Overwatch Fan Reacts to Team Fortress 2 (End of The Line) 

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Most of the TF2 lore is in the official comics, which are VERY nice, Valve are really good at making great stories out of anything It wasn't really ever fully explained why both teams have same people, but I think at one moment they just changed the idea so that there's only one of each, but some are from RED and some of them are from BLU

If you're wondering why the teams are called Blu and Red, there's a lore reason behind it. To simply put it, there are two brothers, Redmon and Blutarch Mann, that are fighting over a useless piece of gravel land left over by their father stated in his will. Their feud started in the 1800s, with both of them recruiting mercenaries to fight for them over the land. However, the fights still ended up as inconclusive and a draw, so their feud lasted well into the early 1900s (when the game Team Fortress Classic took place) and into the late 1900s (Team Fortress 2's timeline). Also, both the team names are acronyms for the companies they represent, with BLU standing for Builder's League United and RED standing for Reliable Excavation and Demolition.

not gonna lie, that sponsor bit was smooth af.

A common fan theory regarding the mercenaries looking the same is that they don't ACTUALLY look the same, it's just for the sake of gameplay. Storywise, they're just men of similar builds who have the same occupation, but they're not the same person. At one point in the comics, the two CEOs of RED and BLU are both being escorted by men wearing the Engineer's uniform, but are of slightly different heights- so while "Dell Conagher" is the basic model used for all Engineers, they're all their own people who just have the same job.

The Mann Vs Machine trailer, The Sound of Medicine Trailer, and Jungle Inferno Trailer are the last official SFMs. Also note that there are many, many TF2 comics freely available on the website. There are quite a few readings of them on youtube as well.

The funniest little lore piece about heavy is that he's highly intelligent and is more of a doctor than the medic is. He has a phd in russian literature.

Heavy is a Russian. While Medic is a German.

If you want more of the official lore, you can read the comics, or if you dont want to read them, im pretty sure they are dubbed in youtube (even if you dont make a reaction, they are worth watching) Also i love that you read the comments an actually care about the things people tell you!

Some fan work series I'd recommend: - The Fedora Spy Chronicles (and the Burning Through Space two-parter) by The Winglet - Team Service Announcement by Krunkidile - How it FEELS to Play TF2 by LazyPurple - Crash Maul's series (starting with Rise of the Epic Scout)

If you want to watch a great Team Fortress 2 movie, I would recommend watching EMESIS BLUE. It's like, the best Team Fortress 2 movie created by the community. It's a horror movie with very minimal jumpscares and very interesting story.

You could also watch a Fan animation series called the Fedora Chronicles by Winglet. There are 4 parts. 1. The Fedora Chronicles Operation2Fort 2. Bolted Behemoth 3. Live and Let Spy 4. The Red, The Blue and The Ugly

There's still the MVM Trailer, and the Jungle Inferno trailer that are the last of the official SFMs.

Heavy has a PhD in Russian Literature, but it's never been mentioned in any official works. It was from a game called Poker Night at the Inventory, which it (and its sequel) were unfortunately delisted in 2019 due to copyright reasons. Engineer is the one with 11 PhDs, for hard science.

Amazing breakdown in the end! Really glad that you appreciate the hard work these animators put into these films. This project in particular took years to finish. If you wish to see quality SFM animations I recommend checking out the "Saxxy Awards" which is SFM equivalent of the Oscars. "Agent Gunn: Vulkanite" for example. Anyways, glad you enjoyed TF2 SFMs :D

Next thing people are gonna recommend you "Team Fabulous 2" and then you will officially be a part of the TF2 community.

Fun fact: Abraham Lincoln was red teams first pyro and he invented the rocket jump that soldier does

ive noticed there has been a trend of "overwatch fan reacts to tf2's...." kind of videos but yours are my favorite, not only you're really getting into the game but you're paying your piece of mind into it, pausing lazypurple's videos to analyze everytime he gives genuine piece of advice and *also* you understanding them very well, I also love when you analyze what you just watched and come to a very thoughtful conclusion. this video being a perfect example, you enjoyed the animation and it shows by how you described it at the end, keep going bro!

