TF2 Classes Based on Nationalities? [Archive]

Javert

16-05-2007, 05:51 AM

After seeing the Heavy Weapons video and hearing him with the thick Russian accent, I wouldn't be surprised if Valve also made the voices of each class to have their each special accent of a location or group. Some others become obvious. Consult the TF2 wallpaper to see just what I mean.

Soldier: German accent. Judging by the gray uniform and gruntiness, he's a pure send-up on the Day of Defeat Axis soldier.

Demolitions: Carribean accent. With the dark skin, goatee, and patch over the eye, he may as well have been firing cannons or sticks of dynamite aboard a pirate ship. Yarr!

Spy: British accent. Something about his thin body and face, that cig in his mouth, screams James Coburn-esque. Besides, aren't the Brits awesome spies?

Sniper: Australian or Texan accent. His hunting hat and jacket says it all. A man of the wild.

Medic: Ivy League Professor accent. Sort of like an American-Oxford accent. This guy is a geek that went to Med school. Just chose a different profession.

What are your guesses? It will be interesting to see some other TF2 classes interviews and see whether Valve chooses to vastly differentiate their voice.

This post is NOT meant to be racist or discriminatory. Any stereotypes are in good fun (computer game fun).

riles

16-05-2007, 07:03 AM

Whatever the scout is, I'm guessing he's going to talk really fast. I would hope that the spy wouldn't talk at all. Maybe something quick before he kills the interviewer. Can't wait for more similar videos.

Jintor

16-05-2007, 08:45 AM

The Sniper's got to have an Australian accent. He already looks like he's wearing croc-hunter gear.

The spy should be Pierce Brosnan or something...

/EDIT Medic should really really sound like a professional doctor or something, that'd be funkytown.

DesertChicken

16-05-2007, 09:00 AM

The scout's got baseball socks on. Perhaps he'll be from Boston.

Darkside55

16-05-2007, 10:06 AM

I thought of the spy with a British accent too. It seems very fitting with the suit and the cigarette, the very Bond-esque look he's got. And I also noticed the similarities between the soldier's uniform (namely the helmet) and the Nazi uniforms, but it takes a little imagination for me to hear him with a German accent. I don't know what other kind of voice he'd have, though.

The Engineer has to have a gruff, Southern US accent to go along with that ho-down dance.

You should never know where the pyro's from, because his voice should be raspy and peppered with the occasional gasping breath. Dude's gotta sound like he's been sucking on smoke for years.

Beerdude26

16-05-2007, 01:51 PM

Have the Sniper sound like a real Texas cowboy :D

Azner

16-05-2007, 02:31 PM

Pyro is from De_inferno

Scout is from Singapore. We have the fastest walking speed in the world.

edit

what i meant was fastest casual average walking speed in the world. :D of course many other countries also have people who walk really quick casually but our average is the highest.

Avoidist

16-05-2007, 02:59 PM

How about the engineer sounding like Popeye? I can hear that well in my mind...

Jintor

16-05-2007, 03:27 PM

Nuts to you buggers, the Sniper's Australian! AUSSTRRAAALIAAAN I SAY.

Corp. Sheepo

17-05-2007, 12:28 AM

The scout's got baseball socks on. Perhaps he'll be from Boston.

I think that'd be great, I love boston. Raspy, difficult speaking would be good for Pyro because he doesn't appeal to a nationality. Sniper, Australian, Heavy, Russian, Spy, British, Soldier, German (maybe).

TheFreeman

17-05-2007, 03:03 AM

What are there videos like the heavy one for the other characters?

I WANNA SEE!!

Javert

17-05-2007, 06:54 AM

They're not out yet.

Good baseball call on the Scout. I can totally see him having that fast-talking Boston accent (see "The Departed" for example).

antimatter

17-05-2007, 07:28 AM

I imagine the Engineer having a thick New Jersey/Goodfellas mafia style accent. Everytime I see the character, I imagine a fat plumber in my head.

Lucid

17-05-2007, 11:52 AM

Should be interesting to see the other characters.

The scout having a Bostonian accent would be pretty cool, though. :D

bbson john

17-05-2007, 03:52 PM

Scout looks like Chinese :/

PvtRyan

17-05-2007, 07:32 PM

Scout should talk like a chav with one of those heavy, ugly English accents.

