Meet the Engineer
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"Meet the Engineer" video
"Meet the Engineer" Video Transcript
["Meet the Engineer" text appears]
[Cut to the Engineer sitting on his toolbox and playing 'Someone Else's Song' by Wilco on his guitar]
Engineer: "Hey look buddy, I'm an engineer, that means I solve problems. [A gunshot ricochets off the truck near the Engineer, he ignores it] "Not problems like 'What is beauty?', because that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy."
[Two more gunshots ricochet off the truck, close to the Engineer's head, he glances briefly at the bullet holes]
Engineer: "I solve practical problems."
[The Engineer takes a bottle of beer from a nearby crate and swigs it as the level 1 Sentry gun near him swivels round and shoots the unseen Heavy]
[Scream]
[The Engineer puts down beer and continues to play.]
[Kill counter: 209-210]
Engineer: "Fr'instance..."
[The camera shows a BLU Sniper in the background trying to sneak up on the Engineer]
Engineer: "...How am I going to stop some big mean mother hubbard from tearing me a structurally superfluous new behind?"
[The Sentry gun notices and kills the Sniper]
[Kill counter: 210-211]
Engineer: "The answer..."
[Level 2 Sentry gun fires and kills a Scout]
[Scream]
[Kill counter: 211-213]
Engineer: "...use a gun. And if that don't work, [level 3 Sentry gun fires rockets] use more gun."
[The Engineer stops playing. A large explosion is heard and the Engineer grins happily]
Soldier: "My arm!" [from off-screen]
[A severed hand lands in front of the Engineer, who continues playing. The level 1 Sentry gun targets the hand]
[Kill counter: 213-214]
Engineer: "Like this heavy caliber, tripod-mounted, little 'ol number designed by me, [the Engineer kicks the hand, which is shot out of the air by the level 1 Sentry gun] built by me, [the level one sentry gun shoots yet another attacker]
[kill counter: 214-215]
and you'd best hope...not pointed at you."
[The camera zooms out from the Engineer as his sentries continue to devastate the attackers. It is revealed that the Engineer's truck is crammed full of BLU Intelligence]
[Various screams]
[Team Fortress 2 ending flourish music plays]
Guitar Transcription
Here is a text rendition of a guitar tablature for the song. The Engineer is rendered taking pretty exact chord fingerings, which have been examined here.
Engineer's Song
| Legend:
time = 3/4 160bpm | -------
Standard E-tuning | Q - quarter note
| E - 8th note
Copyright (c) 2008 | h - hammer on
Antti Kiviranta | p - pull off
Published for educational purposes under the GFDL
A major
Q Q Q Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
||-----------------|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|
||-----------------|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|
||-----------------|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|
||-----------------|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|
||-----------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
||--0----2----4----|--5------------------------|--0------------------------|--5------------------------|
A Major
Hey look buddy... I'm an engineer And that means I solve problems
Q Q Q Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|-----------------|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|
|-----------------|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|
|-----------------|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|
|-----------------|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|
|-----------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|--0----2----4----|--5------------------------|--0------------------------|--5------------------------|
A Major
Not problems like what is beauty... 'Cos that would fall within the
Q Q Q Q E E E E H Q Q E E E E
|-----------------|--------0----0----0----0---|------------------|--------0----0----0----0---|
|-----------------|--------2----2----2----2---|------------------|--------2----2----2----2---|
|-----------------|--------2----2----2----2---|------------------|--------2----2----2----2---|
|-----------------|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|--2h4--------2----|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|
|-----------------|---------------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|--0----2----4----|--5------------------------|------------------|--5------------------------|
purview of your conundrums of philosophy
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q Q Q Q
|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|-------------------|----------------||
|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|-------------------|----------------||
|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|-------------------|----------------||
|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|--2h4----2----0----|--0-------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|----------------||
|--0------------------------|--5------------------------|-------------------|----------------||
||-----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||
|[ Rest, approx. 20 beats of gunfire ]|
||-----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||
A Major E Major
For instance... How am I gonna stop some big mean mother
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E E
||--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|-----------------|--------0----0----0----0---|
||--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|-----------------|--------0----0----0----0---|
||--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|-----------------|--------1----1----1----1---|
||-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|--2----0---------|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(0)--|
||---------------------------|---------------------------|------------4----|---------------------------|
||--5------------------------|--0------------------------|-----------------|--0------------------------|
A Major
hubbard from tearing me a structurally superfluous new behind?
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E E
|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|-----------------|--------0----0----0----0---|
|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|-----------------|--------2----2----2----2---|
|--------1----1----1----1---|--------1----1----1----1---|-----------------|--------2----2----2----2---|
|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(0)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(0)--|-----------------|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|
|--2------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|--0------------------------|--0----2----4----|--5------------------------|
The answer...
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|
|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|
|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|
|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|--0------------------------|--5------------------------|--0------------------------|--5------------------------|
D Major
...use a gun. And if that
Q Q Q Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|-----------------|-------2--2--2--2--|-------2--2--2--2--|-------2--2--2--2--|
|-----------------|-------3--3--3--3--|-------3--3--3--3--|-------3--3--3--3--|
|-----------------|-------2--2--2--2--|-------2--2--2--2--|-------2--2--2--2--|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--0----2----4----|--5----------------|--0----------------|--5----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
don't work, use more gun.
