https://www.teamfortress.com/tf07_thedayshavewornaway/THE HIATUS IS OVER! TF2 COMIC #7 IS FINALLY OUT!
>>146834458Damn I was just going to post this, I can't believe valve actually finished something
>>146834458WTF IT'S REAL
>>146834458>IT'S REALHOLY SHIT
>>146834458>Man there's ways to embed Rick rolls without it showing?>Wait what the fuck it's realWAIT WHAT THE FUCK IT'S REALIt's been EIGHT YEARS
>>146834458Either the rumored ending about them all dying was fake, or they decided it wasn't good enough and changed it. Either way, i'm glad it ended with all of them growing up old.
>Soldier had kids with ZhannaYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!
>>146834458HOLY SHIT
>>146834458>it's realTHANK YOU GABEN
>It's realI never thought I would see the day bros, I can't fucking believe it
>>146834458YES!!!!!
I thought I wouldn't live to see the day
>Scout breaks up with Miss PaulingAwesome
>>146834458WHAT THE HELL IT'S REAL
Administrator was torturing Zebadiah with how pointless the tf2 matchs were Kek this was worth it, i'm glad it wasn't just abe Lincoln or something
NiceWeird, is Pyro not in the final group picture? He was in the polaroids just before
>>146834766Look at the table
OVER 7 YEARS LATER FINALLY
>>146834458KINO
>>146834796Oh yeah. Li'l guy was hidden.
Man I can't believe the silly comic about the silly game I used to play for hours on end has ended.I should probably reread them, last time was back when I was still in high school
>>146834898I don't see Pauling
That was a pretty good finale but why the fuck did it take 7 years to make? It wasn't any longer or more complex than any of the other issues and it doesn't seem like it set up TF3 like everyone was assuming. It feels like they made everyone wait for no particular reason.
>>146834904One of the Polaroids shows that she sent the turkey
almost teared up at this part>>146834904she brought the turkey and then left I guess
>>146834905valve legitimately does not care about tf2. i'm sure if they had their way they would shut it down.
This is like the best christmas gift Valve could give
>>146834905I think there were a bunch of legal/corporate issues going on behind the scenes
>>146834904Isn't she the POV character in that last bit?
>>146834733So lesbian Pauling confirmed?
>>146834959Fuckin how? They own Teamfortress wholesale, it's their IP
>>146834941>spy without maskNot canon. Dropped.
>>146834991the people who do the comics aren't Valve employees
>>146834905It's Valve. It's actually a christmas miracle (heh) that they actually went and gave the green light to the comic getting its final issue when it's been 20 years and they still haven't made half life 3.
>>146834941Where is Pyro
>>146835042Oh shid I found em
>>146835042he's resting his head on the table like a little puppy dog below soldier and zhanna
>>146835011Uh... Heather Campbell (the artist) and Jay Pinkerton (the writer) are both Valve employees.
>>146834943I mean, they don't make money off it anymore, so makes sense.
>>146835071I stand corrected, apologies for being retarded
>>146834458An excellent finaleThanks, Valve
>>146835073It's just nothing compared to the money dota, csgo, and steam brings in but it's enough to keep it on life support seemingly forever. It's also surprisingly still popular with the kids despite being 17 years old
Flo?
>>146835223Miss Pauling's name is Florence Pauling I guess
>>146835265It fits her surpringly well.
>it's over
>>146834941Best part of the whole ending, period. I'm a sucker for those "and thanks to YOU the viewer!" moments. The comedy and earnestness is also very sorely needed with today's middling writing. I haven't felt his way since the Venture Bros movie.
>>146834904I was honestly half-expecting her to show up with a wife or girlfriend, you know how things are these days.
>And what happened then?>In Wutville they say, that the Anon’s small heart grew three sizes that day.
Women...
>>146834941Holy shit is that Uncle Dane tf2?
>>146835364I don't understand what her deal was. Did they just decide to not answer it?
>>146835364And i love her for it
>>146835393It was unspecified revenge. Just to hammer home how completely pointless it always was.
This week was a bitch. I needed that.
>>146835408Revenge for what?
>>146835363Yeah, I teared up.
>>146835420Never stated. She was just mad at him for something. It was so banal even she forgot.
>>146834973no, scout mentions her to the pov character. the pov character is obviously you, the reader. they're thanking you for having waited so long
>>146835393Who knows. I'm sure the first page of the comic is just a random picture. Just ignore that a similar picture appears two more times over the next 5 pages
>no new update teaserIt's shit
>>146835420>>146835428Look at the (variant) coversZeb killed her family but it's been so long she can't remember the specifics of how or even why
>>146835420she forgor
God, I wish Kitty0706 was here to see this.He would've loved it...
>>146835437
>>146835393>>146835420If you look at the opening title pages you get different variations of her conceptual parents dying in in different ways. The assumption is that Mann had some hand in her parents dying but by the end she couldn't even remember what started it. It wasn't even revenge at that point it was just spinning a wheel on baseless spite. If you want to be as literal as possible "Zepheniah Mann killed her parents and she wanted revenge" but the specifics are meaningless and lost to time.
>>146835437>>146835455
>>146835364Eh, I'd still hit.
>Saxton was such a bad guardian he allowed Olivia to become a daydrinker.
This has brought back so many memories I almost forgot I hadI feel like reinstalling it
10/10 finale but I’ll admit the gag of>character does something wacky>normal character asks why>character continues to be wackyIt was getting old even years ago, and now that every webcomic and indie toon does it I don’t find it that funny anymore. Glad it’s over and in such a satisfying note.
>>146834458IT'S FUCKING PEAK
How the fuck did they land the ending after 7 years of waiting?
>We couldn't have done any of this without you
>>146835437>>146835455>>146835469>>146835457In a world of overused sappy tragic backstories this is absolute kino. And more proof we don’t need them
>No StickyC'mon this shits phenomenal.
>>146835627It's on /v/
>>146835614Because they already had it written and took forever to finish it just cuz Valve didn’t give them the money yet. I don’t know why.
>>146835576 too old
>>146834458I could not have asked for more. Not sure what I was expecting but this was quite literally the perfect way to end the comics, and a very Team Fortress way to do it as well. I am forever grateful to these writers and the artists for wrapping this up like a Christmas present for us all. I know that this game will die in the coming years but seeing this comic finally being finished is the closure I needed. Beautiful. It was indeed, worth the wait.>>146834941Same, this really got to me... we made it anons. God dammit we made it>>146835451I now think about everyone who were not able to see this... maybe somehow they can see it from the afterlife... I hope so very much.
>>146835437>>146835455>>146835469>There's a towering pillar of hats in each one kek
I'm a moron, did Charles Darling die? We saw the ape thing eat him but then they killed it. He didn't appear in the epilogue so I assume so but it's confusing.
Since the tf2 comic is done is there any chance we could also get a half life 2 comic or a half life 1 comic made by valve ?
>>146835441Forced meme.
>>146834458I missed these fucking idiots like you wouldn't believe.
>In the end the Administrator both hated and loved Zepheniah MannKino
>Full build of Battlefront 3 leaked>TF2 comic is finally doneThis feeling is surreal, like a sense of finality had washed over me.>>146835715I thought that was an older adventure thry went on before Saxton got MannCo back. I guess it took place in the seven year timeskip.
>>146834458It’s… it’s even more beautiful than I imagined…
There’s still some questions, like what’s the deal with Soldier’s picture?
>>146834458Fuuk lmao
If it wasn't for the feel good ending I;d have said it was a disappointing ending. The administrator keeping Zephaniah alive just to suffer feels like Valve telling the players to let the game go now.,
>>146834458>>146834741>>146835364Administrator is going to win a posthumous Player Hater of The Year award for this
>>146835484And at fourteen too! She's already a natural Australian!
based
>>146834458The last time once of these came out my parents got divorced
>The Administrator was Zepheniah Mann's niece getting revenge for her dad, Silas Mann, who was murdered by his brotherShakespearean
>>146835973Do we have proof it was Silas? I buy it completely but still
>>146835979No, but him calling himself an only child is really fucking suspicious
>the swimmers joke
Ok so they made him look like Jerma on purpose right?
>>146836004>>146835973Not true, just headcanon.All we know is her parents are dead.
It's fucking real
>>146835827the joke here is he was going to recap the entire story we already read up to that point from the beginning
>>146835979>>146836004>>146835973Her father couldn't have been Silas, he was still alive when Zepheniah was on his deathbed.
>>146835457>Fucks up a "Family Tradition" of killing each other to be at the top because one of the Mann's had her parents killed>All Three brothers are dead in Hell>Completely forgot the reason she did any of this but it was worth it anyway and dies>Only Mann left is a 14 year old girl with a drinking problem and Trust Fund set up by her terrible legal guardianCan't believe Olivia won by doing nothing>>146834458Such a joyous Christmas present
>>146834458That was beautiful, a lot better then that nuke ending that was rumored here.
