![]() The support he provided was Uber denial and healing denial, balancing out Medic's overpowered influence," reads the disturbingly detailed fantasy of a player named rictopher. His "bleed damage blocked Medic's healing and it didn't count as Uber building. He was removed from the game for being OP, after which Valve scrubbed all mention of him in the game's promotional materials, says scout_jpeg. He's the Scout's older brother, who was murdered by the Spy after uncovering his secret, says a player named A-literal-sandwich. Nevertheless, he's a figure of myth, of legend, and he has now been adopted by the collaborative self-delusion of TF2's community, who reckon they might be about to " meme a character into existence through the power of mass gaslighting". His workshop page carries a big bright notice that he's "incompatible with Team Fortress 2". You can't actually download and play him, either. The community has, apparently spontaneously, decided to try to collectively delude itself into believing this class actually existed and everyone has just forgotten it. TF2 has never had more than nine official classes-three offence, three defence, and three support-and yet for the past week or so the game's subreddit has been a sea of memes, retrospectives, and fond recollections of the time players spent with the character before Valve supposedly removed him early on in TF2's lifespan. Thing is, though, the Madcap never existed. Specifically, they're all singing tributes to the game's missing tenth class: The Madcap. ![]() In a fit of nostalgia, players across the TF2 community are reminiscing about better times, the golden old days when the game was a brand new and potential-filled part of The Orange Box. I think that loneliness might have driven the poor souls to breaking point. Players of the venerable shooter were left to gaze forlornly over at Counter-Strike 2 when that game was announced back in March, wondering if TF2 might get similar treatment "in another decade". ![]() Sure, the game might have gotten a big summer update and smashed its all-time concurrent player record in the last year, but it's hardly the apple of Valve's eye in 2023. We need to do some kind of wellness check on the Team Fortress 2 community. On May 16th, Twitter user posted fan art of Mimi-Sentry, garnering over 30,000 likes in a day (shown below).An ugly remodel of the Scout from TF2, resembling a biker. The character also became a prominent subject of fan art around the same time on sites including the /r/tf2 subreddit, DeviantArt and Twitter (examples shown below). On May 12th, YouTuber Colonel Fanzipantzen posted an animation that gained over 142,000 views. ![]() On May 11th, YouTuber atsuover posted an SFM animation using the character model, garnering over 273,000 views in a week (shown below). On the same day, YouTuber annaberu posted an animation of Mimi-Sentry dancing to " Out Of Touch," also posting it to /r/tf2, garnering over 100,000 views and 2,900 upvotes, respectively, in 10 days (shown below). On May 7th, a Redditor on /r/tf2 made a post asking for members' opinions on the mod and sharing artwork made using it, garnering over 2,500 upvotes in 10 days. The model became increasingly prevalent online in May 2023 as people began creating further fan animation and art featuring the character.įor example, on April 18th, 2023, YouTuber NikoTak04 posted an SFM animation using the model that gained over 200,000 views in a month (shown below, left). ![]()
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