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PostSubject: TF2 questions   TF2 questions EmptyFri Jul 17, 2009 11:02 am

Ok, I'm writing a crapfic in the universe of TF2 and had some questions.

1. How does one write a Russian accent?
2. How about a Bostonian one? (ie, the Scout)
3. How do the different personalities experience respawning?
4. How do I deal with multiple copies of the same "person" (one team having 2 medics, for example)
5. What do the people call themselves?

6. (Not really related to the story) Do you think the blue spy is having an affair with the mother of the red scout?
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PostSubject: Re: TF2 questions   TF2 questions EmptyFri Jul 17, 2009 12:52 pm

DID SOMEBODY SAY TF2

1. In hilariously broken English, with some Russian words mixed in (IE: "Ja! We must push little cart!")
2. I thought he was from New England? Or is that in Boston? Sorry, Canadian here. Just write him the same way ans "normal speaking" people
3. URRG I DIE .... ... ... ... well I'm back, again.
4. I think it's better to just tell the reader, "They're there because they are." It's supposed to be a crapfic, right? It doesn't have to make sense.
5. I'd imagne they'd all refer to themselves as "that Soldier," "that Demo," etc.
6. Totally
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PostSubject: Re: TF2 questions   TF2 questions EmptyFri Jul 17, 2009 1:30 pm

Actually, in russian, it's more "Da". You'd use broken English and perhaps the hint of a German accent, since they're quite similar. Remember that you're speaking a foreign language and things like metaphors and puns won't make as much sense - Russians have their own sayings. You might use the wrong words for certain things too.

This for your German Accent

This for looking up some of their lines

This for your Ozzie Slang

Some fics give the mercs names, but they are always very stereotypical names for their country. There are no canon names for any of the personalities.

Nobody seems to notice that they've got clones. Everybody just does with it. Soldier came pretty close to pointing it out once, though.

6: Yes, it's so canon. And has fanart too. You ever seen "Meet The Spy"?
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PostSubject: Re: TF2 questions   TF2 questions EmptyFri Jul 17, 2009 2:03 pm

Harley Quinn hyenaholic wrote:


6: Yes, it's so canon. And has fanart too. You ever seen "Meet The Spy"?

Actually, that was the Red Spy having an affair with the mother of the Blue scout. (in the "Meet the Spy" video) Wink

I'm wondering if the other way 'round is also true Razz
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PostSubject: Re: TF2 questions   TF2 questions EmptyFri Jul 17, 2009 4:17 pm

Well, there's no decisive proof, since all the "Meet the" videos are made by the Red team, but knowing the humour of TF2, and the way nobody ever seems to notice that their identical twin is on the other team, I wouldn't be surprised if Blue Spy WAS doing the Red Scout's mom.
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PostSubject: Re: TF2 questions   TF2 questions EmptyFri Jul 17, 2009 9:29 pm

The Scout's accent is weird. It's Brooklyn, but he's apparently from Boston.
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PostSubject: Re: TF2 questions   TF2 questions EmptyFri Jul 17, 2009 9:33 pm

For the Scout, just look up some Boston slang and use that. Any attempt at writing out the accent is doomed to fail.
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PostSubject: Re: TF2 questions   TF2 questions EmptySat Jul 18, 2009 5:03 am

Another thing to remember about Scout, is that he's a kid, most likely only about 18-20 years old. The youngest member of the Crew. But he learnt to run for the purpose of getting TO fights. He's described by canon as 'the runt of the litter'. He is NOT however a coward.

Part of Soldier's personality is that he has a similar grasp on history to nuclear physics. And no matter how insanely patriotic you make him, it's unlikely to look overblown.

There are several problems with writing TF2 badfic:

1: Nobody will mind if you make characters gay, since they are all apparently single and the only woman is an invisible voice.
2: Their personalities are SUPPOSED to be vast exaggerations of their primary trait. You can't overblow an aspect of their personality.
3: They're ALL idiots, jackasses and pricks anyway. This is something widely accepted. Making them worse will on the whole add to the hilarity.
4: They all have mental problems. See above.

Pretty much the ONLY way you can make a TF2 badfic, is to make it DULL. You know how Celebrian was filled with violent sex but was DULL. To make a bad TF2 fic, you must perfect the art of making your writing dull. Unfortunately if you do this, people probably won't bother to review.

That's not to say that all TF2 fics are good. Just that, being a comedic game, you'll need to approach 'bad' from a different angle.
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PostSubject: Re: TF2 questions   TF2 questions EmptySat Jul 25, 2009 8:34 pm

Harley Quinn hyenaholic wrote:
1: Nobody will mind if you make characters gay, since they are all apparently single and the only woman is an invisible voice.

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Actually I think at this point TF2 fics where the characters are straight are the minority.
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PostSubject: Re: TF2 questions   TF2 questions EmptySun Jul 26, 2009 4:51 am

Aw, Penguin! You know about my DA account!
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PostSubject: Re: TF2 questions   TF2 questions EmptySun Jul 26, 2009 4:53 am

Ever been to [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]? Yeah, the entire site is like that.

Actually the Garry's Mod section is pretty freaking awesome in places.
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PostSubject: Re: TF2 questions   TF2 questions EmptySun Jul 26, 2009 4:59 am

Yeah, so if you're going for crapfic, feel free to make the characters all gay. Because everyone on dA and most of 4chan will agree with you.
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PostSubject: Re: TF2 questions   TF2 questions EmptySun Jul 26, 2009 6:22 am

Hey, it doesn't have to be crap. Just don't make them ALL gay. And try to do something new with it.

Good god, why is Spy always such a damn rapist?
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