Tributo a Rick May

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Rick May, l'inimitabile voce del Soldato per tredici anni, vari corti e svariati aggiornamenti, è morto all'età di 79 anni. Siamo stati abbastanza fortunati a lavorare con Rick più volte in studio nell'ultimo decennio. Un arguto e buon collaboratore, Rick ha interpretato il personaggio con urla riconoscibili e pieno di carismatica idiozia. Il soldato non sarebbe lo stesso senza di lui. — Sito Ufficiale di Team Fortress 2, posted May 4, 2020

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Con l'aggiornamento Patch del 1 maggio 2020, Valve ha organizzato un tributo a Rick May della durata di un mese. Rick May, morto in data 8 Aprile 2020 a causa di complicazioni dovute dal COVID-19 era il doppiatore del Soldato. Per la durata del mese di Maggio, l'immagine che raffigura i mercenari nel Menù Principale era stata impostata sulla immagine dell'immagine del menù di gioco del Soldato, con Saluting the Fallen come sottofondo, una interpretazione di Taps, un saluto funebre tradizionale suonata durante cerimonie funebri ai funerali di membri e veterani delle Forze Armate degli Stati Uniti. Rick May ha servito nell'esercito in Giappone, dove ha cordinato gli show della United Service Organizations (USO).

Valve inoltre ha piazzato ben 29 statue del Soldato nelle mappe più popolari rilasciate. Queste statue sono fatte di bronzo, con il soldato in posa di saluto militare in un piedistallo di marmo, con una placca che legge "Rick May / 1940 - 2020 / That was a hell of a campaign son! (Che campagna, figliolo!)". Delle frasi possono essere uditi se un giocatore è nei pressi della statua. Il 4 Maggio 2020, il team di sviluppo di TF2 ha postato le loro condoglianze per Rick May.

Un tributo permanente è stato aggiunto a Granary il 21 Agosto 2020, con le teste mozzate dal corto Meet the Soldier e la statua.

Locazioni

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in 2Fort.

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in Badlands.

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in Badwater.

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in Barnblitz.

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in DeGroot Keep

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in Doomsday.

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in Doublecross.

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in Dustbowl.

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in Foundry.

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in Frontier.

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in Goldrush.

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in Gorge.

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in Granary.

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in Gravel Pit.

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in Gullywash.

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in Harvest.

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in Hightower.

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in Kong King.

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in Mercenary Park.

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in Mountain Lab.

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in Pipeline.

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in Process.

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in Sunshine.

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in Swiftwater.

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in Thunder Mountain.

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in Turbine.

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in Upward.

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in Viaduct.

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  Una statua del Soldato vista in Well.