>>146835962There better be a ton of porn of the Admin, so help me....
>>146836166I recommend hattersarts
Honestly not what I was expecting, it's nice there is a happy ending of some sort.
>>146836221So is Scout a polygamist or did he just knock up a ton if random women?
>>146836247It's implied he knocked up a bunch of women and they all left him, beforehand he's considered a sex god by god
>>146836257>>146836247He is literally Gods gift to humanity
>>146835265>Jeremy Willis>Jane Doe>????>Tavish Finnegan Degroot>Mikhail "misha">Dell Conagher>Dr. Ludwig>Mick Mundy>????>Florence Pauling
>>146835420For the death of her father, Silas Mann.
>>146834458AhahahaAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAYESThanks for telling me before I could get spoiled, OP. Now to go see if it’s any good.
Smash.
>>146836314Alcoholic numbuh four... Yes, I know she's not asian, don't care
>>146836221>it's nice there is a happy ending It's kinda felt like a acceptance phase over TF being a abandoned franchise, Valve will never give people any closure over a sequel or real advancements, so everything that happened in this comic can be as canon as it can be.
>>146834458It’s amazing that, not only did this finally finish, it also did not miss at all with the ending. Very satisfying.
The ending takes place in 79, right? Isn’t Scout supposed to die in a few years according to God
>>146836314Probably the most Fathery Saxton ever was to her and it was letting a 14 year old alcoholic roam the World unsupervisedAt least he hooked her up with a Trust Fund
Why did they have to make the ending woke
>>146836247Serial monogamist, going by the crossed-out hyphenated names on his mailbox
>>146836369He's barely alive already, it's how he got all of the money from suing the city
>Scout will die in a few more years>Spies probably going to be the one who takes care of his kids
>>146836314She's super cute in that 2nd panel
>>146834941Haven’t got emotional over a ending in a while
I was about to ask what about saxton but then i clicked againThis was aightCute comic
>>146835437>>146835455>>146835469>Variant covers used as a narrative devicegiga based
Love this panel. Love the attention to detail for all of the characters.>Soldier and Sniper took their helmets off to show respect >Heavy holding back Medic, who felt compelled to help in some way>Pyro looks intrigued by the macabre scene
>>146835437>>146835455>>146835469>>146835457I didn’t even notice. Really subtle way of actually explaining what her deal was without ruining the theme of how meaningless her original motives had become by the present.
So what happened to pyro
>>146836369I'm pretty sure it was just a hallucinations, this is why Tom Jones is not in Heaven, unless killing him in heaven made his soul go back to earth somehow
>>146836468Probably saved another business from dying
>>146836468
Don't give little girls booze, Hale.
>>146835437HUNT DOWN THE FREEMAN!
>>146836314Ruined
>>146835457I like that interpretation. Makes sense, and goes into her declining mental health afterwards. She GOT her revenge and it didn't change a god damn thing about her. But it wasn't the money of the Australium that mattered when Gray found her, it was that it EXTENDED LIFE AND BROUGHT BACK THE DEAD!Thus, she could dig Mann up, and force him to watch his idiot sons fight over the land for all eternity if it must be. She founded a secret empire all just to fund the torture of a single man she just really, really, really mother fucking LOATHES.and in the end, it all went to dust. Also Canon Spy is CUTE!
>>146836314Wholesome
>>146836491She's 14 anon
>>146836505He looks a lot less old in the final picture compared to here, thought it was funny
>>146835742you know the answer to this question already
>>146836468He's at the Smissmas dinner
>>146835364If she sent Pauling out to find more Australium why was she so willing to literally throw it away on rockets she knew was going to explode?
>>146836491I like the kid desk
>>146836468You can just see his head on the right side of the table
>>146836011I’m glad they leaned on a bunch of really good Scout jokes there at the end.
>>146836526>>146836535TRUEHe's hiddenBased
Administrator’s lore is pretty much another microcosm of the story’s main theme. Petty idiots prolonging a conflict until it doesn’t have any meaning anymore
>>146834941I remember waiting for this all those years ago>>146835870It's outlived most online games I'm fine with it not getting anymore updates aside from bot purging. >>146836264Was that actually real or did he just imagine that it's been forever since I actually read this
>>146836530Assuming you're talking about Doomsday, she stole the Australium that was going to be used for the launch and replaced it with a fake briefcase, which is what you see in the map.
>>146836569She had the power to do so much, and she used it to be spiteful
So at the endthe admin says she doesn't remember why she did all of this. Is that why the beginning is the way it is? Obviously her parents were killed by him or something, but is it supposed to be ambiguous or am I missing something?
>>146836526>SmissmasWhy was it called that again?
>>146836576>Was that actually real or did he just imagine that it's been forever since I actually read thisI think it is kinda implied to be real, given the joke with tom jones. and The deal the medic makes with the devil for his pen affects the real world
>>146836576>Was that actually real or did he just imagine that it's been forever since I actually read thisI choose to believe it is and presumably so do the writers since otherwise Scout just "comes back" for no reason
>>146836576Good old 'oh it's probably not real... wait a minute' trope
Gman (real)…….
>>146836595You know how you spent so long doing something you forget why you are doing it? Try 100 years, she already got her revenge but it did nothing, she got millions killed solely to give herself a reason to get up in the morning.Perfectly stupid reason, i'd argue more stupid than the gravel
>>146836595They might have been murdered, they might have died while working for him, it might have been a freak accident.We'll never know
>>146836611Satan also just does objectively exist, so saying God is here as well isn’t a stretch at all.
>>146836599It was a joke they made in a blogpost years back about not wanting to be sued by whoever owns the trademark to the Christmas, so they created their own, legally-distinct holiday. They ran with it.
>>146835428This is perfect for the series, reallyAll of the comic is humor and tragedy fulled by characters doing extremely over the top things and going through extreme lengths over petty and nonsensical reasons. It symbolically embodies the definition of shooting a rocket against the floor so the knockback can make you reach a higher place
>>146836595That's the clear implication I'd say yeahThe beginning of the comic isn't nonsense, the images don't spawn out of thin air, someone drew those
>>146836460>Heavy holding back Medic, who felt compelled to help in some wayDon't kid yourself, Heavy is just making sure Medic doesn't desecrate their bodies by picking up the dust.
>>146836569And it still goes on! Forever!
>>146836679Team NU RED or Team NU BLU?
>>146836595The Administrator's parents were killed and it had to do with the current Mann in chargeTheir relation is uknown and the fact there's 3 variants of their deaths being played out from poisoning, getting shot or drowning in an ice lake, the why and how aren't important and the Administrator can't even remember it because we've gone past the point of any of this being "Reasonable enough"Everything after the Reasonable is just petty for the sake of it, like Admin trying to ruin Demo and Soldiers friendship which leads them into a War that goes nowhere because ultimately they're still friends in the end or the fact Admin brought back that dead Mann specifically to keep torturing him even though she had already won
>>146836017Honestly given this is the conclusion of TF2, I'd say it's perfect time to do it. >Jerma is forced to watch shitty tf2 matches for 100 years.lol
>>146836615Mr Freeman
>>146836679Reddy could and would murder the shit out of Bidwell, he was fully ready to beat the shit out of a seven year old girl and he is built like a brick wall. That fight won't go on very long.
>>146836221Scout and Spy being on better terms and Spy being Grandfatherly is adorable.
>>146835773I wouldn’t say loved, but he did become her purpose for living and only source of happiness.
You know, you could tell me that TF2 and Venture Bros happen in the same universe and I'd believe you
>>146836578Sure was, thanks for explaining to an idiot. I need to reread this shit.
>>146835827I forgot, are we supposed to know who that guy standing by the fireplace is supposed to be?
>>146836247Okay, so, you know about the stereotype about the single mom with a bunch of kids from different fathers? And how Scout's mom was actually one of those?Well, scout is like that, but reverse.
I would have preferred they didnt to that cringe scene where scout tells pauling he's moving on while she clearly doesn't care. That could be omitted and it can be made clear he's moved on based on the ending
>>146836745They do, TF2 is a video game in venture bros
>>146836763I liked it because it's exactly the kind of thing he'd do
>>146834458>It's real>It's goodI fully expected this to be some kind of troll thread. This is an awesome day.
>>146836763That scene was funny anon
>>146836314IS THAT MARCY WU?!?!?!
>>146836763Scene was good, Scout being told by god to plow every woman was a good enough wake up call
>>146836094Was anything about who the guy standing at the center in the missing torn portion ever hinted at?
