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[–] automattable 112 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Hi, elder millennial here that’s starting to lose it. Is the joke here that they did do all these things back in 2006 or whenever tf2 came out?

[–] [email protected] 90 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Pretty much yes. The only one I'm not 100% on (besides the scout skin, since that was after I stopped playing) is the engineer prosthetic. I feel like that weapon came out a while after TF2 was made (but I can't check that right now so don't take my word for it).

[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Jarate and heavy x medic were after release too afaik.

Heavy x medic was kinda obvious, but iirc valve didn't start dropping stronger hints until the past few years. Dunno if they've straight-up confirmed it yet or not; it's also been a while since I last played.

Jarate was part of the sniper update, which I thought came after release (because iirc there weren't any alternate items in the original release).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yes I think jarate was introduced the same time they gave him a bow option

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

99% sure Jarate was in the first big alt weapon patch, because it's the last patch I enjoyed playing lol. Bow, Sandvich, Bonk, etc. came out at the same time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

What's wrong with the alt weapons they're what made the game good

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Jarate must have been before 2011 when i first played tf2. and 2011 is almost 13 years ago.

[–] cashews_best_nut 2 points 8 months ago

Heavy x medic was kinda obvious

Outside of the game, maybe? I've played a ton of TF2 but never got involved in the outside memeing or story. In-game there's nothing obvious about any of them except Soldier sounds thick-as-pig-shit and Demo-man being black.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

One of the Engineer's unlockable weapons is the Gunslinger which is a prosthetic hand. It also is (or was) commonly regarded as OP since it replaced the turret with a fast self-building mini-turret that was a pain to keep destroyed (Engie would toss out another one).

[–] Agent641 9 points 8 months ago

His penis has always been prosthetic in lore, its just never shown.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Especially the pissplay one, right?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago

You're correct
Demoman is the giveaway.

[–] clif 6 points 8 months ago

Am old, also out of the loop and would like someone to explain it to me in "grampa" terms.

I only remember TFC, and that was a long time ago

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Yes exactly

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I've never played tf2 (only played tf2), but based on the structure of the joke, I think so.

[–] [email protected] 76 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

im so glad that all of these WOKE LIBERAL SOCIALIST things are out of the game as it was released back in the GOOD days before EVIL GAY PEOPLE were in my videogames,. thank you gabe newell for making gaming real 🙏

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Women? Involved in video games?! Pssh, yeah, right...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Evil gay people sounds kinda cool

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

My exes in their legion of doooooom

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Honey, wake up! The new hyperpop band name just dropped

[–] [email protected] 56 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Is there a high-res image for the femboy scout? Asking for a friend.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Weird. My friend had the same question.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)
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[–] bi_tux 46 points 8 months ago

If it was released today we'd have another rage from the "fucking pronouns" guy

[–] [email protected] 40 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Stop making Valve sound so based

[–] CheesyFox 7 points 8 months ago

well, they seem quite based

[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I legitimately don't think they could get away with releasing TF2 today.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago

I don't think anyone could get away with doing anything today. There's always something.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago

I fail to see the issue here

[–] quams69 8 points 8 months ago

I went back to tf2 after cs2 came out and I am so sad to see it totally infested by botters and aimhacks

It was valves crown jewel for a while and now it's just rotting

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

“I’m a black Scottish cyclops. They have more ************************** than they have the likes of me.”

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

When’d they pull the heavy out of the closet?

[–] uis 2 points 8 months ago