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{{patch info|12|8|2014}}
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[[File:End of the Line Update.jpg|frameless|right|546px|link=http://www.teamfortress.com/endoftheline/]]
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{{Quotation
 
{{Quotation
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| '''TF2 Blog'''
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|'''TF2 Blog'''
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| ''Introducing the End of the Line Update, featuring a whopping thirteen-and-a-half-minute long animated short, new cosmetics, a new taunt from the short, and an update page, all thought up and designed by the TF2 community. Awesome job!''
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|''Introducing the End of the Line Update, featuring a whopping thirteen-and-a-half-minute long animated short, new cosmetics, a new taunt from the short, and an update page, all thought up and designed by the TF2 community. Awesome job!''
 
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{{patch info|12|8|2014}}
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The '''End of the Line Update''' was a [[Patches#Major updates|major community-created update]]. It brought one new [[Classes|multi-class]] [[Weapons|weapon]], 23 new [[cosmetic items]], a new [[Pyro]] [[Taunts|taunt]], as well as a collection of items for leaderboard tracking.
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== Videos ==
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The main feature of the update was the community-created [[Source Filmmaker|SFM]] video titled [[End of the Line (video)|End of the Line]]. Its plot consists of [[BLU]] sending off a runaway train filled with bombs, and [[RED]]'s attempts to stop it from reaching their base.
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{{youtube|6aLjwVVNq4s}}
  
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[[File:End of the Line Update.jpg|frameless|right|290px]]
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The trailer for the SFM was uploaded on August 28th, 2013, and originally started as a spontaneous passion project made by [https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197965532939 McVinnie] to practice her visual storytelling and animation. A week after the release of the trailer, she was invited to Valve headquarters to talk and present what she had made to the SFM team before being proposed by [[Robin Walker]] with the idea of 'making it official'.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200120001046/http://mym.kritzkast.com/day_2/ Kritzkast Meet Your Makers] day 2</ref>
  
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The '''End of the Line Update''' is a [[Patches#Major updates|major content]] update. It brings one new multi-class weapon, 21 new cosmetics, a new [[Pyro]] taunt, as well as a collection of item for leaderboard tracking.
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{{youtube|lmVsOl9qAhs}}
  
 
== Additions ==
 
== Additions ==
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=== Weapon ===
 
=== Weapon ===
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{{main|Weapons}}
 
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| width="90px" style="background:#474763; | '''{{class link|All Classes|br=yes|color=white}}'''
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{item icon|Crossing Guard|75px}}
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[Crossing Guard]]'''
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|Crossing Guard}}'''<sup>†</sup>
 
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| style="background:#474763;" | <font color="white">'''{{common string|Notes}}'''</font>
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| height="30px"  colspan="2"  | <sup>†</sup>&nbsp;Not available for the Engineer and the Spy.
 
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{{Main|Cosmetic items}}
 
{{Main|Cosmetic items}}
 
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{| class="wikitable collapsible" cellpadding=2 style="text-align:center;"
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| width="90px" style="background:#474763;" rowspan="2" | '''{{class link|Scout|br=yes|color=white}}'''
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|Brooklyn Booties|75px}}
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|Brooklyn Booties}}'''
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|Thermal Tracker|75px}}
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|Thermal Tracker}}'''
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| style="background:#474763;" rowspan="5" | '''{{class link|Soldier|br=yes|color=white}}'''
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|Coldfront Curbstompers|75px}}
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|Coldfront Curbstompers}}'''
 
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| style="background: #474763; width:90px;" rowspan="2" | {{icon class|Scout}}<br/>'''[[Scout|<span style="color: #FFF;">Scout</span>]]'''
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|Cold Snap Coat|75px}}
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item|Brooklyn Booties|75px}}
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|Cold Snap Coat}}'''<sup>†</sup>
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[Brooklyn Booties]]'''
 
 
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item|Thermal Tracker|75px}}
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|Condor Cap|75px}}
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[Thermal Tracker]]'''
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|Condor Cap}}'''
 
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| style="background: #474763;" rowspan="4" | {{icon class|Soldier}}<br/>'''[[Soldier|<span style="color: #FFF;">Soldier</span>]]'''
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|Mistaken Movember|75px}}
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item|Coldfront Curbstompers|75px}}
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|Mistaken Movember}}'''
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[Coldfront Curbstompers]]'''
 
