Thursday, July 5, 2012

TF2 Hale Versus


Probably the most random thing I have come across while playing Team Fortress 2 (Or any game for that matter) is "Saxton Hale [...] a daring Australian, President and CEO of Mann Co.". Mann Co. is the in game store provided to sell weapons and hats at large prices (2.59$ for a key...).
A small list of his accomplishments
  • Fighting off a lion while simultaneously having his hair cut.
  • Single handedly wiping out the Indonesian berzerker shark (and making it cry).
  • Retrieving a stolen puck from a thieving tortoise, despite its thirty minute head start.

As a joke and to boost sales, Valve created a series of events themed around a "Buff Australian" named Saxton Hale, even creating several fake comics to showcase his manliness. In the newest event, Saxton Hale asks the players to deliver Austrialium (All purpose element) to a rocket ship, so that Mann Co. can sell commemorative plates of the death of Poopy Joe (Monkey Astronaut) in the resulting "unavoidable" crash. The Plotline of these events often make no sence, but players enjoyed them; creating events and a special game-type of their own. A mod labeled "Saxton Hale VS", which allows one player to become Saxton Hale and fight off against the enemy team of 26+, was released and added to several in game servers. . The Game mode is very simple, One player spawns with  [(n+250)*n]1,155 Health (in non-mathematical terms: A lot!), but is only allowed to use their fists. To balance the game out, Saxton Hale can "Super jump" (Jump eight times higher than normal, has to recharge) and after a large amount of damage can go into Rage (Invincibility). From my experiences Saxton Hale is the victor 99/100 times. 



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