a
Updated deltarune_card_castle_v1b to deltarune_card_castle_v1e
Updated dr_boomershooter_b6a to dr_boomershooter_b8
Updated dr_chipper_v2b to dr_chipper_v3
Updated dr_cryptnecrodancer_v6 to dr_cryptnecrodancer_v7
Updated dr_minigames_b5 to dr_minigames_b7
Updated dr_spinner_v1c to dr_spinner_v1d
Updated dr_stardust_v1b to dr_stardust_v1c
Updated dr_supermarket_v3a to dr_supermarket_v3c
Updated koth_frostmoon_event_rc2b to koth_frostmoon_event_rc4
Updated pipeball_canyon_a4 to pipeball_canyon_a5a
Updated scp_abandoned_nexus2 to scp_abandoned_v2_1
Updated scp_city_stock to scp_city_v2
Updated surf_10x_tf2_remastered_fix to surf_10x_tf2_remastered_fix5
Updated szf_waterfront_v1a to szf_waterfront_v2
Updated trade_rustboro_r4a to trade_rustboro_r5a

Updated the following gamemodes & plugins to their latest versions respectively

SCP Fortress
MicroTF2
Prophunt Neu
MannVsMann
Randomizer
Deathrun Neu
Super Zombie Fortress (4.3.0)
VSH Rewrite
TF-Bhop
Halloween cosmetic enabler
Other event plugins

We hope you enjoy our latest update! We also thank the entire DFS community for sticking around as always!

DFS: An Update to 2022 and Beyond

Disp — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 19:35:37 +0000

Hey all, it's been quite a while, and we apologize for the lack of big news as of late. Things have been quiet, but we're still very much around and are dedicated to making your experience as enjoyable as possible.

We're still very much around, much especially thanks to all of you and your support, the community can really make a big difference, and I'm grateful enough to keep things going for my passion project, DFS.

We'll be mainly focusing on getting back on track this year, overhauling a bunch of things and gathering your feedback so we can make your gameplay experience in the DFS servers as enjoyable as possible.

Here is a current list of what we are aiming to do by this year:

Releasing DFS Sandbox 2.0 - Lots of improvements and various new features added over the current DFS Sandbox gamemode including but not limited to
- Overall much smoother and less clunky gameplay, the "friendly" experience will now be ported into DFS Sandbox instead. Everyone will still be allowed to mess around with their favorite commands but the main gameplay experience will be Sandbox focused.
- Physics Gun - Everyone's favorite weapon from Garry's Mod but in TF2, allowing you to move, place and rotate your constructions better!
- Tool Gun - Allows you to customize your prop in several different ways, including allowing/disallowing prop collisions.
- Addition of more props in general.
Releasing dfs.tf 3.0 - We're aiming to entirely re-design our website, we're aiming to add new features including but not limited to
- An inventory system where players will be able to see and equip their own items, modules, playermodels and pets.
- A shop system, similar to the DFS shops but accessible as a website experience! You'll be able to use your credits to purchase items, pets and modules from the shops. We also aim to update these shops with new content as well.
- An updated profile page where users will be able to see of their DFS stats, badges, item inventory and more.
- And even more! We'll make sure to keep you updated as our new website is being developed.
Allowance/Friendly will be completely removed from Vanilla (formerly known as Competitive) mode and be only kept for the DFS Sandbox experience. This might upset some, but we think this is for the better, as we've very much realized that friendly is not a fun experience in any gamemode besides in DFS Sandbox.
We'll also soon be posting a DFS 2022 Survey, we're hoping to be able to gather your thoughts and opinions regarding your experience in DFS overall. Your feedback is very important to us and is greatly appreciated, we'll be rewarding each participant with a special prize!
Our third new main map currently in development by NotNihilanth will also be dropping sooner or later! We wouldn't like to spoil the surprise but I'll drop a quick hint and say that it is one of the more popular GMod maps specially reconstructed over to TF2 just for the DFS community.
Implementing an easier to use chat system, we think that our current system is a bit too complex and difficult to get around with and understand, we'll be working on revamping the system to be much easier and simpler to both understand and use overall.
We'll be adding new and unique self-made VSH and SF2 bosses through this year, crafted with love and as always, custom animations and sounds.
- We might also look into adding newer self-made/ported custom playermodels for players to use, but no promises, as we're very much aware that we have too many playermodels, and do not wish to bloat your downloads too much.
Finally finalizing and implementing the monthly donation reward system, new and unique rewards will be given to our donors each month.
We're also hoping to do more seasonal campaigns and put out unreleased content including new pets and modules.
And even more surprises we wouldn't like to spoil you on, that will hopefully come throughout the year! There is just a lot and lot of work and things going on behind the curtains.

