#engie gaming..........

[get-more-bald]

being an engie main must be a really thankless job. like. damn. you guys live like this? I'm so sorry. lets all love you more

[vnynv]

Something feels..... OFF 🤨

[sicc-nasti]

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[crybtid]

hello LGBTF2 community

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TF2 Backstab Models and What They Mean for the Mercs

In my travels in the TF2 meta, I've noticed that when using an Australium or ice themed weapon, such as the Spy-cicle, each Merc has a few different models for their "frozen backstab" pose. I thought this was interesting and decided to take it upon myself to document the different models and extrapolate what that might mean for each merc as a character. Keep in mind the "canon" of TF2 and the characterization of the mercs is very much up to interpretation but I think this can give us some insight at least into what Valve thinks of each character and how they react to injury, particularly the backstab.

Let's get into it.

SCOUT

Scout with his quicker speed assumedly has a faster reaction time compared to a lot of the other mercs, so it tracks that in many of his poses he is almost completely turned around/facing back. I don't think he necessarily expects to be back stabbed but his fast reflexes makes it so that he is one of the mercs who is closer to actually catching the Spy before the stab. Clearly he isn't always fast enough if he gets stabbed though. On a side note I personally find his poses to be some of the most unnerving ones.

SOLDIER

Clearly Soldier's slow speed catches up with him when it comes to backstabs. Being one of the slower classes in the game, and one of the more burly/stocky characters, it makes sense that he would have trouble catching a Spy before a stab. In a few poses you can see that he reaches behind himself, but you never see him trying to turn his torso or head around to catch his attacker. It's also interesting to note how he reaches to his lower back, either because of how he holds his rocket launcher on his shoulder, or because of his lack of physical flexibility,

PYRO

Pyro's poses are all rather similar, so I don't find that I have much to say about them. Given what little we do know of Pyro, it's reasonable to assume that they probably don't notice Spy's through their pyro-vision very well, so it would make sense that they wouldn't be prepared for a backstab. They also don't need a particularly fast reaction time for their weapon/attack style so they don't show the same reflexes as Scout or Demo. Pyro just be silly with their pose.

DEMOMAN

Demo is very dramatic to say the least. I find it very interesting how he seems to be very close to actually grabbing the knife/Spy relative to some of the other mercs like Solly, Medic, or Pyro. This supports my personal theory that Demo plays up his drunkenness on the battle field/in general. He clearly has a good degree of flexibility as well looking at the curve of his spine, and a reasonable amount of balance shown by his repeated "one toe on the ground" style stance.

HEAVY

Unfortunately I wasn't able to get many screencaps of Heavy, but all his poses are essentially this with little variance. He is probably one of the least flexible out of all the mercs, which makes sense given his body type and how built up his shoulder/back muscles must be from carrying a 300 lbs gun around all the time every day. You can see that he probably doesn't expect a backstab and has a slower reaction time than others, which is in line with his in game movement speed.

ENGINEER

This man really just always be on his knees. I would assume that this is due to the fact that most of the time you would see an Engie crouching behind a sentry or dispenser, in game and in the character sense. It also reinforces Valve's mocking of his VERY NORMAL AND AVERAGE height. I also like to think Spy kicks his knees out from behind as he stabs. The models also tend to have effed up hands for Engie for some reason which I find very funny. Arguably his right hand tends to be the more messed up one, which is also his mechanical hand/Gunslinger. Food for thought, perhaps a mechanical malfunction/short when he dies?

MEDIC

Medic's poses are all very similar as well unfortunately. What stands out to me the most is how INCREDIBLY TALL Medic is compared to all the other mercs. You can see that he also doesn't work to turn around or even reach behind him to any large degree, which I think shows how unexpected a backstab is for Medic. He's usually busy chasing some screaming Scout or hiding behind a corner to pocket a Heavy so it would make sense he wouldn't expect a backstab as he usually has some power class with him to protect him. We stand with our Medic's though, no hate only love. Stay strong Medic army.

SNIPER

Sniper is the most interesting to examine for me, as he and Spy tend to have a rivalry in every sense, from the Spy v. Sniper update/event released by Valve way back when, to in game play, to in the comics/canon media we have of the mercs. It's clear he is the most prepared for a back stab most of the time, and arguably the closest to actually stopping Spy. I think he generally has an average reaction time if the in game movement speed is anything to go off of, but the fact he is so close to stopping the attack just shows how used to the backstab he is. He also has a higher degree of flexibility on par with Scout and Demo.