Rapstah

17-05-2007, 07:49 PM

Scout should talk like a chav with one of those heavy, ugly English accents.

"Right'o mate"

Ahah, could imagine that.

TheFreeman

17-05-2007, 08:16 PM

Sniper=a hunter Australian maybe...

riomhaire

18-05-2007, 12:00 AM

Nuts to you buggers, the Sniper's Australian! AUSSTRRAAALIAAAN I SAY.
This man speaketh the shens.

Pyro's voice should be through a filter of some sort to make him sound like he's talking through a gas-mask.

Spy should be British or Russian.

I can just imagine the soldier going
"I do enjoy zee rocket jumping, yaw"
In a very German accent.

The engineer must sound like the one of the engineers from C&C:RA.

Now, that gives me an idea. What if both sides had different nationalities for troops? Red could be Russians and Blue; Western Nations (And Austrailia)

Javert

18-05-2007, 01:09 PM

This man speaketh the shens.

Pyro's voice should be through a filter of some sort to make him sound like he's talking through a gas-mask.

Yea, I imagine the Pyro sounding alot like the Terran 'Ghost' in Starcraft.

riomhaire

18-05-2007, 09:11 PM

Yea, I imagine the Pyro sounding alot like the Terran 'Ghost' in Starcraft.
Thinking the same thing.

Synthos

19-05-2007, 05:38 AM

Ohh yeahhh..

Azner

20-05-2007, 01:09 AM

Now, that gives me an idea. What if both sides had different nationalities for troops? Red could be Russians and Blue; Western Nations (And Austrailia)

Warsaw & Nato?

Flyingdebris

25-05-2007, 09:55 PM

i think the pyro should definitely sound crazed, like no obvious accent to his voice indicating where he's from aside from the gasmask muffling effect, but he'd say things in a way thats just...off.

perhaps talking about fire as if it were a living thing or artform and having ackward pauses in his speech as well as creepy laughter in all the wrong places.

maybe syaing stuff like

*heavy breathing* look at how it..*heavy breathing* consumes, so beautiful, oh yes...

"heavy breathing* mother said i should not, hehehe, play with matches, hehehe...

ĐynastҰ

25-05-2007, 10:17 PM

How about the engineer sounding like Popeye? I can hear that well in my mind...

skiiibida, skiibida skuh?

Jintor

26-05-2007, 05:00 AM

Chabo

28-05-2007, 07:03 PM

In order, from TFC's class menu, the best I can remember it:

Scout: based on Trailer 2 I'd say probably non-specific American accent, but he'll talk SUPER-fast. After all, the tagline was "Too. Much. Caffeine." :)

Sniper: I'd put him as an Aussie, probably similar to Jason Isaacs' character from Jurassic Park (the park warden).

Soldier: I'm thinking "traditional" American soldier, sorta like the NPC grunts in OpFor. Strong but raspy voice, from yelling for so many years. Still always has energy though, and anxious to get into battle.

Demo: Sketchy-sounding guy, always talks real low, and always very deliberately. I'm thinking the stereotypical "veteran". He used to be in close combat, but now he just likes watching things blow up from a distance.

Medic: Average middle/upper-class British accent.

HW guy: Russian, as we've seen.

Pyro: I'm thinking similar to HL1's grunts that capture Gordon. ("And if they find the body?" "What body?")

Spy: Regular Bond-type. Probably not so much Connery as the others though.

Engineer: Totally Deniro. I can only imagine this character as a working-class Italian.

xX NoTe 2 SeLf

28-05-2007, 10:34 PM

This man speaketh the shens.

Pyro's voice should be through a filter of some sort to make him sound like he's talking through a gas-mask.

Spy should be British or Russian.

I can just imagine the soldier going
"I do enjoy zee rocket jumping, yaw"
In a very German accent.

The engineer must sound like the one of the engineers from C&C:RA.

Now, that gives me an idea. What if both sides had different nationalities for troops? Red could be Russians and Blue; Western Nations (And Austrailia)

i like that idea since the game has a 60's spy movie theme (cold war espionage much?) but idk if i would like it cuz i prefer the red team but hate em commies :P

Azner

29-05-2007, 05:18 AM

But you has SPETSNAZ!