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E
|-------2--2--2--2--|-------2--2--2--2--|--------------------||
|-------3--3--3--3--|-------3--3--3--3--|--------------------||
|-------2--2--2--2--|-------2--2--2--2--|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|--4p----(2)---------||
|--0----------------|--5----------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------||
||-----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||
|[ Rest, approx. 10 beats of gunfire ]|
||-----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||
A Major
Like this heavy-caliber tripod-mounted,
Q Q Q Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
||--------------------|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|
||--------------------|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|
||--2h4-----2---------|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|
||---(4)---------4----|--2----(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|
||--------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
||--------------------|--5------------------------|--0------------------------|--5------------------------|
D A Major
little 'ol number designed by me, built by me,
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E E
|--------0----0----0----0---|-------------------|-----------------|--------0----0----0----0---|
|--------2----2----2----2---|--7----7--7--7--7--|-----------------|--------2----2----2----2---|
|--------2----2----2----2---|--7----7--7--7--7--|-----------------|--------2----2----2----2---|
|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|--7----7--7--7--7--|-----------------|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|
|---------------------------|--5----------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
|--0------------------------|-------------------|--0----2----4----|--5------------------------|
And you'd best hope... not pointed at you.
Q E E E E Q E E E E
|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0------|---------------|---------------|
|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2------|---------------|---------------|
|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2------|---------------|---------------|
|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)-----|---------------|---------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|---------------|---------------|
|--0------------------------|--5----------------------|---------------|---------------|
A Major
Q Q E E E E Q E E E E
|----------------|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|
|----------------|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|
|----------------|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|
|----------------|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|
|----------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------4----|--5------------------------|--0------------------------|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---||
|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---||
|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---||
|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--||
|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------||
|--5------------------------|--0------------------------|--5------------------------||
Notes
- The song the Engineer plays on his guitar was not composed for the video and is called 'Someone Else's Song'. It was originally written by American Country band Wilco for their album Being There. Interestingly, the album was released in 1996, and Team Fortress 2 is set in 1968. Perhaps the Engineer invented a time machine?
- If you listen, you can hear the kill counter click each time one of the Engineer's sentries makes a kill.
- The kill counter clicks twice after the Level 2 Sentry gun kills the scout and registers 2 kills (Could be a reference to the scout counting twice for capturing points and moving a payload cart).
- Though the owner of the severed arm sounds like the Demoman, the hand that lands in front of the Engineer has a fingerless glove and a watch, which means it is the left arm of a Sniper.
- The Engineer in this video has built himself four sentry guns.
- The Engineer bears the in game symbol for metal on each shoulder.
- The Engineer's "campfire" is a burning BLU Sniper's corpse.
- Ironic Sign: Drinking a beer called Blu Streak. While this may be a reference to the 'Blue Streak' missile, it is more likely a reference to his killing spree. This may also be a reference to Red Stripe beer.
- Ironic Sign: There is a wooden Skull and Crossbones sign to the left of the dead heavy at the end of the movie.
- Body Count: 224, 209 of which occurred off screen, making 15 in the video
- The Engineer is seated on his toolbox. Both the one he is seated on and the one from the "Meet the Engineer" image are painted with a yellow 24.
- When the Sniper appears on the ledge, the level 1 Sentry in front of the Engineer targets him, NOT the level 3 Sentry on the cliff directly below the Sniper, NOR the level 1 sentry on the top of the truck.
- The aforementioned level 1 sentry on top of the truck is clearly visible throughout the entire movie, yet is never seen firing a single shot.
- The Engineer's shotgun is visible behind the crate, leaning on the side of the truck.
- The Heavy somehow goes down in 2 shots of a level 1 Sentry.
- The level one Sentry fires at the Sniper 3 times, but kills him on the second shot. Listen carefully to the death cry.
- The "Engineer's" truck is, in fact, a Blu truck, and the Blu "B" logo is occasionally visible from behind the Engineer.
- A few of the kills the sentries get are severely out of range. The more noticeable ones being near the end when the camera is zooming out. Sentries when built, don't attack enemies that far away.
- The wrench is not seen.
- From the looks of things, the engineer has been sitting there for a while, so if the kill count is 224, shouldn't the sentries have run out of ammo by now? (Maybe thats the case with the one on top of the truck.)
- Seeing the engineer by the makeshift campfire with his sentry guns doing the work may indirectly imply the gameplay style of the Engineer as many Engineers tend to "turtle" or "camp" around/behind their sentries in actual gameplay.
- That one sniper that attempted to snipe the Engineer could've easily stayed far away, out of the sentry's range, and succeed.
- When the level 2 sentry starts firing at (and killing) a scout, it ejects shotgun shells!
| Meet the Team video series | |
|---|---|
| Meet the... | Scout • Soldier • Pyro • Demoman • Heavy • Engineer • Medic • Sniper • Spy |
| Others | Meet the Sandvich |
