TF2’s awesome

A curated list of the weird and awesomely wonderful Team Fortress 2 sites, tools, resources that continue to make this an amazing experience for established and new gamers alike.

A list of awesome Team Fortress 2 sites, tools, resources and more!

Curated by CriticalFlaw

If you have a TF2 link to add, please drop a message in the comments below.

Annual Charity Events

hugs.TF – UK-based charity livestream event benefiting Special Effect: The Gamer’s Charity

Tip of the Hats – US based charity livestream event benefiting One Step Camp.

Blapature Co – EU-based charity livestream hosted by a group of TF2 YouTubers.

Community Sites

FuckYeahTF2 – Tumblr for everything and anything TF2-related, namely artwork showcases.

KritzKast – THE Team Fortress 2 Podcast, hosted every Saturday by Agro.

Teamwork.TF – Community Quickplay, Jarate Pages, news and stats about Team Fortress 2.

r/TF2 – Subreddit dedicated to any and all Team Fortress 2 content; news, jokes, discussions.

Essentials.TF – Competitive and community news aggregator.

Competitive

Comp.tf – Community maintained wiki for the global TF2’s eSports scene.

ETF2L – European league, for Highlander and 6v6. Home of the Nations Cup Tournaments.

Team Fortress TV – Competitive TF2 news, events, discussions, streams, stats and more!

UGC League – Worldwide League, primarily catering to North American Highlander and 6v6.

ozfortress – Australia’s 6v6 League

RGL – Prolander (7v7) League for NA, EU and AU. Also NA Highlander league.

ESEA – Paid NA league dedicated to providing the highest level 6v6 competition.

TF2 Pro League – Powered by FACEIT, this 6v6 league looks to provide competition for all skill levels.

TFCL – North American league, providing various levels of 6v6, Highlander, and Ultiduo competition

Competitive Streams

KritzKast – Streams competitive 6v6, Highlander, Prolander matches from EU and rest of world.

TFLIVEtv – Streams competitive 6v6 for Australia’s ozfortress.

Team Fortress TV – Streams 6v6 for North American and European leagues.

CappingTV – Streams Oceania/Asia 6v6 and Highlander matches from various leagues.

Modifications

CFG.TF – Open-source hub dedicated to generating custom Team Fortress 2 configurations.

GameBanana – Treasure trove of mods including custom skins, maps, UIs, models and animations.

HUDS.TF – A repository of community developed custom HUDs and hitsounds.

TF2Maps – Dedicated community for TF2 level design, mapping resource, tutorials and 72-Hour Jams!

Official Valve endorsed Sites

Merchandise – WeLoveFine’s official store selling original and community submitted items.

Team Fortress 2 Blog – Development team’s blog and host for TF2’s comics and update history.

Team Fortress 2 Wiki – All encompassing resource for the entire Team Fortress series.

Team Fortress 2 YouTube – Home of Valve Software’s “Meet the Team” videos.

Team Fortress 2 Twitter – Emergency resource for posting updates.

Steam Community Market – Buy and sell items with other Steam community members.

Steam Workshop – Submit new in-game items for Valve’s consideration, and view others’ works.

Source Games’ Issues – Bug reports and feature requests tracker for TF2 and the Source Engine.

Trading

Marketplace.TF – Securely buy and sell TF2 items with cash. No trade holds or hidden fees.

Scrap.TF – Home to automated Steam trading, scrap/hat banking, raffles and more!

STN Trading – buy and sell items “For the discerning gentleperson”.

Useful Tools

Backpack.TF – Crowd-sourced pricelist, keeping track of user’s backpack values and much more!

SteamRep – An invaluable trading tool that lets you check if a potential trader is a scammer.

CastingEssentials – A plugin that enhances the viewing experience of both casters and viewers.

Loadout.TF – A web-app that lets you create custom loadouts without restrictions.

VTFEdit – For creating Valve Texture Format (VTF) files, used as textures or sprays in-game.

GCFScape – An app that can open and extract Source Engine content packed as .gcf and .vpk files.

Modelling resources and Tutorials – Created by Pogo for KritzKast.

Video Content

Twitch – Team Fortress 2 streams on Twitch.

YouTube – Filtered by most recent content.