Just to clear something up, this wasnt TFC's bday yesterday. It was QWTF, the original QuakeWorld Team Fortress was released as a mod on August 24th many many years ago. Also be prepared for this again on Decmber 22nd, as that was the date that QWTF was released as a standalone product and not just a mod anymore. TFC was just another version of QWTF but on Valve's Half Life 1 engine.
And sorry guys but again nothing we could do about it. I dont like the fact Valve turned it on with no way of shutting it down, but what are we to do? Either deal with it, or just dont play for the day and a half they had it on.(that is hoping that it is off right now).