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The '''[http://www.teamfortress.com/war/part1/index.htm WAR! Update]''' was a class update for the [[Demoman]] and the [[Soldier]]. It was the second two-class patch, and was the sixth major content pack released. The update was first announced on December 9, 2009, and was released on [[December 17, 2009 Patch|December 21, 2009]].
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{{Quotation|'''The Administrator'''|'''Friendship ends in one day.'''}}
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<span class="plainlinks">The '''[https://www.teamfortress.com/war/part1/index.htm WAR! Update]'''</span> was a class update for the [[Demoman]] and the [[Soldier]]. It was the second multi-class patch, and was the sixth major content pack released. The Update was first announced on December 9, 2009, and was released in the {{Patch name|12|17|2009}}.
  
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The WAR! Update differed from previous updates due to a number of competitions running along side it. The first was announced at the start of the update. Players had to score points for their respective class, either Demoman or Soldier, and the winning class would recieve a bonus item that was later revealed to be the [[Gunboats]]. In order to score points, players had to kill enemies playing the opposite class to them (Demoman killing Soldiers, Soldiers killing Demoman). The [[Soldier]] ended up beating the [[Demoman]] with 6,406,065 kills to 6,372,979 kills respectivly.
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The WAR! Update differed from previous updates by including two competitions, operating inside and outside the game. The first was announced at the start of the update; a kill tracker appeared in the HUD of anybody playing as a Demoman or Soldier, with the counter increasing each time they (as a Soldier) killed an enemy Demoman or they (as a Demoman) killed an enemy Soldier. The personal totals of each player were added to a mass tally, and with each day of the update a running total score for each side was displayed on the update page. The Soldier won with 6,406,065 total kills to the Demoman's 6,372,979, granting the Soldier the prize of an extra unlockable weapon, the [[Gunboats]].
  
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The second was the [[Propaganda Contest]]. Users designed propaganda posters for their side of choice, either BLU Soldier or RED Demoman. The posters were then submitted to Valve to be judged through the Propaganda Contest website. The three leading prizes were later revealed to be the [[Towering Pillar of Hats]], [[Noble Amassment of Hats]], and [[Modest Pile of Hat]] (for first, second, and third, respectively) with orange prize ribbons attached.  
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The second competition was the [[Propaganda Contest]]. Users were encouraged to design propaganda posters for the side of their choice, supporting either the BLU Soldier or RED Demoman. The posters were then submitted to Valve to be judged through the Propaganda Contest website. The three leading prizes were later revealed to be [[J.Axer's Dapper Topper]], [[Amber's Rad As All Hell Hat]], and [[Uncle Sam]] (for first, second, and third place respectively).
  
 
== Announcements ==
 
== Announcements ==
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The WAR! Update page officially began on December 10th, 2009, as announced on the [[TF2 Official Blog]] post "[http://teamfortress.com/post.php?id=3225&p= The War Update]". The update was released on December 17th.
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The WAR! Update page officially began on December 10th, 2009 as announced on the [[TF2 Official Blog#Blog|TF2 Official Blog]] post "[https://teamfortress.com/post.php?id=3225 The War Update]". The update was released on December 17th.
  
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*Day 1: The WAR! Update began to track kills.
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*'''Day 1''': The WAR! Update began to track kills.
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*Day 2: The Propaganda Contest was announced.
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*'''Day 2''': The [[Propaganda Contest]] was announced.
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*Day 3: [[Crafting]] was announced.
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*'''Day 3''': [[Crafting]] was announced.
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*'''Day 4''': The [[Eyelander]] and [[Chargin' Targe]] were announced.
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There was a 1-day gap between announcements due to the weekend. Accouncements resumed as usual on December 14th.
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*'''Day 5''': The [[Direct Hit]] was announced.
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*'''Day 6''': The [[Equalizer]], [[Buff Banner]], and [[Scottish Resistance]] were all announced. The titles and icons for the [[Demoman achievements]] and [[Soldier achievements]] were also revealed.
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*Day 4: The [[Eyelander]] and [[Chargin' Targe]] are announced.
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*'''Day 7''': The [[Soldier]] was announced to be the winner of the kill contest, receiving the [[Gunboats]] as a prize. The [[Control Point (game mode)|Control Point]] map [[Gorge]] and [[Capture the Flag]] map [[Double Cross]] were also announced. The achievements, which were teased the previous day, had their descriptions revealed.
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*Day 5: The [[Direct Hit]] is announced.
 
