"Be polite. Be efficient." Says the man who throws jars of urine at people and lives in his camper van.

Sniper: *"Be polite"* Also Sniper: *Throws his piss at people*

0:51 this scene feels so real lmao the way the camera moves around scared like they are gonna get shot is just perfect

1:15 I just now noticed after all these years that Sniper is LOADING ANOTHER BULLET IN THE CHAMBER while he cycles out the casing of the other cartridge. That's why he has 25 shots in a single shot rifle; they're not in the gun, but it's that his hand work allows him to load em in as fast as he can pull em out

Cursed footage of Australian driving on the left side of a car.

0:16 sniper uses his turn signal, like a professional with standards.

1:00 you can actually see sniper smiling slightly before taking the shot, which I didn’t realize until now. What a detailed animation!

"Urine." -Sniper Gaming

Little detail: 0:15 after "Sniping's a good job, mate" his hand reaches down on the wheel and clicks the turn signal. He checks his side view mirror. The signal continues clicking as he turns the wheel. Clicks the signal off when he finishes the turn. Adjusts the wheel. Sniper's a good driver, mate.

"What's the difference between a good sniper and an aimbot?" 0:42

0:45 the sniper has a bruise on his thumb, which happens when your thumb gets stuck in the bullet chamber while reloading, awesome detail!

0:51 is probably one of the best shots out of any of the meet the team videos. The shading and angle of it really makes TF2’s artstyle pop.

Took me like 5 years to realize the irony that the sniper lives in a CAMPER. At least Valve recognises the position of the class.

Fun fact: There are 4 tf2 acheivments called "be polite" "be efficient" "have a plan" "kill everyone you meet"

I will always love the part where demo is frantically shooting pipes everywhere, its very accurate to me playing demo while in a bad position

1:08 "We Australians have standards mate," Be polite. Be efficient. And be prepared to fight any Kangaroo you meet. The Sniper

"be polite" me: don't you throw piss at people? sniper: politely

When you win a game and the rest of your team says “Ez” but you say “Gg” Professionals have standards

0:16 it took me 14 years to Hear Snipers turn signal

0:49 Sniper today: "I ain't climbing that!"

Some classes are polite, some classes are efficient. The sniper throws piss at people and lives in a van.

"Be polite" "Be efficient" "And have a plan to not get kicked from the server"

0:46 I like how Sniper has an injured thumb. If you're not careful reloading rifles, your thumb gets pinched in the reloading mechanism

0:42 probably one of my favourite scenes

0:14 When you finally land a headshot on your 246th attempt.

"Professionals have standards." As evidenced by the fact that he uses his turn signal near the beginning of the animation. Attention to detail.

Who's here after watching the original voice actor John Patrick Lowrie reenact this IRL? That guy's a living legend

Given the Sniper’s skill in lore. I wonder at 0:51 if it was the fact that the enemy didn’t see him, but in fact saw the cameraman NEXT to Sniper to ascertain the Sniper’s location😂😂

Fun fact: each class model has a unique set of teeth. Sniper, for instance, has prominent canines, which is probably why he talks out of the side of his mouth throughout the video: they wanted to show it off.

"Be efficient" If you're "efficient" as a sniper you get vote kicked for hacking.

The «meet the team» videos are the greatest advertisments for a video game I have ever seen. Not only do they work as advertisment for the game but they stand on their own as great pieces of storytelling and entertainment

