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...that when the Engineer reloads his Pistol, he inserts the magazine backwards?

...that by healing an enemy Spy, a Medic can get a teamkill assist?

...that the Engineer's grandfather, Radigan Conagher, invented many of the Engineer's weapons after receiving one hundred pounds of Australium from Emily in 1890?

...that you can destroy Stickybombs with melee weapons?

...that the word "piss" is word-filtered to "Jarate" on the Steam Users' Forums?

...that the SMG was originally intended for the Scout?

...that the Respectless Rubber Glove was the first item in-game to get jigglebones?

...that Valve has released two follow-up variations of "More Gun" since its release with the Engineer Update?

...that Team Fortress 2 was first announced in 1998 as a realistic first-person shooter?

...that the Dead Ringer does not have a world model and cannot be seen by anyone except the user when active?

...that Saxton Hale's chest hair is shaped like Australia?

...that a Sentry beeps once, twice, or thrice, according to its level, whenever it switches direction in its "idle" state?

...that the Hotrod flips down over the Engineer's face when he is hauling a building?

...that if a Huntsman arrow collides with another arrow, they will both break in mid-air?

...that the Mercenary was originally called the "Weekend Warrior"?

...that stunning the Soldier with the Sandman's stun ball, while he is taunting with the Equalizer, will stop him from exploding?

...that the Sandman originally disallowed the Scout from double jumping?

...that the Pyro can headshot enemies using deflected arrows?

...that Sawmill is built atop an abandoned spytech base?

...that Meet the Spy was leaked onto YouTube on May 17, 2009, two days before its intended release?

...that the likeness of the Scout's mother is engraved on the barrel of the Ambassador?

...that the Scout wears a left-hander's Batter's Helmet despite the fact that he is a right-handed batter?

...that it is possible to kill a player on the winning side during Humiliation with a Kill taunt?

...that the hieroglyphs in Egypt include the Heavy with his Minigun, the Spy backstabbing someone, a Level 1 Sentry Gun, an Electro Sapper, and the backstab symbol?

...that the Ambassador was originally able to shoot through multiple targets?

...that after the Scout touches the camera lens in Meet the Scout, he leaves a finger print that stays there for the rest of the video?

...that the Spy fights with the Knife in his right hand, but fences with his left hand?

...that the Hadouken, Kamikaze, and Fencing Kill taunts can destroy buildings?

...that the Engineer received alternate weapons before his update?

...that the Heavy and Medic do not wear any default headgear?

...that a tombstone in Harvest reads 'R.I.P. The 10th Class'?

...that the capture status indicator on the HUD for a control point breaks with 16 or more players on the point?

...that it is possible to be killed whilst under the effects of an ÜberCharge?

...that in Sam & Max 304: Beyond the Alley of the Dolls, a BLU Dispenser makes a cameo appearance?

...that you can assist yourself as a Spy by shooting a building that you are sapping?

...that all of the class characters have blue eyes except the Demoman (and possibly the Pyro)?

...that the voice for the Administrator is Ellen McLain, the same voice for the character "GLaDOS" in Portal?

...that Sawmill was the first official map to feature weather effects?

...that the Sniper's father is more than slightly disappointed that his son did not become a doctor?

...that Abraham Lincoln loves Arena Mode?

...that the BLU Spy periodically appeared behind the RED Sniper in the day 3 post of the Sniper update page before the Spy update page was ultimately revealed?

...that in the Razorback update, the Dead Ringer could be seen in the "dead" Spy's hand before it was officially announced?^[1]

...that on the map Thunder Mountain, there is a Sniper hidden in the hills by a campfire and his camper van?

...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 at the end of Meet the Spy, the RED Spy stabs the Heavy and Soldier to the tune of the ending flourish?

... that in the beta version of the game, 2Fort had no roof on its bridge?

... that the Spy speaks fluent English, French, Italian, and Spanish?

... that the capture status indicator on the HUD for a control point breaks with 16 or more players on the point?

... that there are multiple Easter eggs on the map Thunder Mountain, including a hidden swimming pool?

... that the Soldier is the only class without any kind of secondary fire ability in his default item set?

... that the word "piss" is swear-filtered to "Jarate" on the Steam Users' Forums?

... that Crit-a-Cola was designed the day before it was incorporated into the game?

... that there are currently 188 players that hold Community weapons?

... that the dog tags worn by the Scout appear blank with no additional text?

... that a Pyro's air blast can reflect enemy Jarate and Huntsman arrows?

... that the hieroglyphs in Egypt include the Heavy with his Minigun, the Spy backstabbing someone, a Level 1 Sentry Gun, an Electro Sapper, and the backstab symbol?