We've also been communicating most of our news, events and even community giveaway raffles at the DFS Discord[discord.gg], feel free to join us anytime!

If you're also interested in joining our staff team to help us moderate our servers, or helping out with development, please feel free to make an application anytime on DFS Boards[dfs.boards.net]!

Thank you so much for still sticking with us, it truly means a lot.
Without further ado, here is a server update we've prepared for you to enjoy while we work on the bigger stuff this year!

Updated Slender Fortress 2 Private Version to 1.8.3 and re-enabled the gamemode completely
- Added a new flashlight system, new flashlight model and sounds
- A lot of bug fixes
- More details can be found in the changelog menu whilst playing SF2
Added PropHunt Neu, replacing our current Prophunt Redux gamemode
- Ability to disguise as any prop on the map
  - Including static props, dynamic props and other model-based entities
  - Player health scales with size of selected prop
- Greatly improved Hunter (BLU) gameplay
  - Dynamically calculated self-damage values depending on used weapon
  - Minimal weapon and class restrictions
- Functional waiting for players period in arena mode
- More up-to-date and overall better code implementation & optimization, works with all of our current prophunt maps.
Added new maps
- DFS Sandbox
  - achievement_turbo_rhobv4, replacing achievement_turbov14
  - deltarune_card_castle_v1e
- Vanilla Mode
  - cp_osiris_b26
  - koth_frostmoon_event_rc2b updated to koth_frostmoon_event_rc4
- Minigame & Misc Modes
  - af_tf2_party_a14 updated to tfp_tf2party_b1b
  - steamboat_race_v3
- Deathrun Neu
  - dr_boomershooter_b1
  - dr_chipper_v2 updated to dr_chipper_v3
  - dr_neonoir_impossible_v10x
  - dr_spinner_v1b updated to dr_spinner_v1d
  - dr_stardust_v1b updated to dr_stardust_v1c
  - dr_supermarket_v3 updated to dr_supermarket_v3b
- Prophunt Neu
  - ph_cargo_b7
  - ph_farm_feud_a10
  - ph_manorgrounds_a3
  - ph_switcheroo_a4
  - ph_trainstation_final
- Slender Fortress 2
  - slender_lentimas_town_ptb_v1
  - slender_swamp_v4 updated to slender_swamp_v4c
  - slender_the_ward_b2a updated to slender_the_ward_r1a
- SCP Fortress
  - scp_abandoned_nexus updated to scp_abandoned_nexus2
  - scp_city_theta updated to scp_city_nexus
  - scp_containmentbreach_nexus updated to scp_cb_reforged_a1
  - scp_fortress_halloween_fix2
  - scp_fortress_summer_finale updated to scp_fortress_classic2
- VSH Rewrite
  - vsh_frogworks_b5
  - vsh_rockslide_2
- Super Zombie Fortress
  - szf_serioussam_sand_canyon_v2 updated to szf_serioussam_sand_canyon_v3
  - szf_turtle_defense_v3e updated to szf_turtle_defense_v4
  - szf_waterfront_v1a
Added new DFS minigame words
Heavily optimized server downloads
Increased buildcost limits in DFS Sandbox, fixed buildcost limits not being tripled on dfs_sandbox_veryflat_v3
Added Jalopy from Half Life 2 EP2 to /vehicles
Updated /taunts command to include the latest and all taunts added with recent TF2 updates
Updated NPC Framework, this should provide overall better stability for the servers and boss battles on stadium
Re-enabled Star Fortress 64 (/arwing) for all Platinum members
Reduced minimum amount of required players to rtv to 3
Increased the AFK timer in Deathrun
Updated Duck Piano's default sound to actually work
- /pianosound is now restricted to staff members
Updated a couple of other plugins and gamemodes including:
- Various improvements to SCP: Secret Fortress[github.com]
- VSH Rewrite
- Mann Vs Mann
- Deathrun Neu
- Vehicles
- Bhop
- Airdash
Reduced minimum player requirements for some gamemodes to be active
- Minigame Gamemodes now requires 3 players minimum (from 5)
- Misc Modes - Maps now requires 3 players minimum (from 5)
- Dodgeball Redux now requires 5 players minimum (from 6)
- Prophunt Neu now requires 7 players minimum (from 10)
- Deathrun Neu now requires 6 players minimum (from 7)
Added a bunch of very super secret event exclusive plugins that are sure to give you a shocker
Replaced "Wild Amogus" rocket in Dodgeball with another surprise
Updated Sourcemod, MM:S and most of the extensions we currently run
Reorganized internal systems, allowing all staff members more freedom and access in general on the servers
Fixed missing downloads
Removed unused server files
Fixed typos on certain chat messages

We hope you enjoy our latest update, thanks for sticking around with DFS to this day, have fun!