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*Day 6: The [[Equalizer]], [[Buff Banner]], and [[Scottish Resistance]] are all announced. The [[Demoman achievements]] and [[Soldier achievements]] are also revealed.
 
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*Day 7: The [[Soldier]] is announced to be the winner, receiving the [[Gunboats]] as a prize. Maps [[control point]] [[Gorge]] and [[capture the flag]] [[Double Cross]] are also announced.
 
  
 
== Additions ==
 
== Additions ==
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=== Weapons ===
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=== Maps ===
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{| class="wikitable grid plainlinks" style="text-align: center;" width="50%"
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{{main|List of maps}}
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{| class="wikitable" cellpadding=2 style="text-align:center;"
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|- style="height: 20px;"
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! class="header" style="background:#333333; color:#FFFFFF" | Name
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! class="header" style="background:#333333; color:#FFFFFF" | Picture
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! class="header" style="background:#333333; color:#FFFFFF" | Game mode
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! class="header" style="background:#333333; color:#FFFFFF" | File name
 
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!class="header" style="width: 10%" | Class
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| style="background-color:#E8E8E8;" | '''[[Gorge]]'''
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!class="header" style="width: 15%" | Item Icon
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| [[File:Cp gorge.jpg|160px|link=Gorge]]
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!class="header" style="width: 35%" | Item Name
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| '''[[Control Point (game mode)|Control Point]]'''<br>[[File:Controlpoint.png|50px|link=Control Point (game mode)]]
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| {{code|cp_gorge}}
 
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| rowspan="3" | {{Icon class|class=Demoman|link=Demoman}} <br/> [[Demoman]]
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| style="background-color:#E8E8E8;" | '''[[Double Cross]]'''
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| {{item icon|size=76px|Scottish Resistance}}
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| [[File:CTF DoubleCross RedBase.png|160px|link=Double Cross]]
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| '''[[Scottish Resistance]]'''
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| '''[[Capture the Flag]]'''<br>[[File:Intel red idle.png|50px|link=Capture the Flag]]
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| {{code|ctf_doublecross}}
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|}
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=== Weapons ===
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{{main|Weapons}}
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{| class="wikitable collapsible" cellpadding=2 style="text-align:center;"
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| width="60px" style="background:#333333;" rowspan=4 | '''{{Class link|Soldier|color=white|br=yes}}'''
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| style="background:#E8E8E8;" | {{Icon item|Direct Hit|icon-size=75px}}
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| '''{{item link|Direct Hit}}'''
 
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| {{item icon|size=76px|Chargin' Targe}}
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| style="background:#E8E8E8;" | {{Icon item|Buff Banner|icon-size=75px}}
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| '''[[Chargin' Targe]]'''
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| '''{{item link|Buff Banner}}'''
 
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| {{item icon|size=76px|Eyelander}}
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| style="background:#E8E8E8;" | {{Icon item|Equalizer|icon-size=75px}}
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| '''[[Eyelander]]'''
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| '''{{item link|Equalizer}}'''
 
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| rowspan="4" | {{Icon class|class=Soldier|link=Soldier}} <br/> [[Soldier]]
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| style="background:#E8E8E8;" | {{Icon item|Gunboats|icon-size=75px}}
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| {{item icon|size=76px|Direct Hit}}
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| '''{{item link|Gunboats}}'''
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| '''[[Direct Hit]]'''
 
 
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| {{item icon|size=76px|Buff Banner}}
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| style="background:#333333;" rowspan=3 | '''{{Class link|Demoman|color=white|br=yes}}'''
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| '''[[Buff Banner]]'''
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| style="background:#E8E8E8;" | {{Icon item|Scottish Resistance|icon-size=75px}}
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| '''{{item link|Scottish Resistance}}'''
 
