Meet the Sniper
Valve & Gary Schwartz & John Patrick Lowrie
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Meet the Sniper by Valve (Ft. Gary Schwartz & John Patrick Lowrie)
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Meet the Sniper is a computer-animated short made for the Meet the Team series. It introduces the viewer to The Sniper, a playable character in the game Team Fortress 2, as he seems to be interviewed by an unknown, and silent individual.
Meet the Sniper Annotated
[Intro]
(Sound of a vehicle driving by.)
SNIPER: Boom. Headshot.
(Cut to title card. Fanfare plays.)
[Section 1]
SNIPER: Snipin's a good job, mate.
S: ...it's challenging work, out-of-doors...
S: ...I guarantee you'll not go hungry.
S: 'Cause at the end of the day, 'long as there's two people left on the planet, someone is gonna want someone dead.
(Gunshot.)
DEMOMAN: Aaegh! Aaaaagh!
(The Demoman pulls out a grenade launcher, and shoots a few times.)
D: Eeeagh!
(The Demoman falls over the edge of a bridge, with his grenades exploding below.)
S: Ooh.
S: Yеah. Dad, I'm a... Y- Uh- I'm not a crazed gunman, Dad; I'm an assassin!
(A vehicle drivеs across screen.)
S: Well, the difference being: one is a job, and the other's mental sickness!
S: I'll be honest with ya. My parents... do not care for it.
S: ...I think his mate saw me.
(Gunshots. Not the Sniper's.)
S: Yes, yes he did!
[Section 2]
(Gunshot. The Sniper's.)
S: Feelings?! Look, mate. You know who has a lot of feelings? Blokes who bludgeon their wife to death with a golf trophy.
S: Professionals have STANDARDS. Be polite.
(Multiple gunshots.)
S: Be efficient. Have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
(Cut to ending sequence. Fanfare plays.)
[Outro]
S: Dad!
(A vehicle drives by.)
S: D- Put y- Put Mom on the phone.
Meet the Sniper Q&A
When did Valve release Meet the Sniper?
Valve released Meet the Sniper on Sat Jun 07 2008.