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{{Quotation|'''TF2 Official Website''', posted May 4, 2020 |Rick May, the inimitable voice of the Soldier for thirteen years, many shorts and countless updates, passed away this April at age 79. We were lucky enough to work with Rick many times in the studio over the past decade. A quick-witted and kind-hearted collaborator, Rick endowed the character with a trademark bellow and bootfulls of idiotic charm. The Soldier wouldn’t be the Soldier without him.}}
{{needimage|There's definitely more statue locations around that require images. Some of the existing images may also need to be cropped better.}}
 
  
{{Quotation|'''Soldier'''|You were good son, real good; maybe even the best.|sound=Demoman gibberish01.wav}}
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With the {{Patch name|5|1|2020}}, Valve commenced a month-long '''tribute to Rick May'''. [[W:Rick May|Rick May]], who passed away on April 8, 2020 from complications related to COVID-19,<ref>[[w:Rick May#Death|Rick May's]] Wikipedia article</ref> was the [[Voice actors|voice actor]] for the [[Soldier]]. For the month of May, the [[Main Menu]] class image was set to the [[:File:Main menu soldier.png|main menu Soldier image]], and the soundtrack selection was set to [[Saluting the Fallen (Soundtrack)|''Saluting the Fallen'']], which is a rendition of [[w:Taps|''Taps'']], a traditional salute performed at funerals and memorials of members and veterans of the United States Armed Forces. Rick May served in the U.S. Army in Japan, where he coordinated [[w:United Service Organizations|United Service Organizations (USO)]] shows.<ref name="Times-TR">Diane Wright, [https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/stage-chameleon-tackles-role-of-teddy-roosevelt ''Stage chameleon tackles role of Teddy Roosevelt''], The Seattle Times, September 14, 2005, p. H23.</ref>
'''Soldier statues''' are statues placed around official [[maps]] in the game throughout the month of May<ref><gallery perrow="4">
 
News_item_2020-5-1_Rick_May.png|A news message in-game, announcing the tribute.
 
</gallery></ref>, added in the {{Patch name|5|1|2020}} as a tribute to [[Voice actors|Rick May]], [[Soldier]]'s late voice actor. They are bronze statues of the Soldier saluting on a marble pedestal with a plaque that reads "Rick May / 1940 - 2020 / That was a hell of a campaign son!". Random voice lines of the Soldier will play as players linger around the statue.
 
  
== Locations ==
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Valve also placed 29 '''Soldier statues''' within most active released [[maps]]. These are bronze statues of the Soldier saluting on a marble pedestal with a plaque that reads "Rick May / 1940 - 2020 / That was a hell of a campaign son!". Random [[Responses|voice lines]] of the Soldier play as players linger around the statue.
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On May 4, 2020, the TF2 Team at Valve [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=61081 posted their respects for Rick May.]
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{{anchor|Locations}}
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{{anchor|Soldier statues locations}}
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== Soldier statue locations ==
 
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Soldier_Statue_2Fort.png|A Soldier statue seen on [[2Fort]].
 
Soldier_Statue_2Fort.png|A Soldier statue seen on [[2Fort]].
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Soldier_Statue_Well.png|A Soldier statue seen on [[Well|Well]].
 
Soldier_Statue_Well.png|A Soldier statue seen on [[Well|Well]].
 