 
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item|Condor Cap|75px}}
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|Screamin' Eagle|75px}}
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[Condor Cap]]'''
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|Screamin' Eagle}}'''
 
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item|Mistaken Movember|75px}}
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| style="background:#474763;" rowspan="2" | '''{{class link|Pyro|br=yes|color=white}}'''
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[Mistaken Movember]]'''
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|North Polar Fleece|75px}}
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|North Polar Fleece}}'''
 
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item| Screamin' Eagle|75px}}
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|Wartime Warmth|75px}}
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[Screamin' Eagle]]'''
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|Wartime Warmth}}'''
 
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| style="background: #474763;" rowspan="2" | {{icon class|Pyro}}<br/>'''[[Pyro|<span style="color: #FFF;">Pyro</span>]]'''
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| style="background:#474763;" rowspan="3" | '''{{class link|Demoman|br=yes|color=white}}'''
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item|North Polar Fleece|75px}}
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|Bomber's Bucket Hat|75px}}
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[North Polar Fleece]]'''
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|Bomber's Bucket Hat}}'''
 
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item|Wartime Warmth|75px}}
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|Double Dog Dare Demo Pants|75px}}
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[Wartime Warmth]]'''
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|Double Dog Dare Demo Pants}}'''
 
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| style="background: #474763;" rowspan="3" | {{icon class|Demoman}}<br/>'''[[Demoman|<span style="color: #FFF;">Demoman</span>]]'''
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|Double Dynamite|75px}}
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item|Bomber's Bucket Hat|75px}}
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|Double Dynamite}}'''
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[Bomber's Bucket Hat]]'''
 
 
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item|Double Dog Dare Demo Pants|75px}}
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| style="background:#474763;" rowspan="3" | '''{{class link|Heavy|br=yes|color=white}}'''
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[Double Dog Dare Demo Pants]]'''
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|Fur-Lined Fighter|75px}}
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|Fur-Lined Fighter}}'''
 
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item|Double Dynamite|75px}}
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|Hunter Heavy|75px}}
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[Double Dynamite]]'''
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|Hunter Heavy}}'''
 
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| style="background: #474763;" rowspan="3" | {{icon class|Heavy}}<br/>'''[[Heavy|<span style="color: #FFF;">Heavy</span>]]'''
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|Sleeveless in Siberia|75px}}
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item|Fur-lined Fighter|75px}}
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|Sleeveless in Siberia}}'''
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[Fur-lined Fighter]]'''
 
 
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item|Hunter Heavy|75px}}
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| style="background:#474763;" rowspan="2" | '''{{class link|Engineer|br=yes|color=white}}'''
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[Hunter Heavy]]'''
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|Insulated Inventor|75px}}
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|Insulated Inventor}}'''
 
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item|Sleeveless in Siberia|75px}}
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|Snow Stompers|75px}}
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[Sleeveless in Siberia]]'''
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|Snow Stompers}}'''
 
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| style="background: #474763;" rowspan="2" | {{icon class|Engineer}}<br/>'''[[Engineer|<span style="color: #FFF;">Engineer</span>]]'''
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| align="left" style="background: #474763;" | '''{{class link|Demoman|color=white}}<br>{{class link|Heavy|color=white}}<br>{{class link|Sniper|color=white}}'''
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item|Insulated Inventor|75px}}
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{item icon|Snow Sleeves|75px}}
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[Insulated Inventor]]'''
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|Snow Sleeves}}'''
 
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item|Snow Stompers|75px}}
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| style="background:#474763;" rowspan="5" | '''{{class link|All Classes|br=yes|color=white}}'''
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[Snow Stompers]]'''
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|Boxcar Bomber|75px}}
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|Boxcar Bomber}}'''
 
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| style="background: #474763;" | {{icon class|Demoman}}<br/>'''[[Demoman|<span style="color: #FFF;">Demoman</span>]]'''<br/>{{icon class|Heavy}}<br/>'''[[Heavy|<span style="color: #FFF;">Heavy</span>]]'''<br/>{{icon class|Sniper}}<br/>'''[[Sniper|<span style="color: #FFF;">Sniper</span>]]'''
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|Coldsnap Cap|75px}}
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{item icon|Snow Sleeves|75px}}
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|Coldsnap Cap}}'''
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[Snow Sleeves]]'''
 
