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| + | #REDIRECT [[Builders League United]] |
| − | | name = Builders League United
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| − | | image = Team blu.png
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| − | | rmark = BLU
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| − | | soa = Construction operations
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| − | | locale = [[Badlands]]
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| − | | ceo = [[Blutarch Mann]]
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| − | | website = [http://buildersleagueunited.com www.buildersleagueunited.com]
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| − | }}
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| − | '''Builders League United''' is a holding corporation allegedly specializing in "construction operations". In reality, from behind a myriad of sub-fronts, it secretly controls half the world's governments, led by founder and CEO [[Blutarch Mann]]. Beneath the convincing exterior of their bases of operations, computer racks, satellites, rockets, and missile installations can be found throughout these bases.
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| − | The other half of the world is just as secretly controlled by their rivals, [[RED|Reliable Excavation Demolition]]. Each corporation administers its half of the world with a multi-disciplined army of paper pushers. For any problem lacking an obvious bureaucratic solution, [[Classes|mercenaries]] are contracted to address the situation through a massive application of force. Conflicts between the two companies began as land disputes between their leaders and have continued through hundreds of years to the present day.
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| − | BLU and RED share an intense rivalry, with nearly all encounters between the two quickly escalating into brutal and often fatal violence. Inter-company friendship is also strictly forbidden by mercenary contract. Despite this, the BLU [[Soldier]] and the RED [[Demoman]] became fast friends after meeting at a projectile weapons expo. Once this was brought to the attention of the [[Administrator]] however, she pitted them against each other in a deadly competition that promised a [[Gunboats|mysterious new item]] to the winner, twisting their former friendship into a bloody [[WAR! Update|war]].
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| − | BLU favors a more industrial style of architecture than [[RED]], and while its dress code is rather liberal in terms of clothing, it is required that employees adopt a blue color scheme for easy identification. This could also be for identification by Sentry Guns.
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| − | == Sub-fronts ==
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| − | [[File:Blutarch Mann 1850.jpg|thumb|220px|Founder and CEO, Blutarch Mann, 1850]]
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| − | {{see also|List of companies}}
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| − | Known sub-fronts of BLU include:
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| − | *Beacon
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| − | *Biggs Steel Rods
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| − | *Binksi Logging
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| − | *BLU Streak
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| − | *Goldstream Fuel
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| − | *Gray Gravel Co.
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| − | *Jimi Jam
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| − | *Regal Plumbing Systems
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| − | *Rio Grande Coal
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| − | *Scoot's Canoe
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| − | *Wright Shipping
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| − | == Related Merchandise ==
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| − | <gallery>
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| − | File:Merc Blu Pass.png|[http://store.valvesoftware.com/product.php?i=P0590 BLU Parking Pass]
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| − | File:BLUpatchmainMerch.png|[http://store.valvesoftware.com/product.php?i=P0600 BLU Patch]
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| − | File:Merch BLU Sticky Plush.png|[http://store.valvesoftware.com/product.php?i=S0239 BLU Sticky Bomb Plush]
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| − | File:Merch Blu Gelaskin.png|[http://store.valvesoftware.com/product.php?i=G0200 BLU Team iPhone 3G Gelaskin Cover]
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| − | File:Merch_Blu_4g.png|[http://store.valvesoftware.com/product.php?i=G2380 BLU Team Gelaskin iPhone 4]
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| − | </gallery>
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| − | ==Trivia==
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| − | * Whilst the RED team is mainly depicted in the ''Meet the Team'' series, the BLU team features prominently in the story arcs for [[Meet the Spy]] and the [[Loose Canon]] comic.
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| − | *BLU is always the team to lose in the Meet the Team videos.
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| − | == See also ==
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| − | *[[Administrator]]
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| − | *[[List of companies]]
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| − | *[[RED]]
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| − | == External links ==
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| − | * [http://buildersleagueunited.com/ Builders League United] – fan-made website
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| − | [[Category:Background]]
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| − | [[Category:Companies]]
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