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| {{item icon|size=76px|Equalizer}}
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| style="background:#E8E8E8;" | {{Icon item|Chargin' Targe|icon-size=75px}}
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| '''[[Equalizer]]'''
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| '''{{item link|Chargin' Targe}}'''
 
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| {{item icon|size=76px|Gunboats}}
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| style="background:#E8E8E8;" | {{Icon item|Eyelander|icon-size=75px}}
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| '''[[Gunboats]]'''
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| '''{{item link|Eyelander}}'''
 
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=== Maps ===
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== Pre-announcement references ==
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{| class="wikitable grid plainlinks" style="text-align: center;" width="50%"
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=== New Administrator voice files ===
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Teasing of the WAR! Update began with the {{Patch name|12|7|2009}} when [[Administrator responses#WAR! Update|new Administrator voice files]] were added to the game – which were randomly switched out with the normal voice files during gameplay if a Demoman and Soldier were being played by opposing teams. She would voice her disappointment and hint at the upcoming conflict by stating that her trust had been "betrayed" and that "Friendship will not be tolerated."
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!class="header" style="width: 20%" | Game Mode
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=== WAR! comic ===
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!class="header" style="width: 20%" | Map Name
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{{Main|WAR! Comic}}
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!class="header" style="width: 20%" | File Name
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The first official hint came on December 9th 2009 with the blog post "[https://teamfortress.com/post.php?id=3219 Attention Employees...]". It contained a single sentence of "Friendship ends in one day." and a link to a [[WAR! comic|comic]] where [[Miss Pauling]] revealed to the [[Administrator]] that the BLU Soldier and RED Demoman had become friends. Fearing that the two would eventually find out that they both work for the same person, the Administrator told Miss Pauling to contact [[Saxton Hale]] and order some new custom weapons as she was going to make the friends compete with each other.
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| rowspan="1" | <center>[[Control Point]]</center>
 
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| [[File:Cp_gorge.jpg|150px|link=Sawmill]]
 
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| '''[[Gorge]]'''
 
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| cp_gorge
 
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| rowspan="1" | <center>[[Capture the Flag]]</center>
 
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| [[File:CTF DoubleCross RedBase.png|150px|link=Double Cross]]
 
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| '''[[Double Cross]]'''
 
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| ctf_doublecross
 
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|}
 
  
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== Pre-announcement references ==
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This comic continued over the next few days alongside the update itself. It continued on to show [https://www.teamfortress.com/war/saxtonhale/ Saxton Hale] being contacted and shipping out the new weapons, and the [https://www.teamfortress.com/war/demo/ Demoman] and [https://www.teamfortress.com/war/soldier/ Soldier] being tricked into competing with each other.
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==WAR! Comic==
 
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Not a lot of forewarning was given prior to the update. The first official hint came the day before the WAR! Update started with the blog post [http://teamfortress.com/post.php?id=3219&p=5 Attention Employees...]. It contained a single sentence of "Friendship ends in one day." that linked the reader to a comic where [[Miss Pauling]] revealed to the [[Administrator]] that the BLU Soldier and RED Demoman had become friends. Fearing that the two would eventually find out they both work for the same person, the Administrator told Miss Pauling to contact [[Saxton Hale]] and order some new custom weapons as she was going to make the friends compete with each other.
 
