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Rick May, Soldier’s VA, has passed away due to COVID-19

With an extensive acting profile ranging from our familiar American patriot Soldier from Team Fortress 2, to Peppy and Andross from Star Fox, Rick May was a seasoned veteran of voice acting who has left this world today. 

A post from Larry Albert on Facebook was crossposted by the Sniper’s voice actor from TF2, John Patrick Lowrie. Albert, a close friend of May, shares some personal words about May in his memorium post:

Rick May was a force of nature, a pain in the ass sometimes but never to the point where I would not use him again and again. We were working friends, colleagues and buddies. Hopefully there will be those who will speak of his years in the theater, as a teacher, a director and voice talent, of his one-man show as Teddy Roosevelt. I knew the man who asked me if I could get him a copy of an old Republic Studios serial cliffhanger “The Phantom Rider” if he got me an autograph from his friend Ty Hardin from the old “Bronco” TV series.

I knew the man who along with Frank Buxton and David Selvig stood and applauded my daughter Andee when I introduced her to the audience at the Kirkland Performance Center for what would be her first appearance as a professional actor. I knew the man who was always encouraging when I had my bout with cancer. I knew the man whose passing leaves a huge hole in my heart and I believe so many others. I wish you strength Diana. 

Rick I wish for you to know eternal peace. Goodbye buddy, I’m gonna miss the hell out of you.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/johnpatricklowrie/posts/3695585787179521

May you rest in peace, Rick May, and thank you for your contributions to this world. We wish his family and friends well and offer our condolences.

[fuckyeahtf2]

A memoriam of Rick May has been posted to Rekindle School’s website, where he was an educator and teacher for various types of acting include theater and voice acting work.

The post cited a stroke that May had in February. He was moved to a nursing home before, before catching COVID-19 there, and passed away at the age of 79 at a Swedish hospital. Additionally, the website lists additional portfolio work May has done, including his voiceover work:

…In addition to his appearance in major motion pictures, TV shows and commercials, Rick was featured in many popular video games.  In “Star Fox 64” he was the voice of Peppy Hare and Andross, in “Age of Empires II” he was the narrator and voice of Genghis Khan, and was The Soldier in the ongoing game series “Team Fortress II.” 

…Rick was a wonderful teacher whose classes and students meant the world to him. He’ll be deeply missed.

The website has also listed their email address for those who would like to leave condolences:

If you would like to send condolences to his family, if you send them to [email protected], we’ll pass them along.

Source: https://www.classesandworkshops.com/in-memory-of-rick-may/

The full memoriam for May can be read in the sourced post above. Please be respectful when sending condolences and wishes to Rick May’s family. 

[tf-trash]

I haven’t posted here since the TF2 community went quiet, but it seems the community has come together again to honor Rick May, the voice actor for The Solider who passed due to complications involving  COVID-19. His voice helped bring life to one of the most memorable characters I’ve ever played. I hope his family is doing alright and hope they know the community is thinking about them. Please wash your hands, stay inside, and play TF2 during this pandemic.

Flatten the curve, MAGGOTS!

[abandonedandurbex]

[paper-mario-wiki]

[blu-force-a-nature]

Got to pester Heavy’s va at PAX

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AWESOME

[kingspaghettiking]

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[thewolfbroughtindoors]

tumblr yes

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This… is a bucket.

Dear GOD.

[blelbinems-deactivated20190925]

There’s more.

NO

[mummunreblog]

Tf2 fandom, hear me out

Merc work is full of unsavory, morally questionable crap. However, we’ve seen some guys go to heaven upon death. 

Despite any sins they may have committed, they’ve been welcomed to the good beyond.  Now, Medic has surgically affixed the other eight souls of his teammates to his own.

 What I’m saying is: essentially, Medic has, in taking their souls, absolved them of sin and assured them a peaceful afterlife. And if that ain’t the sweetest, most selfless shit you’ve ever seen, I dunno what is.

