[WoWRiot] What the hell, the Spy? Pyro's sex revealed!

NrGx · May 16, 2009

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The Sniper update Spy update rolls on today. Yes you read that right. Seems Valve dropped a little surprise on our hands and we are getting two class updates this time around. Today's reveal is two new upgrades for the dear ole spy. Quite a few people complained about his effectiveness yesterday after The Razorback update for the Sniper but the dear ole Spy has some new toys of his own.

First up is The Dead Ringer. This watch allows the Spy to feign death so to speak, but not in that TFC way. After taking a non-lethal hit you get 8 seconds of cloak to sneak up behind would-be-killers as they check out your fake corpse laying on the ground.

This is going to be awesome. The only concerns are getting from point A to B in the 8 seconds if you are crossing enemy lines. Most good Spies almost exclusively use the cloak for movement and this could slightly hamper that. I am guessing this is the swap for the revolver but don't quote me on that.

The coolest update is Cloak and Dagger. This new cloak allows you to be permanently invisible! The only catch is you have to stand still to charge it. Metal doesn't charge it and only movement drops the meter. I could definitely see myself swapping this for the primary cloak which I imagine this replaces.

Props to Valve for the awesome surprise update. It looks like the weekend (maybe next week) is going to bring a whole bunch of Sniper and Spy play. After that run of months with no updates thanks to Left 4 Dead Valve is making up for it.

Oh... and for those of you that have questioned the Pyro's sex, even though I told you before, Valve slipped up today:

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Bartmasta · May 16, 2009

i don't believe it

Bartmasta · May 16, 2009

looks like they changed it, go to the site and you'll see

Holy hell. All those conspiracy theorists on the TF forum couldn't have been right all along, could they? Pyro's going to be inconsolable now.

FieryCoD · May 16, 2009

So it IS a girl!

Radiix · May 16, 2009

I bet she's hott.

Cerberus · May 16, 2009

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Originally Posted by radiix

i bet she's hott.

pun intended! Lol

OmegaNemesis28 · May 16, 2009

I think people are looking into it too much. I've said she instead of he and visa verse plenty of times before. Mootsfox and Megaoption can attest for that. ROFL

wierdo124 · May 16, 2009

I fail to see breasts.

nakedrampage · May 16, 2009

So are they doing Both? Or was the sniper update entirely a spoof?

GoTMaXPoWeR · May 16, 2009

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Originally Posted by wierdo124

I fail to see breasts.

QFT.

The Mad Mule · May 16, 2009

Holy crap, it's like getting three updates at once with that article!

Comp112 · May 16, 2009

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Originally Posted by wierdo124

I fail to see breasts.

Have you seen how thick the pyro suit is?!

Captain Han · May 16, 2009

look:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...d.php?t=847163

not official but pyro interesting concept.

Anth0789 · May 16, 2009

The pyro seems to look like a guy but I guess its a girl what a surprise.

nathangentzen · May 16, 2009

oh you're all dead.

spy update = me as a pyro.

you're all soooo dead. BURN!!

andyroo89 · May 16, 2009

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Originally Posted by nathangentzen

oh you're all dead.

spy update = me as a pyro.

you're all soooo dead. BURN!!

Ha you wish you can burn me

Also that female pyro there is the skin on fpsbanana IF there is the spy update that is awesome XD

CallmeRoth · May 16, 2009

If you use the SDK you'll find there is a pyro texture for HIS face.

Andr3az · May 16, 2009

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Originally Posted by wierdo124

I fail to see breasts.

Indeed.. ITS A TRAP!!!

Evil-Jester · May 16, 2009

pyro was always a chick go to any game with a storage box look for the pyros flame suit/mask and at the top is a pink purse with a flower on it

Drin · May 16, 2009

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Originally Posted by nakedrampage

So are they doing Both? Or was the sniper update entirely a spoof?

They're going to do both, however in typical valve quality the spy update was disguised as the sniper update. Only way to announce it in my opinion.

This will be one heck of an update, I wonder how they balance so much content internally. There was strong evidence that the payload race mode was intended for the scout update (didn't they originally say it was?) and so that might explain how they fit in here, but still that's a lot to go through.

Also its not clear that there are 3 item updates for both the spy and sniper, but until told otherwise its a safe bet. Wouldn't feel right if there was a milestone without an unlockable (it also wouldn't feel right if there were only two milestones/less achievements).

Hellisforheroes · May 16, 2009

she looks like a fat momma if it really is a woman. but we're all hoping 'she' looks like this:

Supacasey · May 16, 2009

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Originally Posted by wierdo124

I fail to see breasts.

YouTube - tf2 pyro girl custom model jigle test01

How about now?

(Link to the skin on FPSB)

nategr8ns · May 16, 2009

haha check it out, they changed it!

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Holy hell. All those conspiracy theorists on the TF forum couldn't have been right all along, could they? Pyro's going to be inconsolable now.

TestECull · May 17, 2009

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Originally Posted by Hellisforheroes

she looks like a fat momma if it really is a woman. but we're all hoping 'she' looks like this:

The Pyro's flame-******ant suit is many, many layers thick, probably consisting of both modern Nomex, old-time asbestos, and perhaps even something cooked up by the engies that has no real world version.

As such, her suit is many, many layers thick, both to insulate from heat and to protect the Pyro/her teammates from the asbestos. This means that the suit does not follow the contours of it's wearer at all, which gives the Pyro the jigglyness we've come to know.

Valve can't be having to deal with Mesothelioma lawsuits from it's video game characters, now can it?

Katana · May 17, 2009

I'm kind of thinking it was just the accident of whoever wrote that blog post, not knowing it was treated as such an authoritative source. My guess is, the joke they were making about being inconsolable was only really funny when the Pyro was treated as a "she". Knowing the ambiguous gender of the pyro, they wrote it that way.

falco216 · May 17, 2009

Valve has referred to the Pyro as being male in some posts but as female in others, it's one of Valve's jokes.

[WoWRiot] What the hell, the Spy? Pyro's sex revealed!

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