Hyllest til Rick May

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Rick May, den uforlignelige stemmen av Soldier i tretten år, mange filmsnutter og utallige oppdateringer, døde denne April i alder av 79. Vi var heldige nok til å jobbe med Rick mange ganger i studioet det siste tiåret. En snartenkt og godhjertet samarbeidspartner, Rick velsignet karakteren med et varemerket blåsebelg og bøtter fulle av idiotisk sjarm. Soldier ville ikke vært Soldier uten ham. — TF2 Official Website, 4. mai 2020

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På 1 mai 2020 Patch, begynte Valve en måneds-lang hyllest til Rick May. Rick May (English), som døde 8. april, 2020 ved komplikasjoner relatert til COVID-19, var stemmeskuespilleren for Soldier. I mai var hovedmenyen bildet av Soldieren, og sangen på hovedmenyen var Saluting the Fallen, som er en gjengiende av Taps (English), en tradisjonell honnør som blir utført i begravelser og minnesmarkeringer til medlemmer og veteraner av de amerikanske væpnede styrker. Rick May var i den amerikanske hæren i Japan, hvor han koordinerte United Service Organizations (USO) (English) viser.

Valve plasserte også 29 Soldier-statuer i mesteparten av spillets kart. Disse er bronsestatuer av Soldier som utfører en militærhilsen/salutt satt opp på marmorsokkel med en plakett der det står "Rick May / 1940 - 2020 / That was a hell of a campaign son!". Tilfeldige replikker av Soldier spiller når spillere nærmer seg statuen.

På 4. mai, 2020, viste TF2-utviklerne hos Valve deres hyllest til Rick May (English) gjennom en artikkel på TF2s offisielle nettside.

En permanent hyllest ble lagt til i Granary på 21. august 2020, som viser frem de avkuttede hodene fra Meet the Soldier-kortfilmen og en statue av Soldier.

Beliggenhet av Soldier-statuer

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  En Soldier-statue sett på 2Fort.

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  En Soldier-statue sett på Badlands.

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  En Soldier-statue sett på Badwater.

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  En Soldier-statue sett på Barnblitz.

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  En Soldier-statue sett på DeGroot Keep

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  En Soldier-statue sett på Doomsday.

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  En Soldier-statue sett på Doublecross.

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  En Soldier-statue sett på Dustbowl.

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  En Soldier-statue sett på Foundry.

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  En Soldier-statue sett på Frontier.

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  En Soldier-statue sett på Goldrush.

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  En Soldier-statue sett på Gorge.

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  En Soldier-statue sett på Granary.

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  En Soldier-statue sett på Gravel Pit.

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  En Soldier-statue sett på Gullywash.

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  En Soldier-statue sett på Harvest.

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  En Soldier-statue sett på Hightower.

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  En Soldier-statue sett på Kong King.

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  En Soldier-statue sett på Mercenary Park.

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  En Soldier-statue sett på Mountain Lab.

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  En Soldier-statue sett på Pipeline.

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  En Soldier-statue sett på Process.

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  En Soldier-statue sett på Sunshine.

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  En Soldier-statue sett på Swiftwater.

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  En Soldier-statue sett på Thunder Mountain.

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  En Soldier-statue sett på Turbine.

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  En Soldier-statue sett på Upward.

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  En Soldier-statue sett på Viaduct.

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  En Soldier-statue sett på Well.