Re: there being no voice acting in this, it was a stylistic choice on the part of the animation creators to have it be more or less entirely silent. Valve actually reached out to them and offered to connect them with the VAs, but McVee turned them down in favor of his own vision. There's actually a trailer from maybe about a year before the full animation dropped, which features Markiplier as the Medic's VA during the train uber scene. It's crazy to rewatch that as you can see just how much progress was made between then and the final product.

If you want to see actual gameplay there is a amazing youtuber that made a series called "how it FEELS to play" where he describes the character and shows fun gameplay and just a lot of amazing clips for example "how it FEELS to play Spy" though the last character is still in the works which is medic

This is the only TF2 SFM animation that not only has a banger soundtrack and great animation, but also didn't even need to have dialog to be a great fanmade film.

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Goad you reacted to this, this fanmade short is fantastic! Btw Heavy still is smart but he’s depicted to NOT know how to play chess, that was an illegal move at 7:12 and Medic’s patience just wears off at 17:17

i myself started getting into tf2 recently, so seeing these videos is so fun! love experiencing it for the first time with other ppl, as i had a feeling everybody already knows everything except for me lmao thanks for this vids, i love them❤

Correction: heavy has a phd in literature, ENGINEER is the one with MULTIPLE phds And I guess medic had one too… considering he had a medical license (keyword HAD)

I already commented this on the Meet The Team video on a reply, but Emesis Blue is a really good horror SFM and the Saxy award SFMs so like Lil' Guardian Pyro and the others, but there is also The Mann Vs Machine trailer, The Sound of Medicine Trailer, and Jungle Inferno which are the last remaining official SFMs overall there is thousands of content, but the ones I stated are very good in my opinion.

You should do a live stream where your playing tf2 and maybe invite your fans to play with you to help you out in tf2 that would be really cool tbh

3:24 I dont think they've ever explained how both sides of Team RED and BLU have the same 9 mercs on each side, even in the comics. What I *do* know is: 1) The RED Team is depicted to be the canon team for the TF2 mercs (although it is sometimes inconsistent in my eyes i.e: In one of the TF2 Updates that's tied to the official comics (The WAR! Update), the RED Demoman and BLU Soldier became best friends after going to a Projectile Weapons Expo together. It is believed that they still are to this day, only kept under wraps to keep their jobs as mercs) 2) The BLU Team could possibly consist of different mercs with the same codenames as RED, using the same weapons, have similar purposes, etc. Chances are, Valve didnt want to model or create new characters if they're all going to be the same regardless. (Keep in mind, this one is just a theory of mine and its not confirmed) Oh yeah and did you know that RED and BLU (aside from being the team colours) are actually acronyms for the team names? RED stands for "Reliable Excavation Demolision" And BLU stands for "Builders League United".

duuude 4 minutes ago?! i just finished watching the expiration date vid! i found your channel recently and love all the content :) keep it up

Love your reactions dude

About the bit where heavy stops the train, when medic ubers you it doesn't alter your strength, only makes you invulnerable. So heavy used his own strength to do that to the train

Holy shit you already watched it. This was my first idea to recommend you watch. Was going to say it was a super awesome fan made and valve endorsed project.