...that the Heavy's Showdown taunt (code-wise) kills with a wide, yet invisible bullet?

...that if you shoot an enemy in the head with the Sniper Rifle while you are not scoped, it will not count as a headshot even if the enemy dies?

...that the Sniper's parents live on Adelaide Street, Australia (red house on the left)?

...that despite breaking upon a backstab, the promotional image of the Razorback shows it with a knife embedded in it, and very much intact?

...that Pipeline is the first official map to take place at night?

...that when you reload the Pistol as a Scout, the animation in the first-person view differs from the one in third-person view?

...that the first spoken reference to an opposing team was made by the BLU Soldier in Meet the Sandvich?

...that in Meet the Scout, the Scout reloads his Scattergun once, but the shotgun shell appears from thin air?

...that in Meet the Sniper, when the Demoman's Bottle is embedded in his skull, his eye actually appears to be (mostly) undamaged?

...that both teams appear to be run by a mysterious woman known only as the Administrator?

...that competitive players of the Heavy sometimes use a trackball instead of a mouse to turn around quickly?

...that in Meet the Sniper, the bobble-head Civilian is standing on the Team Fortress Classic logo?

...that although the Pyro is right-handed, he (or she?) holds the Fire Axe left-handed?

...that the Demoman will still drink from his Bottle and belch when it is smashed?

...that the original design for the Heavy had a mullet hairdo?

...that according to in-game calendars, Team Fortress 2 takes place in June 1968?

...that there is a currently unusued class, the Civilian?

...that the Payload has the words 'Cry some more' scratched onto the front?

...that the Demoman lost his original set of foster parents at the age of six in a failed attempt to blow up the Loch Ness Monster?

...that the Pyro has a flowery purse in his (or her) locker?

...the the Engineer is nicknamed 'Hardhat' (to the Scout), 'Engy' (to the Soldier), 'Truckie' (to the Sniper), 'My hard-hatted friend' (to the Medic), and 'Laborer' (to the Spy)?

...that you can taunt if you are disguised as an enemy Spy?

...that pressing the alternate fire button while constructing a building allows you to rotate it?

...that the illustrative style of Team Fortress 2 is commonly mistaken for cel-shading when, in fact, it uses rim highlights instead of outlines to emphasise silhouettes, and is therefore the opposite?

...that the Engineer's favorite equation is in fact part of the equation that governs character lighting in-game?

...that every official texture in Team Fortress 2 was hand-painted by the art team, with many of them having visible brushstrokes?

...that a Train can kill an ÜberCharged player?

...that a player standing on an enemy Teleporter Exit when someone teleports will result in the player being telefragged?

...that the picture on the road sign seen at the beginning of Meet the Sniper is the symbol for a headshot in-game?

...that Heavy's Minigun fires 4 shots per 1 ammo point and it takes him 20 seconds of nonstop firing to run out of ammo, meaning that "Sasha" only fires 2400 rounds per minute and not 10000 as the Heavy states in Meet the Heavy?

...that the Engineer is the shortest character?

...that the Soldier embarked on a Nazi killing spree, for which he was awarded several medals that he designed and made himself, and that his rampage ended immediately in 1949 upon hearing that World War II had already ended four years prior?

...that the Scout trained himself to run so that he could beat his older brothers to fights in the south streets of Boston?

...that the Sniper once slept in the corpse of a Template:W?

...that if the Demoman hits anything with his Bottle, there is a chance it may break?

...that the songs the Heavy may sing as part of his response rules include Mily Balakirev's "Song of the Volga Boatmen", Chopin's "Funeral March", and Khachaturian's "Sabre Dance"?

...that the logo for the RED team in Team Fortress Classic appears behind the Pyro at the end of Trailer 1?

...that the Heavy's custom Minigun weighs one hundred and fifty kilograms and fires two hundred dollar, custom-tooled cartridges at ten thousand rounds per minute, costing four hundred thousand dollars to fire for twelve seconds?

...that the Pyro's homemade Flamethrower is constructed from a converted gas pump and a canister of propane?

...that the Engineer has eleven PhDs in hard science?

...that "Rocket Jump Waltz" is not technically a waltz as it is written in 4/4 time as opposed to 3/4 time?

...that the song the Engineer plays during the Meet the Engineer video is a real song, called "Someone Else's Song", and was originally written by Jeff Tweedy of the American Country band Wilco for their album Being There in 1996?

...that the Heavy and the Demoman are both voiced by Gary Schwartz?

...that the in-game console refers to the Sniper's Kukri as a club?

