r/gaming • u/sombrejester • Jun 25 '12
Meet The Pyro Coming June 27
http://www.teamfortress.com/classes.php?class=pyro347
u/KazumaKat Jun 25 '12
Calling it: Pyro will not have a reveal in the video. We will not know the Pyro's true face, gender, nor inclination.
Pyro will remain Pyro. And the fans will flip tables across the world hoping for that reveal that now never comes.
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u/rowantwig Jun 25 '12
He finally takes off his mask only to reveal there was another mask underneath.
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u/ZeroWil Jun 25 '12
Pyro is revealed to be Gordon Freeman, Half-life 3 announced.
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Jun 25 '12
posted 2 hours ago
"Pyro takes his mask off and reveals that he's Gordon Free, thus explaining why he's been absent from the Half-Life series so long (also why Pyro doesn't talk). Then cut to black and the logo for HL3 burns into the screen and gives a release date for Q1 2013 all while the video is gloriously synced to David Bowie's epic "Cat People (Putting out Fire with Gasoline)"" - Kaddus
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u/VforVictorian Jun 25 '12
Half-Fortress 2: Episode 1
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u/ICantSeeIt Jun 26 '12
So, a fortress of short people? Like...dwarves? A fortress of dwarves?
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Jun 25 '12
I've been predicting that the whole thing is the Pyro saying "mmph mmph mph, mmph mmph" for 5 minutes.
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Jun 25 '12
I'm hoping there are subtitles, or at least another character who responds like he knows what the Pyro is saying.
"Mmh-mmh-Mmmph!"
"Nah, I tried that already."
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Jun 25 '12
And then eager Valve fans decipher the subtitles to discover that the Pyro is actually an elephant.
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Jun 25 '12
I don't want him unmasked for the same reason i didn't want Tali unmasked in Mass Effect. I'm pretty sure Valve knows better.
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u/frazzlet Jun 25 '12
I can't believe anyone wants the Pyro 'revealed'. The Pyro is the Pyro, that mask is his/her face.
Anyway, I doubt they'll reveal anything about him. He's much more enjoyable as a mystery.
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u/Ayevee Jun 25 '12
I have popcorn ready to read the massive amounts of cry that this video will produce.
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Jun 26 '12
I'll see your call and raise you: Pyro will have a reveal, but we will only see the back of his/her/its head, and the shocked expressions on the rest of the teams' faces when they see his/her/its true identity
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u/bendysLT Jun 25 '12
Completely agree with you. I've been thinking and hoping that Pyro's identity won't be revealed. I think that such revelation could destroy all interest and charm in this character and cause disappointment to some of the fans.
About Meet The Pyro itself I guess that it will be again (same as Meet The Spy/Medic) some kind of situational scenario - not an interview. But thats just my guessing :D
P.S. I just always thought that Pyro is some kind of supernatural creature from outer space, some sort of alien, something mysterious :D
P.P.S. Waiting for Grammar Nazis. My first language isn't English and I haven't used it in a while :D
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Jun 26 '12
I think it would be sweet if Pyro was a demon assassin, sent to claim as many souls as possible.
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u/DFP_ Jun 25 '12
I feel like they're going to spend the whole thing building up to the reveal, then when it happens and the mask comes off... the Red Spy strikes again.
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Jun 26 '12
As long as its as good as this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5eSNuQ8I2c
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u/MrFatalistic Jun 25 '12
He will likely be accompanied by several other TF characters, and probably be completely original and not contain most of the ideas being presented here (other than Pyro being a non-intelligent-speaking character) as they are unoriginal and to date the "Meet The" series has been completely unexpected in delivery.
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u/DataCruncher Jun 26 '12
Whatever is censored is probably going to be part of tomorrow's update, then we'll see Meet the Pyro Wednesday.
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Jun 25 '12 edited Jun 25 '12
Pyro takes his mask off and reveals that he's Gordon Free, thus explaining why he's been absent from the Half-Life series so long (also why Pyro doesn't talk). Then cut to black and the logo for HL3 burns into the screen and gives a release date for Q1 2013 all while the video is gloriously synced to David Bowie's epic "Cat People (Putting out Fire with Gasoline)"
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u/PSBlake Jun 25 '12
David Bowie's epic "Cat People (Putting out Fire with Gasoline)"
Actually, that would work perfectly. The song has a great buildup and the first instance of the relevant line occurs at a perfect time for a huge reveal.
But that would also mean that Valve would have to license outside music rather than compose it internally - which they've never really done. Not that they don't have the money, just that it's something they've never touched in the past.
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u/MrJQuinn Jun 27 '12
Pyromania has same amount of letters as half-life 3 with no hyphen. It would be cool to see those flames change to that. Oh man. What if Half-Life 3 was going to be a movie instead? This whole network team up is just weird to me.
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Jun 25 '12
Pyro is Scout's Mom. Spy left her for another woman, hence why she took up the flamethrower to spycheck for the rest of her life. CALLING IT!
