{"id":545,"date":"2010-07-06T12:53:52","date_gmt":"2010-07-06T20:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/technofovea.com\/blog\/?p=545"},"modified":"2010-07-25T18:46:36","modified_gmt":"2010-07-26T02:46:36","slug":"tf2-engineer-update-hints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/technofovea.com\/blog\/archives\/545","title":{"rendered":"TF2 Engineer update hints?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Edit #2: \u00c2\u00a0Oops! <\/strong>It seems a slightly-different but much-more-legible version of this document was presented<\/a> as part of the classless update! I’ve left my original guesses and ***** marks in-place, but note that certain sections (ex. Silas Mann) are new.<\/p>\n

I decided to take a stab at deciphering the tiny text of the Zephreniah Mann & Sons Co. Quarterly Concern<\/a>, which was posted on the Engineer Update page. (May edit if new material is made legible.)
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I suspect it contains hints the same way the “Poopy-Joe” clippings<\/a> contained later-announced weapons for the “War!” update.<\/p>\n

We’ve already had the “Musket Gonne” shotgun announced, but what about some “capsules of toxiferous vapour” and “magikal remedies”?<\/p>\n

Edit:<\/strong> With the release of the Engineer Update achievement icons and names, it seems pretty certain a guitar will make an appearance somehow, which reinforces section VII…<\/p>\n

The Zephreniah Mann & Sons Co. Quarterly Concern<\/p>\n

Compendium of Broadswords, Musket-gonnes, and Domesday weaponry for Immediate Sale<\/p>\n

by Zephreniah & Silas Mann, proprietors.<\/p>\n

A view of the Weekly E*** and C************, spec.<\/p>\n

[I]. Artilary & Munitions<\/strong> whc. <\/strong> the Zephreniah Mann & Sons Co. C********** Projectiles & most profligate were the Musket-Gonne \/ Philosophy of Which******* were ob************ from Learne’d Men.<\/p>\n

[II]. Virulent Poisons<\/strong>, whc. the Zephrenian Mann & Sons Co. Vial of Toxiferous Plague ** proper handling of *** T****** of Meph**** Vapours ** ** incidentally ****** ***** M****** \u00c2\u00a0***-O** Capsules if the proof of **** **** ** *** ** *****.<\/p>\n

[III]. Domestic Occurances <\/strong>A list of Casualities, Burials, Christenings, Weddings, & **********<\/p>\n

[IV]. Philosophy<\/strong> from *** Cra******* to the Proper Circumstances of Long-Bows<\/p>\n

[V]. Remarkable Advancements<\/strong> for Zephreniah Mann& Sons Co. Products ** ********<\/p>\n

[VI] Physic.<\/strong> L**** L**** Magikal & Obscure, for the treatment of Maladies, O***** W**** & the f******* of ******* **** & **** *****<\/p>\n

[VII] Poetry & Musics<\/strong> on the subject of Weaponry<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Edit #2: \u00c2\u00a0Oops! It seems a slightly-different but much-more-legible version of this document was presented as part of the classless update! I’ve left my original guesses and ***** marks in-place, but note that certain sections (ex. Silas Mann) are new. I decided to take a stab at deciphering the tiny text of the Zephreniah Mann […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/technofovea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/technofovea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/technofovea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/technofovea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/technofovea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/technofovea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":613,"href":"http:\/\/technofovea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions\/613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/technofovea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/technofovea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/technofovea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}