:D

soulslicer

29-05-2007, 11:48 AM

singaporeans have the fastest speed? i live there and dont seem to notice that

Jintor

29-05-2007, 12:31 PM

Put up a sign saying "Free Stuff", underline Free, and see what happens.

Corp. Sheepo

31-05-2007, 01:24 AM

I saw Schindlers List the other night and I'm definitely on the german soldier bandwagon now.

xX NoTe 2 SeLf

31-05-2007, 01:54 AM

I saw Schindlers List the other night and I'm definitely on the german soldier bandwagon now.

br00t4l

Azner

31-05-2007, 10:27 AM

singaporeans have the fastest speed? i live there and dont seem to notice that

Watch 9:30 news moar.

Put up a sign saying "Free Stuff", underline Free, and see what happens.

Dang can't find that "Chew On It" Episode.

riomhaire

02-06-2007, 12:34 AM

You make him sound like a phone-sex pervert. -_-
Or Von Bolt. Especially the first one.

Ravioli

05-06-2007, 07:26 PM

heavy is from Sooooooviet ruuuuussia

ailevation

05-06-2007, 07:39 PM

The scout is probably japanese, most likely from the Chunichi Dragons baseball team

Dan

07-06-2007, 09:42 PM

scout is American (baseball bat?)
heavy is Russian
medic is Italian or Greek I would think
pyro is asian
engineer is Irish or Scottish
spy is British
demoman is latino (Mexican?)
sniper is Aussie
soldier is German

Flyingdebris

10-06-2007, 08:57 AM

phone sex pervert? thats perfect!

The pyro would be awesome as some creepy phone pervert with heavy breathing issues

"ooh thats hot, mmmmmm, *heavy muffled breathing*"

Zack

17-06-2007, 07:21 AM

Well, here's my impression.
Heavy - Russian
Spy - British
Sniper - Australian
Engineer - American
Pyro - German
Demoman - American
Medic - British
Scout - American
Soldier - American

Gee whiz, lots of Americans running about.

crazyelmo

21-06-2007, 09:19 AM

Now this is what the spy should sound like. (http://content.ytmnd.com/content/c/a/e/cae8402c522818a335b1a347d0d3718e.wav)

bigburpco

21-06-2007, 10:59 AM

what i meant was fastest casual average walking speed in the world. :D of course many other countries also have people who walk really quick casually but our average is the highest.

Only when walking home. :laugh:

EDIT: Oh that voice is awesome, fits well.

Asuka

21-06-2007, 08:47 PM

I thought this thread would be a flame about how its politicly incorrect etc. But iv been proven wrong! Nice. Love what valve has done with the look and sound of the game.

nokori3byo

14-07-2007, 03:54 PM

Go to about the 13:40 mark of this vid (after the Portal stuff). You can hear the characters' voices during the footage of their taunts. Scout sounds American; Spy sounds upper class English, Medic and Pyro don't speak, Soldier sounds, well, Anglophone anyway, and I believe the Sniper is saying "God Save the Queen", in...what's that a Cockney accent...?

http://www.gamespot.com/video/0/6175071/videoplayerpop?rgroup=e32007_live

scotland1

15-07-2007, 02:45 AM

-snip-

Thunderclap

19-08-2007, 08:56 PM

I just noticed this thread. Great contributions from all, but I'm rather surprised that no one has made the obvious connection for the Pyro: Ignus. If anyone has played Planescape: Torment they know that he and the Pyro were seperated at birth, and in my opinion should be used as inspiration for the Pyro video, if it is ever made. I do like the suggestions of not giving him an accent, plain English but muffled through the gas mask and sounding like he's been smoking since he was twelve.

Sam

19-08-2007, 09:20 PM

Now this is what the spy should sound like. (http://content.ytmnd.com/content/c/a/e/cae8402c522818a335b1a347d0d3718e.wav)

Oh HELL YES!

Darkside55

19-08-2007, 10:59 PM

"Adjustments need to be made while firing in the wind" is now the spy's catchphrase.

