Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
TF2's LORE in 15 Minutes !!!
If you've played TF2 for a long time as a veteran or you are new to the mercs and badlands, you may or may not know TF2's LORE. I mostly just liked playing the game and didnt have much interest, but upon reading all of the team fortress comics recently out of curiosity, i compiled a condensed, digestable version of valve's official tf2 lore for you to either recap on or experience for the first time that is only 15 minutes long! the other tf2 lore videos i could see were in multiple parts or hours long, or were so short they didnt cover everything! Let me know if you want more lore videos! Thanks for watching!
Spycicle Lore:
youtu.be/YazXdMpNMuU
Demoman's Lore in 5 Minutes:
youtu.be/FS7Bet8Hq4c
Read the comics here:
teamfortress.com/comics.php
"TF2 didn't start with a lot of story. There wasn't room for one. But as the updates got more ambitious, we found the perfect way to explore the mercs' world: comics. Over the years, the comics have spawned ancillary characters, then assistants to the ancillary characters. Companies mentioned in passing became global empires three generations old. The game that started as a handful of guys in a desert shooting at each other slowly blossomed into the most labyrinthine story in Valve history."
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♫Credits♫
My channel artist (eg stream mascot):
TinyComrade:
music:
TF2 OST:
bit.ly/32nKkQW
Art of silence:
youtube.com/watch?v=SooYWiXtHnI
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Recommended TF2 youtubers:
OkFellow/Darky:
youtube.com/user/thdarkshadowgaming
Shork:
youtube.com/channel/UCphDCIaX3CSb2pdkR9SMOXg
Pyrojoe:
youtube.com/channel/UCUkaLDYeJKqTQv_rvHbGxfg
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TF2's LORE in 15 Minutes !!!
If you've played TF2 for a long time as a veteran or you are new to the mercs and badlands, you may or may not know TF2's LORE. I mostly just liked playing the game and didnt have much interest, but upon reading all of the team fortress comics recently out of curiosity, i compiled a condensed, digestable version of valve's official tf2 lore for you to either recap on or experience for the first time that is only 15 minutes long! the other tf2 lore videos i could see were in multiple parts or hours long, or were so short they didnt cover everything! Let me know if you want more lore videos! Thanks for watching!
Spycicle Lore:
youtu.be/YazXdMpNMuU
Demoman's Lore in 5 Minutes:
youtu.be/FS7Bet8Hq4c
Read the comics here:
teamfortress.com/comics.php
"TF2 didn't start with a lot of story. There wasn't room for one. But as the updates got more ambitious, we found the perfect way to explore the mercs' world: comics. Over the years, the comics have spawned ancillary characters, then assistants to the ancillary characters. Companies mentioned in passing became global empires three generations old. The game that started as a handful of guys in a desert shooting at each other slowly blossomed into the most labyrinthine story in Valve history."
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▶Twitter:
twitter.com/oristf2
▶Discord:
discord.gg/GGYMuDV
▶Steam Group:
steamcommunity.com/groups/oristvyt
▶Trade link (donations if you want):
steamcommunity.com/tradeoffer/new/?partner=114338170&token=4JycAFi9
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★Donator+'s:/Patrons★
RNG smiles
Byte My ASCII
Felix -Gaming-
Manic The Flareon
Pie
Robi_
-------------------------------------------------
♫Credits♫
My channel artist (eg stream mascot):
TinyComrade:
music:
TF2 OST:
bit.ly/32nKkQW
Art of silence:
youtube.com/watch?v=SooYWiXtHnI
-------------------------------------------------
Recommended TF2 youtubers:
OkFellow/Darky:
youtube.com/user/thdarkshadowgaming
Shork:
youtube.com/channel/UCphDCIaX3CSb2pdkR9SMOXg
Pyrojoe:
youtube.com/channel/UCUkaLDYeJKqTQv_rvHbGxfg
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☻More:☻
MY HUD:
https://huds.tf/forum/showthread.php?tid=252
Microphone:
amzn.to/3hYzYuD
PC SPECS:
imgur.com/a/zev44Lq
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Let me know if I missed anything thing in the description :¬)
If you are reading this type "TF2 APES" in the comments
![TF2s Most TERRIFYING Horror Spinoff Game (ARG?)
