Comments on: Gentlemen

By: DrugCrazed

DrugCrazed — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 21:59:52 +0000

Protip: Nobody uses the DR. So when I do, I kick ass since I’m the only one who does.

By: Mr Chug

Mr Chug — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:38:01 +0000

I assumed the Dead Ringer needs activating in the same way, but doesn’t cloak you/spit a corpse out until you get hit. My guess would be a kill notification shows up for the opposing team, so unless they check their points they won’t notice. Based purely on day 3 of the update, the corpse will be holding the watch, so looking at the corpse will give the fact that the spy is still around away.

By: Dante

Dante — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:53:17 +0000

Is it me, or did all of Valve sit down for an evening with ‘The Thing’ before making this?

By: Redhawk

Redhawk — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:30:31 +0000

The fifth day of the Spyiper Update gives us the Meet the Spy video, the Spy Achievement icons and self-deprecation like only Valve can do it. Man, I love them. Thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis much.

By: DoctorDisaster

DoctorDisaster — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:23:36 +0000

When I clicked on it, I expected the leaked video to be a fan-made joke — but it’s obviously not. I’m still kind of surprised. Why would someone at Valve leak the video a couple of days early?

I think it’s my third favorite “Meet the…” video, just behind Sniper and Soldier. Although that may be the novelty talking.

And I still want to know how the Dead Ringer handles fire!

By: Baggie

Baggie — Mon, 18 May 2009 03:32:45 +0000

I suspect that the next unlocks will be demo & engie, and THEN the soldier. 2 updates, 2 meet the’s.
Hope the soldier gets his money’s worth, poor bastard went from nearly most played to a rarity.

By: MrUnimport

MrUnimport — Mon, 18 May 2009 02:27:07 +0000

@Nonomu198

The Announcer/Administrator/Boss isn’t a computer. She’s not in the base. Sitting around in a base that is regularly breached by men with guns and explosives, not to mention infiltrated by dashing secret agents, is suicide, especially when you’re not hooked up to the immortality machines like all the mercenaries are.

I wouldn’t be surprised if she’d recorded the intruder alerts, though, especially as late at night as the video seems to be set.

By: Mm. Petomaine

Mm. Petomaine — Mon, 18 May 2009 00:55:28 +0000

I love the scout’s reaction when the soldier fires the shotgun… with the karate hands… really into character ;)

By: Redhawk

Redhawk — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:17:42 +0000

Oh God. I thought my love for Valve can’t get any higher. Then they release yet another Meet The… video.

By: Preedy

Preedy — Sun, 17 May 2009 20:54:57 +0000

@Nonomu198

When does the scouts mum have the pyro’s handbag or “manbag”?

By: Nonomu198

Nonomu198 — Sun, 17 May 2009 18:41:23 +0000

@Phase

We never see his parents. We don’t hear them when the Sniper talks to them over the phone. That was the beauty, I think.

By: Jazmeister

Jazmeister — Sun, 17 May 2009 18:25:25 +0000

Showed this to my wife and she lol’d. I liked seeing the scout’s mom, she’s like the scout with 60s ho-hair. Also, the spy doesn’t take his mask off for sex. I’d like to just watch a shit ton of TF2 episodes, much like your tele-vision programmes. How long does it take to make these, you think? Most of their time is probably designing and balancing updates, fixing bugs, etc. Plus they share teams a lot.

Wouldn’t fancy getting into a TV series released on Valve time, though.

By: Phase

Phase — Sun, 17 May 2009 18:03:30 +0000

Well, we always knew that the Sniper had parents. What’s so different about having the Scout’s mom?

By: Nonomu198

Nonomu198 — Sun, 17 May 2009 17:59:39 +0000

I liked Meet the Sniper a lot better. It had a great flow to it. Also, showing the Scout’s mother (and even giving her the Pyro’s purse. This either means it’s the Pyro or Scout’s mom is a slut sleeping with Spy, Pyro, and possibly more people. His description does say he has 8 brothers…) dosen’t really fit in the TF2 universe. I mean, all this time we were used to just the 9 merceneries (Announcer dosen’t count, also apperantly it is a computer), and all of the sudden there is another person? And it’s female?!