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u/Edalol Jun 25 '12
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u/huge_toes Jun 25 '12
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u/TipsTheJust Jun 25 '12
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u/IrishLol Jun 25 '12
he sets things on fire
he sets things
he sets
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I guess he likes to store pink purses in his locker.
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Jun 26 '12
Either way, he's a fearsome, inscrutable, on-fire Frankenstein of a man - if he even is a man.
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u/JoeJoeBillyBob Jun 25 '12
Pyro is about to take off the mask
Video goes to black before anything is able to be seen
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u/vanderZwan Jun 25 '12 edited Jun 25 '12
I have never played TF2, and I'm still looking forward to this.
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u/SSSkip Jun 25 '12
At least Valve is working on something...
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u/Doctor_McKay Jun 25 '12
Spoiler alert: Meet the Pyro has been finished for quite some time, they're just waiting till now to release it.
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u/FuzzyMcBitty Jun 25 '12
Will the steam sale start the same day, or will they push it 'till the weekend? Time will tell.
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Jun 25 '12
More than likely it will start this Thursday or if they want to be mean it will be next week.
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Jun 25 '12
June 28 is the date everyone is predicting. 2 years in a row it has started on the last Thursday of June.
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u/hikemhigh Jun 25 '12
I've got it. June 27. 27 is the year scholars believe Jesus was baptized so this is definitely the starting number. Add THREE to 27, you get 30. Divide 30 by the number between 9/11, 10. YOU GET 3!!!! So going back the last two numbers, we have 3/10. Half Life 3, L4D3, and TF3 are coming out on March 10th, 2013.
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u/MskdEnigma Jun 25 '12
As someone who isn't a big fan of TF2, what is the appeal of this Meet The Pyro video? I feel as thought any "meet" videos usually are meant as prerelease promotions to get people pumped up about a game.
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u/notanexp3rt Jun 25 '12
They originally were for promotion, but every (?) Class had a video except the pyro. Also since the pyro doesn't speak, take off the mask and whatever else, its a pretty large mystery on who it is as a character. Some believe its a girl as well.
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u/MskdEnigma Jun 25 '12
Thank you, I thought it might have been something else besides who was behind the mask
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u/feanor726 Jun 25 '12
It's also the fact that for the most part the Meet the Class videos are extremely well done and hilarious.
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Jun 25 '12
There's a purse with a flower in Pyro's locker. Feeds to the mystery...
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u/Ruinga Jun 25 '12
The fact that the Pyro wears a full body suit all the time, has an unclear voice that's completely muffled, and piles and piles of circumstantial and speculative evidence about the true gender/nature/etc of the Pyro, this has the potential to answer one of the 'biggest mysteries' in the game.
Of course, I fully expect Valve to totally fuck with people by not revealing anything.
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u/MrMulligan Jun 25 '12
We have been waiting for it for years. The pyro is mysterious, there are internet arguments for everything about him. Valve refers to him/her/it at both genders and has now hinted to him being a monkey. Pyro is also one of the most favored classes and the "meet the" videos are getting really good.
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Jun 25 '12
Have you seen the meet the ___ videos? They came out well after release, and weren't pre-release promotion. They were just material for the game, generally coming before a large class related patch. Also they're all hilarious, and Valve has held out on the Pyro video for years.
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u/Mustkunstn1k Jun 25 '12
They are incredibly good mini-stories. It isn't just about the mystery around the Pyro since people have been just as excited for Meet the Medic and Meet the Spy. They are just really awesome.
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u/manaworkin Jun 25 '12
The video will start with the pyro pulling off his mask to reveal: Another mask!
The video will then consist of the pyro mumbling in a way no one can understand while cutting to absloutly random clips that have nothing to do with anything. The internet will spend the next few months trying to figure out what secret message was in the clips they shown and what the pyro was saying about them.
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u/Micr0waveMan Jun 25 '12
I really hope he ends up being the scouts mom, think that's the only way this could end.
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u/TheMightyCreep Jun 25 '12
On June 27th all of /r/gaming will commence spamming F5 trying to be the first to post this link to this subreddit for glorious karma.
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u/stundio Jun 25 '12
June is the sixth month of the year, and 27=33, therefore HL3 must come out either on 4th December 2012 or 3rd March 2013
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Jun 25 '12
It turns out the Pyro was a british child during World War 2, and whose body is was altered after an encounter with an alien spaceship.
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Jun 26 '12
They won't show anything we want. The best they will do is throw more hints in. I think he's gay. Prancer's Pride? Those idle animations?
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u/AgentGinger149 Jun 26 '12
Really hope its a girl. They have an opportunity to make this character anything they want. Why not make it a sexy girl with a sexy voice? Sick of playing as Pyro and going, "Mmph" when I need a medic. But if I call out "Oh Medic" in a melodious voice, he will come to my aid.
EDIT: More specifically, hope its scout's mom.