 
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| style="background: #474763;" rowspan="5" | {{icon class|All Classes}}<br/>'''[[Classes|<span style="color: #FFF;">All Classes</span>]]'''
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|End of the Line Community Update Medal|75px}}
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item|Boxcar Bomber|75px}}
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|End of the Line Community Update Medal}}'''<sup>††</sup>
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[Boxcar Bomber]]'''
 
 
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item|Coldsnap Cap|75px}}
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|Flashdance Footies|75px}}
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[Coldsnap Cap]]'''
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|Flashdance Footies}}'''
 
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item|Flashdance Footies|75px}}
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|Winter Woodsman|75px}}
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[Flashdance Footies]]'''
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|Winter Woodsman}}'''
 
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item|Winter Woodsman|75px}}
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| style="background:#474763;" rowspan="2" | <span style="color:white">'''{{common string|Notes}}'''</span>
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[Winter Woodsman]]'''
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| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | <sup>†</sup> Actually added in the {{Patch name|12|12|2014}}.
 
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| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | <sup>††</sup> Actually added in the {{Patch name|12|17|2014}}.
 
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=== Taunts ===
 
=== Taunts ===
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{{main|Taunts}}
 
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| width="90px" style="background:#474763;" rowspan="2" | '''{{class link|Pyro|br=yes|color=white}}'''
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| style="background: #474763; width:90px;" rowspan="2" | {{icon class|Pyro}}<br/>'''[[Pyro|<span style="color: #FFF;">Pyro</span>]]'''
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| width="75px" style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|Pool Party|75px}}
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item|Pool Party|75px}}
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| width="90px" style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|Pool Party}}'''
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[Pool Party]]'''
 
 
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=== Action items ===
 
=== Action items ===
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{{main|Action items}}
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible" cellpadding=2 style="text-align:center;"
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible" cellpadding=2 style="text-align:center;"
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| width="90px" style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item| A Random Duck Token Gift|75px}}
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|A Random Duck Token Gift}}'''
 
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item| A Random Duck Token Gift|75px}}
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|A Random End of the Line Key Gift|75px}}
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[A Random Duck Token Gift]]'''
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|A Random End of the Line Key Gift}}'''
 
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item|A Random End of the Line Key Gift|75px}}
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|Duck Journal|75px}}
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[A Random End of the Line Key Gift]]'''
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|Duck Journal}}'''
 
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item|Duck Journal|75px}}
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|Pile of Duck Token Gifts|75px}}
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[Duck Journal]]'''
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|Pile of Duck Token Gifts}}'''
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item|Pile of Duck Token Gifts|75px}}
 
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[Pile of Duck Token Gifts]]'''
 
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item|Pile of End of the Line Key Gifts|75px}}
 
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[Pile of End of the Line Key Gifts]]'''
 
 
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|Pile of End of the Line Key Gifts|75px}}
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|Pile of End of the Line Key Gifts}}'''
 
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|}
  
 
=== Tools ===
 
=== Tools ===
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{{main|Tools}}
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible" cellpadding=2 style="text-align:center;"
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible" cellpadding=2 style="text-align:center;"
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| width="90px" style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|Duck Token|75px}}
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|Duck Token}}'''
 
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item|Duck Token|75px}}
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|End of the Line Key|75px}}
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[Duck Token]]'''
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|End of the Line Key}}'''
 
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| align="center" style="background: #778899;" | {{Icon item|End of the Line Key|75px}}
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| style="background:#778899;" | {{Icon item|End of the Line Community Crate|75px}}
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| style="background: #a9bfd5;"| '''[[End of the Line Key]]'''
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| style="background:#a9bfd5;" | '''{{item link|End of the Line Community Crate}}'''<sup>†</sup>
 
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| style="background:#778899;" | <span style="color:white">'''{{common string|Notes}}'''</span>
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| height="30px" align="left"  | <sup>†</sup>&nbsp;Actually added in the {{Patch name|11|13|2014}}.
 