[headcanonfortress]

fuck. me. up.

 i cant handle all the shit that came out of this fucking comic update.

[thehoodedavenger]

Are you saying medic could be a fucked up version of jesus?

[headcanonfortress]

HEADCANON ACCEPTED.

[its-called-a-balaclava]

I’m going with this

[tf-trash]

This messes me up I reread the comic to check because I thought he stole the souls from TFC but the “we” here is more implying TF2... or at least the other 8 TF2 mercs...

Also, Medic sold another soul to the devil for a pen so he’s got 2 souls in hell and 7 undecided, so he still could go to heaven after he dies.

[shibs]

Sniper and the Übercharge

It just hit me now how Sniper must’ve been excited about the Übercharge. I mean, in Meet the Medic, we all know how amazed he was seeing the first Übercharge ever.

Then, we see that he is the second on the line to implant the Über, only after Scout. Can you imagine Sniper running at the chance to be invincible?

And finally, when he does have the Über in his heart, we can hear his creepy voice lines like:

Now, doctor, now…

Now, doctor, now!

Charge me, doctor!

Hit that charge, doctor!

So yes, Sniper was definitely excited about being invincible. And I think that’s totally adorable.

[tf-trash]

1 year, 5 months, and 15 days (or 531 Days) have passed since TF Comics #6 was released

In comparison, here are the time gaps between the other comics:

#6-#5 was 498 days

#5-#4 was 333 days

#4-#3 was 183 days

#3-#2 was 119 days

#2-#1 was 98 days

Will the comic ever be released?

[theewrites-tf2]

Enigneer: Whats going on, buddy?

Scout: Late teenage rebellion

Sniper:*from the other room* FUCK YEAH.

Sniper: Stick it to the old people!

Spy: *in the distance* fuck you

[impatiensthesordidshmuck-blog]

Sniper is not still in his twenties. At best, he’s around late thirties or early forties. 

[theewrites-tf2]

At most

[daskingu]

@tastytexan

[tastytexan-deactivated20220514]

NOOOOOOOOO, Oh my God :’D but LOOK AT HIM!

C- crikey!

[tf-trash]

This is some very good info to add to the merc ages master post! I was using the ages based on the comics for said post, so I never thought about how the game itself happened before the comics! Only 27! They’re BABIES!

[theewrites-tf2]

Is this satisfactory enough? I really didn’t mean to start all this controversy, I swear

Also, @tf-trash ,and whoever else is reading this, keep in mind that 1968 is probably a few years into their time at RED. Sniper very well could’ve been hired and started working as a Merc at (roughly) 25. Scout canonly started roughly at 20/21/MAYBE22.

I can provide some vague, but canon proof of this headcanon, if yall are interested.

[tf-trash]

YOO! I’m always up for that omg

[theewrites-tf2]

Enigneer: Whats going on, buddy?

Scout: Late teenage rebellion

Sniper:*from the other room* FUCK YEAH.

Sniper: Stick it to the old people!

Spy: *in the distance* fuck you

[impatiensthesordidshmuck-blog]

Sniper is not still in his twenties. At best, he’s around late thirties or early forties. 

[theewrites-tf2]

At most

[daskingu]

@tastytexan

[tastytexan-deactivated20220514]

NOOOOOOOOO, Oh my God :’D but LOOK AT HIM!

C- crikey!

[tf-trash]

This is some very good info to add to the merc ages master post! I was using the ages based on the comics for said post, so I never thought about how the game itself happened before the comics! Only 27! They’re BABIES!

[tf-trash]

TF2 Merc Ages

After seeing more posts about how old all the Mercs are I finally went and did research. I’m basing everything here from the comic books and I may have missed something so if I did please let me know and I’ll adjust the age range accordingly.

Sniper is 30. Miss Pauling mentions New Zealand was put under water 40 years ago, but when Snipers real dad is talking to the council he says he warned them to go under water a decade ago (and they did) Sniper is a baby at that time so it means he can only be 30.