...that the Submachine Gun was originally intended for the Scout?

...that the emblem on the Heavy's sleeve was originally a skull and crossbones?

...that sub-front companies for RED include 'Brown Nugget Mining', 'Cornwell', and 'Happy Farmers Cooperative'?

...that BLU stands for 'Builders League United' and RED for 'Reliable Excavation (and) Demolition'?

...that the Administrator is voiced by Ellen McLain, who is also the voice of the character "GlaDOS" in the Template:W series and the Overwatch dispatcher in the Template:W series?

...that Soldiers and Demomen can rocket jump over the carriages in Well and attack the enemy team before the gates have opened?

...that the Medic's Bonesaw, Amputator, Vita-Saw, and Solemn Vow taunts give off an audible noise, with the Bonesaw and Solemn Vow sounding like a Template:W and the Amputator and Vita-Saw like a Template:W?

...that early models of Team Fortress 2 involved assigning one player on a team as the commander, who would then give orders to his teammates from an overhead map?

...that an Engineer can take damage from his own Sentry Gun?

...that the BLU Pyro in "Meet the Sniper" was shown wielding the Flare Gun before it was officially revealed?

...that the Sniper keeps a bobblehead of the original Civilian from Team Fortress Classic on the dash of his RV?

...that you cannot taunt underwater?

...that at the end of the Meet the Heavy video, he laughs in time with the background music?

...that adjusted for inflation since 1968 (the year in which Team Fortress 2 supposedly takes place), it costs $2,458,735.08 to fire the Heavy's Minigun for twelve seconds?

...that if an Engineer is killed while carrying a toolbox, the dropped toolbox will provide full ammo and metal to the player that picks it up?

...that the Team Fortress 2 Dev-team runs a site featuring concept art, community spotlights, and details of the game's development?

...that the Sentry Gun is the fastest deployable building an Engineer can construct?

...that in the Meet the Heavy video, the Heavy fires his Minigun for exactly "twelve seconds"?

...that the Soldier has a crewcut hairstyle underneath his helmet ?

...that the Sniper and Spy are the only characters to wear a wrist watch?

...that the Spy voice command, where you call a specific class a Spy when you have your crosshair centered on them, also works with the enemy?

...that the in-game calendars show that June 1968 started on a Wednesday, when it really it started on a Template:W?

...that Team Fortress 2 has won awards from IGN, GameSpy, and 1up for artistic direction?

...that in first-person mode, the Sniper is wearing gloves on both hands, but from a third-person perspective, such as taunting, he is only wearing a glove on his left hand?

...that a disguised Spy can "leech" health from an enemy Dispenser, Payload cart, or Medic?

...that a Medic or Dispenser can heal a player faster than they can drown, allowing players to possibly stay underwater indefinitely?

...that if a Teleporter Exit is destroyed while the entrance is still charging, the Teleporter Entrance will only stop glowing once it has finished charging?

...that in his HUD icon, the Heavy is not wearing his fingerless gloves?

...that Robin Walker worked on the original Team Fortress mod for Template:W back in 1996?

...that in his HUD icon, the Demoman's patch is on the wrong eye?

...that the Dynamite Pack, Overhealer, Tranquilizer, Syringe, and Nailgun were all weapons that were planned for inclusion, but eventually scrapped?

...that the cigarette the Spy throws when he performs his Disguise Kit taunt acts as a physics object and can bounce off walls and objects?

...that the Spy's HUD icon features his outdated beta design?

...that when a Spy drops his disguise while being ÜberCharged by an enemy Medic, he will glow his team color while the Medic continues to glow his?

...that RED and BLU each have their own website?

...that it takes about a second for a Sentry Gun to do a full 360?

...that the Bat is the fastest swinging melee weapon in the game to compensate for it's damage?

...that it is possible in some cases to sap a Sentry Gun right after backstabbing the Engineer?

...that if four Engineers were banging on a Sentry Gun while it was being built, it would be built in 0.625 seconds?

...that the Pyro gives a "thumbs up" gesture when using the "Good Job" voice command?

...that Engineers can climb higher with a Level 1 Sentry Gun than with a Dispenser?

...that a Sentry Gun can't hit any enemy hiding behind a Dispenser?

...that both the Scattergun and Shotgun fire 10 bullets at once?

...that a Level 3 Sentry Gun's rockets can be deflected by the Pyro's compression blast?

...that consumption of the Sandvich is both an "attack" and a taunt?

...that Valve created a set of Team Fortress 2 trading cards that were never officially released, featuring characters, levels, and weapons?

...that any class may consume dropped Sandviches, and not just the Heavies that wield them?