DFS Nine Year Anniversary Update!

Disp — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 22:50:14 +0000

Can you all believe it? It's been a miraculous NINE whole years since I've first launched DFS, crazy to think how fast time passes huh? A lot has changed since then and I'm honestly not only quite shocked but truly grateful that this wonderful community has managed to keep going for this long, and hopefully even more!

I was nothing more than a very young wee child when I first launched DFS, having no idea how far it'd go or how big it'd become, one thing I can say is that it has been a very long and amazing journey I've enjoyed taking with all of you. I'll admit now that I unfortunately don't have much free available time to focus on my passion project as much as I could in the past, so I've been slowly passing the torch away to some very cool and capable people who will give their best to keep you all happy and the DFS community going forward throughout the future!

But for now I've prepared you all a big server update that I hope you all will be able to enjoy and have a great time with! Along with the changes below we've enabled our anniversary mode for two weeks, allowing you to finish an event to earn a bunch of goodie rewards for yourself! If you login this week you will also get yourself a exclusive anniversary badge!

And that will conclude my message for our final one-digit anniversary. Thank you all so much for everything over the years, and here's to even more to come!

DFS Structural Role Rework

This rework aims to make major changes to all roles and permissions on DFS. We're also aiming to give the public more access to some fun commands and features without restricting them to donors only, while introducing big new bonuses to donors to help keep the lights on and the servers going!

The following features & commands are receiving important changes!
- /sandbox_fly (or construct_fly) is now accessible to be used by everyone on DFS Sandbox maps!
- /bonemerge is now accessible and can be used by everyone!
- /resizeme, /resizemyhead, /resizemyhands, /resizemytorso and /resizereset are now accessible and can be used by everyone!
- /vehicle can now be used by everyone in DFS Sandbox mode maps! All vehicles are accessible to be spawned by everyone without any restrictions on any of the vehicles.
- /arwing is now accessible by Gold members and is no longer restricted to Platinum users!
- /gimme is now accessible by Gold members and is no longer restricted to Platinum users!
- /ps is now accessible by Gold members and is no longer restricted to Platinum users!
- /noclip is now accessible by Gold members and is no longer restricted to Platinum users!
- /bling is a new command added only accessible to Platinum users, using it grants the user a completely randomly generated loadout each time they spawn! (These cosmetics will only mostly be visible to the user themselves and not so much to the other players).

We've also done major internal staff role related changes, we'll be introducing a new staff role called Community Manager to DFS. Staff members with this role will be managing and promoting the community, while hosting events and game nights to keep the community sticking together as much as possible!

Monthly DFS Donation Goals

We've mentioned introducing a new monthly donation goal system in one of our past announcements, now that we're giving the public more access to commands & features and finally getting rid of the limited donation deals per major update, we're now introducing our new monthly donation goal system!

Each month a new bonus will be provided to all donors for supporting us with generous donations, those who donate will receive a new bonus each month!
The bonuses include but are not limited to: Membership Vouchers (to extend or gift Gold & Platinum), Pets (including limited ones from previous donation deals), Credits, Golden & Community Keyless Crates, Legendary Items or Modules and much more!
At the start of each month the bonus reward will be randomly rolled to a different reward
The rewards that have appeared in the past might have a chance of appearing again in the future and therefore will not be time-restricted unique rewards.
You can get all donation bonuses every month, only one reward can be obtained per month per user. Donating to DFS a minimum of 3€ will make you eligible to earn the donation reward each month!
You can view the current monthly donation goal/bonus on the DFS Main Hub when you join any of the servers.
Your donations and support are very appreciated and are what helps us keep DFS going as much as possible! Without donations DFS wouldn't be where it is today, if you'd like to get some cool perks for yourself in the servers, please do consider supporting us at https://dfs.tf/donate !
This system will go live by the start of December 1st and the reward will continue refreshing at the start of each month!

Updated dfs_sandbox_veryflat_v2 to dfs_sandbox_veryflat_v3

Now considered the second main map of DFS, after tm_stadium
The max buildcost has been tripled for all players on this map
dfs_sandbox_veryflat_v3 will now also be picked if no map is voted for, besides tm_stadium
Added a day/night cycle accompanied with Terraria music (affected by music volume)
Overhauled the skybox entirely, is now also a part of the day/night cycle's workings
Map height has been increased consequently with the change above
Certain materials have been changed, most notably water, grass and the center slab
Map optimizations

DFS Plugin Changes

Enabled Seasonal Shop for the Anniversary event!
Increased construct building limit/costs for everyone in DFS Sandbox mode!
Doubled the EXP drop amount for everyone in the server permanently!
Minigames now reward the user with even more EXP if they win
Added a lot of new joinsounds
Added a lot of new noisemaker sounds
Added new minigame words
Removed a couple of older joinsounds, noisemaker sounds and minigame words, slightly optimized content download times.