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=== Unusual effects ===
 
=== Unusual effects ===
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<!--Images of unusual effects: http://imgur.com/a/CpbWz -->
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{{main|Unusual}}
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{{main|Unusual effects}}
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{{End of the Line Update Unusual effects}}
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<gallery perrow="4">
 
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File:Unusual Death at Dusk.png| Death at Dusk
 
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File:Unusual Frostbite.png | Frostbite
 
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File:Unusual Molten Mallard.png| Molten Mallard
 
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File:Unusual Morning Glory.png| Morning Glory
 
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</gallery>
 
  
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== Video ==
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{| class="wikitable collapsible" width="100%" style="text-align:center" cellpadding=2
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The update was accompanied by [[End of the Line (video)|an identically titled video]]. It shows how RED is attacked by BLU sending a runaway train filled with bombs towards their base.
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! class="header" colspan="7"|Community Sparkle Unusual effects
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| rowspan="2" width="10%" style="background-color:#ffbd7e;" | {{common strings|taunt effects}}
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| [[File:Unusual_Community_Sparkle_Taunt.png|128px|center]]
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| width="128px" | {{item name|Community Sparkle}}
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|}
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
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* A new map, [[Snowplow]], was made to go with the update, but it wasn't included because Valve thought it would be too complex for new players.
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* The map [[Snowplow]] was made to release as part of the update, but was not included because Valve deemed it "too confusing and challenging for new players".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190201205433/https://tf2maps.net/threads/snowplow.23104/page-4#post-315021 TF2Maps thread] explaining removal of Snowplow</ref> The map was later added in the [[Gun Mettle Update]].
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* Originally, the update was going to feature weapons, but one of them was added in the [[Love & War Update]], and the others were scrapped for not making the quality cut.
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** In the beta testing version of the map, many objects that would 'spoil' the SFM were temporarily made into error signs.
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* While weapons were not guaranteed to be added in the update, the End of the Line team still focused on creating them. One of them, the [[B.A.S.E. Jumper]], was added in the [[Love & War Update]], while the others were scrapped due to not making the quality cut.<ref>[https://ia903405.us.archive.org/23/items/freemann/McVinnie.png McVinnie answering a question] about weapons</ref>
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* After the release of the update, promotional posters for End of the Line could be found in a few select areas on certain maps such as [[Lumberyard]].
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** Certain maps also contained the BLU [[Pyro]]'s mural seen in the SFM video.
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
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<gallery perrow=3>
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<gallery>
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File:Team Fortress 2 End of the Line Update Page.png|[https://www.teamfortress.com/endoftheline/ End of the Line Update Page]
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File:End of The Line - SFM Ducks.png| The Ducks as they appear in the [[End of the Line (video)|SFM video]].
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File:End of The Line - SFM Key.png| The [[End of the Line Key]] as it appears in the SFM video.
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File:End of The Line - SFM Pyro Taunt.png| The [[Pyro]] with [[Pool Party]] as it appears in the SFM video.
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File:News item 2014-12-09 End of The Line.png|In-game notification.
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File:RED EOTL Bombcart.png|The RED team's special End of the Line bomb cart.
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File:BLU EOTL Bombcart.png|The BLU team's special End of the Line bomb cart.
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File:EOTL Graffiti.png|The Pyro's drawing on one of the train cars, as seen in the SFM video. It was seen in several ingame maps.
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File:EOTL Poster.png|A promotional poster for the SFM video which was seen in several ingame maps. A physical version of this poster design could also be bought at the [https://valvestore.forfansbyfans.com/end-of-the-line-movie-8720.html Valve Store].
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
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* [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=15139 The End of the Line Update]
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* [https://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=15139 The End of the Line Update]
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* [http://www.teamfortress.com/endoftheline/ Update page]
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* [https://www.teamfortress.com/endoftheline/ Update page]
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* [https://www.teamfortress.com/endoftheline/credits/ Credits]
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* [https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/interview-james-mcvinnie-director-of-end-of-the-line McVinnie RPS interview]
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This article is for content released in the update. For the patch itself, see December 8, 2014 Patch.
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“
Introducing the End of the Line Update, featuring a whopping thirteen-and-a-half-minute long animated short, new cosmetics, a new taunt from the short, and an update page, all thought up and designed by the TF2 community. Awesome job!
— TF2 Blog
”

The End of the Line Update was a major community-created update. It brought one new multi-class weapon, 23 new cosmetic items, a new Pyro taunt, as well as a collection of items for leaderboard tracking.

Videos

The main feature of the update was the community-created SFM video titled End of the Line. Its plot consists of BLU sending off a runaway train filled with bombs, and RED's attempts to stop it from reaching their base.