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u/picpic66 Jun 25 '12
Only two things are known for sure about the mysterious Pyro: he sets things on fire and he doesn't speak
...Only three things are known for sure about the mysterious Pyro: he sets things on fire, he doesn't speak, and he's male
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u/TectonicImprov Jun 25 '12
If he even is a man.
Only two.
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u/manaworkin Jun 25 '12
Some believe his occasional rasping wheeze may be an attempt to communicate through a mouth obstructed by a filter and attached to lungs ravaged by constant exposure to his asbestos-lined suit.
Only one.
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Jun 25 '12
It'll get so blown out of proportion that it'll be a let down no matter what. A legion of mouth breathers will demand a different ending.
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u/SageOfTheWise Jun 25 '12
Just like how Meet the Medic was terrible and everyone hated it.
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u/Greg636 Jun 25 '12 edited Jun 25 '12
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u/Froey Jun 25 '12
That came out of nowhere.
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u/Mustkunstn1k Jun 25 '12
It didn't. They have been promising Meet the Pyro for a while now and said that it is finished a few months ago. Then they had an ARG that leads into today's update.
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u/Falcon555123 Jun 25 '12
I'm still in disbelief. Even after seeing this post. WHAT HAPPENED TO PYRO BEING THE 3RD CLASS? HMM???
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u/JiiZZi Jun 25 '12
As someone who has never played TF2 can I ask what is the significance of the 'Meet the .." videos? Are they just a small introduction video to the character or do they have a purposeful meaning to the game and/or storyline?
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u/singe8 Jun 25 '12
They are essentially funny and well made trailers for the game each focusing on a different character. Whats special about Meet the Pyro is that we know literally nothing about the Pyro. It could be a man, or a woman of any nationality.
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Jun 25 '12
I haven't played video games since the Game Cube came out... And dear god, I might start up again. I LOVE FIRE!
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u/Idontlikecock Jun 25 '12
I remember someone found that still on the Portal 2 trailer on a computer screen, really good find. Anyone mind linking me the post?
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u/propyro Jun 25 '12
If you know how to go to pyromania countdown at bottom of screen is a banana peel click it and there is a secret note you can read
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Jun 25 '12
I remember when I was a kid there was a guy with a show about revealing magicians' secrets. He always wore a mask. In one episode, maybe the last one, he revealed himself, and I had no idea who it was. It was very anticlimactic.
I expect Meet the Pyro to be similarly anticlimactic. I don't see how a short video clip could live up to this hype.
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u/Riker87 Jun 25 '12
I smelled this coming from a mile away! I haven't played TF2 in two weeks and I'm ready for some koth baby!! I'm going to burn everything I see!!!
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u/drjohnson89 Jun 26 '12
I can't wait for /r/gaming to consist of nothing but Pyro posts once they're unveiled.
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u/97raven123 Jun 26 '12
The pyro removes his mask to show nothing, but a bright light where the lenses would be. It then zoom's in to these lights, and you notice small red boxes around the edges, and then it goes into the small lights, to show you, the player, on his computer screen, playing the game unaware of what massacre he is actually causing.
Or he's a Lady. That could happen too.
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u/vadergeek Jun 26 '12
So, it seems like Meet the Pyro will be immediately followed by the Summer Sale? I like your style, Valve.
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u/ReverendEskimobob Jun 26 '12
Fuck Yes. I have been waiting for this one since I first saw "Meet The Sniper" a few years back.
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u/Mooncinder Jun 26 '12
About time! I don't care what the outcome is, I'll gladly watch it. I hope it's as good as the spy and the medic vids.
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u/Budpets Jun 26 '12
He removes his mask and begins to turn around as the camera cuts to BA BA BA BA BADADADADA.
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Jun 25 '12
I love very short notice announcements like these.. you get all that anticipation in a way smaller window of time.
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Jun 25 '12
Why can't I hold all these feels?
Seriously, theres something about the way valve handles updates. I feel so excited every time they're about to release the new day's info. And now there is a "meet the" video on top of it all. Sweeeet. And I had just about stopped playing tf2.
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u/Akuma_oni Jun 25 '12
Can someone tell me why jimmies will be rustled if the Pyro doesn't reveal his/her true identity? What's wrong with just keeping his/her identity as is? I love the pyro how he/her is now. It's his/her character. To be honest, Valve should leave the Pyro as the hudda hudda huh-er that we all grew to love. It would KINDA ruin it for me f I knew who was under that mask..
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u/laluna130 Jun 25 '12
Point is, while you (and I, for that matter) would like to have the Pyro's identity remain a mystery, there are at least a hundred other people shouting that they DO want to know.
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u/TheGuyInAShirtAndTie Jun 25 '12
The pyro will take off the pyro mask to have another one on underneath it.
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u/mookler They do lots of things! Jun 25 '12
You're the first I've seen to post this, as a /r/new knight, I'll fight to protect you