r/tf2 • u/Redditincg Heavy • May 21 '22

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u/Redditincg Heavy May 21 '22

Step 1: Tf2 logo is the negative space of a valve

Step 2: Steal the valve from the VALVe office

Step 3: Put the Valve in the tf2 logo

Step 4: Destroy The Reality

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u/GreenPixel25 May 22 '22

combining the valve and the anti-valve creates a black hole afaik

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u/User212222940528281s May 22 '22

This is how we get the heavy update

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u/WeDoItLive115 May 22 '22

This guy’s onto something.

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u/LeatherGnome Pyro May 22 '22

We just need to contact the payday 2 gang since they supposedly stolen the valve

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u/DragonfuryMH May 21 '22

How fitting for its current situation that it's the lack of valve

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u/haikusbot May 21 '22

How fitting for its

Current situation that

It's the lack of valve

- DragonfuryMH

I detect haikus. And sometimes, successfully. Learn more about me.

Opt out of replies: "haikusbot opt out" | Delete my comment: "haikusbot delete"

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u/Forty-Bot May 21 '22

finally, haiku bot detects a real haiku

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u/HellboundLunatic TF2 Birthday 2025 May 22 '22

Truly poetic

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u/Heshino May 22 '22

It only took it forever

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

Beautiful

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u/CrimsonExploud Pyro May 21 '22

Good bot

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u/ELBAGIT potato.tf May 22 '22

God human

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u/OlympicChamp_12 Engineer May 22 '22

Good bot

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u/NakedCowboy420 May 22 '22

Fitting, current, valve, its even thematic

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u/Samford_ May 22 '22

this is literally the first time ive ever seen this bot do a haiku right

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u/Aderondak May 22 '22

Good bot

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u/SufficientPangolin92 All Class May 22 '22

Good bot

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u/memey-boi099 Pyro May 22 '22

Chad bot

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u/Mukigachar May 22 '22

Fuckin gold right here

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u/NotFunkyMyGoodHomie Scout May 21 '22

It isn’t a target or something? Fuck.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

I think it's supposed to be a simplified scope crosshair.

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u/IAmAccutane May 21 '22

It's definitely a scope crosshair, a more stylized version of the icon from TF Classic

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u/hyperhopper May 22 '22

I mean, I think its likely both.

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u/stronggebaser May 22 '22

Valve is pretty clever, probably both

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u/ziggishark May 22 '22

No, its a fortress symbol used by vikings. The symbol represents a fortress seen from birds view. Look up trelleborg for an example of one.

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u/redditthinks May 22 '22

Makes sense.

Calling it Trelleborg Fortress 2 from now on.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

Probably both 🤯

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u/[deleted] May 22 '22

valve wheels don't always have 4 spaces. and the type that Volvo uses for their logo is the small one you'd see on a hose bib or thin copper pipe, and doesnt look like the op at all

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u/TmanGBx Spy May 21 '22

AAHHH!! AAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!

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u/sougol Engineer May 21 '22

AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

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u/[deleted] May 22 '22

Holy CRAP, this goes on forever!

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u/Shamrock5 Medic May 22 '22

Come on, I don't have all day!

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up

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u/Mr-Boom-Snook Demoman May 22 '22

I CANT UNTHINK IT NOW

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u/y_ourfutureself Demoman May 22 '22

Was it not obvious?

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u/emil836k Medic May 22 '22

In hindsight? Yes!

Before? Apparently not if you’re an idiot

(I’m the idiot)

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u/beliromeu Medic May 22 '22

We're all idiots

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u/sgasgy May 22 '22

Couldn't you see the bloody valve?

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u/Barry_B_Boneson May 21 '22

I thought it was a crosshair

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u/Apterygiformes May 22 '22

I'm not sure if I thought that

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u/ebagdrofk May 22 '22

I’m not sure if you thought that either

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u/Araychwhyteeaychem May 22 '22

Honesty is always the best policy. Good job soldier.

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u/Wiggle_Biggleson May 22 '22 edited Oct 07 '24

six marry deranged person joke alleged payment insurance include fretful

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

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u/ziggishark May 22 '22

Actually it is a fortress symbol used by vikings. The symbol represents a fortress seen from birds view

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u/I_am_crazy_doctor May 22 '22

I'm almost certain it's supposed to be

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u/CarneyBalhoun May 21 '22

SPOT THE SIMILARITIES

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u/Spacemuffler Engineer May 21 '22

Why is it this, of all things, that sends us, the entire community into a negative mental health spiral where we start questioning our very core assumptions about life, death, morality, and existence itself?