Scout is also a little older than people usually think and about 29 or 30. The track terrorizer (assuming Scout wasn’t working for RED) says he was 23. In the comic A Cold Day in Hell he talks to imaginary Pauling and mentions knowing her for 6 years. If that’s how long they’ve been working together he could be 29 or 30.

It’s late 1972 in the comics and Soldier started his Nazi killing spree in 1939 and it went till 1949. He had to at least have been 18 to try to get in the military. That means he’s 51????

That doesn’t seem right to me especially since Zhanna is supposed to be like I’m guessing 30-32? If she was the oldest girl in Heavys flashback who looked like 10-12 and it has been 20 years since she’s seen another man like…

Engineers dad was working for Blu in 1930 and the picture of him and his dad puts Engi at the time to be like 13 maybe? He looks really young but his face is mostly covered by the goggles. So he’s like 55????

And wait I forgot Heavys flashback. I can’t really tell how old he is. I would say 18-20 because he has hair and his chin looks a bit smaller. It’s been 20 years since the flashback so he’s like 38-40.

I don’t know about Demo. His mom said “No Demoman worth his sulfur ever had an eye in his head past 30!” I’m assuming that was in insult so he’s over 30 I guess.

Valve is practically screaming Spy is Scouts dad in your face so he’s at least like 50 or something.

I don’t think we’ve gotten ANY info about Medics past so I don’t know. And no one knows about Pyro…

So summary

Scout- 29-30 Soldier- 51 Pyro- ???? Demo- over 30 Heavy- 38-40 Engineer- 55 Medic- ???? Sniper- 30 Spy- 50

Zhanna- 30-32 (Her sisters are a few years younger than her but I’m not sure by how much)

[fattymcpimpletits]

You think Sniper and Scout are the same age?  C’mon.  

First off, you’re basing Sniper’s age off a panel in the comics that clearly illustrated Sniper’s father’s lack of situational awareness and lunacy.  So I wouldn’t use his perception of “a decade ago” as something to go by.  To make you guess even further, in the next panel, when referring to the accident that caused everyone in New Zealand to drown, it says “Many Years Ago”.  Not 30.  Wonder why that is?  Also, Sniper isn’t an infant but drawn to resemble a 1-2 year old.  So I can accept that he’s in his mid to late 30′s, but to say he’s only 30 is a stretch.  30 year olds are not that weathered.  It would also mean that Sniper was only 25 in vanilla TF2.  Noooot likely.

As for Scout, the Track Terrorizer came out during the events of MvM, which is said to take place in 1971-1972.  Scout was 23/24 at the time.  The comics are said to take place 1-2 years afterwards, putting Scout at the age of 25/26. Since TF2 began in 1968, Scout would have known Miss Pauling since then and would have been only about 19 ish when he joined.  So that’s your 6 years. It’s 6 years since the Gravel Wars, not 6 years since MvM.  Does that make sense?

Soldier may have tried to join the military, but it never said he tried to join LEGALLY.  He’s insane.  And I don’t think 51 is out of the question for him.  As for Zhanna, we’ll never know how old she was when she escaped the gulag.  Heavy is a big guy, so any character drawn next to him is gonna look small but we can’t use that as any sort of determination of age.  Plus, even though Zhanna said she hadn’t seen a man in 20 years, that doesn’t mean that the men in the gulag were her last encounters.  Heavy’s family could have spent many years travelling before they settled in Siberia.  

[tf-trash]

Hello fattymcpimpletits! I’m terribly sorry to have seen this valuable input so late! You do have some good points in which I will take into account such as the Track Terrorizer. However I believe you have mixed information and would like to confirm with you if the other points you have brought to my attention. 

Keep reading

[ursy153]

Wasn’t it confirmed in the comic that scout is 26-27 and spy says he was young and foolish when he and scout’s mum got together, so ide put him at anywhere from 45 to his early 60’s

[tf-trash]

I updated the post a few days ago here. It’s not impossible that Spy was in his 20s, but I guessed he would be around the same age as Scout’s mother. She had already had 7 children before Scout giving her an age rage anywhere from late 20s to early 30s at the time Scout was born. I’d love there to be more info in the last comic to go off of, but I just estimated Spy’s in his 50s until we can get a confirmation otherwise. If you have any other information I missed please share!

