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*...that the Engineer's [[Southern Hospitality]] appears to have a bottle opener incorporated at the top, implying the engineer enjoys beer in his spare time? | *...that the Engineer's [[Southern Hospitality]] appears to have a bottle opener incorporated at the top, implying the engineer enjoys beer in his spare time? | ||
*...that if you modify the Bonk! Atomic Punch texture, the Bonk! Helm's Bonk cans will change to that texture as well? | *...that if you modify the Bonk! Atomic Punch texture, the Bonk! Helm's Bonk cans will change to that texture as well? | ||
+ | *...that the [[SMG]] was originally for the [[Scout]]? | ||
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- ...that Abraham Lincoln invented stairs?
- ...that the music from the Kazotsky Kick taunt can be heard in the CS:GO map Train, coming from a small radio inside the kitchen?
- ...that the Clinical Trial is the only item set in the game that doesn't feature a cosmetic?
- ...that at point-blank range the Force-A-Nature deals more damage than Soldier's Rocket Launchers (except the Direct Hit)?
- ...that the BLU Team Fortress Classic Pyro is a woman named Beatrice?
- ...that the Candy Cane, Boston Basher, Pain Train, Holiday Punch, Killing Gloves of Boxing and the Machina are the only weapons whose stats have remained unchanged since release?
- ...that the Strange Bacon Grease, despite its name, is actually in Unique Quality?
- ...that the Minigun is named Sasha, the Brass Beast is named Oksana, the Huo-Long Heater is named Sheila, and the Tomislav is named Svetlana?
- ...that the Soldier's Stash does not in any way, shape, or form promote smoking or gambling?
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- ...that the voice for the announcer is Ellin McLain, the same voice for Glados from Portal?
- ...that the Snipers's Halloween Mask features a "suprised" face with 3 eyes? So far, no one has manged to figure out why.
- ...that Sawmill was the first official map to feature weather effects?
- ...that the Sniper's father is more than slightly disappointed he did not become a doctor?
- ...that Abraham Lincoln loves Arena Mode?
- ...that a BLU Spy periodically appeared behind the RED Sniper in the Day 3 post of the Sniper Update before the Spy Update was ultimately revealed?
- ...that in the Razorback update, the Dead Ringer can be seen in the 'dead' Spy's hand before it was officially announced?[1]
- ...that the Spy ordered the Cloak and Dagger and Dead Ringer Spy Watches from the 'Dapper Rogue Catalogue for the Gentleman Scoundrel'?[2]
- ...that the Spy can change his skeleton in an excruciatingly painful but worthwhile fashion using his Crab-Walking Kit?
- ...that the background in the Bonk! Atomic Punch page for the Scout Update revealed the Payload Race match mode before it was announced on Day 2 of the Sniper/Spy Update?
- ...that on 17th May 2009, Meet the Spy was leaked onto Youtube?
- ...that at the end of Meet the Spy he stabs the Heavy and Soldier to the tune of the ending flourish?
- ...that in Meet the Spy, the first hats for the Heavy and Sniper could be seen before they were officially revealed?
- ...that the RED Spy is in a relationship with the BLU Scout's mother?
- ...that Meet the Spy is the first Meet the Team video to have someone killed by their own teammate?
- ...that the bore of the Ambassador has been estimated to be around .88 cal?
- ...that in Meet the Spy, when the Scout is flipping the RED Spy's butterfly Knife, the blade hits his knuckles, although he sucks his thumb?
- ...that despite having eight children, the Scout's mom somehow managed to keep her figure?
- ...that by crouch jumping with the Scout you can jump on the torches in Egypt's spawn and take damage?
- ...that the Spy achievement 'Skullpluggery' and the Sniper achievement 'Self-destruct Sequence' are the first 2 achievements to have the same image?
- ...that if you join Saxton Hale's Jarate course, you also get an outline course for Drunken Boxing, Drunken Headbutting, Drunken Cry-Fighting, Drunken Apology-Making and Shaolin Drunken Knife Wrestling?
