Crit-a-Cola
| Crit-a-Cola | |
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| Basic Information | |
| Used by: | Scout |
| Slot: | Secondary |
| Released: | April 28, 2010 |
| Availability: | Craft, Drop, Purchase, Uncrate(#3) |
| Tradable: | Yes |
| Giftable: | Yes |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Medieval: | Yes |
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 Crit-a-Cola |
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| “ | You morons are about to catch a real beatin'.
Click to listen
— The Scout
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Crit-a-Cola, known in full as Bonk! Crit-a-Cola, is a secondary weapon for the Scout. It is a purple soda can from the Bonk! company, sporting the tagline "Manliness guaranteed!".
When the drink is ingested, it gives the Scout the ability to deal mini-crits for 6 seconds with any equipped weapon. However, mini-crits can also be inflicted against the Scout by any enemy for the duration; therefore, Crit-a-Cola is better suited for players who can avoid taking fire while dealing considerable damage to opponents.
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Damage
See also: Damage
None. Gives the drinker mini-crits for the next 6 seconds. Drinker also receives mini-crit damage during the effect.
Function times
| Function times (in seconds) | ||
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| Consumption time | 1.2 s | |
| Recharge time | 24 s | |
| Effect duration | 6 s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Demonstration
Crafting
See also: Crafting
Blueprint
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Related Achievements
Scout
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Update history
April 28, 2010 Patch
- The Crit-a-Cola was added to the game.
April 29, 2010 Patch (119th Update)
- The "Retire the Runner" achievement was changed to apply to this weapon.
- [Undocumented] This weapon was given its own texture to match the backpack icon.
- [Undocumented] Added crafting recipe for this weapon.
June 10, 2010 Patch (Mac Update)
- [Undocumented] This weapon will now spills purple liquid when selected, as opposed to the green liquid of Bonk! Atomic Punch.
December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)
- [Undocumented] This weapon was added to the crafting blueprint for the Buffalo Steak Sandvich.
- Fixed switching to the melee weapon instead of using the last weapon setting after drinking.
- This item was added to the weapon drop list.
- [Undocumented] Crit-a-Cola was removed from the crafting blueprint for the Buffalo Steak Sandvich.
- Fixed a bug that allowed the Crit-a-Cola to be used repeatedly with no cooldown.
- Added new community contributed response rules to this weapon.
Bugs
- Similar to Bonk!, drinking a Crit-a-Cola with the Sandman equipped removes the Scout's baseball. If the ball's recharge meter is full, it will go to zero, as if the ball had been launched. However, the ball will return as normal after the recharge is complete.
- Being hit by Natascha while drinking will interrupt the drinking process. This cancels the use, but still counts as consumption, and as such drains the recharge meter.
- After the April 14, 2011 Patch, when a player changes their Scout secondary loadout the Scout is holding the Bonk! Atomic Punch instead of the Crit-a-Cola.
Trivia
- Crit-a-Cola was designed and created one day before its release.[1] Upon its release, it had the same texture and particle effects as Bonk! Atomic Punch.
- The weapon's name is a play on popular soft-drink brand name 'Coca-Cola'. It also sounds like the word 'critical' spoken with unusual emphasis.
- A can of Crit-a-Cola is strapped on the bottom of the Soda Popper. It is most likey what gives it the ability to mini crit.
- Crit-a-Cola and Bonk! Atomic Punch are listed with ingredients including water, radiation and sugar. Upon closer inspection, the ingredients label reads as follows:
| INGREDIENTS: WATER, RADIATION, SUGAR |
Gallery
First-person view.
Bonk! Crit-a-Cola label.
See also
References
- ↑ PC Gamer: 'Valve on the future of TF2, retrieved 2010-10-19