The CHEAPEST TF2 Item Marketplace: https://mannco.store/?ref=nweznjv
PART 2 OUT NOW! https://youtu.be/3P-aMdBF3uY
The curiosity from one image can lead to more than you might expect…
GMOD Horror ARGs have been beloved for a while, but there are only a few source horrors that have a TF2 focus, and they don’t have quite the same eerie feeling. That was until I found this PLAYABLE TF2 Horror ARG, where YOU get stuck in the game. This video will cover the whole story, lore, secrets, origin of the entities, an interview with the creator of the game, an analysis of it all and whats to come next! (SPOILERS BELOW)
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SPOILERS AHEAD:
Nixliz YT: https://www.youtube.com/@nixlizwastaken
Nixliz Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nixliz/posts
Capture The Intelligence: https://gamejolt.com/games/gmod-capture-the-intelligence/850383
TheWhat’s Interloper Analysis: https://youtu.be/d-DqH6FP1Yg?si=dqVLdxxMk9dhRimR
Interloper Series: https://youtu.be/ImewMLwyjdE?si=j89gsUJKAF_M8f6i
The Librarian GMOD Video: https://youtu.be/03yL_JCeQBI?si=5eoPL1JHK3V2RvcW
Chapters:
0:00 What is this image?
1:11 TF2 in Source Horrors
2:45 Opening the Downloadable File
5:00 Booting up the Playable ARG
8:38 Trapped In The Game
16:00 Ending1
18:30 The Tower
23:29 Tower Ending
29:58 Making a Monster (How The TF2 Monsters Were Made)
47:30 Alternate Ending
49:04 Birth of The Tower
54:15 Tower Enemies (Lore, Backstory and Design)
1:00:00 Tower Ending Explained
1:12:36 The Final Update (What is next?)
1:16:17 The Lores Message
Credits
✧ Special Thanks ✧
@nixlizwastaken for an amazing interview and making the game!
@TheLibrarianYT @thewhatshow and @ShaiiValley for inspiration, amongst many others!
TBONE, for letting me use his track (see below)
Coconuts for kindly agreeing on a deal for the use of Silver Lights in this video!
Jamyyyj13
♫ Music ♫
Coconuts - Silver Lights
CTI OST - (All Songs)
TF2 - Red Triumphs
Repulsive - Tryst
Background Music - We Cannot Defend You
10 Dead Doves OST - 01 Menu Music
Virus Buster Chill - Brain Age 2: More Training In Minutes
TBONE - Frutiger Aero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkxmPTLtHSk
Ocarina of Time Inside The Deku Tree [Slowed + Reverb]
3DS AR Games Music - Main Menu
3DS OST - Photo Select
3DS OST - First Time Setup
Wii OST - News Channel (Main Theme)
Free Ethereal Music Loop (No Copyright Music)
★Donator+s:/Patrons★
RNG smiles
Byte My ASCII
Felix Gaming
Manic The Flareon
Pie
Robi_
Recommended TF2 youtubers:
OkFellow/Darky:
/ thdarkshadowgaming
Shork:
/ @shork
Pyrojoe:
/ @pyrojoe
☻More:☻
MY HUD:
https://huds.tf/forum/showthread.php?...
Microphone:
https://amzn.to/3hYzYuD
PC SPECS:
https://imgur.com/a/zev44Lq
Let me know if I missed anything thing in the description :¬)
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![TF2s Most Disturbing Horror Map EXPLAINED
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This TF2 Horror Map Explained video covers the Cryptoforest, home to a movie of a story turned to an ARG mystery that is revealed through the interview with its creator. With 4+ Videotapes hidden around the map to decrypt, an NPC to interrogate and multiple cryptids in unlockable locations to discover, venturing into the depths of the Darkwoods has never been more of an enticing opportunity. This video will cover the whole story, lore, secrets, origin of the entities, an interview with the creator of the game, an analysis of it all and whats to come next! Team Fortress 2 horror games are truly being taken to the next level!
CHAPTERS BELOW!
