"I, [STATE YOUR NAME], endorse this. What I am about to show you embodies everything I cherish as a person. If I could sum me up in a single webpage, this would be that page. Also, if I die from excitement shortly after clicking this, please put what I am about to show you on my grave."
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19 May 2009

[Official TF2 Blog] Sniper/Spy Update, Day 5

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VALVe "officially" releases the Meet The Spy video and reveals the Spy's new achievements.
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19 May 2009

[TF2 Official Blog] Day 6 Spy Update Hooray!

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360 - Team Fortress 2 - [TF2 Official Blog] Day 6 Spy Update Hooray!

Stavros Xanthis of VALVe writes:

"Today is Day 6 of Spy Update. Please to pursue this link to Ambassador, a new revolver for Spy. Hooray!"
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15 May 2009

[TF2 Official Blog] Sniper Update, Day 4

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360 - Team Fortress 2 - [TF2 Official Blog] Sniper Update, Day 4

The TF2 Team writes:

"Day 4 of the Sniper update brings us... hold on, that's not...

Holy hell. All those conspiracy theorists on the TF forum couldn't have been right all along, could they? When the Pyro hears about this she'll be inconsolable."

Also note that VALVe has just confirmed that the Pyro is a female.
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14 May 2009

[Official TF2 Blog] Sniper Update, Day 3

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360 - Team Fortress 2 - [Official TF2 Blog] Sniper Update, Day 3

The TF2 Team writes:

"Sniper shows off the latest addition to his arsenal: the Razorback, a beautiful hand-carved tribal shield with a shocking modification."
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13 May 2009

[Official TF2 Blog] Sniper Update, Day 2

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"Day 2 of our Sniper Update is live, this time with a rundown on a new game mode and two new arena maps. Plus a postcard from Sniper, who likes to keep his parents updated on his exciting, legal, not-at-all-a-crazed-gunman job."
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13 May 2009

[Official TF2 Blog] Clarification of the abilities of the new Huntsman

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360 - Team Fortress 2 - [Official TF2 Blog] Clarification of the abilities of the new Huntsman

Robin Walker of the Official TF2 Blog writes:

"No, the Huntsman doesn't stun. It pins dead/dying players."
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13 May 2009

[TF2 Official Blog] New Info On The Sniper Update

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360 - Team Fortress 2 - [TF2 Official Blog] New Info On The Sniper Update

Robin Walker of the TF2 Official Blog writes:

"The Sniper has been a tricky class to update. In particular, designing an alternative to the Sniper Rifle has been a challenge. To understand why, we need to go back, way back, into the mists of time, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, and we started working on TF2. If it helps, you can listen to the Doctor Who Theme while you read."
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13 May 2009

[Official TF2 Site] First New Sniper Unlock Revealed

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360 - Team Fortress 2 - [Official TF2 Site] First New Sniper Unlock Revealed

The TF2 Official Blog states:

"Any experienced sniper will tell you how irritating it is when your targets keep moving around. The question is how to stop these cheaters from wind-sprinting around like they own the place. And the answer is to pin them to a wall. How? With arrows!"
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6 May 2009

Valve Teases Team Fortress 2's Close Range Sniper Update

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360 - Team Fortress 2 - Valve Teases Team Fortress 2's Close Range Sniper Update

The Team Fortress 2 team isn't quite yet ready to reveal what changes are in store for the game's Sniper class, on deck to receive new unlockables, but it's quite ready to tease those additions.

Thankfully, it doesn't sound like Valve will go ahead with its April Fool's Day plans to add jars of Sniper piss as a weapon, but do something almost as unexpected. Robin Walker writes on the official TF2 blog what the update plans to address with the Sniper class, which may bring the rifleman a little closer to his targets.
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