The trailer for the SFM was uploaded on August 28th, 2013, and originally started as a spontaneous passion project made by McVinnie to practice her visual storytelling and animation. A week after the release of the trailer, she was invited to Valve headquarters to talk and present what she had made to the SFM team before being proposed by Robin Walker with the idea of 'making it official'.[1]

Additions

Weapon

Main article: Weapons
Crossing Guard Crossing Guard†
Notes † Not available for the Engineer and the Spy.

Cosmetics

Main article: Cosmetic items
Brooklyn Booties Brooklyn Booties
Thermal Tracker Thermal Tracker
Coldfront Curbstompers Coldfront Curbstompers
Cold Snap Coat Cold Snap Coat†
Condor Cap Condor Cap
Mistaken Movember Mistaken Movember
Screamin' Eagle Screamin' Eagle
North Polar Fleece North Polar Fleece
Wartime Warmth Wartime Warmth
Bomber's Bucket Hat Bomber's Bucket Hat
Double Dog Dare Demo Pants Double Dog Dare Demo Pants
Double Dynamite Double Dynamite
Fur-Lined Fighter Fur-Lined Fighter
Hunter Heavy Hunter Heavy
Sleeveless in Siberia Sleeveless in Siberia
Insulated Inventor Insulated Inventor
Snow Stompers Snow Stompers
Leaderboard class demoman.png Demoman
Leaderboard class heavy.png Heavy
Leaderboard class sniper.png Sniper 		Snow Sleeves Snow Sleeves
Boxcar Bomber Boxcar Bomber
Coldsnap Cap Coldsnap Cap
End of the Line Community Update Medal End of the Line Community Update Medal††
Flashdance Footies Flashdance Footies
Winter Woodsman Winter Woodsman
Notes † Actually added in the December 12, 2014 Patch.
†† Actually added in the December 17, 2014 Patch.

Taunts

Main article: Taunts
Pool Party Pool Party

Action items

Main article: Action items
A Random Duck Token Gift A Random Duck Token Gift
A Random End of the Line Key Gift A Random End of the Line Key Gift
Duck Journal Duck Journal
Pile of Duck Token Gifts Pile of Duck Token Gifts
Pile of End of the Line Key Gifts Pile of End of the Line Key Gifts

Tools

Main article: Tools
Duck Token Duck Token
End of the Line Key End of the Line Key
End of the Line Community Crate End of the Line Community Crate†
Notes † Actually added in the November 13, 2014 Patch.

Unusual effects

Main article: Unusual
End of the Line Update Unusual effects
Cosmetic effects
Unusual Frostbite.png
Unusual Molten Mallard.png
Unusual Morning Glory.png
Unusual Death at Dusk.png
Frostbite Molten Mallard Morning Glory Death at Dusk


Community Sparkle Unusual effects
Taunt effects
Unusual Community Sparkle Taunt.png
Community Sparkle

Trivia

  • The map Snowplow was made to release as part of the update, but was not included because Valve deemed it "too confusing and challenging for new players".[2] The map was later added in the Gun Mettle Update.
    • In the beta testing version of the map, many objects that would 'spoil' the SFM were temporarily made into error signs.
  • While weapons were not guaranteed to be added in the update, the End of the Line team still focused on creating them. One of them, the B.A.S.E. Jumper, was added in the Love & War Update, while the others were scrapped due to not making the quality cut.[3]
  • After the release of the update, promotional posters for End of the Line could be found in a few select areas on certain maps such as Lumberyard.
    • Certain maps also contained the BLU Pyro's mural seen in the SFM video.

Gallery

  • The Ducks as they appear in the SFM video.

  • The End of the Line Key as it appears in the SFM video.

  • The Pyro with Pool Party as it appears in the SFM video.

  • In-game notification.

  • The RED team's special End of the Line bomb cart.

  • The BLU team's special End of the Line bomb cart.

  • The Pyro's drawing on one of the train cars, as seen in the SFM video. It was seen in several ingame maps.

  • A promotional poster for the SFM video which was seen in several ingame maps. A physical version of this poster design could also be bought at the Valve Store.

External links

References

  1. ↑ Kritzkast Meet Your Makers day 2
  2. ↑ TF2Maps thread explaining removal of Snowplow
  3. ↑ McVinnie answering a question about weapons
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