[tichypurple]

If I recall correctly, all we know about Soldier is that he ended his killing spree in 1949. We don’t know when he started it or when did he learn about World War 2. Or how old he was by then. So he actually can be way younger than 51.

[tf-trash]

Based on the wiki timeline, Soldier started his spree September 1st, 1939.

“World War II begins. Though he wanted desperately to fight in World War II, the Soldier was rejected from every branch of the U.S. military. Undaunted, he bought his own ticket to Europe. After arriving and finally locating Poland, the Soldier taught himself how to load and fire a variety of weapons before embarking on a Nazi killing spree for which he was awarded several medals that he designed and made himself.”

I’d hope he was an adult when starting this spree, making him at least 18 by the year 1939. That’s where I got my estimate :)

[tichypurple]

The wiki isn’t official. It’s just some fan’s interpretation of what we know. And all we know is “Though he wanted desperately to fight in World War 2, the Soldier was rejected by every branch of the military. Undaunted, he bought his own ticket to Europe. After arriving and finally locating Poland, the Soldier taught himself how to load and fire a variety of weapons before embarking on a Nazi killing spree for which he was awarded several medals that he designed and made himself. His rampage ended immediately upon hearing about the end of the war in 1949”. In canon there is no evidence to support the claim that he started his spree in 1939. (or is there, please correct me if I am wrong.)

[tf-trash]

I’ll have to look later since I’m on mobile right now, but I believe I recall Soldier at one time mentioning, “I earned all those medals I made!” Or something along those lines. That’s the only evidence I can remember that would support that claim at all. I really wish I had more evidence to go by, but you’re right, there is really no other evidence to support that fact in the timeline. The Wiki is the Official Team Fortress Wiki so I really hope the lore is somewhat accurate D: If I can find that Soldier quote I’ll be sure to source it! (I’ll add a link here when I find it or attach a pic)

[tichypurple]

I mean, he sure made those medals for himself somewhen between 1939 and 1949, but we don’t know when exactly so the voice line doesn’t really prove anything. Don’t bother finding it, I already have all the files on my computer. And Wiki, even official, is still being edited by fans, so there always will be some mistakes.

And idk, have a good day.

[tf-trash]

Alrighty and true, thank you! Have a good one!

[tf-trash]

TF2 Merc Ages

After seeing more posts about how old all the Mercs are I finally went and did research. I’m basing everything here from the comic books and I may have missed something so if I did please let me know and I’ll adjust the age range accordingly.

Sniper is 30. Miss Pauling mentions New Zealand was put under water 40 years ago, but when Snipers real dad is talking to the council he says he warned them to go under water a decade ago (and they did) Sniper is a baby at that time so it means he can only be 30.

Scout is also a little older than people usually think and about 29 or 30. The track terrorizer (assuming Scout wasn’t working for RED) says he was 23. In the comic A Cold Day in Hell he talks to imaginary Pauling and mentions knowing her for 6 years. If that’s how long they’ve been working together he could be 29 or 30.

It’s late 1972 in the comics and Soldier started his Nazi killing spree in 1939 and it went till 1949. He had to at least have been 18 to try to get in the military. That means he’s 51????

That doesn’t seem right to me especially since Zhanna is supposed to be like I’m guessing 30-32? If she was the oldest girl in Heavys flashback who looked like 10-12 and it has been 20 years since she’s seen another man like…

Engineers dad was working for Blu in 1930 and the picture of him and his dad puts Engi at the time to be like 13 maybe? He looks really young but his face is mostly covered by the goggles. So he’s like 55????

And wait I forgot Heavys flashback. I can’t really tell how old he is. I would say 18-20 because he has hair and his chin looks a bit smaller. It’s been 20 years since the flashback so he’s like 38-40.

