Mercenary
“ | I'll put it in my trophy room, with the othas.
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— The Scout on his achievement.
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The Mercenary is a Miscellaneous medal wearable by all classes awarded by Valve to the Team Fortress 2 community as part of their 119th Update Celebration, as well as the Soldier of Fortune and Grizzled Veteran. It is a rectangular bronze medal worn on the class's chest that shows the class's emblem in the center.
The Mercenary is awarded to players who played Team Fortress 2 for the first time more than a year after its initial release, from midnight October 10, 2008 onwards. Players who installed the game after the initial badges were released were still given the Mercenary badge.
The item description was written by crushilista for the Hat Describing Contest.
Contents
Update history
April 29, 2010 Patch (119th Update)
- The Mercenary was added to the game.
- Badge hire dates now display the time in GMT.
September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)
- [Undocumented] Added a community-contributed description for this miscellaneous item.
- Name Tags may now be used on this medal.
Trivia
- When the Mercenary was released in-game, it was named "Weekend Warrior". Because some players considered the implication that they only played on weekends or had a low play time derogatory, the name was changed. The 119th Update Celebration page changed along with the name to reflect this, as it was with the addition of the Primeval Warrior.
Gallery
The Scout's Mercenary medal.
The Soldier's Mercenary medal.
The Pyro's Mercenary medal.
The Demoman's Mercenary medal.
The Heavy's Mercenary medal.
The Engineer's Mercenary medal.
The Medic's Mercenary medal.
The Sniper's Mercenary medal.
The Spy's Mercenary medal.