- ...that Saxton Hale's Jarate pills triple the size of your kidneys, and as a side-effect causes your organs to shut down?
- ...that the appearance of the most common Saxton Hale image and the comic in which the Sniper becomes a Jarate master are based on on old advertisement[3] endorsed by bodybuilder Charles Atlas?
- ...that an image of the Scout's mother is engraved on the Ambassador?
- ...that the Medic was the only class not to receive a taunt attack in his own update?
- ...that some of the BLU emergency panels shown in Meet the Spy include: Depressed, Is Drunk, Lost Dracula, Is A Man, Is A Women, On Toilet, Opened Briefcase, On Break, Found Dracula, Mangled, Needs Roommate, Needs A Ride, Stole Car, Has Evil Twin, Leaked Video and Hungry?
- ...that in Meet the Spy, the BLU Sniper holds the Sniper Rifle left-handed?
- ...that the Scout wears a left-handed Batter's Helmet, despite the fact he is a right-handed batter?
- ...that due to connection problems, a server can end up having low gravity, mixed-up animations or different weapons for different classes as well as mismatched textures?
- ...that a Pyros compression blast can help other classes get to places that are typically unreachable, (though the Pyro has to be on the opposing team to the recipient)?
- ...that it is possible to kill a player on the winning side during humiliation?
- ...that the Sniper is the first class to receive two unlockables for the same weapon slot, as both the Razorback and Jarate are secondary weapons?
- ...that even though the Razorback is said to have a car battery taped to the back, it is actually taped to the front?
- ...that if a Medic is killed before activating a fully charged Kritzkrieg, the Medic will be briefly surrounded with electricity?
- ...that the hieroglyphs in Egypt include the Heavy with his Minigun, the Spy backstabbing someone, a level 1 Sentry, a Sapper, and the Backstab symbol?
- ...that a Pyro can set Huntsman arrows on fire, adding an afterburn effect to the shot (with this also producing a different kill icon)?
- ...that the Ambassador originally couldn't destroy Engineer buildings or Demoman sticky bombs?
- ...that the Ambassador originally only did Mini-Crit headshots?
- ...that in the Meet the Scout video, the Scout actually double jumps off the shipping container?
- ...that the Soldier is known to post on the TF2 Official Blog?
- ...that there is a one in ten chance that when taunting with the Disguise Kit, the Spy will do a (Spy)crab impression?
- ...that the RED Spy refers to the BLU Scout's mother affectionately as "Ma Petite Chou-fleur", or "My Little Cauliflower"?
- ...that Jarate can hit people on the other side of a starting gate?
- ...that ever since the incident in Meet the Spy, the Sniper now has a scar on his face that stretches from his ear to his nose?
- ...that the Ambassador was originally able to shoot through multiple targets?
- ...that cylinder does not rotate when a shot is fired with the Revolver or the Ambassador?
- ...that the theme song has exactly nine beats at the end, the same number as there are classes?
- ...that after the Scout touches the camera lens in Meet the Scout, he leaves a finger print that stays there the rest of the video?
- ...the the Meet the Spy video is the only Meet the Team video to be released alongside its relevant class update?
- ...that the Spy is currently the only class to hold a primary weapon with one hand?
- ...that Mann Co. can be rearranged as 'Con Man'?
- ...that 2Fort takes place at 3:07 in the afternoon, as shown by the clock in the room at the top of the spiral staircase?
- ...that Valve has adopted a policy against using external programs to idle (with those who didn't before the 2nd September receiving the Cheater's Lament)?
- ...that the Sniper's voice actor, John Patrick Lowrie, is married to Ellen McLain, voice actress for the the Administrator?
- ...that in Meet the Spy, the apparent Scout touches the Intelligence, though in-game this would cause him to lose his disguise?