Replikker

Replikker gjengitt av Soldier-statuer

"That was a hell of a campaign, son!" "Tonight, your ass will be visited by three ghosts: my foot, my other foot, and a ghost!" "I love the smell of a kicked ass in the morning!" "All men gave some. Some men gave more than some." "TEN HUT!" "AT-TEEENNN-TION!" "Medals for everyone!" "Stay frosty!" "Friendship is magic, creampuff." "Time to inform your next of kin!" "Charge!" "Forward!" "Give 'em hell, boys!" "Last one alive, lock the door!" "Attack!" "Hehehyaaa!" "Maggots!" "If you know what's good for ya, you will run!" "You are scum! You are nothin' but a buncha' cowards!" "I am going to enjoy killing each and every one of you sorry sacks of scum!" "You sissified maggot scum have just signed your death warrants!" "If God had wanted you to live, He would not have created me!" "I am going to claw my way down your throat and tear out your very soul!" "Take your lumps like a man, Private Twinkletoes." "You are all weak. You are all bleeders." "Each and every one of you will be sent home to your momma' in a box!" "We have you surrounded, at least from this side!" "I joined this team just to kill maggots like you." "Do not look at me, I did not ask you a question!" "Surrender now maggots and you will not be harmed!" "The last word out of your sorry mouth will be Sir, and it will be loud!" "This is my world. You are not welcome in my world." "You are a spineless worm! You are a mistake of nature! You are walking vomit!" "You are a maggot hatched from a mutant maggot egg!" "I am going to strangle you with your own frilly training bra!" "You are all maggots, you scum sucking fruit baskets!" "Today is a good day!" "You've done me proud, boys!" "Everyone of you deserves a medal!" "The worm has turned, gentlemen!" "Booyah!" "Hooah!" "That hat is not mercenary-issue, son! There is no room for fashionistas in the art of war!" "Son, your hat is writing checks your head cannot cash!" "That is not a hat, that is an excuse to kick your ass!" "That is not a hat, that is proof that you hate America!" "Do you call that a hat? That is a pile of nonsense!" "Son, your fashion sense has gone AWOL!" "All gave some! They gave a lot! We didn't give an inch!" "Sun Tzu's got nothing on us!" "Sun Tzu might have invented the War, but we invented winning them!" "I am a courage-filled machine of war!" "Hah, we did it!" "Oorah!" "I've got three words for you: U! S! A!" "Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting for in a tank!" "This tank runs on blood, guts, and glory! The guts and glory I will provide! The blood is where you come in!" "If you do not like losing to an enlisted man, do not pick a fight with one!" "Dear other team: please reach into your ass and give me my foot back! You can have it back next game!" "They said we couldn't do it! They said we shouldn't do it! They begged us not to do it! And we did it anyway!" "All gave some! Some gave more! But only one gave nothing, the winner!" "Pick up their asses, gently men. Put them in a tub with scented candles. Tuck them into bed and kiss their asses on the forehead. Because we have kicked them all over this map and they are devastated!" "Sun Tzu said, 'Winning a hundred wars is not the best thing. The best thing is to win without fighting at all.' Men, Sun Tzu is an idiot! And if I ever see him, I will punch him in his mouth!" "This is my rifle, this is my gun! You maggots stink and that's why we won!" (Reference to the Rifleman's Creed) "Boots on the ground, boys!" "Let's show these muffin-tops what the wrong end of a Rocket Launcher looks like!" "Men, you are about to become someone's new worst nightmare!" "Any man comes at me airborne, I am turning into a meat cloud!" "Let's make some pain, boys!" "Drop your bibs and make some gibs, maggots!" "Everyone, please stand! [singing] God bless America, land of...America...and so forth and so on...Move out!" (Sung to the tune of "God Bless America") "War is like a game of chess: with guts on top of it! And instead of chess pieces, there's just brave blood-hungry sons-of-bitches who love war!" "Everyone, take a knee! Dear God, we are sorry we angered you, please stop helping the other team! Over and out!" "A winner knows when to fight and when not to fight! Answer: Never! Stop! Fighting!" "Men, George Washington never lost! Jesus never lost! Patton never lost! If winning's good enough for those war heroes, it's damn well good enough for us!" "[singing] I love to win, by the dawn's early light!" (Sung to the tune of "The Star-Spangled Banner") "[singing] I love to win, so I guess we should win!" (Sung to the tune of "The Star-Spangled Banner") "Now that is what I wanna see!" "And that is how you do it, men!" "I just tore you a new chimney, Smokey Joe!" "Less talk, more fight." "Pain is weakness leaving the body." "Down and give me twenty!" "If I have to crack some skulls, I will."

Oppdateringshistorikk

1 mai 2020 Patch

• La til en hyllest til Rick May, stemmen av Soldier.

21 august 2020 Patch

• Oppdaterte cp_granary til å inkludere en permanent Soldier-statue.

Galleri

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  A news message in-game, announcing the tribute.

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  Soldier statue on TF2 Team Official blog post.

Eksterne lenker

• A Hell of a Campaign, TF2 Official Website, 4. Mai, 2020