By: J-Man

J-Man — Sun, 17 May 2009 16:19:50 +0000

@Cartho

Agreed, the first time I laughed properly at a “meet the” video. Not chuckles, real laughs.

By: Cartho

Cartho — Sun, 17 May 2009 11:27:45 +0000

Am I the only one who thought that meet the spy video was utter genius? MUCH darker in tone than the other ones, yet utterly brilliant

By: MartinJ

MartinJ — Sun, 17 May 2009 10:55:39 +0000

Shit, does the Dead Ringer work against sentries? I suppose it does, and if it indeed does, then, that’s just awesome.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 17 May 2009 10:29:01 +0000

Just having the option to use the Dead Ringer, regardless of whether currently equipped, could have a huge impact on paranoia levels within the other team.

Any time a Red spy is killed (or ‘killed’) Blu will then spend the next 20 seconds shooting walls, inanimate objects, fellow teammates, and thin air to find the cloaked spy. If the Red spy was using the Dead Ringer they’re already repositioning themselves for a follow up attack and if they weren’t then they’ve successfully given the rest of their own team a 20 second advantage while Blu was busy wasting time (and ammo) hunting for something that wasn’t there.

The Dead Ringer could also be used as a diversion tool, on 2Fort for example, the spy can run into the spawn area and purposely get himself ‘killed’ and use the time that gives him to instead head off down the straight staircase and be half way to the Intel room before the other team realises that they’re no longer there.

By: Ross

Ross — Sun, 17 May 2009 09:12:04 +0000

That’s an excellent short! S’funny, I was reading Tom’s script for Meet the Spy last night, so actually watching a longer Meet the… video feels odd. In a good way. Like your mother.

Lots of beautiful touches in there, too.

By: Jackrabbit

Jackrabbit — Sun, 17 May 2009 09:09:14 +0000

And I heard that it shows the pyro unmasked. I can’t see it myself, but someone may have.

By: Nico

Nico — Sun, 17 May 2009 07:50:33 +0000

In the video the sniper is wearing a tooth hat

By: Jazmeister

Jazmeister — Sun, 17 May 2009 06:58:00 +0000

I love that the spy is so awesome, he even has… relations with the scout’s mom. Infact, I love the short glimpse of an alternate TF2 these videos provide – a TF2 with traditional story, dramatic intrigue, and… friendly fire turned on.

So the youtube channel is called “GoldenMachineGun”. Like that golden gun the spy seemingly dropped on day 3. Also, does that knife look shiny on day 4? Also, also, also, guys! A spy update! :D

By: Crit Goes Where?!?

Crit Goes Where?!? — Sun, 17 May 2009 04:44:23 +0000

Meet the Spy has been leaked

http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/technology_and_gaming/watch/v18477238BqYGPAZN

By: nine

nine — Sun, 17 May 2009 04:11:40 +0000

Theres all these random blogs like yours that have gone months without an update and are now writing paragraphs about the same page on the steam site we can all read anyway.

By: Cptn.Average

Cptn.Average — Sun, 17 May 2009 00:38:48 +0000

@Jazmeister, here’s a spy rush to maybe make you feel better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aRg3uqsg5A&feature=channel_page

By: DoctorDisaster

DoctorDisaster — Sat, 16 May 2009 23:50:35 +0000

How does the Dead Ringer handle flame damage, I wonder? They could make you keep taking damage but not show the flames, I suppose. Or, if they prize the pyro’s spychecking role above their new gadget, they could do the normal cloaked-but-on-fire thing.

