As I started up Steam a while ago, the news page came up and offered me the chance to preload the new update so I could play it automatically when it came out. Naturally, I accepted. They are also letting anyone who pre-loads it to play for free the entire extended holiday weekend, so you have nothing to lose! The free play will probably start on Friday at midnight, and is available for pre-load on Thursday. I'm pretty sure that every server will be completely trashed and laggy, but this update is much better than the previous ones because VALVE is releasing both Sniper and Spy, so they can balance each other out. If you see me, I'll be owning everyone as a spy disguised as a sniper, so watch your backs this weekend!