>>146836763Nah, if it wasn't for that scene you'd have a bunch of retards asking if one of the kids belonged to Pauling. Plus, Scout's hopeless crush on pauling *was* a pretty big thing, right? Literally the plot of Expiration Date. This is a good ending for him.
>>146836792Ive seen people say its gray mann, but that doesnt make sense so I dont know
God fucking damn Helen is such a babe.
>>146836817Especially when she starts getting Haggard. Do women get off to auto asphyxiation too?
>>146836257>>146836247God forgot to tell him about condoms.
>>146836817>had idyllic life after perfect revenge>still suicidally miserable
I think them finishing this after 7 years kind of adds to the theme they were going for with the announcer. I don't remember the conflict. I barely remember the characters. But it's over, and it's alright.
>>146836755That's Silas Mann. He was the brother of Zepheniah. In the game, Silas appears as the Horseless Headless Horseman.
Now that it's finally finished, what do I even have to look forward to now?
>>146836679>>146836721Maybe it would be balanced by Bidwell being relatively more sensible, so while Reddy is constantly trying to destroy Bidwell with maximal prejudice, Bidwell just constantly skirts around his attacks but is too much of a wuss to actually try and finish the fight.
>>146836863She was completely and utterly obsessed with Zepheniah.
>>146836792never. that's what the joke here >>146835827, where his thumb is covering up the guy, was about. we'll never know who he was.
>>146836928TF3HL3Portal 3Ricochet 3
>>146836094It's obiously G-Man.
>>146834941Gentlemen
>>146836951don't forget dota 3.
Man, I can't believe it's over
>>146836951But we haven't had Ricochet 2??????????
>>146836763Scout was portrayed to be pretty sincere in his own way, so I thought it followed his character well enough to have him formally tell Ms. Pauling that he was “moving on”. It’s fine, anyway, since it’s not like the scene was just making fun of him for the reader to laugh at, but just him being a funny dumbass like he’s been since the start.
So, wait, God was telling the truth when He said that Scout was His gift to women?
>>146836806>>146836946I’ll just pretend that he’s supposed to be the equivalent of the player for that time period, then.
>>146836782I thought that too kek
>>146834458Last comic released January 10, 2017To give you an Idea:>Nintendo Switch was still 2 months away>Dragon Ball Super's Tournament of Power had not stated>Steven Universe was still on hiatus>DMC5 was still a dream>Obama was still President>Bayonetta 3 would not be announced to be in development until December, then come out 5 years later>The Wii U & 3DS were Nintendo's current consoles>Sony's main Headquarters were still in Japan>Donald John Trump would not be sworn in as President of the United States until 10 days later>I was not 18 yetI feel old
>>146837054Ye
Goddamn I love the young Administrator
>>146836679>red suit and tie>blue suit and tieTF2 Episode 2 confirmed
>>146837105>>Nintendo Switch was still 2 months away>>Dragon Ball Super's Tournament of Power had not stated>>Steven Universe was still on hiatus>>DMC5 was still a dreamDamnWhen you put it like that
>>146837134They even have fitting names>REDdy>B(lu)IDwell
>>146837105huh.. i thought the switch came out in 2015. feels like it's been that long.
>>146836763It's pretty in-character for scout to be open and genuine when everyone else doesn't care because it's poor timingAnd if anything Pauling is prrobably glad to hear that, now she doesn't have to deal with what would probably be considered workplace harassment anymore Look, Scout once tried scoring girls by joining the High School Football team well after graduating and very openly asked a girl to fuck him because they both had buckets of chicken. Not saying he's a menace but he is an idiot who doesn't understand what he's really doing beyond trying to get laid
>>146836615https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxqaO8vf2RY
>>146837065what would make the most sense to me is some inclusion of The Civilian
>>146837105Fuck me, it was a whole other world, wasn't it
G-Guys Overwatch made a new comic too.Guys...
>>146837105>All the anons that died waiting for the last comic
>>146837195not really. nothing has changed much since 2013 besides trump.
>>146836652Helping and science are one and the same in this situation, he'd try to save them in a horrific fashion
>>146836817The fucking painting
>>146837105Don't forget>Rick May was still alive
name them
>>146837288:(RIP
>>146837015They were making Ricochet 2 but it was taking too long so they skipped it and went straight to 3
>>146836611There was a bit of sanvich that had just finished digesting at that moment
>>146835469>>146835455wtf I didn't even noticethey're geniuses
>>146836817Killing the dude wasn't enough for her, kek
>>146834458Can we talk about how much of a imbecile Grey is? He could have just invented a bullshit reason for wanting to buy all the australium without giving a explanation AND demonstration of itAt least his brothers had the excuse of being raised to be idiots
>>146834458>New issue after 7 yearsHow much has your life changed since then, /co/?
>>146836314>Hebe Olivia
>>146836639Wonder what the in universe explanation it. I may be autistic. >>146836817So pitty
>ends with Saxton Hale fighting a swarm of cheaterswhat did they mean by this?
>>146837105Damn how time flies
>>146837337I got married and had a son.
>>146837380Bots
>>146837304Team ArsenalTeam BattlefrontTeam ConflictTeam DeathmatchTeam Encounter
>>146837105and since then>We've gone through two turbulent presidents>Had the first major epidemic of the 21st century>Saw the birth of AI>Saw a Submarine blow up going to the Titanic>Saw the first major conflict in Europe since WWII and still ongoing>Saw the end of the war in Afghanistan>And fucking Rick May died.
>>146837304Gaint dwarf, the blasting frycook, sniper bitch, fem fatal, and the granade man.
>>146837415Team FortniteTeam GyattTeam Skibidi
>>146837386Fantastic, anon. Congratulations.
>>146837167God bless him though, at least he takes responsibility and loves the hell out of his kids.
>>146837459you make all this seem very grand and all but all of that shit probably didn't affect anyone itt.
>>146837459>>Saw the first major conflict in Europe since WWII and still ongoingOh right, third year of the 2 week skirmish right? Or is it still the 2nd. AI is definitely earlier though, you could already make horses say fun stuff back then.
>>146837304TF2 having Overwatch-tier powerwank mercs in-universe but the game deliberately focusing on a bunch of low-rent idiots fight over a barn in Nevada is based
>>146837459>Donald Trump won, lost, and won the Pesidency of the United States in the time TF2 #6 and #7 released>No TF2 comic has ever been released during the Trump administration
>>146837202>Mogged hard by the marvel slop made by chinks in a matter of weeks>Now TF2 comes back to finish the comic and takes the spotlight againThe world is healing...
>>146837054That makes me think that it was partially in his head but it being real also lines up with the comic's humor. You guys think Gabe has read this? Would be funny if he didn't even know the comic existed.
>>146837483Not directly but life on average is much worse and more grim thanks to those things
>>146837459I also forgot>We got the first Half Life game since Episode 2 in 2008.
>>146837483The 21st century is so fucking lame and gay. It's like the shitty soulless cashgrab sequel to the 20th century.
>>146837488The Team Fortress mercs were able to hold off a whole robot army by themselves for like, months. If they're considered trash tier, god knows what the actual good mercs are like.
>>146837517>but life on average is much worse and more grim thanks to those thingsthe US is doing fantastic compared to the vast majority of the planet. unless you're homeless your life is not "grim" and you're being over dramatic.
>>146837483I like being dramatic.>>146837487God if I know.I hope they don't just let Russia get off the hook if it's true it's concluding next year.
>>146837488But I thought the the mercs from the first game were supposed to be the elite?
>>146836247scout is a male version of his mom. single parent with a load of kids with different partners
>>146837537There's more to life than the economy
>>146837537>the US is doing fantastic compared to the vast majority of the planet23rd place is respectable.
>>146835437>3>CrowbarVALVE
>>146837570bitch ass soft niggas crying from their place of privilege.
>>146837492He had been elected when #6 released, he just hadn't taken office yet
>>146837459>Saw the birth of AIMachine learning has been around for years
>>146836817>>146837123Built for BHC (Big Hale Cock)
So this Valve's giving closure to TF2 to finally move their comic team to work on something for their new hero shooter?
>>146836552ambush class
>>146837574>CrowbarFREEEEEMAAAAAN!!
>>146837202Oh no no no...
>>146837459Like the other guys said, AI was well established at this pointIts more that AI tech entered mainstream use (by which I mean someone who couldn't code to save his life can still use AI without much difficulty)
>>146837646inferior product
>>146836863>Devote your entire life to an extended revenge plot>You got your revenge, and now you have no purpose
>>146837529TF2 world's economy is insane. There are actual trillionaire mercs
>>146836679Fortress Forever
>>146834941T-thank you The Scout... The Spy.... the Engineer... *Starts Crying* Thank you the Team Fortress Twos....
>>146837668Need Pauling gf
>>146836928>Now that it's finally finished, what do I even have to look forward to now?
