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Meet the Pyro

Valve finally gets around to letting us know what's up with the Pyro, and it's pretty messed up!

Jun. 27 2012

Posted by: Patrick

In This Episode:

Team Fortress 2

Pyro

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Funny

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mhhf mhffmf

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Edited By MayorFeedback

Amazing.

And the Source Filmmaker looks completely insane.

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cool

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Nice to finally see this though I'm really confused as hell why it took this long since they started these 'meet the' videos to get to them all.

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Someone make this a mod now!

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Edited By metalsnakezero

What was Valve on and where can I get some?

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Just misunderstood.

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Missed it, damn it. Anyways so freak'in excited for the update later today, need me some new items.

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lmfao this is so good.

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Awww it's the end of an era. The last 'Meet the...' video.

I will aways have a soft spot for the sniper's one personally.

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Made me literally laugh out loud pretty hard

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Loved how deranged and demented this was. Now I'm only gonna picture myself blowing bubbles when I shoot the flare gun.

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Too bad he isn't a girl. But that was sick!

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Edited By Crocio

What's so messed up about it?

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Now where does Adult Swim fit into all of this?

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Nothing will be better than Meet The Medic, but this was pretty amazing.

So with this update, does that mean that TF2 will be complete?

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"In a young GIRLS heart"!!!

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So is he a she or not?

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Signed up for the Source filmmaker beta, really can't wait to mess around with it (assuming I'm invited).

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Expectations = Surpassed.

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I was not prepared for that.

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Edited By retrovirus

That was a good concept. All of the "Meet the..." videos turned out really well. All that's left is to hope for a TF2 animated series; maybe that's what the Adult Swim partnership is about.

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Edited By dollfaces

That was different. I was not thinking they were going in that direction. I should have figured they were not going to answer the gender question that we have been trying to find out for a while now.

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:). Nice stuff.

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Eh, it was alright. Medic, Sniper, and Spy are still better.

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There's a lot of hints in this video that the Pyro is a woman. Heavy refers to Pyro as a "thing."

Also the song is kind of a big hint as well.

Although one could argue that the Pyro is a man and is just completely twisted.

EDIT: I realize that I just equated a Woman to a THING, which was not my intention, haha.

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Edited By scottygrayskull

I was not expecting that, but I'm pretty happy with what I got. :)

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@dollfaces said:

That was different. I was not thinking they were going in that direction. I should have figured they were not going to answer the gender question that we have been trying to find out for a while now.

I think they answered it pretty clearly, that song was not chosen randomly.

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So good... wasn't expecting that. 

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This video is sexist. It implies pyro loves rainbows and happy things and pyro might be a girl.

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@burnquest said:

@dollfaces said:

That was different. I was not thinking they were going in that direction. I should have figured they were not going to answer the gender question that we have been trying to find out for a while now.

I think they answered it pretty clearly, that song was not chosen randomly.

Granted while I think that there are few things in the valve "Meet the" videos that are just random happenstance, not give a definitive answer on this is kind of a kick in the pants.

The Heavy calls the Pyro it, the Scout says "He is not here, is he?" the closed captioning places it has "He is not here, is she?"

Overall I will always think the Pyro is a woman but there is just no way to prove one way or another.

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Oh god this is both terrifying and amazing. Awesome!

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Lol that was awesome.

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I believe in magic!

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Nice trailer. When is this game coming out? It looks promising. Have they released any actual gameplay footage?

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@AngelN7 said:

So is he a she or not?

The dialogue played on the concept and it shows that it doesn't really matter and it's up to a players imagination. Regardless of gender, the pyro is a deranged monster and in some cases can refer to common player tactics.

Very smart composition Valve. You did it!

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Well that was different.

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Can someone explain why the song is a hint that the pyro's a woman? I don't get it.

nevertheless, amazing

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Before this, I looked forward to the big gender reveal for Pyro. Now, I honestly do not care. Pyro is a nut and that is all that is important.

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lol@People who care whether it's a female or not.

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@phrosnite: suure. I think the W + M2 pyros have a thing or two to tell you.

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Best one yet.

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That was AMAZING!!! LMFAO

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Edited By halberdierv2

when I saw the "pyro-vision" start up, I stopped and laughed so much my grandma thought I was losing it. well done valve, I did not see that one coming at all.

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Better than expected.

And people seriously believed that the gender question would be answered?

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@Bacchus said:

Best one yet.

This was a joke, right? It wasn't funny.

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Wow, I forgot they made these.

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So his mask let's him breathe in from his canister of bath salts.

Gotcha.

Also: I'd so play that version of TF2.

ps: men like rainbows too. 'specially double ones.