I don’t know about Demo. His mom said “No Demoman worth his sulfur ever had an eye in his head past 30!” I’m assuming that was in insult so he’s over 30 I guess.

Valve is practically screaming Spy is Scouts dad in your face so he’s at least like 50 or something.

I don’t think we’ve gotten ANY info about Medics past so I don’t know. And no one knows about Pyro…

So summary

Scout- 29-30 Soldier- 51 Pyro- ???? Demo- over 30 Heavy- 38-40 Engineer- 55 Medic- ???? Sniper- 30 Spy- 50

Zhanna- 30-32 (Her sisters are a few years younger than her but I’m not sure by how much)

[fattymcpimpletits]

You think Sniper and Scout are the same age?  C’mon.  

First off, you’re basing Sniper’s age off a panel in the comics that clearly illustrated Sniper’s father’s lack of situational awareness and lunacy.  So I wouldn’t use his perception of “a decade ago” as something to go by.  To make you guess even further, in the next panel, when referring to the accident that caused everyone in New Zealand to drown, it says “Many Years Ago”.  Not 30.  Wonder why that is?  Also, Sniper isn’t an infant but drawn to resemble a 1-2 year old.  So I can accept that he’s in his mid to late 30′s, but to say he’s only 30 is a stretch.  30 year olds are not that weathered.  It would also mean that Sniper was only 25 in vanilla TF2.  Noooot likely.

As for Scout, the Track Terrorizer came out during the events of MvM, which is said to take place in 1971-1972.  Scout was 23/24 at the time.  The comics are said to take place 1-2 years afterwards, putting Scout at the age of 25/26. Since TF2 began in 1968, Scout would have known Miss Pauling since then and would have been only about 19 ish when he joined.  So that’s your 6 years. It’s 6 years since the Gravel Wars, not 6 years since MvM.  Does that make sense?

Soldier may have tried to join the military, but it never said he tried to join LEGALLY.  He’s insane.  And I don’t think 51 is out of the question for him.  As for Zhanna, we’ll never know how old she was when she escaped the gulag.  Heavy is a big guy, so any character drawn next to him is gonna look small but we can’t use that as any sort of determination of age.  Plus, even though Zhanna said she hadn’t seen a man in 20 years, that doesn’t mean that the men in the gulag were her last encounters.  Heavy’s family could have spent many years travelling before they settled in Siberia.  

[tf-trash]

Hello fattymcpimpletits! I’m terribly sorry to have seen this valuable input so late! You do have some good points in which I will take into account such as the Track Terrorizer. However I believe you have mixed information and would like to confirm with you if the other points you have brought to my attention. 

Keep reading

[ursy153]

Wasn’t it confirmed in the comic that scout is 26-27 and spy says he was young and foolish when he and scout’s mum got together, so ide put him at anywhere from 45 to his early 60’s

[tf-trash]

I updated the post a few days ago here. It’s not impossible that Spy was in his 20s, but I guessed he would be around the same age as Scout’s mother. She had already had 7 children before Scout giving her an age rage anywhere from late 20s to early 30s at the time Scout was born. I’d love there to be more info in the last comic to go off of, but I just estimated Spy’s in his 50s until we can get a confirmation otherwise. If you have any other information I missed please share!

[tichypurple]

If I recall correctly, all we know about Soldier is that he ended his killing spree in 1949. We don’t know when he started it or when did he learn about World War 2. Or how old he was by then. So he actually can be way younger than 51.

[tf-trash]

Based on the wiki timeline, Soldier started his spree September 1st, 1939.

“World War II begins. Though he wanted desperately to fight in World War II, the Soldier was rejected from every branch of the U.S. military. Undaunted, he bought his own ticket to Europe. After arriving and finally locating Poland, the Soldier taught himself how to load and fire a variety of weapons before embarking on a Nazi killing spree for which he was awarded several medals that he designed and made himself.”