This man has summoned an entire fandom

I'd say good preparation to watching other fan content would be to first watch the rest of Valve's official SFM game trailers, "Mann Vs. Machine", "Mann. Vs. Machine - The sound of Medicine", and "Jungle Inferno" to wrap things off. Of course, playing the game helps a ton with the finer context. Also there's the dubbed TF2 comics playlist "TF2 Comics in Chronological Ordee" that explain a ton of the lore and backstory of the game, from the hilarious to the seriousness of a drama, but insane all the time. Following those, the frequent recommendation is to watch the "How it Feels..." series by LazyPurple, though it helps to know how the game itself plays. But i'd also really recommend his first video since coming back, "TF2 is a timeless Masterpiece" is such a great love letter and opener to his "how it feels to play" series. Other great SFM TF2 videos that are a great starting point are a bunch of the saxxy winners or runner-ups, like "Turbulence [Saxxy Awards 2015 Best Overall]", "Leak! [SAXXY Best Extended 2018 Winner!]", "Lil' Guardian Pyro [Saxxy Best Overall Winner]", "Mountaineering Mercenaries [Saxxy Awards 2017 - Comedy]", "Timeless Thief (Saxxy Awards 2014, Best Short WINNER)", "Animation vs. Animator (Saxxy 2014 - Winner of Best Overall)"... there's so many quality short videos. Other great longer-form videos include the Winglet's Fedora Chronicles animations, especially "The Bolted Behemoth [SFM]", "Burning Through Space [SFM] "Live and Let Spy [SFM]", "Burning Through Space 2 [SFM] (my favorite one), and "The Red, the Blu, and the Ugly (2022 Edit) [SFM]". Also his 2 "Overwatch vs. TF2" videos are great, especially if you know game material from both. If you're looking into the crazy, zanier side of things that isn't POOTIS: ENGAGE, there's no shortage of weird madness than with the stupefying weirdness that RU-vid Gmod Animators Eltorro64Rus and STBlackST create. Eltorro has created many individual wacky animation videos, while STBlackST has drummed up an incredible epic saga titled "Unusual Troubles" rivalling that of the MCU movies and the JoJo series, best to watch in order starting from "Everyday Routine". Exploring the more neighborly side of TF2, theres the "Team Neighborhood" series of videos hosted on GreatDictator's youtube channel, with 4 main Episodes and 1 chronicle episode, each with the comedy and zanyness of Saturday morning cartoons. And finally, for my comment, not recommended much but still incredibly fantastic, if you want to react to a really well-made TF2 song entirely animated in SFM with brilliant lyrics, there's youtuner TheStupendium with his specially animated music video, ",THE MOST FASHIONABLE FACTION | Animated Team Fortress 2 Song [ft. HARRY101UK]".

17:30 If I recall correctly, one of the maps in TF2 has or at least had an easter egg related to doves carrying the nuke far away in the background

The red vs blue is discussed in the comic series. There was someone that made a video with voice overs on youtube.

We need to get this man to watch the dubbed comics of TF2

Funny thing is this whole thing coulda been averted by RED if the train cars had their handbrakes modeled in.

Its never actually explained why there are multiple members of each team, I think its mostly just "because video game" However, in the comics at least the later ones, it was more implied that the team, who are mercenaries, have been hired by both red and blue team through the administrator, and tend to just swap around which side of the conflict they are on contract by contract. So sometimes Demoman is on blue team, sometimes on red team, and thanks to the medic, no injuries, or even death tends to be permanent. I recommend the Video: "Team Fabulous 2", by the Deeply loved and sadly departed Community creator Kitty0706

I just watched the expiration date video and new one came out almost instantly :)

"The music during this has been great", said the damn SECOND the best music comes in to confirm his statement.

It’s very long , but basically two brothers, REDmond and BLUtark, are fighting over land left to them by their father, thus forming the red and blu teams.

engineer also has 11 phds and heavy has a phd in russian literature, which is said in some other steam game i forgot is name but is canon

TF2 has one of the gretest OST ever... in a game where only main menu music plays.

Another suggestion: Soundsmiths videos, like his “a manns guide” “hat/misc/weapon stereotypes” or his “how to trolldier” series’s.