...that the Scout is able to run so fast and perform double jumps due to not only his extraordinary agility, but also his consumption of large quantities of coffee?

...that the Sandvich first appeared in "Meet the Scout"?

...that the Team Fortress series' birthday is on August 24?

...that in Team Fortress Classic, every class except the Engineer, Spy, Medic, and Civilian had a Crowbar as a melee weapon?

...that details for the Heavy Update were leaked before release by beta playtesters at the Something Awful Forums?

...that in player view the ammo belt on Natascha is on the left side, but in global view the ammo belt is on the right side?

...that despite RED standing for 'Reliable Excavation (and) Demolition' and BLU being an acronym for 'Builder's League United', BLU almost always is attacking while RED is almost always defending?

...that according to the text on some water towers in-game, some Team Fortress 2 maps are set in the fictional location of Carrison, Template:W?

...that in player view the sticky grenade holder on the Sticky Grenade Launcher is on the left side, but in global view the sticky grenade holder is on the right side?

...that a certain response after eating the Sandvich is a reference to Portal's "Still Alive" song ("Moist and delicious! Hehaha!")?

...that the Engineer apparently designed and built the Sentry Gun under contract from TF Industries?

...that there is a mod which reintroduces throwable grenades in Team Fortress 2?^[2]

...that the Meet the Scout video shows the RED team attacking out of the BLU's base?

...that the Engineer's Dispenser contains the nail belt for the Scout's old Nailgun in the ammunition holder?

...that the Demoman was originally a white Scottish cyclops?^[3]

...that one of the initial ideas was to have a "claymation" look, with players that gibbed into chunks of clay?^[4]

...that a Sentry Gun can be built underwater?

...that the animation for the Spy pulling out his Electro Sapper is the same as the Heavy pulling out his Sandvich?

...that RED Spies smoke white cigarettes and BLU Spies smoke brown ones?

...that the Heavy and Sniper are the only classes to have a scripted death animation?

...that the Civilian class possesses his own unique death scream?

...that the Administrator possesses a sound file in which she commands the team to "Stop the courier", indicating that a Hunted Mode may have been in the works?

...that the BLU Soldier refers to the RED team contemptuously as "you RED team ladies"?

...that eating the Sandvich gives a Heavy the ability to punch out all of someone's blood in three hits (though not in-game)?

...that Meet the Scout was the first official video in which RED and BLU communicate?

...that the numbers on the top front of the Train on the map Well spells '7331', which spelled backwards is '1337' (elite)?

...that the Sentry Gun was designed by the Engineer in 1965?

...that there was a release gap of 11 years between Team Fortress and Team Fortress 2?

...that Valve has stated an interest in an animated series, comic, or even a film based on Team Fortress 2?

...that the one of the Pyro's hats appears to be the Engineer's absent left glove?

...that unusable grenades can be seen on the Soldier, Demoman, and Pyro models?

...that products offered by TF Industries include the The Sentry Gun Mechnical Firing Device- Model v 2.1, The Uhlman Build-Matic Wrench,The Dispense-O-Matic 9000 Provisions Dispenser, Telemax Teleporters, and The Sandvich Edible Device?

...that holding down the primary attack button with the Electro Sapper equipped will deploy it continuously?

...that the Medic is voiced by Robin Atkin Downes, who also voiced "Travis Touchdown" in the Wii action game Template:W?

...that in the German versions of the Meet the Team videos, the classes are implied to be robots, bleeding oil and exploding into cogs and screws when gibbed?

...that in the Meet the Soldier video, a Scout is shown with his headphones over his right ear when it is normally worn on their left?

...that the bullets the Heavy fires are "Super Caliber" brand bullets?

...that with the exception of the Demoman and Soldier, all classes wear gloves (or in the case of the Engineer and Sniper just one)?

...that the Engineer drinks 'BLU Streak' brand beer?

...that the BLU Soldier and Heavy have died in every Meet the Team video to date?

...that the Scout and Spy are the only classes without an emblem on their shoulder?

...that during the Meet the Demoman video, a Dispenser is shown behind the Sentry Gun, but disappears after the scene cuts back from the Demoman?

...that Team Fortress 2 maps have been ported into Template:W?

...that the clock face that shows how much time you have left goes in a counter-clockwise direction?

...that in the Meet the Soldier video, when the Soldier hits the BLU Spy with his Shovel, there is a sign in the background that says 'No smoking'?

...that in the Meet the Soldier video, the BLU team has already secured the RED team's final control point (judging from the color of the megaphones)?

...that although RED's cover is that it operates as a demolitions company, it is BLU that delivers the Payload cartss to them?

