Hope You Brought Some Burn Ointment: Prepare to Meet the Pyro

By Chris Davis on June 27th, 2012 (24 comments)

Five years ago Valve unintentionally set out to introduce us to the cast of characters that roam the battlefields of Team Fortress 2.  From the early days of the Heavy and his obsession with his minigun to last year's dysfunctional, unlicensed Medic, Valve has given us fits of laughter and entertained us is ways that few developers can ever hope to achieve.  And today, that journey has finally come to an end.  You may finally meet the Pyro.

The circle is now complete.  I won't spoil it for you.  Just watch.

Tags: Valve, Team Fortress 2

Chris Davis

I am 4Player's video and feature producer. I've been writing about games for years and I enjoy every minute of it. I'm pro-developer and I have a few friends who have gone on to successful careers in the industry. I may only be an amateur but I've got things to say.

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  • LauKungPow 11 months, 3 weeks ago

    Still wondering if the Pyro is a guy or a girl.. Still a good conclusion.

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  • Meltdown 11 months, 3 weeks ago

    Best. Video. Of. The. Series. Worth the wait in my opinion. Just. Dat payoff.

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  • pjunk 11 months, 3 weeks ago

    I believe in magic.

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  • q_fabius_maximus 11 months, 3 weeks ago

    I love pyro now... watching that made me want to get back into tf2 from my now almost 2 year hiatus. They really need to release "that" weapon pyro has in the video too.

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  • VenomPB 11 months, 3 weeks ago

    I wish when I played Pyro that my vision was sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows.

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    • VenomPB 11 months, 3 weeks ago

      And then suddenly: http://www.teamfortress.com/pyromania/pyroland/ I was even considering calling it Pyrovision too when I posted earlier. Crazy. :P

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  • lemith 11 months, 3 weeks ago

    Kewl, now wheres HL3?

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  • FPDragoon 11 months, 3 weeks ago

    I've waited 5 years for this day. It was everything I ever hoped it could be and more.

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  • jon2435 11 months, 3 weeks ago

    Just wow.... Amazing!

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  • Strikernofear 11 months, 3 weeks ago

    I always knew there was something wrong with that f***er.

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  • matto424 11 months, 3 weeks ago

    wow i was...wow. I was not expecting that, but that was the best one of the series =D

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  • Huddah 11 months, 3 weeks ago

    Finally, after so much teasing. Im glad they didnt unmask him, does obviously lack some character compared to the other Meet the Team videos. New weapons in an update later today though. Fuck yes.

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  • SonicKitsune 11 months, 3 weeks ago

    Yeah. Can't wait for the rest of this update with the things they're adding to the game. Cool movie, shows the Pyro how I thought it was. Now to get a tenth class so they can make another. Or they could just make more movies every so often. Also, excited about the actual release of the Source Filmmaker, whenever that releases.

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  • TheFlameLurker 11 months, 3 weeks ago

    Honestly I'm more interested in the Source Filmmaker. Pretty awesome they are giving this sort of tool to the public.

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  • mydawghatesme 11 months, 3 weeks ago

    So are me and Lostking the only ones who are disappointed with this? We hardly got to "Meet the Pyro". Plus, 4chan had a thread awhile back that had this exact same idea for the Pyro. It's still funny, but I'm pretty underwhelmed.

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  • Sickbrain 11 months, 3 weeks ago

    I didn't like it that much. It was great until the point they started showing what's going on in Pyros head and it turned lame.

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  • Zocano 11 months, 3 weeks ago

    I think this is the weakest of the bunch. It doesn't have that much personality compared to the others. Spy one is so good.

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  • Iki Iki Tchikiriupow 11 months, 3 weeks ago

    That is exactly what is going on in my head as I play Pyro. *thumbs up*

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  • Zladko 11 months, 3 weeks ago

    Took a very long time, but it was very good. Typical Valve.

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  • Naumin 11 months, 3 weeks ago

    Too short. Meet the Medic still the best

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  • Huddah 11 months, 3 weeks ago

    More update stuff is up. DONT CLICK IF YOU HAVENT WATCHED THE VIDEO http://www.teamfortress.com/pyromania/pyroland/

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  • TheOttomatic91 11 months, 3 weeks ago

    Totally worth the wait.

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  • joetm 11 months, 3 weeks ago

    That was nice. So when does the Steam Summer Sale start? lol

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  • Binary-79 11 months, 3 weeks ago

    So those this make Pyro a Broney ...Pyroney ?

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