>>146837646Who are all these black people
>>146837529TFClassic were sent after the good mercs, the bots were just filler
>>146837646I thought the dwarf guy was enemies wirh the Gorilla's faction for hating robots or some shit... God!I remember nothing of this game
>>146836817wouldn't be surprised if The Administrator's real name is Judith.
>>146837668this says a lot about society
>i need 17 dollars RIGHT NOW!!!!soldier is retardbased
>>146834458No fucking way
>>146837459>>Saw the first major conflict in Europe since WWII and still ongoingeh. The Balkan wars were a thing.
>>146834905If you watch the Half Life 2 documentary that came out last month, Gabe acts like he just got post nut clarity and realized he's not gonna be around forever so he has to finish what he started.
>>146837747Jezebel Lilith Judith Steinberg
>>146837796Maybe he got a cancer diagnosis or something as a wake-up call
>it came out>it was good
>>146837550They are. I think it's like IRL where the high-end jobs are actually less work, like assassinating a president with a five hundred million dollar rifle as opposed to duelling with baseball bats and sawnoffs in the sewers. That's why all the other merc teams got merked by the OGs but Team Fortress prevailed through sheer grit and insanity
>>146837796you think gaben gives a fuck about anything video game related?
>>146837488Remember though, the Team Classic Mercs canonically killed all those other teams. They don't exist anymore.
>>146836314>3rd panelhips don't lie>>146837337yikes. the years keep on coming...Well:>no longer an atheist>live in San Fran now and getting paid to draw>couple of my homies are dead>everyone else has moved awaybittersweet is how I would call it
>>146837878We don't know how old they were by the time Team Classic got to them, TC might only have been planting vegetables in the ground.
>>146837835He probably realized he's been keeping a fucking webcomic from concluding for the better part of 7 years and figured he should let them finish it now. There seems ot be a mild renewal in Teamfortress 2 at Valve right now
>>146837919Whiskey weight.
>>146837646Boo we want animation
>>146837942>There seems ot be a mild renewal in Teamfortress 2 at Valve right nowlollmao even
>>146837692kek
>>146837982Heylook manThey got rid of the bots and gave us a finale to the comic series. It's not entirely nothing
>>146837646>Dwarf guy>Dwarf guy's wife>Anna>Tracer's girlfriendAre the other characters supposed to be characters that we know or something?
>>146836615It honestly fits because Gordon is literally a mercenary and Gman is his agent.
>>146837849Oh yeah>>146837878I don't think tf2 even really has a "canon"
>>146837919>no longer an atheistUm based any particular religion? Sorry to hear about your friends man. I know you probably don't want to give away to much but is it something we'd end up seeing on /co/?
>>146838026it doesn't really imo. the game, the meet the team videos and the comics are basically all separate continuities.
>>146837529I don’t think the issue was there combat ability so much as how they probably didn’t pursue their job objectives properly.
>>146836314>Smash.Not smash.>>146836782No you idiot it's Diane.
>>146838026Demoman has one.
>>146836491>>146836534Imagine if her hips got stuck in the chair haha
https://www.teamfortress.com/?tab=blogwhat did they mean by this?
my two gay dads
>>146834941Engies a hottie
>>146836817>commissions and then sleeps under a painting of her crushing her foe's face with thigh high boots.I want Helen to step on me. I know she wouldn't loathe me properly, but I wouldn't mind. Just pretend. For a little while.
>>146838115>No kissValve no balls, they should had made them kiss.
>>146836479why would Scout hallucinate something he didn't know?
Great shit. 2024 giving some real goods in this final month.Though I wonder if the "All this fighting was for nothing" theme was planned out the whole time or the writers realized no explanation could live up to the hype.>>146837202>>146837646Who cares. I like both and I'm glad the TF2 mercs and the Overwatch team are happy on Christmas.
Glad the hysterical witch woman finally got a happy ending
>>146838166I like how you said team and not fans.
>>146838095Ok that's funny>>146838112I think it's just a little factoid about it taking so long to build
sfm model when
>>146838205sfm model when
>>146838205There's some drawn rule 34 out there already anon, it'll happen soon.
>>146837304E Looks like Nico Robin
>>146838205Why did she end up so obsessed with Zeph?
>>146838221Zeph stole her ice-cream cone as a child.
Is the implication that The Administrator killed the old Mann Nanny so she could take her place; and that's how she knew that the position was open before the job listing?
Damn, that was good. I honestly smiled from start to finish. I’m glad it all ended so nicely and cozily.Merry Smissmas, everyone.
>>146836286Spy's name is Willis
>>146838221it's implied he killed her parents
TFC Medic is still missing because he's probably too busy fragging.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV2eQCbN6-8
>>146838328That's scout
Would you?
>>146837337>dropped out of college>moved out of my childhood home>dog I've had for 18 years passed away>finally leaving horrible job I've had for 5 yearsWhat a ride it was
>>146838328I think that's his last name actually.
>>146838357All his pseudonyms on the mailbox being crossed out except Willis implies that it's the name he's going with.
>>146838363Would I fuck a sexy depressed (soon to be) milf? Uhhhhhh YES??!?!?!?
>>146838363>plap plap plap plap
Meh, I didnt love it, I didnt hate itIt was an ending I guess
>>146838363without a second though
>>146837337I know I'm gonna get flak for being a zoomie but I was in fucking middleschool when issue six came out. I'm working a dead end nightshift job in college now.
>>146838374No, that's scout's mailbox and the names are getting crossed out because he keeps getting remarried and divorced.
>>146838221She was a revenge gooner. The more she tormented him, the less anything else could satisfy her.
>>146838221Because it's funny
Bros.If Valve can put out a satisfying ending to a comic after 8 years, does this mean they can also put out a satisfying ending to their flagship video game series after 17 years?Are we finally… back?
>>146838406His Ma would be proud.
Dude this feels unreal. It's not an update to the actual game or anything, but I'd resigned myself to never knowing the actual ending to these things half a decade ago. Can't wait to see The Beard dub this.
Who would you rather spend Christmas with?
>>146838430Would you want the ending of Half life to be done in a couple comic issues?
>>146838486Well no, but it’s no crime to have faith.
>>146838476Probably these guys because I'm less likely to die. Does anyone in overwatch celebrate honika?
>>146838430Honestly maybeNothing is impossible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNw7hRAAMIoGet bloody goin' next year anons. Gotta live while you can
>>146834941it feels like saying goodbye to an old friendjust thinking in all the servers, friends, teammates, gamemodes that we lost over the years... its just too much.
>>146834941I've barely even played TF2 but I read the comics years ago and damn it, I felt something here.I think this was worth it.
>>146838580>Could only make two kidsMeanwhile Scout popped 4 and is a Single Dad.
>>1468386181 baby hole vs 4 baby holesScout probably cheated like a mf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz7l7d7otIs>the canon ending
>>146838618Soldier has 2.3 kids, the ideal american household.
>>146834941Can't stop the tearsIt's been a quite a journey
They wont, but if they decided to add more content to tf2, adding in playable classes from different teams could be cool. They use the same items as the mercs, but have different base stats, like faster but weaker scout who cant double jump but can slide jump like soujorn, or a pyro who isnt invulnerable to fire, but does more damage when hes on fire.
All she had left was dust in the wind
>The Administrator's personal hell is being forced to endure the same torture she has Zeph trapped in.Kino! Poetry!
>>146836763It was a funny moment and the DAP made it better
>>146838729sounds like tf2watch to me
>>146837015>>146837322>Ricochet 3: The Search for Ricochet 2
>>146837105>>146837459
>>146838175He died
>>146838796
>>146838816Don't be so surprised, it's not the first time.
>>146838363I could fix her.
>>146838476...was Overwatch always this lame?
>>146838851Yea
>>146838363WOULD I
>>146838476Bastards snubbed Symmetra. This is why the Mercs would be better to spend Christmas with. Not only do they have more soul, but wouldn't leave out one of their own.
>>146837105>>146837459you forgot>Battlezone got a remaster against all odds, and is getting a rennaiscance>Metroid Dread being a back to basics game was a HUGE success>Then Quake II Got a Remaster after it where the game was finally "Completed with a proper AI and the two Console releases now avaliable for players">Finally Half Life Got a remaster Anniversary Patch that fixed the game and removed the infamous source release from library>Doom got a fucking update and new episode that is good and old school.>And lastly Final Fantasy VII got a Remake in 3 parts thus ending the Old GOTY Big 4's return to the main public.The entire 1993-98 gang of goty came back from the dead with a requiem.
>>146838825Soldier stole all his "kill me come back stronger" pills though.
>>146838880Would you?
I wonder what happened to the Classic Engineer. He just completely vanished after the fight between the classic and modern mercs.
