With their characteristic flair for humor, Valve starts the countdown to the Team Fortress update that will give the Scout new weapons and abilities. Up first is the Sandman. See if you can spot the dig at snipers.

You Scouts are gonna love this highly collectible bat that smacks baseballs at the other team, stunning the living crap outta anybody dumb, slow, drunk, mute or Australian enough to get in the way. The farther the ball flies before ricocheting offa some chucklehead's skull, the longer he's gonna be stunned. And guys who think they're tough because they're invulnerable? It works on them too.