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== Voice lines ==
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{{soundList
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|title      = '''Lines Spoken by the Soldier Statue'''
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|content    =
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*[[Media:Soldier_quest_complete_hard_05.mp3|"That was a hell of a campaign, son!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier sf12 taunts13.wav|"Tonight, your ass will be visited by three ghosts: my foot, my other foot, and a ghost!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier taunt kill 10.wav|"I love the smell of a kicked ass in the morning!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier mvm wave end07.wav|"All men gave some. Some men gave more than some."]]
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*[[Media:Soldier mvm resurrect01.wav|"TEN HUT!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier mvm resurrect02.wav|"AT-TEEENNN-TION!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier taunt admire 22.wav|"Medals for everyone!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier taunt admire 24.wav|"Stay frosty!"]]
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*[[Media:soldier item unicorn domination01.wav|"Friendship is ''magic'', creampuff."]]
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*[[Media:Soldier taunts02.wav|"Time to inform your next of kin!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier battlecry01.wav|"Charge!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier battlecry02.wav|"Forward!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier battlecry03.wav|"Give 'em hell, boys!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier battlecry04.wav|"Last one alive, lock the door!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier battlecry05.wav|"Attack!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier battlecry06.wav|"Hehehyaaa!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier taunts01.wav|"Maggots!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier taunts03.wav|"If you know what's good for ya, you will run!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier taunts04.wav|"You are scum! You are nothin' but a buncha' cowards!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier taunts05.wav|"I am going to enjoy killing each and every one of you sorry sacks of scum!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier taunts06.wav|"You sissified maggot scum have just signed your death warrants!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier taunts07.wav|"If God had wanted you to live, He would not have created ''me!''"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier taunts08.wav|"I am going to claw my way down your throat and tear out your very soul!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier taunts09.wav|"Take your lumps like a man, Private Twinkletoes."]]
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*[[Media:Soldier taunts10.wav|"You are all weak.  You are all bleeders."]]
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*[[Media:Soldier taunts11.wav|"Each and every one of you will be sent home to your momma' in a box!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier taunts12.wav|"We have you surrounded, at least from this side!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier taunts13.wav|"I joined this team just to kill maggots like you."]]
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*[[Media:Soldier_taunts14.wav|"Do not look at me, I did not ask you a question!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier taunts15.wav|"Surrender now maggots and you will not be harmed!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier_taunts16.wav|"The last word out of your sorry mouth will be Sir, and it will be loud!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier taunts17.wav|"This is my world. You are not welcome in my world."]]
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*[[Media:Soldier taunts18.wav|"You are a spineless worm!  You are a mistake of nature!  You are walking vomit!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier_taunts19.wav|"You are a maggot hatched from a mutant maggot egg!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier_taunts20.wav|"I am going to strangle you with your own frilly training bra!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier taunts21.wav|"You are all maggots, you scum sucking fruit baskets!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier_cheers01.wav|"Today is a good day!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier_cheers02.wav|"You've done me proud, boys!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier_cheers03.wav|"Everyone of you deserves a medal!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier_cheers04.wav|"The worm has turned, gentlemen!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier_cheers05.wav|"Booyah!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier_cheers06.wav|"Hooah!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier hat taunts14.wav|"That hat is not mercenary-issue, son! There is no room for fashionistas in the art of war!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier hat taunts15.wav|"Son, your hat is writing checks your head cannot cash!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier hat taunts16.wav|"That is not a hat, that is an excuse to kick your ass!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier hat taunts17.wav|"That is not a hat, that is proof that you hate America!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier hat taunts18.wav|"Do you call that a hat? That is a pile of nonsense!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier hat taunts19.wav|"Son, your fashion sense has gone AWOL!"]]
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*[[Media:Cm_soldier_gamewon_01.mp3|"All gave some! They gave a lot! We didn't give an inch!"]]
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*[[Media:Cm_soldier_gamewon_03.mp3|"Sun Tzu's got nothing on us!"]]
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*[[Media:Cm_soldier_gamewon_04.mp3|"Sun Tzu might have invented the ''War'', but we invented winning them!"]]
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*[[Media:Cm_soldier_gamewon_05.mp3|"I am a courage-filled machine of war!"]]
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*[[Media:Cm_soldier_gamewon_06.mp3|"Hah, we did it!"]]
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*[[Media:Cm_soldier_gamewon_07.mp3|"Oorah!"]]
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*[[Media:Cm_soldier_gamewon_08.mp3|"I've got three words for you: U! S! A!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier tank 12.wav|"Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting for in a tank!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier tank 14.wav|"This tank runs on blood, guts, and glory! The guts and glory ''I'' will provide! The blood is where you come in!"]]
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*[[Media:Cm_soldier_gamewon_rare_02.mp3|"If you do not like losing to an enlisted man, do not pick a fight with one!"]]
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*[[Media:Cm_soldier_gamewon_rare_03.mp3|"Dear other team: please reach into your ass and give me my foot back! You can have it back next game!"]]
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*[[Media:Cm_soldier_gamewon_rare_04.mp3|"They said we couldn't do it! They said we shouldn't do it! They begged us ''not'' to do it! And we did it anyway!"]]
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*[[Media:Cm_soldier_gamewon_rare_05.mp3|"All gave some! Some gave more! But only one gave nothing, the winner!"]]
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*[[Media:Cm_soldier_gamewon_rare_06.mp3|"Pick up their asses, gently men. Put them in a tub with scented candles. Tuck them into bed and kiss their asses on the forehead. Because we have kicked them all over this map and they are devastated!"]]
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*[[Media:Cm_soldier_gamewon_rare_07.mp3|"Sun Tzu said, 'Winning a hundred wars is not the best thing. The best thing is to win without fighting at all.' Men, Sun Tzu is an idiot! And if I ever see him, I will punch him in his mouth!"]]
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*[[Media:Cm_soldier_gamewon_rare_08.mp3|"This is my rifle, this is my gun! You maggots stink and that's why we won!"]] (Reference to the [[w:Rifleman's Creed|Rifleman's Creed]])
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*[[Media:Cm_soldier_pregamefirst_02.mp3|"Boots on the ground, boys!"]]
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*[[Media:Cm_soldier_pregamefirst_03.mp3|"Let's show these muffin-tops what the wrong end of a Rocket Launcher looks like!"]]
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*[[Media:Cm_soldier_pregamefirst_04.mp3|"Men, you are about to become someone's new worst nightmare!"]]
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*[[Media:Cm_soldier_pregamefirst_05.mp3|"Any man comes at me airborne, I am turning into a meat cloud!"]]
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*[[Media:Cm_soldier_pregamefirst_07.mp3|"Let's make some pain, boys!"]]
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*[[Media:Cm_soldier_pregamefirst_comp_02.mp3|"Drop your bibs and make some gibs, maggots!"]]
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*[[Media:Cm_soldier_pregamefirst_rare_02.mp3|"Everyone, please stand! [singing] God bless America, land of...America...and so forth and so on...Move out!"]] (Sung to the tune of [[w:God Bless America|"God Bless America"]])
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*[[Media:Cm_soldier_pregamefirst_rare_03.mp3|"War is like a game of chess: with guts on top of it! And instead of chess pieces, there's just brave blood-hungry sons-of-bitches who love war!"]]
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*[[Media:Cm_soldier_pregamelostlast_rare_04.mp3|"Everyone, take a knee! Dear God, we are sorry we angered you, please stop helping the other team! Over and out!"]]
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*[[Media:Cm_soldier_pregamelostlast_rare_05.mp3|"A winner knows when to fight and when ''not'' to fight! Answer: Never! Stop! Fighting!"]]
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*[[Media:Cm_soldier_pregamewonlast_rare_02.mp3|"Men, George Washington never lost! Jesus never lost! Patton never lost! If winning's good enough for ''those'' war heroes, it's damn well good enough for us!"]]
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*[[Media:Cm_soldier_pregamewonlast_rare_03.mp3|"[singing] I love to win, by the dawn's early light!"]] (Sung to the tune of [[w:The Star-Spangled Banner|"The Star-Spangled Banner"]])
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*[[Media:Cm_soldier_pregamewonlast_rare_04.mp3|"[singing] I love to win, so I guess we should win!"]] (Sung to the tune of "The Star-Spangled Banner")
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*[[Media:Soldier autocappedcontrolpoint01.wav|"Now ''that'' is what I wanna see!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier autocappedintelligence02.wav|"And ''that'' is how you do it, men!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier DominationPyro01.wav|"I just tore you a new chimney, Smokey Joe!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier DominationScout04.wav|"Less talk, more fight."]]
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*[[Media:Soldier jeers07.wav|"Pain is weakness leaving the body."]]
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*[[Media:Soldier jeers08.wav|"Down and give me twenty!"]]
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*[[Media:Soldier jeers10.wav|"If I have to crack some skulls, I will."]]
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== Update history ==
 