Tracce Vocali

Tracce Vocali dette dalla Statua del Soldato

"That was a hell of a campaign, son!" "Tonight, your ass will be visited by three ghosts: my foot, my other foot, and a ghost!" "I love the smell of a kicked ass in the morning!" "All men gave some. Some men gave more than some." "TEN HUT!" "AT-TEEENNN-TION!" "Medals for everyone!" "Stay frosty!" "Friendship is magic, creampuff." "Time to inform your next of kin!" "Charge!" "Forward!" "Give 'em hell, boys!" "Last one alive, lock the door!" "Attack!" "Hehehyaaa!" "Maggots!" "If you know what's good for ya, you will run!" "You are scum! You are nothin' but a buncha' cowards!" "I am going to enjoy killing each and every one of you sorry sacks of scum!" "You sissified maggot scum have just signed your death warrants!" "If God had wanted you to live, He would not have created me!" "I am going to claw my way down your throat and tear out your very soul!" "Take your lumps like a man, Private Twinkletoes." "You are all weak. You are all bleeders." "Each and every one of you will be sent home to your momma' in a box!" "We have you surrounded, at least from this side!" "I joined this team just to kill maggots like you." "Do not look at me, I did not ask you a question!" "Surrender now maggots and you will not be harmed!" "The last word out of your sorry mouth will be Sir, and it will be loud!" "This is my world. You are not welcome in my world." "You are a spineless worm! You are a mistake of nature! You are walking vomit!" "You are a maggot hatched from a mutant maggot egg!" "I am going to strangle you with your own frilly training bra!" "You are all maggots, you scum sucking fruit baskets!" "Today is a good day!" "You've done me proud, boys!" "Everyone of you deserves a medal!" "The worm has turned, gentlemen!" "Booyah!" "Hooah!" "That hat is not mercenary-issue, son! There is no room for fashionistas in the art of war!" "Son, your hat is writing checks your head cannot cash!" "That is not a hat, that is an excuse to kick your ass!" "That is not a hat, that is proof that you hate America!" "Do you call that a hat? That is a pile of nonsense!" "Son, your fashion sense has gone AWOL!" "All gave some! They gave a lot! We didn't give an inch!" "Sun Tzu's got nothing on us!" "Sun Tzu might have invented the War, but we invented winning them!" "I am a courage-filled machine of war!" "Hah, we did it!" "Oorah!" "I've got three words for you: U! S! A!" "Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting for in a tank!" "This tank runs on blood, guts, and glory! The guts and glory I will provide! The blood is where you come in!" "If you do not like losing to an enlisted man, do not pick a fight with one!" "Dear other team: please reach into your ass and give me my foot back! You can have it back next game!" "They said we couldn't do it! They said we shouldn't do it! They begged us not to do it! And we did it anyway!" "All gave some! Some gave more! But only one gave nothing, the winner!" "Pick up their asses, gently men. Put them in a tub with scented candles. Tuck them into bed and kiss their asses on the forehead. Because we have kicked them all over this map and they are devastated!" "Sun Tzu said, 'Winning a hundred wars is not the best thing. The best thing is to win without fighting at all.' Men, Sun Tzu is an idiot! And if I ever see him, I will punch him in his mouth!" "This is my rifle, this is my gun! You maggots stink and that's why we won!" (Reference to the Rifleman's Creed) "Boots on the ground, boys!" "Let's show these muffin-tops what the wrong end of a Rocket Launcher looks like!" "Men, you are about to become someone's new worst nightmare!" "Any man comes at me airborne, I am turning into a meat cloud!" "Let's make some pain, boys!" "Drop your bibs and make some gibs, maggots!" "Everyone, please stand! [singing] God bless America, land of...America...and so forth and so on...Move out!" (Sung to the tune of "God Bless America") "War is like a game of chess: with guts on top of it! And instead of chess pieces, there's just brave blood-hungry sons-of-bitches who love war!" "Everyone, take a knee! Dear God, we are sorry we angered you, please stop helping the other team! Over and out!" "A winner knows when to fight and when not to fight! Answer: Never! Stop! Fighting!" "Men, George Washington never lost! Jesus never lost! Patton never lost! If winning's good enough for those war heroes, it's damn well good enough for us!" "[singing] I love to win, by the dawn's early light!" (Sung to the tune of "The Star-Spangled Banner") "[singing] I love to win, so I guess we should win!" (Sung to the tune of "The Star-Spangled Banner") "Now that is what I wanna see!" "And that is how you do it, men!" "I just tore you a new chimney, Smokey Joe!" "Less talk, more fight." "Pain is weakness leaving the body." "Down and give me twenty!" "If I have to crack some skulls, I will."

Cronologia degli Aggiornamenti

Patch del 1 maggio 2020

• Aggiunto un tributo a Rick May, la voce del Soldato.

Patch del 21 agosto 2020

• Aggiornato cp_granary con una statua del Soldato permanente.

Galleria

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  Un messaggio in gioco che annuncia il tributo.

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  Statua del soldato nel post ufficiale del team di sviluppo di TF2.

Link esterni

• A Hell of a Campaign, TF2 Official Website, May 4, 2020