...that despite the Heavy being Russian, Natascha is the German spelling of the name?

...that on the main screen, the Heavy and Demoman are missing their shoulder logos?

...that all of the melee weapons (besides the Fire Axe) are one-handed?

...that the Nemesis icon is strikingly similar to the Template:W series logo?

...that Gold Rush matches take place at 9:07 AM?

...that if you reload after firing one shot of the Shotgun, two shells are reloaded instead of one?

...that the first aluminum baseball bat was produced in the 1970s, at least two years after the game's setting?

...that the Demoman is the only class whose emblem differs from the logo on their shoulder?

...that the Sentry Gun the Soldier rocket jumps onto in the Meet the Soldier video is a Level 2 Sentry Gun, whereas the scene before shows it as Level 3?

...that it was once possible to stop the Trains on Well?^[5]

...that the kit the Spy uses to disguise himself is called the Spytron 3000?

...that the BLU Spy has white cigarettes inside his Disguise Kit, despite them appearing brown on the player model?

...that at least seven of the nine classes have a designated job and a unique motto that were given them in Trailer 2, the exceptions being the Pyro and Medic?

...that a fully charged Medic can deploy his ÜberCharge even when he isn't healing anybody?

...that there are three official art styles in Team Fortress 2, industrial, prairie, and alpine?

...that the Force-A-Nature is manufactured in Template:W?

...that the excited Scout in the Force-A-Nature ad also appears in a slighty altered form as the icon for the You'll Feel a Little Prick Medic achievement?

...that a common complaint with most shotguns is that they reload too fast and hold too many shells?

...that the stun balls the Sandman hits are 'All Ballers League' brand balls?

...that Bonk! Atomic Punch comes in two flavors, Cherry Fission (RED) and Blutonium Berry (BLU)?

...that a Scout's stun ball can be reflected by a Pyros compression blast?

...that a Scout can assist in his own death if he is hit by his reflected stun ball, and then killed by an opponent?

...that Natascha's model in the game files is "Ludmila"?

...that a Pyro can perform a rocket jump by air blasting a rocket at his feet?

...that the Sniper lives in his camper van?

...that the Heavy's hands are so large, he grips the pump of his Shotgun with only his thumb and index finger?

...that the readying animation for Bonk! Atomic Punch is NOT the same as the Bat and the ball-less Sandman, yet the Sandvich and the Disguise Kit are?

...that the steering wheel is on the left-hand side in the Snipers camper van (as opposed to Australian cars which are right-sided)?

...that four classes are known smokers: the Demoman, Sniper, Soldier, and Spy?

...that the Sniper isn’t wearing his glove when he brushes his teeth in the Meet the Sniper video?

...that the plural of "Dummkopf" is "Dummköpfe", not "Dummkopfs"?

...that the Medic and Heavy speak several phrases in German and Russian, respectively?

...that the Spy speaks phrases in Italian, French, and Spanish?

...that the fluid that splashes from Bonk! Atomic Punch and Crit-a-Cola cans is recycled from the acid fired by the antlion workers in Half Life 2: Episode Two?

...that the Sniper became a master of Jarate after being insulted by the enemy Spy?

...that the map of Australia at the bottom right corner of Jarate advertisement is missing Tasmania?

...that there is a neutral grey suitcase in the game files, suggesting some form of one-flag Capture the Flag may have been scrapped before release? (Although, even after release, it has been supported with the addition of the trail particle effects during the Classless Update, with the neutral briefcase receiving neutral particles.

...that shooting an enemy at exactly the same time as your Sentry Gun (and killing them) will result in you assisting yourself?

...that the Heavy cannot be stunned while eating his Sandvich?

...that doing the Meet The Medic taunt in water shallow enough to stand in will give off a loud splash?

...that in Arena mode you can taunt kill with any weapon thats taunt can kill no matter what class you are?

...that in the Meet The Scout video the Heavy he is holding 2 secondary weapons when ingame you can only hold one?

...that in the Meet The Medic video whlie the classes are waiting for there operations, the engineer is playing a segment from 'A Little Heart to Heart'?

References

↑ http://www.teamfortress.com/sniper_vs_spy/day03_english.htm – The Sniper Vs. Spy Update, Day 3
↑ http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KxqkK29Qw6M
↑ http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=1783 – TF2 Official Website blog post, "A Grim Bloody Fable"
↑ http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=1783 – TF2 Official Website blog post, "A Grim Bloody Fable"
↑ http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=DDQrAMu-UUI – Team Fortress 2 video, Train Bug - "Stop That Train"

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