>>146838374>>146838406>>146838328>>146838357the names are hyphenated if you look closely. Mitchel/Graham/Gibson are the women's surnames.
>>146838753Is that fucking Burnice?
>>146838914I believe it's implied that spy killed him since he was disguised as him when he went to kill the classic sniper. Engie seemed cool with spy murdering his dad though considering they're both chilling at the table together in the last panel.
>>146838476did they make zarya gay yet? Because I'd at least attempt a pass at her
>>146838883About that new Quake II thing, is there a way to disable mouse acceleration that reliably works on that one? Had a problem with it on the old one.
>>146837015It's like The Traveling Wilbury's where they go straight from one to three.
>>146838883All we need now is Duke to come out swinging and we have an old school shooter rebirth.
>>146838945>>146838914That TFC Engie is probably not Dell's dad. Especially since we've seen several Blue Engineers running around. His dad is probably a different TFC Engineer. it's weird, frankly. I sort of wish they didn't try to combine TFC into TF2's 'lore'.
>>146838957Wasn't there a fan effort to actually finish that aborted Duke game?
>>146836951dont forget deltarune chapter 3
>>146837337went from age 14 to age 21
Bros.My year is officially gone from, like, 20 top, straight to the 100.NOTHING COULD MAKE ME SAD ANYMORE!!!This is the pure happiness. Bliss distilled.
>>146838951Q2R has no Mouse acceleration, you can turn off aim smoothing.
>>146839016Lovely, thanks mate.
>>146838914>>146838945He died in issue 6. there's a baboon in the top left of >>146834941
I noticed something; they retconned the last chapter I'm pretty sure. Didn't classic heavy use to say "Team Vanguard for God's sake"?
>>146839099That must have been before they came up with the alphabetical idea
>>146838729Note that there's an empty spot on the bottom there where it looks like it got torn off and it would probably be F for Fortress.
>>146839099Bro, I read that literally three hours ago and he said Vanguard.
>>146836763Tell me you know nothing about Scout without telling me you nothing about Scout
>>146837849>>146839099Huh, interesting
>>146839054I thought he gave birth to two baboons? What happened to its sibling,
>>146838970The robot legs guy? Maybe they have a strained relationship or this was just a gaint reference and wasn't meant to cohesively fit together.
>>1468392621 with a maximum of maybe 2, chances are he only implanted 1.
>>146839164>>146838729i love the fact that in the end, Team Fortress proved to be superior to all other teams
>>146838941from what looks to be a top hat, I think it's Lincoln
>>146838885yeah that's why this time it stuck
>>146839099>Original naming scheme had all the teams named after defensive structures or formationsWhat's an A word that would work better
>>146839351"Alcazar" - a Spanish palace or fortress of Moorish origin
>>146839351Apartment
>>146839364>>146839351Or "Acropolis" which is a kind of Greek fortress
>>146839364That's my last name.
>>146834458
>>146839417>>146839054
>>146834458WHAT
The ending gave me Earthbound vibes
>>146838881On another page, we see the rest:>Sym, Lifeweaver and Zen are spending the season together praying at the monestry >Ram is watching the monastery from a distance not wanting to disturb them>Hanzo has gone to visit Kiriko and her mom for dinner>Junkrat, Hog, Ball, and Junker Queen are playing volleyball on the beach>Talon are having a fancy cocktail party. Sombra bought Sigma a pair of socks>Mauga snubbed the party and went home to drink with family and friends instead>Venture is spending Christmas with an older family member. They bought each other pet rocks>Hazard and Ashe are spending the time partying with their respective gangs>Illari is praying somewhere as S76 watches
>>146835354Don't forget to take your pills
>>146838112>T S F Bwhat did they mean by this anyway?
>>146834458>"And You" at the endKino.
Feels like they used an old plot outline for the resolution and forgot to factor in that Zeph was confirmed dead and the Mann brothers have been dead for over a year and a half
>>146834458Nope, still not looking at it.
>>146838476>tumblrI wonder how pissed they are about no Heavy X Medic confirmation.
>Think 12000 won being worth 17 dollars was a joke>ITS ACTUALLY EVEN WORSE IRL IN 2024How the fuck is South Korea a first world country with this currency?
>>146839635She brought the man back to life to chain him up underground. Everyone else thought he was dead.
>>146839673if japan is anything to go by its probably the result of a few months worth of hyperinflation 50 years ago that the currency never really recovered from
>>146839726https://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/9/98/Sf13_mannbros_argue28.wav
>>146839673In 1979 12000 Won was about 13.5$ from what i found
>>146839742Money doesn't "recover" from inflation, you either keep adding zeroes or switch to a brand new currency.
>>146839763Soldier probably had interest rate money to pay off.
>>146836763this is just you projecting. it fits scout's character perfectly, shows self-respect and platonic care from both sides, and scout went on to get laid a ton.
>>146839351Aegis, obviously.
>>146834458Dang, it came out when I was busy…If there’s a thread after this I’ll be here, but I’m pretty sure I’m gonna miss the party here…
Timeskip Olivia fanart
>>146839853
>>146838908no mercy at all. no lube. anal only. if she can ever keep her shit in again, i will have failed. should would not regret it.
>>146834458We made it. We finally fuckin made it.
>>146837668>>146837304So if I'm reading into this correctly all this time Pauling wasn't actually her right hand? She was just the one who managed the idiot team? I'm curious if Helen gave her special treatment out of pity or if she didn't see Pauling as a real threat like she probably saw the team managers for the other merc groups.>Pauling takes special care in labeling them as "Team: Fortress">They were the F crew>That's why the F point on the statue is missing>They were so inferior they didn't even get a place on the statue
>>146839962in an alternate universe valve made some shitty hero shooter nobody gives a shit about with this demoman as the poster boy
>>146839962If the statue is a memorial they're also not dead
>>146836094I think the joke is that we don't know and it doesn't matter. But it's fascinating because we don't know, and free-reign to fascinate over because it doesn't matter. Whether that makes it a good mystery or a shitty mystery is subjective, but I think it's funny
>>146839559Ah, well TF2 still has soul.
>>146834458Oh cool.
>>146836652He wants to help but he also wants it to be fun.
>>146836679HOLY FUCK YOU'RE RIGHT
>>146838555Maybe we never really say goodbye anon. Maybe so long as you carry the memories and the good times you share with them, they're always a part of you in some way.
>>146840034aww anon... dont make me cry again..
>tom jones dies>look inside>it's not unusual
>>146838555you guys know the game is still around right? like you can just boot it up right now and maybe make a new friend on your favorite servers just kidding its all just bots
>>146839998It's hard to say isn't it? I thought the letters were referring to points of Control Point Maps and each team is named for them. But Fortress is such an awful team that they did away with any F points. This statue in their lobby is just to show off some of their amazing merc crews as Pauling's peers mill about the upper levels discussing rebuilding their groups now that most of them are dead.
>>146839962I have to wonder what'd spy ever do to get lumped in with the retard team.
>>146839985That's the universe where Vivendi drove Valve into the ground with their bullshit lawsuit then when Microsoft bought Vivendi they also got Valve. Then tried to compete with Blizzard by having the zombie valve crew build an overwatch rival (which is also a much worse shooter in this universe since they had no TF2 to model their base gameplay from)
>>146840108He is just as retarded as all of them, but in a different direction. Like Frylock.
>>146840121>spy is an autist who met other autists and hates themkinoplexia
>>146840108The Mann brothers pay, ridiculously well
>>146834941I'm so tired of subversions and "twist endings". This genuinely made me feel happy. It feels so good to see a satisfying ending. God bless all of you out there. Maybe there's still beautiful things left in the world
>>146840108I assume he's more of a homicidal killer than most of the equivalent spies on the other teams are. Like he can be calm and cleaver but when the opportunity to brutally stab someone to death is in his grasp he takes it very enthusiastically. Thus he got tossed onto Team Fortress where his brand of murder lust wouldn't be a hinderance to the more calculating teams.
>>146839955
>>146834458YES YESSSSSS
>>146840108I like to think it's at least partly to look out for Jeremy. He obviously cares for him, even before all of his character development.
>>146839962There’s a spot for F that seems to have been taken out, so it’s possible that the statue was more of a memorial for the fallen teams (Ajax, which Vanguard was recently changed to in the previous issue, Citadel, and Echelon were mentioned as having been taken down) and the F was just removed because they turned out to have survived.
>>146840108He's a really poor planner. He abandoned his son and he wastes money trying to live beyond his means.
>>146838112>"blog"is this code for something? hinting at a new update maybe?
>>146836418>The Mercs must take up arms again in order to fight off the Grim Reaper and God's Archangels who've come to collect for Scout's soul
>>146840108He just doesn't seem to give a shit. The TFC mercs all seem to take their job fairly seriously and it's clear that Spy is just along for the ride.