- ...that the Medic is the only class holding a secondary weapon on the class selection screen?
- ...that the pressure tank on the Pyro's back is for air rather than fuel, as the fuel for the flamethrower is contained in a large kerosene gas tank inside the Flamethrower itself?
- ...that the Soldier and the Pyro are the only 2 classes to die of environmental death in a Meet the Team video (as both are killed by a moving train in Meet the Scout)?
- ...that the Sapper only has one wire when being held by the Spy, but gains a second wire when attached to a building?
- ...that the Razorback is the only weapon that is visible at all times when equipped?
- ...the Spy is the only class in the character selecetion screen to hold a different weapon in his HUD image and his character select model, with his HUD appearance holding the Revolver and his model holding a Knife?
- ...the class icon for the Demoman in the character selection screen is left-handed?
- ...that in Meet the Engineer the back of the truck behind the RED Engineer is filled with BLU Intelligence Cases?
- ...the taunt attack icon for the Huntsman depicts a gloved right hand, though the Sniper wears his glove on his left hand?
- ...the Sniper only wears a left hand glove in the world view, but wears two in the player view?
- ...the Scout's "No otha' class gonna do dat!" line is the one time a class has actually referred to themselves as a class?
- ...that the Pyro and the Spy are both voiced by the same voice actor?
- ...that in "Meet the Demoman" the RED team comes out of the Attacking spawn, and BLU comes out of the Defending spawn?
- ...that Pipeline matches take place at 3:07 AM, a 12 hour difference to 2fort's match time (3:07 PM)?
- ...that in Meet the Engineer the 'campfire' near the truck is actually a burning BLU Sniper's corpse?
- ...that the Soldier has personally killed 6,078 men in cold blood while looking them in the eye; jumped on 1,455 live grenades; and stuffed fourteen feet of his own intestine back into his stomach?
- ...that the Dead Ringer does not have an in-game world model?
- ...that Saxton Hale single-handedly wiped out the deadly Indonesian Berzerker Shark?
- ...that the model for the Engineer has no eyeballs, as his goggles are actually part of his face (unlike the Demoman's eyepatch)?
- ...that the Demoman is the only class with visible eyes that aren't blue?
- ...that if you reload the Revolver or the Ambassador and quickly pull out the Dead Ringer, the Spy will appear to have three arms?
- ...that reloading the Force-A-Nature after firing one shot will throw away the second round, effectively wasting it?
- ...that the Dead Ringer image in the Gentleman Scoundrel Magazine had a button on the right side, while in-game the Dead Ringer has the button on the left side?
- ...that the Demoman's mother, Mrs. DeGroot, was the first of the classes' parents to be seen talking during her appearance?
- ...that in the world-view, the Sandman's ball is invisible when idle?
- ...that so far, the Scout Update, the WAR! Update and the Engineer update are the only three Class Updates released without a Meet the Team video?
- ...the Direct hit is the only weapon to have a brand name imprinted on it (the words MANN CO. appear on the scope)?
- ...that Saxton Hale's chest and scalp hair disappear when he barrel rolls into his office in his comic?[4]
- ...the Eyelander was first shown in the comic to have a gold hilt but this has not been seen in subsequent showings?[5]
- ...the title outside the Soldier's residence states 'Mr. Jane Doe'. 'Jane Doe', however, is a term given to a female whose name is not known, generally in the military and during autopsy post-mortems?
- ...the strangling holes in the Soldiers door disappeared when he asked who was at the door in his comic? [6]
- ...the Administrator's chair changes shape between the last two pages of the Soldier comic?[7][8]
- ...the Soldier was the first class to have 4 possible unlockable items: the Direct hit, the Buff Banner, the Equalizer and the Gunboats?
- ...the Pyro is the only class that is able to taunt attack with 2 different weapons: the Shotgun and the Flaregun?
