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[-] automattable@lemmy.world 110 points 1 year 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?

[-] malle_yeno@pawb.social 92 points 1 year 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).

[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 24 points 1 year ago

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).

[-] shasta@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

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

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.

[-] B1naryB0t@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

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

[-] tryptaminev@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

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

[-] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year 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.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

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

[-] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year 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).

[-] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Especially the pissplay one, right?

[-] Phanatik@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago

You're correct
Demoman is the giveaway.

[-] clif@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year 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

[-] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

The game was in its own way progressive and ahead of its time

[-] tryptaminev@feddit.de 3 points 1 year 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.

[-] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[-] Player2@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago
[-] odium@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

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