>>146840108Saxton said some of them are sex criminals, maybe Spy is one
>>146839962>>146838729>the superior mercs look like overwatch charactershehe
>>146840196>missing the point of the end of the comicWho wants to live forever? Scout is going to have a good life. Maybe not a long one, but a good one. And Spy will certainly be there for the kids. Just let it be.
>>146838328Could just be Scout’s mom’s maiden name
>>146834458The end was incredibly schmaltzy but considering this is very likely the end of the franchise as a whole it was a good send-off.
>>146840178>>146839998If that was true then there should also be a statue of one of the team members but there is no empty spot for any bust of the mercs from this team, only the missing letter.
>>146840108>Can't lie to save his life>Is full of himself and won't admit he's hard carried by his kit>Is just kind of winging itAnd what >>146840156 said. Sometimes it's easy to forget that our Team Fortress would be qualified as typical Serial Killers if they weren't hired as Contract Killers. They all love murder a little too much for it to be considered "Professional" and Sniper throws bottles of piss at people so no he's not a "Professional"It's likely a Godsend that they were all hired and tossed into a pointless War because otherwise they'd all be Serial Killers or dead, the only one who'd be fine is Engie since he already worked for the Admin and Medics antics would likely catch up with him eventually
>people thinking spy is sane/competenthttps://youtu.be/JVNUVMxGlgo?si=xJxuNbiCJLYjc9wb
>>146840108He has his moments...stupid moments I mean.
>>146840208I swear if this comic is just a "loose prequel" to deadlock I would lose it
>>146834458I like the "multiple covers" bit showcasing how the Admin has a vauge recollection of Zeph killing her parents but has done the revenge bit for so long she spent most her life not really knowing how or why they died up until her final moments where she doesn't even remember her parents and all she is holding on left is the hate.
>>146838328It could be scout's mom's name. Or the father to scout's siblings. Willis just doesn't sound all that french to me
>>146840264I took it as her mixing up the death of her parents with various deaths she herself caused.
>>146840264>administrator treats the mann children like easy-to-manipulate retards over their useless rocks>administrator IS an easy-to-manipulate retard who is wasting her valuable rockskino
>>146839861very nice
>>146838851More or less. The original intent was to be almost like silver age comic book heroes and villains but i wouldn't even say that sentiment stuck around by the time of launch. Even the domination lines in beta were overly safe shit and the pre-game 'banter' was as stiff and boring as pic rel
>Tom Jones understood hats.
>>146840286thank you!
>>146839955I lived to see the finale I never thought was coming. Best Christmas gift ever!
>>146840239>Can't lie to save his lifespy successfully fooled multiple people. even classic sniper says he would've been fooled if not for his bionic eyes.>Is full of himself and won't admit he's hard carried by his kithis stabbing and acting skills are no joke. it is actually quite difficult to get a kill shot in on someone with just a sharpened toothbrush.>Sniper throws bottles of piss at people so no he's not a "Professional"sniper throwing jars of piss doesn't make him any less professional. it's a means to an end. if throwing piss made him less efficient you would have a point, but it's simply a matter of utility. the classic sniper was a sadist. sniper just does what needs doing, as a professional does. spy doesn't look for reasons to kill people, he's just in a profession that often puts him in a situation where that's the best option. are you -not- going to murder Joey Murders, the guy that murders you? are you -not- going to complete your contracts when they pay so much? soldier, medic, they're the real crazies.
>>146840217Probably not the franchise but knowing present Valve, they won't make a new one until they stop trying to DOTAfy everything
>>146840331>are you -not- going to murder Joey Murders, the guy that murders you?they specifically told them not to murder Joey Murders though
>>146834458>>146834941Damn finally. Getting flashbacks to all the time I spent on the game. What a long time it's been. It's like catching up with an old friend you lost contact with. Nice send off. Saccharine perhaps but after such a long time sometimes that's all you want.
>>146840336I disagree.Valve has shown the actual people working in it truly just aren't into the franchise and did this more as closure for the fans than anything.
>>146840344God I'd still be playing right now if not for the bot shit that went on for years. Looking back now, TF's one of those I fondly remember as "smile because it happened" kind of memories.
>>146840250Dear god…
>>146840354Oh no, I mean like as a franchise, there's always a chance for a revival (in possibly a decade or two). But a follow up for Team Fortress 2? Nah, it's on life support mode and Valve's not looking (as far as we know) to continue right now. Personally, I'm a little disappointed I couldn't get into Deadlock as a game and for its lore.
>>146834458I don't know what's more surprising, the fact that they managed to create a thematically consistant and satisfying ending or the fact it's still funny.
>>146840297>>146836491So what's next for Olivia?>7 years raised by an idiot father who only knew greed and world domination>7 years raised by an idiot surrogate who valued trophies and let her drink freely (and probably only fed her steak and eggs)>Now let loose without any supervision at 14 and a bottomless trust fund to do anythingIs she going to end up as big of an idiot as her fathers were? No way she learned a single thing of practical value. No skills, no schooling, no social connections. Only life she's ever known is under rich dads. The only solutions to problems she's ever been taught are violence and money.Best case she's a cute but violent bimbo with lots of money?
>>146840297godlike
>>146840359I was slightly tempted to reinstall but then I remembered the decline and yeah I'd rather be happy with the memories than chase after them.
>>146840359i started playing again recently specifically because valve went hard on clearing out the bots, basically out of nowhere. it's amazing. i haven't seen a bot once since i started up again in september. patagonia is a beautiful map, like dustbowl with space and more than two routing options.
So glad we can talk about this on /co/. I'd rather not touch /v/'s threads with a ten foot pole
>>146840391I like the idea someone mentioned of her starting team GRN for TF3
>>146840391Basically Hale 2.0 with Demoman alcoholism. She'd just run around fighting everyone, getting trophies and possibly being an icon to Scout's girls
>>146840331>even classic sniper says he would've been fooled if not for his bionic eyesTrue but he also tells Spy that his "bait" to get Classic Sniper somewhere secluded didn't make sense, so while he 'can' look and talk like someone he also can't think up shit on the spot sometimes but luckily Spy is mostly dealing with stupid people>spy doesn't look for reasons to kill people>soldier, medic, they're the real craziesHe's just quiet crazy, which means he's insane but not to the extent that it's an apparent personality trait. If Spy weren't crazy he'd probably be on one of the better teams but see's fit to put himself through the ringer all to afford the silkiest clothing made in obscure parts of the Country, that's crazyAs someone said he very much wants to live beyond his means
>>146840342wisdom is murdering Joey Murders, even though they told you not to. cause otherwise you will get murdered.autism is not murdering joey murders because they told you not to murder joey murders.
>>146840403Same. /vg/ is even worse.
>>146840390Both. This is an adventure spanning decades and the only disappointing thing about it which was unavoidable is that some of the characters didn't get a spotlight in this final issue.
>>146840391I consistant theme of the final comic is life being a never ending cycle.>Zeph dies just to be reborn and brought back as long as possible>Whole game is about a never ending stalemate proxy war>Admin's "masterplan" is for Zeph and his bloodline to stagnate forever doing the same thing, all the while herself stagnating doing the same thing>Hale ends up accidentally making another proxy war with Bidwell and Reddy >Scout, raised by single mom and 7 brothers, is now a single father with many children
>>146840417going through the ringer to be rich is just how people are rich, at least when they don't inherit it. there's nothing insane about making a lot of money by doing something you have a talent for.>As someone said he very much wants to live beyond his means"living beyond your means" means to spend money you don't have. he clearly has the money.
I'm struggling to remember if some of the new Administrator lore breaks old lore. Maybe I should re-read them all to celebrate the final issue dropping
>>146840442Oh shoot, just remembered that Scout's mom isn't in the final pic. Damn shame.
Is it true that Aussies steal everything that isn't nailed down?
>>146840404That was a pretty popular theory for a while but this comic makes it clear she has zero intrest in the proxy war shit or even running a bussiness like her family did.
>>146840415She's shown contempt for running a company. She also hates selling guns and trophies so being just like Hale isn't likely. Still as >>146840442 says she's going to end up in a cycle. She's guaranteed to be a greedy impulsive idiot, just a different kind.
>>146840417I think there's a nonzero chance that he is on Team Fortress by choice even though he could be on a 'better' team because he wants to make sure that Scout survives.
>>146840450She is just as evil as Doctor Venture himself
>>146840457Nah, that's the romanian lore. Anything not nailed down in Australia just drops into the sky.
>>146840463Maggie would have loved to raise her as her rebellious but somewhat like-minded daughter
The reveal got a huge laugh out of me
>>146840478Raised by Maggie huh? So she'll end up getting chubby like her too?