- ...it is possible to critical-hit a Pyro with the Axtinguisher? (It requires another Pyro to constantly hit the enemy Pyro with his/her Flamethrower)
- ...the Direct hit has a scope, but you cannot use it?
- ...that the Pyro was the first class to appear wielding an unlockable weapon in a 'Meet the Team' video?
- ...that the Golden Wrench does not appear golden if one uses DirectX 8 or lower?
- ...that on the Soldier's Buff Banner backpack there is a text over the eagle saying "Screaming Eagles" like the Screaming Eagles achivement?
- ...that the Demoman is the only class who never speaks his native language of Highland Gaelic?
- ...that if you kill a Soldier while he is performing the Kamikaze taunt, you will be credited with the kill with the grenade icon?
- ...that a Sentry Gun's rockets can damage and even kill teammates if the Sentry was destroyed after firing them?
- ...that Saxton Hale's chest hair is in the shape of Australia?[9]
- ...despite constant reference to her title[10][11], the Administrator is still known as and called the Announcer by the Team Fortress community?
- ...the chair the Administrator sits on in page 5 of the Soldier comic has the same design as the chair that sits behind the desk of 2Fort intel rooms?[12]
- ...a Sentry beeps once, twice or thrice according to its level whenever it switches direction in its "idle" state?
- ... that a Demoman carrying an Eyelander will swing horizontally for non-critical hits and vertically downwards for critical hits in first person view, but will always swing vertically downwards in third person view?
- ...that in the Steam store, the TF2 banner pictures a RED Heavy wearing bullets on his left shoulder, yet he normally wears them on his right?
- ...that the Engineer's Pistol, with 212 total ammo, has the most ammo out of any of the weapons, beating both the Flamethrower and the Minigun by 12?
- ...that in some cases it is easier for a Pyro to kill a level 3 Sentry than a level 2, by hopping in and out of it's range and airblasting the rockets?
- ...that to date, the Soldier has the most taunts in the game, having a unique taunt for the Equalizer, the Direct hit, the Rocket Launcher, the Shovel, the Shotgun and the Buff Banner, making six taunts in total?
- ...that the Razorback and the Buff Banner are the only weapons that are visible at all times when equipped?
- ...that to date, the Soldier has the most weapons in game? having 2 primary weapons, 3 secondary weapons and 3 melee weapons, making 8 weapons in total?
- ...that the Pyro, Heavy, and Spy are the only classes to have taunt attacks using one of their original taunts?
- ...the Scout achievement 'Foul Territory' and the Demoman achievement 'He Who Celt It' have the same image?
- ...that The Hound Dog is the first hat to have the prefix "The" before it's name?
- ...that The Hound Dog is the first official hat to add eyewear to a class, in this case sunglasses to the Heavy?
- ...that Hotrod is the only hat to have movement that isn't 'jigglebone' related?
- ...that in the Meet the Team videos, where it says 'Meet the Spy' for example, near the bottom right, it says 'Copyright lololol'?
- ...that to date the Spy and the Soldier are the only ones who were presented as BLU in their own updates?
- ...that the Demoman's Grenade Launcher is based off the real life M79 Grenade Launcher?
- ...that if a Huntsman arrow collides with another arrow, they will both break in mid-air?
- ...that compression blasted projectiles, when hitting a opponent, will result in a Mini-crit?
- ...that the Mercenary was originally called the Weekend Warrior?
- ...that after throwing Jarate upwards, it will eventually explode - even without hitting anything?
- ...the Killer's Kabuto is the only class hat to have its class wearers logo embroided on it?
- ...the Pain Train is the first unlockable weapon usable by 2 classes?
- ...the Pain Train is the first weapon to have 2 different taunts animations that are different depending on which class is using it?
- ...that stunning the Soldier with the Sandman while he is taunting with the Equalizer will stop him from exploding?
- ...that the Tribalman's Shiv was the first melee unlockable for Sniper?
- ...that Scotsman's Skullcutter and Eyelander are the only weapons that can decapitate?