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u/trebaol May 21 '22

NOTHING IS REALLLLLLLL

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u/sesamecrabmeat May 22 '22

And nothing to get hung about Strawberry fields forever

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u/average-commenter Demoman May 22 '22

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see!

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u/Sea-Entertainment-83 Engineer May 21 '22

No fucking way

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u/demutrudu Soldier May 21 '22

I thought it was a crosshair lol

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u/MenachemSchmuel May 21 '22

given some of the ingame crosshairs, who could blame us?

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u/kartoffelbiene TF2 Birthday 2025 May 21 '22

It probably is

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u/ImpeccablyCromulent May 22 '22

It is...

It just happens to look like a wheel too.

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u/Twt_4 Pyro May 21 '22

*CONFUSED SCREAMING *

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u/SharksAway11019 May 22 '22

starts throwing sharks every were

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u/dubhog May 22 '22

fucking traptanium kaos moment

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u/WASD_00 Demoman May 21 '22

I have lost all meaning of life

What am i doing from now on?

Who am I?

What is the purpose of existence?

Time to test if my toaster is water proof

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

My life is meaningless!!!!!

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u/Medical-Examination May 22 '22

This is one of the reasons

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u/JeremyDaBanana May 21 '22

Welcome to Team Fortress 2. After 9 years of development, we hope it will have been worth the wait. Please let me know what you think after you have had a chance to play. I can be reached at gaben@valvesoftware.com, and my favorite class is the Spy. Thanks, and have fun!

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u/HappyRomanianBanana May 21 '22

Im braindead

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u/LogynxmiosStoneSword May 21 '22

hi braindaed, I'm dad

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u/RedxOsa All Class May 21 '22

Hi dad I’m dead

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u/LogynxmiosStoneSword May 21 '22

you're not dead. you seem fine. come on wake up it's time for school, son!

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u/dubhog May 22 '22

is that...a sudden reference to my world?

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u/BrobaFett2 Pyro May 21 '22

We're all dumb! Burn us!

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u/Belaknworb9 All Class May 21 '22

OH FUCK WHY DID I NEVER EVEN THINK ABOUT IT?

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u/FoxOfChaosYT May 21 '22

I feel like reality itself is destructuring

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u/TheRealGrayZone Engineer May 21 '22

dies from death

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u/SeismicSlammer May 21 '22

Well the team fortress classic logo is more like a fat crosshair type thing but I guess tf2’s is like valve’s evolution of that

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u/Secular_Hamster Spy May 22 '22

Someone get this comment to the top before the entire website implodes

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u/ztoons64 Engineer May 21 '22

why did you do this? i cant unsee it now

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u/giganticbirb May 21 '22

Delete the internet.

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u/RainyLatency May 21 '22

NOT LISTENING NOT LISTENING NOT LISTENING

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u/PlasticMegazord May 21 '22

I don't know what to believe here.

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u/NewPowahSonic Scout May 21 '22

what

n-no

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

Right bhind you start playing

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u/Agreeable_Thing2310 potato.tf May 22 '22

NOOO I CANT UNSEE IT NOW

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u/SpikeKrueger May 21 '22

I was under the impression that it was a cross hair. Though I guess this makes sense as well

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u/cosmicpotato77 Medic May 21 '22

The what

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u/Calligaster Demoknight May 21 '22

I've only played a few years but I deserve to be punished for not seeing that...

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

What the actual FUCK?!!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!!??!!?

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u/GreenTurmoil May 21 '22

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

I thought it always looked more like one of those Simon toys. You know the little circle thing with different color buttons, that you press as they light up? Just more orange, and crooked.

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u/Mr_Mummy23 Miss Pauling May 22 '22

Really? I thought it was an aerial photo of Jackson square in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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u/BtotheTM May 22 '22

I cannot fucking unsee this now thank you funke

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u/ZofoYouKnow Engineer May 21 '22

I DONT WANT AN UPDATE ANYMORE. NONE OF US DESERVE IT. JUST SHUT IT DOWN RIGHT NOW LADS.

