That's not a valve though, that's just a wheel to (probably) control the valve.

Maybe the thief stole the valve and the photo in the post was focusing on the wheel in an unsuccessful attempt at misdirection.

To control the valve? So whoever manages to pull the sword wheel from the stone shaft becomes the new ruler of england Valve?

Can't believe they left Team Fortress rotting and made fucking Deadlock instead. Imagine a beautiful TF3 ;-;

Sorry to the Team Fortress folks, I really like Deadlock tho

Its a valve stem with hand wheel unless the valve body is buried under the floor out of sight. It looks like a gate valve to me where that lead screw literally lifts or lowers the gate into place in the valve body.

Source: me a instrumentation and process control engineering technologist

The crown of Gaben.

I've never even heard of it, and I'm a big fan of Valve. Game must have failed miserably. That probably should have advertised it.

If bit: Good bit

Else: It's still alpha and is only really public because some journalists leaked it's existence. Basically letting players ask for an invite to be guinea pigs.

My brother in Christ, is your steering wheel not your car?

Thanks for the info. I literally learned about this game from this thread, but apparently it's been in a closed early access for a few years now; I guess I'm just one of today's lucky 10,000.

It's not out yet.

Yes I know now, thank you. Please see the other reply to my comment.

I am not a fan of MOBAs. I tried playing it, but it requires a lot of knowledge just to understand what you're doing. Also because it's free to play people are jerks rather than helpful.

I need to give it another shot. I liked the big book guy.

It's weird, I've never been a fan of MOBAs at all, but there's something that clicked with Deadlock for me, but I get that it's not for everyone. Further, from mine and my friend's experiences, people in Deadlock have actually been quite gracious! You get your occasional dickhead that says stupid shit sometimes, but generally people are pretty chill, and understanding if you're new.

Lol no way, a new thing is way better than a rehash.

I wonder if they could ever recapture TF2's charm. I can't see making all of the mercs – but again – working.
If they ever did make a TF3 it'd probably be substantially different.

That's okay, a new spin on a hero shooter would be nice.

Its just a moba. Not exactly "new" itself. A new spin on TF would have been awesome.

Too much CC in it. It has the age old problem of characters that are fun to play, but absolute dogshit to play against.