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minus-squareTankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 years ago sapper The guys who be sapping muh sentries? Edit: Is that really where the name of the TF2 item comes from?
minus-squaredinklesplein [any, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 years agosapper is an alternative name for a combat engineer. combat engineers often do controlled demolitions, sabotage and the like, which happens to be what the tf2 sapper does. ergo, the tf2 sapper is named after actual sappers.
minus-squareTankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 years agoCool, TIL. So the TF2 engineer is also technically a sapper.
The guys who be sapping muh sentries?
Edit: Is that really where the name of the TF2 item comes from?
sapper is an alternative name for a combat engineer. combat engineers often do controlled demolitions, sabotage and the like, which happens to be what the tf2 sapper does. ergo, the tf2 sapper is named after actual sappers.
Cool, TIL. So the TF2 engineer is also technically a sapper.