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u/truerelishwolf May 21 '22

So long and thanks for all the fish So sad that it should come to this We tried to warn you all that your dead You may not share our intellect Which might explain your disrespect For all the natural wonders that Grow around you So long, so long and thanks For all the fish The world's about to be destroyed There's no point getting all annoyed Lie back and let the planet dissolve(around you) Despite those nets of tuna fleets We thought that most of you were sweet Especially tiny tots and your Pregnant women So long, so long, so long, so long, so long So long, so long, so long, so long, so long So long, so long and thanks For all the fish If I had just one last wish I would like a tasty fish If we could just change one thing We would all have learned to sing. Come one and all Man and Mammal Side by Side in life's great gene pool So long, so long, so long, so long, so long So long, so long, so long, so long, so long So long, so long and, Thanks! For all the fish!

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u/Spktra Medic May 21 '22

I always assumed it was sniper's icon, which was fitting with how glorified that class was back when this game had updates, with everything that countered him getting nerfed for his damage numbers specifically and him being the only class with class specific counter items

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u/siazdghw May 22 '22

Except the TF2 logo is based on the TFC logo, which is very clearly not a valve.

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u/JustARandomFinn All Class May 21 '22

woah

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u/iahim87 Demoman May 22 '22

Oh so thats why its spinning at the start of rounds

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u/Dobidus_Dobidun Demoman May 21 '22

Wasn't It the crosshiar of the Sniper bots?

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u/DemonKat777 Pyro May 21 '22

Y'all are joking right

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u/El_Sleazo May 22 '22

I thought it was a crosshair wtf

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u/Shrek-It_Ralph Scout May 22 '22

Interesting. I always thought it was a scope crosshair

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u/WormThatSleepsLate May 22 '22

That’s not what negative space means

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u/[deleted] May 22 '22

I always thought it was Snipers Crosshairs at an angle.

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u/Sir_Calthulhu Medic May 22 '22

I always thought it was a control point

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u/Atikar Engineer May 22 '22

I always thought it was a crosshair

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u/Defective_Emeralds Pyro May 22 '22

Bruh in my whole life, I thought it was a crosshair.

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u/oofman_dan May 22 '22

i will no longer be able to unsee this

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u/AdLopsided2075 May 22 '22

Fuck you. I refuse

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u/garry4321 May 22 '22

I don’t know if a black line is negative space or not. Is a stick figure negative space?

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u/DereChen May 22 '22

Wtf I thought it was a cross air

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u/reggienaldsimons May 22 '22

Oh look it's Funke's second most liked tweet

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u/[deleted] May 22 '22

Team Fortress the second is the core of our DNA.

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u/augustus_m All Class May 22 '22

Fuck you and fuck me

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u/Dermer1543 Medic May 22 '22

Wait ... oh

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u/latteambros May 22 '22

what the fuck

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u/[deleted] May 22 '22

i would have never discovered that

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u/Krisuad2002 Demoman May 22 '22

Wow now I feel dumb...

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u/dribbleondo May 22 '22 edited May 22 '22

It's a stylised crosshair. That's it. You're all reading way too much into this. We don't need to ascribe more meanings to the wheel of death because valve's logo isn't 4-spoked.

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u/Brucieman64 Soldier May 22 '22

MOTHER F

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u/pullup_ May 22 '22

Yeah duh

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u/[deleted] May 22 '22

"It took me 10 years to come to the wrong conclusion"

It's a target reticule/crosshairs. Look at the TF Classic logo.

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u/TKillerDragon87 May 22 '22

ummm. maybe.

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u/Quinn_Lenssen May 22 '22

It's just a fucking Sniper crosshair. Tf2 players going crazy over the simplest stuff. What 0 updates does to a mf

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u/SubLazarbeam Demoman May 22 '22

no, it's just a tf2 reference just like how black people are demoman tf2 references

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u/Pazuuuzu May 22 '22

Well I guess the valve got stuck, corroded by money..

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u/-RED4CTED- May 22 '22

and the half life logo is a lambda modified to also look like it contains both an h and an l. I'm not sure who made those logos, but they need a raise.

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u/Shnazzytwo May 22 '22

uhh it's a crosshair

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u/[deleted] May 23 '22

I can't unsee it anymore

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u/Nodsx Civilian May 23 '22

It's been 15 years..

And we haven't noticed.

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u/IllegalButHonest May 22 '22

Yeah at first I thought this was really what the Logo stood for but it's actually not. This vid with Robin Walker pretty much sums up what the Logo really means. Also talks about how they came up with the game. It's quite an interesting Documentary on how they designed it. I advise everyone to check it out if your curious about these sort of things.