>>146840445>going through the ringer to be rich is just how people are rich, at least when they don't inherit it. there's nothing insane about making a lot of money by doing something you have a talent forThis is TeamFortress 2 we're talking about anon, it'd be simpler just getting shot instead of getting pissed on or doused with something called "Mad Milk" that isn't MilkThe pay makes it worth it but->"living beyond your means" means to spend money you don't have. he clearly has the money-he also has extremely expensive tastes and flaunts it in the skins you can put on him in-gameHe's probably spending half his paycheck on clothing that's just gonna get torn up, burnt and blown off later and is lucky Medic can also apparently heal clothes. And if he's spending so much on clothes he's likely spending a lot of money on the most expensive Cigars, Cars and a new way to kill yourself with your fake molars
>dykes cant keep their lesbian fantasies out of scout not ending up with paulingwhy are lesbians so fucking deranged? even more deranged than male fags.
>>146835870That's a pretty good meta message without being too on the nose. The fact that this is an actual ending story for a multiplayer game is a rarity in itself. When was the last time another multiplayer videogame did this?
>>146840504The Tom Jones and cat with 3 lives tattoos are the little touches that I love these comics for.
>>146840513I'm just glad Scout got the best ending, which is to be the best dad, a sex master, and to reunite somwhat with his old man. Pauling though?
>>146840250chronologically and by even the most generous estimates, deadlock takes place 20~ years before TF2 but it's more likely 50~ years insteadalso it's on an alternative earth where magic is normal and history doesn't go the same way (no WWI or WWII nor any equivalent as far as we know)
>>146840535>scout doesnt end up with his girl of his dreams>copes by paying child support to multiple women he knocked up because he couldnt cope getting over paulingdont post when youre ovulating you fucking dyke
>>146840513As far as I know Lesbians don't have consistent representation and as typical of the LGBT they kind of ignore the ones they do have
Getting a last chuckle from rare website blog post
>>146840550>>copes by paying child supporthe has custody to all of them
>>146840550but scout is clearly fucking loaded and happy with all the kids. scout doesn't lie about his feelings (except his dad). you're too young and angry about not getting laid to read clearly.
>>146840569>>146840573dyke femcels please dont get mad youre not getting pussy
>>146840569And they love him back and he'll be surrounded by a loving family at the end of his life. Best ending
>>146840078>just kidding its all just botsbuddy we've been like 99% bot free for almost six months now>>146840359>God I'd still be playing right now if not for the bot shit that went on for years. Looking back now, TF's one of those I fondly remember as "smile because it happened" kind of memories.bots are gone, it's time to come home anon...
>>146840569>>146840573>>146840587Amazing how cucks rationalize taking care of kids while their wives are getting fucked by Chad is a win. No wonder the west has fallen with fucking losers like you. Be sure to record it when your wife is being fucked by your neighbor and you're jerking off in the corner while crying. Get mad all you want, you know it is true this is how you think. I don't give a fuck about your cope.
>>146840550>Scout >Paying child supportThis is Tf2, through some convoluted means Scout is paying nothing and getting paid everything by his baby mamas
>>146837304Team AssaultTeam BattleTeam CommandTeam DemolitionTeam Espionage
>>146840581Dude, he's the one getting the alimony checks from his deadbeat babymamas AND one from Miss Pauling's Bonk Farms. Scout is fucking based.
>>146840550Retard.They would have 100% worked out if the tf tv series got made.
>>146840504The color improvements compared to the first Gray run comics is wild
>>146840602Ah my god who fucking cares you low class troglodyte bot. Its funny and ironic
>>146840608Anon that's not convoluted that's how child support actually works in real life
>>146840620The first three would have the most boring video game titles but the most accurate titles if released in the early 70s-90s
>>146840507he's a sniper; if they're that close, a jar of piss is a cheap, reliable, nonlinear, aoe option. spy is fucking rich. they're all wealthy, but spy in particular has taken gigs outside of the typical Red/Blu merc stuff. He wouldn't know so many languages and cultures otherwise.
>>146840626>>146840627>>146840633>not having a wife and paying for and raising all the kids is a winhow sad you think this is true. you all probably live in polycules and thats okay. youre mentally ill.
>it’s actually overDamn
>>146840602>ai spielok, i admit it, you had me fooled. either that or you really did you just go on the most npc incel rant possible at the drop of a hat.
>>146836615>Half Life bros got Half-Life Alyx >TF2 bros got the final issue>Portal bros get a couple of cool mini releases every now and thenFeels good
>>146834959No valve just got distracted with VR and Hardware bullshit flights of fancy. They had the artist working on Dota art and shit in the meanwhile.
>>146840504I love how it all slowly clicked for me>notice "Pain is weakness leaving the body" as a Soldier quote>no it can't be him he doesn't talk like this>WZRD LIFE? oh fuck it cant be>holy based its merasmus
I lost track of DotA many years ago. Whatver happened to the story? Is it still just update based?
>>146840638Scout legally is dead, is a Contract killer and probably a sex criminalHe shouldn't be raising those kids but he is and he's probably doing a good job
So is there any reason Engie is the only one in Blu while everyone else is Red?>>146840620>Battle>SniperBased on that naming convention the sniper would fit more in with E. A sword wielding soldier would be a better B.Maybe it's Team Bloodshed?
>>146840602They're HIS kids you fucking retard.
>>146840695For a second I felt bad he actually wanted to be a part of Team Fortress. The cogs in my head suddenly started working out how a wizard could work in a future game before remembering that this is Valve we're talking about. Either way, Merasmus is too attatched to Team Fortress 2's game to not be a part of this finale
>>146839559>Sym, Lifeweaver and Zen are spending the season together praying at the monestryDid they ever go in depth about what religion that's supposed to be like is it a new robot one or something?
>>146840645Yeah, that's what I was going for.
>>146837459All of these events were nothingburgers
>>146840715I'm a little disappointed he died-died, buff Merasmus would have been hilarious as a Scream Fortress 2025 boss or alternative player character for VS Saxton Hale .
>>146839635Just think of the comic as a what if TF2 had a story it's not going to be 1:1 with the game lore or meet the videos.
>>146840694This. As much as I enjoy my new Steam Deck, it's pretty clear they stretch their people thin between their live service games and the rare single player games they make on the side. Between now and the last patch for TF2, Valve produced - Half Life Alyx - VR Minigames - Aperture Desk Job - Counter Strike 2 - Steam Deck - Dota Major Updates - Artifact (lol) - Underlords (lmao) - and now, Deadlock
>>146840749>Underlordsmy first time hearing of thismust've flopped hard
>>146836331Numbuh 3. 4 was the australian blonde boy.
Weird knowing they released this the same year they released the anniversary updates for Half-Life and Half-Life 2. It's like Valve's just waking up and remembering their heritage.
>>146840773The gears are starting to turn...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpw2ebhTSKs
>>146836513out of 10
>Olivia is a fourteen year old bratty drunk with a nice assmy dick.
>>146840761Yeah, it was an offshoot of Dota2 where some guys made a mod called Autochess for the game and Valve wanted to buy the devs and their idea, but they decided to make it their own mobile game. Valve decided to get into it too thinking it'll be the next big thing. Fast forward to today, Underlords sits beside Artifact as one of their big flops, which coincidentally, are both Dota2 titles.
>>146840705He was wearing blue when he was recruited in the Loose Canon comic, I guess they just kept it
>>146840108Maybe he's shit compared to the other spies
>>146840787has /co/ been always filled with pedos?
>Check my folder of old screenshots of the game>see thisBrings back so many memories, just like the comic.
>>146840249They were going to use a power tool on them I think seeing death a preferable us fair
>>146840822Yes.
>>146840705Team Battlefield, Team Bullet, Team Ballistics?B is hard.
>>146840504You know, he could still probably have been top prison boss with just his magic alone, so you know he must've really pushed it.
Is the beard a cosmetic in the game?
>>146840822Only /tv/ can claim to have more.
>>146837337Not much. >Stopped renting. >Own a house. >Accepted I'll die alone, unloved, and unsung. >got to eat pussy for the first time at some point (10/10 bretty good)It's a quiet life.
>>146840833Unshaved Bear is the closest
>>146840858It's piss easy, just stick with the theme. Battlement, Bastion, Buttress...
reaction image, mirrored
>>146840877meant for >>146840867
>>146837337I finally got my disability pension.Outside of that, not much.
One more for good measure
>>146840789I knew about artifact but not this other thing. Why do they even bother they could just pay their remaining devs to do nothing with how much steam rakes in.
>>146837337Dropped out of Uni, did manual labor for a year, went back and finished my degree and got a job on the West Coast. Too expensive over there, so I came back to the East Coast and bounced between part time work for a few years. Finally got a pretty nice full time job late this year. 7 years is a long time.
