• automattable@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    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?

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      10 months ago

      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).

      • Mossy Feathers (They/Them)@pawb.social
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        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).

        • CashewNut 🏴󠁢󠁥󠁧󠁿@lemmy.world
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          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.

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        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).

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      10 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

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          10 months ago

          It still is. In TF2 the progressiveness doesn’t come forced to appeal to some aduience with “look we put a black character in”

          Demoman is a black scottish guy and fits perfectly eith all the misfit mercenaries.

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            10 months ago

            Ok still is. Wasn’t saying it isn’t currently but all these decisions were made like 15+ years ago. Hence “ahead of its time.” The implication is many of these decisions still hold up very well to scrutiny.

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      10 months ago

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