  
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This comic continued over the next few days alongside the update itself. It continued on to show [http://www.teamfortress.com/war/saxtonhale/ Saxton Hale] being contacted and shipping out the new weapons, and the [http://www.teamfortress.com/war/demo/ Demoman] and [http://www.teamfortress.com/war/soldier/ Soldier] being tricked into competing with each other.
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== Update gallery ==
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<gallery>
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File:WAR! Update Hub.png|'''Day 1''' – The hub of the WAR! Update.
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File:SoldierDemoWar.jpg|The image declaring the WAR! Update
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File:WAR! Update Day 2.png|'''Day 2'''
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File:WAR! Update Day 3.png|'''Day 3'''
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File:WAR! Update Day 4.png|'''Day 4'''
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File:WAR! Update Day 5.png|'''Day 5'''
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File:WAR! Update Day 6.png|'''Day 6'''
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File:WAR! Update Day 7.png|'''Day 7''' – Victory
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File:WAR! Update The Demoman Update.png|Full summary of the Demoman update.
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File:WAR! Update The Soldier Update.png|Full summary of the Soldier update.
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File:Free weekend steam popup war.jpg|Steam popup advertising the ''Team Fortress 2'' WAR! Update free weekend.
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File:War demo kills.png|Counter seen on [[HUD]] as a Soldier, showing Demomen killed.
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File:War soldier kills.png|Counter seen on HUD as a Demoman, showing Soldiers killed.
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</gallery>
  
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== Trivia ==
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=== Hidden pages ===
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* Saxton Hale introduced the crafting system to the classes.
 
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* A patch of Saxton Hales hair is missing when he barrel rolls into his office on page 8 of the WAR! comic.
 
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== Update progress ==
 
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
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File:WAR!_Update_Hub.png|'''Day 1'''. Annoncement of the Update, the WAR! Hub.
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File:Hidden-Page Poopyjoe.png|Poopy Joe news article
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File:WAR!_Update_Day_2.png|'''Day 2'''.
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File:Hidden-Page Shakespearicles.png|Shakespearicles portrait
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File:WAR!_Update_Day_3.png|'''Day 3'''.
 
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File:WAR!_Update_Day_4.png|'''Day 4'''.
 
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File:WAR!_Update_Day_5.png|'''Day 5'''.
 
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File:WAR!_Update_Day_6.png|'''Day 6'''.
 
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File:WAR!_Update_Day_7.png|'''Day 7'''. Victory Day.
 
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File:WAR!_Update_The_Demoman_Update.png|'''Day 8'''. Release of the Demoman update
 
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File:WAR!_Update_The_Soldier_Update.png|'''Day 9 '''. Release of the Soldier update
 
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
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== Trivia ==
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* In reference to this event, several unused [[Domination]] lines have been added to the Soldier and Demoman referencing their former friendship. For example, the Soldier may say "You were good, son, real good" to a dominated Demoman, and the Demoman may slur "I love you, man" after dominating a Soldier.
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* All small text in the newspaper articles is written in [[w:Lorem ipsum|Lorem ipsum]], or "dummy text," which is used by the printing industries, and popularized in the 1960s, to make sure that the reader is not distracted by the written text.
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* If the Demoman had won the war, he would have received the Gunboats instead.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20240129184325/https://i.imgur.com/6ZViw.png Robin Walker] confirming Gunboats as the prize for either side.</ref>
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
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* [http://www.teamfortress.com/war/part1/index.htm WAR! Update page]
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* [https://www.teamfortress.com/war/part1/index.htm WAR! Update page]
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* [http://www.teamfortress.com/demomanupdate/index.htm#item_3 Demoman achievements]
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* [https://www.teamfortress.com/demomanupdate/index.htm#item_3 Demoman achievements]
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* [http://www.teamfortress.com/soldierupdate/index.htm#item_3 Soldier achievements]
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* [https://www.teamfortress.com/soldierupdate/index.htm#item_3 Soldier achievements]
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== References ==
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<references/>
  
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{{War Update Nav}}
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{{Major Updates Nav}}
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{{Soldier Nav|state=collapsed}}
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{{Demoman Nav|state=collapsed}}
  
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{{WarUpdateNav}}
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[[Category:Major updates]]
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{{Demoman Nav}}
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[[Category:Patches]]
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{{Soldier Nav}}
 

Latest revision as of 18:46, 29 January 2024

This article is for content released in the update. For the patch itself, see December 17, 2009 Patch.
War Update Titlecard.png
For the comic, see WAR! Comic.
“
Friendship ends in one day.
— The Administrator
 ”

The WAR! Update was a class update for the Demoman and the Soldier. It was the second multi-class patch, and was the sixth major content pack released. The Update was first announced on December 9, 2009, and was released in the December 17, 2009 Patch.