"How many gates" ah I remember the old crate animations

3:25 I have a theory that, in the lore it's stated that these rivals (keeping it spoiler-free for when you will do the comics) hired 9 mercenaries each to fight eachother, but I think they hired THE SAME GUYS. So I think, canonically, they are like "Ok, us five in defense as RED the rest of you as the attackers BLU, now go", mostly because in the comics we never see confirmed deaths from the protagonists nor them facing a double, and also the fact that knowledge that should come from a BLU Scout comes from a RED Scout and similar stuff happens. The shorts completly ignores this for gameplay sake, but this theory is also supported by the fact that we don't see the SAME EXACT events between the animations and shorts. Example, the "Meet the Team" are simple interviews in the comics, but the animated versions are more cinematical and has some discrepancies that makes me think that the world is the same, the events are the same but there is slightier diffrent actions + the presence of clones.

Funny thing You can actually see those pigeons carrying a bomb in game

2nd lie about heavy:people say he is fat but infact he is literally muscle man, even his name, heavy is a short for heavy weapons guy

TF2 lore is BONKERS. Spy being Scout's dad is just the tip of the crazy iceberg.

This animation IS official, it was made for the coming update. It was just made by the community

Hey theres still some Tf2 official shorts you can still react to! Mann Vs Machine trailer, Mann Vs Machine the sound of medicine, and finally Jungle Inferno.

To this day, I'm still convinced they're using the glass shatter physic dor that breaking building.

I’m pretty sure the reason why they are wearing different colors is because they are mercenaries hired by brothers and their names are blutarch and redmon I’m pretty sure and they are fighting each other

woahhhhh it’s been years since Ive seen this, but thinking abt it the cod ww 2 campaign had a train scene very similar to the one at 14:35 , I wonder if it was inspired off of this

dude, there's also a TF2 vs Overwatch sfm

ngl would be also interesting to see you play the game too!

Mann vs Machine and Jungle inferno these are some more official animations

Half of tf2 lore is “it makes sense because it’s a video game” The game doesn’t take itself as seriously as many would lead you to believe

There still is Mann vs Machine and Mann vs Machine - The sound of Medicine clips made by Valve for then PvE mode. With Soldier is a Human fanmade sfm for dessert ~

red and blue are both entire company’s and they just hate each other pretty much

Next time, watch "Emesis Blue". It is an awesome TF2 movie..

BONUS DUCKS!

thing is, although it's fanmade, it is actually canon because it was made for a major update and this gamemode can be played ingame. also the phd thing for heavy isn't actually canon, it was in a game not made by valve.

6:20 yea its confirmed in the comics

There are two companies blu and red which are fighting over who gets a gravel mine so they hire the mercenaries to fight to get the pit.

It’s never explained as to why the same people that are on Red are also on Blu. In the comics Redmond Mann and Blutarch Mann (brothers) are given ownership of their father’s gravel pit but neither wants to share so they start a war over it, both of them gathering a group of nine mercenaries to fight for them.

"Man this looks official" Thats because it is if you believe it or not

I’m pretty sure in lore the Blu team are just clones of Red Team

Please watch mann vs machine & jungle inferno, they are official too

3:30 Two brothers by the names Blue Tark and Redman are in a life-time rivalry with each other, fighting over gravel. Both sides hire mercenaries to fight for them, though I don't think the clones are ever explained.

Nice reaction. I recommend reviewing official stuff first before approaching dessert)

Here is a suggestion: ElTorro64rus and his Gmod animations (it’s amazing)

I definitely recommend Fawful's Minion videos in TF2, his wordplay is great

From TF2 videos I also recommend series called TF2: Spy Psychology from Jontohil2.

you could also watch overwatch vs team fortress 2, it does have 2 parts. the thing i like about ow v tf2 is its not one sided like "tf2 better" or "ow better" the jokes are mostly gameplay and community jokes but im sure you will enjoy it

