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I cannot really remember what is the oldest, but a lot of old Team Fortress 2 gm videos, live rent free in my head, and I quote them (especially just the weird noises) all the time. And I still follow the creators, that make new ones. It has evolved into a full genre over the years.
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I went and dug through my playlists. This is “only” 10 years old, but I think it summarizes well, both the absurdity of them, and how far from the actual game, the genre is.
I cannot really remember what is the oldest, but a lot of old Team Fortress 2 gm videos, live rent free in my head, and I quote them (especially just the weird noises) all the time. And I still follow the creators, that make new ones. It has evolved into a full genre over the years.
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I went and dug through my playlists. This is “only” 10 years old, but I think it summarizes well, both the absurdity of them, and how far from the actual game, the genre is.
Tribes had “Shazbot!” as a swear word. That still pops out of me on occasion.