By: Velvet Fist, Iron Glove

Velvet Fist, Iron Glove — Sat, 16 May 2009 23:07:08 +0000

Even if you do shoot the “corpse” from the Dead Ringer, the beauty of this over the typical “Feign Death” is that you aren’t shooting the player anymore once he’s gone down — he’s invisible and running around behind you. It looks like a great solution for spies, though I’ve no doubt it’ll make my life as an engineer very painful!

By: EGTF

EGTF — Sat, 16 May 2009 19:26:54 +0000

Screw asking a pertinent question, will arrows be visible in a cloaked spy?

By: Mr. Brit

Mr. Brit — Sat, 16 May 2009 18:36:30 +0000

You’re all missing the most important point. The spy orders his new stuff from a man named Saxton Hale. His name is an anagram of Hot Anal Sex. Meet the Pyro is coming soon!!

By: Jazmeister

Jazmeister — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:53:57 +0000

Oh dear. That’s better.

By: Jazmeister549803

Jazmeister549803 — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:52:17 +0000

I like that instead of just replacing each thing with a new thing, they’re giving you three options where you just had one. The heavy needed different stuff for his main gun, I think, but they felt they needed to replace all the things he didn’t use.

I can’t remember if I said it here already, but the heavy should have got a bolas-firing shotgun and a pair of gloves that shield your team, in my opinion. Thems are useful crap.

More than any class, I wish there was a spy rush.

By: The_B

The_B — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:51:41 +0000

So if that leaves the Soldier, Engineer and Demoman to get upgrades, I wonder if they’re just going to do all three at once next time – or just stretch it out a bit further. I mean in a lot of respects it’s going to be like Doctor Who and his regenerations – are they going to stop when they’ve finished all the characters?

By: Christopher Livingston

Christopher Livingston — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:02:16 +0000

I’m curious to see how they’ll handle the fake deaths in the UI. Will it display a kill notification? Will you get a “fake” point for the kill? Will the corpse drop a fake weapon, or a real weapon, or nothing?

By: Nonomu198

Nonomu198 — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:48:42 +0000

Flamethrower Lighter is a joke about how Valve are making unlockables that take on another class’ role.

By: AlphaTM

AlphaTM — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:42:26 +0000

Why do people think the Cloak and Dagger is a replacement? Comparing it to the CB is ridiculous, because the CB didn’t CHANGE anything that was already there with the flamethrower. The CaD makes it so you can’t recharge on the move, or by picking up ammo. That changes quite a bit.

By: AlphaTM

AlphaTM — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:38:07 +0000

I was thinking the Spy update would be after the Scout one, and looky here. I can’t wait.

By: Lack_26

Lack_26 — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:32:38 +0000

I’m going to enjoy this, time to whip out the flamethrower.

Although part of me fears that everyone will go pyro and there will be no spies/snipers.

By: Jason L

Jason L — Sat, 16 May 2009 15:51:40 +0000

Also also, another dream come true via Valve, eh? http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-02-27-meet-the-scout-imminent#comment-26993

By: Jason L

Jason L — Sat, 16 May 2009 15:49:29 +0000

Also, the Cloak and Dagger can’t recharge from ammo.

By: Phill Cameron

Phill Cameron — Sat, 16 May 2009 15:08:09 +0000

@Smurfy I think these are the alternative to the cloak AND the current cloak. The Cloak and Dagger seems to be a replacement for the original cloak, and the Dead Ringer is the new alternative. Like how they upgraded the old flamethrower with air compression and gave us the backburner.

By: Out Reach

Out Reach — Sat, 16 May 2009 15:06:08 +0000

I presume to make the Cloak and Dagger balanced against the origional, when you do move it will drain faster. But still a far superior choice on metal dry maps.

By: Smurfy

Smurfy — Sat, 16 May 2009 14:49:59 +0000

Kinda like how the Backburner killed the Flamethrower. Until they nerfed it.

By: Smurfy

Smurfy — Sat, 16 May 2009 14:48:55 +0000

I’m going to enjoy seeing how the Cloak and Dagger will do with players; my theory is that it’ll completely destroy regular cloak and everyone’ll use it instead.