Remember when the train was still being prepared, Pyro's car was right behind Heavy's car...Scout found the ordinance in Heavy's car right *after* finding the car filled with rubber duckies. Guess who outfitted the duckie car (appropriately enough for the character)? KingdomAce: "At that point, I'd say all hope is lost." @13:05 - If there was going to be any dialogue at all, I think the most appropriate one would be at this point, with the Scout saying "Oh, crap!" It is, after all, an already-existing audio asset from the game itself. At the very least, his expression implies that this was the exact thought that ran through his head. @14:00 - Guess where we see Heavy doing this move in a different, later video? Hint: TF2 vs. Overwatch, part 2. @16:15 - Heavy demonstrates that he's proficient in the Martial Art of Jujutsu. Alternately defined as either 1- Involuntary yoga, & 2- The gentle Art of folding clothes while someone is still wearing them. BLU Spy had the losing hand in this game...He folded. They even left off this video with a cliff-hanger...Particularly for Sniper. It's always the little details that get to me in these TF2 videos, either official or fan-made.

it the comics red is the team you see now and blue is tf1 team from there old models

I do believe there is only one type of each mercenary and they’re constantly switching teams depending on who pays said mercenary more I could very well be wrong

The TF2 characters always respwan when they die in the game

Heavy has one phd in russian literature and he is a russian from the soviet union during the cold war.

wait until this man sees emesis blue

You’re another fun fact, if no one is told you that solider is dating, heavy sister 😂 (comics)

Congrats on the sponser

i just started to watch you. honestly your pretty cool. i love tf2 and i think you should try to play it too!

So a fun thing about Valve and its Source engine games, years back when the question of copyright and the logistics of free use were just coming into the scene on RU-vid, they issued a public statement that essentially said "Go nuts." They gave people free reign to use game assets for animations, side projects, and other media projects including music, voice lines, you name it. It spawned no shortage of short films and joke media using the likes of Gmod back in the day.))

the red and blu thing in-universe is explained by the other team just having a member that does the same job (so the red scout and blu scout dont look alike in-universe but only share their "profession", and only one of them is important) the "canon" characters are one of each class, pretty sure half of them is on one team and the other is on the other also, the joke with the chess is that heavy can't think of his first move, not that he's good. in this sfm heavy is dumb, even though canonically he has a PhD in russian literature, because this isn't canon, it's only a fan project endorsed by valve

It's a community update. Added few maps, ne w crates, new weapons, new cosmetics. And everyone loved it and myself i love this update.

oh boy, EMESIS BLUE will sure be a good movie he might end up watching

The running theory I have is that the respawn system reads punch cards. These cards for the mercs have been copied and stolen a bunch, allowing cloned mercs. While the Mann brothers found a way to save money, the individual clones started getting disheartened about ‘who’s the original’ and the like. So hats happened, so each clone can find their individual style and feel like an original. No more frets over who’s who!

By the way the end of the line video was made by a ex pixar employee

it's a shame valve chose to strip the community update this was promoting released the weapons an update early, and the map afterwards making what actually came out really bare

For someone who has allegedly little experience with the game and the community, out of all reaction channels you seem to have the most thorough understanding of the characters and the world Respect haha

Heavy has 1 PhD in russian language, engineer however has 11 PhDs.

It’s very much implied that the people of the blue team just look very similar to the red team and are not the same people although to me I feel like some of the blue team might be relatives of the red team

bro posting videos faster then my dad leaving me 💀

Yea there are characters that is suppose to be dumb and silly in the game but when it comes to lore it’s just them being serious about it It’s kinda ominous whenever a funny game has a serious lore

PLEASE take a look at team neighborhood it's a good shitshow that is criminally underrated

its important to understand Heavy and Medic's disagreement here, and even how medic tossed away heavys hand when he put it on his shoulder. these two are a pair, attached at the hip, theyre very close, some even speculate romantically. to see the two of them disagree like this and for medic to jump in with the assist at the last second is very impactful to a seasoned TF2 fan.

3 overwatch fans and now i have more videos to eat on :3