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'''Eric Smith''' is a Valve software developer, contributing to ''Team Fortress Classic'' and ''Team Fortress 2''. Previously noted for involvement in [[Scream Fortress]] updates, Eric Smith is now noted for supporting the Community with email responses to questions<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/app/440/discussions/0/3821910884004423987/ Last TF2 Team developer is Eric Smith???], Steam Discussions, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/11t115d/eric_smith_current_only_developer_on_tf2_has_been/ Eric Smith (current only developer on TF2) has been made aware of the Big Slappy Drama], reddit, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.facebook.com/GameByte/posts/its-hard-to-improve-on-perfection-overwatch-tf2/3385838918339865/ "We could only hope for the last developer at valve to just update the game and give us the heavy update"], GameByte, 2022,</ref> and known as the sole contact for Community developers, serving notices of additions of their creations to the game.<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/id/brokkhouse/ Brokkhouse (clipping from Stuffy360), Steam Message,] "... he's the sole contact and the deliverer of 'you're in the update'" </ref>
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'''Eric Smith''' is a Valve software developer,<ref>[https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/User:EricS Eric Smith, Software Developer], Valve Developer Community Wiki, access date 2024-01-14.</ref> contributing to ''Team Fortress Classic'' and ''Team Fortress 2''. Previously noted for involvement in [[Scream Fortress]] updates, Eric Smith is now noted for supporting the community with email responses to questions<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/app/440/discussions/0/3821910884004423987/ Last TF2 Team developer is Eric Smith???], Steam Discussions, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/11t115d/eric_smith_current_only_developer_on_tf2_has_been/ Eric Smith (current only developer on TF2) has been made aware of the Big Slappy Drama], reddit, 2023.</ref> and known as the sole contact for community mappers, serving notices of additions of their maps to the game.<ref>{{steamid|76561198057841047|Brokkhouse}}, [https://web.archive.org/web/20231222212242/https://i.imgur.com/mIr1xKG.png Steam Message], confirmation from {{steamid|76561197992740823|Stuffy360}}, 2023-12-13. "Eric Smith is ... the sole contact and the deliverer of "you're in the update" so kind of a sort of Exalted figure .... " </ref>
  
 
== ''Team Fortress'' works ==
 
== ''Team Fortress'' works ==
 
* ''Team Fortress Classic'', <small>Developer</small><ref>[https://www.digipen.edu/showcase/news/valve-veteran-digipen-alumni-eric-smith-on-his-game-changing-career Looking Back With Legacy Alumni: Valve Veteran Eric Smith on his Game-Changing Career], March 19, 2019, DigiPen.</ref>
 
* ''Team Fortress Classic'', <small>Developer</small><ref>[https://www.digipen.edu/showcase/news/valve-veteran-digipen-alumni-eric-smith-on-his-game-changing-career Looking Back With Legacy Alumni: Valve Veteran Eric Smith on his Game-Changing Career], March 19, 2019, DigiPen.</ref>
 
* ''Team Fortress 2'', <small>Developer, [[Orange Box]], [[Scream Fortress]] updates</small>
 
* ''Team Fortress 2'', <small>Developer, [[Orange Box]], [[Scream Fortress]] updates</small>
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* [[Developer commentary]], <small>("[[Hydro developer commentary|''TF2'' Response Rules]]")</small>
* ''TF2'' Official Blog posts <sup>[https://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=2504 a], [https://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=2479 b], [https://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=1704 c]  </sup>
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* ''TF2'' Official [[Blog]] posts <sup>[https://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=2504 a], [https://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=2479 b], [https://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=1704 c]  </sup>
* [[Developer commentary]], <small>("[[Hydro_developer_commentary/Transcript|''TF2'' Response Rules]]")</small>
 
  
== Content tributes ==
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== In-game content tributes ==
* "Eric Smith" name plaques on doors in Community maps, including spawnrooms of [[Turbine Center]] and [[Galleria]].
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== References ==
 
== References ==

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Eric Smith
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Valve software developer

Eric Smith is a Valve software developer,[1] contributing to Team Fortress Classic and Team Fortress 2. Previously noted for involvement in Scream Fortress updates, Eric Smith is now noted for supporting the community with email responses to questions[2][3] and known as the sole contact for community mappers, serving notices of additions of their maps to the game.[4]

Team Fortress works

In-game content tributes

References

  1. Eric Smith, Software Developer, Valve Developer Community Wiki, access date 2024-01-14.
  2. Last TF2 Team developer is Eric Smith???, Steam Discussions, 2023.
  3. Eric Smith (current only developer on TF2) has been made aware of the Big Slappy Drama, reddit, 2023.
  4. Brokkhouse, Steam Message, confirmation from Stuffy360, 2023-12-13. "Eric Smith is ... the sole contact and the deliverer of "you're in the update" so kind of a sort of Exalted figure .... "
  5. Looking Back With Legacy Alumni: Valve Veteran Eric Smith on his Game-Changing Career, March 19, 2019, DigiPen.