[A lone RV is driving down a desert road. Camera cuts to the dashboard, where a bobblehead of the former Civilian sits. A hand comes from offscreen and flicks the head.] Sniper: "Boom. Headshot." [Meet the Sniper text appears. Cuts to the Sniper driving his RV as Valve's edited version of Magnum Force plays in the background.] Sniper: "Snipin's a good job, mate! [He pauses to make a right turn] It's challengin' work, outta doors. I guarantee you'll not go hungry-" [Cuts to a shot of the Sniper brushing his teeth. There are three photographs on the right of his mirror of a BLU Engineer, Heavy, and Scout - the Engineer and the Scout are crossed off, but the Heavy is not.] Sniper "-'cause at the end of the day, long as there's two people left on the planet, someone is gonna want someone dead." [Scene cuts to view inside the Sniper's scope. The Sniper headshots the Heavy from the previous scene; the bullet shatters the Bottle of the Demoman behind him, causing the top half of the Bottle to embed itself in his remaining eye. The Demoman flails around, takes out his Grenade Launcher, fires three grenades wildly in the air and falls over a ledge, with his stray grenades igniting a cluster of explosive barrels below and causing a chain explosion.] Sniper: "Ooh." [Cuts to the Sniper talking on a pay phone.] Sniper: "Dad? Dad, I'm a- Ye- Not a "crazed gunman", dad, I'm an assassin! ...Well, the difference bein' one is a job and the other's a mental sickness!" [Back to Sniper in the RV.] Sniper: "I'll be honest with ya: my parents do not care for it." [Cuts to Sniper climbing the tall tower in Gold Rush Stage 3, Cap 1. The Sniper waits at the top of the tower for a shot.] Sniper: [Glances away from his scope briefly to address the viewer] "I think his mate saw me." [A bullet ricochets off the ledge under the Sniper.] Sniper: "Yes, yes he did!" [The Sniper takes cover as return fire ricochets off the tower.] [Cuts to a time-lapse image of the Sniper waiting for a shot. Several jars of urine fill up to his side, as the Sniper drinks coffee and waits. As the sun starts to set, the Sniper smiles and finally takes his shot.] [The Sniper backstabs a Spy through the chest with his Kukri on Gold Rush Stage 3, then slides him off the knife with a satisfied expression.] Sniper: "Feelins'? Look mate, you know who has a lot of feelings?" [Cut back to the RV] Sniper: "Blokes that bludgeon their wife to death with a golf trophy. Professionals have standards." [Sniper takes off his hat and puts it on his chest, standing over the dead Spy.] Sniper: "Be polite." [Sniper headshots a Medic, a Soldier, and a Pyro, blowing the last's head clean off.] Sniper: "Be efficient." [Slow-motion shot of the Sniper reloading his rifle.] Sniper: "Have a plan to kill everyone you meet." [The Sniper fires directly at the camera. The screen blacks out.] [Team Fortress 2 ending flourish music plays.] [Cut back to the pay phone.] Sniper: "Dad.... Dad p-, yeah - put Mum on the phone!"

"Be polite" *Taunts after killing spy*

Friend: Why do you say "gg" when you lose to a toxic kid? Me: Professionals have standards

That mockumetary style. These clips are masterpieces, every single one. They really outdid themselves with this game.

5:30 Soon before Sniper takes the shot, he smiles. He's found the target. Such a small detail on his face that Valve included. Reminds me of the facial expressions in gameplay even from voice commands.

I hate when people say “Stop camping!!” When snipers in game are supposed to camp.

Fun fact: when sniper says “be efficient” he kills 3 people without missing a shot. There is an achievement in the game that is called “be efficient” and you get it by doing that

I like how he says at the end “have a plan to kill everyone you meet” which is sort of breaking the forth wall since it’s called meet the team

The funniest thing about this clip is Sniper stating "My parents don't care for me." As if it was valve mocking the users of the class.

Man the mercs are so cool when they aren’t being controlled by idiots like us.

11 years later, and I just now realized "have a plan to kill everyone you meet" ends with him shooting the camera to a black sceen. Sniper kills the cameraman.

0:43 Me when a furry asks why a mascot is fine but your own fursuit isn’t:

Am I the only person who clocked the fact that he put his blinker on before turning? And they animated it Flipping brilliant

0:51 the most accurate depiction of being a sniper in any pvp game

"I'm not a crazed gunman I'm an assassin!" It sounds like the sniper is.. going through a phase.

0:42 the iconic

I remember, I used the quote "As long as there's two people left on the planet, someone is going to want someone dead." In one of my papers 🤣

Fun fact: the sniper is canonically from New Zealand and was shot out of a rocket to Australia.

When you touch an invisible spy 0:32

I like how it implies that this sniper is better than the blue one cause he survived a spy, probably more then once

Of all the “Meet the Team” videos, this one used its music best. The way the song plays off the editing is sooo fucking good.

I NEED a full reality tv show on snipers life. “I think his mate saw me” resonates with me so much

Kids have crushes. Men have girlfriends. 1:09

No one talks about that he has a unique intro.