== Update history ==
 
'''{{Patch name|5|1|2020}}'''
 
'''{{Patch name|5|1|2020}}'''
 
* Added a tribute to Rick May, voice of the Soldier.
 
* Added a tribute to Rick May, voice of the Soldier.
* {{Undocumented}} Added Soldier statues to several maps.
 
  
== References ==
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== Gallery ==
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<gallery>
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File:News item 2020-5-1_Rick_May.png|A news message in-game, announcing the tribute.
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File:Soldier statue.png|Soldier statue on TF2 Team [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=61081 Official blog post].
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</gallery>
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== References ==  
 
<references />
 
<references />
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=61081 A Hell of a Campaign], [[TF2 Official Website]], May 4, 2020
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[[Category:Soldier]]

Revision as of 19:10, 6 June 2020

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Rick May, the inimitable voice of the Soldier for thirteen years, many shorts and countless updates, passed away this April at age 79. We were lucky enough to work with Rick many times in the studio over the past decade. A quick-witted and kind-hearted collaborator, Rick endowed the character with a trademark bellow and bootfulls of idiotic charm. The Soldier wouldn’t be the Soldier without him.
TF2 Official Website, posted May 4, 2020

With the May 1, 2020 Patch, Valve commenced a month-long tribute to Rick May. Rick May, who passed away on April 8, 2020 from complications related to COVID-19,[1] was the voice actor for the Soldier. For the month of May, the Main Menu class image was set to the main menu Soldier image, and the soundtrack selection was set to Saluting the Fallen, which is a rendition of Taps, a traditional salute performed at funerals and memorials of members and veterans of the United States Armed Forces. Rick May served in the U.S. Army in Japan, where he coordinated United Service Organizations (USO) shows.[2]

Valve also placed 29 Soldier statues within most active released maps. These are bronze statues of the Soldier saluting on a marble pedestal with a plaque that reads "Rick May / 1940 - 2020 / That was a hell of a campaign son!". Random voice lines of the Soldier play as players linger around the statue.

On May 4, 2020, the TF2 Team at Valve posted their respects for Rick May.

Soldier statue locations

Voice lines

Lines Spoken by the Soldier Statue

Update history

May 1, 2020 Patch

  • Added a tribute to Rick May, voice of the Soldier.

Gallery

References

  1. Rick May's Wikipedia article
  2. Diane Wright, Stage chameleon tackles role of Teddy Roosevelt, The Seattle Times, September 14, 2005, p. H23.

External links