Fred333

20-08-2007, 04:30 PM

Great thread.... I had not played fortress that much but after watching the videos and such I am very interested on getting my hands on Fortress 2. I really like the way the characters have their own personalities. Its what makes the game for me.

el Chi

23-08-2007, 08:28 PM

Sniper: I'd put him as an Aussie, probably similar to Jason Isaacs' character from Jurassic Park (the park warden).

It was Bob Peck, not Jason Isaacs. Who isn't Australian. Sorry to be pedantic, but JP was a large part of my childhood. I was, like, way cool.
I think it's pretty obvious that I still am.

http://www.lki.ru/Preview/0610/TeamFortress/Small/Sniper.jpg--Clever girl. lol

http://www4.ncsu.edu/~bddeery/muldoon.png --wtf that's my line

http://www.lki.ru/Preview/0610/TeamFortress/Small/Sniper.jpg --not any more lol

Also, judging by that video, it would seem that the sniper is indeed an Aussie. Or alternatively, voiced by Dick Van Dyke.
Anything's possible.

DEATH eVADER

23-08-2007, 08:59 PM

The Scout has got to be a Scouser (get it :P)

Chabo

24-08-2007, 06:59 PM

It was Bob Peck, not Jason Isaacs. Who isn't Australian. Sorry to be pedantic, but JP was a large part of my childhood. I was, like, way cool.
I think it's pretty obvious that I still am.

Nice one; I didn't know it wasn't Jason Isaacs. It's been a while since I've seen the movie though.

I knew Jason Isaacs wasn't Australian, but I also know that he's capable of a wide range of accents. ;) It's good that someone knew who I was talking about though, and thank you for the correction.

I love the images, made me laugh. :)

Ennui

24-08-2007, 07:00 PM

I love Jurassic Park.

**** it, I'm watching it.

The Monkey

09-09-2007, 03:16 PM

The spy is French.

http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/14546

Atomic_Piggy

09-09-2007, 04:08 PM

The spy is French.

This is a disgrace. What has France got the Bond hasn't?

Engi has to be texan. There can be no other choice. I guess the medic is british, bieng really posh and what not.

Sam

09-09-2007, 06:48 PM

Wasn't the Sniper the one saying "Gawd save the queen" in the gameplay videos?

Atomic_Piggy

09-09-2007, 07:45 PM

Wasn't the Sniper the one saying "Gawd save the queen" in the gameplay videos?

:O Really. But he doesn't really look steriotypically british. The medic does.

Crushenator 500

09-09-2007, 08:23 PM

Wasn't the Sniper the one saying "Gawd save the queen" in the gameplay videos?

Queen Elizabeth II is the Queen of Australia

I'm dissapointed with the sniper being Australian though, they should have made him sound like Mark Lanegan... :sniper:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ5KOT9Zh7Q

Sam

09-09-2007, 08:28 PM

Queen Elizabeth II is the Queen of Australia

I'm dissapointed with the sniper being Australian though, they should have made him sound like Mark Lanegan... :sniper:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ5KOT9Zh7Q

It didn't sound all that Australian to me though, maybe it's just that one thing though. I dunno.

Atomic_Piggy

09-09-2007, 08:46 PM

Queen Elizabeth II is the Queen of Australia

I was thinking that, what with the commonwealth, but I didn't say anything. I've made a fool of myself too often :(

Mr Stabby

10-09-2007, 08:51 PM

Sniper sounds cockney

Atomic_Piggy

10-09-2007, 09:03 PM

Australian and cockney accents are very similar.

/runs.

Polaris

11-09-2007, 05:06 PM

From Steam ID of Adrian Finol.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/demomenz
http://www.demomenz.com/

...

Darkside55

11-09-2007, 05:54 PM

Jamaican. Nice.

And Finol's a goon? D:

Also, I love the French spy. Totally awesome.

Mahalis

12-09-2007, 07:06 PM

Anyone else noticed the voice files are in the pre-load GCF? Can't identify all the accents, but this is what I have so far:
- Medic: German
- Pyro: ...too muffled to be distinguishable
- Scout: American
- Sniper: Australian (could be either that or Cockney, but he says "mate" a lot, so I'm guessing the former)
- Spy: French