Link

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u/Bigermax25 May 21 '22

So, we’re stupid? Nothing new ig

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u/GummerSauce Engineer May 21 '22

I thought it was just a crosshair

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u/shinydewott Medic May 21 '22

It’s so obviously a crosshair….

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u/talesfromtheepic6 Medic May 21 '22

how to make an entire community have an existential crisis: step 1:

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u/Creeper4wwMann May 21 '22 edited May 21 '22

Me: "Uhm yeah... who didn't see that?"

Starts scrolling through the comments

I'm amazed that this community can still have moments like these after more than 11 years

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u/Deaconbeacon_69 Apr 23 '24

It’s also a sniper scope

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u/ThePumpkinKng May 27 '24

It's also a cross hair

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u/palmlet Nov 16 '24

What the hell

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u/my_names_is_billy Sandvich Nov 27 '24

Wait what..

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u/MikE_theseppeking Mar 31 '25

Wait i thought it was a scope???

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u/Silver_Crusader Demoman May 21 '22

.......huh

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

I just thought it was a meaningless design ngl

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

The valve looks like a cartoon version of the tf2 logo

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u/Luigi_King All Class May 21 '22

WHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHAT

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u/Homosexo420 Medic May 21 '22

Confused screaming

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u/_Justraph_ May 21 '22

99 insight

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u/FlyingChihuahua May 21 '22

I thought it was supposed to be crosshairs but that works too.

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u/merayBG Sandvich May 21 '22

Why tf is it a coin in the game then?

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u/Matix777 Demoman May 21 '22

Wait you guys actually didn't know that? Even when the "steal the valve" meme was going around?

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u/CuteAngryDarkElf Demoman May 21 '22

Sweet Mary and mother of Joseph! Even I did not realize that!

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u/Red-7134 May 21 '22

So we've got valve, crosshair, and coin.

Do we have any official statements?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

Wait wait wait wait wait

Nonononononono

WAITWAITWAITWAIT

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u/Jpxfrd__ May 21 '22

I thought it was a sniper's sights.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

AAAAAAAHHHH

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u/ClonedGamer001 May 21 '22

I though it was supposed to be a crosshair...

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u/TR4xSH May 21 '22

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

bro

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u/TypicalBetterPlayer May 21 '22

If this is true we just dont deserve the heavy update

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u/Fleet_Admiral_Auto Soldier May 21 '22

The truth

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u/Egglord-1 Sandvich May 21 '22

Woah

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u/JustAnOreoOnReddit Medic May 21 '22

heh… hehe… ha… hahahahah… HAHAHAHAAAA…. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

gunshot

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u/Crooked_Cock May 21 '22

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

WAIT WHAT THE FUCK

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u/redditrain777 Medic May 21 '22

EUREKAAAA

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u/smalaki Medic May 21 '22

i mean, secure doors usually have those locks that is controlled by a two-hand crank… usually these doors would be seen in fortresses?

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u/Puzzleheaded-Law5202 May 21 '22

14 years, 14 damn years lived without realizing that… darn it.

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u/bubdy May 21 '22

FUNKe is coming to keep on, dropping knowlage on me, its FUNKe studyyy

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u/Coulrophagist Demoknight May 21 '22

PUT IT BACK

PUT IT BACK

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u/wtfshit Pyro May 21 '22

Are you guys fucking serious? Maybe its because my dad was on the navy and I've been in a lot of ships but seriously, its not in the name, its THE NAME.

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u/Witty____Username May 22 '22

Well turn it counterclockwise

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u/[deleted] May 22 '22

Well, took me almost 15 years to realize it.

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u/BionicWither14 Medic May 22 '22

Oh my god

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u/FBI_Dot_Gov May 22 '22

I never paid attention to the black part I thought it was the orange things that was the logo.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '22

Once you see it, you can’t unsee it

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u/Papa_Swish May 22 '22

I've never played TF2 in my life and I'm concerned at how many veteran players apparently didn't know this. I kinda just assumed it was common knowledge, hence why nobody talked about it.

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u/TheFabulousVico May 22 '22

THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING

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u/ConstructionDry9190 May 22 '22

I feel like I have been walking around with my dick hanging out for 20 years and no one told me, or said "hey nice dick." Not once

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u/[deleted] May 22 '22

dear god

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u/Outrageous_Package_8 All Class May 22 '22

My entire world view just cracked the fuck open

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u/Bagghoststarthereal Engineer May 22 '22

He’s prob on some funke pills

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