The WAR! Update differed from previous updates by including two competitions, operating inside and outside the game. The first was announced at the start of the update; a kill tracker appeared in the HUD of anybody playing as a Demoman or Soldier, with the counter increasing each time they (as a Soldier) killed an enemy Demoman or they (as a Demoman) killed an enemy Soldier. The personal totals of each player were added to a mass tally, and with each day of the update a running total score for each side was displayed on the update page. The Soldier won with 6,406,065 total kills to the Demoman's 6,372,979, granting the Soldier the prize of an extra unlockable weapon, the Gunboats.

The second competition was the Propaganda Contest. Users were encouraged to design propaganda posters for the side of their choice, supporting either the BLU Soldier or RED Demoman. The posters were then submitted to Valve to be judged through the Propaganda Contest website. The three leading prizes were later revealed to be J.Axer's Dapper Topper, Amber's Rad As All Hell Hat, and Uncle Sam (for first, second, and third place respectively).

Announcements

The WAR! Update page officially began on December 10th, 2009 as announced on the TF2 Official Blog post "The War Update". The update was released on December 17th.

Additions

Maps

Main article: List of maps
Name Picture Game mode File name
Gorge Cp gorge.jpg Control Point
Controlpoint.png 		cp_gorge
Double Cross CTF DoubleCross RedBase.png Capture the Flag
Intel red idle.png 		ctf_doublecross

Weapons

Main article: Weapons
Direct Hit Direct Hit
Buff Banner Buff Banner
Equalizer Equalizer
Gunboats Gunboats
Scottish Resistance Scottish Resistance
Chargin' Targe Chargin' Targe
Eyelander Eyelander

Pre-announcement references

New Administrator voice files

Teasing of the WAR! Update began with the December 7, 2009 Patch when new Administrator voice files were added to the game – which were randomly switched out with the normal voice files during gameplay if a Demoman and Soldier were being played by opposing teams. She would voice her disappointment and hint at the upcoming conflict by stating that her trust had been "betrayed" and that "Friendship will not be tolerated."

WAR! comic

Main article: WAR! Comic

The first official hint came on December 9th 2009 with the blog post "Attention Employees...". It contained a single sentence of "Friendship ends in one day." and a link to a comic where Miss Pauling revealed to the Administrator that the BLU Soldier and RED Demoman had become friends. Fearing that the two would eventually find out that they both work for the same person, the Administrator told Miss Pauling to contact Saxton Hale and order some new custom weapons as she was going to make the friends compete with each other.

This comic continued over the next few days alongside the update itself. It continued on to show Saxton Hale being contacted and shipping out the new weapons, and the Demoman and Soldier being tricked into competing with each other.

Update gallery

  • Day 1 – The hub of the WAR! Update.

  • The image declaring the WAR! Update

  • Day 2

  • Day 3

  • Day 4

  • Day 5

  • Day 6

  • Day 7 – Victory

  • Full summary of the Demoman update.

  • Full summary of the Soldier update.

  • Steam popup advertising the Team Fortress 2 WAR! Update free weekend.

  • Counter seen on HUD as a Soldier, showing Demomen killed.

  • Counter seen on HUD as a Demoman, showing Soldiers killed.

Hidden pages

  • Poopy Joe news article

  • Shakespearicles portrait

Trivia

  • In reference to this event, several unused Domination lines have been added to the Soldier and Demoman referencing their former friendship. For example, the Soldier may say "You were good, son, real good" to a dominated Demoman, and the Demoman may slur "I love you, man" after dominating a Soldier.
  • All small text in the newspaper articles is written in Lorem ipsum, or "dummy text," which is used by the printing industries, and popularized in the 1960s, to make sure that the reader is not distracted by the written text.
  • If the Demoman had won the war, he would have received the Gunboats instead.[1]

External links

References

  1. ↑ Robin Walker confirming Gunboats as the prize for either side.
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