Square Dance
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| Square Dance | |
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| Basic Information | |
| Used by: | All classes |
| Slot: | Taunt |
| Released: | June 18, 2014 Patch (Love & War Update) |
| Availability: | Drop (expired), Purchase, Audition Reel or Director's Cut Reel |
| Tradable: | Yes |
| Giftable: | Yes |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Craft No.?: | No |
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| Loadout Stats | |
 Taunt: Square Dance |
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| “ | Whether you’re a do-si-do (everyone but Spy) or a do-si-don’t (Spy), you’re sure to love this old-timey barn dance (unless you’re Spy).
— Square Dance publicity blurb
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The Square Dance is a special taunt for all classes.
Once started, the player begins dancing in place in a ready position as a fiddle plays the opening bars on a loop or holds a sustained note. When another player, regardless of team or if they own the taunt (including bots), taunts in front of them, the two link arms and perform a square dance accompanied by the fiddle playing a reel. Taunting again or jumping before another player accepts ends the taunt.
For the voice lines of each class, please refer to the respective class taunts pages.
Contents
Demonstration
Related achievements
General achievements
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Update history
June 18, 2014 Patch (Love & War Update)
- The Square Dance was added to the game.
- [Undocumented] Set all taunts to be giftable, nameable, and support craft numbers.
- [Undocumented] Special taunts no longer drop for Premium account players.
- Updated the description.
Bugs
- Sometimes the animations for the Square Dance do not play correctly, and instead show the idle animation of the class currently in the taunt.
- Occasionally, the Spy has one of his weapons out during the idle animation.
- If an Engineer dies during the dance, the shooting sound effect of his finger guns still plays.
- Sometimes, the music for the dance will not play when another player joins the taunt.
Trivia
- The origin of real life square dancing can be traced back to steps and figures used in many parts of the world for traditional folk dances. The square dance most likely takes its roots from the Morris dance, a men's dance dating as far back as 1448, which in turn can be traced back to various English country dances of the time period.
- The modern square dance (specifically the Quadrille) became popular in America with the arrival of European settlers, and became further popular following the American Revolution, and reached it's peak beginning in 1950 with the American folk music revival in New York.