- ...that the Sandman originally disabled double-jumps?
- ...that the Sandman also had a health penalty when equipped?
- ...that using the left-handed viewmodels are just complete reversals of the regular viewmodels?(Ex. Demoman's Bottle is dated to year 8081, etc.)
- ...that the Control Point podcast ended after 100 episodes?
- ...that the Sandvich was the first item to have its own Meet the Team video?
- ...that the Team Fortress logo is rotated at a 7° tilt?
- ...that the Scotsman's Skullcutter originally had the Bottle sound?
- ...that if you hold reload while firing the Scout's or Engineer's Pistol, the animation will reload half way, fire, then do the same thing again?
- ...that outside of second spawn room in Granary, a Pyro can airblast an enemy above the spawn room, giving them an overlook inside of it?
- ...that when you equip Crit-a-Cola in the weapons loadout menu, it shows the Scout holding a RED Bonk! Atomic Punch?
- ...that December 11, 2008 Patch have a wrong date on 119th Update updates list and says January 7, 2009.
- ...that the Syringe Gun and the Blutsauger are the only projectile (non hitscan) weapons that cannot be air-blasted?
- ...that the Heavy, Soldier and Scout, are the only 3 classes that have met Saxton Hale in real life?
- ...that the Golden Wrench is made out of Australium, as seen on page 9 in the comic "Loose Canon"?
- ...that the Hadouken could kill a Scout under the effect of Bonk! Atomic Punch?
- ...that Australium looks almost exactly like gold?
- ...that the BLU Soldier, RED Demoman and BLU Engineer are the only classes that have an offical name?
- ...that Robin Walkers Primeval Warrior Badge was given to him on August 24th, 1998 as seen here?
- ...that in Meet the Spy, there is no visible latch for the RED Spy's Knife, yet the handles stay together until he plucks it from the BLU Sniper's corpse?
- ...that before a patch, if a Medic ÜberCharged himself, he can use the Übersaw to extend his ÜberCharge indefinitely?
- ...that you can destroy sticky bombs with melee weapons?
- ...that the Hadouken, Kamikaze and Fencing are the only tauntkills that can destroy buildings?
- ...that the Engineer is the only class to receive unlockable weapons before his update?
- ...that the Engineer's grandfather, Radigan Conagher invented the Engineer's unlocks in 1850?
- ...that Radigan Conagher is a part of free masonry, probably free crafting judging from the logo on the update page?
- ...that information related to the Engineer Update wasn't released day by day, but rather when 25 new Golden Wrenches were found?
- ...that when an Engineer dies and drops his Golden Wrench, the skin reverts to the normal Wrench?
- ...the Frontier Justice is the only weapon to also have an achievement by the same name?
- ...the Engineer is the only class to receive 2 different possible taunt kills, one with the Frontier Justice, the other with the Gunslinger?
- ...the Demoman was the only class to receive an update without a primary unlock?
- ...the Pyro on the Official Team Fortress 2 homepage has his gas mask on in reverse?
- ...the Sniper is the only other class able to deal fire-based damage other than the Pyro?
- ...the Engineer sawed off his right hand to use the Gunslinger?
- ...the first two weapons to cause bleeding were the Tribalman's Shiv and the Southern Hospitality given to the Sniper and Engineer respectively; the two biggest targets of Spy attacks?
- ...that although the Frontier Justice has an achievement named after it, the two are not related in any way?
- ...that the Heavy and the Medic are the only two classes not wearing any default headgear?
- ...that if you increase the view model field of view enough, you will see that the Spy does not bring his hand to the Ambassador to reload it?
- ...that if you use a taunt kill while someone is covered in Jarate, it will show a critical taunt kill icon?
- ...that before a patch, there was a bug on projectiles that meant when switching teams before exploding you could damage and potentially kill teammates (ex. grenades, sentry rockets, arrows, flares etc.)?