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Play the map here:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2487430950
Unicake’s Socials:
https://steamcommunity.com/id/kloggnev/https://gamebanana.com/members/1444873
Massive special thanks to @UnicakeMaps for enduring an infinite amount of questions and being so invested in the video, @ShorK for making the incredible cinematics and helping out in a ton of other ways, Bebe for awesome creativity on the script intro, Slimy, @HeyGrouch, @tyrsfalltv, @ArJayTF2 editing feedback and much more! there’s definitely more people I’m forgetting oh no…
CHAPTERS:
0:00 This is not a normal TF2 Map
2:06 What is Cryptoforest? (Contents Page)
4:34 Guide Info
5:00 Night One - First Impressions of the Forest
9:30 Hearing a voice in the map
13:09 Unlocking ‘Safehouse’
15:09 First Visual Encounter
21:12 Green VHS Tape
22:57 Bad Ending
27:09 Blue VHS Tape
29:12 Red VHS Tape
30:27 Turning on the Light Tower
34:22 Entering the Powerplant
40:23 Sorrowful Spirit Location
42:11 Builds and Strategies
44:50 Secret Lakehouse Room
49:00 Secret Powerplant Room (+Lost Media)
52:38 Good Ending
55:51 Brown VHS Tape
58:00 Secret Ending
1:01:31 Epilogue?
1:05:00 Entering the Basement… (ARG?)
1:17:40 What is next?
1:20:30 Theories, More Cut Content, Secrets, Easter Eggs
1:24:40 Making The Monsters
1:30:45 Making Your Own Path
1:38:45 Will you?
Examples of perspectives of how different people even from the same / similar demographics have different takes on wendigo folklore and its uses:
https://spineonline.co/dark-history/2023/9/22/emilyann-s2trn
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/video-game-insensitive-dialogue-1.6104700
https://www.reddit.com/r/IndianCountry/comments/1c84r3l/why_is_wndigo_reffered_to_as_a_slur/
https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/29945/
https://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/f724379d-203a-411b-9130-75110e80cc24/content
https://the-wendigo.jimdosite.com/context/
https://writingwithcolor.tumblr.com/search/wendigo
https://backstoryradio.org/blog/the-mythology-and-misrepresentation-of-the-windigo/
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♫Credits♫
music:
Free Ethereal music loop (no copyright)
RE7 OST - Saferoom Theme
ES _ A Foreboding Presence
SH2 OST - Legacy
CTI OST - Tower 10-19
TF2 OST - Saxxy Theme
Crypto Forest OST - Cryptoforest Intro
Ocarina of Time Inside the Deku Tree [Slowed + Reverb]
Crypto Forest OST - Saferoom Theme
RE3 OST - Saferoom Theme
FF7 OST -
RE7 OST - Welcome to the family
Crypto Forest OST - Trader’s Theme
Crypto Forest OST - Trader’s Reprise
ES_Monsters Are Real - Dream Cave
Hearthstone OST - Lowkey Tavern Music
Until Dawn [OST] #08: Icicle Elegy
Going Down
Yume Nikki OST: Snow World (Extended)
Portal 2 OST Volume 1 - 9999999
Yume Nikki OST - Barracks Settlement
RE2 OST - The Basement Of Police Station
ES_Did You See That - Ruiqi Zhao
Runescape OST - Arrival
RE7 OST - Menu Music
Crypto Forest OST - Mothman Ambience
Yume Nikki OST - E Man
Lost In Vivo OST - Therapy Session (ty thewhat again &4others)
3DS OST - AR Games Main Menu
CTI OST - Tower 30-39
CTI OST - Tower 1-9
SH2 OST - A world of madness
Crypto Forest OST - Flatwoods Monster Theme
Earthbound OST - Deeper Into Ness-Subconscious
Omori OST - 121 Undertow
Left 4 Dead 2 Soundtrack - Horde
The Eternal War -Dreamcave
SH2 OST - Theme of Amy
RE2 OST - Saferoom Theme
SH2 OST - Ordinary Vanity
RE4 OST - Serenity
SH2 OST - Promise Reprise
Until Now - August Wilhelmsson
OMORI OST - 109 Aquifer
Dystopia by Neutrin05
3DS OST - Photo Select
3DS OST - First Time SetupCTI OST - Tower 20-29
☻More:☻
Microphone:
https://amzn.to/3hYzYuD
PC SPECS:
https://imgur.com/a/zev44Lq
Let me know if I missed anything thing in the description :¬)
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