I’d hope he was an adult when starting this spree, making him at least 18 by the year 1939. That’s where I got my estimate :)

[tichypurple]

The wiki isn’t official. It’s just some fan’s interpretation of what we know. And all we know is “Though he wanted desperately to fight in World War 2, the Soldier was rejected by every branch of the military. Undaunted, he bought his own ticket to Europe. After arriving and finally locating Poland, the Soldier taught himself how to load and fire a variety of weapons before embarking on a Nazi killing spree for which he was awarded several medals that he designed and made himself. His rampage ended immediately upon hearing about the end of the war in 1949”. In canon there is no evidence to support the claim that he started his spree in 1939. (or is there, please correct me if I am wrong.)

[tf-trash]

I'll have to look later since I'm on mobile right now, but I believe I recall Soldier at one time mentioning, “I earned all those medals I made!” Or something along those lines. That's the only evidence I can remember that would support that claim at all. I really wish I had more evidence to go by, but you're right, there is really no other evidence to support that fact in the timeline. The Wiki is the Official Team Fortress Wiki so I really hope the lore is somewhat accurate D: If I can find that Soldier quote I'll be sure to source it! (I'll add a link here when I find it or attach a pic)

[tf-trash]

TF2 Merc Ages

After seeing more posts about how old all the Mercs are I finally went and did research. I’m basing everything here from the comic books and I may have missed something so if I did please let me know and I’ll adjust the age range accordingly.

Sniper is 30. Miss Pauling mentions New Zealand was put under water 40 years ago, but when Snipers real dad is talking to the council he says he warned them to go under water a decade ago (and they did) Sniper is a baby at that time so it means he can only be 30.

Scout is also a little older than people usually think and about 29 or 30. The track terrorizer (assuming Scout wasn’t working for RED) says he was 23. In the comic A Cold Day in Hell he talks to imaginary Pauling and mentions knowing her for 6 years. If that’s how long they’ve been working together he could be 29 or 30.

It’s late 1972 in the comics and Soldier started his Nazi killing spree in 1939 and it went till 1949. He had to at least have been 18 to try to get in the military. That means he’s 51????

That doesn’t seem right to me especially since Zhanna is supposed to be like I’m guessing 30-32? If she was the oldest girl in Heavys flashback who looked like 10-12 and it has been 20 years since she’s seen another man like…

Engineers dad was working for Blu in 1930 and the picture of him and his dad puts Engi at the time to be like 13 maybe? He looks really young but his face is mostly covered by the goggles. So he’s like 55????

And wait I forgot Heavys flashback. I can’t really tell how old he is. I would say 18-20 because he has hair and his chin looks a bit smaller. It’s been 20 years since the flashback so he’s like 38-40.

I don’t know about Demo. His mom said “No Demoman worth his sulfur ever had an eye in his head past 30!” I’m assuming that was in insult so he’s over 30 I guess.

Valve is practically screaming Spy is Scouts dad in your face so he’s at least like 50 or something.

I don’t think we’ve gotten ANY info about Medics past so I don’t know. And no one knows about Pyro…

So summary

Scout- 29-30 Soldier- 51 Pyro- ???? Demo- over 30 Heavy- 38-40 Engineer- 55 Medic- ???? Sniper- 30 Spy- 50

Zhanna- 30-32 (Her sisters are a few years younger than her but I’m not sure by how much)

[fattymcpimpletits]

You think Sniper and Scout are the same age?  C’mon.  

First off, you’re basing Sniper’s age off a panel in the comics that clearly illustrated Sniper’s father’s lack of situational awareness and lunacy.  So I wouldn’t use his perception of “a decade ago” as something to go by.  To make you guess even further, in the next panel, when referring to the accident that caused everyone in New Zealand to drown, it says “Many Years Ago”.  Not 30.  Wonder why that is?  Also, Sniper isn’t an infant but drawn to resemble a 1-2 year old.  So I can accept that he’s in his mid to late 30′s, but to say he’s only 30 is a stretch.  30 year olds are not that weathered.  It would also mean that Sniper was only 25 in vanilla TF2.  Noooot likely.

