Über Update

This article is for content released in the update. For the patch itself, see June 23, 2011 Patch.

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We've been holding one of the surprises pretty close to the vest for months now. We don't want to ruin it, but we'll give you four clues to get you guessing: 1.) It IS a "Meet the" short. 2.) It involves ONE of the two remaining classes. 3.) It's NOT the Pyro. 4.) It's the MEDIC. — TF2 Official Website

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The Über Update is a major content update for Team Fortress 2 and was released on June 23, 2011. It was heralded as "The biggest, most ambitious update in the history of Team Fortress 2." Similar to other major updates, such as the Sniper vs. Spy Update and the Engineer Update, the Über Update followed a four-day-long system of daily content previews, the last of which featured the release of Meet the Medic.

Day 1: Mobster Monday

Day 1 revealed mob-themed item packs for the Heavy and the Spy, Black Market Business and The Man of Honor, respectively, as well as a new Payload map, Barnblitz.

Maps

Name	Picture	Game mode	File name
Barnblitz		Payload	pl_barnblitz

Day 2: Timbuk Tuesday

Day 2 revealed desert-themed item packs for the Sniper and the Demoman, "Lawrence of Australia" and "One Thousand and One Demoknights", respectively. A hidden page, accessed by clicking on a crushed can of Bonk! Atomic Punch, also revealed a Bonk-themed set for the Scout known as "The #1 Fan".

Day 3: World War Wednesday

Day 3 revealed two World War II item sets for the Soldier, The General's Formals and Airborne Armaments. Later in the day, a hidden page accessed by clicking on the drawing of the Pyro on a whiteboard revealed a hidden secondary weapon for the Pyro, the Detonator.

Weapons

Pyro

Detonator

Day 4: Meet the Medic and Free to Play Announcement

Day 4 saw the unveiling of Meet the Medic, a new Medic item set called The Clinical Trial, and the announcement that Team Fortress 2 would be Free to Play.

Hats

To compensate those who originally purchased Team Fortress 2, a promotional headwear item was awarded to all who had bought the game before it became Free to Play.

All classes

Proof of Purchase

Day 5: Stuff Friday (Post-update blog post)

Day 5 was a blog post following the update. It announced the availability of the Meet the Medic and Schadenfreude taunts on the Mann Co. Store; the Limited Edition Meet the Medic Lithograph in the Valve Store, and Über Update-related wallpapers added to the Artwork section of the TF2 website. Day 5 was not featured on the Über Update mini-site.

Trivia

• The numbers on the placards that the Heavy and the Spy are holding up in their mug shots on the Mobster Monday page are the release dates of their respective Meet the Team videos. Meet the Heavy was released on May 14th, 2007 and Meet the Spy was released on May 19th, 2009.
  • The placards have the letters 'NM' on them, the abbreviation for the state of New Mexico in the USA.
  • The placards also read 'Teufort', the locational name of 2Fort.

• Timbuk Tuesday refers to Template:W, a West African town that is commonly stereotyped as being exotically far away.

• The Lawrence of Australia Sniper Pack is a reference to the 1962 film Template:W, which is based on the life of T.E. Lawrence (a British commander) and his experiences in Arabia during World War I.

• One Thousand and One Demoknights is a reference to Template:W, a collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian stories and folk tales compiled in Arabic.
  • Demoknight is a term referring to the Demoman wielding either of his shields paired with any of the Demoman's swords or axes.

• The helmet the Soldier wears on the top of the page for Day 3 resembles the helmet of Template:W. In keeping with the theme, Patton was a general in World War II (for which a film was made about him) and was well-known for being eccentric, like using a riding crop similar to the Soldier.

• Before a big battle or the start of a war, the commanding officer of a group of soldiers may give a speech in order to raise morale and rally the strength of their troops.
  • The speech seen on Day 3 features Template:W-style writing, including lines like "We will fight them on a BOAT!", "We will fight them in a MOAT!", and "WE WILL NOT EAT GREEN EGGS AND HAM!".
    • The first part is also a reference to Template:W speech before the Template:W.
  • The line "Do you maggots remember the speech from Braveheart?" refers to this scene in Braveheart.
  • The line "MISTER GARPABARP, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!" refers to the famous speech given by President Template:W at Brandenburg Gate, in which Reagan challenged then-Head of State of the Soviet Union Template:W to tear down the Berlin Wall.
• The battleplan on the World War Wednesday page is identical to the one featured in Meet the Heavy.

Gallery

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  Day 1. The Black Market Business and The Man of Honor Packs were announced.

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  Day 2. The Lawrence of Australia and One Thousand and One Demoknights Packs were announced.

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  Day 3. The General's Formals and Airborne Armaments were announced.

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  Day 4. Meet the Medic released and The Clinical Trial announced.

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  Unused logo of the Über Update.

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  The new menu page after the Über Update.

Hidden pages

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  The #1 Fan hidden page.

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  The Detonator hidden page.

External links

• Über Update