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Team Fortress 2's Scout Gets Energy Drink Item, Achievements Listed and New Mode Hinted
Chris Faylor
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Continuing to slowly unveil the aspects of the big Team Fortress 2 update coming next Tuesday, developer Valve has revealed the Scout's second item and achievements.

The "Bonk!" energy drink will allow Scouts to move even faster, providing "a few-second rush of radioactive energy so powerful you'll be dodgin' bullets like they ain't even there!" However, users will experience a period of slowdown after that initial burst.

The picture that accompanied the revelation also suggests a new Payload map is on the way, perhaps one with dual carts, and seemingly shows an as-yet-unnamed alternate version of the Scout's traditional Scattergun weapon that lacks a revolver.

Furthermore, the "Triple Play" achievement and its accompanying icon imply that a new gameplay mode, of the flag-based control point variety, could be in store.

As for the achievements themselves, only the icons and the names were provided. As usual, we'll have to wait for Valve to detail the conditions under which they're earned.

  1. A Year to Remember
  2. Artful Dodger
  3. Batter Up
  4. Batting the Doctor
  5. Beanball
  6. Belittled Beleauger
  7. Block the Plate
  8. Brushback
  9. Caught Napping
  10. Closer
  11. Doctoring the Ball
  12. Dodgers 1, Giants 0
  13. Fall Classic
  14. First Blood
  15. First Blood, Part 2
  16. Foul Territory
  17. Gun Down
  18. If You Build It
  19. I'm Bat Man
  20. Moon Shot
  21. No Hitter
  22. Out of the Park
  23. Pop Fly
  24. Quick Hook
  25. Race for the Pennant
  26. Retire the Runner
  27. Round Tripper
  28. Set the Table
  29. Side Retired
  30. Stealing Home
  31. Strike Zone
  32. The Big Hurt
  33. The Cycle
  34. Triple Play
  35. Triple Steal

Thanks to Wisp! and Beady for pointing out the finer, hidden details.

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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  • Wisp! legacy 10 years
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    February 19, 2009 2:03 PM

    Christ, you might want to note that in the background the Scout is carrying his new unnamed Scattergun and there is the blurred picture of a new map, evidently a Payload map with multiple carts.

    • Wisp! legacy 10 years
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      February 19, 2009 2:03 PM

      Chris* lol

    • Godhatesfatpeople legacy 10 years
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      February 19, 2009 2:14 PM

      Good catch! That new weapon looks beefy as all hell :o

    • Chris Faylor legacy 10 years
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      February 19, 2009 2:19 PM

      Nice catch there Wisp!, thanks a lot. Looks like it's missing the revolver, so I wonder if it's a more powerful version of the Scattergun that takes long to reload and doesn't have as many round.

      • ShrimpScampie legacy 10 years
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        February 19, 2009 2:55 PM

        Oh god, a MORE powerful scattergun? It already 2 shots most every class in the game. That would be disgusting combined with superspeed and bullet dodging.

        • etherealrhythm legacy 10 years
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          February 19, 2009 3:15 PM

          Yeah... disgustingly AWESOME!!!

        • Fayk legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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          February 20, 2009 10:30 AM

          it doesn't *reliably* two shot most things. But then, Valve's network model causes some of this nonsense, like being 'too close' and such.

    • Beady legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      February 19, 2009 2:22 PM

      The map looks like a cart race map.

      I hope the carts in this dont roll back after a certain time, otherwise as soon as one team gets a bit of a lead it will be all over (thanks to spam, and having to split up your pushers and attackers, while the entire enemy team can hump the cart and spam yours)

      Could be fun, though

      • Wisp! legacy 10 years
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        February 19, 2009 2:24 PM

        It would be cool if teams started in opposite bases and had to race to destroy each other's base. Starting in a similar area would be kind of lame and would probably dissolve into a giant spam war.

      • Lionhart32935 legacy 10 years mercury mega
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        February 19, 2009 3:22 PM

        It's definitely a cart race, you can see the tracks and one is red and one is blue. Oh this is exciting!

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