Meet the Sniper

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Meet the Sniper
Meet the Sniper Titlecard
Video Info
Released: June 7, 2008
Run time: 1:40

"Meet the Sniper" Video Transcript

Notes

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  • The title card displays "COPYRIGHT LOLOLOL" on the bottom right corner, a recurring joke throughout the "Meet the Team" videos.
  • The music in the video is an homage to the Magnum Force theme.
    • Coincidentally, the music in this video is the only music featured in a Meet the Team video that has yet to be released as a main menu theme.
  • The Billboard in the opening shot and behind the Sniper in the pay phone scenes reads "FOAD: Camping Fun, All year round!" This is both a reference to the 'camping' style of gameplay Snipers employ and the acronym FOAD (Fuck Off And Die).
  • The sign that appears at the beginning of the video displays the Sniper Rifle's old Headshot kill icon.
  • The Sniper is driving a 1965 Land Rover Camper Van, a subtle hint to his game-style. The van also appears to be painted in 'Sahara Dust'
  • The Sniper's van bears the Team Fortress series logo on the roof.
  • One of the bumper stickers on the Camper reads "MY OTHER CAMPER IS A SWORD VAN!", a reference to one of KC Green's Custom Comics [1].
  • A note taped to the windscreen of the camper reads "TAX IN POST", a reference to the popular British comedy 'Only Fools and Horses'.
  • The Sniper's camper van was eventually turned into a model by Valve for map and machinima makers, and appears in Thunder Mountain.
  • Originally, the Civilian bobble-head on the dashboard of the camper van at the beginning of the video was a bobble head of the "Old Geezer" from the "Old Geezer Draft Beer" poster found in-game holding a jug of apricot brandy. It was later replaced because the intended Sniper reference was too obscure for people to understand [2].
  • The phrase "Boom, headshot.", popularized by the character 'FPS Doug' in the online comedy series Template:W, is common to the first-person shooter genre.
  • The jars of urine are also the very first glimpse of Jarate.
  • The Sniper's "standards" are very similar to the rules that Template:W gave to the United States Marine Corps as quoted in Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq (2006) by Thomas E. Ricks: "Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet." [1]
  • All three of the Sniper's "standards" are achievements, and the first two correspond to what the Sniper does in the clips (doffing his hat, which is his standard melee taunt, and killing three enemies without missing).
  • The Sniper's Sniper Rifle is leaning against the wall during the clip played for the "Be Polite" standard (at 1:12). However, in the shot directly preceding it, where the Spy is stabbed with the Kukri (at 1:05), the Sniper Rifle is not there.
  • The Pyro is seen wielding the Flare Gun, an unlockable weapon which had not been publicly revealed at the time of the video's release.
  • This was the latest Meet the Team video to feature the "talking to camera" style, which was the inital basis of these films. The subsequent editions have forgone the unseen interviewer in favour of having the central characters in discussion with their teammates instead.

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