Sniper vs. Spy Update/ja

この記事ではアップデートで登場したアイテム、新要素などについて記載しています。アップデートの詳細については2009年5月21日 パッチをご覧ください。

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君はもうスカウト、ソルジャー、デモマン、ヘビー、エンジニア、スナイパーへのインタビュー動画は目にしただろう…あと、なぜかサンドヴィッチのも。次の男は…このスーツを身にまとった神出鬼没の男だ。 — TF2公式ブログより

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Sniper vs. Spy アップデートは初の２クラス同時となる５番目のTeam Fortress 2向けの大型アップデートです。

始めに発表されたときはスナイパー向けのアップデートと題され、日に日に追加アイテムなどの発表がなされました。しかし第４日目の発表の際に、スパイにもアップデートが行われることが明らかになりました。両クラスにはそれぞれ３つの新たな武器と実績が追加されました。

このアップデートが発表されたのは2009年4月1日で、実施されたのは2009年5月21日 パッチです。

Announcements

The Sniper vs. Spy Update page officially began on May 12th, 2009, as announced on the Official Blog post "G'day". The update was released on May 21st.

• Day 1: The Huntsman was announced.
• Day 2: The Payload Race map Pipeline, the first of its game type, and 2 new arena maps, Sawmill and Nucleus, were announced.
• Day 3: The Razorback was announced.
• Day 4: The Spy was revealed to also be receiving an update. The weapons Dead Ringer and Cloak and Dagger were mentioned with slight details via a picture of an order form from the Spy.

There was a 2-day gap between announcements due to the weekend. Announcements resumed as usual on May 18th.

• Day 5: The Spy achievements are revealed as well as Meet the Spy officially being announced. The Meet the Spy video had been leaked the previous day, May 17th, on YouTube due to a bug which allowed iPhones to view videos marked as "Private".
• Day 6: The Ambassador was announced.
• Day 7: Jarate was announced along with the Sniper achievements being revealed.
• Day 8: The Sniper vs. Spy Update was officially released.
• Day 9 (Bonus Day): The community map Hoodoo was announced along with the addition of hats.

追加アイテム一覧

マップ

名前	画像	ゲームモード	ファイルネーム
Pipeline		ペイロード レース	plr_pipeline
Sawmill		アリーナ	arena_sawmill
Nucleus	160px	アリーナ	arena_nucleus
Hoodoo	160px	ペイロード	pl_hoodoo

発表前の動き

このアップデートが公式に発表されたのは2009年3月2日ですが、それ以前からこれを示唆するような様々なものが登場していました。

"ジャラテ(The Jar-Based Karate)" の宣伝チラシ

2009年4月1日、Valveの公式ブログに「次のクラスアップデートを覗いてみよう！」と題してジャラテの注文用紙の画像が掲載されました。この更新が行われたのがTemplate:Wだったため、多くのプレイヤーがただのジョークだろうと騙されたのでした。

スナイパーのアップデートが確認される

The next day, April 2, 2009, Valve published yet another post on the Official Blog, Wave goodbye to yer head, wanker, which confirmed that the Sniper was indeed the next class to be receiving an update. The post also hinted at 2 other updates, one that would be completed before the Sniper Updates release, and another that include some new content for all classes. These were later revealed to be the Spy update and the addition of hats respectively.

Sniper Primary Weapon Exploration

On May 5, 2009, Valve made a post titled You better hold onto your head, mate which explored the reasoning as to how the Sniper's new primary weapon came about. It discussed that one of the main reasons for the unlock was due to players feeling hatred toward Snipers, as they were the cause of many deaths that were outside their area of engagement. The article concluded with stating that the Sniper's new unlock would promote the Sniper to move in closer to his enemies to give them a fighting chance.

Trivia

• The Sniper vs. Spy Update also brought about the implementation of the item drop system. For a brief period, the new Sniper and Spy weapons were only obtainable through random drops, regardless of how many achievements had been completed. This was changed back just over a week later with the 2009年5月29日 パッチ, which brought back the Milestone System in addition to the item drop system.
• Sawmill (Arena) was the first map for Team Fortress 2 created and released by Valve that contained an atmospheric effect with the introduction of ambient rain; and Pipeline was the first map to take place during night.
• A BLU Spy periodically appeared behind the RED Sniper in the Day 3 post of the Sniper Update, before the joint Spy Update was ultimately revealed.
• By counting all of the Announcement days, the weekend delay and the bonus day, the Sniper vs. Spy Update is the longest major class update to Team Fortress 2.
• The Camera Beard can be seen before it was released, listed on the catalog on Day 4, with writing from the Spy calling it "ridiculous".
• As of January 24, 2013, the hats released in this update have been retired and no longer drop, be crafted, bought or unboxed in unusual quality.

Update gallery

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  Day 1. The Huntsman was announced.

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  Day 2. Payload Race game mode, Pipeline, Nucleus and Sawmill maps were announced.

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  Day 3. The Razorback was announced.

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  Day 4. The Cloak and Dagger and the Dead Ringer were announced.

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  Day 5. Meet the Spy and the Spy achievements were announced.

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  Day 6. The Ambassador was announced.

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  Day 7. Jarate and the Sniper achievements were announced.

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  Day 8. The Update was released.

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  Bonus day Release of the first 9 Hats and Hoodoo becomes an official map.

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  First Steam popup advertising the Team Fortress 2 Sniper vs. Spy free weekend.

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  Second Steam popup advertising the Team Fortress 2 Sniper vs. Spy free weekend.

External links

• Sniper vs. Spy Update page
• Spy achievements
• Sniper achievements