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The default respawn wave is 10 seconds. This would mean that players are spawned every 10 seconds. However, unless the server population is low, you will most likely have to wait for the wave after. In this case, the maximum respawn time any individual would have is 20 seconds. Source: TF2 Wiki - Respawn Times page.

The following information on Respawn Times is taken by information found in decompiled Valve maps, or by use of mp_showrespawntimes.

Respawn Waves

Removing respawn time in match made games would remove the punishment of dying or killing yourself while also removing the advantages of learning where enemies are rushing next through a allies pov and to gain your bearing to plan. Doesnt remove like health pack collected or sentry gun rght? Or does it:) all it removes are background map noises. Footsteps, gunshots, pickups etc are not background noises. It is just removing atmospheric sounds, nothing useful. My suggestion is if the respawn time would exceed the length of your last life, then you only wait the duration of your last life. Most of the time it would make no difference. The only time it would come into effect is when you get killed basically immediately upon leaving spawn, because when that happens it sucks having to wait to spawn again.

Team Fortress 2 manages its respawn times in waves. The default respawn wave is 10 seconds. This would mean that players are spawned every 10 seconds. However, when server population is high, you may have to wait for the wave after. In this case, the maximum respawn time any individual would have is 20 seconds.

Below are the respawn wave times set in Valve maps. ~5 seconds should be added to all respawn times to account for deathcams. Skipping the deathcam will not allow you to spawn faster.

Capture the Flag

All CTF maps have the same spawn times.

King of the Hill

All KOTH maps use the same spawn times (with one partial exception).

Control Point

Respawn times for RED. Note that these maps are symmetrical: If RED owns this many points, then these are the spawn times for BLU.

Attack/Defend

Degroot Keep has a unique set of spawns. After capturing both outer control points, and unlocking the gate, if the gate closes again, the Blue team gets an increased spawn timer. If both points are captured again, the Blue team's spawns are returned to 0.

Payload

These maps are all single-stage:

These maps are multi-stage:

Payload Race

Special Delivery

All SD maps have the same spawn times.

Territorial Control

Hydro has a unique set of respawn times. For normal rounds, teams will spawn faster while they are capturing the enemy CP. For defense rounds, respawn times do not change throughout the round.

PASS Time

All PASS Time maps have the same spawn times. The spawn timers are at 7.5, unless the jack is close to a team's goal, in which case their spawn timer is halved to 5.

Robot Destruction

All RD maps have the same spawn times.

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Player Destruction

There are a number of different possible match outcomes in Team Fortress 2, and the conditions will vary depending on the game mode being played.

• 1Victory/Defeat
• 2Humiliation
• 6Related achievements

Victory/Defeat

The two most common match outcomes are victory and defeat, which occur when the team succeeds or fails respectively in their objective:

Mini-game

A handful of maps, usually maps tied into a Scream Fortress event (such as Carnival of Carnage and Gravestone), do not immediately end the round when one team accomplishes its objective on the main map, and the round instead transitions into a mini-game, with the team that accomplished its objective being given some sort of advantage (such as a head-start if the mini-game is a race). The team that accomplishes the objective of the mini-game first is considered to win the overall round.

Humiliation

Humiliation occurs following a victory. During Humiliation, all players on the victorious side receive 10% speed boost and all weapons gain a crit boost. Players on either side are also able to enter enemy respawn areas to kill anyone inside, but only the victorious team will be able to use enemy resupply lockers. Humiliation typically lasts for 15 seconds; however, this can be altered by server owners with the command mp_bonusroundtime.

During humiliation, the losing side is unable to attack and moves 10% slower. Losing players also take on a third-person perspective, which allows them to see their characters fleeing, cowering, or being thoroughly disappointed. During Humiliation, the losing team's Sentry Guns are deactivated, Spies drop their Cloak (but retain their disguises if worn already or by using the last disguise command), and players cannot commit suicide by using console commands (kill or explode). However, players still can die by environment hazards.

All players in Humiliation, both losers and winners, retain the ability to taunt and use Attack taunts, although taunt achievements will not be unlocked.

Animations

Humiliation poses have a few other uses, including the animation when a player is stunned and its use by the Pyro for the Easter egg in the BLU spawn area on Thunder Mountain.

Gallery

Sudden Death

Sudden Death mode is activated if neither team scores enough points to win the map and the timer runs out. Sudden Death is a server-side CVAR (control variable) and by default is disabled on the PC version.

Stalemate

When a round goes into Sudden Death, and neither team manages to kill the other or complete the objectives within the final time limit, the game is a Stalemate and neither team receives a point. This also produces an effect similar to Humiliation, except that both teams lose their weapons and can only run around and taunt until the round ends a few seconds later. It is possible to kill opposing members with taunt attacks, but they do not count toward achievements. Switching weapons in stalemate is not allowed; however, quick switching is still allowed. Therefore, you are only able to taunt with the weapon you had out when Stalemate began, or the weapon that you are able to quick switch to.

Although they can be perceived as 'neutral' outcomes, Valve had intended Stalemates to be a case as if both teams had directly lost. This is why all losing player characters enter a Humiliation pose and elicit a negative voice response upon a Stalemate announcement despite the hostile enemy team doing the same.

Gallery

• Stalemate screenshot

Related achievements

Soldier

Update history

August 13, 2009 Patch (Classless Update)

• Added custom animations played by the losing team during the post-win state. They are moved into third person camera to enjoy them

Bugs

• If the Medic has any secondary weapon out, his right arm will appear twisted and bent, occasionally clipping into his head while moving.
• A surrendering Soldier with a Beggar's Bazooka loaded right before the round ended could potentially kill winning team members due to how it misfires when 3 or more rockets are loaded into it.
  • Additionally, the same thing happens when a Demoman starts to charge right before the round ends, potentially killing someone, as the charge does not stop and still delivers damage.
• If a Soldier was reloading his Rocket Launcher right before Humiliation, his animation will still show him reloading, even though he is not reloading anything.

Trivia

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• The military term for what usually happens in Humiliation is known as a no quarter, where a surrendering team is eliminated. This practice is forbidden under the 1907 Hague Conventions.
  • Killing the losing team during Humiliation could also be seen as the war crime perfidy, if such actions are performed in real life.
• During humiliation, dead players can respawn if they are on the winning team by switching classes after the 'victory' sound is done.

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