BLU Scout Pants Fix

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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:

✰ spooky kaz★ @ShrimpinVamp it took scout 17 years to change his pants and 48 hours to change them back Weezy @WeezyTF2 ⚫ Oct 26 our major update lasted less than 48 hours it's over we make to the game. 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 > Updated cp_freaky_fair > Fixed issues related to the gamemode logic > Reapplied check that was mistakenly removed to check if the player 2:06 AM Oct 26, 2024 6,758 Views

SolarLight @TF2SolarLight rip blue pant only obvious path valve could take is to monetize the blue pants as a cosmetic and make approximately 1 dollar Weezy @WeezyTF2 · Oct 26 our major update lasted less than 48 hours it's over we make to the game. 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 > Updated cp_freaky_fair > Fixed issues related to the gamemode logic > Reapplied check that was mistakenly removed to check if the player 12:57 AM Oct 26, 2024 · 26.4K Views ...

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Overview

BLU Scout Pants Fix refers to a patch released for the multiplayer video game Team Fortress 2 (TF2) in late October 2024, which fixed a 17-year-old bug of the character 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 community 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-known 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.

Developments

On October 25th, 2024, 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 and X user @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.