As for Scout, the Track Terrorizer came out during the events of MvM, which is said to take place in 1971-1972.  Scout was 23/24 at the time.  The comics are said to take place 1-2 years afterwards, putting Scout at the age of 25/26. Since TF2 began in 1968, Scout would have known Miss Pauling since then and would have been only about 19 ish when he joined.  So that’s your 6 years. It’s 6 years since the Gravel Wars, not 6 years since MvM.  Does that make sense?

Soldier may have tried to join the military, but it never said he tried to join LEGALLY.  He’s insane.  And I don’t think 51 is out of the question for him.  As for Zhanna, we’ll never know how old she was when she escaped the gulag.  Heavy is a big guy, so any character drawn next to him is gonna look small but we can’t use that as any sort of determination of age.  Plus, even though Zhanna said she hadn’t seen a man in 20 years, that doesn’t mean that the men in the gulag were her last encounters.  Heavy’s family could have spent many years travelling before they settled in Siberia.  

[tf-trash]

Hello fattymcpimpletits! I’m terribly sorry to have seen this valuable input so late! You do have some good points in which I will take into account such as the Track Terrorizer. However I believe you have mixed information and would like to confirm with you if the other points you have brought to my attention. 

Keep reading

[ursy153]

Wasn’t it confirmed in the comic that scout is 26-27 and spy says he was young and foolish when he and scout’s mum got together, so ide put him at anywhere from 45 to his early 60’s

[tf-trash]

I updated the post a few days ago here. It’s not impossible that Spy was in his 20s, but I guessed he would be around the same age as Scout’s mother. She had already had 7 children before Scout giving her an age rage anywhere from late 20s to early 30s at the time Scout was born. I’d love there to be more info in the last comic to go off of, but I just estimated Spy’s in his 50s until we can get a confirmation otherwise. If you have any other information I missed please share!

[tichypurple]

If I recall correctly, all we know about Soldier is that he ended his killing spree in 1949. We don’t know when he started it or when did he learn about World War 2. Or how old he was by then. So he actually can be way younger than 51.

[tf-trash]

Based on the wiki timeline, Soldier started his spree September 1st, 1939.

“World War II begins. Though he wanted desperately to fight in World War II, the Soldier was rejected from every branch of the U.S. military. Undaunted, he bought his own ticket to Europe. After arriving and finally locating Poland, the Soldier taught himself how to load and fire a variety of weapons before embarking on a Nazi killing spree for which he was awarded several medals that he designed and made himself.”

I'd hope he was an adult when starting this spree, making him at least 18 by the year 1939. That's where I got my estimate :)

[its-called-a-balaclava]

How tall the mercs are

This is a long post. I think I figured it out. But obvious disclaimer: I could be wrong.

If you don’t care about how I got the answer, here are the final results:

Engie: 5'7"

Pyro: 5'10"

Scout: 5'11"

Soldier: 6'0"

Spy: 6'1"

Medic: 6'1.5"

Demo: 6'1.5"

Sniper: 6'2.5"

Heavy: 6'5"

If you want to know how I got these measurements:

We see this photo from Ring of Fired: the mug shots of Spy and Scout with the height charts behind them. For this, I noticed that Spy appeared to be standing straight (good posture). Scout is obviously posing, and it looks like he’s leaning backwards, slouching like one would against a wall. So, I used Spy’s apparent height of 6′1″ to compare to the reference chart Valve has of their mercs:

This chart is grainy, but that’s okay; all I needed was a pixel conversion factor. I figured out how tall Spy was in pixels in this image (309 pixels) and divided his height in inches (73 inches) by that number to get the conversion factor: each pixel is about equal to 0.236246 inches. Or, each inch is about equal to 4.232877 pixels.