"Haha! Nothing bad ever happens to the Kennedy's!" 0:09

The Sun after giving someone skin cancer from 152 million km away: 0:14

Fun fact: Sniper is 28 years old, this makes him the second youngest class in the game

"no dad im not a furry im a football mascot, one a difference being one is a job and other is mental sickness" sniper, tf2

"15 years ago" hurts my soul and my back

first job person: so how much do you charge sniper: uhhh maybe twenty person: okay, 20,000, sounds fair sniper who was fully prepared to kill some guy for 20 bucks:

Sniper is my favorite mercenary. He’s polite, patient, and has a sexy, sexy accent. Not to mention that he actually uses his goddamn turn signals

No way that Alex Coker from Fox news said the quote at 1:09 when he was talking about the recent stuff that just happened😭😭😭

Meet the spyper

1:10 after he says “Professionals have standards” he says four other things and every one of them is an achievement in-game: Be polite - Provide an enemy with a freezecam shot of you doffing off your hat Be efficient - Get 3 kills with the Sniper Rifle without missing a shot. Have a plan - Capture the flag in CTF Kill everyone you meet - Kill 1000 enemies

Sniper: *"i'm not a crazed gunman dad i'm an assasin.* Also Sniper at the end: *Have a plan to kill every one you meet*

I really wish we got a TV series out of this. I love watchinh these even today.

Ah, yes, early 2009. I remember downloading this video on Steam to watch it in HQ. Can't believe that it used to have this feature. This brings back so many memories 😊

0:45 sniper has a bruised thumbnail that's common when reloading bolt-action rifles Attention to detail

*"I think his mate saw me... yEs, YeS hE dId-"*

This is the shy kid that every one forgets about when they grow up

why is this *"I think his mate saw me"* *...* *"Yes! Yes he did"* so fucking funny to hear

0:13 me after sniping a guy standing still

“I’m not a crazed gunman dad, I’m an assassin. Well the difference being one is a job and the other’s mental sickness!” Yeah, the only crazed gunman on the team is pyro.

Overwatch fans: Its a Sniper like Widowmaker. TF2 fans: *IT IS THE PISS THROWER HIMSELF*

Crazy no one is mentioning the music, using the Magnum Force theme for the Sniper is pitch-perfect, Lalo Schifrin is a musical god, and these Meet The videos all have so many little details and great jokes in them, they never had to go so hard with this game but they did

“I think his mate saw me” The thing that rushes through every sniper mains mind when they see a scout speeding torwards them

Sniper seems the most normal out of all TF2 characters. He's not in it for the sake of killing everyone for fun, but for the sake of being paid and making a living. Well, him and Engineer. Engineer is just a humble Texan who knows how to indirectly cause violence and distress.

Your work is going into my Team Fortress 2 archive!

" Professionals have standards" is just so iconic

Sniper: -Needs a good place to camp -He has standards -He's a professional of sniping -He's polite -He's efficient -*headshot* -He has a plan to kill everyone he meets -Conga! -p i s s

"I'm not a crazed gunman, dad, I'm an assassin!" Well...

Sniper might just be the batman of tf2

1:00 I like the smirk he does when he finally gets a shot

Funny thing is that there’s an achievement in the game called, “Not a crazed gun man, dad” which you earn by killing three enemies while defending the control point as the sniper.

Ironically, despite the Sniper being one of the deadliest among the 9 mercs, he is also the most sane and polite. But still, none of them are flawless. He does throw jars of piss.

15 years later. Still watching those awesome cinematics. Plz Valve, break the curse of the 3.

Sniper is the type of guy to go the speed limit as well 😂

His theme is fucking insane. Had no idea that it was magnum force.

There's four types of people: -Sniper is a good job mate -Sniper's a good job mate -Snipe is a good job mate -Sniping's a good job mate

for 15 years ago this video quality is very good

The best ads of time. Keeps you actually engaged and wanting more. So iconic.

It's not a microtransaction, dad; it's DLC. Well, the difference being one's added content and the other's highway robbery!

0:15 I'm Sorry, but it's just so satisfying to see him use and to hear the Indicator when he's driving.

I love that he used his blinker when turning into a different part of the road, he'd make Florida a better place to drive.

The Meet the Team shorts are absolutely master class, not just as tie ins/promotion for the game, but also as animated shorts on their own.

When you delete your brother's browser history after he forgot to delete it. 1:09

The argument with his parents is extra funny because I doubt most assassins would be allowed to tell their family what they really do

“It was a mercy-killing, you live in a camper-van!” - Scout dominating Sniper

0:16 Sniper used his turn signal, what a polite gentleman.