- ...that originally the Grenade Launcher held 6 pipe bombs per clip, but was changed to 4 to nerf and prevent spam although the model was never changed to 4?
- ...that the Stickybomb Launcher has had many changes since release like detonation reaction time to make demo more of a defensive class unlike the soldier?
- ...that the Kritzkrieg taunt was removed and re-added in a later patch, it heals the Medic useful for living when lit on fire?
- ...that the Jarate was originally an April fools joke, it also appeared in the Meet the Sniper video?
- ...that Valve expressed interest in a 10th class and is often joked upon, one example being a tombstone in a community map made office harvest reading "R.I.P. The 10th Class"?
- ...that the acronyms for the Heavy's Killing Gloves of Boxing and the Gloves of Running Urgently, K.G.B. and G.R.U. respectively, are also the acronyms of now-disbanded Russian Secret Services?
- ...that every class but the Demoman, Soldier and Medic got new Medic call lines following the Engineer update?
- ...that the Engineer's mini-sentry has the same statistics and characteristics (damage values, health etc.) as the auto-cannon from the Team Fortress 2 demake: Gang Garrison 2?
- ...that the capture status indicator on the HUD for a Control point breaks with 16 or more players on the point?
- ...that the Frontier Justice does not have the shoulder-stock in 1st person?
- ...that it is possible to be killed whilst under the effects of an Ubercharge, so long as your opponent either causes an environmental death, such as making contact with a blade in Sawmill or being pushed off of the edge of the map in Hightower or Thundermountain, or is lucky enough to Telefrag you.
- ...that multiple engineers can construct buildings faster than just one?
- ...the Demoman's Skullcutter is the only player-damaging weapon with no taunt?
- ...that the word "piss" is swear-filtered to "Jarate" on the Steam forums?
- ...that taunting with the Pain Train will cause the Demoman to drink from the end of his Pain Train and the Soldier to bang it on his head?
- ...that in Sam & Max 304: Beyond the Alley of the Dolls, a BLU Dispenser makes a cameo appearance [13]?
- ...that you can Assist yourself as a Spy by shooting a Building that you are sapping?
- ...that there are bright sunlit areas in Thunder Mountain even though no sun is visible shining in the sky?
- ...that in one of the BLU spawn rooms in Thunder Mountain, there's a big glass window that has NPCs of a Blu Sniper, Pyro, Heavy, Spy, and Soilder, looking at a globe map and perform their taunts and Thriller dance?
- ... in Thunder Mountain, there is a Sniper hidden in the hills with a campfire and his camper van?
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- ...that the Wrangler has no visible buttons or triggers, yet the Engineer is able to make his Sentry fire bullets and rockets by simply moving the joystick forward?
- ...that the Soldier is the only class without any kind of secondary fire ability?
- ...that during Meet the Spy, the BLU Spy's cigarette moves strangely in his hand, particularly at the moment when saying 'you've seen what he's done to our colleagues'?
- ...that the Pyro is the only class whose nationality is still unknown?
- ...that one of the early versions of plr_pipeline was set during daytime, as seen in the Scout update's third page displaying Bonk! Atomic Punch?
- ...that the Crit-a-Cola was designed the day before it was incorporated into the game?
- ... that the dogtags worn by the Scout are blank?
- ...that a Shotgun was depicted in the picture introducing the crafting system in the War Update, yet you cannot actually craft a shotgun at all?
- ...that the Gunslinger and the Übersaw have the only Taunt kills without an associated achievement?
- ...that the Kritzkrieg and Backburner are simply the default class weapons with an added overlaying model?
- ...that the Engineer's Southern Hospitality appears to have a bottle opener incorporated at the top, implying the engineer enjoys beer in his spare time?
- ...that if you modify the Bonk! Atomic Punch texture, the Bonk! Helm's Bonk cans will change to that texture as well?
- ...that the SMG was originally for the Scout?
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