After that, I measured the heights of all of the mercs in pixels and multiplied by the conversion factor. If I messed up the pixel height, I messed up the final heights, but I think I did a good job. If anyone wants to double-check, go ahead.

The important result was Scout; even though he wasn’t standing up perfectly, if the number isn’t at least close to what the mug shot showed (about 5′10″) then this math isn’t reliable. Scout’s height came up as 5′11″. I think that his slouch and position with the camera is enough to take off about an inch or so in the mug shot.

Overall, here are the results (again):

Engie: 5'7"

Pyro: 5'10"

Scout: 5'11"

Soldier: 6'0"

Spy: 6'1"

Medic: 6'1.5"

Demo: 6'1.5"

Sniper: 6'2.5"

Heavy: 6'5"

[its-called-a-balaclava]

I’m reblogging because here are some interesting things to note:

The average height of a male American is about 5′10″, so Engie is pretty short.

Medic and Demo “share” a height. Demo is a bit taller than Medic, by one pixel, so technically he is slightly under a quarter of an inch taller than him. Big whoop

Heavy is tall, but he’s not unimaginably tall. I’m not going to bring up the fact that Shaquille O'Neal is 7′1″ oops I just did. Then again, there are only about 28 people in the U.S., give or take, that are Shaq’s height. Using the best statistics I could find, about 2% of Americans are as tall or taller than he is. Considering the average height in Russia is also 5′10″ (Wikipedia), I’ll assume it’s the same for both countries.

Considering that Engie is the only one that is below the average out of nine people, the distribution is skewed considerably towards the taller side.

And finally: if Soldier is six feet, HOW TALL IS ZHANNA?!

[z-emmeran]

Since, like, 95% of the world uses the metric system I’ll convert the heights to cm (rounded numbers):

Engie: 170 cm

Pyro: 178 cm

Scout: 180 cm

Soldier: 183 cm

Spy: 185 cm

Medic: 187 cm

Demo: 187 cm

Sniper: 189 cm

Heavy: 196 cm

[karuuhnia]

A tribute to Demo

Over time Demo has become one of my favourite characters in this whole series. It’s very sad that he gets so little attention (from both the comic team and the fans it seems). That’s why I decided to make a small appreciation post about what I like about him.

Let’s start with chapter 1: Gray Mann took over Mann Co. and fired all mercs. Most of them went into hiding or just moved on with their lives: Scout: Helped Soldier and then wanted to get his money from the bank before vanishing. Ended up in prison though. Soldier: Was kicked out of his castle and then started working as a tourist guide. Pyro: Apparently became the CEO of a freaking engineering company?? Heavy: Returned to his family in Siberia. Engie: Disappeared and took care of the Administrator. Medic: Started working for a different team. Sniper: Went back home to Australia and then started looking for his birth parents. Spy: Wanted to go underground for a while. Ended up in prison with Scout unfortunately.

But what does Demo do? Nothing. He is depressed and unable to move on with his life. This job was everything to him.

He seems to drink even more than usual and completely lets himself go, not caring for anything. 

And now look at him when Miss Pauling is giving him his job back.

Look at his face: He is so genuinely happy and blissful when he is offered to join the gang again. Totally changed from one second to the next! :D

Another thing to notice about Demo is that he doesn’t bear grudges against his friends, no matter how shitty they may treat him.

Sniper knocks him out and then wants to throw him into a shallow grave!

But who is the one who supports Sniper after he got shot by the TFC mercs? Demo. 

In Chapter 6 Medic joins his old comrades in battle again. 

Medic betrayed the team and got Sniper killed, but he brought him back to life later - and that’s all that matters to Demo. He also doesn’t really mind Medic cutting pieces of his brain out.

(Don’t forget, he also immediately forgave his liver for leaving him. DemoxLiver = OTP lol)

Look how happy and enthused he is to be back in action and to blow things up. This guy loves his work!

Look how happy he is to be reunited with his team. This guy loves his friends!

He is the only one of the mercs who visibly cares for the others and is happy to work with them. And that’s why I love him. :)