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BLU Scout Pants Fix

BLU Scout Pants Fix

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Updated Oct 28, 2024 at 11:24AM EDT by Philipp.

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Overview

BLU Scout Pants Fix refers to a patch released for the multiplayer video game Team Fortress 2 in October 2024 which fixed a 17-year-old bug of BLU Scout not having the correctly colored texture for his pants. The patch was quickly reverted due to the fixed texture conflicting with many cosmetic items, with the Team Fortress 2 reacting to the changes with jokes and memes on social media.

Background

On October 24th, 2024, game developer and publisher Valve released an update for their multiplayer first-person shooter video gamer Team Fortress 2.[1] As a part of the update, the texture for BLU Scout, a playable character, was updated, changing the color of his pants which remained incorrect for 17 years since the game was released in 2007 (comparison image[2] shown below). The bug was well-lnown in the Team Fortress 2 community: for example, on February 6th, 2023, YouTuber[8] shounic posted a video about it that received over 730,000 views in two years.


Fixed texture - Current texture -

Developments

On October 25th, approximately 24 hours after the first patch, Valve[3] released a follow-up patch that reverted the change with the comment "Reverted BLU Scout pants fix because it conflicts with too many existing cosmetics" (shown below).


Team Fortress 2 Update Released October 25, 2024 - TF2 Team An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include: > Reverted BLU Scout pants fix because it conflicts with too many existing cosmetics > Updated the Fleet Commander again to fix import problems from the previous update > Updated the Phantom Plague and Haunting Haze Unusual effects to fix sometimes spawning away from the player

Online Reactions

The patch and the following reversal of the change became a major subject of interest in the Team Fortress 2 community in late October 2024, with members of the fandom sharing memes, jokes and fan art.

On October 25th, 2024, X[4] user @TF2SolarLight made a post about the change, posting a comparison image of old and new texture, which received over 860 reposts and 12,000 likes in three days. An hour later, X[5] user @heavyfortres wrote, "THEY CHANGED A CHARACTER DESIGN 17 YEARS LATER WHAT", with the post (shown below) garnering over 2.2 million views, 7,100 reposts and 68,000 likes on the platform in three days.


: ... heavy team fortres 2 @heavyfortres THEY MADE BLU SCOUT'S PANTS BLUE THEY CHANGED A CHARACTER DESIGN 17 YEARS LATER WHAT Blog News Updates Here's where you can find update notes for all the tweaks, fixes and improvements we make to the game. Team Fortress 2 Update Released October 24, 2024 - TF2 Team An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include: > Added missing list of authors for arena_lumberyard_event > Fixed the Crook Combatant hiding the Scout's dog tags > Fixed some sound script entries not playing because they were looking for .wav instead of .mp3 > Fixed BLU Scout using the incorrect team color pants > Fixed some props_farm models using an incorrect surfaceprop setting > Updated the large version of the backpack image for The Fast Learner to be consistent with the small version > Updated the schema entries for The Hound's Hood and the Thrilling Tracksuit to remove unused settings > Updated a couple of the community console images to fix missing nomin/nolod settings • 1:32 AM Oct 25, 2024 2.2M Views texture- Fixed texture-

Later on October 25th, 2024, X[6] user @Cw1tchy posted a fan art GIF of Valve CEO Gabe Newell manually painting BLU Scout's pants with a brush that received over 1,800 reposts and 26,000 likes in three days (shown below).


CWITCH Fixed BLU Scout using the incorrect team color pants

On October 26th, following the reversal of the change, artist @TheF1amethr0wer posted a fan art of chained Scout with a humorous caption imagining Valve chaining BLU Scout in a vault. The artwork (shown below) gained over 2,900 reposts and 22,000 likes on X[7] in two days.


TheFlamethrower @TheFlamethrower BLU Scout in Blue Pants getting instantly betrayed by Valve and locked back in Valve's vault for eternity for the crimes he did not commit:

Various Examples


grumble.. > Reverted BLU Scout pants fix because it conflicts with too many existing cosmetics Witch DoctorDB @db_witch • Oct 25 I was playing on a 24/7 2fort server a few hours ago and there was a lag spike so bad that the game froze for a bit for everyone and when it unfroze the people around me just stopped fighting and looked around in confusion 65 CRETWELE 11.5K 24K Ilil 235K BALL kyle r. real @kyle_r_mod_guy that was the moment scout changed his pants • 3:53 AM Oct 25, 2024 20.4K Views imgflip.com WE DID IT BOYS BLUE PANTS IS NO MORE
esau @redunderscore_ tf2 fans talking about the single day that the scout had blue pants Ginger (open comms) @JohnnysStars WAIT during all this time BLU Scout's pants were the wrong color even in the official material??? ALL TF2 COSMETIC INFRASTRUCTURE - BLU SCOUT BROWN PANTS

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External References

[1] Team Fortress 2 – Team Fortress 2 Update Released

[2] X – @TF2SolarLight

[3] Team Fortress 2 – Team Fortress 2 Update Released

[4] X – @TF2SolarLight

[5] X – @heavyfortres

[6] X – @Cw1tchy

[7] X – @TheF1amethr0wer

[8] YouTube – scout’s pants are the wrong color

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