Since the control point can't be captured while MONOCULUS! is around, most people opt to fight MONOCULUS! before continuing with the game, but some players use this as an opportunity to kill everyone else instead. Fans are very divided on whether or not it's okay to kill enemy players while MONOCULUS! is present.Oh, and Pyro got new stuff with the update too. Where not only did the Engineer get new weapons, but ones that are similar in style to the previous Dr. Subverted with the even more recent Braniac Pack for the Engineer, as part of the Australian Christmas 2011 update.The Soldier received the Dr Grodbort's Victory Pack, considerably angering Engineer players, as the update seems far more suitable for the Engineer, made worse by the fact that the Engineer already has very few weapons compared to the Soldier.Let's just say a lot of fans are annoyed about it and call it a day. Since summer 2011, the game has been made free to play.Interestingly enough, the fandoms that get along the most are the Pyro and Engineer fandoms, as they more so than any other class have evolved into a lovely synergy. The animosity between Pyros and Heavies stems over the "W+M1" double standard. Pyro players are hostile towards Soldier and Demoman players over a perceived Parental Favoritism towards the two classes and the fact that they've been over powered since early in the game and not nerfed nearly as hard as Pyro. Pyro fans are very bitter over a perception of being Valve's Butt Monkey due to various over nerfs and other classes getting better versions of their mechanics. For example, there is animosity between the fandoms of the Soldier/Heavy/Demoman and the Pyro. The base is broken to the point where there is animosity between players of various classes.Broken Base: Although all updates have caused this in one way or another, the Polycount/Mann-conomy update is the most extreme cause.Especially jarring considering that some classes have only received one class update within the same amount of time. Others hate him for the fact that due to being Robin Walker's favorite character, he gets class updates with both higher frequency and quality than any other class (4 at the time of this writing which includes two on the same day getting more stuff than the supposed star of the update). Some love him for being both top tier and being easy to play. And The Pyro Fandom Rejoiced: They're finally getting the long-awaited Meet the Pyro that came out in 2012.Not to mention the Squee when the Engineer and Pyro both got new weapons for Australian Christmas 2011, and a very shippy comic together.And the Fandom Rejoiced: The Manno-Technology update caused this when Engineer finally got some new weapons.Similarly, many are drawn to the idea that the "complete lunatic" is the Only Sane Man. His basic role, choice of weapons and hats seem to indicate a complete lunatic, but the way many players use the class to support team mates including putting out flames or suicide rushing enemy formations to wreak havoc, has created the idea among fans that the character is possibly a good team player too. There's also the issue of the Pyro's identity.Fan interpretation can range anywhere from "genuinely good folks stuck in a horrible situation" to "amoral sociopaths who take sadistic glee in playing death tag" (the latter is canon for the Soldier, Scout, Spy, and Medic, but that doesn't stop the fanon). Alternative Character Interpretation: Inevitable, since the only characterization the classes have besides the "Meet The" videos are their in-game quotes, blog posts, and official comics.A list of some of the Subjective Tropes found in Team Fortress 2 and its audience.
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