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| − | '''A Fate Worse Than Chess''' is a [[comic]] released August 13, 2012. It is a continuation of the earlier comic, [[Blood Brothers]]. The events detail the invasion of [[Mann Co.]] by [[Gray Mann]] and his army of robots. [[Saxton Hale]] enlists the help of the Team Fortress Mercenaries to destroy the incoming robot invasion. Saxton also fights a Yeti.
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| − | It was released as part of the [[Mann vs. Machine]] Update.
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| − | ==Synopsis==
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| − | ''A Fate Worse Than Chess'' opens with a scene of a comic, in which two scientists are discussing how aliens can breathe Earth's oxygen. Saxton Hale interrupts the comic, announcing his "new way" to tell stories: Explosition. The scene is shown again in the form of "explosition", this time the scientists being two sword-armed women. The first demands to know how the aliens can breathe oxygen, leading to a sword-fight above a volcanic crater. Saxton interrupts once more, once more demonstrating "explosition" in the "explository tale", ''A Fate Worse Than Chess''.
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| − | The comic cuts to the Samdrup Jongkhar District in the Kingdom of Bhutan, where Saxton Hale, disguised as a primate violence specialist named "Doctor Joanbaez", has requested to see a yeti, the last of its species, while a disguised Mr. Bidwell is informed of an attack on all of Mann Co.'s facilities in the background. Bidwell insists that they leave, but Hale insists that he fight the Yeti. Bidwell decides to videotape Hale fighting the yeti whilst also briefing the [[Classes|mercenaries]] of the oncoming fight with Gray Mann's army of robots.
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| − | The comic cuts to Miss Pauling, who shows them the tape of Hale, who informs the mercenaries that, with the death of the Mann brothers, they are now unemployed. However, with attack of the robots on Mann Co.'s headquarters, they have been re-hired to fight them. Although they are not being paid for their work, to their dismay, Pauling reveals that the robots somehow run on piles of money, so once destroyed, the money that would come out belonged to the mercenaries. The comic closes with Pauling telling them that it is not just a fight for Mann Co. or Saxton Hale, but a fight for their jobs.
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| − | ==Pages==
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| − | == Trivia ==
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| − | * The title of the comic is a play on the phrase "a fate worse than death", meaning any misfortune that would make life ultimately worse.
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| − | * This is Medic’s first appearance in the comics, not counting the Meet The Medic screenshots in the final page of the Meet The Director comic.
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| − | === Page 8 ===
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| − | * The reference notice, "See Team Fortress #2", is a reference to the comic and the game’s [[Team Fortress 2|titular name]], played on the name of a comic issue.
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| − | === Page 27 ===
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| − | * The Scout is seen wearing red, however for the remainder of the comic his shirt is blue.
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| − | * Pyro’s sitting pose is a deliberate reference to the "Sitting Pyro" meme from the first Smissmass comic.
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| − | === Page 30 ===
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| − | * Miss Pauling’s response to the Scout is a nod to his approach to her in the [http://www.teamfortress.com/meetthedirector/?p=5 ''Meet the Director''] comic.
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| − | === Page 32 ===
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| − | * The [[Demoman]] is putting on [[Prince Tavish’s Crown]], and the [[Engineer]] is equipping the [[Gunslinger]]. Also, a [[Glengarry Bonnet]] and a Ushanka is seen on the shelf above them.
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| − | * The Engineer has on a T-Shirt rather than his regular team colored work shirt.
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| − | == See also ==
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| − | *[[Mann vs. Machine]]
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