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The call of every class in Team Fortress 2 (2007)
Medic!
— Team Fortress 2 · 2007
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The whole team-based game in one syllable. Everyone in a TF2 match shouts it, each in their own accent and panic, and it is the nearest thing the game has to a shared prayer. It has outlived the game: any online shooter with a healer inherits the cry, and cosplayers, memes and teachers all shout it for laughs. The Medic himself, of course, rarely answers.
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In context
Spoilers for Team Fortress 2Show the scene
The call every Team Fortress 2 player makes dozens of times a match. In the 2007 game it is a default voice command on its own key (E), spoken in whichever class's voice you play, and it makes a red-cross speech bubble appear over the caller's head. For a Medic player, those bubbles show through walls with an on-screen arrow pointing to whoever is shouting. The 13 October 2011 Manniversary update changed the game so that a low-health or burning player with a Medic under the crosshair always calls for one, rather than asking the Medic to follow.
Sources (2)
- Official TF2 Wiki: Voice commandsMedic! paragraphReference checked
- Official TF2 Wiki: MedicUpdate historyReference checked
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