Returning Gamemodes

Slender Fortress 2 (Private version) is finally making a return back to DFS!

Updated Gamemodes

Updated MicroTF2 to version 5.2.0
Updated SCP: Secret Fortress with Parabellum update and more
Updated VSH Rewrite to version 1.5.0
Updates to Deathrun Neu to version 1.6.1
Updated Mann Vs Mann to version 1.3.0
Updated Randomizer

dfs.tf Update 1.1.2

Login sessions no longer expire instantly when you close the browser
Fixed badges and oaths not showing up on profiles
Banned users no longer show up on leaderboards
Updated roles & role colors
Other minor updates

Added and Updated maps

br_tikal_b2 to br_tikal_b3
cp_balloon_race_v11
ctf_helltrain_event_v2_rc6 to ctf_helltrain_event_v2_rc6b
dr_bog_v2fix2
dr_chipper_v2b
dr_minigames_b2 to dr_minigames_b5
dr_rayman_a2
dr_scprun_v2b_1 to dr_scprun_v3
dr_spinner_v1b
dr_supermarket_v3
ice_veilstone_b1
koth_glitch_custom
koth_nippletwister_a3
mannor_of_horrors
manor_of_fun_fix
manor_of_mischief
mg_testing_complex_v2 to mg_testing_complex_v3_1
pl_toy_fort_2_v1
sb_torii_v1
scp_abandoned_lambda to scp_abandoned_nexus
scp_boss_epsilon
scp_city_gamma to scp_city_theta
scp_containmentbreach_numba to scp_containmentbreach_nexus
scp_fortress_summer3 to scp_fortress_summer_finale
scp_rebake_alpha3
surf_autumnal_fix to surf_autumnal_final
szf_serioussam_sand_canyon_v1 to szf_serioussam_sand_canyon_v2
tfdb_sumotoridreams
trade_balloonfarm
vsh_foreststation_b10b to vsh_foreststation_b12
vsh_moving_in_v4
vsh_reiltas_hills_v2
vsh_supermarket_v1
warioware_redux_v4 to warioware_redux_v5b

Misc Updates/Bug Fixes

Taunts plugin has been updated to include the new taunts from the latest TF2 patch!
Added a new section called "Minigame Gamemodes" for MicroTF2, mg_testing_complex and warioware_redux_v5
Updated gamemode names, and moved certain maps (including: af_bananarama, wacky_races_v2, balloon_race and bestinclass to misc modes/maps section)
Lowered the cooldown of Minigame Gamemodes section, increased the cooldown of Misc Modes/Maps section
Lowered minimum players required for Smash Fortress to 7 (from 8) and lowered the minimum players required to play Unique Maps to 5 (from 7)

Happy 9th Birthday DFS!

DFS Has Been Moved To New Servers!

Disp — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 21:30:24 +0000

Hey all, we have very important news to announce regarding the DFS servers!

Thanks to the those who are supporting us through donations, we were able to move the DFS servers into a completely new, much bigger and stronger server machine!

From now on, both of the DFS servers as well as as our webserver will be hosted on this machine!
The new server machine is hosted in Germany so both of the DFS servers will be converted into EU servers, as from what we've seen our US server/playerbase wasn't as active anymore.

New server machine has superior specs compared to our old servers, therefore we're hoping the server performance and stability to be even better than before!

Here are the new server IPs:

Server Name

Region

Dispenz0r's Fun Server [EU] | dfs.tf

EU - Germany

eu.dfs.tf:27015

Dispenz0r's Fun Server [EU] #2 | dfs.tf

EU - Germany

eu.dfs.tf:27016

If you had both servers favorited before, the new servers should still appear in your favorites. Please make sure to favorite the new server IPs otherwise!

For now, both of the DFS servers will be hosted in the Europe region, if we ever pick up more player activity, including from different regions, we'll make sure to open up more DFS servers and let you all know about it!

We've also released a server update that includes a bunch of new additions including plugin & gamemode updates, bug fixes, new maps and map updates, as well as enabled Arwing in the DFS servers once again! You can check the full list of changelogs at The DFS Discord[dfs.tf] anytime!

Thank you for supporting us as always, we hope you enjoy playing on our new servers!