>>146837337I was just starting my first year in community college while still living with my parents.I have a full time job and a house now.
>>146840912Gabe's known for being obsessed with Dota. I'm guessing they just have that much money to experiment with new games but the way their office works, it's like an ADHD hive with difficulties pushing out new games. The recent video they published had Gabe admitting they didn't release Episode 3 because Gabe felt they needed to innovate and they ended up cancelling because they overthought and took too long to realize what they needed to add in the cancelled game. This eventually extended to Half-Life Episode 4 but that's a different story entirely.
>>146837337Normal stuff, just working jobs and attempting to get a vanity project launched. Time flies when you're not in uni anymore. >tfw I remember hyping like a madman when Meet The Pyro got released and I was in the middle of programming class
>>146840880Nice ones. I think Team Battlement is the most fitting, since that's where you find snipers in game.
>>146840822Of course
>>146837337I got a job, worked pretty well until COVID forced layoffs, got engaged, she left me because she said she realized she liked women, dated one, realized she didn't and wanted me back and I told her to fuck off. I'm working in a new job working my way up but part of me wonders if I should have let her come back because it is lonely. Played a few rounds of TF2 as a cheers to this ending.
>>146840877>>146840867The Leftover Trap is scruffierThere is also the Cuban Bristle Crisis which is one of my loadouts for Heavy
>>146840247I always got mildly offended when spy would say "Thank you, laborer." after coming out of a tele.
>>146840620Holy shit it's the origin of that sniper face.
>>146834458It was quite literally perfect. I was so worried it would be trash. But it was perfect, bros.
>>146840697They had a whole 4part update story about Skywrath Mage and Vengeful spirit. And lots of friends and cameos along the way.
>Miss Pauling is a dykeDEI wokeism strikes again. Gotta have the quota of the gays even if it makes no sense and you have to force it in.
>>146841022Ah yes, my favorite hatefucking couple. I should get back into the Dotasphere for that.
>>146840822>remembers the Sari Sumdac threadsYeah. Good times.
>>146840736>I'm a little disappointed he died-diedfrom my recollection this isn't even the first time Merasmus has canonically died, so I imagine someday he'll finagle some way back to life, though he and Tom Jones seem to be having a fine time as ghosts so he's probably in no great rush
>>146841029ok
New thread if there's latecomers >>146841091
>>146841029>Miss Pauling is a dykeWasn't this always the case or at least since issue 5 or 6?
>>146841108I think she just has mommy issues.
Who was Scout talking to? Am I too fucking stupid?
>>146835692>I know this game will die in the coming yearssays you faggot, even though you're drumming this up for sentimentality this game is immortal and will always have its 15-30k player base.
>>146841120Us, goober
>>146840442>Hale ends up accidentally making another proxy war with Bidwell and ReddyI like to imagine that Redmond isn’t actually interested in owning Mann Co., but will fight to the death with Bidwell to keep ownership over it just because Hale told him to be the CEO.
>Built for ______>It's Zebediah
>>146841108>>146841029The Contract update from 2015 had voice lines for her which gave the impression she was into women more than men.https://youtu.be/5pok5z3UPVQ?t=238
>>146836679Only thing that I wanted closure on was the explanation of how both RED and BLU team are aware of the fact they look identical....could the first BLU engineer have gained awareness and made clones of the RED team and made them BLU?
It's neat how they also set up the ending to imply that the whole mercenary business will continue as usual. There is still one Mann heir left alive (as is tradition).There are once again and red and a blue (Bidwell and Reddy) to fight over the Mann munitions (and gravel) company.And there's a new generation of mercs too. One of Soldier's kids already got the neck snap down, and the other no doubt inherited those Heavy genes.No doubt at least one of Scout's kids will take after him, but one of the others is seen staring at the fire along with Pyro.And of course there's princess assassin to become the new Spy.So there's like five of nine already.
>>146836817I love how she uses a post-modern romanticization of archangel Michael as herself JUST to be petty.
>>146841351It's been sidelined because it's too whack to try to explain outside of "Medic just heals the dead ones back to health". The only time it's ever been directly acknowledged was in Meet the Medic where soldier clones were abundant.
>>146841383Pyro's the only one without a story-related lore. He's just Engie's bestie, that's it.
>>146837304Based on the stealth retcon that got added to issue #6 (originally >>146837849), their names are canonicallyTeam AjaxTeam B____Team CitadelTeam D____Team Fortress
>>146840403hey fuck you, we're actually acting sorta normal for the occasion
>>146841383Way better than the whole "die leaving wife pregnant" cliche that I thought was gonna happen since Rick passed.
>>146841208Wunschdenken.
>>146841383I want fan art NOOOWWWW
>>146841424>anons made the conection that there's canon loli/shota naked honey wrestling with Soldier's kidsYeah, "normal"
>>146841419Team Day of Defeat
>>146841475>pot calling the kettle blackwe should do this more often
>>146840942ugh, who can't relate?
>>146841475Our thread and the new one have the Olivia poster, anon.
Will his kids inhetirage his gift to women?
Poor Maggie
>>146841524It's real cute how they've all got his teeth.
>>146841524Remember that Scout dies December 4th, 1987.
>>146841549But he didn't die a virgin!
>>146841524One of them seems to have an interest in fire.Another seems interested in becoming a princess assassin.But he's got lots (and lots) of kids, I'm sure one of them will inherit his Scout 'talents'.
>>146841564He almost. Thank God, literally.
>>146841572>Team Fortress next generation entirely comprised of Scout and Soldier's kids
>>146837459>a bunch of stupid crap I don't care aboutYawn>Rick May dyingNow THIS hurt.
It's wild how excited you are for this trash.
>>146840961Ahh, that image takes me back to a simpler time in Youtube.
>>146836679>New Trophies T3am Fortr3ss 3 confirmed for Playstation.
>>146841634The existence of Deadlock makes me dread that there'll be no new TF within the decade if it becomes a hit.
>>146840667>projecting this hardAt this point anon just go find Christ, or a sturdy enough ceiling joist, for what's it's worth I pray you do the former.
>>146836763>Scout acted like Scout>Ms. Pauling didn't bust his balls and hyped him up on the rebound>Scout goes on to fulfil God's planIt's fine, bro.>>146837202>>146837646>G-guysI want Blizzard to bleed it's last dregs of goodwill dry and fucking collapse already so it can stop savaging it's own IPs>>146837668The really insane part is that the world is just kind of fine after the Australium collapse in earnest. What the FUCK filled the power vacuum?
I hate /v/ermin so fucking much.
>>146841694According to the lore, it was the US supply that ran out first during the Poopy Joe incident and the Australium supply's always been kept hidden from society. Australia probably just had more ways to run itself than just the new element.
>>146838740>>146840264You now remember that Hell is a thing.You now remember that Redmond and Blutarch ended up there.You now realise that there isn't a snowball's chance in Hell Zepheniah didn't end up there too, and by extension probably the entire male Mann line, and in turn the Administrator too after everything she did while pulling all the strings.You are now aware that the Administrator is spending all eternity getting gangbanged by several generations of Manns and loving every moment of it
>>146841773You know what's also a thing? Ghosts. That's right, lore Zepheniaah and one of his sons are still roaming the earth in the comics and the game.
>>146841773Isn’t BLU still stuck in hell as well?
>>146840504Tick tock
>"The real Fortress were the friends we made along the way."Bravo, Gaben.
It was incredibly smart for them to go for the "it didn't matter" ending. Nothing they could have come up with would have been satisfying enough to live up to 7 years of hype. Better to just take the idea of a grand payoff off the table and focus on wrapping up the stories for Pauline and the mercs instead.
>>146841029Yeah she a dyke, but at least a useful dyke
So the genealogy records that Pauling burns in chapter 2, those are to hide what exactly?
>>146841939With the 'ending' to Team Fortress being so well received by the community, it might actually give Valve the motivation write endings or closing bookmarks to some of their other works.
Nearing page 11 >>146841091
>>146841991Only because they got a really great writing team.
>>146840108to watch over his son
>>146840563>Lesbians don't have consistent representation For the past 10 years, lesbians have been more overrepresented than white men were in the 2000s.
>>146840667The reason you get so viscerally angry at the thought of a father raising his children is because you never had a father than raised you yourself. I literally feel nothing but pity for you, you sad little man.
>A bunch of retarded faggots saw people having a good time and decided to argue and samefag Thank God they started after the thread hit bump limit, fucking retards
They didn't even post it on TF2's page on steam, it's still just showing the shitty 6v6 shit that ISN"T Tf2. It's pushing shitty competitive autism.It doesn't even show recent updates unless you go looking.