SPY

And finally, we come to the man of the hour. The tl;dr is he's a drama queen who's holier than thou attitude and cockiness causes him to not expect or prepare for another Spy's backstab, which ends up being his ultimate downfall. The long version of it is that he is a drama queen who's holier than thou attitude and cockiness causes him to not expect or prepare for another Spy's backstab, which makes him a little bitch boy who's pride gets hurt more than the actual pain of the stab. All of his poses are pretty similar, showing he has a good amount of flexibility but a piss poor reaction speed if he's able to get beat at his own game.

ANYWAY, if you've made it this far in the post thank you very much for reading it all and indulging my TF2 brain rot. I have no idea if any of this deeper reading was intended by the devs or Valve, but I think it's interesting to explore what little we get in regards to any hints about the mercs as characters and what they might be like on and off the battle field in a story sense. Would love to have more discussion in the comments and if anyone has any other niche requests for me to overanalyze TF2 game play/lore please let me know and I'm sure I will find more than expected to talk about.

Stay strong TF2 fans.

[gearbroth]

post-deathshroud doodle thingy (+feat my crossover sole ig hsdkjhfgf)

[grottomo]

Three's a party!!!

(Engie deserves to join in the fun, after all. Companion piece to this)

[jarate-enjoyer]

What I think the TF2 mercs would do if they played the Sims

Scout: Spends the entire time making pretty women and himself (but jacked and handsome because that's obviously him), probably goes around the town woohooing all the women and nearly crashing his game when he gets notifications about the babies being born all at once, uses cheats all the time before getting bored an hour in and makes another save

Soldier: Recreates American presidents and the founding fathers (accurate or not is up to you), probably would download a mod to make Noah's boat, get the neighbours there and make them fight to the death

Pyro: Traps all of the neighbours in a room and sets a fire to watch them burn over and over again

Demo: Asks Scout for help downloading an alcohol mod, gets his characters absolutely pissed drunk, probably drunk himself and his sims either die or have gibberish for names, would play it normally and might recreate notable figures if sober

Heavy: Doesn't do much other than making his family in the game, then makes the sim version of himself work hard to support the sim family, makes his beloved doctor in the game too and marries him in the game

Engie: Downloads a crap ton of mods or makes them himself, likely wouldn't even play the game just so he could go through the coding and see what makes the game works. If he plays the Sims 4, he'll make a mod that removes the massive amount of bugs, or if he plays the Sims 3, uses a mod to make the game run smoothly

Medic: Spends all the time torturing any and all sims and killing them, makes an extremely long maze and makes ageing super fast so he can see the sims trying to run out for work/school and watch them die of old age or starvation over and over, makes Heavy in the game and himself, marrying him while there's a few sims drowning nearby in a pool with a gate around it

Sniper: Plays the game the way it's intended for the most part, probably got a guns mod for when a sim is pissing him off and makes one of his sims shoot the offender

Spy: Makes luxurious houses, probably gives random sims who had the audacity to show up with clown make-up, neon green singlets, hot pink skirts, blue leggings and red high heels a makeover, breaks up families by woohooing the mothers, steals stuff from other sims, his sim shares the house with a woman who looks very much like Scout's ma

[dynahops]

A blue spy is in the base.

[gophergal]

cough cough I heard you like Practical Espionage and Spyma. I'm holding out my hands in request of either of them. Maybe doing some domestic stuff. Spy being down bad for Ma or Engie's foolishness perhaps...

I owe you proper drawings of both, but I really hope these two doodles suffice for now

[r-h-e-t]

Team Fortress 2: Superior Engineering [SFM]

by Anomidae

[VIDEO LINK]

[iaminsideyourwalls]

I've written a lot of fics, and although I don't plan on ever publishing any of them, they are fun to illustrate. These sketches are from one of my favorites I've written--in order to solve a whodunnit within the team the mercs have to spill their guts about their worst secrets.

[hermenaut]

aw yeah precision engineering

[valvesmashorpass]

What’s with all this Yaoi on my smash or pass poll????

[rowrowronnie]

hiking time!!